Friday, August 2, 2019

Trigger DEP enrolement on mac OS Mojave

mac OS 10.14.6
sudo profiles renew -type enrollment
older mac OS version:
sudo /usr/libexec/mdmclient dep na

Mac OS Sierra:
sudo rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
sudo rm -rf /var/db/ConfigurationProfiles/
sudo rm /Library/Keychains/apsd.keychain


Reference:

https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/24292/trigger-dep-enrollment-pop-up-notification

Thursday, May 2, 2019

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:


Wednesday, April 10, 2019

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}

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

Thursday, August 16, 2018

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

 


Monday, June 25, 2018

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 

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

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.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

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”

Thursday, May 17, 2018

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

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