Regshot 1.8.2
August 22, 2008 by John Tran · Leave a Comment
RegShot is a small registry compare utility that allows you to quickly take a snapshot of your registry and then compare it with a second one – done after doing system changes or installing a new software product. The changes report can be produced in text or HTML format and contains a list of all modifications that have taken place between snapshot1 and snapshot2. As a plus, you can also specify to scan folders and subfolders for changes.
Cannot Uninstall Exchange Server 2003
August 19, 2008 by John Tran · Leave a Comment
If you are trying to uninstall Exchange Server 2003 and you get the following error,
The component ‘Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services cannot be assigned the action “Remove” because: -One or more users currently use a mailbox store on this server. These users must be moved to a mailbox store on a different server or be mail disabled before uninstalling this server.
- Launch MMC
- Add Snap In -> ADSI Edit
- Right Click on ADSI Edit and select Connect to
- Select Domain under Select a well known naming context and click OK
- Right Click on Doman, select New -> Query
- Under Name type Mail User Search, under Root of Search Click on Browse and Select Domain, Click on Edit Query, under field choose User -> Exchange Home Server. Under Conditions select Ends With, this is important as I could only find the user under this condition. Under Value type the Exhange Server name. Click Add, then OK
- Click OK
You should see all the users that have their mailbox on the Exchange Server that you would like to remove. Delete all users and then go back to the Exchange Server and remove Exchange through Add and Remove Programs in Control Panel.
How to Patch/Update ESX Server Host
August 13, 2008 by John Tran · Leave a Comment
The VMWare date bug fix has just been released and I’m sure most Admins will be glad that its all over. However, if you’re new to VMWare and you want to know how to install an update without using the VMWare Update Manager then here are some simple steps you can follow.
- Download WinSCP if you don’t already have the application installed.
- Launch WinSCP and input the hostname/IP Address and username and password
- This will launch an explorer window. Create a directory named updates under the var directory
- Then move the extracted files to \var\updates directory
- On the host login into the service console.
- Navigate to \var\updates\(directory name of update) – case sensitive
- To navigate you can use the cd \var\updates\(directory name of update) command.
- once you’re in the correct directory where the updates are copied run esxupdates update
- Your updates should now be installed.