Welcome to MSMVPS.COM Sign in | Join | Help

February 2006 - Posts

So how do I go from standard to premium for CRM 3.0?

I've been pinged a few times by folks looking at the CRM 3.0 SBE version wanting to know how to go from Standard to Premium.  They get the Premium CDrom package and want to know if they can go up to Premium without having to reinstall all over again. Read More
posted Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:19 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Today's security advisory that was released

 ******************************************************************** Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification Issued: February 28, 2006 ******************************************************************** Security Advisories Updated or Released Read More
posted Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:14 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

Is leaving computers turned on a massive security risk?

There's a thread going on PatchManagement.org listserve and according to some folks I am severely deficient in allowing my end users to leave their computers on. Because they say, when a system is turned on, it opens up a hole for intruders to drop things Read More
posted Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:20 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
Filed Under:

Be careful what you ask for - Part Two:

Subtitled.... "Does Susan blog too much?" Earlier today I talked about the member of my SBS Partner group who said he was getting near information overload from all the various vendors and sources of Small Business Information.  My earlier post Read More
posted Monday, February 27, 2006 5:42 PM by bradley | 7 Comments
Filed Under:

Be careful what you ask for - Part One:

The other day in my SBS Partner group this topic came up…. Do we now have what we asked for …. And is it too much? It was about how before in SBSland there was a veritable waste land of information.  We shared because we found that when we relied Read More
posted Monday, February 27, 2006 12:03 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

Dear Greg (and anyone else)

Dear Greg: When I asked you and others to look at the SBS R2 webcast I wanted you to look at it from a "new client" viewpoint.  When you say that "how can I sell this to my existing clients?" you are right.  This will be a hard sell. But I Read More
posted Monday, February 27, 2006 6:58 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Vista and LUA/UAP/UAC/whatever you want to call it

Okay so I was playing this morning with Vista where "admin" isn't even really admin and to get yourself as a real admin you either have to tell the system "yes, I really want to do this" or you have to click on "Run As". I have a concern though. I love Read More
posted Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:22 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

When dealing with technology, always leave yourself a backdoor

I was multi tasking a bit this weekend and the CTP build for Vista came out so I loaded that up last night as I went to bed in a dual boot manner.  So I've been flipping back and forth between Vista and XP when suddenly this evening the XP side of Read More
posted Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:59 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

Windowsupdate.log

You running Microsoft update?  You are?  Good. I want you to click, Start, Run and in the box type in windowsupdate.log and hit enter. Now scroll around that file... see what it is?  Is the history of your Security Updates. I'm stealing Read More
posted Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:58 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Ah it's a geek podcast Friday Night

Some girls go out on dates on Friday nights..... I have a date with the SBS Podcast gang: The Official SBS Support Blog : Inside SBS Episode #15 - The Transition Pack: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/02/24/420521.aspx And after that... I'm Read More
posted Friday, February 24, 2006 8:36 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Installing Quickbooks 2006 on a network

 I am still not comfortable with installing Quickbooks 2006 on a network....***** AUDIENCE AFFECTED *****QuickBooks ProAdvisors and/or their clients who are installing and configuring QuickBooks 2006 on a network.***** KEY INFORMATION *****There Read More
posted Friday, February 24, 2006 12:19 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

Those CAL rights

The other day someone asked if the cal rights in the R2 that allowed you to have and SQL 2005 workgroup or Exchange server without having to buy CALs covered if you had either a Standard or Premium R2 system. The answer according to the webcast is yes. Read More
posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:45 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under: ,

What's New in Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2

Webcast (recorded) What's New in Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15003854 I think this should be manditory viewing for anyone wanting to know about the R2 release or thinking about SBS for potential Read More
posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:30 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
Filed Under:

Issues with connectivity?

Installing security update MS05-019 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 may cause network connectivity between clients and servers to fail http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;898060 Lately some folks have been complaining about Read More
posted Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:20 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under: , ,

Wow... Bob the Canadian Builder Rocks!

Twice in fact...once for a server build party..once for a hands on lab... As a valued registrant of a Microsoft System Builder Roadshow event, we knew you would want to know about the build party Microsoft and Intel are hosting on the same day Read More
posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:56 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Okay so maybe we need just a smidge more spin right there?

