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Apple security listserve

Okay when they build a security listserve for ya... you know it's beginning to be a target... Objective The Focus-Apple mailing list discusses security involving hardware and software produced by Apple or that runs on Apple platforms.  Discussion Read More
posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:39 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So we're not going to be getting on the network with that box...

So I'm rebuilding an OEM machine... and feeding it the drivers because the OS does not see the NIC card from the Dell site ...  and I realize that not only can't this machine not see the nic cards.. the C: drive isn't a C: drive. Now THAT is Read More
posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:05 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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I'm in Podcast heaven

The eOnCall weekly internet radio broadcast has a new home in June. Starting June 1, the show can be heard "live" at 10am and 1pm Central time on Thursdays on AIRtunZ (http://www.airtunz.com We will still maintain archives of each broadcast at the eOnCall Read More
posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:32 AM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Buffer Overrun error may occur when CRM 3.0 is installed on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

915343 - Buffer Overrun error may occur when CRM 3.0 is installed on Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Okay so the hotfix I was attempting to call for last night... I got today... and while I'm not running CRM 3.0.. I wanted to see if the patch was Read More
posted Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:30 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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At least the hold music isn't bad...

... so I'm calling for a hotfix.. and I'm insanely calling on a Monday late night...and I've yet to talk to a human yet just to tell them all I want is a hotfix.... so far I'm starting to memorize "Do you know there are free technical events in my area?"  Read More
posted Monday, May 29, 2006 11:37 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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What access does Remote Web Workplace Give you?

In the newsgroups over the weekend... a thread about RWW came up ...and I wanted to visually show everyone the difference between when you log into Remote Web Workplace as a domain admin (Which you should ensure that you set up an additional admin account Read More
posted Monday, May 29, 2006 7:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Do you know the guy who was killed by Microsoft Bob?

Okay so I'm dying to show folks my ... uh... oh I can't say it...this is going to drive me insane to keep it secret until the middle of June of what those "Tech Ed" inspired shirts look like... but I can show you these Tshirts that I've put together Read More
posted Monday, May 29, 2006 6:25 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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You know I never was good at waiting for Christmas either

..okay so I had this logo done by Curtis at Curtoons.com and well.. it turned out reallllly cute.  You see they are ... oh rats ... I can't tell you that because that will give the secret away.  And I will put the link up here after the Read More
posted Monday, May 29, 2006 4:43 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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The PaperClip Project

Tolerance.  Acceptance. You know I try not to be too political in the blog.. I mean it's supposed to be for tech notes and what not... but this weekend is the American holiday of Memorial Day where we pay tribute to Veterans of American Wars...and Read More
posted Sunday, May 28, 2006 2:27 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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For all those wanting to use Blogjet to post to their MSMVPS.com blogs

Look at this link…. it now works and the instructions you need are shown.. Read More
posted Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:24 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Testing BlogJet

I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate Read More
posted Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:08 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Don't mind us..we upgraded...

To Community Server 2.0 and we're also patched for a security issue they had.... Bear with us as I go to look for new skins and what not.. Read More
posted Saturday, May 27, 2006 8:10 AM by bradley | 0 Comments

I have gigs now..

Yesterday at the office I used the excuse of a temporarily frozen switch to upgrade our switches to 10/100 to gig switches... and for the first time.. my server popped up with a "Hey I'm now running at 1000 speed" ..now we'll see if I have machines that Read More
posted Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:58 AM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Ooh there's a Podcast for the weekend

The SBS blog has given us homework for the US three day weekend... http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/05/26/430584.aspx A newbie podcast.. but you know what.. sometimes everyone needs to revisit those foundations and ensure that the "best practices" Read More
posted Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:02 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Want to give feedback?

On the blogs (remind me to better track the msdn blogs.. I tend to concentrate on the technet ones...) I realised that I  missed a couple of things... The updated 'how to secure your SBS network' A review opportunity for a document on wireless Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 11:36 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Now do you want virtual on a SBS ... or a SBS in a virtual?

