Check which Lync server license I have used
I have installed Lync server 2010 for a client on premise and I forgot which License I have used. the server is licensed but there's no where to tell what's the license and which one is it?
Anyone?
Thanks
Mohammed JH
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- Edited by Oguzhan İlkan BORAN Monday, January 28, 2013 1:08 PM
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Reply:
Hi Oghuzhan,
I'm using a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (4.0.7577.0): Volume license key installed. but how do I know what key or which license have been used?
Thanks
Mohammed JH
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Reply:
Which license did you or the client buy? The admin console cannot tell you what license you used, since the version identified through the command shell may not be the one you licensed.
For example, if you did this recently, you may have purchased a Lync 2013 license for it, since Lync 2010 licenses are no longer available. It's perfectly legal to install a previous version under that license.
There's only one commercial version of Lync, Lync 2013, so it would be hard to install the wrong license in a commercial installation. You can't use MSDN, eval, Technet, partner, etc. bits for commercial use, so if you did this for a customer who is putting it into production, that's the one they need.
This actually isn't a question for you to answer. Ask the customer which one they bought. If they didn't buy one, you have your answer: it is an unlicensed installation.
Note that only the front-end server in Lync needs a server license. Other roles can be installed without purchasing an additional server license, which is unique to Lync. However, users still need CALs that are appropriate for the type of server they are accessing.
Paul DeGroot Principal Consultant Pica Communications "Solving the Microsoft Licensing Puzzle"
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My customer doesn't know either, they are partners of microsoft and they have downloaded the ISO edition of Lync server from their partner portal page.
I can't even remember if I have copied our edition of ISO to their server too.
this is weird that microsoft doesn't provide any tool to tell you which license have been used.
Mohammed JH
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VBS - Script to monitor the NIC used by a Virtual Machine in a Hyper-V cluster?
copy and paste the below and save as NicHa.vbs
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
' Nic HA Script. Sample. Please feedback to robertvi at microsoft.com
'
'INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
'
' 1. copy this script to all cluster nodes into %windir%\cluster
' 2. In Failover Cluster Management Select the VM you wish to add NIC Monitoring
' 3. Select "Add a resource" -> Generic Script
' 4. Enter %windir%\cluster\nicha.vbs
' 5. Next, Finish. Note the name of the created resource (nicha Script)
' 6. Run ncpa.cpl
' 7. Identfiy the Phyiscl NIC that is used by the Switch for this VM (This NIC should only have the Switch Protocol bound)
' Usually something like "Local Area Connection"
' 8. Rename this NIC to something like "VM Network 1"
' 9. Do steps 6 to 8 on all cluster nodes
' 10. Open a Elevated CMD Prompt
' 11. Using the names from above, "nicha script", "VM Network 1"'
' 12. In cmd prompt, issue the following command: cluster res "nicha Script" /priv NicName="VM Network 1"
' 13. Online the Script Resource
'
'You may edit the properties of the Virtual Machine Group in Failover Cluster Management to allow more failovers in a given period.
'The Default of 2 may be reached easily during testing. The script resource will then fail, but the group will not move
'
'The availability of the NIC is checked every minute by default.
'This could be changed in the Advanced Properties of the Script Resource in the "Thorough resource health check interval", if needed
'
'
'
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Global variables
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Script Version
ScriptVersion = "0.2"
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Open()
'
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Function Open()
On Error Resume Next
Resource.LogInformation("Entering Open() for NIC Monitoring Generic Script Version " & ScriptVersion)
If Resource.PropertyExists("NicName") = FALSE Then
Resource.AddProperty("NicName")
Resource.LogInformation("NICHA: Property NicName not configured")
End If
Open = 0
End Function
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Online()
'
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Function Online()
'Check if the NIC is connected, otherwise fail Open
Online = 1
strComputer = "."
strNicName = Resource.NicName
strquery = "Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapter where NetConnectionID = '" & strNicName & "'"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(strquery)
if colItems.Count = 0 then
Resource.LogInformation("NICHA: Error - NIC not found")
set objWMIService = nothing
Set colItems = nothing
Exit Function
end if
set objItem = colItems.ItemIndex(0)
if objItem.NetConnectionStatus = 2 then
Online = 0
else
Resource.LogInformation("NICHA: Error - NIC not in connected state")
end if
set objWMIService = nothing
Set colItems = nothing
set objItem = nothing
End Function
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'LooksAlive()
'
'Return success
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Function LooksAlive()
On Error Resume Next
LooksAlive = TRUE
End Function
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'IsAlive()
'
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Function IsAlive()
On Error Resume Next
IsAlive = FALSE
strComputer = "."
