Connecting to Microsoft Internal Database SSEE
Under SBS 2008, the SharePoint installation uses the Microsoft Internal Database (SSEE) as its SQL store. If you ever need to work on this SQL instance, you’ll need to use …
PowerShell: Get-WinEvent vs. Get-EventLog
I’ve been working to write a flexible PowerShell script to retrieve and email warning and error events from computers in a small network. The computers variously run XP, Windows 7, …
Remote WMI to a Workgroup Server 2008 R2
So you’re trying to do a simple PowerShell WMI query from a domain-joined computer to a non-domain-joined (workgroup) Server 2008 R2 computer on the same network, e.g. to check the …
Outlook Does Not Finish Send and Receive of OAB
This week, the Send and Receive task in Outlook 2007 SP2 and Outlook 2010 started hanging while trying to download from Exchange Server 2007 SP3 on SBS 2008. If I …
Outlook 2010 Repeated Logon Prompts
I’ve been using Outlook 2010 under Window 7 for a few months, connected to Exchange 2007 SP3 running under SBS 2008. I have three Exchange accounts set up in my …
Using Path in Local System Context
I’m using GFI MAX Remote Management to deploy some PowerShell scripts to servers. The scripts need access to a new directory I set up, C:\Scripts\PowerShell, so I used a PowerShell …
PowerShell: Remove Blank Lines from Command Output
For some reason, when you run some shell commands in a PowerShell script, the output has an extra blank line after each line. It doesn’t seem to affect commands run …
Monitor Dell DRAC 5 Using SNMP
I want to use the SNMP checks in GFI MAX Remote Management to monitor my Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC), version 5. The Dell™ OpenManage™ Server Administrator Version 6.2 SNMP …
Deploying PowerShell Scripts to GFI MAX
I’ve been working on some PowerShell scripts that I want to deploy to GFI MAX Remote Management, a monitoring tool I use in the MSP side of the business. I’m …
Windows Phone 7: The First Week
My LG Quantum arrived five days ago and I’ve been trying to get used to Windows Phone 7 after saying good-bye to Android 2.1 update 1 on the Samsung Captivate.