Group Policy is an awesome tool for IT Departments to ensure that their end user computers have the correct enforcement settings on them. It also […]
Microsoft
KB4457139 – Windows Server 2008 NIC Issues
We have over the last week or so had problems with Windows Server 2008 servers where, although they seem to be connecting through the network […]
Windows Service Stuck in Stopping Mode
A simple step by step guide on how to fix a Windows service stuck in stopping mode.
KB4457144 – Windows 7 Rollup May Cause NIC Issues
Windows 7 seems to have been suffering a lot recently with Microsoft releasing updates on an almost weekly basis that breaks something within the still […]
Get folders and sizes for all mailboxes using Exchange Shell
We recently had a request to provide to our Project Management team, a full list of all Exchange mailboxes with all folders within each mailbox […]
Test your SMTP server using Windows Telnet Feature
If you want to test your SMTP server is working correctly, you can use the telnet feature within Windows. The following guide will walk you […]
Broken Microsoft Update – KB4338818
You may have installed Microsoft Update KB4338818 during Patch Tuesday and now your Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 is broken right? Maybe even some Windows […]
Exchange Shell – Get all Shared Mailboxes Information
Following on from our previous post about how IT professionals can use the tools available to them to make their lives easier, we have another […]
New Broken Microsoft Updates – KB4284842
Microsoft have done it again and released another update “fix” which has broken Windows 7 machines. This seems to be the same sort of issue […]
Exchange Shell – Export all shared mailbox permissions to CSV
Sometimes as IT professionals, we get asked to supply a lot of data to company bosses. This can be extremely frustrating especially when what you […]
Upgrade your Certificate Authority from SHA1 to SHA2 (SHA256)
Do you need to upgrade your Certificate Authority from SHA1 to SHA2 (SHA256)? Well we recently had to carry this out as a test in […]
KB4284826 & KB4284867 Might Break Windows 7 Machines
Microsoft are really outdoing themselves at the moment as it seems that they have released another pair of updates for Windows 7 machines that reboots […]