Exchange 2003 move

KB article 822945

• I'm sure you'd like the management tools, so when installing exchange on the new box, be sure to select 'em :)
• Don't use compressed file systems - exchange apparently isn't happy with those
• If you had a compressed file system, and the restore acts like it finished, it really didn't. There were those 'couple extra steps that it does to get the dataabse back to the "Hey, I'm ready to run" state.
• If you run the restore again, you have to delete the log files from the first (failed) attempt, 'cause then the mounting won't happen again, and hence another failed restore.

Me thinks it's gonna be as good as it gets with what he's got…

w00h00 x 2!

1. I'm married now.
2. I have an SSL connection to my linux/apache front end for owa.

home directory script

'
' create-and-set-perms.vbs
'
' Mike Jolly
' jolly@jollyt.com
'
' Requires:
'   xcacls
'    (http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/
'     existing/xcacls-o.asp)
'
' I really suggest you running this from cscript and not wscript
'
' if you want to run it with wscript, you should change the value
' of the constant 'DisplayAccountName'

On Error Resume Next
Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2
Const DisplayAccountName = 1
ProfileDir = "C:dataprofiles"
HomeDir = "C:datahome-dirs"
LdapDir = "LDAP://OU=Statesville Users, dc=ad, dc=statesville, dc=clt, " _
  & "dc=cbcarolinas, dc=com"
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000
objCommand.Properties("Searchscope") = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE
objCommand.CommandText = _
    "SELECT samAccountName FROM '" & LdapDir & "' WHERE objectCategory='user'"
Set objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
' Set objSetACL = CreateObject("SETACL.SetACLCtrl.1")
Set fso = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
wbjRecordSet.MoveFirst
Do Until objRecordSet.EOF
	strUser = objRecordSet.Fields("samAccountName").Value
	If DisplayAccountName Then
		wscript.Echo("Working with account: " & strUser)
	End If
	LocalProfileFolder = ProfileDir & "" & strUser
	LocalHomeFolder = HomeDir & "" & strUser

	If Not fso.FolderExists(LocalProfileFolder) Then 
		Set newfolder = fso.CreateFolder(LocalProfileFolder) 
	End If
	If Not fso.FolderExists(LocalHomeFolder) Then 
		Set newfolder = fso.CreateFolder(LocalHomeFolder) 
	End If
  return = WshShell.Run("xcacls " & LocalProfileFolder & " /T /G " & strUser _
    & ":C administrators:f SYSTEM:F /Y", 7, false)
  return = WshShell.Run("xcacls " & LocalHomeFolder & " /T /G " & strUser _
    & ":C administrators:f SYSTEM:F /Y", 7, false)
'	With objSetACL 
'	  .SetObject(LocalProfileFolder, SE_FILE_OBJECT)
'	  .SetAction(ACTN_ADDACE) 
'	  .SetRecursion(RECURSE_NO) 
'	  .SetObjectFlags (INHPARNOCHANGE,INHPARNOCHANGE,False,False) 
'	  .AddACE(strUser, False, "Change", 0, True, SET_ACCESS, ACL_DACL) 
'	  .AddACE("Domain Admins", False, "Full", 0, True, SET_ACCESS, ACL_DACL) 
'	  .Run
'	End With
	objRecordSet.MoveNext
Loop

' Cleanup
' Set objSetACL = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
Set objRecordSet = Nothing
Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = Nothing
Set objCommand = Nothing
Set objConnection = Nothing

Darky's spam solution

Tagged Message Delivery Agent (TMDA)

If someone sends you a message, and hasn't been allowed previously, they get sent a 'challenge' bounce that points them to a web page where they say, "No really, I'm a real person. here's my little personalized message begging you to accept mail from me, and here's me typing the contents of the squiggly-channel-esque box of random alpha-numeric characters that you want me to type."

Maybe I'll start using that one day… For now, it's me just making a note of which software it is :)

Church Recording Software

EZTracker

Now to write some scripts to:

• burn the wav files to CD
• make a single mp3 from the outputted wav files

I need to learn how to make cool software

I wonder if I could do it with Destinator3 if I bought the SDK......

Slipstreaming Service Packs

I did however find nLite.

From their site:

Have you ever wanted to remove some Windows components like Media Player, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, Messenger...

How about not even to install them with Windows ?

nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install doesn't include, or even contain on cd, unwanted components.

nLite Features

• Service Pack Integration
• Component Removal
• Unattended Setup
• Driver Integration *
• Hotfixes Integration **
• Tweaks
• Patches ***
• Bootable ISO creation

Using a simple menu, I was able to tell it to slipstream in 2003 SP1, and burn a bootable ISO. WOOHOO!

Exchange ActiveSync

Now, the funny thing is that Exchange ActiveSync works over IIS. So, I'm thinking stuff might not work right due to my apache proxypass setup, but - after adding the new directories which were added to IIS when I enabled ActiveSync - life almost worked ;)

    DocumentRoot /home/www/gg/mail
    # Redirect / http://mail.gogod.org/exchange
    ProxyPass /exchange http://mail.gogod.org/exchange
    ProxyPass /exchweb http://mail.gogod.org/exchweb
    ProxyPass /Exchweb http://mail.gogod.org/Exchweb
    ProxyPass /public http://mail.gogod.org/public
    ProxyPass /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync http://mail.gogod.org/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
    ProxyPass /OMA http://mail.gogod.org/OMA
    ProxyPassReverse /exchange http://mail.gogod.org/exchange
    ProxyPassReverse /exchweb http://mail.gogod.org/exchweb
    ProxyPassReverse /Exchweb http://mail.gogod.org/Exchweb
    ProxyPassReverse /public http://mail.gogod.org/public
    ProxyPassReverse /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync http://mail.gogod.org/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
    ProxyPassReverse /OMA http://mail.gogod.org/OMA

things to note from above:

1. In DocumentRoot I have index.html which redirects you to /exchange
2. local DNS resolves mail.gogod.org to an internal IP

this MSKB article

Next came an HTTP_400 error. Really, I have no idea what fixed that one. In the midst of it, I did the deletion of the http://<ExchangeURL>/exchange/<Username>/NON_IPM_SUBTREE/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync XML file, and … well, it sorta started working. I had to change a couple more things to say, no really, I want you to just dial like normal when you're connecting to 'work' so that it wouldn't complain about not being able to connect, but so far, so good!

502 responses

whoops.

That's probably played a roll in my rank dropping from number 1 in yahoo… BOO!

Pack Rat Folders…

It's a matter of wastefullness, isn't it?