Vbscript: Output specific users mailbox sizes under Exchange 2000/2003 to csv

What does it do? This script generates a CSV file containing a users name, exchange server, mailbox size and total number of items. It queries Active Directory to find out which mailbox server the user lives on, then goes and finds the total size of their mailbox. How do I use it? 1. Edit the vbs file...

How to import your Bookmarks to Safari

So you’ve made the switch to the Safari web browser; congrats! But what about your bookmarks? If you have a rather large list of bookmarked websites then you’ll need to import them! The following method demonstrates how to export your bookmarks from Firefox and import them using Safari. Step...

Error 0X80040201 while sending email

I recently had issues with an outlook error “0X80040201″ and for the life of me I couldn’t fix it. However after much distress I was able to uncover what the problem was. I recently went from an Exchange 2007 environment to a IMAP environment and hence some of my contacts were corrupted....

cisvc errors on CRM 4.0 install on Windows 2008

I recently had the joy of installing Microsoft’s CRM 4.0 on Windows 2008. One of its prerequesitits is for the server “cisvc.exe” to be started. I had no idea what this meant. Luckly I managed to get it working by installed the “file server role” (tick the indexing service...

Downgrade from IE8 to IE7

So you’ve tried Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) and you’re not impressed. Lucky for you there’s a quick solution to downgrade back to trusty old IE7! Windows XP Solution 1) Click the Start menu, control panel 2) From the control panel select “Add/Remove programs” 3) Find Internet...

Vista NTLM Setting

A few users have reportedly had troubles with accessing storage devices that require NTLM authentication. For those running vista, you may or may not know that it only uses NTLMv2 authentication and therefore it won’t work. To get your storage device to work with Vista, you can enable your Windows...

WinXP Taskbar Double

The problem: Your windows XP taskbar is showing as two rows or it has doubled in size. The solution: Lucky for you, fixing this problem is dead simple. First of all, make sure your taskbar is NOT locked. 1) Right click the taskbar (Make sure you “right click” a blank space, that is, don’t...

Windows Updates Won’t Install

I’ve seen this problem a few times, whereby you will be in the middle of doing a Windows Update and right after the updates have downloaded, they will refuse to be installed – often freezing and not showing any sign of further progress. Here are a few solutions that are known to work. Solution...

Cannot scroll up in Google Chrome using certain touch pads

I wasn’t able to scroll up using my HP Notebook touchpad in Chrome. I downloaded and installed this patch and it resolved it straight away. (I was using Google Chrome v0.2.149.30 at the time) The patch is available here: http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pjt2v07/chrome/ (Thanks to Paul for writing...

Google Chrome Error 0X00000005

You’ve heard the hype, seen the funky screenshots and want to get in on the action. So you download and install Google Chrome, only to find an error appear stating; The application failed to initialize properly (0×00000005). Press Ok to terminate application. Solution 1 This error is most...

Cannot remove ytoolbar_title_my_add_disable

If you’ve noticed a weird bar that sits on your screen and mentions something like “ytoolbar_title_my_add_disable”, and you can’t seem to remove it; the you’ve most likely have a broken yahoo toolbar. The best remedy is to simply remove the Yahoo Toolbar. There’s a...

Preview Bittorrent Video Files

If you’ve ever downloaded video files from BitTorrent before, you would be well aware that trying to preview them when the download hasn’t finished can be quiet annoying, if not impossible. However, there are a few different methods you can try; If you’re downloading an entire season,...

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