Want to know what the difference is between your exchange .edb and .stm files?
.edb: A rich-text database file containing message headers, message text, and standard attachments.
.stm: A streaming internet content file containing audio, video and other media that are formatted as streams of Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) data.
So now you know.
Tried to do Open as web folder in Internet Explorer 8? You’ll have noticed the option isn’t there any more. It’s been removed. Apparently this is because they have done some work to separate Internet Explorer from the Windows Shell.
There’s a way round this though. You can map a internet folder as a network drive. Just click map a network drive like so:
Then, click ‘Connect to a Web site that you can use to store your documents and Pictures’ at the bottom.
Follow the wizard that pops up and you’re done.
Trying to install Windows 7? Are you getting the following error message?
Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation. To install Windows, restart the installation.
When I had this problem it was because Windows 7 creates a 100MB system partition on install. Why it does it I have no idea, but it does. If you don’t have any free space it can’t create the partition and the install fails. The easy way round it is, during the Windows 7 setup, delete the partition and create a new one. This will automatically create the system partition and it will install just fine.
I haven’t yet found out if this error can be solved without deleting the partition (you obviously wouldn’t want to do this if you’re upgrading). One thing you could try is shrinking your main partition in Vista by 100MB or so and then running the setup from boot. If anyone has success with this method please let me know.
If you’re creating a PDF document and you can’t figure out why your bookmarks change the zoom of the pages, it’s because the bookmark has a custom zoom setting. You need to change the zoom level of the bookmark to Inherit zoom.
Right click the Bookmark> Properties> Actions> Edit> Set zoom level to Inherit Zoom.
If you need an easy way to restart Exchange 2003 services, copy and paste the following two scripts into text files and name them Exchange-stop.cmd and Exchange-start.cmd (alternatively combine them into one and call it Exchange-restart.cmd). Then run them to stop and start Exchange.
net stop “Microsoft Exchange Information Store” /y
net stop “Microsoft Exchange System Attendant” /y
net stop “Microsoft Exchange IMAP4″ /y
net stop “Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine” /y
net stop “Microsoft Exchange POP3″ /y
net stop “Microsoft Exchange Management” /y
net start “Microsoft Exchange Information Store”
net start “Microsoft Exchange System Attendant”
net start “Microsoft Exchange MTA Stacks”
net start “Microsoft Exchange IMAP4″
net start “Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine”
net start “Microsoft Exchange POP3″
net start “Microsoft Exchange Management”
Another quick little tip for you, if you’ve got Exchange installed on your Domain Controller with Active Directory, remember to stop Exchange before you shutdown (or add the script to the shutdown procedure) and it will increase the machines shutdown time immensely.
Want to turn off Non-Delivery Reports (NDR) in Exchange 2o03? You can find the setting in the following location:
Exchange System Manager> Global Settings> Internet Message Format. Double click on ‘Default’ (or whatever you have listed there)> Advanced tab> Uncheck ‘Allow non-delivery reports’.
Done!
An easy way to do this is to set a log on hours restriction in Active Directory then set the default domain security policy to force log off when user log on hour expires.
You can find the policy setting in Administrative Tools> Domain Security Policy> Local Policies> Security Options> Network security: Force logoff when logon hours expire
Alternatively you can set it from GPO: \Computer Configuration\ Windows Settings\ Security Settings\ Local
Policies\ Security Options\ Network Security: Force logoff when logon hours
expire
I’m not sure which takes preference though so you’ll just have to try it and find out.
Do you get the following error message when clicking on a hyper link in Outlook 2003?
This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.
This is usually very easily fixed. Go to Control Panel> Internet Options> Programs> Reset Web Settings.
That should fix it!
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If you get when composing or replying to an email in Outlook 2003 you get the following error message: “Your current security settings prohibit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly”. This is probably caused by your Outlook email signature.
This will usually occur if you used the advanced edit to edit your signature. It is caused by the smart tags Word adds into the HTML. The easiest way to fix this is to recreate your Outlook signature from scratch without using the advanced edit. This worked for me.