Download details: Installing Virtual Server on Windows SBS: Hot off the presses tonight is a white paper to install a virtual server 'under' SBS... but remember you can also put SBS "under" a virtual server.  Keep in mind that SBS max's out at Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 6:51 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Running as a user predictor tool

Whenever there's some news about a tool or something that makes "running as non admin" a smidge more obvious... or some tool that helps to beat Vendors over the head... I always joke "okay so whom do I owe my first born to now?" Today I owe someone... Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 6:38 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Automatic updating

Okay so like this is a joke.. but unfortunately it's one that a lot of folks think is going on in their systems... they don't trust what automatic updates does on their systems. But keep in mind that enabling automatic updates to "download but let Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 12:57 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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A disturbance in the force... a good one...

On the blog link tonight is a new blog.. the SBS Community Lead, Kevin Beares has put up a blog shingle.... http://blogs.technet.com/kevin_beares/default.aspx And he also says that is you read his blog you have to fill out the Community survey... .. Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:51 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Shrinking the SBSmonitoring database

First the caveat.. the SBSmonitoring database shouldn't be that big.. if it is .... your monitoring program isn't running properly and purging the database as it should so reruning the monitoirng wizard is probably the best plan of action... but if you Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:25 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Seen in the WSUS newsgroup...

Someone was talking about patching and how when they setup "download patches and notify me" that they wished there was a:Wish: There was an "Install Updates and Restart"I pinged this to someone I know as well...I want a "install and restart" please.. Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:07 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Just so you know.. even Novell has issues with their partner database....

Interesting pricing structure... did you happen to catch how Novell is pricing/bundling their "Small Business Server bundle?" Check out their page on it... NOVELL: Novell Open Workgroup Suite: Price List: http://www.novell.com/products/openworkgroupsuite/howtobuy.html Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 6:35 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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A Recycle bin for your Sharepoint

Did everyone check out SeanDaniel.com's blog listing on how to set up a recycle bin for your Sharepoint? You didn't? You should... click here! Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:39 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Outlook Express 06-016 patch issues

You remember those Outlook Express issues we had with the 06-016 patch? Error message when you open the Windows Address Book or you open Outlook Express after you install cumulative security update 911567 (MS06-016): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917288/ Read More
posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:40 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So what is the SBS community really?

It all started when the SBS folks posted up their community survey... and it got me thinking about "What is Community anyway?" (and if you haven't filled it out .. please do) <update - Vlad's point/counterpoint is here> Is it full of nothing Read More
posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 6:31 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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MPAN program and SBA 2007

As part of its long term commitment to help small businesses reach their full potential, today Microsoft announced new partnerships, features, and enhancements to Microsoft Professional Accountants' Network (MPAN) for Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting Read More
posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 6:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments

SQL 2005 SP1 -- a revised package will be sent out

 -------- Original Message -------- Subject:     Re: SQL Server SP1 Date:     Wed, 24 May 2006 17:54:05 -0700 From:     Bobbie Harder (MSFT) <bobbieh@online.microsoft.com> Newsgroups:     Read More
posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 6:00 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Don't approve that SQL 2005 SP1 on your WSUS server

 From:  Bobbie Harder (MSFT) - view profile Date:  Wed, May 24 2006 11:47 am Email:   "Bobbie Harder \(MSFT\)" <bobb...@online.microsoft.com> Groups:   microsoft.public.windows.server.update_services Not yet ratedRating:   Read More
posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:44 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Podcast testing... don't mind me...

Podcasts created by SBSDiva and presented through ACIDplanet.com: http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?podcasts=509847&t=1065Don't mind me ..just playing around..... So... you think this is useful?  Just playing around with new toys Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 9:37 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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Remind me to buy some SQL 2005 reading material

Ward Pond's SQL Server blog : SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 QFE Rollup Released: http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2006/05/22/429859.aspx I don't even have SQL 2005 on my server yet and already they have a SP1 and a QFE rollup.... and that reminds Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:16 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Tim's webcast on the Hidden Gems of SBS

 Tim the crazy man Barrrett will be doing a webcast on the "hidden gems of SBS" and .... evil cackle.. I've seen the outline of the webcast... looks REALLY COOL!  He even has a section about MOM and SBS! http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=1500416 Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:14 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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To those in Australia - if your DSL connection is a tad slow

It's just a SQL 2005 SP1 coming down on that pipe is all.... Closet Genius Technology Blog: SQL Server 2005 SP1 via WSUS: http://cgenius.blogspot.com/2006/05/sql-server-2005-sp1-via-wsus.html So if you have all products, all patches syncing... just Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:03 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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KBs of interest

