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MDT 2013 Update 1 Preview - Windows ADK RC for Windows 10 available

MDT 2013 Update 1 Preview - Windows ADK RC for Windows 10 available

Hello and greetings from Portugal!

For everyone testing out MDT 2013 Update 1 Preview and Windows 10 Insider Preview build 10074, I think this can be useful.
Microsoft launched Windows ADK Release Candidate for Windows 10 and I hope this will work with build 10074.

Here's the direct download link:
Windows ADK RC for Windows 10 (direct download)
Windows ADK RC for Windows 10 (more info)


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Windows 7 clients not honoring screen saver timeout group policy setting

I searched around to see if this had been posted already but no luck. Others seem to have this problem but I have yet to find a workable solution. I believe this post provides one but have only had the opportunity to test on a small number of Windows 7 machines.

Today I was tasked with creating a GPO that would lock a workstation after 10 minutes of inactivity and require authentication to return access to the Desktop. So I enabled and configured the following policies under "User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Personalization"

"Enable Screen saver" to Enabled
"Prevent changing screen saver" to Enabled
"Password protect the screen saver" to Enabled
"Screen saver timeout" to Enabled
"Force specific screen saver" to Enabled with the executable name "Mystify.scr"

After running "gpupdate /force" I found that almost all of these settings had been honored except for the timeout. I used the group policy results wizard to confirm that the policy was being applied to the machine but still no dice. After some testing I discovered that it was still using the timeout value that had been configured before I had configured the group policy. So it seemed to be holding on to the old timeout value.

After some more research I found that there actually two registry keys that set the screen saver timeout value. "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeOut" is the registry entry that's created when a user configures a timeout value manually. "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeOut" is the registry entry that the group policy sets. When both values are present, the user configured setting seems to take precedence. This seems to only be true for the timeout value (i.e. when I make the values for "SCRNSAVE.EXE" conflict, the group policy configured value takes precedence).

So my solution to the problem was to simply create a group policy that deletes HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\ScreenSaveTimeOut. After the workstation is rebooted, the timeout value set by group policy is honored. Again my testing of this solution is limited to handful of Windows 7 workstations, but so far I have not found any adverse effects.

Attention All T-SQL Gurus! Time to SPRING Into Action!

April fools out of the way, now let's find an April genius!

The name "April" is derived from the Latin verb "aperire", meaning "to open", as it is the season when trees, flowers AND MINDS start to open! And.. I can't wait to OPEN and read this month's community contributions! (groan, tenuous link!)

Things are indeed heating up around TechNet. The Wiki has become a shining example of what the community has to offer, and talent is SPRINGING FORTH from all corners of our garden of knowledge. 

If you can find the time to enrich us with your latest revelations, or some fascinating facts, then not only will you build up a profile and name for yourself within the gaze of Microsoft's very own glitterati, but you will be adding pages to the most respected source for Microsoft knowledge base articles. This could not only boost your career, but would benefit generations to come!

So don't be an April fool. Please realise the potential of this platform, realise where we are going, and join us in growing this community, learning more about you, and opening the minds of others!

All you have to do is add an article to TechNet Wiki from your own specialist field. Something that fits into one of the categories listed on the submissions page. Copy in your own blog posts, a forum solution, a white paper, or just something you had to solve for your own day's work today.

Drop us some nifty knowledge, or superb snippets, and become MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY GURU OF THE MONTH!

This is an official Microsoft TechNet recognition, where people such as yourselves can truly get noticed!

HOW TO WIN

1) Please copy over your Microsoft technical solutions and revelations to TechNet Wiki.

2) Add a link to it on THIS WIKI COMPETITION PAGE (so we know you've contributed)

3) Every month, we will highlight your contributions, and select a "Guru of the Month" in each technology.

If you win, we will sing your praises in blogs and forums, similar to the weekly contributor awards. Once "on our radar" and making your mark, you will probably be interviewed for your greatness, and maybe eventually even invited into other inner TechNet/MSDN circles!

Winning this award in your favoured technology will help us learn the active members in each community.

Feel free to ask any questions below.

More about TechNet Guru Awards

Thanks in advance!
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#PEJL
Got any nice code? If you invest time in coding an elegant, novel or impressive answer on MSDN forums, why not copy it over to TechNet Wiki, for future generations to benefit from! You'll never get archived again, and you could win weekly awards!

Have you got what it takes o become this month's TechNet Technical Guru? Join a long list of well known community big hitters, show your knowledge and prowess in your favoured technologies!


Reply:

1 article so far:

Extending DATEADD Function to Skip Weekend Days by Emiliano Musso

 

And 2 more days to go!


Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!


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Reply:

Hey, I know this isn't May's thread, but...

Is it permissible to re-submit an article that previously won a medal, if that article has been overhauled?

Thanks!


Don't forget to mark helpful posts, and answers. It helps others to find relevant posts to the same question.



