Exchange Server 2013 POP Proxy Inactive
We have an Exchange 2013 DAG and we’re noticing that every-so-often one of the members will start dropping POP connections. When I check the Server Component States in the EMS we see that the PopProxy is set to Inactive. At the moment we’re not sure what is causing the issue.…
Manage Oracle Recovery File Size
Start and mount the database, then use the alter system command to set the recovery file size. Commit the change, then shutdown and restart the database. startup mount; alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size = 20G scope=both; commit; shutdown immediate; startup mount; alter database open;
Check default user account parameters
How to check the default profile parameters for Oracle database users: SELECT profile, resource_name, limit FROM dba_profiles WHERE profile=’DEFAULT’; The output from the query should look similar to this: Failed_login_attempts 10 Password_grace_time 7 (days) Password_life_time 180 Password_lock_time 1 (days) Password_reuse_max Unlimited Password_reuse_time Unlimited To modify any of these parameters, use…
Manage Oracle DB users
To manage an Oracle DB user account use the commands listed below. Change user account password:ALTER USER username IDENTIFIED BY new_password; Lock and unlock a user account:ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK;ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK; Force user to change password at next logon:ALTER USER username PASSWORD EXPIRE; Drop a user…
Keep drivers after SYSPREP
Before running SYSPREP set the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sysprep\Settings\sppnp Create new DWORD with name “PersistAllDeviceInstalls” and set value to 1.
Completely Disable UAC
To completely disable User Account Control on a Windows machine set the following registry key. Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System Value: “EnableLUA” Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000000 The following powershell command does the trick nicely: Set-ItemProperty -Path registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -Name EnableLUA -Value 0 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc232765.aspx?tduid=(8b33f2bee35cf8af0da845c7fe4d2393)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-rp6Qh8nm5xnZwnOhPE.33Q)()
Add drivers to Windows Installation Media
WatchGuard SSLVPN Certificate Issue
Driver Backup
A quick tip to manually backup installed drivers on a Windows computer. Copy the following directories to a secondary drive (USB, etc.): – %systemroot%\System32\DriverStore\ – %systemroot%\System32\Drivers\ – %systemroot%\System32\DrvStore\ *not all installations will have this directory* – %systemroot%\inf\
WSUS Certificate Server
During an install of the WSUS role on a Server 2012 R2 machine, the WSUS Certficate Server service was somehow set to start automatically. The WSUS Certificate Server is called by the API when a certificate-based operation is required. So, when the Operating System tried to start this service automatically,…