 Don't know how many SBSers might see this.. but big server folks might...The IIS Admin Service (Inetinfo.exe) crashes and mail builds up in the SMTP queue on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=910618A Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:28 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Trend and hosted email

So today on the echanneline.com site, Trend announced "hosted email protection services for SMBs.. and I'm seeing more and more folks wanting to get that gunk off their front door steps and off in some other sandbox somewhere.  The SBS podcast gang can Read More
posted Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:02 AM by bradley | 5 Comments
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Seaching in your network

So today I was asked about if I've deployed the Windows desktop search ..especially now that it's been released as a "Enterprise version" (excuse me.. it's just group policy adm file.. "WE" can use it too you know). http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/2005/11/15/493023.aspx Read More
posted Monday, May 22, 2006 11:25 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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IIS never remove.. repeat after me... IIS never remove

Was doing gardening this weekend and was listing to the podcast from the SBS gang on the "evil" pop connector and the "never remove IIS" part of the podcast reminded me of a blog post I have that is about as narly as you can get...but IIS is still Read More
posted Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:25 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Do you backup your phone? I sure do.

On the security awareness blog is a post about losing your data.. on your phone.... and in the post they ask the readers if they backup the information in the phone.. or print it out as they couldn't recreate it easily. uh... wanna bet? I can. In fact Read More
posted Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:17 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Okay so THAT's not a best practice anymore

The phrase "best practice" is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me sometimes.. why?  Because it's like an excuse to shut the brain off and not think. Take for example.. this nugget of a 'best practice': http://www.sbslinks.com/SBS_45tips.htm Read More
posted Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:09 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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You know I know better than this...

I blame it on the fact that Saturday Night Live last night wasn't interesting enough... that and a lack of Dew.  Yesterday I could not RDP/RWW into the server.  It would launch a screen and get stuck before offering up the username/password Read More
posted Sunday, May 21, 2006 12:29 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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My practice.. my risk

"How can I harden my SBS server?" "What's the best practice for SBS?" I really hate those questions.... I really do.  Because it assumes that each firm has the same assets, the same risks, the same everything.  And last I looked around... Read More
posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:30 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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How do you deploy?

The other day I was watching a webcast for all the new cool deployment tools of Vista for small to medium businesses... but there's one problem.... down here in the small biz space we don't buy the computers in a manner to deploy like we should.  Read More
posted Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:19 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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The "Me too" Disease

Today in Mssmallbiz's yahoogroups, someone posted in that they were having a issues with Store not automagically restarting after a reboot... and Vlad said he'd been working with the Exchange support (he reports all his issues and posts in newsgroups Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 10:46 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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The guy is an accountant... can't you tell?

The Security Awareness blog .. Ma, Pa and the Corporate Clueless.... has a post about the Apple ads.. you know the ones where you can just tell the PC is a beancounter. I mean ...just look at the guy... beancounter... total beancounter isn't Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 6:53 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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I want my RSS feeds

New Microsoft Small Business Channel Community Website On Monday, May 15, we will officially launch the new Microsoft Small Business channel community site at https://partner.microsoft.com/US/smallbusinesschannel (or https://partner.microsoft.com/us/40028821).  Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 6:51 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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On the partner beat..

Best Buy Small Business Experts Earn Microsoft Certs: http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article2/0,1895,1964679,00.aspMicrosoft's Day to Leave Partner Group in 4-Way Switch: http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article2/0,1895,1962500,00.aspThere is exciting Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 6:46 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Word Zero day vulnerability

Happy fun boy asked if I had seen the Slashdot headline  and I said yup..saw it already on. www.incidents.org ... it was also talked about on the http://blogs.technet.com/msrc site.  So far the reports are that it was a very isolated Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 6:34 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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One application driving the purchase of another

I just had to chuckle a bit... today on my CPA listserve someone was making the move from Novell to SBS because they needed to share out the Quickbooks files and not being able to easily do it broke the camels back along with all the software they are Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 5:08 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Kevin says your comments and survey results do appear anonymous

Just to reassure folks.. Kevin posted this in the comments section about the Survey.. If you are in a SBS community that you haven't seen it posted to... pass it along.... Hi there, We only use the passport account to insure that we do not recieve spam. Read More
posted Friday, May 19, 2006 12:54 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Do you have patch rules?