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Reply:

Hey, I know this isn't May's thread, but...

Is it permissible to re-submit an article that previously won a medal, if that article has been overhauled?

Hi,

No you cannot submit an article which has already been judged you can create a different fresh article(dealing with same scenario as previous one) with some different name like part2, continued  When you do so you put note that this is extension of previous on with some more information.

I will wait for Ed to comment on this


Please mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it

My Technet Wiki Article

MVP


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Summary On Special Groups

Hi,

Suppose I have a table like:

Date Cust_ID Region Sale Discount
14-Jan-15 Cust_ID_1 Head_Office 8951 805.59
20-Jan-15 Cust_ID_5 Head_Office 6682 801.84
20-Feb-15 Cust_ID_4 Head_Office 3567 0
09-Mar-15 Cust_ID_1 Head_Office 5708 456.64
10-Mar-15 Cust_ID_5 Head_Office 253 15.18
15-Mar-15 Cust_ID_6 Head_Office 2215 110.75
27-Mar-15 Cust_ID_1 Head_Office 2789 27.89
29-Jan-15 Cust_ID_4 Region_1 4771 381.68
09-Jan-15 Cust_ID_2 Region_2 6765 0
07-Feb-15 Cust_ID_4 Region_2 1333 13.33
05-Mar-15 Cust_ID_4 Region_2 181 0
13-Mar-15 Cust_ID_2 Region_2 7119 0
24-Mar-15 Cust_ID_2 Area_2a 4463 267.78
25-Apr-15 Cust_ID_2 Area_2a 356 7.12
02-May-15 Cust_ID_3 Area_2a 4884 488.4
24-Mar-15 Cust_ID_5 Region_3 3316 132.64
04-Apr-15 Cust_ID_2 Region_3 485 0
14-Apr-15 Cust_ID_3 Area_2b 1933 19.33
20-Apr-15 Cust_ID_3 Area_2b 6804 0
20-Apr-15 Cust_ID_2 Region_3 1636 0
03-May-15 Cust_ID_5 Region_3 4933 0

In this case I need to derive a special summary to check out the Sales made & Discount offered to the customers which Only and Only purchased from the Head Office and, similarly for those who purchased from anywhere. In simple words an output of a table resulted in the following form with Totals too:

    Only Head_Off. All Others
Cust_ID_1 Sales 17448 0
Cust_ID_1 Discount 1290.12 0
Cust_ID_2 Sales 0 20824
Cust_ID_2 Discount 0 274.9
Cust_ID_3 Sales 0 13621
Cust_ID_3 Discount 0 507.73
Cust_ID_4 Sales 0 9852
Cust_ID_4 Discount 0 395.01
Cust_ID_5 Sales 0 15184
Cust_ID_5 Discount 0 949.66
Cust_ID_6 Sales 2215 0
Cust_ID_6 Discount 110.75 0
Total Sales 19663 59481
Total Discount 1400.87 2127.3

Thanks in advance.


Thanx in advance, Best Regards, Faraz A Qureshi


Reply:
SELECT  	Cust_ID,  	'Sales' AS [Category],  	SUM( CASE WHEN Region = 'Head_Office' THEN Sale ELSE 0 END) AS [Only Head_Off],  	SUM( CASE WHEN Region = 'Head_Office' THEN 0 ELSE Sale END) AS [All Others]  FROM  	YourTable  GROUP BY  	Cust_Id  UNION ALL  SELECT  	Cust_ID,  	'Discount' AS [Category],  	SUM( CASE WHEN Region = 'Head_Office' THEN Discount ELSE 0 END) AS [Only Head_Off],  	SUM( CASE WHEN Region = 'Head_Office' THEN 0 ELSE Discount END) AS [All Others]  FROM  	YourTable  GROUP BY  	Cust_Id  ORDER BY  	Cust_Id;  	


  • Edited by JamesKJ Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:58 PM

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Reply:

Thanks James,

But the customers are to be split as:

1. Ones who only purchased from the Head_Office; and

2. All others.

Your query results also considers Cust_ID_5 and Cust_ID_6 under the Head_Office Category while they have been purchasing from other Areas/Regions too.


Thanx in advance, Best Regards, Faraz A Qureshi


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Reply:

Ah, I had missed that. Can you try this?

