Reset Veeam Endpoint Backup for Windows Free database

Veeam Endpoint Backup for Windows as an awesome free and easy to use backup program. But sometimes after big Windows updates, especially with Windows 10 Redstone updates, there could be some problems because of altered disk ID’s. Here is a fast guide on how to reset the database to default. Be aware all settings will …

Exchange 2010 QUEUE Expired Bug

When using Exchange 2010 there could be a moment where a message gets stuck in the message queue with the message: ‘A storage transient failure has occurred during content conversion‘. This is due to a transport/queue bug in Exchange 2010 The solution (more like a workaround) seemed quite simple: just enable TNEF. You can do …

System drive almost full due to cab_xxx files in Windows\Temp directory

Symptoms: Deleting the cab_xxx files in the temp directory only results in regeneration every 30min. In the <windows>\Logs\CBS folder there are lots of (large) .log files. Solution: Delete the oldest .log files in the <windows>\Logs\CBS folder. It’s no problem if you want to delete them all. After this, in the <windows>\temp folder, delete every cab_xxx file. Explanation: …

Blue Screen Of Death on Boot error 0xc0000034

BSOD error 0xc0000034 is a corruption in your BCD / MBR partition. I received a Windows 10 device that booted directly into this BSOD. In this particular case none of these following steps worked for me, the following guide should only be used when these option won’t work: Startup Repair System restore Bootrec /fixMBR, bootrec /fixBoot, …

Manually configure an Office 365 account in Outlook

Sometimes, Outlook will have problems configuring an Office 365 account on it’s own. When this occurs, you can try add it manually. These are the steps you should take when configuring an Office 365 account manually: Choose for Manual Setup or additional server types in the Outlook Account Setup Select Microsoft Exchange Server or compatible service Enter these …

Message Tracking with Powershell in Exchange

This is an example of a Message Tracking command that I use most: Get-Messagetrackinglog -ResultSize Unlimited -Recipients:user@contoso.com -EventID “RECEIVE” -Start “09/25/2016 4:30:00 PM” -End “09/30/2016 5:17:00 PM” | select-object eventid,timestamp,messageid,sender,recipients,messagesubject | Out-GridView These are the parts that will improve search results and make it easier for you to understand the results: -ResultSize Unlimited specifies the …

SPF record not working with on-premise Exchange server

When you add an SPF record to your domain’s DNS and still messages can be sent with non-user email adresses (spoofed), this is probably the reason: SPF is not fully propagated Your on-premise exchange does not have any anti-spam agents installed. You can check this with this Powershell command: Get-TransportAgent When the anti-spam agents are not …

Slow connection on Linux xinetd Telnet when logging is enabled

Problem: Telnet sessions to a Linux machine (in my case CentOS 6.8) via xinetd take half a minute or longer before showing the login prompt Solution: Disable USERID logging, for xinetd telnet this is located in /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file Example: service telnet { disable = no flags = REUSE socket_type = stream wait = no user = …