In case you didn't catch this on Amy's ISA blog...when you install KB916106 (Delta/Itunes patch) after ISA 2004 sp2, make sure you reboot... Charlie Russel (author of SBS 2k3 R2 admin companion) said that he just reboots after any ISA patch to be certain Read More
posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:00 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Vista's UAC

Tonight for the SMBTN Fresno group we had a demo on Vista... well ...sorta a demo on Vista...we talked about the different versions.. we talked about the Bitlocker full disk encryption and what not.. but what I really and truly wanted to fully demo was Read More
posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:34 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The SBS product team wants to hear from you

“The Small Business Server Product Team would like to hear from the SBS User Community. This direct anonymous survey of the SBS User Community is brought to you by the SBS Product Team. You are invited to participate in the Windows Small Business Read More
posted Thursday, May 18, 2006 5:09 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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SMBTN Fresno - Meeting on Vista

The next SMBTN Fresno meeting on the topic of Vista will be held at 1991 North Gateway, RSVP to sbradcpa@pacbell.net and give your preference of Pizza please! 1. What is it? 2.  How many versions are there? 3.  What's Bitlocker? 4.  Read More
posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:41 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Got a contract?

So when you start an engagement.. do you have a contract? Now this is for a pentesting.. as it was on a pen-test list..but some good ideas to keep in mind. Check this out. Read More
posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:03 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Domain/User or just User?

Steve posts in the comments that some of his clients log in with a domain\user...and some with just a user...and what's up with that? Exchange's patches is what's up with that.... Okay so in 'theory' if you applied SBS's patches and not Exchange service Read More
posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:13 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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OWA and Active X issue.. only patched in SP2

Ah ha.. it is only Exchange 2003 sp2... This patch here.... This update restores functionality to Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access due to changes being made to Internet Explorer in the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista Beta release. Only installs Read More
posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:08 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Looking for an external fax device?

Looking for an external fax modem board? They are sorta buried in with the network cards.....check out the Hardware listing... Read More
posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:01 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Working together with the competition

Grey's Anatomy and CSI Apple and Microsoft What do those have in common?  I'd like to tell both to "knock it off" and get along and work together better.  Today in the USA today they announced that my Sunday night fav of Grey's Anatomy is Read More
posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:38 PM by bradley | 6 Comments
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Dump versus Paranoia

Okay this is just not fair... I'm looking at the Tech Ed Thursday and Friday schedule and there's some great content back to back.. I have to decide between... to dump or not to dump and paranoia ...now I can do this at 9:45 on Thursday or 10:45 Read More
posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:11 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Pushing my buttons.. or CALs... as it may be...

So Dana pings me and says to me click here:  http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4923043  and then he says to me.. click on "customize"... okay.... done that... and then he says to me... scroll down to "Additional license"... and he asks me if Read More
posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:42 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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You don't own that box

You have those clients don't you... will not want one thing to be allowed for their employees..but want another for themselves.  And sometimes it's your job to cut through all the unbelievable hype to deliver the right solutions. And no, Geoff, while Read More
posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:44 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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How does Remote Web Workplace work?

Everyone understands what Remote Web Workplace is, right?  All it is.. is a web based connection back to your desktop right?  That whatever you can run on the desktop... you just remote back in and are "on" that exact desktop.  Sorry Geoff Read More
posted Monday, May 15, 2006 11:03 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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No,Geoff, you don't have to put the ship in the bottle...you bought the ship in the bottle

Geoff.. I'm so glad you posted back because truly.. there IS NO HACKING.. noi KBs.. no nothing to do on a SBS box to support Outlook over http... you bought the ship in the bottle.. you don't have to put it together... it is already built for you. I Read More
posted Monday, May 15, 2006 9:57 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Finding a SBSer

Two times in recent days I've been pinged about 'finding' an SBSer.  DIYers needed a smidge more help from someone in their area and everyone they called didn't 'get' SBS. There's a couple of ways to 'find an SBSer' Find an SBSCer and ask that Read More
posted Monday, May 15, 2006 12:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Yes, Outlook over HTTP is supported on a SBS server

Geoff says... hmm - on the Enterprise level RPC over HTTP works well - because you NEED A FRONT END AND BACK END SERVER! - Sorry for my yelling but has anyone read the property sheet that says this Server(SBS) is not part of that Topology - I haven't Read More
posted Monday, May 15, 2006 12:10 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Does everyone have to have admin rights?

