SPF Records Help

If you need to create a SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record in your DNS and not sure how to do it, I ran into a nice wizard based tool on Microsoft's Website.   I have put the link to the tool here.   One should be familiar with DNS before working on this tool.

Hiding Administrative Tools Windows 2007 Remote Desktops

I was configuring a Windows 2008 R2 with a lockdown Remote Desktop policy so that when a user logs in does not see the Administrative Tools folder.  I searched the entire Group Policy stack and was not successful.  After Googling some more I came across this blog post which solved my issue.  Please read this blog post here.  Thanks to B4Z.CO.UK

How to fix a broken/empty Jump List on Windows 7

I have seen this problem with Office 2007 on Windows 7. One cannot pin Microsoft Office documents and their previously pinned documents disappeared.

To fix this issue follow these steps:
1. Unpin the application from the Taskbar that you are having this problem in by right clicking on the application icon and then selecting Unpin from taskbar
2. Click on Start => Run. In the run box copy and paste this path, %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations, here you will see a whole bunch of automatic-destination files. Open each file in notepad to see the content to determine which one is associated with the application that you are having an issue with. When you open this file you will see some jumbled text but you should also see some paths and file extensions which will tell you which application is the file associated with. After you find the correct file that is associated with the application that is giving you trouble, delete the file
3. Re-pin the application to the taskbar
The problem should be resolved.

Synchronize time with external NTP server on a Windows 2008 Server R2 DC

We have seen errors where users are not able to login to external SAAS applications on the Internet if the time sync is not correct. By default, the clients on a Windows network will get their time from a DC and DC gets its time from PDC. It is important that the PDC is syncronized from an external reliable source. Before you start this, make sure that if you have a firewall you open port 123 UDP both inbound and outbound.
1. Go to your PDC server, if you are not sure then open up a command prompt on a dc and type
c:\>netdom /query fsmo
You should see your PDC in the list
2. Login to the PDC and open up a command prompt and stop the W32time service
net stop w32time
3. Configure external time source, at the command prompt type:
C:\> w32tm /config /syncfromflags:manual /manualpeerlist:”0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org, 2.pool.ntp.org”
4. Make the PDC a reliable time source for the clients on the network type:
c:\>w32tm /config /reliable:yes
5. Start the w32time service: c:\>net start w32time
6. The windows time service should now begin to synchronize the time, external NTP servers can be checked in the time configuration by typing:
c:\>w32tm /query /configuration
7. check the Event Viewer for any errors.

HTTP 400 - Bad Request

When you attempt to connect to a web site using the BlackBerry® Browser on a BlackBerry smartphone, you receive the following error message:

HTTP 400 - Bad Request

When you click on details it shows

SocketException Connection Reset

We had this issue with all of our blackberry handheld devices when users were browsing websites that were blocked by company webfilter through policies. If you want to allow access to websites that you don't generally allow then you must put in exceptions for your BES server to bypass the webfilter or allow access to your BES server to the specific websites that you are receiving the above error message for.

Duplicate Records found on device - Cannot synchronize blackberry

Overview

The following error message appears on the BlackBerry Desktop Manager when you synchronize data on the BlackBerry smartphone:

Duplicate records found on the device.

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Cause

The BlackBerry smartphone is unable to synchronize some or all of the entries in the database of the organizer application.

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Resolution

Complete the following tasks in sequence until the problem is resolved.

Task 1 - Download and install the BlackBerry Device Software

Download and install the latest version of the BlackBerry® Device Software from your wireless service provider's web site. Contact your wireless service provider for instructions on how to install the BlackBerry® Desktop Software.

To determine which version of the BlackBerry Device Software is currently installed on your BlackBerry smartphone, complete the following steps:

1. From the Home screen of the BlackBerry smartphone, go to Options > About.

Task 2

Complete the following steps:

1. Identify which organizer application database is causing the error by completeing the following steps:
   1. Connect the BlackBerry smartphone to your computer.
   2. Open BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
   3. Double-click Intellisync or Synchronize.
   4. Click Configure PIM, or select the Configuration tab and click Configure Synch.
   5. Clear the check boxes beside all but one of the BlackBerry smartphone applications, and click OK.
   6. Select the Synchronize PIM check box, and then click Synchronize Now.
   7. Repeat steps 3 to 5 until the error message appears.
   8. Take note of which application is selected when the error appears.
2. Clear the database on the BlackBerry smartphone by completing the following steps:
   1. In BlackBerry Desktop Manager, double-click Backup and Restore.
   2. Click Advanced.
   3. In the Handheld Databases list box, select the database that is causing the error message.
   4. Click Clear.
   5. Click OK.
   6. Click Close.
   7. Click Close to return to the main BlackBerry Desktop Manager screen.
3. Synchronize the organizer data on the BlackBerry smartphone with your computer.

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