Tuesday, November 22, 2016

lync control panel 2013 "microsoft silverlight is not installed or is blocked by security settings"

Issue : On Server "Lync 2013", Lync Control panel is showing error "Lync control panel 2013 "Microsoft SilverLight is not installed or is blocked by security settings" on IE

Resolution :

Open IE
> Select "Tools" option from Menu
> "Internet Options"
> "Security" Tab
> Highlight "Internet" from "Select a zone to view or change your security Settings"
> Customer Level
> Select "ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins"
> "Run ActiveX Controls and Plug-ins"
> Select option "Enable"
> click "Ok"
> Apply

and refresh or reopen CSCP

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Fileshare is accessible by IP address not by hostname on Windows server 2008 R2 machine

Fileshare is accessible by IP address not by hostname on Windows server 2008 R2 machine

1. On machine, shared folders are accessible on  the machine using self hostname
2. Shared folder was accessible from the same domain machine
3. Unable to accessible machine from another client/server using FQDN but was accessible through IP

Resoultion
On the machine where the folder was shared, checked the DNS Settings in the NIC card and removed the DNS suffix which was entered a wrong domain in "DNS Suffix for this Connection".