On the SBSlistserve I said that not everyone in an office deserved to have local admin rights on their desktops.  When you set up a SBS network.does everyone get remote access rights?  Not in my firm.  Does everyone "need" remote access Read More
posted Sunday, May 14, 2006 11:16 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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You HAVE to listen to this SBS Podcast -- Dana Epp "is" SBS security

First off ... Dana is a "he".. so let's that that out there first and foremost... secondly... this is a guy who not only 'gets' the small biz marketplace.. but 'gets' small biz security and sooooo much cares about the Small Biz community..... he truly Read More
posted Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:53 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Mucking out the mess

I have a fish pond in the back yard.. well.. it's more like a mud/muck mess.. it was a bit icky after neglect anyway and the neighbor's act of cutting down the Pine trees did it in.  Which actually, we are soooo glad they cut those trees down... Read More
posted Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:31 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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There are just some days it's a sign not to be testing

... so MSDN's product key code database is down for the weekend.....I can't find my beta product key code...... and the only product key code I can find is my real product key code for my main server (I keep it at home for disaster purposes) and that Read More
posted Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:27 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Well .. the "Small Business Server" part translates well

A SBS video on IT's ShOwtime! Except I think I'll have to get our German MVPs Oliver and Tobias to translate.... Domain controller translates....as does "SBS"  :-) ..from Daniel's blog.. Read More
posted Friday, May 12, 2006 8:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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I think it would be safer if I just posted my SSN and credit card numbers to the blog at this rate...

Dear Susan Bradley: We are contacting you about an incident that affects you..... ...don't you hate it when letters start like that?  Especially ones like this? So let's review.... Guidance software lost my credit card numbers... my industry Read More
posted Friday, May 12, 2006 7:37 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Choices of remote access?

 From "Les is More" Connor in the newsgroups.....Remote Access has many meanings. In the context of SBS, these are your options: a) If users need access to documents only: - Use Sharepoint (companyweb), and users can connect via RWW or access Read More
posted Friday, May 12, 2006 7:13 PM by bradley | 6 Comments
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Blog spam can't be effective, right?

I don't get it.. no one in their right mind would buy something from someone that blast posts on the comment section of a blog... I mean yeah I know they are just doing it to get their Google or WindowsLive search mojo juice...but this is ridiculous.....I'm Read More
posted Friday, May 12, 2006 6:37 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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A new category on the blog

I'm compartmentalizing a bit here.. it struck me today that I have a WSUS section...and a "needed patches and tweaks"..but no one stop RSS feed for Patch issues and impact.  I normally post them under the category of "security" but that can mean Read More
posted Friday, May 12, 2006 6:17 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Issues this month from the partner newsgroup

..remember.. if you are a registered partner.. you can get access to this and lots more... RECENT ISSUES AND TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS-----------------------------------------------------------ISSUE DESCRIPTION-----------------------You may be unable to browse Read More
posted Thursday, May 11, 2006 10:29 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Getting yourself up to Quickbooks 2006

So now that R6 is out and you really and truly have to get your clients on Quickbooks 2006..... if you are seeing some hassles converting.. here are some tricks... First, flip that data file back to single user, bring it back to a single workstation Read More
posted Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:44 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Teach me to fish, don't feed me

I heard about this from Amy Babinchak and thought it was a really cool way to "teach me to fish".  Firewalls are a software/hardware that you just don't want to mess around with.  Every time someone in the newsgroup says "oh I disabled Read More
posted Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:16 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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The TechEd Session Schedule is now live

 The Microsoft® Tech·Ed 2006 Session Scheduler is now live. Use this easy tool to search the hundreds of Breakout Sessions and Hands-on Labs to help you build a relevant, personal schedule in advance. That way, when you get to Boston, you'll have Read More
posted Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:12 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Quickbooks 2006 Release 6

  AUDIENCE AFFECTED:    QuickBooks 2006 Release 6 Upgrade Recommended ACTION:                              Read More
posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:37 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Sometimes you have to make people understand...

Jeremy says that I shouldn't be haranguing NA and others about this patch as people can read the severity of it... but Jeremy do we?  Do we really?  When's your patch timeline?  Do you keep an eye on if there are exploits out there for Read More
posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:30 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Does that Exchange patch affect SBS 2003 RTM?

