Outlook 2010 Instant Search encountered a problem

Clients attempting to search a public folder that is in a mixed Exchange 2003/2010 environment may encounter the following information message, and will not be able to search the public contacts, etc. ERROR: CAUSE: Side effect of having public folders in a mixed exchange 2003/2010 environment. WORKAROUND: The only “bandaid” workaround I have found is to add the pub contacts, etc. into favorites, then put the outlook client in cached mode, enabling the cache mode option to download public folder favorites, and making that public folder a favorite. Inside email accounts, server settings enable the use cached exchange mode Inside “More Settings”, enable the checkbox for download public folder favorites Clients will be able to search the pub fixed contacts, etc. after outlook is restarted and has finished updating the local offline file.

iPhone, iPod stuck after loading cydia app

If you are one of the unfortunate ones, that experiences your device stuck in an endless hung state after installing an app from cydia. This happens when a bad/corrupt package is installed and does not play nice with the device.

To fix the device that is hung trying to respring, simply download and install iFunBox. ( http://www.i-funbox.com/)

Next connect your device to your laptop/pc, open ifunbox, then navigate into the following folder.

/Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/

Find the last package you tried installing that caused the respring to hang and delete those files, then power cycle the device and it will be back to normal.

Exchange 2010–How to Move a DB

1. Run a full MB job to commit and purge log files into the DB
2. Open the EMC, then nav to org config, mailbox, on the db management tab select the DB, right click and select dismount database

3. Once the database shows the mounted status as dismounted, right click and select move database path.. In the file paths, simply change the drive letter, or change the entire folder destination per your needs, then click the move button and let the EMC take care of the rest.

4. After completion, if successful you will see it completed successfully

5. Restart the Microsoft exchange search indexer service

6. Right click on the database file under the org config, mailbox, on the db management tab, and select mount

Technet related topics that will also help you are below.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123903.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351168.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123587.aspx

LDC2009–Shift to deselect does not work

Recently I encountered an issue where I was unable to hold shift to deselect objects. I checked everything I could think of with the exception of my raster options, but I eventually found it. Hope this saves someone else time!

Problem:
When selecting multiple objects, holding the shift key and selecting objects to deselect does not work.

Solution:
Inside LDC type ioptions, this loads raster options. Under the “user preferences” tab, uncheck the box under mouse settings “shift+left click image select” option.

Google Maps to GPS

For the longest time, I had a tough time finding some odd location addresses in my GPS. Come to find that I can send the Google map directions straight to my Garmin.

Here’s how:

• Locate the address & directions to that address, then click the “link” icon

• Next click on the “Send” link (I check the box to use a short url)
  
  
  
• Click on “GPS”, then select the dropdown for “brand”, and select the type of GPS device you want to send to
  
  
  
• Be sure your GPS is connected to your PC, then click send
  
  
  
• Check the box for your connected GPS, then click “send to GPS”
  
  
  
• If successful, you will see similar confirmation as below
  
  
  
• Disconnect your GPS device and confirm your new directions and address are in your device favorites

That’s it, now you can leave the guessing out and know your directions and addresses will be in your GPS device with confidence.

Tough Mudder PA #2 - 5/12/2012

Once I found out that parking was 20min away from the event, I was a little unsure of the actual time between buses to get to the event site. Upon arrival at the parking lots in Pocono Raceway, I was surprised to see the mass number of school buses lined up to shuttle us over. I still prefer to park on-site, just in case you need to run back to your vehicle for something.

This event had a special registration line for military, which was sweet! Much faster than having to stand in line with the masses, and a really nice courtesy to us prior service and active military.

This coarse had fewer obstacles than the tri-state event I ran at Englishtown raceway last November, but turned out to be about over 12miles also. Originally I read this PA course was going to be 11 miles, but my guess is that they changed it up a little, since it was just run a few weeks earlier at the end of April.

Many of the obstacles were already familiar to me with the exception of the electric eel, this obstacle was a nice addition to what I had already been exposed to. During the A-frame cargo net obstacle one of the volunteer staff with a mike and loud speaker, said “if you don’t want to wait, you can go around, it won’t hurt you from getting your free beer and t-shirt at the end”. This caused a bit of ruckus among many of us standing waiting for our turn. Not someone I ever hope to see at another TM..

There were no underwater tunnels at this coarse, and the plunge into the lake, was weak compared to the tri-state I ran, because there was no lake to swim across at Pocono manor. Instead you jumped off into what looked like a small pond, then swam back to where you started, then continued on. The 3’ tunnels were easier than what I remembered from the tri-state, the ones at Pocono manor were not sloped as much, because I was able to make it up w/o help, whereas last years tri-state, I distinctly remember getting stuck on the way up, and having to grab the person in front of me, foot to pull myself up.

At the end of the race, I felt the finish area was a little unorganized compared to the last event I ran. There was no one there making sure you got your photo next to the TM background. When I ran last November’s tri-state, it was much more organized, you got your t-shirt, headband, a few goodies, then an event staff directed you to the area to get your finisher photo with the badass TM background that was setup. This years PA event, I finished, someone handed me my headband, then fortunately I went up to one of the tables and asked if we got t-shirts and was directed to another table to pickup my t-shirt. When I went to get my free beer, not one person asked to see my wrist band before giving me my beer. Not that this is a bad thing because I grabbed a second before leaving the finisher area, but when I did walk out of the finisher area, there was no one outside, nor inside directing for final photos, as I had been anticipating.

The on-site venue was kick ass, the live music was great, as well as the food vendor’s at this event. Oh yes, then the 25min bus ride back to the parking lot, I will never run another TM event that has off-site parking, even with shuttle busses, I prefer not to have to wait for and sit on a shuttle.

Overall, I felt that this PA event was a cake walk compared to the 2011 tri-state Tough Mudder I ran. I’m glad I was able to raise money for our wounded warriors, and hang with such a good community of people again, and I look forward to my next Mudder event!

Autodesk–Migrate 32bit Profile to 64bit

As we have seen, 64bit operating systems have become the norm, for most organizations. When upgrading a production CAD user from 32bit to 64bit, the default installation paths change slightly.

Example:
32bit O/S installation path: C:\Program Files
64bit O/S installation path: C:\Program Files (x86)

For other administrators that care about their production users, and want to maintain their production staffs current 32bit profile, avoiding leaving the user to re-create their profile. Even using a new base profile, can be cumbersome for some of the customizers.

Here’s how:

• Launch the users Autocad, go into options, profiles tab, then export their current profile to a network location, one that you will be able to access.
• Open the exported *.arg profile using notepad as the editor
• Perform a find & replace, to find “Program Files” & replace with “Program Files (x86)”
• Click Replace All, then save and close the file
  
  
  
• On the new 64bit system, launch the Autocad product, go into options and import the profile we just modified.

This will maintain all custom toolbars, menu’s and other customizations the user made to their profile. You just migrated over the users profile maintaining the same friendly familiar environment the user was used to on their 32bit machine.