Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Enabling Disk Cleanup Utility in Windows Server 2012

"Disk Cleanup Utility"

Step No. #1 Open The Roles and Features Wizard

To open the roes and feauture wizard. Lauch the "server manager" by pressing the Windows key


and clicking on the server manage please see Screenshot as shown. 





Step No. #2 Click on Add role and Feature

Click on add role and feture to launch the add role and feature wizard.







Step No. #3  Choose  installation Type

Choose rolebase or feature based installation  to install to local machine.

Step No. #4  Click Next all the way to features

Click "next" all the way to features.  Locate "User Interface and Infrastructure".  Click on "Desktop Experience"


and install additional required feature.




Step No. #5  Proceed with the installation and Reboot

Make it sure that you reboot the system

Step No. #6  Verify that the Utility is indeed installed

Ready to run diskcleanup. See screen shot below.



Disk Cleanup in Action

Below is a sample snapshot of disk cleanup in action.


Changing a Username and Email Address

Problem

This was asked on Experts Exchange this morning, and so I thought I'd get it documented. There are loads of reasons why you might want to change a username, display name, and email address. It can be spelt wrong, a user has got married/divorced and changed their surname, or they have simply changed their name.
There are also some clients who don't create a new user when a member of staff leaves. They just want to rename the old user and change the email address. The advantage of this approach is that all the group membership, and permissions will be correct for the replacement member of staff.

Solution

Step 1 Change the Username, Logon Name and Display Name.

1. On the Exchange server > Start > Run > dsa.msc {enter} > Locate the user in question > Right click and rename.
Note: You can do this on any Domain Controller but for Step 2 we will need to be on an Exchange server, or a machine with the Exchange Management tools installed.
active directory users and computers
2. As soon as you press {enter} > The rename user dialog will open, and you can change the display name, and the user logon name > OK.
Change User Display Name

Step 2 - Exchange 2000 / 2003 (Including SBS 2000 / 2003) Change the Email address.

Note: For newer versions of Exchange see below.
1. Whilst still in active Directory Users and Computers > Right click the affected user > Properties.
AD User Properties
2. E-mail Addresses tab > Add > SMTP Address.
AD User Email Addresses
3. Type in the new email address > OK.
Exchange 2003 Change Email Address
4. Untick the "Automatically update email..." option > Select the NEW email address >Set As Primary > Apply > OK.
Exchange 2003 Reply Email address
Note: It can take a while for your global address list to update, then your Outlook clients need to get the updated list, sometimes this can take a couple of days! Be patient, the changes have been made.

Step 2 - Exchange 2007 / 2010 (Including SBS 2008 / 2011) Change the Email address.

1. On your Exchange 2007/2010 Server Launch the Exchange Management Console > Recipient Configuration > Mailbox > Locate the user > Properties. 
Exchange 2010 Change EMail Address
2. E-mail Addresses tab > Add > Type in the new address > OK.
Exchange 2010 Add New EMail Address
3. Untick the "Automatically update email..." option > Select the NEW email address > Set As Primary > Apply > OK.
Exchange 2010 Set Reply Email Address
Note: It can take a while for your global address list to update, then your Outlook clients need to get the updated list, sometimes this can take a couple of days! Be patient, the changes have been made.

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