Friday, June 29, 2012

Vmware ESXi Unsupported mode



On the console:
  1. Press ALT-F1.
  2. Type "unsupported" and press ENTER.  No characters will show on screen.
  3. Enter ROOT password when prompted should get you into # prompt.
  4. Be careful, you are in unsupported admin mode.

To Exit:
  1. At #, type CLEAR and press ENTER to clear screen.
  2. Type EXIT and press ENTER to exit unsupported mode.
  3. Press ALT-F2 to switch back to ESXi console page.
Reference:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003677

Friday, June 22, 2012

Old Reminders in Outlook 2007 still popping up

Download MFCMAPI from http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com/

1. goto Session->Logon->select Outlook to connect
2. goto Session->Advanced logon->Displace message store table
3. from the message store table window, expand Root-Mailbox, then expand IPM_SUBTREE
4. rightclick 'calendar', select 'open contents table'
5. find the celendar entries you wish to remove, rightclick the message to remove, select 'delete message'.
6. done
7. go back to outlook. from menu 'View', select 'reminders window', verify if the messages/reminders are gone.

Reference:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-outlook/cannot-turn-off-a-reminder-in-outlook-2007/d07286f7-f3b9-4dcd-94df-a1c0565a2e44