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DNS Error : The Zone Is Not Loaded by the DNS Server

Posted by @h Ju | Posted on 12-08-2010

Tags: administrator, Dns, forward lookup, reverse lookup, zones

Being an administrator, encountering on the error “The Zone Is Not Loaded by the DNS Server” when you select a zone on the secondary name server, is something common however, what are the resolution?

Today let @h ju to share with you on the said resolution as per below after a long time of silence:

Resolution:

This issue may occur if zone transfers are disabled. To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

Log on to the primary name server computer as an administrator.
Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.
In the console tree, click Host name (where Host name is the host name of the DNS server).
In the console tree, click Forward Lookup Zones.
Under Forward Lookup Zones, right-click the zone that you want (for example, example.com), and then click Properties.
Click the Zone Transfers tab.
Click to select the Allow zone transfers check box, and then click one of the following options:
- To any server
- Only to servers listed on the Name Servers tab
- Only to the following servers.
Note If you click Only to the following servers, type the IP address of the secondary name server in the IP address box, and then click Add.
Click Apply, and then click OK.
Quit the DNS snap-in.

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The “Out of Office Assistant” command does not appear on the Tools menu in Outlook

Posted by @h Ju | Posted on 28-06-2010

Category : Technicals

Tags: ms outlook, out of office, outlook

Out of Office Assistant has been quite an useful tool to notify our dearest sender that we are away for a duration of time, however, when these, the beloved feature is not functional, isn’t that a pain?

What could be the reason though? Well, it usually happens in Microsoft Outlook, the Out of Office Assistant may not appear on the Tools menu. The Exchange Server Extensions Commands Add-In may not be enabled, may not have been installed, or the registry key necessary to load the Exchange Server Extensions may not have been created during installation.

Done with the wordings, now the resolution:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, click Other, click Advanced Options, and click Add In Manager.
2. If Exchange Extensions Commands appears in the list of add-ins, click to select it.
3. If Exchange Extensions Commands is not on the list, click Install. From the list of add-ins that appears, double-click Emsuix.ecf.
4. Click OK three times to exit out of the Options pages.
5. Exit and log off.
6. Start Outlook and check to see if the Out of Office Assistant appears in the Tools menu.

If it did not install, the you need to make following registry modification for the Out of Office Assistant extension to be available in Outlook.

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/EXCHANGE/CLIENT/EXTENSIONS
3. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:
Value Name: Exchange Extensions
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: 4.0;emsuix32.dll;7;011111111111110;1111011100
4. Quit Registry Editor.

Job done and good luck.

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Create RSA key login for remote login

Posted by @h Ju | Posted on 10-06-2010

Category : Technicals

Tags: Linux, remote login, RSA, SSH

From Unix/Linux system, you do not need to enter your login password for every login to your remote login.

You may create a RSA key to allow you to log into your remote server/box.

To create the RSA key, type the following command.
ssh-keygen -t rsa

Enter each of the question being asked.

Then log into the server that you would like to authenticate login and paste the code from /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys of the remote server.

Source: MickGenie.com

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cPanel Redirection – Unable to remove

Posted by @h Ju | Posted on 02-06-2010

Category : Technicals

Tags: Cpanel, htaccess, redirect, redirect 301

At times, there are moments where we do not need any redirection which were created from the cPanel during the earlier setups, however, the pain arise when attempting to remove it from the cPanel.

Usually, when attempting to remove the redirects configured, clicking on ‘Remove’ would just do the job fine BUT after removing, the redirect settings remains there even when you had been prompted for the confirmation to remove the redirection.

“The redirect ** All Requests ** on ** All Public Domains ** has been removed.”

Resolution:

Login to the SSH.
Browse to the directory: /home/<user>/public_html/ (replace the <user> with your account name)
Use your favorite editor to edit .htaccess file.
Remove the syntax as shown here: redirect 301 /xxxx/index.php http://www.domain.com/
Reload the cPanel and the redirect rules is now gone.

Enjoy…

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Creating a bootable USB drive from your Windows media

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Posted by @h Ju | Posted on 01-06-2010

Category : Technicals

Tags: boot, ISO, USB, windows, WinToFlash

At all times, CDs and DVDs are use to install our Operating System on our computers since the introduction of CDs and DVDs media. With the evolution of laptops with slimmer design, netbook emerging, an external optical drives or an USB drive is usually needed.

Under several conditions and situations, it has been proven that the use of a USB thumd-drive can be very handy:

When you are trying to install Windows on a netbook or your optical drive is broken
When you want to create a live USB from an ISO image (requires some extra effort)
Theoretically, the transfer speeds should be better and the installation process is a little faster
You can protect your original install media from wear and tear.

There are various methods to create a bootable USB drive, however, most of the methodology requires the files to be copied over manually, which causes and more susceptible to mistakes. Fret no more, this software, WinToFlash is here to make your life a better 1 and simplify the task lots faster and easier with the wonder of automation.

WinToFlash can be downloaded from here and best of all, it is a portable application, where you will need to extract the zip file and you are good to go. Fire up the WinToFlash application, load your Windows CD / DVD, plugin your USB flash drive and specify the drive paths. Click on ‘NEXT’ and relax yourself with cup of coffee while waiting for the WinToFlash creating the bootable USB drive from the installation media.

**Take note that the duration of time taken varies depending on the size of the installation media and the performance of the machine**

WinToFlash can also be used transfer Preinstalled Environments (PE’s) to a flash drive. To do so, browse to the ‘Tasks’ tab and choose the appropriate option which fits your need.

If you intend to create a bootable USB thumbdrive from an ISO image, it will take a little bit more steps as the WinToFlash does not allow you to specify an ISO image as the source for Windows file. As a resolution, you may achieve it by one of the following below:

* Extract the ISO file, which can be achive by using 7-zip, WinRar and a few more (Google yourself)
* Virtually mount the ISO image (try Virtual CD-ROM control panel) and specify the virtual drive as the Windows file path in WinToFlash.