strNicName = Resource.NicName
strquery = "Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapter where NetConnectionID = '" & strNicName & "'"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(strquery)
if colItems.Count = 0 then
Resource.LogInformation("NICHA: Error - NIC not found")
set objWMIService = nothing
Set colItems = nothing
Exit Function
end if
set objItem = colItems.ItemIndex(0)
if objItem.NetConnectionStatus = 2 then
IsAlive = TRUE
else
Resource.LogInformation("NICHA: Error - NIC not in connected state")
end if
set objWMIService = nothing
Set colItems = nothing
set objItem = nothing
End Function
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Offline()
'
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Function Offline()
On Error Resume Next
Offline = 0
End Function
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Terminate()
'
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Function Terminate()
On Error Resume Next
Terminate = 0
End Function
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
'Close()
'
'Return success
'*******************************************************************************************************************************************************
Function Close()
Close = 0
End Function
tony soper
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- Edited by 博文MVP Monday, February 4, 2013 1:05 PM
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SCCM 2007 Report for site servers which are enabled for Network discovery
Hi All,
we've enabled network discovery in SCCM 2007 site servers in my Org..
again we've removed for some reason.
we suspect there are few more servers which are having still network discovery is enabled.
i need SCCM 2007 SQL or WQL query to find out how many site servers are still network discovery enabled?
please let me know if any body has idea about this report how get list of site servers which are still enabled network discovery?
thanks in advance.
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Reply:
For urgent issues, you should always contact CSS for support. It can take week if not long before you get a reply, if you get one at all.
There is not query for this information. The best that you can do is use the SYDI-SCCM script on all of you site and see if it is enabled.
http://www.enhansoft.com/pages/downloads.aspx
http://www.enhansoft.com/
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- Edited by Markus VilcinskasMicrosoft employee Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:28 PM
Reply:
Connect Site URL: https://connect.microsoft.com/site433
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Reply:
Hi
Not sure ifyou're updating this thread anymore; I'm really stuck on what I believe must be a common issue where you need to provision users from your Portal to AD (and the Portal is not your primary contributor). I've posted my problem and dicussion here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ilm2/thread/08103704-df38-46e8-8e96-37d38455684a
I have searched and searched (and perhaps I'm not using the correct key words) but I'm finding it hard to get a steer and find examples of how to get attributes to flow from the Portal to the MV. I did reach the conclusion I would have to code this using a MV Extension (am I correct?). I am a very experienced VB.NET programmer but again, finding useful starting blocks on "how to code" and information on "how your code sits along side declarative provisioning" is proving difficult for me (I've just got a debugger attached and seen where breakpoints are happening and that's about it so far) .
Do you have any explanations or good examples please on how I may get attributes to flow from the Portal to the MV. Perhaps I've missed something very basic but it seems to me that the FIM Services MA configures the attribute flow one-way and one-way only (that is to say you can't configure an attribute in the FIM Services MA to flow in both directions at once).
Any help, guidance and examples would be so much appreciated.
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Hijri calendar on report server
HI
We have requirement from client to show Hijri calendar on report server.we have gone through few workarounds like changing region and language settings of system .but it didn't help .your response in this regard will be highly appreciated.Thanks
Zamin
Reply:
Do you want to display calendar control with Hijri dates??
If you just want Hijri date using SQL query then i hope below link will be helpful to you
Hijri Date using SQL Query
Mark this post as answer if this resolves your issue.
Everything about SQL Server | Experience inside SQL Server -Mohammad Nizamuddin
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BCS .net Assembly Connectors vs. Web Services
I want to connect an external trading system to a sharepoint list to allow users to enter and update trades using BCS. I can query the external data system using SQL against its backend Oracle database, but updates must be made through a vendor-provided dll. I've created a web service that wraps their custom dll and can use it to add/change trades. Now I want to lerage that in BCS. I want to create a BCS Model that reads data using oracle sql, but updates it using my custom web service.
I'm wondering whether I should use a dotNet Assembly Connector for this or create a web service and hook that up to a BCS Model.
Any thoughts on using .net Assembly Connectors vs. Web Services?
I'm on 2010 now. Moving to 2013 sometime this year.
Reply:
If you are going to mix data access technologies like this, then use a .NET Assembly Connector.
Scot
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Author, Professional Business Connectivity Services
Author, Inside SharePoint 2013
Blog, www.shillier.com
Twitter, @ScotHillier
SharePoint Trainer, Critical Path Training
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Set machine account password to a specific value
Hi,
We are having a problem with the machine account passwords.
We are using hyper-v and one windows 7 has several snapshots which have different machine account passwords.
That makes the trust relationship between the windows 7 machine and the domain controller be lost every time I restore the windows 7 machine to a snapshot.
Now I want to solve this problem. One solution I think of is to restore the machine to each snapshot, set the machine account password to the common value and take a new snapshot, then delete the old snapshot.
After that, all new snapshots will have the same machine account password.
But I don't know how to set the machine account password to a specific value.
