Exchagne 2016 update address books using EMS

 Open EMS:

Get-AddressList | Update-AddressList
Get-GlobalAddressList | Update-GlobalAddressList
Get-OfflineAddressBook | Update-OfflineAddressBook

Restart outlook or update outlook offline address book under Send/ Receive Groups:

Change “This PC” using group policy

 It is possible to rename “This PC” using group policy:

add registry entry under: User Configuration/ Preferences/ Windows Settings/ Registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

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Using %COMPUTERNAME% will change it to the actual domain computer name.

Windows 10 remove System Drive after 1803 upgrade

This is what worked for me:

1. start; CMD right click select Run As Administrator
2. mountvol <Letter of the Drive> /d

 

resource:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4337524/windows-10-april-update-new-partition-appears-after-installing

Add FROM: in outlook 2016

 

1. click on “New Email”
2. select options from the tabs on top.
3. click on From icon

that  is all

 

AD user on encrypted MAC

using terminal:

sudo fdesetup add -usertoadd username -usertoadd username -keychain

and or:

1. Login as Local Admin
2. Add AD User to Filevault(you will need user to input AD Password)- Skip this step if you already added and rebooted and not seeing the AD User.
3. Log the Local Admin account out (Do not restart or shut down- just logout).
4. Now you should see the AD User(or Users list if multiple had signed in)
5. Login as AD USER. Then Log out(do not restart or shur down- just logout).
6. from the Login screen now reboot.
7. AD Users should now show up as an option to login in.

reference:

https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/25692/high-sierra-10-13-encrypted-users-not-showing-at-filevault-login-screen 

Fix Cannot get performance counter data

I was receiving management error on my windows 2012 R2 server

 

this is what helped:

1. to rebuild perf registry using elevated CMD enter: lodctr /R
2. re register perf libraries: winmgmt /resyncperf

that is what worked for me.

 

reference: http://www.expta.com/2015/08/fix-for-server-manager-error-online.html

Remove Printer Driver on Windows 10

 To completely uninstall driver after printer has been removed and deleted:

run this command using windows + R

printui /s /t2

this will bring up a list of installed drivers.

Select the one which need to be removed and delete it.

office 2016 remove repeated activation

 this fix is for VLC activation:

Close the activation window and all Office apps.

Open regedit (using run or type it at the start menu)

It is always very important to make backup of registry or the registry key you are changing or deleting first.(use export under file menu)

navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\OEM

Edit>Delete.

Do the same with this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\OEM

Close the Registry Editor and start Office again.

 

resources:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Office-repeatedly-prompts-you-to-activate-on-a-new-PC-a9a6b05f-f6ce-4d1f-8d49-eb5007b64ba1

 

Exchange 2016 user mailbox export

using exchange powershell command:

New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox UserName -FilePath “\\server\export\username.pst”

windows 10 system recovery drive remove drive letter

 From elevated command prompt:

diskpart

list volume

In my case the drive letter for the system partition was D

select volume D

remove letter=D

Close Command Prompt and restart your PC

Wired 802.1x authentication with MS RADIUS server and Meraki switch

 Group policy:

1. 
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NPS configuration:

1. add all switches under RADIUS clients
   
   You will have to use the same shared secret on switch RADIUS authentication
2. Create new (or edit existing) Connection Request Policy
   Use all default only add condition NAS Port Type “Ethernet”
   
3. Create new Network Policy:
   
   
   
   * under NAS Port Type select ETHERNET
   
   
4. On the Meraki switch access control configure new policy:
   
5. Assign the policy to individual ports:
   

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