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SBS 2011 OWA Page Not Responding

padd — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:23:04 +0000

When trying to access outlook web access on SBS 2011 by going to https://yourserver/owa. You see the login prompt but after entering your credentials, you are faced with a blank page with https://yourserver/owa/auth.owa in the address bar. This is normally due to the Forms based authentication service not running. Sometimes it fails to start when [...]

Exchange Version and Build numbers to Service Packs

padd — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:32:16 +0000

I was administering an Exchange 2007 installation today and needed to know what service pack it was running. The problem is that exchange does not display as a service pack, only an increase in version. A bit of googling revealed the following microsoft page that contains the version to Service pack information which i have [...]

XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 Beta Release

padd — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:46:27 +0000

I have just received an email from Citrix detailing the new beta of XenServer. Citrix are naming it XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 Beta and it can be downloaded via myCitrix. The two things that jump out at me are Virtual Switches and scheduled snapshots. I will certainly be trying out this when i get [...]

How to fix the “Could not connect to Group Policy Client service” Error

padd — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:47:04 +0000

Recently a few of our Windows Vista machines have experienced a problem after removing Script Logic Desktop Authority from them, causing non-admin users to not be able to log into the machine. The message that appears is “Could not connect to Group Policy Client service. Please consult your system administrator.” but strangely sometimes manifests as [...]

Book Review: The Cuckoo’s Egg by Cliff Stoll

padd — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:39:57 +0000

The Cuckoo’s Egg is set in the 80′s where Cliff, an Astronomer at Berkley gets reassigned to the IT department instead of leaving after finishing a research project. A few days into his new role, he is tasked at investigating an accounting error of 75c on the mainframe billing system. What should have been a [...]

How not to move your iTunes music!

padd — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:26:00 +0000

This is a bit of a lesson to myself on how iTunes is set up and the bizzareness of it all. I was at a client’s to fix their laptop that was running sluggish and on which skype was refusing to work on. On inspection, I found that the primary partition was running seriously low [...]

How to fix McAfee VirusScan Corporate update error.

padd — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:38:42 +0000

McAfee Update Issue – Affecting corporate users world wide McAfee released an Anti Virus update early morning on Wednesday 21st April that falsely detects a core windows file, svchost.exe as a virus. It then quarantines or deletes the file causing windows to become essentially useless. This problem seems to be only affecting Windows XP SP3 [...]

How to upgrade a Jailbroken iPhone 3Gs to 3.1.2

padd — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:09:15 +0000

If your SHSH hashes for your iPhone have been logged to Cydia, you can upgrade your iPhone firmware to 3.1.2 with a bit of hacking. Step 1 Check to make sure that your SHSH files are logged with Cydia If this is the case, you are in luck and should be able to upgrade you [...]

Xbox Live Gold Membership for £25

padd — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:17:01 +0000

I got an Xbox for Christmas and have pretty much spent the past month playing Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox Live using the free 1 month membership. Unfortunately this has now run out and looking at how much Microsoft charge for a year’s membership, I was taken aback £39.99 a year, especially as Sony do [...]

Can’t sleep…

padd — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:53:08 +0000

I can’t sleep. I have been up since 3am so I figured as it has been a while since I made a post, a quick update was in order. The past few months have been quite busy for me, I have been focusing a lot on my career and building up my certifications, work has [...]