In the newsgroup someone asked what the benefits were to upgrade from SBS 2000 to 2003 and a follow up poster indicated that a link on the SBS home page probably needed just a smidge in the way of more "spin" The link is for "Benefits of Upgrading"...there's Read More
posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:15 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

The change in Cals in SBS 2003 R2

Tony reminded me that I didn't blog about one major change in R2. Cal licensing. Okay I'm going to put my own spin on it, okay? Let's review what we get as per this page: Automated patch management... okay yeah it's WSUS and you can download it Read More
posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:07 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
Filed Under:

Note to self... don't blog while under the influence of too much Dew...and well... um... sorta...in a mood...

I find it ironic..that my blog post ranting against marketing spin would be 'spun' in other locations and into different meanings.  It was a rant about marketing of both Linux and Microsoft and how marketing 'spun' things and didn't list facts Read More
posted Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:46 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
Filed Under:

Handy Andy (Andy Goodman's) SBS Chat is tomorrow

Tuesday2/21/06 - 4:00 PM(16:00 PST) Just a friendly reminder tomorrow is the SBS Chat at www.MCPmag.com/chats Don't forget...and you never know who is there lurking.... Read More
posted Monday, February 20, 2006 9:01 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

You receive a "The event log file is corrupt" error

You receive a "The event log file is corrupt" error on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 SP1, an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;899416 Read More
posted Monday, February 20, 2006 8:56 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

All his disks are packed....

Fellow SBS MVP Kevin Weilbacher is moving... moving to a new house...and then moving his business to a new location....and included with that is the hassle of moving the electronic cord that binds us in this electronic community.....   The Internet Read More
posted Monday, February 20, 2006 8:40 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Public Folder Plans

So you heard about the plans for Public Folders?  Oh you haven't?  Well heads up folks because while they will be in the next version of Exchange and supported for a long time after that....they are being "deprecated" out and won't be in the Read More
posted Monday, February 20, 2006 12:34 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under: ,

The Trend login script

Installing the Trend Version 3 here at home to test it out... and I still haven't quite figured out the scanmail part of it.... did find my favorite way that I connect workstations... the Login script method:   Installing with Login Script Read More
posted Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:32 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under: ,

A little clarity on the "R2" release

When reading this post... just make sure you are aware of the following facts: SBS 2003 R2 only gets Sharepoint SP2 from the "features" of R2.  Windows 2003 R2 Standard can go on a member server in a SBS domain. ADFS is only offered in the Read More
posted Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:09 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

So why is USB so evil?

Only build servers with SCSI. Never use USB. Only use Intel Processors. See the pattern here?  Over the years all of these absolutes move.... to where we change the way we do things.  The way we set up things. These days we're installing Read More
posted Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:14 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

A little community... a little bit of migration... oh and oops did I happen to mention he was on Vlad's SBS show?

"I have this server built ...how do I move everything to a new box?" "I have a SBS 2000 domain... how can I move everything without adjusting the domain name or anything?" "How can I not disrupt the move of a network to new hardware" I've said this Read More
posted Sunday, February 19, 2006 5:06 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

VOIP?

In my office the day we do VOIP is the day that there's some Ma Bell icon branding it as "Bell Company approved" (yeah we're old fashioned in our telephone technology in that respect and don't want to run it through a computer system that drives the audio Read More
posted Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:57 AM by bradley | 4 Comments
Filed Under:

Faxing with Brooktrout boards and is your Faxing locking up?

First off make sure you adjust the number of rings set on the lines to pick up, and configure them all to one ring.  Setting them to pick up after 2 rings will cause the devices to start failing. Word is that this driver is from Brooktrout Read More
posted Friday, February 17, 2006 7:54 PM by bradley | 12 Comments
Filed Under:

The L2TP connection attempt failed error because security policy for the connection was not found.

 Passing this along in case someone else hits this: "We implemented a new IPSec VPN using ISA Server 2004.  Cool idea - our PPT VPN just wan't cutting it. I gladly installed the requisite certificates on my machine to gain access to the new Read More
posted Friday, February 17, 2006 6:40 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

So maybe it's a good idea on SPs not to be first?

