by admin | Jun 20, 2018 | Server 201x, Windows 10/11, Windows 7/8
Trying to restart (or stop) a service occasionally ends up with it in a state of “Stopping” that never ends until you reboot. To try and kill it, and avoid the reboot, from the command prompt (run as admin): sc queryex <servicename> This will return...
by admin | Jun 6, 2018 | Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, Outlook
Recently had a case where the Sent Items folder in Outlook (cached mode) would not show any messages after a specific date. Actually, that is not strictly true, the messages would appear in Sent Items briefly after being sent, but would then disappear. Having...
by admin | May 30, 2018 | Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, PowerShell
Despite there being a limitation on the number of folders an Exchange on-premises/O365 based mailbox will allegedly allow, there is no simple way to identify how may folders and subfolders a user has in their mailbox. The Microsoft solution? Count them manually…...
by admin | Apr 30, 2018 | PowerShell, Software
I have seen a few laptops recently that have started encrypting their drives – using BitLocker – once the Windows setup process is complete. Whilst this is a great security feature it may not always be required (if you use an alternate encryption method...
by admin | Apr 17, 2018 | Software, Windows 10/11, Windows 7/8
Sticky Notes are handled differently in Windows 10 (to Win7 for example) so you cannot simply copy the file into the same location in the user profile and expect it to work. Assuming you have the .snt file from the Win7 PC, on the new Win 10 system run through the...
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