Our Help Desk support staff was really perplexed. They were getting hammered by phone calls whenever a print driver was updated and the Windows 7 clients attempted to upgrade the print driver. Windows XP clients had no problems upgrading, so obviously there was a UAC issue. After doing some research a new setting was discovered … Continue reading "Windows 7/Vista clients require elevated privileges to install or update a print driver"
Month: January 2011
OWA 2010 and browsers tidbits
I love Outlook Web App. It’s rich functionality, management capabilities via ECP and especially the multiple browser support for the Premium experience. Yes, you do not need IE for (almost) full functionality anymore. Exchange 2007 OWA Premium still was only supported by IE and I ended up using IE just for OWA2007. In my opinion, … Continue reading "OWA 2010 and browsers tidbits"
Restoring a DC from a Snapshot
Sorry about the formatting, I will have to retype at some point… This covers Windows 2008 R2 and all previous Windows o/s's Let me start off by saying, if you are considering using this procedure, it should be your LAST option. This is by no means is a supported Microsoft procedure and use of it could … Continue reading "Restoring a DC from a Snapshot"
History likes to repeat itself
It was more than 6 years ago when I’ve decided to join the other side as Microsoft employee with Microsoft Consulting in Poland. And this was good move. As every such move it brought some changes in private and professional live. One of those changes was that my MVP award, Directory Services at that time … Continue reading "History likes to repeat itself"
Why rücksichtlos disabling IPv6 is a bad idea
Since Windows Vista, Microsoft has bundled and enabled IPv6 by default. This means Windows Vista, Windows 7 Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 (and all their derivate SKUs like Small Business Server) out of the box talk IPv6. Note: Server Core installations do not have IPv6 enabled by default and are the one notable … Continue reading "Why rücksichtlos disabling IPv6 is a bad idea"
Re-Awarded for the third Time – MVP Directory Services
Just like Jorge (who has been re-awarded for this 6th time), I received a message from our MVP lead on New Year’s Day: Congratulations 2011 Microsoft MVP! Dear Sander Berkouwer, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share … Continue reading "Re-Awarded for the third Time – MVP Directory Services"