Could some one please give me the instruction ? Thank you very much.
- Changed type tracycai Thursday, February 7, 2013 2:37 AM
Reply:
http://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/archives/1938
- Make sure the netdom.exe and netdom.exe.mui files are stored in the mentioned folder locations
- Open an elevated command prompt
- Run: netdom.exe resetpwd /server:domaincontroller /userD:ivan /passwordD *
- Enter password
- Reboot the machine
- Edited by Brano Lukic Monday, February 4, 2013 4:50 AM
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Reply:
Hi,
I already know that solution. However, the testers who restore the snapshots must ask me to run the netdom for them because they don't have the domain admin accounts and I don't want to let them know.
What I'm looking for is a solution so that the testers don't have to ask my help every time they restore the machine to a snapshot.
Thank you anyway for your answer.- Edited by James Nguyen HN Monday, February 4, 2013 10:26 AM
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MBAM with SQL 2012
Hi,
The MBAM pre-req says SQL 2008 R2. Though on the forum's Microsoft says SQL 2008 R2 and above.
So, can we use SQL 2012 with MBAM.
Thanks
Gaurav Ranjan
Reply:
Gaurav Ranjan
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Reply:
SQL 2012 can be used with MBAM v Next when we release in 6-8 months.
Manoj Sehgal
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Reply:
Hi Manoj,
Is SQL 2012 officialy supported configuration of MBAM by microsoft? In MBAM Administrator's Guide.pdf from:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27555#top
they are only talking about SQL 2008, not higher?
...if it is not officailly supported I would rather stay with SQL 2008 then.
Thanks
Gabi
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Reply:
We will have SQL 2012 support for MBAM 2.0 only.
Currently you will use SQL 2008 with SP2 and above
or
SQL 2008 R2
Manoj Sehgal
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Reply:
Hi Manoj,
Thank you. I am preaparing my architecture vor MBAM now and I will have SQL Server 2008 R2 and then also mirrored database on the second SQL Server.
The question is if I can have have IIS server configured as Hardware failover. (I don't want to use NLB von Microsoft as written in Dokus. I have max 7000 Clients and load will not be a problem, but I just want to be sure that IIS will be always available.)
Do you know if this will work to have one Administration and Monitorig Web Server as primary and then also the second server just in case the first one crashes?
Cheers
Gabi
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Reply:
You can either use F5 hardware load balancer for NLB if you do not want to use Microsoft NLB.
You can have 1 Admin & Monitoring Server and point to SQL DB which is using SQL DB Mirroring Feature. This will work.
Manoj Sehgal
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Reply:
Hi Manoj,
Can SQL 2012 be used with MBAM 2.0 Beta refresh?
Thanks Chandan
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Synchronize combined views doesnt show in Workspace
heriksso
Reply:
Found this limitation at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-foundation-help/synchronize-sharepoint-content-with-sharepoint-workspace-HA101854201.aspx#_Toc263166752
The following views are unsupported: Project Task list in Gantt view, Style, In-line Folders (which show as groups), and Item Limit.
heriksso
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Commercial SSRS Display Applications
Hi,
Can anyone recommend any commercial available web applications for presenting SSRS reports to end users? I have looked and have obviously found plenty of competitors to Reporting Services, but nothing that would allow our development team simply to concentrate on writing SSRS reports (for reasons of time and developer resource), deploy them to our reporting server, and adopt some other commercial option for presenting those reports to users. Sharepoint is unfortunately not an option.
If anyone knows of options I could investigate, I would be most grateful.
Many thanks.
- Changed type Mike Yin Sunday, February 3, 2013 1:03 PM Open discussion
Reply:
Hi Allison,
Sorry for the delay.
Actually, you can create a custom Web Application and use ReportViewer controls in it to display the embeded reports.The control embeds report processing and viewing capabilities directly into your application. For more information, please see:
ReportViewer Controls (Visual Studio)
Regards,
Mike Yin
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Reply:
Thanks for your reply, Mike. My apologies - I should have made it clear in the original question that we are aware of the report viewer but it is the use of developer time in building our own solution that the team would like to avoid. It seems like there is nothing out there.
Thanks anyway,
Ed.
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Outlook 2013 Shuts down when trying to send an email - Avast Issue
Below was a post I found that fixed my issue but it was locked. So if your using Outlook 2013 and have Avast installed this could be your issue. I disabled outgoing scans and my issue was corrected.
I was using outlook 2013 without any problems and all of a sudden when I attempt to send an e-mail it shuts down (Outlook has stopped working checking for solutions - or something to that effect before restarting). I attempted the safe mode start-up and had no problems sending. In looking at add-ins I see nothing that should be interfering. It turns out that AVAST antivirus scans e-mails before sending, when I disabled that feature in AVAST it took care of the problem.
