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Error 500 on Exchange 2010 OWA access Option Autoreply

Found the solution on the following site. The part that worked for me was in the end where you change the .net from version 4 to 2.

Exchange 2010 IIS Sites Missing No Default Web Site

One client installed Office Web Apps on Exchange 2010 server. After this the Exchange became broken. Can’t use EMC or Shell, can’t connect to Exchange through Outlook or OWA.

When I connected I found a few Exchange services were not started. Started them but still no go. Checked the IIS and found that the Default Web Site was not showing up. Searched online on how to fix IIS. Most commented on removing and rebuilding Default Web Site. Found an easier solution here at the bottom. Basically I backed up the IIS config (administration.config and applicationHost.config) files from
C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config

I then copied a backup of these files from C:\inetpub\history. (Picked one of the folders that had a date earlier when it was working) and put them in the C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\config.

I then ran the IISRESET and the Default Web Site was back in IIS and everything was working. I did have to go into EMC under server and reassign the IIS to the certificate for external OWA to work.

 

Setup Site-to-Site VPN With 2 Tomato Routers

One of my clients needed a site-to-site VPN. Searching online I found some sites that were very helpful.  I decided to configure it using tun rather than tap. The difference between tun and tap is tun can tunnel traffic between 2 different subnets where tap you have to use the same subnet on both ends (they call this bridge). Both ends have different subnets and I did not want to change them. The other reason is tap is slower because it sends more traffic over the VPN then tun.

Now the first site describes on how to setup the initial OpenVPN configuration. Following the instructions on this site of Part 1 and Part 2 got me the initial connection. If this is the first time setting up an OpenVPN on a Tomato router I suggest that you DON’T check the box Start with WAN in case you make a mistake. I did in the certificate and it made the router none functional. Because I specified start with WAN even a reboot failed to work. I had to reset my router. Start with out start with WAN. Once the initial connection works then you can go back in to Tomato and check the Start with WAN. The instructions setup using tap so if you want to make a tun connection then only follow the certificate part (Part 1 and Part 2 for inserting Certs into Routers) where you download the OpenVPN, install and make the certificates. One thing it did not specify is when you run the setup for installing the OpenVPN make sure you check all the boxes. Make sure you check the OpenVPN RSA Certificate Management Scripts or you won’t be able to run the scripts in Part 1. When it says the Common Name make sure you write it down. You will need this later. So if you follow the instructions correctly in creating the certificates and you put them in the server and client Tomato routers.

After the certificates Keys are entered into the Router then here is the instructions for tun to work so that you can ping both client to server AND server to client.

On the Server Router here is my configuration:

BASIC

Now the Advanced

For my example this is my configuration:

Server subnet 192.168.0.0

Client subnet 10.0.0.0

Common Name used in the certificate creation COMMON-VPN-NAME

How this works is the push and route commands in the Custom Configuration allows the client side to ping or connect to the server side.

For the server side to ping or connect to the client side you have to specify Manage Client-Specific Options. Allow Only These Clients checked and then add the client Subnet. You have to specify Enable and you have to specify Push. Make sure the Common Name is the same as the Common Name used in creating the Certs/Keys or it won’t work.You then need to restart the VPN (Stop Now and then Start Now) on both Server and Client.

One thing I found out in another forum is when I configured the Client part to allow Ping connection from the Server to the Client side I could only ping the client router (10.0.0.X) I could not ping the Windows PCs. If you want to ping you have to disable the firewall on the Windows PC. Connection will work fine with the firewall enabled it just won’t respond to pings outside the Windows PC’s normal subnet.

This is the forum that got the client to server ping working

This is the forum that got the server to client ping working

Part 1 and Part 2 Local

Computer Goes To Sleep After A Few Minutes

Looking online I came across a few forums with similar issues. I have compiled a few solutions that might fix the issue:

Computer goes to sleep automatically after a short time.

Solution 1:

Finally found the solution,just in time too because I swear I was about to go insane.

Right click on desktop > Power and sleep > Additional power settings > Choose when to turn off the display > Change advanced power settings > Restore plan defaults

I don’t know why but this completely got rid of the issue and I was then able to make the settings whatever I wanted.

Solution 2:

  1. Click on the windows icon
    2. Type regedit
    3. Right-click on regedit icon, click Run as administrator
    4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20\7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0
    5. Double click on Attributes
    6. Enter number 2.
    7. Go to Advanced power settings (click on Windows button, write power options, click on Power Options, in the selected plan click on the Change plan settings, click on the Change advanced power settings).
    8. Click on the Change settings that are currently unavailable
    9. Click Sleep, then System unattended sleep timeout, then change these settings from 2 Minutes to 20 for example.
    That’s it!

Solution 3:

i was have the same problem,

when i changed,

Contol panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options
Select from left panel “What the power buttons do”
And make all button options, “Do nothing”

the problem solved for me

Note: I am using notebook with external screen, my notebook’s screen always closed, but windows 10 doesn’t know

Solution 4:

I have found a workaround using a downloaded no sleep program that moves the mouse one pixel back and forth every thirty seconds or so. Imperceptible to the eye, but enough to make the computer still think it is in use so that it will not sleep.[/QUOTE]
I agree is it silly that this problem hasn’t been corrected yet.
Do you have a link to the no sleep program you use? I need to stop my computer from shutting down b/c I take tests for school online, and if it shuts down while I go to the restroom.. then test is final, completed or not.

http://download.cnet.com/No-Sleep/3000-2094_4-75220774.html

http://download.cnet.com/Don-t-Sleep/3000-2094_4-75179809.html

Solution 5:

This from another forum fixed this issue for me.