;WITH HeadOfficeOnly AS  (  	SELECT DISTINCT Cust_ID  	FROM YourTable y  	WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM YourTable y2 WHERE y2.Cust_ID = y.Cust_ID AND y2.Region <> 'Head_Office')  )  SELECT  	y.Cust_ID,  	'Sales' AS [Category],  	SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN Sale ELSE 0 END) AS [Only Head_Off],  	SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN 0 ELSE Sale END) AS [All Others]  FROM  	YourTable y  	LEFT JOIN HeadOfficeOnly c ON c.Cust_ID = y.Cust_ID  GROUP BY  	Cust_Id  UNION ALL  SELECT  	Cust_ID,  	'Discount' AS [Category],  	SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN Discount ELSE 0 END) AS [Only Head_Off],  	SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN 0 ELSE Discount END) AS [All Others]  FROM  	YourTable  	LEFT JOIN HeadOfficeOnly c ON c.Cust_ID = y.Cust_ID  GROUP BY  	Cust_Id  ORDER BY  	Cust_Id;


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Reply:

Well! Found some ambiguous names errors, but resolved the same as follows:

WITH HeadOfficeOnly AS
(
SELECT DISTINCT Cust_ID
FROM TABLE_1 y
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM TABLE_1 y2 WHERE y2.Cust_ID = y.Cust_ID AND y2.Region <> 'Head_Office')
)
SELECT
y.Cust_ID,
'Sales' AS [Category],
SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN Sale ELSE 0 END) AS [Only Head_Off],
SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN 0 ELSE Sale END) AS [All Others]
FROM
TABLE_1 y
LEFT JOIN HeadOfficeOnly c ON c.Cust_ID = y.Cust_ID
GROUP BY
y.Cust_Id
UNION ALL
SELECT
y.Cust_ID,
'Discount' AS [Category],
SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN Discount ELSE 0 END) AS [Only Head_Off],
SUM( CASE WHEN c.Cust_ID IS NOT NULL THEN 0 ELSE Discount END) AS [All Others]
FROM
TABLE_1 y
LEFT JOIN HeadOfficeOnly c ON c.Cust_ID = y.Cust_ID
GROUP BY
y.Cust_Id
ORDER BY
y.Cust_Id;

Thanks again!


Thanx in advance, Best Regards, Faraz A Qureshi


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Reply:
Strange! Can't find the usual Mark As Answer link? Shall click the same as soon as I find the same refelecting so.

Thanx in advance, Best Regards, Faraz A Qureshi


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Asignar permisos de administracion en un solo equipo de Active Directory?

Hola amigos buenos dias, pues basicamente una persona externa va a realizar tareas de instalacion sobre uno de los servidores, pero quisiera saber si es posible que esos apliquen unicamente para ese servidor y no para ingresar en los demas servidores del Directorio.

Gracias, quedo atento a sus comentarios o sugerencias.


Reply:

Hola

De casualidad es un RODC? En los rodc hay algo llamado Administrator Role Separation con lo que podrias lograr lo que quieres..

Si es un RWDC tendrias que darle domain admin para que pueda instalar cosas o en mi caso cuando alguien tenia que instalar cosas en algun DC.. El vendor tenia que enviarme un documento paso a paso y lo mas facil de seguir/entender de tal manera que yo lo pudiera hacer.. O haciendolo yo mientras el vendor solo daba instrucciones por telefono mientras le compartia pantalla

Saludos



Joaquin Camarero Muñoz



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Reply:

Hola

De casualidad es un RODC? En los rodc hay algo llamado Administrator Role Separation con lo que podrias lograr lo que quieres..

Si es un RWDC tendrias que darle domain admin para que pueda instalar cosas o en mi caso cuando alguien tenia que instalar cosas en algun DC.. El vendor tenia que enviarme un documento paso a paso y lo mas facil de seguir/entender de tal manera que yo lo pudiera hacer.. O haciendolo yo mientras el vendor solo daba instrucciones por telefono mientras le compartia pantalla

Saludos



Joaquin Camarero Muñoz



Gracias joaquin!

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Reply:

Si ese servidor no es un controlador de dominio, dale acceso con grupos locales de ese propio server.

Si es un DC y necesita permisos especificos en concreto prueba con la opcion de delegacion de tareas a ese usuario.

Saludos


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Reply:

Se soluciono tema?

Saludos,


Edwin Duran Ospina _____________________________________________ Si la respuesta ha sido la solución, favor marcarla.


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Reply:

Se soluciono tema?

Saludos,


Edwin Duran Ospina _____________________________________________ Si la respuesta ha sido la solución, favor marcarla.

Desearía hacerlo pero no tengo la opcion para marcarlo como respuesta.

Saludos!  :)


Luis Avila Sotelo


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Mail app: Account unavailable

Im having problems with the mail app in windows 8 in regards to sending.

I have multiple accounts setup via Imap/smtp from my company website.  The issue is when I send an email it says "email address" is unavailable.  It seems to be syncing mail and folders without any issues.

 

The account is setup with "outgoing server requires authentication" and I have tested using the same settings in outlook which does in fact work without any problems.

 

I have tried deleting/re-adding the account.  Uninstalling/reinstalling mail and even reinstalling windows and running all available updates for both store and windows.

 

Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

Kind regards,
simon

  • Changed type Arthur Xie Friday, December 7, 2012 4:07 AM

Reply:
I'm having the same issue; looking forward to an answer as well, thanks!