- Edited by jaxstraww Sunday, February 3, 2013 3:19 PM
- Changed type Jaynet Zhang Monday, February 4, 2013 7:51 AM Discussion
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Jaynet Zhang
TechNet Community Support
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Touch Keyboard does not open after Installation of Ntrig Driver
Reply:
Hi,
I suggest to contact Ntrig for further help. To verify if it compatible with Windows 8. Also you can try to update BIOS and Chipset for your machine.
Leo Huang
TechNet Community Support
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WLAN AutoConfig service doesn't start, error 1067
WLAN AutoConfig service gives error 1067 whenever i try to run it.
| What I've tried so far: Reset winsock settings |
I tried all of these in normal mode AND in safe mode. None of it worked.
Then i thought the service dll (C:\Windows\system32\wlansvc.dll) itself might have been damaged/outdated/whatever, so I tried to delete it and put a new one from donor pc, but no luck.
It wouldn't give me access to the file no matter what i tried, safe mode, unlocker tools, auto rename it on startup, doing everything in administrator and changing permissions under properties. It just won't give me access to the file.
It was working few days ago and i literally have no idea why it stopped working.
Specs:
Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
Sony VAIO Laptop
3945ABG Wi-Fi card
Any idea how to fix it? Thanks in advance
Reply:
Hi,
I suggest you rest winsock and TCP/IP stack to troubleshoot the issue.
1. Click on the Start Button and type CMD in Search Bar. Right click on the Command Prompt shortcut and select Run As Administrator.
2. In the command prompt window that opens, run the following commands:
netsh winsock reset catalog netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log
Also, here is a similar thread for your reference:
Unable to start WLAN AutoConfig and EAP services
Hope this helps.
Vincent Wang
TechNet Community Support
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Win 7 SP1 problem
I have a laptop (2.2G Duo / 4GB RAM) running Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate. This was first installed about 3 years ago.
With the original software build the PC repeatedly indicated that SP1 installation was necessary, but it always failed. Even after a recent clean rebuild the installation of SP1 still fails I get the help message suggests installing KB255332 first but it isn't offered and I can't find where to get this update from. Can anyone please help.
Reply:
You can download Windows 7 Ultimate 640bit with SP1 .ISO @ http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso
This page has the full listing: http://www.renjusblog.com/2009/09/free-windows7-full-version-download.html
If you want to put the .ISO on a USB drive, you can download the Microsoft utility @ http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool
I can't find anything with the KB number you have above. Please check to ensure it's correct.
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. "
- Edited by Rick Dee Saturday, February 2, 2013 5:26 PM
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Reply:
Hello Dave-LA8.
Did you try to doanload the standalone installer of the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 from the Microsoft Download Center (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5842) and install it manually?
Bye.
Luigi Bruno
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Reply:
Hi,
You can try the SP1 link as Luigi Bruno listed to manually install it to see how it works.
Thanks,
Vincent Wang
TechNet Community Support
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IDE ATA/ATAPI controller driver download
- Edited by Shari Flowers Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:40 PM
Reply:
Start by going to the Dell Support website @ http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx?~ck=pn
Dell also has forums for their products @ http://en.community.dell.com/
Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. "
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Reply:
That's a slightly unusual request. The drivers included with Windows 7 (are you running Windows 7?) are usually sufficient, although the ones that come in a chipset driver package may be more hardware specific.
I'd look for the chipset drivers at support.dell.com, as Rick Dee posted. As you've told us nothing about your PC other than it's a Dell, it's not possible to look up a link for you.
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Reply:
Hi,
It is better to visit DELL Support website to download the drivers according to your computer model.
For your reference: http://www.dell.com/
Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Regards,
Vincent Wang
TechNet Community Support
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FIM-REFERENCE: FIM 2010 R2 SP1 Information:
| FIM-REFERENCE: FIM 2010 R2 SP1 Information: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/15697.fim-reference-fim-2010-r2-sp1-information.aspx |
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When it comes to Smartphones, It is clearly a battle between Android and iOS. But signs are emerging that Apple might be loosing grip in the two Asian markets.
Conforming to Reuters report, most of the well-off smartphone users in Singapore and Hong Kong are turning to Android handsets, mostly Samsung, rather than iOS of Apple. The trouble that iPhone is their desire to be different that causing them as weakness and in turn an advantage to competing device.
Reuters states that Apple's share of mobile devices in Singapore–iPad and iPhone–fell from a peak of 72 percent in January 2012 to 50 percent this month. As for Android devices, they now account for 43 percent of the market, up from 20 percent in the same month last year.
Hong Kong shows no different aftereffect, iOS devices declined from 45 percent to 30 percent in a year, while Android accounts for about two-thirds of smartphones used.
These findings are not surprising at all, maybe not foreseen but definitely not shocking. We are used to long lines for the new iPhone but we are seeing longer lines for the Samsung Galaxy S III and Note II LTE in Singapore.
