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Installing and Running The IDE on Windows 10

November 6, 2022February 8, 2019 by Nick Cottrell

Support for the IDE ended in April of 2008. OS support ended with Windows 8.1. If you want to use it in a supported environment, you can keep a copy of Windows 8.1 around. I have both my laptop and Workstations dual booted to Windows 10 and 8.1 specifically for that purpose.

However, the IDE appears to run on Windows 10. I have had no issues with the IDE on Windows 10 thru version 20H2. I only use the 8.1 installed IDE to generate final binaries (EXEs or DLLs) for clients.

Installing and running it on Windows 10 does require some special handling. There are links explaining this in detail so I will not try to do one more. I do find that many do not cover all the issues.

Changing a Certificate Key Type from Signature to Exchange

November 5, 2022February 1, 2019 by Nick Cottrell

Switching a certificate from ‘Signature’ to ‘Exchange’, or the reverse, is fairly easy. Just use the certutil utility.

Changing a CNG Certificate key to Legacy

November 5, 2022February 1, 2019 by Nick Cottrell

This can be done with OpenSSL. This same technique can be used to change Legacy Key Provider types.

Of Exchange 2010, Mobile Phones, and the AdminSDHolder or Why Doesn’t My Phone Work Anymore?

March 27, 2024August 14, 2010 by Nick Cottrell

I seldom get time to write here but when I see the same issue come up multiple times, I try to get something on-line about it.

In this case it is Exchange 2010 and Active Sync phones.

The msExchQueryBaseDN Attribute Meets the Exchange Availability Service or Why Can’t I See Your Free/Busy Information?

November 13, 2022August 14, 2010 by Nick Cottrell

I ran into a rather obscure Exchange Availability Service behavior that will be of little interest to most. So, if you are not working at a hosting company or have never heard of the ‘msExchQueryBaseDN’ attribute, save yourself some time and skip this post.

The ‘msExchQueryBaseDN’ attribute is used to restrict Outlook Web Access’ (OWA) search for mail enabled objects in Active Directory (when simulating the Global Address List) — or at least that is what it was originally used for. Rather than searching for all mail enabled objects, it will search only a portion of Active Directory. The attribute is usually not set because most Exchange organizations have only one Global Address List – The ‘Default Global Address List’ which contains all mail enabled objects.

If you don’t understand why there would be more than one GAL, stop reading here.