How to change product key in Office 2010 and 2013

Published on in Office by Elvis

In some cases, you will need to change the product key for Microsoft Office 2010 or 2013. Unfortunately, there is no way to change it from Office programs via GUI, but there are still different ways to do it.
Personally, I prefer to do it from command prompt. I think that this way is transparent and clear to do all steps clearly and under control. To do this, you must open command prompt window as administrator and navigate to the one of this folders (depends on witch version of Office and Windows you have):
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15
In this folder, there is situated the VBS script OSPP.VBS. This script is dedicated to work with product key and to change the product key you have to use syntax CSCRIPT OSPP.VBS /INPKEY:KEY_STRING (where KEY_STRING is the key). After you have changed the key, you have to activate it and this is possible to do it with the same script: CSCRIPT OSPP.VBS /ACT
Of course the script has more than this functionality and you can view them by typing CSCRIPT OSPP.VBS /?.

Good work!.

Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012R2 is coming

Published on in Essentials Server, Windows, Windows Server by Elvis

As you can see also on TechNet’s blog, the operating systems Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012R2 will became available on October 18. On this date will be also available Windows Server Essentials 2012R2, which is designed for small companies. As in all other OS, also in Essentials there are many upgraded or new functionalities (very nice and very cool). I will publish my top-ten new features in few days.
You can also download the Windows 8.1 product guide here..

Windows XP and Exchange 2013 connectivity

Published on in Exchange Server, Windows by Elvis

If you have the environment with Windows XP + Office 2007 or 2010 and Exchange 2013, you can expect some problems from the beginning. There is a problem because computers with Windows XP will not be able to connect to the new Exchange server. The nature of the problem is simple: Windows XP looks at the certificate using only the first SAN, but the internal name of Exchange is not in this line. This is the reason of the problem. Now, what can we do to solve the problem? In this situation, we can adopt two possible solutions:

  1. We can force Exchange to use a determinate certificate for internal AutoDiscover. This is simple to do with one PowerShell command: Set-OutlookProvider EXPR -CertPrincilalName:”msstd:mail.company.com” (mail.company.com is the name of your certificate).
  2. We can internally publish OutlookAnywhere with the same name as the external. Set the Authentication method for External clients to NTLM or Basic. In this case, you have to configure properly also the internal DNS servers, because this address must be available also from the internal network.

 

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About malware…

Published on in Management, Windows, Windows SBS Server, Windows Server by Elvis

Frequently someone asks me for an advice which antivirus use, how to protect from the “viruses” and similar things. For this reason, I have decided to say some words about this on my blog.
A good antivirus software it is not all you need, above all, you need to control yourself. You have to avoid browsing on some not good internet pages, you have to avoid to install all software that you think “maybe will be useful”, in other words, work with computer responsibly and think of what can happen in advice.
Finally, think about all devices, that you have. It is not good to say “it is only tablet or phone”. This type of thinking has as a result a 614% grow of malware on Android devices in a year!
Also for the computer think what is going on. Now there is a Trojan malware where you have to answer on a survey!
And on “The Question” which antivirus software is good, I always avoid the response. The reason is simple: everyone of us has personal preferences and thinking. As a result of this, it is impossible to give the perfectly correct answer, but you can find Antivirus software tests here. This can give you a good view to find the right software..

Windows 8.1 Full backup

Published on in Windows by Elvis

In the new version of Windows client (8.1), Microsoft cut out backup functionality. The reason why is simple: we have now more than one device, synchronised thru SkyDrive, all installed applications are available via Live account, and form this point of view, you can always restore your computer and data from this states.
As an administrator in small environments, I know that this is not always true and of course, we need the full machine backup. Now we still have the option to use 3rd party software, but to do it this way, we need to buy additional software.
Therefore, for everyone who want to use build in functionality for backup the computer, it is still possible and the step-by-step guide is available here..

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