With the support of our familiarity, we can safely claim that the interest in the apparent S4 will surely come as another hit in the market for the coming months.
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Reply:
If your question is
#1 - "Can Outlook - the desktop application" be used on a smartphone?" - No
#2 - "Can you use web based Outlook (Outlook.com / Office 365 etc) on any device with an internet connection?" - Yes
#3 - Can you use the same email accounts used in any Outlook desktop configuration with a SmartPhone? - Yes
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
Outlook Import/Export Hints/Tips
Contact import/export/data management tools for Outlook '2000/2010 - ContactGenie.com
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Dealing with "Customization could not be loaded because the application domain could not be created"
I was having the “Customization could not be loaded because the application domain could not be created” problem. This was on a machine which I had just done a clean install of everything. The RTM version of powerpivot would install and run with no problem, but while Powerpivot CTP3 would install it would not start, with VSTO giving the above reason for the failure to load in Excel.
I tried reinstalling and repairing everything, Powerpivot, VSTO, and the dot Net clinet profile… many times, with reboots… and it still would not load. After two days of pulling up my hair, I finally found a solution: it had to do with the installation of dot Net 4, not the installation of VSTO as most people point to as being the problem for this error message. I installed the "full" version of dot Net 4, instead of just the client profile (which is what is indicated as being the requirement)and then Powerpivot started up no problem.
- Changed type Challen Fu Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:06 AM
Reply:
Hi Eric Hutton,
It seem that you want to share some experience about fixing this issue after installing the CTP3 of Denali, firstly many thanks about your sharing, which must be useful to other communities who have the similar issue. However it is not a question, so I change it type to General discussion.
Thanks,
Challen Fu
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.
- Edited by Challen Fu Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:06 AM
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Reply:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=17851
That did the trick for me!
Thanks!
C
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Reply:
Thanks Eric and Charley!
Installing the full version at this URL worked for me! I'm on Windows 7 64bit, Office 2010 32 Bit, PowerPivot for Excel 32Bit
-Jeff
- Edited by Jeff Schodde Monday, March 19, 2012 9:34 PM Corrected names.
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Reply:
Glad it worked for you.
Now if I could just figure out how to get PP 2012 RTM to install properly on a machine with a Domain account... it will only run if I launch Excel using "Run As"and use the local admin account.
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Reply:
Thank You! This finally worked!! I had been through every single other "do this" and "try this" there was and I had already done every single stinking one that they had mentioned. installing the FULL .Net framework from that link did it. YAY!!!!!
Worked for me too! Thanks!
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Reply:
THANKS JEFF !
After a full day trying to get Power Pivot to work in Excel, Multiple uninstalls, reinstalls, hotfixes, downloads, reg edits, hacks, and just annoyance,
your link to the full .net 4 install fixed my problem right off. THANKS !
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=17851
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http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=17851That did the trick for me!
Thanks!
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On the end after everything this worked for me also!!
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Workgroup vs Domain.
- Changed type kariya21 Wednesday, August 8, 2012 4:13 PM not a technical question
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I'm currently using whs v1 and looking at ws2012e. I see alot of discontent over the domain issue. Being that I'm only intrested in a server for home use to replace my older whs v1, what would the down side of the active domain be? Apparently I don't understand what the fuss is other than for those who want to use a work computer with their home network or am I still missing the point. Please explain it to me in laymans term.
Well, being a WHS-MVP, I was a little "resistant" at first also. :) Having said that, now that I've used WS2012E for a little bit (albeit in a virtual environment), I don't see any real issues with it (especially from a "home server" standpoint).
First, to clarify, not all clients can be joined to the domain anyway (only Pro level OSes and higher can be joined). So if you're running Win7 Home Basic, Win7 Home Premium, or Win8 Core, you don't have to worry as those can't be joined to the domain. As for the other OSes (Win7 Pro, Ultimate and Enterprise plus Win8 Pro and Enterprise), yes those are forced to join the domain during the Connector installation.
You already mentioned what I think is the biggest problem: a computer that is already part of an existing domain (i.e. a work computer) cannot be connected to WS2012E (since a client can only be in one domain at a time). But speaking from a strictly home environment though, that is a non-issue. Also, when a client is part of a domain, a user must login with a username and password. (When a client is in a workgroup, there is a checkbox called "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" in an "advanced" User Account control window. That checkbox is not available on a client that is part of a domain.) The other point worth mentioning is the creation of a "second" user on that client. For example, on my workgroup client, I have a user logon that I use (i.e. MyFirstName). When I join that client to the domain, it will create a new user account on that client (called MyFirstName.DomainName). It will be a brand new user on that client (all of my files, settings, etc. are in my workgroup logon, not my domain logon). This also means that I have 2 available logons (ComputerName\MyFirstName and DomainName\MyFirstName), which might be a little confusing at first if you've never worked in a domain environment before. Having said that, there is a pop-up window that shows up the first time you login with your domain logon that will help you transfer everything from your workgroup logon to your domain logon. (And, if worse comes to worse and you absolutely don't want your client to be connected to the domain, you can simply switch it back to a workgroup after installing the Connector software.)
