"Switch users without logging off" and his microsoft BSOD friends

Finally, after being busy for a several months, I have a time to post here that I've found a solution to the problem described in Microsoft Answers site, where i asked for an assistance ( "Switch users without logging off" failure ). It is useful to mention that, in that period of using Windows 8, I discovered additional problems, such as: BSOD when you click on a thumbnail pages of IE; BSOD during scanning; BSOD when selecting text in *.xps / *.oxps files. All these problems were solved too.

After a disappointment in Microsoft Answers community, I contacted Microsoft support and described my issues. It turned out to be an outsourcing company named Calanit and our interaction lasted several weeks of useless and effortless waste of time. During these weeks i spoke with few support representatives who demonstrated incompetence and complete lack of interest in solving my issue. When last support representative told me that they cannot help me to solve the problem and offered me a money return, after weeks of messing with my laptop in the middle of my studies and preparations to exam, all I wanted to tell him is where I want them to stick their 40$. At the end, the solution was my assumption that I wanted to conduct under support's supervision, but did myself when they turned me down.

Back then I purchased 2 windows upgrades 32 and 64 bit. During interaction with support team, they advised me to format completely my laptop and perform a clean install. In order to do this, support representative upgraded my keys to standalone ability. Later this allowed me to solve a problem, and since my laptop has 64-bit CPU, I tried to perform a clean 64-bit install. Miraculously this worked. The solution is revealed to be as simple as installation of 64-bit version of Windows 8 instead of 32-bit one. Note that Microsoft do not offer to chose a version, so it'll require buying an additional upgrade to 64-bit system (if it was present), otherwise buying a standalone activation key.

Happy BSODing out there

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MCSA of administrating Server 2012

Recent addition to my MCP family:

Don't you like cool buggy IPAM? We know you do - it's better than nothing.

Another small step toward global domination. Steve Ballmer is proud of me.
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MCITP & MCSA

Advancing further towards my complete professional certifications.

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Newest format

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General

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More specific

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Exchange 2010 > Messaging Records Management (MRM)

Managed Custom Folders > Add & Remove

Hello there.
This post will address very narrow circumstance in work with Exchange 2010 MRM; when Managed Custom Folders need to be enabled or disabled to user experience in Outlook 2010 UI.

Initial conditions:

• AD server with Exchange 2010 Mailbox + AD client workstation with Outlook 2010.
• (Assuming all other necessary parts of AD and Exchange servers)
• AD user "u1" that has a "u1" mailbox on server.
• (Some Managed Default Folders with attached Managed Content Settings rules.)
• Managed Custom Folder called "test custom" with Managed Content Settings rule attached to it.
• Managed Folder Mailbox Policy called "test policy" with associated managed folder "test custom".

Like illustrated:

Now we'll attach "test policy" to mailbox "u1" and discover that it does not affect user experience in Outlook mailbox profile:

We need to apply this policy by activating Managed Folder Assistant via EMS (powershell) pipeline commands

• Get-Mailbox u1 | Start-ManagedFolderAssistant

Changes reflected immediately in Outlook interface - user can see Managed Folders division added and browse it to see custom folder "test custom":

Now suppose that we''ll need to remove this folder from Outlook interface. We'll try to:

• Remove policy from "u1" user's mailbox.
• Remove association of "test custom" folder from "test policy" and reapply it.

Just to discover that these actions wont work.
As illustrated:

Lets now bring whole mess back to "order" (t.i. applied policy with associated custom folder):

Then we'll successfully remove Managed Folders division from Outlook UI by executing another EMS command

• Set-Mailbox "u1" -RemoveManagedFolderAndPolicy

And see how, again, changes are immediately reflected on Outlook UI.

Just like that.
Feel free to comment, suggest corrections of errors (if any) or add opinion.
Farewell.
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MCTS

Here they are; my brand new MCTS certificates.

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Currently attending IT courses & planing to walk the way to MCITP/MCSA; just to put here whole collection, of course. 

Maybe will combine that new knowledge with java & android to create something interesting in future.

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Windows 8 Pro

Finally upgraded my Windows Vista to something better. Few days ago I purchased upgrade to Windows 8 Pro - new life for old Extensa 5620, feels like beta-tester. We'll see how win8 will "chew" an Eclipse, JDK and Android SDK. Hopes are for better.

farewells
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Hoorah! :)

15.11.2011 Completed course of Java & Android programming.

c u 
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