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Posted on Sunday, 31st May 2009 by Balazs

To add an SSL cert to IIS 5 on Windows, you need two separate steps:

Create a p12 (pkcs12) cert file:
cat server.key server.crt > server.pem
openssl pkcs12 -export -in server.pem -out server.p12 -name “server”
Import the p12 file into IIS:
Start->Run->mmc
Ctrl+M
Add…
Certificates
Computer Account
Finish
Close
OK
Open “Certificates (Local Computer)” tree
Right click Certificates
All Tasks->Import…
Browse to .p12 cert
Next
Next
Next
Finish
Select cert for site
Open IIS Admin
Select properties of [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 31st May 2009 by Balazs

To be able to report SPAM, Viruses, or any other problem with email, the system administrators need the full email headers. These can be easily found in Netscape or Mozilla Thunderbird, just by viewing the raw message source, or by selecting View Full Headers in the View menu. However in Outlook 2003 it is [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 31st May 2009 by Balazs

Setting up a folder for PPTP access:

Right click and select properties
Select Sharing tab
Check “Share this folder” and give it a share name
Click the permissions button, and make sure that only the right user(s) have permission

Setting up user for PPTP:

Start->Settings->Network and Dial-up connections->Incoming connections
Click users tab
Check the check box next to user to authorize

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Posted on Friday, 29th May 2009 by Balazs

To clear the DNS cache on windows, you can either reboot, or open a DOS window, and run: ipconfig /flushdns

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Posted on Friday, 29th May 2009 by Balazs

If your running Windows 2000 server, or newer, you can edit the server gpo “computer logon script” section to map the drive. This script gets processed before anyone logs on. Here are the detailed steps to do that:

Start -> Run -> mmc
Add the Group Policy snap-in
Console Root -> Local Computer Policy -> Computer configuration -> [...]

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Posted on Friday, 29th May 2009 by Balazs

We found this article most useful to help with terminal services connectivity: Terminal Services Part 2 We also captured a version for archiving perposes in this PDF file.

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