There may be other differences, but that's all I can think of at the moment.
- Edited by kariya21 Sunday, August 5, 2012 3:14 PM
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<kariya21 [MVP]> wrote in message news:923efa20-0bb2-417f-90df-036c59d5aa49@communitybridge.codeplex.com...I'm currently using whs v1 and looking at ws2012e. I see alot of discontent over the domain issue. Being that I'm only intrested in a server for home use to replace my older whs v1, what would the down side of the active domain be? Apparently I don't understand what the fuss is other than for those who want to use a work computer with their home network or am I still missing the point. Please explain it to me in laymans term.
Well, being a WHS-MVP, I was a little "resistant" at first also. :) Having said that, now that I've used WS2012E for a little bit (albeit in a virtual environment), I don't see any real issues with it (especially from a "home server" standpoint).
First, to clarify, not all clients can be joined to the domain anyway (only Pro level OSes and higher can be joined). So if you're running Win7 Home Basic, Win7 Home Premium, or Win8 Core, you don't have to worry as those can't be joined to the domain. As for the other OSes (Win7 Pro, Ultimate and Enterprise plus Win8 Pro and Enterprise), yes those are forced to join the domain during the Connector installation.
You already mentioned what I think is the biggest problem: a computer that is already part of an existing domain (i.e. a work computer) cannot be connected to WS2012E (since a client can only be in one domain at a time). But speaking from a strictly home environment though, that is a non-issue. Also, when a client is part of a domain, a user must login with a username and password. (When a client is in a workgroup, there is a checkbox called "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" in an "advanced" User Account control window. That checkbox is not available on a client that is part of a domain.) The other point worth mentioning is the creation of a "second" user on that client. For example, on my workgroup client, I have a user logon that I use (i.e. MyFirstName). When I join that client to the domain, it will create a new user account on that client (called MyFirstName.NameOfDomain). It will be a brand new user on that client (all of my files, settings, etc. are in my workgroup logon, not my domain logon). This also means that I have 2 available logons (ComputerName\MyFirstName and DomainName\MyFirstName), which might be a little confusing at first if you've never worked in a domain environment before. Having said that, there is a pop-up window that shows up the first time you login with your domain logon that will help you transfer everything from your workgroup logon to your domain logon. (And, if worse comes to worse and you absolutely don't want your client to be connected to the domain, you can simply switch it back to a workgroup after installing the Connecting software.)
There may be other differences, but that's all I can think of at the moment.
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Yep.Okay, if I understand this correctly you have to join the domain (Pro level or higher) as part on installing the Connector, but once the Connector is installed you can leave the Domain and revert to Workgroup?
Client backups work. Access to shares work (provided you provide valid server credentials obviously). I haven't tried Remote Desktop (through RWA) to a no-longer-domain-joined-client yet, but I will when I get a chance. Is there anything else you can think of to check?Also, once you leave the Domain and revert to Workgroup, everything still functions as intended?
Is that correct?
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<Phil Harrison> wrote in message news:de15ee15-112f-4c1d-b99e-d493e0892433@communitybridge.codeplex.com...As stated above, even though you have to join a Domain when you install the Connector (if you are using Pro or above) you then still have the option of logging on to that machine locally with "UserName" rather than Domain\UserName. Thus you can install the Connector as a Domain Administrator but ordinary users can still continue to log on as normal.
Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.
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Access to Domain services denied to non-domain users - printers, shared folders ( I need to have a more detailed look at the shared folders issue and see how it deals with clients not running Domain aware OS) etc. For a home network I see no real benefits (nor any real downsides) to a Domain unless you have a lot of users and you want to centrally manage what they can and can't do.
Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.
Shared folders work fine (even with clients that have never been joined to the domain). And, if the local username and password matches the server username and password, you are not even prompted for a username and password when accessing the server shares (just like how WHS was).
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Quick question: I've got Essentials 2012 working great with my home network with no domain connected computers. Each client computer, as mentioned above, has a parallel login on the server so the end user is not even prompted when logging in to a shared drive. I do have one question though. I'm not seeing the server "advertised" to clients. If you know the name you can directly map to it and the client connects but just when clicking on "NETWORK" on a client, the server name is not discovered. My SBS2011 setup the same way was seen and discovered immediately but for some reason the 4 computers never "see" the server listed under network. I've created "mapped" drives for the short term but it would be great to know how to get the clients to see a server out there to select from. The clients see media servers, printers, etc... but not the Server 2012 Essentials box. Again, if I hard map it with "\\servername\share" all works great. Thoughts?
