Sysprep Windows 8 and Windows 10

Hi, If you ever get problems while doing a sysprep on Windows 8 or 10. 1. Unplug network cable or disconnect wifi. 2. Use the powershell command below to cleanup any live-apps, because you cannot sysprep them. get-appxpackage | remove-appxpackage…

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Cisco VPN-client and Windows 10.

Hi again, I posted some months ago a blog covering installation of Cisco VPN-client to Windows 8.1. With Windows 10 there is a new problem and the solution is covered in here. http://www.vmwareandme.com/2013/12/solved-windows-8-and-windows-81-cisco.html#.VcHDMW6qpBc Do first you have to install Citrix Deterministic…

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Access Denied error when assigning Lync or Exchange attributes to a user.

Hi, When a user is removed from Domain Admin group it wont remove specialty attribute from the user. So user doesn’t have Domain Admin rights, but the right inheritance isn’t correct. I wont write a article about this, because there…

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Install Office 365 proplus to terminal server.

So you want to install Office 365 ProPlus to a Terminal Server. You can do it, but with different approach http://blog.powerbiz.net.au/office-365/installing-office365-proplus-on-a-rds-server-terminal-server-using-shared-computer-activation/ That almost correct but not even close. Here is the correct configuration.xml to use and remember network share wont…

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How to Find your missing dirsync server.

Hi, Okay, it isn’t so easy, but the following help you to the right track. If you don’t have a separate service-account for Local AD connection, then you can use this: dsquery user -name MSOL_AD_sync If you have a service-account,…

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Restore emails from disconnected users mailbox.

Hi all, Today I got an assignment to recover a disconnected users mailbox emails received. So here goes. Step 1: Allow permissions to user-account you are using. New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User whateveryouareusing Step 2: Connect-Mailbox –Identity disconnecteduser –Database…

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Reset password of Local Admin account from Windows XP to Windows 10.

Hi all, Today I got a request to reset Local Admin password from Windows XP and Windows 7 machines. After Microsoft released this update https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2962486?wa=wsignin1.0 Group Policy Preferences stopped working as a way to reset Local passwords. So below is a script…

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Assign permissions for mailboxes before migration.

Note for my self and others 😉 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj898489%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx

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Recover deleted emails with powershell

And the tip of the day! How to restore deleted items from users deletions-folder before it get’s Purged. First see what format are you using for date: Get-Date  And then use this one-liner (Finnish format for date included :))  for…

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DHCP migration from 2003 to 2012 r2

When you migrate from Server 2003 with export, you will see a Red X in address leases section. You should do the migration as follows: Open command prompt in Server 2003 and type:  netsh dhcp server export C:dhcp.txt all Open…

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