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Update the time source on a server using w32tm
I recently found that the time was off on one of our servers. Tracked down the domain controller it was using. That DC was pointint to itself for the time source, and the time was off by 3 minutes. To fix this I pointed the DC to a NIST server by running the following commands.…
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Provisioning mailbox in Office 365 fails with error: An unknown error has occurred. Refer to correlation ID…
This sometimes happens because of a remnant mailbox – user or archive – that prevents the creation of a new mailbox. The fix is to forcibly remove the existing mailbox and re-create it. The article below describes the process. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exovoice/2016/11/07/how-to-fix-office365-user-provisioning-issues-that-are-generated-by-faulty-exchange-attributes/
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Delete files or folders older than x days
There are programs that don’t do a very good job at cleaning up after themselves. Either they create log files that are not pruned, or dump files, the following command can be used to delete old files that are no longer needed. There are only two things you need to specify: the path, and the…
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How to remove duplicate mailbox in Office 365
Sometimes things happen. Migration failed, interns assigning a license to a user when their mailbox is on premise, or some other kind of administrative mistake. Now you realize you have a mailbox on premise and a mailbox in O365. In order to fix the problem, you have to remove one of the accounts. The easiest…
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Manually activate Microsoft Office using a KMS server
At times you may find that Office cannot locate the KMS server on its own, and you’ll get a notification that Office is not activated. To resolve this issue, run the following commands. Modify the path to the Office install folder as needed: cd /d “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16” cscript ospp.vbs /sethst:[FQDN of KMS server] cscript…
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Netapp storage disk commands
run local storage show disk -p storage disk show -spares run local sysconfig -r run -node sysconfig -r storage disk removeowner -disk -root true storage disk assign -disk -owner
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How to set IP address, subnet, and gateway via command line in Windows
netsh int ip set address “Local Area Connection” static 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1
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Cannot update or uninstall Silverlight – missing Silverlight.msi file
Method 1 To Remove Silverlight, follow the steps below: 1.Click onStart, click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, click Uninstall a program. 2.In the list of programs, click any earlier version of Silverlight such as”WPF/E” (codename) Community Technology Previewor Microsoft Silverlight,and then clickUninstall. 3.After the uninstalling process is complete, you can install the latest version…
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Windows Installation Fails with Error: We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one
Ran into this problem while trying to install Windows 8.1 from a USB drive. The problem is the USB drive is USB 3.0. Use a USB 2.0 instead and it will work just fine.
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“You must specify the PrimaryOnly parameter” error when you try to move a primary mailbox to Exchange Online in a hybrid deployment
“You must specify the PrimaryOnly parameter” error when you try to move a primary mailbox to Exchange Online in a hybrid deployment Got this message while trying to migrate a mailbox on-premise which had an archive in 365. We have 2010 and 2016 on premise, migrating to 365 in a hybrid model. Resolved by running…