Keith
- Edited by kminard Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:39 PM
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Quick question: I've got Essentials 2012 working great with my home network with no domain connected computers. Each client computer, as mentioned above, has a parallel login on the server so the end user is not even prompted when logging in to a shared drive. I do have one question though. I'm not seeing the server "advertised" to clients. If you know the name you can directly map to it and the client connects but just when clicking on "NETWORK" on a client, the server name is not discovered. My SBS2011 setup the same way was seen and discovered immediately but for some reason the 4 computers never "see" the server listed under network. I've created "mapped" drives for the short term but it would be great to know how to get the clients to see a server out there to select from. The clients see media servers, printers, etc... but not the Server 2012 Essentials box. Again, if I hard map it with "\\servername\share" all works great. Thoughts?
Keith
I had the same problem with WS2012E. I found this website with ideas to try. All I did was step 4 and it started working (even though my server's IP is dynamic and I left it as such).
- Edited by kariya21 Wednesday, August 8, 2012 4:17 PM
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Perfect solution. The service was DISABLED so I turned it back on and made it AUTO and then assigned NETBIOS to be ON and rebooted. All is fixed. Thanks man!
Keith
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What about a "guest" account? I'm thinking specifically getting my XBOX 360 to be able to access Media folders? I know there is a way to get a MCX account to automatically "log in", but it's such a pain and quite finicky. Is there a way to set "public" folders on W2012e such that an MCX (Media Center Extenders such as DMA2100 or XBOX) can connect to?
All you have to do is enable Media Streaming for that (the rest is set automatically).
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A Connect Feedback is filed on this, Thanks kariya21.
We are investigating a workaround to make this easier. Stay tuned for the update on this feedback.
PS, proflie migration from workgroup to domain is supported by the client connector, if yours failed, you might want to open a connect bug with logs.
Thank You!
This post is "AS IS" and confers no rights. Ning Kuang[MSFT] Windows Server Program Manager
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A Connect Feedback is filed on this, Thanks kariya21.
Yeah, I know. It's my feedback. :) In addition, there is a "public" feedback for the same thing (mine was filed before the public Connect site was set up):
We are investigating a workaround to make this easier. Stay tuned for the update on this feedback.PS, proflie migration from workgroup to domain is supported by the client connector, if yours failed, you might want to open a connect bug with logs.
Thank You!
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Thank you Kariya21 and zeus182. Microsoft has responded to your feedback:
Posted by Microsoft on 8/29/2012 at 8:17 PMWindows Server Solutions Team
Windows Server 2012 Essentials is looking much more acceptable as a replacement for WHS2011.
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Well, the fact that MS is calling it a "workaround" is a little ominous. If it was a simple window during the Connector installation on a client that asked, "Do you want to join the domain?", I don't think they would be describing it as a "workaround". We'll see what it looks like...Thank you Kariya21 and zeus182. Microsoft has responded to your feedback:
Posted by Microsoft on 8/29/2012 at 8:17 PMthanks Zeus182. this is a good suggestions for the client deployment. We would like to provide a workaround for customers to skip the domain joinning during the client deployment. And a KB article will also be provided. i will let you know this KB link when it is alive. thanks.
Windows Server Solutions TeamWindows Server 2012 Essentials is looking much more acceptable as a replacement for WHS2011.
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I noticed that too. But it least it states, "skip joining the domain during the client deployment". Which I hope means, that we would have something as basic as a simple window.
We shall see.
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Workaround is published. KB and further solutions are under investigation.
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True, but can I take it a step further? Will enabling Media Streaming only make available the "default" media folders? I ask because while I do use "videos" "music" and "pictures" I also have a "Movies" and a "TV Series" folder, which as I recall from previous setups, sometimes took some finessing to get the extenders to see them and be able to play their content. Is there a way to make a "custom" folder such as these also available to my extenders as well?What about a "guest" account? I'm thinking specifically getting my XBOX 360 to be able to access Media folders? I know there is a way to get a MCX account to automatically "log in", but it's such a pain and quite finicky. Is there a way to set "public" folders on W2012e such that an MCX (Media Center Extenders such as DMA2100 or XBOX) can connect to?
All you have to do is enable Media Streaming for that (the rest is set automatically).
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True, but can I take it a step further? Will enabling Media Streaming only make available the "default" media folders? I ask because while I do use "videos" "music" and "pictures" I also have a "Movies" and a "TV Series" folder, which as I recall from previous setups, sometimes took some finessing to get the extenders to see them and be able to play their content. Is there a way to make a "custom" folder such as these also available to my extenders as well?You should be able to do that by adding the folders to the Media Library functionality through the Dashboard (Setttings > Media > Customize).
