1. Run Registry Editor (RegEdit.exe).
2. Press Ctrl-F to open search box, and search for OGAAddin.connect registry key.
3. In the right pane, right click on Load Behavior and select Modify.
4. Change the value data from 3 to 0.
5. Repeat for each and every OGAAddin.connect found.

This fix worked for me on Windows XP w/Office 2003. There are other ways to accomplish this that may be required if using a different version. See the link below for other options.

Note: originally posted here.

Using Exchange Management Shell, execute this command on the Exchange server:

      Update-GlobalAddressList -Identity "Default Global Address List"

After running the command above, go back to the BES Admin Service (aka BAS), try to search for the user again (Create User > Enter part of their name in the Search Criteria fields > click Search). They likely still won’t show up but you’ll see a new option at the bottom labeled “Refresh available user list from company directory.” Click on that option and you’ll get a notification that the update request has been queued. Wait about 2 minutes before searching again. The user should now show up and allow you to activate them for BES.

The alternative is to wait until BES updates its addressbook…I’m not positive what the update interval is. This procedure should only be necessary if you’re creating a user and then (almost) immediately afterwards trying to activate BES on their account.

To ping and IPv4 IP:

 ping server.domain.com -4

To ping an IPv6 IP:

 ping server.domain.com -6

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6Parameters\

Create DWORD32:  DisabledComponent

Value: FFFFFFFF

Background: Installed Win2008 + IIS7 + PHP 5.3 using the FastCGI method (used the Windows installer to configure IIS7).

Symptoms: PHP worked fine in my Default Site but when attempting to execute any scripts in Virtual Sites or Virtual Directories, every single PHP file would yield a 404 error message.

Solution: The problem ended up being that the ‘open_basedir’ config variable from the php config file is applied to ANYWHERE that PHP is run…regardless of what the actual home folder should be for a site (PHP picks up the basedir during installation and statically enters it in your php.ini file). The default ‘basedir’ will be whatever the root of your ‘Default Web Site’ in IIS is (usually c:\inetpub\wwwroot\). If you comment out this line (enter a semicolon before the line) and restart IIS, it will solve the problem. If you’re running PHP as a FastCGI module, you’ll actually have to rename (or copy) the php.ini file to a file named ‘php-cgi-fcgi.ini’ in the same folder as your php-cgi.exe executable. Be sure to restart IIS!

I spend a lot of hours online on a daily basis. Seeing as how I run an Internet Service Provider, it’s somewhat of a requirement I guess. Depsite this, I don’t use Google Docs, Flickr, YouTube or any of their clones to store my data online. I don’t recall ever making a conscious decision to stay away from them but never saw the need as it would mean that I have to login to umpteen different sites to access all of my data. If I keep it all on my workstation, with the magic of Remote Desktop and a broadband Internet connection, I can get to everything from just about anywhere.

But what about sharing the files with other people? Like sharing pictures of my kids with family? What about accessing my documents and Excel files without launching up my RDP client?

Instead of uploading all of my crap to all of these different sites online, I’ve decided to just setup my own dedicated server in our datacenter and run my own cloud. It’s pretty impractical for most people to do this, what with colocation space and server infrastructure being somewhat less of a commodity and all. But screw it….I’m not “most people”.

More to come later. I’ll do some homework on what apps/scripts I can use for Flickr-like functionality on my own server and post the results here for public consumption.

I’ve always been skeptical about the reliability of product reviews by people whose livelihoods depend on the paid sponsors of their programs or publications but Leo isn’t getting paid to talk about how much he likes the Pre. This is in contrast to something like Kim Komando talking about how awesome Carbonite’s online backup service is during her show and then having a Carbonite commercial play during her breaks. Total crap….but this isn’t at all what Leo was doing with the Pre.

I first heard of Leo Laporte a few weeks ago when I happened to catch one of his terrestrial radio broadcasts that’s syndicated by a local station. Since then I’ve been listening to his podcasts from TWiT; the first I downloaded was with Dan Bricklin, the inventor of Visicalc as well as John C Dvorak (another of my idols). If you’ve never listened to TWiT, I’d recommend subscribing (www.twit.tv) or at least checking out his site for tons of good, unbiased info and industry news. I’ve worked in tech for almost 7 years but somehow completely missed TechTV and his previous shows.

Prior to stumbling across Leo Laporte’s broadcast I had previously thought that Kim Kommando Radio Program was the only significant syndicated tech-related show on terrestrial radio. I’m one of those people that absolutely can’t stand her show….thank god there’s Leo Laporte and his many guests to keep me informed of what’s going on in the industry.