Comments for davedolan.com http://davedolan.com/blog Website not included. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:49:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by Dave http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-110575 Dave Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:49:15 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-110575 The only way to find out is to test it on a machine you don't care if you break! I know it will do the edits to the registry, but whether or not that will do the trick is uncertain. I haven't tried or tested it on 2007, and I'm actually kinda dubious of it. See the thing that gets me is that they have these apparently random looking numbers as the 'keys' for each features, like Exchange vs whatever else. I think it's probably easy for you to see the reason that procedures like that are unsupported. I would never recommend deploying my code without making sure it works for you first, and perhaps more importantly, without your understanding exactly how it works. Things are all Powershell these days now, I'm already feeling old, and I'm not yet 30. The only way to find out is to test it on a machine you don’t care if you break! I know it will do the edits to the registry, but whether or not that will do the trick is uncertain. I haven’t tried or tested it on 2007, and I’m actually kinda dubious of it. See the thing that gets me is that they have these apparently random looking numbers as the ‘keys’ for each features, like Exchange vs whatever else. I think it’s probably easy for you to see the reason that procedures like that are unsupported. I would never recommend deploying my code without making sure it works for you first, and perhaps more importantly, without your understanding exactly how it works. Things are all Powershell these days now, I’m already feeling old, and I’m not yet 30.

]]> Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by Dan http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-110570 Dan Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:22:06 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-110570 Hello, I am a newish net admin at a school district. They are currently using gaggle.net with their mx record pointing to such and the instructors log in using outlook 2007. They are interested in hosting their own exchange server but I really dread going to every system and editing the mail server settings. Everyone is either on xp pro or vista business. Would the above script work out with this situation? It would be a new exchange install and I just need to save some effort in changing everyones classroom computers to use the local server rather than gaggle.net. Thank you, Dan. Hello, I am a newish net admin at a school district. They are currently using gaggle.net with their mx record pointing to such and the instructors log in using outlook 2007.

They are interested in hosting their own exchange server but I really dread going to every system and editing the mail server settings. Everyone is either on xp pro or vista business. Would the above script work out with this situation? It would be a new exchange install and I just need to save some effort in changing everyones classroom computers to use the local server rather than gaggle.net.

Thank you,
Dan.

]]> Comment on Soyo Topaz S – Hacking Native Widescreen Resolution on an Intel 945GM Express by Tony http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-103243 Tony Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:47:02 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/05/10/soyo-topaz-s-native-widescreen-resolution-on-an-intel-945gm-express/#comment-103243 I was unable to get it working using your method. However, I was able to get it working using a special fix release driver from Intel <a href="http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?strState=LIVE&lang=eng&ProductID=2102&DwnldID=15559" rel="nofollow">(http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?strState=LIVE&lang=eng&ProductID=2102&DwnldID=15559)</a>. One thing to note, the install crashed the first time, but I reran and woila! I was unable to get it working using your method. However, I was able to get it working using a special fix release driver from Intel (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?strState=LIVE&lang=eng&ProductID=2102&DwnldID=15559). One thing to note, the install crashed the first time, but I reran and woila!

]]> Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by dave http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-102072 dave Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:44:53 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-102072 Ok, you're still missing half of what I said. The primary source of information for Outlook is not on the local host at all. It gets the mailbox location from the attributes of your AD account (omeMDB, homeMTA, and msExchMailServer), ie from the Domain Controller. First you have to run a script to change that (not included here on this post, but the link I posted above is actually talking about the attributes in question.) So yes, you're right, it's not reading it as the only source of information. I don't know why they have to be changed locally and on the AD accounts, but when I didn't run this script also, changing them in the AD wasn't sufficient. Anyway, the primary reason I posted this script was to show how one might do a find/replace on a unicode string in a registry key that's a binary value type. The exchange thing was just something I used it for. Ok, you’re still missing half of what I said. The primary source of information for Outlook is not on the local host at all. It gets the mailbox location from the attributes of your AD account (omeMDB, homeMTA, and msExchMailServer), ie from the Domain Controller. First you have to run a script to change that (not included here on this post, but the link I posted above is actually talking about the attributes in question.) So yes, you’re right, it’s not reading it as the only source of information. I don’t know why they have to be changed locally and on the AD accounts, but when I didn’t run this script also, changing them in the AD wasn’t sufficient. Anyway, the primary reason I posted this script was to show how one might do a find/replace on a unicode string in a registry key that’s a binary value type. The exchange thing was just something I used it for.

