David Vielmetter

Category: Tips

  • QuickBooks Enterprise 2016 database manager will not start

    Turns out the QuickBooks Enterprise 2016 uses the same port range (55368-55372) for the database manager as Microsoft already uses for DNS. So if the server you’re planning on installing QuickBooks database manager 2016 on is also a DC or running DNS for any other reason, you should reconsider. If you must run your QuickBooks…

  • Removing automapped accounts from Outlook

    Full mailbox access permission and account automapping are a great exchange features. Automapping was introduced in Exchange 2010 and basically uses autodiscover to automatically map all mailboxes in Outlook to which a user has full access permission. Automapping was a boon for Exchange admins who no longer had to walk users through the process of…

  • Quickly deploy Microsoft Office customizations post install

    There are a number of ways to deploy custom Microsoft Office installations using the Office Customization Tool (OCT), but what if Office has already been installed and you need to make some global changes? I’m talking about custom dictionaries, quick access toolbars, save location, backstage, etc. Here’s how to do just that using Group Policy…

  • Office365 planning – don’t change the region

    According to Microsoft customer support, to change regions on a Office365 subscription, you must backup and then destroy the entire subscription and all account data, then recreate it in the region you want to move to. Sound crazy? I thought so. Let’s take this example: You’ve got a large international firm with several offices around…

  • Five steps to take for pretty good DL/DR protection

    I see a lot of small businesses unprepared for data loss prevention and disaster recovery. Implementing a DLP/BDR plan can be a daunting task if you start searching for solutions via Google both in terms of scope and finances as well. This doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. I’m not saying that BDR and…

  • VMWare guest time is incorrect

    By default, VMWware ESX/ESXi hosts setup guest virtual machines to sync the time with the host (or hypervisor). This is great if you’ve remembered to set the host up to sync itself with an external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server or NTP pool like pool.ntp.org. If you forgot, however, then you can be in a…

  • Locate which folder a found email is stored in

    Got a ton of folders/sub-folders in Outlook and want to know which one that email you found is stored in? Here’s how to do it: [step 1] Open the email message by double clicking it in the search result window. [step 2] Click File and note that next to the Move to folder button the…

  • There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader 1014

    If you’ve got Adobe Acrobat X (10) Standard already installed and accidentally install Adobe Reader 11 (because it came bundled with some scanner/printer you bought), you may start to see this error in Internet Explorer when trying to view PDF documents. UPDATE: This issue has been shown to affect versions 10 and 11 of Adobe…

  • A review of LastPass

    My memory isn’t what it used to be and there seems to be an ever increasing number of passwords to remember. Also due to an identity theft scare a few years ago I’ve made it a habit to change my passwords for sensitive accounts every 6 months to a year, but I always ended up…

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