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In this post, I am sharing a recent experience with Roaming profile and group policy.

Let’s assume the following scenario

UserA exists in OU OrgA

Group Policy applied on OrgA with c: drive blocked

UserA moved to OU OrgB

OrgB do not have any GPO which blocks c: drive

In a normal case, if you will update group policy on client or logoff and login, you should be able to see the the changes. In above example, c: should have been accessible.

However, the problem sometime may come that you still see that old GPOs/settings are getting applied. If you will run GPResult and look at the RSOP result, you find that GPOs from the new OU are being applied. Still, why we have settings from the GPOs on the old OU? Read the rest of this entry »

In this post, I will list down the links to the websites where I found interesting and useful information for techies.

• Below is the link which list commands to start various programs/mmc from command line, which is sometime very much needed and is also interesting.

http://www.websecurity.mobi/starting-snap-in-from-the-command-line/

Roaming profile is a very good feature, most of us use it for years now and also face issues with it. Most of the times we get profile errors on client, very irritating “You have been logged on with temporary profile”.

Well, there are number of reasons for this and number of ways to correct this. However, all troubleshooting methods are waste if the basics are not in place. In this post, I will put together some of the best practices of configuring roaming profiles which can help you to avoid these issues.

Roaming profile Folder/Parent Folder

First step you do when configuring roaming profile Read the rest of this entry »

In this post, I will showcase the steps you need to follow to decommission or uninstall the first Exchange 2003 server in your organization. You will get into this situation if you are migrating from current server to a new server on the same version or have transitioned to the next version.

I assume that you have completed the installation of new server, moved all the mailboxes to the new server and replicated the public folders. In this post we will move some important services to the new server and then can uninstall the old server.

Also, arrange for the Exchange Setup Files, you will need it during Exchange uninstall.

Replicate and Rehome System Folders

Offline Address Book

Schedule + Free Busy

Organization Forms, if you use

Process is same for all three, I will showcase the one here. Read the rest of this entry »