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By Enabling Media Streaming, I am able to play movies, tv shows, music using the Xbox 360 Video or music player. However, I am unaable to play music or recorded tv shows located on their namesake network shares on the Windows Server 2012 essentials using the Xbox 360 as a Windows Media Center Extender. If movies are any indication, it is precisely because it is not able to access the network shares (ie. \\WindowsServer2012NetworkShares\Movies.
The PC that has Windows Media Center running is able to access and play those files on the server. It appears that the issue is that the accounts that the Xbox 360 extender is running under is not able to access the network shares. I remember that Windows Home Server created a Guest Account specifically for this purpose.
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As I have explained over here, your XBox requires a Media Center PC on the other end in order to act as an extender. Without that (and no version of Windows Home Server has Media Center included), it will only allow you to use the media player functionality to access the DLNA streaming server.
This is functioning "as designed".
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
- Edited by Ken Warren Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:04 AM
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Ken, I do have a Windows Media Center PC and the xbox 360 as extenders connects fine to the Windows Media Center PC and they play any media that is located on that PC. The issue is that if I move those media files on the Windows Server 2012 server, the xbox 360 can not play them. In other words, the accounts (ie. MCx....) that Windows Media Center creates for the extenders can not log on the Windows Server 2012 network shares to steam my media.
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As I have explained over here, your XBox requires a Media Center PC on the other end in order to act as an extender. Without that (and no version of Windows Home Server has Media Center included), it will only allow you to use the media player functionality to access the DLNA streaming server.
This is functioning "as designed".
I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
Ken, the issue is that when you set up Extenders on a Media Center PC, additional machine-level user accounts are created to run the extender sessions. When an extender session on the Media Center PC tries to access media stored on a server (for example, when using an Xbox 360 as an extender) it uses network credentials explicit to extender accounts; this access fails unless the appropriate account and permissions are also set up on the server.
In Windows Home Server 2011, this seems to be handled automatically. When you add a client having Windows Media Center installed and set up, an additional user account is created on the server for that PC (hidden in the dashboard), and server-level permissions for extenders are managed transparently for media shares.
I think the extender-related questions for WSE have to do with how to enable access to server media from a Windows Media Center PC in the (potential) absence of explicit account integration on the server. Unfortunately, Microsoft has not exactly been clear about how (or if) Windows Media Center extender scenarios will work with WSE 2012, or how users can go about ensuring that all media can be accessed.
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Gary, you are spot on in your last statement:
"Unfortunately, Microsoft has not exactly been clear about how (or if) Windows Media Center extender scenarios will work with WSE 2012, or how users can go about ensuring that all media can be accessed."
This scenario does not seem to be as core to Windows Server Essentials 2012 as it was in Windows Home Server, thus documentation and the ability to customize permissions granted to guests accounts to enable this scenario seem to be lacking. I too would appreciate some specific guidance in making this scenario work as I seem to be stuck in the same situation.
I believe the core issue is that the Dashboard is both obscuring to configure an MCX/guest account, well as not providing the ability to customize Media Sharing permissions.
I would also love to extend guest functionality to other non-domain joined devices such as my Surface RT, and don't believe this is trivial to do as well. In a small business setting I would assume this would be a common scenario, for guests/business partners joining your network. The ability to manage guest account permissions with granularity for Media Center Extender use or other purposes should be supported.
I'm going to play around a bit with this in the coming week and report back with any solutions.
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Is their any way around this? Does anyone know if I can name my server domain "WORKGROUP" if I reinstall 2012? to make things seemly to anyone that wants to browse my server shares at my house? I don't want to have to put every computer that comes through my house into the JAZJON workgroup.
Their has to be a better way. I know we can demote the server and remove the domain all together. If their is no way, I'm thinking of using Windows 8 as my home server. (using StableBit DrivePool 2.0)
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Outlook 2003 - Email not displayed correctly
Hi all
I have recently upgraded a clients PC to an Intel Core i5 with Windows 7. I installed his copy of Microsoft Office 2003, which only has Word, Excel and Outlook.
Everything seems to be configured correctly.
Most of his received emails display correctly, except the ones that are Bcc'ed to him. These ones are unreadable and have a whole bunch or weird characters. I have done numerous searches online, but no one can supply a solution. All they keep saying is that it's an Outlook & Vista/Windows 7 issue and that there is not solution for the problem.
I tried upgrading him to Office 2007, but the issue remains.
I am unable to post a copy of the email, but it explains the message width and font size and has a bunch of code in the beginning followed by a mass of random characters!
Please can you help, I have nowhere else to turn.
Many thanks
Simon
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Did your mail have a dat attachment?
If you read message mass of random characters
That means, that this massage can be damage. Massages send from 2003 to 2007 use to looks correctly. Only appointments have problem with iCalendar.
Oskar Shon, Office System MVP
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