David Vielmetter

Category: Tips

  • GA-990FXA-UD3 firmware issues with overheating

    I’ve got a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 rev. 4.0 and my system had issues with turning off after resuming up from sleep or hibernate. Initially, I thought it was a problem with my Windows 10 installation because of my windows insider preview build, but after investigating a bit more, it turns out the issue was firmware F3 released 5/28/15. The…

  • Changing your DHCP Scope (to increase IP addressing)

    Say you were conservative when you first created your DHCP scope and now your company has grown past those initial conservative estimates. Now you’re stuck with a DHCP scope you can’t expand. Whether you’re trying to add 50 hosts or thousands, you’re stuck in the same situation. Delete and re-create your DHCP scope. Use netsh…

  • Missing emails in Outlook when using Google Apps Sync

    So your organization uses Google Apps for Work. Great!. If you’re syncing all components of your Google Apps account (email, calendar, contacts, and notes) with Microsoft Outlook though, chances are good you’ll need the Google Apps Sync tool. By default, this tool is configured to only sync 1GB of email from your Google Apps account…

  • 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…