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I'm having the same problem. It looks like the Mail app is half baked as it cannot work with POP and has problems with some IMAP setups but offers no useful information regarding the difficulty. Microsoft support proposed linking my IMAP account with my hotmail account, an action I deemed unacceptable.

Bill B


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To add an IMAP account to Mail:
 
1.On Start, tap or click Mail.

2.Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Settings.
 (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Settings.)
 
3.Click Accounts.
4.Click Add an account.
5.Select Other account.
6.Select IMAP.
7.Click Show more details
8.Enter your email address and password and related account data as provided from your email provider.


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:

This does not help in regards to my question, it's not adding an account that's the problem.  Its the fact that the mail app shows account as unavailable when trying to send an email.


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Reply:
I agree Bill, linking to another account is of no use to me.

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Reply:
I am having the same issue. I have been in touch with Windows support and they don't seem to have a knowledge base that references this issue. There is definitely something wrong with the mail app. I have done a clean install and still the app won't sync my mail after the first time or two.

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Reply:

Arthur,

Did you even read the question? I'm having the same problem. I have to re-start the mail app to get it to re-sync on my Surface Windows RT tablet. Surely this is an important problem, is it not?

Thanks,

Dan


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Reply:

Hi, same issue here. Accessing servers with self-signed certificates or certificates issued by an untrusted CA may give this problem. I've seen this myself and other people have reported it as well. In this case explicitly trusting the certificate solved the problem.

However, there are cases where certificates are not the issue. I have two Windows 8 installations with the same live account and Mail app configuration (one Exchange account, one secure IMAP, Hotmail and Gmail). On one system all 4 accounts work fine, on the other one only Hotmail and Gmail work.

I've checked everything, deleted and recreated the accounts several times, but nothing. I've also opened the standard IMAP port instead of the secure port for one of the accounts, but the error is still there, therefore I don't think it's related to the certificates.

Is the Mail app logging anything anywhere?


Alberto


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Reply:

I have the same problem, receiving works fine, sending doesn't anymore as it worked fine before. In my case it happens with my hosting/domain mail account.

The only thing that works for me to send my e-mails is using my ISP"s smtp settings.
But now I can only send mails when í'm on my ISP's network and therefore i want it solved

I did some hours of troubleshooting, things like:
Checked settings over 10 times (why, i'm not an idiot lol)
Changed settings (other ports, other password, ssl/no sll, changed server name (virtual so from mail.... to mail11... and into the IP)
Contacted my hosting to report / double check however outlook in win8 and my mobile works fine with the same setup/settings. 
Enabled telnet and did some sessions, all fine...
Removed NIS2013 and also reinstalled again (it's needed for my job ;))
Used the netstat command, nothing wrong
Clean boot (msconfig)

Research on internet (technet, ms answers, ...) I found a lot more posts...
There are some tips like remove the mail app / reinstall, add the full imap/smtp name if you hosting is using virutal servers (example: change mail.domain.com into mail32.domain.com) that worked in some cases.

So, either their is an issue within Win8 / Mail App or we have the same software / app that is causing this problem, for example we are all using office 2013 preview, AV/Firewall sofware NIS, ...  or it's our ISP as the mail app connection could be blocked.


  • Edited by Svenny1981 Friday, November 9, 2012 11:57 PM

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Reply:

Same problem here.  My mail updated the day I upgraded to Windows 8, but is stuck on that day.  I composed an email to a client and hit send, not realizing it did not send until almost a week later.  Great!

Please fix this!

  • Edited by Broncostu Saturday, November 10, 2012 3:36 PM

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Reply:

I've solved at least the problem with connecting to the Exchange server. I share it here in case you hit the same issue.

When an Exchange account is configured in the Windows 8 Mail it is registered in Exchange as a "Phone" connection. Why this is so is beyond me. A few days ago I started receiving notifications from my Exchange server that I had hit the maximum allowed number of phone associations with my mail account. I didn't check it until today and indeed in OWA/Options/Phone I had ten registered connections, one from my Windows Mobile Phone and 9 "WindowsMail" connections! I deleted them and now I can connect again to Exchange. Apparently, every time Windows Mail is configured to access Exchange a Phone association is created. Over the past few months I have installed and reinstalled various Windows 8 betas, RTMs, laptops, desktops, etc. and I hit the limit.

Why is Windows Mail a phone connection???


Alberto


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Reply:

I am not sure if this will help you, but I have a couple of IMAP accounts, an exchange account and a couple of gmail accounts, I noticed that after I connected the exchange account one of my IMAP accounts started to be "unavailable" I was still getting emails but I couldn't send them, then I remember that after connecting the exchange account the app prompted me to agree to an increased security level required by the exchange server and that is what seems to have messed up my IMAP accounts, my email service supports SSL (that I was not using) and I change the account configuration to use it and started working. I find it strange that it would fail by the security but not prompt me of the problem just say that the account is unavailable.

I am not as knowledgeable with email as I would hope, but I hope it helps.