]]> Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by Keith Davis http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-102066 Keith Davis Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:05:09 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-102066 I guess because of the timing you assumed I was talking about 2007, but I am not. This is with Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003 that it does not work. I've tried other similar scripts, and even changing the registry keys manually, but nothing works. It's like Outlook writes those values, but does not read them. I guess because of the timing you assumed I was talking about 2007, but I am not. This is with Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003 that it does not work. I’ve tried other similar scripts, and even changing the registry keys manually, but nothing works. It’s like Outlook writes those values, but does not read them.

]]> Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by Dave http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-102028 Dave Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:09:23 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-102028 oh and I almost forgot to mention, you have to re-home the mailboxes first in the AD accounts. This doesn't touch AD accounts. Only the local profile. See this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125087(EXCHG.65).aspx for info. (hat tip to Dmitry Martinov above) oh and I almost forgot to mention, you have to re-home the mailboxes first in the AD accounts. This doesn’t touch AD accounts. Only the local profile. See this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125087(EXCHG.65).aspx for info. (hat tip to Dmitry Martinov above)

]]> Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by Dave http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-102025 Dave Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:36:32 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-102025 honestly I haven't tried this in a while, I don't know how it works with 2007, and cached mode, I have not investigated as to whether or not this affects things. It actually takes a hard coded registry key name, so if they have added a new one for cached or a different permutation for 2007, I don't know. At the time I wrote this script there was no office 2007. *shrug* Perhaps just check your registry to see if the provider keys might be different. Chances are they will be using Unicode, not Ascii, so if you want to mod the script that's what to look for. I have the 'key' values as constants declared at the top of the script. Maybe there is a new one? honestly I haven’t tried this in a while, I don’t know how it works with 2007, and cached mode, I have not investigated as to whether or not this affects things. It actually takes a hard coded registry key name, so if they have added a new one for cached or a different permutation for 2007, I don’t know. At the time I wrote this script there was no office 2007. *shrug* Perhaps just check your registry to see if the provider keys might be different. Chances are they will be using Unicode, not Ascii, so if you want to mod the script that’s what to look for. I have the ‘key’ values as constants declared at the top of the script. Maybe there is a new one?

]]> Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by Keith Davis http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-102024 Keith Davis Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:30:58 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-102024 I have tried this, but it doesn't work with Cached Exchange mode. Even in Online mode, it finally connected, but it took a long time and in Accounts it still says the old server. Has anyone gotten this to work on Cached Exchange Mode? I have tried this, but it doesn’t work with Cached Exchange mode. Even in Online mode, it finally connected, but it took a long time and in Accounts it still says the old server.

Has anyone gotten this to work on Cached Exchange Mode?

]]> Comment on VBScript to Remap your Outlook Profiles to a new server. by Col http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=83&cpage=1#comment-99647 Col Tue, 12 May 2009 23:52:33 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/2008/04/16/vbscript-to-remap-your-outlook-profiles-to-a-new-server/#comment-99647 I'm tinkering with this to pull up the new mailserver name from LDAP details - Using: objUser.msExchHomeServerName will bring up the full path (ie: /o=Company/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (ABCetc)/cn=configuration/cn=Servers/cn=WSMSG1234X but I only want the last portion of this - does anyone know of a different property that contains only this value, or how I can remove from the above and put into a new (.vbs) variable? I’m tinkering with this to pull up the new mailserver name from LDAP details – Using:
objUser.msExchHomeServerName

will bring up the full path (ie: /o=Company/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (ABCetc)/cn=configuration/cn=Servers/cn=WSMSG1234X

but I only want the last portion of this – does anyone know of a different property that contains only this value, or how I can remove from the above and put into a new (.vbs) variable?

]]> Comment on Down the rabbit hole with LINQ-to-SQL. by RZ http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=88&cpage=1#comment-98675 RZ Fri, 01 May 2009 11:27:50 +0000 http://davedolan.com/blog/?p=88#comment-98675 Hi Dave, Thanks for the helful info. I am working on a web application with a single DBML file (Linq to sql) for holding all objects placed in a data access layer (windows class lib project). I am using 3 tier project arch. My web application showing strange behavior, sometimes it becomes too slow & thorws exception & sometimes work faster with the same code. I wanted to get ride of this behavior, can you pls help me? Your help will be very much appreciated. Thanks RZ Hi Dave,
Thanks for the helful info.
I am working on a web application with a single DBML file (Linq to sql) for holding all objects placed in a data access layer (windows class lib project). I am using 3 tier project arch. My web application showing strange behavior, sometimes it becomes too slow & thorws exception & sometimes work faster with the same code. I wanted to get ride of this behavior, can you pls help me?

Your help will be very much appreciated.

Thanks
RZ

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