I spent 1 hour 25 mintues and restarted my laptop twice Today to install the Windows 7 SP1 standalone package. So if you are going to install the SP1, you’d better reserve at least 1.5 hour. I have not seen any issues till now. And I will post it on my blog if I see … Continue reading Installed Windows 7 SP1 Today
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DAG Database Switchover
Generally there are two situations the Databases need to be switchovered from one server to another: Maintenance and Failover. For Maintenance, it is often a manul process. For instance, you want to install a patch and restart the active server. Before you do it, you need to mannualy activate the Database on the standby server. … Continue reading DAG Database Switchover
How To Create a Shared Calendar
The internal traininng organizer came to me and asked how to create a shared calendar which she can publish her training plan for 2011. Here are the steps: 1) Create a new Folder under Mailbox – Your Username 2) Type in the name ‘2011 Training Plan’ and choose ‘Calendar Items’. 3) Navigate to the calendar … Continue reading How To Create a Shared Calendar
Backup/Restore NTFS Security Settings
This is a very handy script that I used to backup and restore the NTFS security settings last time for a File Server migration project. If you would like to try it, all you need to do is to copy and paste the following script into a text file and rename it to NTFSBKP.bat, then … Continue reading Backup/Restore NTFS Security Settings
Can Not Retrieve Free/Busy Information
I have been perplexed with this issue since last week – my Outlook just can not retrieve the free/busy information of other users or resources. One thing I am sure this has nothing to do with the server and my account settings. As this feature works fine in my OWA. This must be something related … Continue reading Can Not Retrieve Free/Busy Information
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