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Reply:
I have the same problem, suddenly, all my accounts can not sync. It say that email is unavailable. I tried to disable the function named Mail Shield in my Avast. All again work perfectly :D. So try to disable your antivirus. It may help

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Reply:

Seems it is a hot issue. I will report to proper department.


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:
has there been any news regarding sending?  Still havn't seen any updates or obtained any information to solve the problem.

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Reply:

I had the same problem.

Finally I unchecked both the authentication required and SSL fields

It worked.


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Reply:

Genius!

Thanks Sachin


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Reply:

I am having the same problem...account unavailable.  It started with my outlook.com account and then a couple of days later started to impact my gmail and a couple of other POP accounts.  The only account currently working is my exchange account.  I tried the trouble shooter noted above.  It claims to have found two issues on my machine but they did not fix the mail problem.  I also tried unchecking the authentication and ssl fields to no avail.  Prior to the current problems these accounts were working for over two months. 

Suggestions please!

thanks,

Rob


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Reply:

Guys,

This issue can be resolved by just entering the correct passwords of all our registered accounts in the mail > settings > accounts

open mail app > Press start+c and click on settings Go to accounts > click on each account and change your password to actual password

It worked for me. :)



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Reply:

My domain host set up a different outgoing server address. Then have to uncheck "use same password for incoming/outgoing and put in new username and password. It allows you to send messages but now I've got two drafts folders and two sent folders on the account. I have another account from a different domain host and that works perfectly.

I think the whole email experience with MS  has gone backwards since Outlook Express was replaced with win 7 and now win 8.

Good Luck


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Reply:

I think this is what happened for me as well, except that after I added an exchange account I could send from my IMAP account but not receive.  I've looked all over the support forums for help, but every suggestion other than re-installing the entire app has failed and I really don't want to risk that given the issues I've had with my surface.  HELP!


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Reply:
hi, my accounts suddenly had the issue of being unavailable on sync. i reentered my passwords and it works again now

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Reply:

I have similar problem, except I am setup a basic IMAP account for my company website account.

I setup all setting as per ISP instructions.

It syncs first time or two, receives fine, sends fine.

Then stops working within the fist hour, cannot send or receive: mydomain.com is unavailable.

So, removed and added account again - WORKED Fine for an hour or so then stops as before.

Nothing wrong at the server end, works in all other mail clients.

In my experience with computers in general it seems to be Mail App at fault.


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Reply:
It worked for me to reenter my password. There must be a bug that confuses the passwords between accounts.  The microsoft account I use to log into Windows and the Gmail account use the same email but have different passwords.  It pulled in all my Gmail when I first set up the account, so I had the right password initially. Then it stopped working, as if it forgot it or confused it with my Microsoft Account password.

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Reply:
I was having the same problem until I checked the SSL/TLS boxes in IE and then signed into my microsoft live account, I'm assuming it has to be through IE, soon as I did that I had the mail notifications come in instantly.  Hope that helps

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Reply:
I'm also having the same issue except my smtp doesn't require passwords and it's been playing up on and off. I thought Win 8 was designed to be more user friendly?

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Reply:
Windows 8.1 has suddenly changed my email password to the Windows Outlook password (they are different) hence my email is now unavailable. When I follow the above advice it just continues to replace the wrong password. How do I change it?

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Reply:

I am having the same problem as Tamev, in that my password is being changed and then the account is marked unavailable.  

I can easily see this because my actual password is 9 characters long ... so I type that in ... but then when I re-enter settings, an eight character password is there.

I would appreciate any help... thanks!!


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Reply:

Your Imap server settings are incorrect, and yes if you have an exchange server setup you need to delete it.  I ran into this problem and just deleted all accounts and when I setup the new account I made sure the IMap server settings are correct.

imap.gmail.com

  • Gmail IMAP port: 993
  • Gmail IMAP TLS/SSL required: yes


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worked a treat thank you very much

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Outlook 2013 "Operation Failed" with inline jpg

Symptoms:
An Outlook client receives an "Operation failed" error message in Outlook when the following conditions are true:
- The client is Outlook 2013 in online mode
- The client composes an HTML message with inline JPG images
- The client saves the message in progress to the drafts folder
- The client opens the message from the drafts folder and attempts to send or edit/change the message.

To reproduce error:

- Start new message in outlook 2013
- Insert JPG
- Save message as draft
- Open Draft and attempt to send

Ran in outlook in safe mode problem persists. Problem exists on all computers tested.

I've tried to research the issue and only find workarounds. Has anyone seen an actual fix for this?


Reply:

Found

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2763886?wa=wsignin1.0


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IIS SMTP Rewriting

We have a load of apps that use an internal domain that we need to change to an external domain, i.e. anything@internal.local needs to be re-written to anything@external.com

Is there any way to get the Windows IIS SMTP Server to perform such a re-writing task? Or does anyone know of plug-ins or other software that can do this?