On the smallbizit list, Dale reports that on the ISAserver.org site they are reporting issues with ISA 2004 sp2 and certain web sites......  FYI - There's a post ISA 2004 SP2 bug being reported by myself and others atISAserver.org's message boards Read More
posted Friday, February 17, 2006 6:16 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Shadow copy tweakage

So SBS by default has Shadow copies enabled...but I wanted to tweak it a bit...first I wanted to kick up the time schedule on it so that it would 'snap' copies a bit more often.  No prob...went into the 'schedule' and kicked that up.  But then Read More
posted Friday, February 17, 2006 12:38 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

More than just one

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1165f2c9-7e08-4b43-92fe-bb965d17b3b4&displaylang=en This document takes a detailed look at running multiple servers in a Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS) environment. Read More
posted Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:13 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Read before installing

One of the complaints I had about Exchange 2003 sp2 for us SBSers is that the only way you could read the help file about it was to sacrifice a box and install it.  Well if you only have one box...that's a bit hard to ask for us SBSers...fortunately Read More
posted Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:08 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under: ,

SMBTN-Fresno WSUSup?

SMBTN-Fresno WSUSup? Meeting on February 16th Bring your laptop as we're going to be discussing the nuances of Microsoft Update, WSUS and Patch Mangement in General. We'll discuss the issues of that week's patch Tuesday, discuss tools and Read More
posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:25 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Anti Spin Cycle please?

When a washer is squeezing out the excess water, it runs a spin cycle.  There are some days I want an anti-spin cycle when it comes to marketing and white papers and what not to squeeze out the fluff and get down to the facts.  My sister was Read More
posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 7:28 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
Filed Under:

Micro businesses

The other day I was asked about a way to share calendars if you were not in the same domain, for a short project. This might just do it.... Use your calendar to interact with others. You can schedule and invite people to meetings, or even share your Read More
posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:24 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Building a box

Well it's beta season which means I have to decide which beta gets a real phyiscal box and which one gets a virtual one.  While setting up virtual machines is getting easier and easier, I still sometimes like the old fashioned, real, physical box Read More
posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:12 PM by bradley | 6 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Are patches tested?

Mike asks "was KB 913446 tested" and the answer is yes, Mike it was.  You see the problem is not with the patch...  the problem is in the deployment engine. You see there are two things that have to be good and solid for a security patch to Read More
posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 9:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Bulletins out today

www.incidents.org is reporting issues with deploying 06-007 with MU/AU. Remember if you have issues, call 1-866-pcsafety if you have issues with security patches Microsoft has released the security bulletins and patches for February: MS06-004: Read More
posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:30 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Symantec and Microsoft Antispyware

This alert is to notify you that Microsoft and Symantec are aware of an issue currently affecting customers using both Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware Beta 1 and versions of Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition and Symantec Client Security (SCS). Read More
posted Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:08 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

...and then there are those times that technology works....

So...we revisted our problem computer with the printer error....and so we lifted up the XP Home to XP Pro and in the process it refreshed the bits so that when we added the printer 'this' time, the HP loaded up like a champ.  We shared it Read More
posted Monday, February 13, 2006 11:35 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

Take that HP!

Okay Charlie Russel (of SBS admin companion book fame) has pointed me in the direction of a HP tool to "scrub" the machine of it's malfunctioning printer driver. I'll keep you posted...so far the computer is winning the battle... Read More
posted Monday, February 13, 2006 12:22 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Wanna encrypt email?

A question today from the mailbag asked "what do you recommend for being able to encrypt email using Outlook 2003 of course?  Our small business is a nonprofit health care provider, and we need to be able to do this when patient information is involved Read More
posted Monday, February 13, 2006 12:11 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

There are times I hate Technology

Today is one of those days... first a XP home machine that has a problem adding USB printers (have I said before how much one loves USB when it works but HATES it with a bitter passion when it doesn't) that doesn't act like it's related to malware but Read More
posted Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:27 PM by bradley | 6 Comments

The SBS Podcast gang back on the air

The Official SBS Support Blog : Inside SBS #14 - The Mobility Meltdown: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/02/12/419364.aspx It seems like daily there is a post about "how do I get this sync'd with that".  Check out the Texas gang as they Read More
posted Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:41 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Top support issues

RECENT SUPPORT ISSUES-----------------------------------------------------------ISSUE #1======When you try to view the monitoring and reporting snap in on Small Business Server 2003 SP1, you receive the following message:Snap-in Creation Failed.The snap-in Read More
posted Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:28 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

