http://www.jppinto.com Seasoned IT Dude - MCSE, MCSA, MCP Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:03:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-an-office-2010-licenseproduct-key/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-an-office-2010-licenseproduct-key/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:00:38 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-an-office-2010-licenseproduct-key/ Issue: You go to activate Microsoft Office 2010 and you receive a message stating, “Your copy of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 cannot be activated because the specified Product Key has already been activated the maximum number of times permitted for your software license as specified in the Microsoft Software License Terms.”     The [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-an-office-2010-licenseproduct-key/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/create-custom-columns-and-content-types-in-sharepoint-2007-moss-using-c/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/create-custom-columns-and-content-types-in-sharepoint-2007-moss-using-c/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:29:10 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/create-custom-columns-and-content-types-in-sharepoint-2007-moss-using-c/ I created a small utility using C# to do the following in tasks (listed below) in SharePoint. The example code used for this is also located in this article it covers all of these SharePoint tasks. 1. Create 3 columns in SharePoint.      a. “Example Amount” – Type: Current, Not a Required Field      b. [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/create-custom-columns-and-content-types-in-sharepoint-2007-moss-using-c/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-the-listening-port-for-rdcrdp-remote-desktop-connection/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-the-listening-port-for-rdcrdp-remote-desktop-connection/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:50:05 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-the-listening-port-for-rdcrdp-remote-desktop-connection/ In this article we will change the default listening port for RDC/RDP from 3389 to 5555. This is useful when you want to prevent external or internal users from scanning port 3389 to see what computers are available to connect to. Sure they can scan port 5555 however it is another step for an intruder [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-change-the-listening-port-for-rdcrdp-remote-desktop-connection/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/remote-desktop-connection-rdp-rdc-will-automatically-resize-when-moving-it/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/remote-desktop-connection-rdp-rdc-will-automatically-resize-when-moving-it/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:23:40 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/remote-desktop-connection-rdprdc-will-automatic-resize-when-moving-it/ Background: I have a bunch of RDP files which I use to connect to all my servers. I like to set them to 1024×768 so I can fit many desktops within my desktop. Problem: When I started using Windows 7, I was really annoyed when I tried to move my RDP window, it would resize [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/remote-desktop-connection-rdp-rdc-will-automatically-resize-when-moving-it/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-configure-iis-smtp-server-to-forward-emails-using-a-gmail-account/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-configure-iis-smtp-server-to-forward-emails-using-a-gmail-account/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:31:50 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-configure-iis-smtp-server-to-forward-emails-using-a-gmail-account/ This is very useful when you want to test outgoing email for an application but not have access to an SMTP server. This is great for many applications including SQL Reporting Services, SharePoint and any other application which allows you to set an email/smtp server. Prerequisites 1. Create and setup a Gmail account at http://www.gmail.com [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/how-to-configure-iis-smtp-server-to-forward-emails-using-a-gmail-account/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/creating-a-gpo-to-disable-services-on-windows-servers/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/creating-a-gpo-to-disable-services-on-windows-servers/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:51:57 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/creating-a-gpo-to-disable-services-on-windows-servers/ I have 5 SharePoint Servers; I would like to disable a couple unused and unnecessary services on all of them. Create Organizational Unit (OU) The first thing I am going to do is create an OU (Organizational Unit) in AD and add these servers to the OU Within “Active Directory Users and Computers” right click [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/creating-a-gpo-to-disable-services-on-windows-servers/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/dcpromo-on-windows-server-2008/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/dcpromo-on-windows-server-2008/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:26:21 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/dc-promo-on-windows-server-2008/ From my Windows Server 2008 machine, I will be running DCPROMO to turn it into a domain controller for my new domain. Prerequisites Networking Before we run DCPROMO, we need to make sure we have a Static IP Address set. If this is your first Domain Controller on your network set the DNS server to [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/dcpromo-on-windows-server-2008/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-load-balance-central-administration/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-load-balance-central-administration/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:22:41 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-load-balance-central-administration/ I am logged on to LAB-INDX as PINTOLAKE\Service-SharePoint. LAB-INDX is one of the servers where Central Administration is located, to avoid double hops. I will configure the farm directly on the server which hosts Central Administration Open “SharePoint 2010 Central Administration” from the “Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products” under All Programs Select “Configure alternate access mappings” [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-load-balance-central-administration/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-create-index-mirror/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-create-index-mirror/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:21:50 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-%e2%80%93-create-index-mirror/ I am logged on to LAB-INDX as PINTOLAKE\Service-SharePoint. LAB-INDX is one of the servers where Central Administration is located, to avoid double hops. I will configure the farm directly on the server which hosts Central Administration Open “SharePoint 2010 Central Administration” from the “Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products” under All Programs Under “Application Management” select “Manage [...]]]> http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-create-index-mirror/feed/ 0 http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-farm-configuration-wizard/ http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-farm-configuration-wizard/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:21:13 +0000 JPPinto http://www.jppinto.com/2010/07/sharepoint-2010-farm-configuration-wizard/ Before we get started. One thing you should know there are no more SSP’s in SharePoint 2010. Instead there are Services (many of them), the “SSP” is replaced by the “Search Service Application”. To find out more about services check out the “Services in SharePoint 2010” poster from Microsoft: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263199.aspx it’s really informative. 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