  • Changed type Vivian_Wang Tuesday, February 18, 2014 6:19 AM

Reply:

If you have Exchange server in your internal infrastructure , then you will have it "at home".


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Reply:

Thanks for your response.

We do have, but we're moving to 365, hence the need to do the rewriting :-)


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Reply:

Hi,

If you can reverse proxy for Exchange Server 2013, you can try installing Url Rewrite module and ARR module in IIS. And then you can creat url rewrite rule to achive this. For more infromation, u can refer the blog:

#IIS Application Request Routing (Part 3

http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2013/mobility-client-access/iis-application-request-routing-part3.html

Hope it can help you.

Regards.


Vivian Wang


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Reply:
Thanks for your reply but isn't that for web domain filtering rather than SMTP?

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Reply:

Hi,

For more and detail information, i would suggest that you may ask in IIS forums:

http://forums.iis.net/

Regards.


Vivian Wang


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Reply:

Hi,

I know, this is a old post. But the solution to do this with Windows IIS SMTP Server is named Masquerade Domain.

This setting instructs the SMTP server automatically to rewrite the  domain of the From address used for outbound messages. You can use this  setting when you want to ensure that outgoing messages have a consistent domain name.

From IIS Manager (6.0), right-click on SMTP Virtual Server then select Properties. On Delivery tab, click Advanced button. Fullfill Masquerade Domain to the external domain.


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EMET 5.2 Ignores DEP Exclusion

EMET Version 5.2.5546.19547 ignores the DEP exclusion list in Window's System Properties in Performance Options under the Data Execution Prevention tab.  With EMET installed; seems to overide any selected feature in this location.  Even with DEP disable in EMET it still functions as ApplicationOptIn.  Selecting ApplicationOptOut does not allow to opt out and behaves as AlwaysOn.

I have an app that doesn't function with DEP enabled so how do I exclude that particular app?


  • Edited by FireChrome Monday, April 27, 2015 8:21 AM

Reply:

Did you get any answer to this?  I'm dealing with something similar.  I.e. EMET DEP set to "Opt Out", app configured not to use DEP in EMET, app still crashes.


  • Edited by Charl13 Wednesday, May 6, 2015 1:42 PM

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Pasting formatted text into OWA results in plain text (no formatting) with double tilde ~~

Here is an interesting little tidbit that I haven't seen documented elsewhere:

When I first started using Outlook Web Access, I could select, copy, and then paste into an email (reply or new) any text wit formatting (font size, type, color, background, tables, etc..) and that formatting would be retained. Sometimes I didn't want the formatting, in which case, I would past the text into the cc or bcc lines and then select all and copy it back out again to remove the formatting (Ctrl-VAX) 

I was helping a user setup remote access to our server, and in doing so, we ran into some problems with the "connect to computer" option not showing up. That led us to 
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/9412cfa4-ff84-4d58-8871-7e0f99c7da56/ie-11-and-sbs-2008-rww?forum=smallbusinessserver

where the answer marked as an answer by the moderator who posted it was NOT helpful, but the answer from someone else, UNmarked as an answer by that same moderator, WAS helpful. This was the answer that said to:

Go to the relevant website thats failing

Right click on IE11, by the tabs and initialise the Command Bar

Click on Page and chose Compatibility View Settings (In IE11, there is no immediate compatibility view simple click)
Add the domain the the list

Click Ok and all should work as normal

And I was making the same changes on my setup as we went along just so I could see what my user was seeing although I didn't need remote web workspace as I use another service to connect to the system. However...

Since then I noticed that when I would paste formatted text into a message, it would show up without formatting, but with a pair of tilde's after it. E.g. This is a test would show up as This is a test ~~

It took a while for 2+2 to add up in my head, but as soon as I removed the server from the Compatibility list, the paste with formatting started working again. 

So apparently... In IE11, at least with SBS2008, you can either have remote web workspace with connect to a computer, or you can have paste with formatting, but not both. 

  • Changed type James Newton Tuesday, February 24, 2015 4:18 PM Already answered.

Reply:

Hi James,

Thank you for your question.

From your state, we could do the following test:

  1. We could open OWA in local to check if the issue persist. The issue is "This is a test would show up as This is a test ~~ ";
  2. If the issue wasn't display, I suggest we post this case to Window Server Forum.
  3. If the issue persist, we could change other browser to check if the issue persist.  

Best Regard,

Jim


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Reply:

Sorry Jim-Xu, I should have been more clear. There is no need for help, I was just posting because I found no other description of the issue and thought if someone was trying to paste formatted text and could not, this would explain why, and how to get that back.

I guess you could say it's an ongoing issue because you can't have it both ways. But I don't expect any answer for that.


