Month: July 2013

Repairing Exchange Discovery Mailboxes

July 30, 2013

I went to perform a Discovery Search on our Exchange 2010 server for the first time since installing the server. Naturally, there was a problem. When trying to create a search using the Exchange Control Panel (ECP) the response was an error and the search could not be saved. My first thought was to make sure the arbitration accounts were setup and had the correct permissions. So, in the Exchange Management Shell I ran the command get-user -arbitration which showed the system mailboxes […]

Block Google ads in AdBlock Plus

July 13, 2013

Recently, it has come to light that the developers of the super popular Firefox plugin AdBlock Plus have been taking money by some sites to exempt their ads from being blocked. Probably, the most notable contributor to the plugin developers is Google. The reasons and ramifications have been discussed on several sites like TechCrunch, The Verge, and at Search Engine Watch. Fortunately, this behavior can be reversed by changing the settings in the AdBlock Plus plugin. The following depicts how: That’s it! […]

Check php.ini for syntax errors

July 2, 2013

In the middle of setting-up a new webserver on a Windows Server 2008 machine using IIS7 and PHP 5.4 I ran into a problem that had me stumped for a short time. Though not something that is done frequently setting-up PHP on a Windows server is something that I am well-versed in doing. I know of the most common stumbling blocks and how to get around them – especially on Windows machines. A common issue for those new to PHP is the […]

Beware 32bit and 64bit ODBC Data Source Administrators

July 1, 2013

While creating an SSIS Package in SQL Server 2008 R2 I ran into a problem with an “architecture mismatch between the driver and the application” when trying to use a DSN as a new connection. It turns out this is the result of the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit drivers. When creating data source names using the ODBC Data Source Administrator (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Data Sources (ODBC)). Apparently when you run this tool on a Windows 2008 R2 server […]