Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) - PowerShell Command

Following are several useful group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) PowerShell command.

• To query the Active Directory for list of host where a specific gMSA account could be use, please run the following:

• Get-ADServiceAccount [-Identity] ITFarm1 -Properties PrincipalsAllowedToRetrieveManagedPassword

• To add member hosts to where the gMSA account could be use, please run the following:

• Set-ADServiceAccount [-Identity] ITFarm1 -PrincipalsAllowedToRetrieveManagedPassword Host1$,Host3$

• To install gMSA account to a host, please run the following command on the host machine:

• Install-ADServiceAccount -Identity ITFarm1

• To create a new gMSA account, please run the following

• New-ADServiceAccount ITFarm1 -DNSHostName ITFarm1.contoso.com -PrincipalsAllowedToRetrieveManagedPassword ITFarmHosts$

MBSA Cabinet File Download Location

If you want to manually download the cabinet file for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) v2.2, here's the url:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=76054

The name of the file is WSUSSCN2.CAB

Cannot Publish Post to Blogger using Internet Explorer 9

Description:

You can edit/create your post in blogger.com, however you cannot click the publish post button. You are using Internet Explorer 9.

Resolution:

There are two options:

• First, you can enable Compatibility View as a workaround. At Internet Explorer 9, please go to Tools > Compatibility View Settings. Add blogger.com to the list. Click Close and restart your IE 9. Open your post again and you should be able to publish it now. However you may still encounter issue with font sizes, etc.
• Second is to change the setting at the blogger site. Please go to Settings > Select Post Editor > choose Updated Editor > click save settings. Open your post again and you should be able to create/edit/post to your blog again. You will also gain new editing feature such us improved image handling and new preview window.

Email being block by att.net

Description:

Users are having issue when sending email to certain domain. From the undeliverable message, you could see, " is blocked. For information see http://att.net/blocks'>". You've check with known blacklist provider and none of them have your IP listed.

Resolution:

To remove your IP from their list is through their website http://att.net/blocks. Choose Tools for administrators of mail systems whose messages have been blocked. Fill in your IP address, name, contact number, and the error message that you received. After that click submit. It would take a couple of days for them to remove your IP.

Email being block by 88.blackzap.net – Frontbridge

Description:

Users are having problem sending email to some domain. From the error message you could see “smtp; 550 Service unavailable; Client host [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] blocked using 88.blacklist.zap; Mail From IP Banned To request removal from this list please forward this message to delist@frontbridge.com>”. You’ve check with known blacklist provider and none of them have your public IP listed.

Resolution:

The only way to get your public IP remove from their blacklist is through email. The list is proprietary and not open for public. You need to send them email asking for delisting and they will reply back to you in one business day. This is the case if you get listed the first time. But if you IP get listed again, the process would be more difficult and take much longer time.

Frontbridge is owned by Microsoft and its part of their Exchange Hosted Services. However the support seems only available on US working hour’s time. Other than that, there’re some false positive that could make good legitimate email being blocked.

Error when burning CD

Have you ever get an issue when trying to burn some files to a CD/DVD?
In my case I got error writing Lead-In when trying to burn some file using UltraISO on my IBM T42 CD ROM (HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4242N). I can use it to read any CD/DVD with no issue.
I try to change the burner software to Nero but got similar error too. Try to lower the burning speed with no luck.
Previously I remember that I can burn a CD with that CD ROM, somehow it's just stop working.
I try to search for a driver update but cannot find any. A firmware update maybe available but I think that's too much for the issue.
Finally I try to clean the lenses. Just wipe it with a clean tissue, try to burn, and it works.