The changing conversations

Technorati Profile Don't mind me as I'm trying out this linking thing and social networks that they talk about at theworkingnetwork.com  while I'm waiting for some backups to run and reading the blog at www.nakedconversations.com and seeing Read More
posted Saturday, February 11, 2006 6:41 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

James Bond and Jeff Middleton do a bit of swinging in DC

Wow this is really cool.... February 21st at the International Spy Museum (insert James Bond music here) Ingram Micro will be presenting a afternoon and evening of "Knowledge is Power:  Small Business is Big Business"  The evening ends with Read More
posted Saturday, February 11, 2006 2:02 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

.Net 2.0 and Remote Web Workplace

So if you've noticed that the .NET 2.0 framework is being offered up in the 'optional' section of the Microsoft updates. I personally have left it there on my server here at the office, but at home I installed it with no issues.  It's needed ..."if" Read More
posted Saturday, February 11, 2006 1:44 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

This computer safety announcement courtesy of Seagate

This public service computer safety announcement courtesy of Seagate, makers of fine (and heavy) harddrives.   It's recommended to not accidentially drop a harddrive on on your foot.   We now return you to your regularly scheduled Read More
posted Friday, February 10, 2006 10:08 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Patch time for Sam the SBS Server

Q.  Hi Sam...my goodness Sam...you act like you are really happy about something A.  Oh my yes.. I a SOOO excited! Q.  Why is that? A.  The folks at Microsoft update are ensuring that all my fellow SBS server are going to get a Read More
posted Friday, February 10, 2006 8:30 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Welcome to your SBS 2003 server

In looking at the documentation for my own SBS 2003 OEM box (which can be found online here), it dawned on me why so many OEM DIYers that contact me haven't a clue about Remote Web Workplace..it's because nowhere in those documents is there a "Welcome Read More
posted Friday, February 10, 2006 7:16 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
Filed Under: ,

On the list of things for Valentine's day....

Just a news flash for you guys... "I" may see it as romantic for a guy to patch my computer on Patch Tuesday to be the perfect Valentine's Day present...but the average gal will not. Chocolate... flowers..... card.... something other than patch Read More
posted Friday, February 10, 2006 6:30 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Small Business Specialist Merchandise store now working!

Calling all Small Business Specialists!!! The logo store is now open.  Log into the www.microsoft.com/partner site and see that button on the side for the MSeasygift.com?  Okay see the username listed there (hint hint)?  Okay now click, Read More
posted Friday, February 10, 2006 6:21 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

RWW and Verizon revisited

Huy has a Verizon card and it was not letting him connect to Remote Web Workplace.  The card he has is the PC5740 and the software version is 5.3.8.    Huy Pham wrote:   Dear Susan, I have found the solution thanks to hint of Read More
posted Friday, February 10, 2006 7:14 AM by bradley | 6 Comments
Filed Under: ,

For the record ...it's disk two

For the record... and thanks ...suptools.msi is on the second cdrom of the SBS disk (and you can even install these on your workstation).  I noticed the other day during a techcall that they needed netmon and installed it from the second cdrom...should Read More
posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:15 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Webs of small offices

I was chatting with someone today and they said this....  Here’s another interesting factoid. My small business clients are turning into webs of small offices. I’m just coming off budget meetings with all of them and fully 80% are planning Read More
posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:57 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Manage your way to a more secure system

I don't think break/fix model has a chance in heck of keeping a network safe.  And that's why it's very cool to see the continued buzz around the "Managed Services" model. Stay tuned...as Amy Luby will be doing some cool things around this in the Read More
posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:52 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Now he's going to force me to find repadmin and install it isn't he?

There's a disturbance in the force tonight. Like a 100,000 voices just suddenly gasped in unison. He blogged. No, really. He blogged. Now, the tone sounds like him, the writing style and all that....but given that no one has confirmed this through Read More
posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:05 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

Now if it would just be a smidge more SBSized

Just a heads up that MBSA 2.0 now scans for ISA 2004 and tells me that I haven't installed Service pack 2 (yeah I know, bad Susan but I didn't want to do it remotely and I sort of have to work around people's schedules this time of year. You know...it's Read More
posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:52 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

Thanks Bob!