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Reply:
Thanks for taking the time to post that, James.  I use OWA to for access to my email on my customers' servers.  A couple are running older versions of Exchange and one uses Office 365.  I just started having this problem with the Exchange sites.  Bloody frustrating.  Once again, MS goes and undoes useful and productive functionality.  I'm just trying to send a well formatted email and my effort is now doubled.  Unfortunately, I need the compatibility view turned on for these older Exchange OWA sites, otherwise I am forced to use the "light" version, which doesen't support HTML formatting at all.  I'm all for forward development of product lines, but it should not come at the cost of breaking older, perfectly useful and productive products.  Boo... Hissss.

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Server stuck at please wait for windows modular installer.

Server stuck at please wait for windows modular installer. what to do...

Reply:

Reboot the server in safe mode and stop "Windows modular installer" service.Set it to manaul and then reboot the server in normal mode.See if it works.

Thanks,

Umesh.S.K


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unable to access TMG Server remotely

Hello guyz, i am facing a problem regarding remotely accessing to TGM server. Previously i was using teamviewer i just fwd the tv port and get access to server remotely from now anywhere.

now i decided to choose different software and for that i installed "GBridge" i follow the same procedure which i performed when tv ports. but after trying all the methods i failed. i dont know how to resolve this problem. all the available ports are allowed which used by rdp, vnc, tv. but still getting the error.

by the way Gbridge is a tunneling software (a VPN).


electrifying


Reply:

Hi,

If you start live logging , where does the traffic being cage ? default rule? Look at the source and destination whenever you are trying to access remotely.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Calin


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Windows ADK SIM SIM 10.0.9933.0 refuse to create catalog of 9926 and ask to install same version 10.0.9933.0 !

After installing Windows ADK version 10.0.9933.0, I try to create catalogue of Windows 10 9926 but System Image Manager is unable to create catalog and display the error message:

Windows SIM was unable to create a catalog. For troubleshooting assistance, see topic 'Windows System Image...

This application requires version 10.0.9933.0 of the Windows ADK.

What can I do?. I really use 10.0.9933.0 version of Windows ADK!

  • Changed type Vivian_Wang Monday, March 9, 2015 7:32 AM

Reply:

Both are preview. Do not expect miracles. Perhaps better forum is Windows 10 Preview one.

M.


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Reply:
Same problem with 10074

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Created a new maintenance solution

Since a while ago I wanted to start learning the DBA aspects within SQL Server and thought the best way to master these skills is creating a maintenance solution. That went a little out of hand and since then I've been writing code to learn these aspects and now it has grown to a complete solution that you can use to create backups, index maintenance, statistic maintenance and cleanup processes. I also focused some attention to the performance aspects withing SQL server and created some reports that gives you a really good insight on whats going on on your SQL servers. It comes with a lot more which you can read about on my website: 

http://josjonkmans.com/solutions/maintenance

I also created a method to report the statistics and this can be downloaded to on my website after creating an account. A complete overview of all the reports can be found here:

http://josjonkmans.com/solutions/maintenance-data-warehouse


Before you start using these files keep in mind this is a very new solution and has not been tested much (not like all the years on the Ola Hallengren Solution) so you should not using it yet on your production environment (I hope to improve the product so we could get to that point but need some input from the SQL community first). The files are completely free to use but be so kind to leave your feedback so I can improve it. I have to written the code in my spare time but will try to add changes when possible. I really hope you like the products. 

The source files are available on the download section on my website after you created an account (www.josjonkmans.com). 

Grtz. Jos




Reply:
Hi Jos,

Thanks for your information.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

Lydia Zhang
TechNet Community Support



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STOP STEALING MY FOCUS

It's unreal how you guys will ensure that even OS X users get to experience the classic maddening Microsoft UX. Stop stealing my focus. Stop. Just stop. If an RDP session times out, bounce the icon. Once. DON'T TAKE MY FOCUS. I'm busy working. The last thing I need when I'm in the middle of writing an email, typing a command over SSH, or doing ANYTHING AT ALL is your app deciding to be the center of attention. Are you getting it yet?

TLDR: STOP STEALING FOCUS





Reply:

Hi,

I can understand if you think the icon keeps bouncing is annoying. However please understand that it is for reminding users that there is something happened - such as session idle, new message, error out etc.

Also it is a design comes from Apple - from my search result, it is improved in newer version of Mac OS that users just need to move pointer cross the icon to stop it, instead of having to click on it in previous Mac OS.


Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and un-mark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.


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Reply:

Hi,

I can understand if you think the icon keeps bouncing is annoying. However please understand that it is for reminding users that there is something happened - such as session idle, new message, error out etc.

Also it is a design comes from Apple - from my search result, it is improved in newer version of Mac OS that users just need to move pointer cross the icon to stop it, instead of having to click on it in previous Mac OS.


Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and un-mark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.

