Switched to Google Apps and now can’t get your Xerox printers to scan to email? It’s because Google’s servers require you to use SSL when sending email and the Xerox’s can’t send by SSL. To get it working, you’ve got two options (#2 is the far easier option):
1. You can use a program called Stunnel to accept the Xerox’s SMTP transfer and transmit it to Google via a secure connection. More info here.
2. Google actually accepts non-SSL SMTP connections on one of their servers, aspmx.l.google.com on port 25. Set the Xerox to send via that and set your username and password to a Google Apps account.
Trying to install the Google Apps Outlook Sync connector on your XP 64 bit PC? Getting the following error: “Could not find http.sys. Please install all patches specified in the system requirements. For more details, see: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939786″
Don’t worry, it can be done!
Copy the http.sys file from “C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\” to “C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\Drivers\”
Install the connector.
Sorted!
Trying to sync your Active Directory user passwords with Google Apps? Check out http://code.google.com/p/sha1hexfltr/
Works a treat.
Has your company switched to Google Apps and you’re wondering how to get your emails in Goldmine? It’s actually quite easy. (I say Google Apps, but this will work for personal use Gmail as well as Google Apps Mail).
First you need to enable IMAP on your Google Mail account (if it isn’t already). In Google Mail go to Settings. Then click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab> Check the radio button to enable IMAP.
Now set up Goldmine to connect to GMail. In Goldmine go to Tools> User settings> Preferences> Email. In the Getting mail section set the server to IMAP and enter address imap.gmail.com. Username is your email address, password is your password. Check the ‘Use encrypted connection (SSL)’ box.
In the Sending Mail section the SMTP server is smtp.gmail.com, return address is your email address. Again, check the ‘Use encrypted connection (SSL)’ box.
Done
Update 16.08.10:
I think Google have made security on their servers a bit tighter. Follow these extra steps to get things working:
On the Email settings tab, click the Accounts button. Select the account in the list and click Edit.
Change the Getting Mail port to 993.
In the Sending Mail section, enter your email address as the username and enter your password. For authentication, select Auto. Check Use Start TLS. Make sure the port number is 587.
That should work.
Trying to change your password with OWA and getting error: object required? You need to register a dll on the server, follow the instructions found in this Microsoft support article.
If after you’ve done this you’re now getting error number 5, you need to check Integrated Windows authentication in the IIS virtual directory. To do this go to IIS manager> right click on the IISADPWD virtual directory and select properties> select the Directory Security tab> under Authentication and access control click Edit> check the box Integrated Windows authentication.
Done!
AutoRun/AutoPlay is a well known security risk. Pop an infected USB stick into your PC and up pops the autorun/autoplay menu. Viruses can replicate items on that list, so you think you’re just opening it up in Explorer but actually you’re infecting your PC as well.
It makes sense then to disable it. It can be done easily in Group Policy, but if you’re a home user then that won’t be any use to you. Here’s how to do it XP by modifying the registry.
- Start> Run
- Type regedit
- Click OK
- Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer\ NoDriveTypeAutorun
- Right-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 0xFF to disable all types of drives.
- Click OK. Exit Registry Editor
- Restart your PC
- Done!
Deleted some accounts or cleared a load of emails from your Exchange server and wondering why the database size hasn’t reduced?
Well, after you’ve deleted Exchange accounts, you need to run the Cleanup Agent for them to actually be removed (and then only after the waiting period, typically 30 days, has passed).
To change the deleted mailboxes waiting period: In Exchange System Manager go to the First Storage Group, right click on your Mailbox Store and click Properties. On the Limits tab, at the bottom, change the number of ‘Keep deleted mailboxes for (days)’.
To run the Cleanup Agent: In Exchange System Manager, go to your Mailbox Store, right click on the Mailboxes folder and click Run Cleanup Agent.
The space you’ve cleared will only be available after the next online defrag has completed (typically overnight). However, the Exchange database files won’t actually be any smaller. Exchange keeps the space in it’s databases ready to use for new emails. You can see how much free space your Exchange server is holding by viewing your Exchange servers Application Event Log (in Event Viewer). Look for the Event ID 1221 that has your Mailbox Store name in it (not the Public Store). The Event description will tell you the megabytes of free space.
To actually make the Exchange database files smaller you need to run an offline defrag. This can only be done during downtime and really isn’t recommened unless you have a lot of free space in your database to release. To run you need to detach your Mailbox Store and run the Eseutil utitlity. More info can be found here.
Ever wondered how to do an immediate Group Policy update without restarting your PC or anything? It’s dead easy:
Open Command Prompt (search for CMD)
Type “gpupdate/force” (without the quotes)
Hit Enter
Done!
Are your Excel formulas not recalculating automatically?
Check: Formulas tab> Calculation options> Automatic
Done!
If you’re running Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition on your network and you have some 64 bit machines on your network, you may find that the 64 bit machines aren’t updating their virus definitions. This is because the 64 bit machines cannot update from a 32 bit server. The way round this is to set the 64 bit machines to update from the Internet instead of from your server. To do this you need to create a client group with the just the 64 bit machines in, like so:
- Create a client group.
- Drag the 64 bit machines into the new client group.
- Right-click the client group.
- Uncheck Inherit settings from Server Group.
- Right-click the client group, and then select All Tasks > Symantec AntiVirus > Virus Definition Manager.
- In the Virus Definition Manager dialog box, uncheck Update virus definitions from parent server.
- Check Schedule client for automatic updates using LiveUpdate, click Schedule, specify a schedule, and then click OK.
- Click OK.
Done.