Author Archives: Paul Gilbride

Bulk-create external contacts in Exchange Online

Do you have lots of existing business contacts that you want to include in the shared address book in Exchange Online? Or add your contacts as members of distribution groups, just like you can with users inside your company? If so, you can use Windows PowerShell and a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file to bulkContinue reading “Bulk-create external contacts in Exchange Online”

Enabling Telnet on Vista or Windows 7

One thing I almost immediately noticed when Vista (and more recently Win7)  came out was that if I open a a command prompt and try to use telnet, I get informed that ‘telnet’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Telnet is one of the first tools I use toContinue reading “Enabling Telnet on Vista or Windows 7”

Sharepoint Online – Basic Laws and Restrictions

The SharePoint Online service administrator can set the storage limits for site collections and sites created by users. The minimum storage allocated to a new site collection is 24 megabytes (MB). The maximum storage available for any site collection is up to 100 gigabytes (GB). The maximum SharePoint Online storage available to a single company’s tenancyContinue reading “Sharepoint Online – Basic Laws and Restrictions”

Backup Exchange 2003 with NTBACKUP

Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 already have the NTBACKUP software installed by default. However, installing Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 on these machines will upgrade NTBACKUP and allow it to be used to backup the Exchange databases (also known as Stores). Note: You can also Backup Exchange 2000/2003 from a Non-Exchange Server. ToContinue reading “Backup Exchange 2003 with NTBACKUP”

Get Rid of your Social Media Accounts Easily

Get Rid of your Social Media Accounts Easily

Do you care about your personal data? AccountKiller provide instructions to remove your account or public profile on most popular websites, including Skype, Facebook, Windows Live, Hotmail / Live, Twitter, MSN / Messenger, Google and many more. Want to create an account somewhere? Check AccountKiller’s Blacklist first to see if it’s even possible to remove your profile! 

Large List of Downloadable Computer Repair CDs

Large List of Downloadable Computer Repair CDs

One of our Technibble forum members, PcTek9, and a handful of other Technibble members have compiled a large list of CDs for various computer repair tasks. In this list, the following types of CD are available for download: Antivirus Boot CDs, Recovery Disks, Hardware Diagnostic Boot CDs, Network Testing/Monitoring, Data Recovery Boot CDs and Special Purpose CDs.

Some of these are free to download, some are not. Be sure to read the EULA for the CD’s you download and the applications you use to make sure you are allowed to use them in the manner you plan to use them in. Many of the CDs contain a variety of different programs and some of the applications are free to use as you please, but some of them disallow commercial use. So be sure to read and abide by the EULA for whatever you use.

Also, some of these CD’s may set off an antivirus false positive due to their virus removal, password cracking, system file changing nature. Konboot is one such CD that will set off antivirus software. Its best to scan the CDs that are setting off your antivirus using a site like Virustotal.com and make your own decisions.

IPSEC service Issue prevents Internet and Domain Access

Consider the following scenario. A Microsoft Windows XP-based client computer is joined to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 domain. Additionally, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is installed on the authenticating domain controller. In this scenario, you experience the following symptoms: You cannot connect to the Internet. You cannot join or log on toContinue reading “IPSEC service Issue prevents Internet and Domain Access”