June 2012

Exchange 2007: Give a user full access to all mailboxes

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Office 365 Windows

The following command will give full access to the Mailbox database including future mailboxes when they are created. Just change the name of the Mailbox Database to yours and the name to the one you wish to use

Now access to all mailboxes:

For Send As:

For Recieve As:

In exchange 2010 only you can use this command:

Make sure you have OWA enabled for the user to view the mailbox.

Windows: Remove hidden NIC

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Windows

Applies to Windows 2003

I was getting this error after have made some change with my virtual NIC adapters. The error I was facing was this one, when I was making changes to the only NIC there was installed:

The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer or is a legacy adapter that is not working. If the same address is assigned to both adapters and they become active, only one of them will use this address. This may result in incorrect system configuration. Do you want to enter a different IP address for this adapter in the list of IP addresses in the advanced dialog box?

The problem was that I had an old “ghost” NIC with some settings applied to it. The NIC was no longer installed so I was not able to remove or change the settings the normal way. First I tried to find the information in the registry, but there were a lot of entries and it didn’t seem to work. Then I did what I always do in those situations.


1. Open a command prompt and enter the commands above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. From the view menu select: Show hidden devices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Select the NIC that are removed from the system and right click and chose “Uninstall”
The NIC that are grayed out are no longer in the system

After following the above steps I was able to change the IP settings on my NIC without any warning.

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Windows

Trying to open a hyperlink in Microsoft Office Outlook or Microsoft Office Word – you receive the following error message and subsequently cannot open the hyperlinks:
This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.
Cause: Upgrading Internet Explorer from a previous version or uninstalling Google Chrome can corrupt dependent registry keys.

Following the simple steps below will help fix the issue:

Open a Command prompt as Administrator on Windows Vista or Windows 7. Then copy and paste the following info line by line – pressing the enter key on your keyboard to initialize each command:


REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.htm /ve /d htmlfile /f
REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.html /ve /d htmlfile /f
REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.shtml /ve /d htmlfile /f
REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.xht /ve /d htmlfile /f
REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.xhtml /ve /d htmlfile /f

Mo Wasay
My name is Mo Wasay. I work with a variety of technologies and engage with the community and customers around the world. I am located in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. I like to share my knowledge and experiences and help others who come across similar situations. My current focus is Microsoft Azure, Azure Stack and Windows Server.
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