I have multiple databases created by POCO approach of website building and I want to delete those. However I get error. Command sqlcmd -S .\SQLEXPRESS -q “drop database aspnet-ORData-20120910180110″ Error Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Server MY-PC\SQLEXPRESS, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near ‘-’. Asked by Qmal Try this: sqlcmd -S .\SQLEXPRESS -q “drop database [aspnet-ORData-20120910180110]” Note the square brackets around the database name. Without them the dashes (“-”) are seen as tokens instead of [...]

I need to know if it’s possible on an exchange server to filter outgoing mail and override the from address in certain cases. We have to set up many exhange users who will only be able to access exchange through the outlook web access. All their outgoing e-mails when received from recipients outside our company should appear to be sent from a single generic address and not from the users’ addresses. Anyone knows whether this [...]

What is the purpose of the TXT record in the root Microsoft.com zone? I don’t see any reasonable tie into SPF, SenderID, DomainKeys, or even TLS-OBC or DANE for TLS. microsoft.com text = “FbUF6DbkE+Aw1/wi9xgDi8KVrIIZus5v8L6tbIQZkGrQ/rVQKJi8CjQbBtWtE64ey4NJJwj5J65PIggVYNabdQ==” Asked by makerofthings7 It looks like an Exchange federation “proof record”. More information here: http://www.expta.com/2011/07/how-to-configure-exchange-2010-sp1.html MS documentation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335047.aspx Anyway, we can use TXT records for anything, or at least that’s what I understand reading “The semantics of the text depends on [...]

I am looking for ideas on how to save and clear event logs on multiple servers through use of a script. There used to be a tool for Windows Server 2000 called “Eventlog.pl” that could save and clear event logs remotely. I haven’t found anything that does this in Windows Server 2003 unless I’m missing something obvious. How else can I go about this? I am on Windows Server 2003 with a Domain. Asked by [...]

I’m working towards disabling Netbios over TCP/IP for my organization. I’ve created a reservation for my MAC address. I can see that the reservation becomes active when I renew my IP address. I set option 001 under the Microsoft Options vendor class and the Default BOOTP class with a value of 0×2. When I renew my IP address, the DHCP server never adds this option to the DHCP Offer or DHCP ACK. How do I [...]

I use Microsoft’s ALTools on a regular basis to troubleshoot multiple different issues. Lately, however, EventCombMT.exe has been crashing on me during the simplest operations. I noticed that it hasn’t been updated for a very long time. Is Microsoft recommending that people use a different set of tools? Is there a better alternative out there? Asked by bshacklett I would try running eventcombmt from another machine first to check if you have issues with the [...]

What is the support of Microsoft about unsigned drivers? They support a System with them? I’m looking for a document with the Windows Policy support and what they said about not drivers. Asked by Ricardo Polo You would need to ask Microsoft about the specific case in hand. While I’ve not had this issue with drivers, my experience has been that they will support a system up to the point where it becomes certain (or [...]

Patch management (WSUS) hasn’t been in my court until recently so I am trying to get acclimated to its functionality. So currently we are using WSUS version 3.2 for our Windows Server patch management. Something I am finding lacking with this system, and maybe because it simply isn’t a feature or I am not looking in the correct place, is being notified when patches are applied via email. The only E-Mail notifications I am finding [...]

I have a Certificate Authority installed on Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, I am looking at auto enrollment. When I go into the Certificate Authority mmc I cannot see Certificate Templates listed and I don’t have Actions => New => Certificate Template to Issue as per this ms technet All I can see is revoked, issued, pending and failed any ideas why? I think I have found the problem running certutil -cainfo I noticed [...]

Why is Microsoft Loopback interface called _loopback_ inteface? RFC3330 states that a loopback interface is an interface with an IP address in the 127.0.0.0/8 address range. Yet, when I enter the 127.x.x.x address in Microsoft Loopback TCP/IP settings, Windows returns an error. What is its purpose? Because Microsoft is treating it like a loopback physical interface. On _loopback_ you can assign any protocol stack Windows works with, including IPX (up to certain Windows versions) which [...]