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-019.mspx NA in the blog posts... Well, for those of us who just aren't with the program - or for customer's who will never be with the problem... and Read More
posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 12:05 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Exchange 2003 patch on SBS 2003 boxes

If you install the patch... and manually restart the services... are you protected from the iCal/Exchange vulnerability? Answer.. no you are not.  If the box indicates that it needs to reboot.. it means that you need to reboot that box.  So Read More
posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:57 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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The Exchange patch needed for our boxes needs a reboot

When going to apply this months patches.. and if you are doing your due diligence and reading the bulletins... there's a bit of SBSism that is missing from the KB this month: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-019.mspx Restart Requirement Read More
posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:50 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Three patches today...

Microsoft has released three new security bulletins: MS06-018: Vulnerability in Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator Could Allow Denial of Service (913580) Severity: Moderate http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-018.mspx MS06-019: Read More
posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:14 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Picking passwords

.. you know.. I don't mind following security guidance... if I'm told about it ahead of time.... this message popped up only after I put in a password.. now mind you the site never said ahead of time what the password policies were... You know ... Read More
posted Monday, May 08, 2006 7:41 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Internal versus External IM

I'm a happy camper again. Why?  Because my internal is different from my external again. You see ... once again.. I was overcome by geek peer pressure to break my "no betas on production machines" rule and there's a beta of Windows Live messenger Read More
posted Monday, May 08, 2006 7:29 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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About that single point of failure...

 ..walked into the office today and the server was down... well.. technically speaking the server wasn't down at all.. it was humming along just fine working just fine happy as a clam... there was one problem.. all of the clients in the office were Read More
posted Monday, May 08, 2006 7:19 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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HP support says it's my responsibility...

 Interesting .. post May 2, 2005 HP says these are my responsibilities....I thought that "install software patches" one to be quite interestinghttp://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/warranty/index.html#b Customer responsibilitiesTo Read More
posted Monday, May 08, 2006 7:16 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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SBSers at TechEd

 Small Business Server Disaster Recovery *Day/Time:* Thursday, June 15 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM *Room:* 107 ABC *Speaker(s):* Jeff Middleton Small Business Server (SBS) is ideally suited to highly optimized productivity in small business organizations, Read More
posted Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:08 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Looking for something definitive to confirm that SBSers "are" eliglble for Entourage?

Dave asks for guidance on showing someone from Microsoft information that SBSers are eligible for Entourage?  You see he's trying to get the cdrom and the Microsoft employee that he's talking to wants something more definitive than this blog, the Read More
posted Sunday, May 07, 2006 5:09 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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About that downloading...

.. okay so pulling down a copy of this on one machine...and pulling down a newer Vista build on another machine... at the same time... is probably not the wisest thing I've done regarding bandwidth optimization ....some folks have asked how to use two Read More
posted Saturday, May 06, 2006 11:41 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Are your business processes as they should be?

So I got my car smogged today and ... how can I put this nicely... I'm glad my Dad went with me to this place because while the location was okay, the ... well.. how can I put it... just the fact that I probably would not have gone to this place without Read More
posted Saturday, May 06, 2006 10:07 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So files on a file share are being randomly deleted you say?

I absofreakinglutely guaranteed you they are not.  They are not being deleted or lost or the file server isn't dropping them or anything... They are being slid.  Yes, you heard me.. slid. Slid underneath an adjoining folder. With the Read More
posted Saturday, May 06, 2006 12:49 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Sharepoint and EOLA patch

Was reading the blogs and realized that Iyaz posted about an issue with the IE EOLA's patch that we'll see on our companyweb as well.  He says that the patch is 'optional' but it actually came down in last months security patches. So again, this Read More
posted Friday, May 05, 2006 6:20 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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I still wonder about those two...

Sandi talks about the "I Love You" virus and she says that she still wonders why you thought you were getting a "I Love You" from your Boss.  I know of two fellow guy geek friends..married ....with children.  Now why the one thought the other Read More
posted Friday, May 05, 2006 6:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Earthlink and port 587

Using Earthink as a home ISP?  One of the folks in my office is and couldn't send out email... turns out they now change how you relay out email.. and the port as well.. http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?article=23490 They now relay out port 587. Read More
posted Friday, May 05, 2006 12:19 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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When you run "betas" on production networks... be prepared.. MSAS is being replaced with Defender

I don't like running betas on production networks.. the Microsoft Antispyware beta 1 is one of the few betas I have because it wasn't really a beta.. it was a purchased product...so when I got a message at the office that "a new version is available" Read More
posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:09 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The SBS Blog has a Podcast

