Outlook crashes every time it sends an email or accesses the Global Address List

I had an Outlook 2010 client today that would crash every time the user tried to send an email, click Check Names (ctrl-K), or update the offline address book. Sending or checking names would generate the typical Windows 7 error message saying, “Microsoft Outlook 2010 has stopped working. Windows can check online for a solution…” Attempting to download the offline address book just caused Outlook […]

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Unable to Activate Lync User

I occasionally see this error when attempting to enable a new AD user in Lync: The usual fix is to find the user object in AD, ensure that permission inheritance is enabled (open the user object in ADUC, go to the Security tab, click on Advanced, then check the “Include inheritable permissions from this object’s parents”) or restore the default permissions. In this case, neither […]

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