You have signed up your Accountants to the MPAN program haven't you? Dear Susan Bradley: We would like to make you aware of a benefit that is now available to you as a valued member of the Microsoft Professional Accountants’ Network.  Microsoft Read More
posted Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:41 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

Can I get that without fries and google please?

Dear Mr.  Dell.....can you guys offer a "bundle free" version for us folks that don't want this stuff?   You guys in the big server world flatten these guys and reimage them to your specs.   We down here in SBSland do not.  Read More
posted Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:17 PM by bradley | 10 Comments
Filed Under:

Running Quickbooks? You don't need v4 unless you have ReportWiz

Clarification: Release 3 and Release 4Last month we told you about Release 3 and Release 4 of QuickBooks 2006 and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 6.0, but the message was not clear on Release 4.Release 4 (R4) is not for general use. R4 includes all issues Read More
posted Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:14 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

WMF revisited?

A new advisory today indicates there's another WMF expoit out there and it's not related to the issue fixed in the first patch of the year. The good news is that it only affects really old browsers (IE 5.01 sp4 on Windows 2000 sp4 and IE 5.5 SP2 on Windows Read More
posted Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Do your applications you install make you more insecure?

 -------- Original Message -------- Subject:     Windows Access Control Demystified Date:     31 Jan 2006 23:08:18 -0000 From:     sudhakar+bugtraq@cs.princeton.edu To:     Read More
posted Tuesday, February 07, 2006 5:52 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

Ouch. $650 a call?

NOVELL: Support - Open a Service Request by phone/Incident & Annual Support: http://support.novell.com/inc_annual_supt.html Ouch.  Tech support for Novell's servers just went from $300 a call to $650 per call Read More
posted Monday, February 06, 2006 7:46 PM by bradley | 10 Comments
Filed Under:

To anyone who thinks that their tape backup runs slower after SP1

A tape backup device performs slowly after you install Windows Server 2003 SP1 or hotfix 873422: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=907418 You may be right....... Read More
posted Monday, February 06, 2006 6:42 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

Knowledge base articles of interest

Error message when ISA Server 2004 Web Proxy client users try to access an external FTP site by using passive FTP functionality: "Error Code: 502 Proxy Error": http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=900256ISA Server 2004 tries to generate a monthly report Read More
posted Monday, February 06, 2006 6:36 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Sometimes you do indeed get Lemonade from Lemons

So everyone knows that SBS 2003 R2 won't get Windows 2003 R2, right?  Well ...there's a silver lining in that...we won't hit this error on our SBS boxes with ISA 2004 on them and have to worry about seeing this issue..... Error message in ISA Server Read More
posted Monday, February 06, 2006 6:33 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Issues with Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and LOB apps

So I'm out on the Creative Solutions web site and spot that the program has an issue with Adobe 7.0...is it no wonder that I haven't upgraded to 7.0 yet?   Error opening Creative Solutions Practice “Error in Init: finish_init. Error occurred in Read More
posted Monday, February 06, 2006 6:27 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

Soup Plantation Technology

People abuse the use of Telephones People abuse the use of the Internet People abuse the use of Cell phones in the office People abuse the use of Instant Messaging ...but all of these in one firm or another have a business purpose.  One Read More
posted Sunday, February 05, 2006 3:57 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Moving the ISA tracing file location

Have not tested this yet...but you are supposed to be able to move the tracking file for ISA 2004 to another drive after doing this.... Stay tuned.. I'll let you know after I test it on my box. 1. Add the following registry value under HKLM/Software/Microsoft/ISATracing Read More
posted Sunday, February 05, 2006 3:56 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

ISA 2004 tracking file (like your C: drive wasn't full enough already?)

In the newsgroups today... Gary reports the following:-----------------------Well, here's a reason not to install ISA2K4/SP2: It will create a new 400mb file, Windir\Debug\ISALOG.BIN, and a second, new 400mb file, ISALOG.BAK, on the C: drive. According Read More
posted Sunday, February 05, 2006 10:19 AM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Small Business Specialist Merchandise

Can't get into the Small Business Specialist eCompany store site and order the merchandise that has the SBSC logo that Harry talked about in this newsletter because they don't recognize that you are a SBSC? Email them at ecustomercare@ecompanystore.com Read More
posted Saturday, February 04, 2006 2:38 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

What's your plans for 2006?