Oooh it's a geek out weekend ... I've finished reviewing the chapters for SBS 2003 Admin Companion book..but the SBS blog has come through with a FRESH PODCAST...and it's on the "dirty little secret of SBS". Check it out!   Read More
posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:12 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Installed 916106 (ISA patch)? Check your services

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916106 - Update for HTTP issues in Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Service Pack 2 is a patch to fix the issues with iTunes and Delta.com sites.. among other things.. and on my computer at the office Read More
posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:26 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Blackberry folks.. heads up... one of these patches will affect your users

******************************************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advanced Notification Issued: May 04, 2006 ******************************************************************** Summary ======= On 9 May 2006 Microsoft Read More
posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 9:05 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Can't attach to shares?

Event 2011 gave the clue...Gregg had a server (and we'll use the word loosely as it had enough ram, drives and all that but it was not true server class hardware) and they just could not get to shares on the server.. and while it possibly could have been Read More
posted Wednesday, May 03, 2006 11:33 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Are you ready to cater to women, gen-xers and minorities?

So I'm watching this show on local TV about how to keep local talent and 'creative class' in my city...and the speaker Rebecca Ryan says that the way to have a vibrant community is to have young populations. And what do you need to cater to Read More
posted Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:45 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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When a wizard doesn't do what it's supposed to do?

When a wizard doesn't do what it's supposed to do is that a good thing (as Martha Stewart would say) and you can manually go around it and do it yourself ....or... a sign of a possible deeper issue that needs to be fixed When SBS's main wizards Read More
posted Wednesday, May 03, 2006 12:41 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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So what's the risk?

Live meeting of the presentation I was going to give at the Spring SMBTN meeting -- I hope you enjoy it..just sad I had to bail at the last minute.-+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+- Susan Bradley has invited you to view a Microsoft Office Read More
posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:32 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So how big is your C drive?

In the newsgroups Chris pointed out this little utility for figuring out where your drive space is going. And on a freshly built SBS with WSUS... (and no comments from the Peanut gallery how I have EVERYTHING on the C drive as I shouldn't do that like Read More
posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:17 PM by bradley | 10 Comments
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Quickbooks on a server

...so speaking of Vendors.. I was asked today ...what's the current recommended way to install Quickbooks 2006 (R5 is what we're up to now) on a Server. (besides going ...ugh...) Download the R5 version here (and you want to install directly to the Read More
posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 6:05 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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I'm going to preorder a few copies for some vendors I know

So I think I'll pre-order a few copies of this book and plan on sending it to a few vendors on my www.Threatcode.com site. Too bad it couldn't be sold in a 'vendor' edition.. you know.. one with a 2x4 or a brick included in the book so customers could Read More
posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:32 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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11 hours later... and Dave finds out the problem was NLA

Okay so a machine is on the domain but just will NOT allow you to RWW into it.. because for some reason the firewall is kicking in... fellow MVPer David Nickason hit this... and finally after many hours with tech support, he sent this article about Network Read More
posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:06 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So now that you have WSUS installed on a test system...

... you realize that WSUS takes an inventory down there in that window.... and you are probably wondering how to extract the data from that... From the WSUS listserve at www.patchmanagement.org  Hey Andy, You can query that info directly using Read More
posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:58 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The irony of it -- building another base of SBS

So.. while I'm here tonight.. on my glowing blue baby server building a base OS of SBS 2003 sp1 again... I'm doing a quick review of Jeff Middleton's "Myths, Mysteries" of Disaster Recovery of SBS that he'll be giving at TechEd 2006...and he says ...never Read More
posted Monday, May 01, 2006 8:59 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Do you have what it takes?

Wanted: Someone to install SBS. No need to read a manual No need to google If you know Enterprise and think the wizards are beneath you.. hey .. you still get hired to do the job... Prior expertise not necessarily asked about when you are asked Read More
posted Monday, May 01, 2006 7:19 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Phone shopping

So looking to upgrade some more phones and we really like the size of the Smartphones... so the Cingular 2125 is the new equivalent of the SMT 5600...and hey ..they are now including ClearVue in the downloads http://www.htcamerica.net/support/software_downloads.htm. Read More
posted Monday, May 01, 2006 5:58 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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