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Exchange 2003 and 75GB datastore

With exchange 2003 SP2, the database store in Exchange is increase to 75GB, this is not setup automatic.
You have to change something in the registry database.

To set the size of the private mail store

  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Regedit starts.
  2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ System/ CurrentControlSet/ Services/ MSExchangeIS/ ServerName, where ServerName is the name of your server that is running Windows SBS.
  3. To modify the private mail store size, right-click the Private-GUID folder, click New, and then click DWORD Value.
  4. Type Database Size Limit in GB, and then press ENTER.
  5. Right-click the new entry and then click Modify.
  6. In the Base field, click Decimal. In the Value data text box, type a number between 1 and 75. This is the new maximum size of your database in gigabytes.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Close Regedit.

Next you maybe want to get a warning when the database is almost at the limit, this can be setup this way:
To set the size of the buffer

  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Regedit starts.
  2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/ System/ CurrentControlSet/ Services/ MSExchangeIS/ ServerName, where ServerName is the name of your server that is running Windows SBS.
  3. To set a buffer size for the private mail store, right-click the Private-GUID folder, click New, and then click DWORD Value.
  4. Type Database Size Buffer in Percentage, and press ENTER.
  5. Right-click the new value and then click Modify.
  6. In the Base field, click Decimal. In the Value data text box, type a number between 1 and 100. A value of 10, for example, results in warning events being logged when the database has 10 percent capacity remaining.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Close Regedit.

Howto get missing “Show desktop” icon back.

Go to Start/Run and type in “notepad”

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Next, save the file with the name “Show Desktop.scf” in the folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

Replace username with you username.
Then the slow desktop should be back on you Quick Launch bar next to start.

Forces delete a printer in windows.

I have a problem, where I could not delete a job, and therefore couldn’t delete a printer. The Spool services were using 100% of my CPU.
You can delete the jobs manual, by doing this:

  • Browse to Start –> Run –> Type “cmd” And in the black console type: “net stop spooler” without the quotes
  • Browse to windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS\ You should see files there ending in .SPL and .SHD created around the time you tried to print – delete these files.
  • Go back to the black console, and type “net start spooler” without the quotes
  • Now to the printers and fax unit, to see if the printer queue is empty.

Everything should now be fine.

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Install SQL Express 2005 quiet and with DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0

First you need to download SQL Express 2005 setup files, there can be done from microsoft homepage.

Then when you have download the setup files, you need to extract it, it can be done by typing:
SQLEXPR.EXE -x

It then ask you a location to put the extract files.

Then you can run this

SETUP.EXE /qb ADDLOCAL=SQL_Engine,SQL_Data_Files INSTANCENAME=”dalbjerg” SECURITYMODE=SQL SAPWD=”SAPassword” DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0

This will install the database name dalbjerg, and with sa password SAPassword.

Windows XP Service Pack 2 problem

Jeg har haft et problem idag, hvor jeg ikke kunne installere Service pack 2, til windows den gik fast ved “Checking Product Key”. Jeg fulgte denne guide, og det virkede herefter. Super.

1) Open a CMD prompt
2) Then type cd /d %windir%\inf
3) Then type ren oem*.inf oem*.old
4) Then type ren oem*.pnf oem*.old1
5) Then find the file by name INFCACHE.1 and remove it from the inf directory
6) Close all windows and reboot the computer to safe mode and
start the installation of SP2 and it should go fine