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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.

This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator.


This error message "This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator " occurs when certain programs such as One Note, Outlook and Office 365 are not happy about Internet Explorer being the default web browser.
There are a fewways you can address this issue:

1. Upgrade your internet Explorer to the latest version

Not the most exciting or elegant solution, and perhaps is another version of "shut up and reboot" but its worth a try and I have seen it fix this issue. for security and functionality reasons, unless you have a good reason to its normally recommended to be on the latest version of IE.

2. Set the default browser to IE

This is pretty straight forward
Windows 8:
  •  go to the start screen and type in default programs and then choose this item
Default programs Windows 8
Default programs Windows 8
  • choose set your default programs from the menu
Control Panel, Default Programs Windows 8
Control Panel, Default Programs Windows 8
  • select Internet Explorer then choose set this program as default
Windows 8 Internet Explorer then choose set this program as default
Windows 8 Internet Explorer then choose set this program as default
3. Reset Internet Explorer Settings
Sometimes due to policies etc, or registry keys that have been influenced by other programs. these can be reset by setting Internet Explorer back to its default configuration.
to do this its advisable to close any microsoft programs you have open such as Word and Outlook and then,
  • open Internet Explorer
  • choose the Gear Icon for settings then choose Internet Options
Internet Explorer Settings Gear
Internet Explorer Settings Gear
choose the advanced tab, and then select reset internet explorer
choose the advanced tab, and then select reset internet explorer
  • choose the advanced tab, and then select reset internet explorer
Reset Internet Options
Reset Internet Options
  • close internet explorer and try again
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Bulk Reset User Passwords with Powershell.

Bulk Reset User Passwords with Powershell.

On occasion, you need to bulk reset user passwords for an ou or group of users. This  can easily be accomplished using Powershell and the following script.
Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchScope Subtree -SearchBase "OU=Department,OU=Users,DC=corp,DC=company,DC=com" | Set-ADAccountPassword -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "New Password Here" -Force)
Bulk Reset AD Passwords
Bulk Reset AD Passwords
Change the OU path to what you need it to be, and before you proceed you probably want to check the affected users with this script to ensure that you dont overwite something like the CEO or an admins password:
Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchScope Subtree -SearchBase "OU=Department,OU=Users,DC=corp,DC=company,DC=com"  | Ft Name 
Check OU Membership With Powershell
Check OU Membership With Powershell
Again, just change the OU structure to what you need.
As a point of note, you run this, depending on what you ahve installed you may need to  import the Active Directory Module for Powershell with Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
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Manual Sync ADFS with Powershell.

Manual Sync ADFS with Powershell.

Occasionally you cant wait three hours for your ADFS to synchronise your local Active Directory with the Azure copy. No matter, as you can force a directory sync with the following powershell command:
Start-onlinecoexistencesync
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start-onlinecoexistencesync www.dizzyit.com
This command will sync your on premises Active Directory with the Azure online copy. This is especially useful in situations such as Office 365 implementations where you have changes such as email addresses or group membership changes that need to be updated into the online directory.

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