Got to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20\7bc4a2f9-d8fc-4469-b07b-33eb785aaca0\DefaultPowerSchemeValues

Edit each of the sub-keys. Each corresponds to one of the power plans. If you choose ACSettings (Decimal value is 3600 seconds for 1 hour) you are choosing a behavior for when the machine is plugged in, DCSettings are for battery power.

Solution 6:

I had the same problem and I figured out an easier fix. select all your power setting that you want. then I went into screen saver menu, mine was set to blank. I selected another one then reselected blank and click apply. That is all it took.oh and by the way, my power settings, on battery and plugged in, were set to 15 minutes each, I switched them to 30. after that do screen saver, and apply settings. it should work. I was also on windows 7 and was upgraded to 10.

 

Some of the solutions from this forum:

https://www.tenforums.com/performance-maintenance/18345-windows-10-sleeps-after-3-minutes-no-matter-what.html

Other Forum

POP3 Not Working Connecting To Exchange 2010

Migrated a client to a new Exchange 2010. One of the clients still using POP3. I enable the MS Exchange POP3 service. Made sure all settings are OK in client configuration but still would not work. I have it set to plain text (I know security risk) but when I telnet to the server on port 110 that worked but when I entered USER username it gave error:

POP3 ERR Command is not valid in this state

Found this article that fixed the issue

Basically had to do the following:

 1. Log into your Exchange 2010 CAS server
 2. Open the Exchange Management Shell
 3. Issue command Set-PopSettings -LoginType PlainTextLogin
 4. Restart the Exchange POP Service

Printing PDFs Creates Streaks

Seems there is an issue with Adobe Reader DC and the new Windows 10 Anniversary. Some people are complaining that some PDFs when printing causes streaks where the lettering is.

Read this Forum. Seems Adobe has still not fixed the issue after 2 months!

2 Solutions so far is print as an image (Not the ideal way but it works). Others said Foxit Reader seems to work. I have not tested this yet so I can’t say if it will work.

Adobe fix your bugs!!

How To Remove Existing Wireless Networks For Windows 7,8,10

Instructions on removing existing wireless network for the following:

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 8.1

Windows 10

 

HP Officejet Pro 8620 Can’t Connect Web Services

Have a client that has an HP OfficeJet that he use to print to from an e-mail using the HP Web Services. It stopped working the other day. The IP/DNS etc were fine it just said it failed to connect. Turned out the time on the printer was off by a year. Change the date and time to the correct time and it worked.

Found this info on the HP forum at the end.

 

Fix Windows Update Speed From Fresh Windows 7 Install

Installing a fresh install of Windows 7 is great except when its time to update. The process can take hours and hours. Found this on the Internet that will speed up the update procedure.

Here is the Article.

A trick we have learned:
  1. Download the appropriate (x64 or x86) versions of these three updates: KB3020369KB3172605, and KB3125574.
    1. Microsoft Update Catalog links: KB3125574, KB3172605, KB3020369
  2. Open an elevated PowerShell prompt and run the following commands, which will allow the next updates to install quickly:
    1. stop-service wuauserv
    2. remove-item c:\windows\softwaredistribution\WuRedir
  3. Double-click and run the KB3020369 update (previously downloaded). Should take less than 2 minutes to run, and will not require a reboot.
  4. Now double-click the KB3172605 update you previously downloaded. Follow the prompts. Reboot when it says to. (This step should take about 1 minute).
  5. Double-click and run the KB3125574 update (previously downloaded). Should take about 12 minutes to run. It will require a reboot that takes 5 minutes to complete.
  6. Begin WU (Windows Update) after completing the above steps. A list of 60+ available updates should be returned within 5 minutes.
  7. Finish updating normally … rebooting when it says to. You will probably need to reboot and re-check for updates at least two more times.

In my own tests, using this method, I was able to take a Win7 SP1 Ultimate (64bit) system from fresh installed to fully updated in about 1.5 hours. The WuRedir directory (which I remove in step 2) will be rebuilt by Windows along the way, and the WU service will be restarted on its own.

 

I Hate Windows 10 Start Menu!

Call me old fashion. Tell me I am stuck in the past but I just hate Windows 10 Start menu. Its better than Windows 8 and 8.1 but still for a desktop environment it sucks! It might be fine for a touch environment like a MS Surface Tablet but for desktop its not. Now I am not the only one out there. There is a great article from HowToGeek that they feel the same way. My solution is to always install ClassicShell

I deal with a lot of PCs. And a lot of them I have to do standard tasks like add a printer etc. In Windows 10 it might have a lot of the tools I need just by right-clicking on the menu but the one I use all the time in adding or modifying a printer is not in there. You have to go to Control Panel etc. Frustrates me. They should bring back the standard start menu as an option for people that work in the desktop environment that want to be productive and that NEVER use any of the useless Windows 10 apps! Don’t get me started on how crappy the mail program is that is built into Windows 8-10.

This is my point of view. Whats yours!