Author: Chris

Remotely changing Outlook Exchange Profiles

I’ve got a couple of remote users who report not having any new email since sometime in 2005. These guys don’t sign on to the computers all that often, so I suspect Outlook didn’t automagically change their mailbox settings when I moved them to our new Exchange server back in 2005. Typically, I would do a remote assistance session with the users while logged in. However, these guys aren’t in the office very much and when they are I’m never at my desk. So I decided to try a new trick – and hopefully it works. Continue reading “Remotely changing Outlook Exchange Profiles”

‘Error: Object Required’ when user attempts to change password using OWA 2003

While I love OWA, I despise the IISADMPWD utilities used for password management in IIS and OWA. While we’ve had problems with some of our mail-only users changing their password in OWA for months, it hasn’t been a priority to get it fixed. Continue reading “‘Error: Object Required’ when user attempts to change password using OWA 2003”

News and Notables for Thursday & Friday

In case you haven’t heard, many Drupal hosting providers and users dropped the ball on getting their systems patched.  Tripwire reports automated scans started compromising sites just hours after the most recent patch announcement.  The lesson here: Pay attention to your installed products, especially the internet exposed ones.  Attackers started hitting our systems for Shellshock a few hours after I learned of it, and luckily I read the article just after it was posted.  You need to do you base level security as always, but patching is a never ending cycle.  You need to stay on top of it. Continue reading “News and Notables for Thursday & Friday”