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Tuesday 25 October 2011

Macbook Pro - keyboard problem - Missing P!

My friends MBP was playing up, no caps lock or P key functionality, which issed him off...
After lots of searching and PRAM/cache rebuilds discovered it is a hardware problem. The ribbon cable for the keyboard bends as it enters the motherboard connector and stops keys or trackpad working.
To test, power on the MBP by mains, lay it open on the back of it's screen, take out the battery and press your finger on the location shown in red on this photo:

Whilst pressing here, try the keyboard, it should work again!
Not sure of a permanent fix, but a temporary solution is to take a small piece of card or folded sellotape and stick it to this location, put the battery back in and you are good to go!

Monday 24 October 2011

Exchange 2010 Log Tracking


I've been having grief with Exchange 2010 Tracking Log Explorer, main reason is I cannot easily do wildcard domain searches...
So, if your logs aren't too big and you want to search the physical log files.

1. Open a command prompt (not Powershell) as administrator on your CAS server
2. Go to the following location:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\TransportRoles\Logs\MessageTracking

3. Type:

indstr -l "@searchdomain.com" *.log > C:\searchresults.csv

Replacing 'searchdomain.com' with the domain of your choice. Once the process is complete you will have a nice CSV file with all the log entries!

Optimise Mac Lion


  • Reset the MBP PRAM - From cold, hold down the 'command' + 'option' + P + R keys, let the system start up and keep them held down until you hear the startup chime twice, when you hear it a second time, let go of the keys and let the system boot.
  • Once booted, wait a minute or two, then do a cold shutdown Then do a normal startup and once again a cold shutdown
  • Now start up again from cold, this time, hold down the SHIFT key The system will start in cache rebuild mode and will ask you to log in Wait a minute and do a cold shutdown
  • Now boot up again normally and your system should be optimised
  • Drink coffee
  • Now go off and download Onyx for Lion
  • http://www.titanium.free.fr/download.php?sid=8bfe2d8127da2b3c2640d2a3a706395d