Did you actually read my post? I even suggested bouncing the icon. My frustrated rant/post isn't about an "annoying" animation, it's about stealing the focus of the input mechanism. That should NEVER happen. Ever. Bounce the icon? Fine. Bounce it more than once? Annoying, but fine. But the app is stealing the focus of my input. So if I'm typing in, say, Outlook, that typing (and the related flow of thoughts and attention) is completely interrupted and lost when a Remote Desktop session times out or otherwise errors. This is data loss, and it is unacceptable UX. I can think of no argument you might present to convince me otherwise, though you are welcome to try.

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Reply:
Basically, this is a bug. How do I file a bug report or get someone to do it on all users' behalf?

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Reply:

Update.

You can submit your suggestion here specifically for Mac OS.

https://remotedesktop.uservoice.com/forums/287834-remote-desktop-for-mac


And here are more pages:

Uservoice for iOS:  https://remotedesktop.uservoice.com/forums/265183-remote-desktop-for-ios 

Uservoie for Android:  https://remotedesktop.uservoice.com/forums/272085-remote-desktop-for-android 
 Uservoice for WinPhone:  https://remotedesktop.uservoice.com/forums/255249-remote-desktop-for-windows-phone 


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PowerView hyperlink to Pivot

Would it  be possible to use hyperlink on SharePoint PowerView chart, to underlying PowerPivot's Pivot summary data?

Looking to drill down on PowerView Chart,to a non relating details table based on summary number  from another table.


Reply:

Sam, have you made any progress with this one?

Thanks!


Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!


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PowerView on SharePoint

 Hello, Is there any way that Excel VBA workbook can be publish on SharePoint 2013 and render macros?

Reply:

Is this related to Power View?

Thanks!


Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!


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PowerView Drill down to details list

Great to have PowerView discussion forum. :)  Would it be possible to drill the PowerView dashbord to the details list like SSRS sub-reports.

 For example: PowerView dashboard that display Yr, make, model car types, and would like to drill to details list by the type use choose from graph.  

 PowerView graph -> PowerPivot pivot table -> PowerPivot details list ( all on the SharePoint ) .


Reply:
Sam, is this still an issue?

Thanks!


Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!


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Power View tabs don't open in Sharepoint online teams sites

Hi,

Today when I open excel workbooks (with data model )  from team sites in Sharepoint online ( O365 E3) all the powerview tabs/sheets don't open instead shows the powerview error screen..Anyone experience the same problem?



Reply:
Konstantin, is this still an issue?

Thanks!


Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!


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An error occurred while loading the model for the item or data source

I tried to create Power View Report with HelloWorldPicnicPowerViewRTM.xslx 

error details follow 

<detail><ErrorCode xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">rsCannotRetrieveModel</ErrorCode><HttpStatus xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">400</HttpStatus><Message xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">An error occurred while loading the model for the item or data source 'http://sp.contoso.com/sites/bi/Power%20Pivot%20Gallery/HelloWorldPicnicPowerViewRTM.xlsx'. Verify that the connection information is correct and that you have permissions to access the data source.</Message><HelpLink xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20476&amp;EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings&amp;EvtID=rsCannotRetrieveModel&amp;ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&amp;ProdVer=12.0.2000.8</HelpLink><ProductName xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services</ProductName><ProductVersion xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">12.0.2000.8</ProductVersion><ProductLocaleId xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">127</ProductLocaleId><OperatingSystem xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">OsIndependent</OperatingSystem><CountryLocaleId xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">1033</CountryLocaleId><MoreInformation xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices"><Source>ReportingServicesLibrary</Source><Message msrs:ErrorCode="rsCannotRetrieveModel" msrs:HelpLink="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20476&amp;EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings&amp;EvtID=rsCannotRetrieveModel&amp;ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&amp;ProdVer=12.0.2000.8" xmlns:msrs="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">An error occurred while loading the model for the item or data source 'http://sp.contoso.com/sites/bi/Power%20Pivot%20Gallery/HelloWorldPicnicPowerViewRTM.xlsx'. Verify that the connection information is correct and that you have permissions to access the data source.</Message><MoreInformation><Source>Microsoft.ReportingServices.ProcessingCore</Source><Message msrs:ErrorCode="rsErrorOpeningConnection" msrs:HelpLink="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20476&amp;EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings&amp;EvtID=rsErrorOpeningConnection&amp;ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&amp;ProdVer=12.0.2000.8" xmlns:msrs="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices">Cannot create a connection to data source 'TemporaryDataSource'.</Message><MoreInformation><Source>Microsoft.AnalysisServices.SPClient</Source><Message>We cannot locate a server to load the workbook Data Model.</Message><MoreInformation><Source></Source><Message>We cannot locate a server to load the workbook Data Model.</Message><MoreInformation><Source>Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.WebServices</Source><Message>We cannot locate a server to load the workbook Data Model.</Message></MoreInformation></MoreInformation></MoreInformation></MoreInformation></MoreInformation><Warnings xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reportingservices" /></detail>


Reply:

GS, so it didn't load the model?

Thanks!


Ed Price, Azure & Power BI Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!


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