The SBSshow this week has the "let's sit down and think about 2006" show. http://www.vladville.com/sbsshow/2006/02/sbs-show-14-big-in-2006-in-sbs.php What about you?  Are you thinking about what you'll be doing in 2006?  Have you thought about Read More
posted Saturday, February 04, 2006 2:32 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Exactly how many licenses do I have?

I have access to an MSDN license that gives me testing rights to an operating system I have access to an Action pack license that gives me rights to run the IT side of my business My firm has a Open Business/Value (whatever the 3 year software assurance Read More
posted Friday, February 03, 2006 11:05 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Is my office the typical office?

My office has two servers.  Member server running Live Communication Server.  And the only reason why it's running LCS is that I happen to catch it before it fell out of the Exchange 2000 family.  My office has wired desktops.  All Read More
posted Friday, February 03, 2006 10:40 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
Filed Under:

Are branch offices just for large and enterprise firms?

Looking at this download makes me wonder if companies realize that we're getting a heck of a lot more agile these days..... This Branch office document discusses the how branch offices can provide substantial benefits for organizations of all sizes, Read More
posted Friday, February 03, 2006 12:18 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Another SBS blog out here

...so I link to that post on backup issues....not even realizing the name of the blog.... Small Business Server - Things I Wish I'd known...: http://blogs.technet.com/edwalt/ Duh!  It's SBSized! Read More
posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:14 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Got backup issues?

http://blogs.technet.com/edwalt/archive/2006/02/02/418665.aspx Wayne today happened to post that his home box suddenly could not backup and all his VSS writers vanished. Ed to the rescuse with that blog post about reregistering the VSS writers to the Read More
posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:46 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

I have a real computer room..well... sort of...

I feel almost like Big server land.  I have a computer room.  Okay so it's a former interior office with all the windows that have been taken out and a lock and a deadbolt placed on the door...but now it even feels more like a computer room.  Read More
posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:33 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
Filed Under:

Patches protect you from viruses?

"Notice: To protect your system from viruses, Dell recommends that you download any recommended patches and hotfixes by visiting the Microsoft Support website at support.microsoft.com or by selecting Tools -- Windows Update in your Internet Explorer browser" Read More
posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:19 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Maybe they shouldn't be running a computer?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/01/31/kamasutraworm/index.html Apparently the world will come to an end tomorrow...that is if you clicked, and installed, and not have up to date antivirus... Sometimes folks just have to learn a lesson and you Read More
posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 7:59 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
Filed Under:

There are times the paranoia meets the blonde....

So I'm looking at my new and improved 443/4125 firewall dashboard going ..okay who the heck from this ip address is hitting me on port 443...as it's not my IP from home so who is that hitting my server and why are they banging on my port 443.  Exactly Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:27 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
Filed Under:

Firewall Dashboard...asking for good feedback

 So you tried it out yet? Remind me of someone I know who urges me not to just give feedback like...'this sucks' or 'that's broken'... he wants me to say why something is broken and if I were in charge of the universe...what would I do to fix the Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:42 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Remote management of ISA?

Okay you are a var/vap and you do remote management of a SBS box with ISA?  Then have you set up the system policy rule that makes you "trusted" like the gang from the SBSpodcast said to do? Launch the ISA console Click on Firewall Policy Click Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:04 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

Looking for the links to the R3 direct download for Quickbooks?

I mean the REAL links? http://www.quickbooks.com/support/faqs/qb2006/1d3642b3.html I still don't buy the statement that I've read that the issues prior to R3 were due to "corrupt registries" that were already corrupt prior to the install of Quickbooks.  Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:58 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
Filed Under:

ISA 2004 sp2 (do not do this remotely and read the release notes)

ISA server 2004 sp2 just released on the download site and since we are READING the release notes before installing...they say... If ISA Server services are installed, ISA Server will enter lockdown mode during installation. Following installation, the Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:16 AM by bradley | 4 Comments
Filed Under: ,

Can we wait until it ships before wacking off the security please?

http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15003662 Come and join us for the “Windows Client Licensing and Windows Vista” introduction to the Windows Vista Enterprise License and upcoming improvements to Software Assurance Benefits (SAB) 3.0. This Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:07 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
Filed Under: