1. Click Start
2. Click Administrative Tools
3. Click Active Directory Administrative Center
4. Click on Add Navigation Node
5. Click Connect to other domains.. _(on the lower right of the window)
6. Type the domain name you want to connect to and click ok.

Note: This is only valid for trusted federated domains; this method of connecting uses your local credentials and in order to run as separate credentials you will need to launch the Administrative Center using Runas.

This fix is usually valid for an Exchange domain setup. The fix is to enable Cached mode on the Outlook client.

1. Open Outlook
2. Click File
3. Click Account Settings
4. Click Account Settings
5. In the email tab select your email account and select Change
6. Select Use Cached Exchange Mode
7. Select Next and Next

The Outlook client will begin to sync and create an offline cache of the exchange email and address book. Allowing for the People Pane to gather and display appropriate information.

1. Press the Windows Key + R to open the Run dialogue box
2. Type in cmd and press Enter
3. This will load the Windows Command Prompt
4. Using the CD (change directory) command – change your directory to where you want to save the report… for example, “cd Desktop” will change to your Desktop.
5. Type in: gpresult /h LocalGrpPolReport.html and press Enter

This will then load the group policy snap-in in the background and generate an HTML page called: “LocalGrpPolReport.html” that you will be able to open and see what policies have been applied to that local machine and which policies are taking precedence over others.

1. Click Start
2. Click Run and type in: services.msc
3. Stop the Automatic Update service
4. Navigate to: C:\Windows
5. Delete the: SoftwareDistribution folder
6. Start the Automatic Update service
7. Double click on the SCCM Update icon in the notification tray and select Install & Install now.

This is fixed by removing the Excel11.xlb excel template file located in the following locations:

Win7 32bit:

C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office14/XLSTART

C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Excel/XLSTART

Win7 64bit:

C:/Program Files(x86)/Microsoft Office/Office14/XLSTART

C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Roaming/MicrosoftExcel/XLSTART

Note: Make sure Excel is closed before attempted to remove this file – Excel will automatically generate a new Excel11.xlb template.