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June 2004 - Posts

I just majorly re-edited the old MAC integration post to reflect new info....

Eriq Neale graciously updated his MAC/SBS information and gave me permission to just point all you guys over to his fantastic site that has all the full details! Very cool!  Thank you Eriq! Read More
posted Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:22 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Small Business Server 2003 – Backup and Restore CHAT

Small Business Server 2003 – Backup and RestoreJoin experts from the SBS team on June 30th 2004 to discuss tips, techniques, and best practices for SBS backup and restore. June 30, 20042:00 – 3:00 P.M. Pacific time 5:00 – 6:00 P.M. Read More
posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:00 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Threat Modeling and Risk Analysis....

So my Threat Modeling book came in today from Amazon.com [I've only preordered it for ages] and even before I've started reading it I'm doing a bit of “threat modeling/risk analysis” here at the office today.  Internet Explorer.  Read More
posted Tuesday, June 29, 2004 8:03 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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So Thomas is trying to find documentation about adding a second server in the KBs.....

...and he's not finding anything...... ....because it's not in a KB.  It's in a whitepaper!  SBS 2000 ~ Microsoft TechNet: Adding a Server to Your Existing Small Business Server 2000 Network: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2000/maintain/addsrvrs.mspx Read More
posted Monday, June 28, 2004 1:02 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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SBS Knowledge base articles

New this week 841773 - BUG: SQL Server Setup stops responding when you upgrade an instance of SQL Server Desktop Engine (Windows) to SQL Server 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=841773841211 - The updated "What's new in Exchange Server 2003" guide Read More
posted Sunday, June 27, 2004 11:13 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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It's the home stretch for XP sp2 ......

"We're on the home stretch for Windows XP SP2! I can't begin to tell you what a relief it is to see it almost done." says Michael Howard on his blog.   I agree.  In looking over the Secunia advisories for Internet Explorer... IE is getting Read More
posted Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:28 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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...so you want to support ISV's better?

So over on Mary Jo's blog she's been talking in the past about how Microsoft is making a bigger push for supporting ISV's [you know,  Developers, developers, developers....] and just today the “blog” worked in a mysterious way.  Read More
posted Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:58 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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If you are a Trend Micro customer..... READ THIS

http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm Be sure to apply the Service Pack or upgrade to a product version using the new pattern file numbering format by September, 2004. Trend Micro currently estimates that it will be able to continue releasing Read More
posted Friday, June 25, 2004 7:37 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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In the words of Sgt. Esterhaus, "And hey, let's be careful out here...."

News reports are saying that high traffic web sites that IIS 5.0 sites were not patched with 04-011 security hot fix [hello people let's patch!] have been infecting people browsing the infected web sites.  If you are running XP sp2, you are protected.   Read More
posted Friday, June 25, 2004 7:25 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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....so I'm looking for a "beginners guide to Sharepoint in the SBS platform"....

....and either I'm blind or not googling properly... we do have our MVP friend Mike Walsh's site that is specficially WSS, Home - WSS FAQ: http://wss.collutions.com/default.aspx but now I'm searching for webcasts [under the theory a picture is worth Read More
posted Friday, June 25, 2004 5:48 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Revisiting Exchange 2003 SP1 - installation

Before installing Service Pack 1 - make sure you install this patch 831464 - FIX: IIS 6.0 compression corruption causes access violations: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;831464[I said in another post that it's part of Exchange Read More
posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:47 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Gee Mom? Do I have to use the wizards?

You can always tell when an Enterprise person comes into SBSland.  The first thing they want to know “Do you have to use the wizards in Small Business Server?”  Well.  No.  If you really want to to do it manually... you Read More
posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 7:36 PM by bradley | 12 Comments
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Keep an eye out guys [and gals], there's something up on the 'Net.....

UPDATE - What You Should Know About Download.Ject: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/download_ject.mspx I normally have as my “home” page the Incidents.org web page.  Today they are indicating that there is a possible Spam/vulnerability Read More
posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:09 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So you bought an OEM and you want to move the folders around a bit, eh?

All is not lost.... courtesy of “Les is More” Moving Data Flolder for Windows Small Business Server 2003 (download) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A1D0AF69-1287-4225-BD8B-59C89F44984B&displaylang=enThe paper Read More
posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:03 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Internet Security Alliance posts a whitepaper on Small Business Security...

Initiatives - Awareness: http://www.cyberpartnership.org/init-aware.html And specifically this guidance for Small Businesses.... http://www.cyberpartnership.org/CommonSenseGuideBus.pdf Check it out Read More
posted Wednesday, June 23, 2004 12:49 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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If you aren't signed up for the EHLO blog after this...

Check out the last couple of days worth of postings on the EHLO blog.  In particular's, tonight's entry pulls in some posts from several team members.  Definitely a must subscribe to for SBSers.  Which makes me wonder about blogs for the Read More
posted Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:57 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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I can't believe I'm posting this.....

But if you have Windows 98 machines still connecting to your SBS 2003 [cough cough ick], call and get this hotfix: 323466 - Availability of the Active Directory client extension update for Windows 98: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q323466 Read More
posted Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:37 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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More info on the popup blocker in XP sp2

windows xp sp2 rc2: http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/06/21/161789.aspx Some interesting regedits in there...and more tweaks than I realized.... The various aspects of pop-up manager are controlled by values in the registry under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Int Read More
posted Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:31 PM by bradley | 9 Comments
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Way to go Daryl -- SBSer's IMF tool gets posted to and referred to in blogs

I am amazed at my fellow SBSers.  Take Daryl Maunder, his IMF tool is on the Exchange blog which is in turn linked to on Paul's blog. Way to go Daryl.  Nice tool! Read More
posted Tuesday, June 22, 2004 1:11 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Are you needing move your Exchange databases to another partition?

 as mentioned before in this newsgroup, here are the steps (brought to you bySean Daniel):- Open Server Management- Expand "<Domain> (Exchange)"- Expand "Servers"- Expand "<server name>"- Expand "First Storage Group"- Right Click "Mailbox Read More
posted Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:48 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Microsoft licensing revisited.....

Today in Joe Wicox's Microsoft Monitor he talks about a SBSer who's not a SBSer.  Kinda sad because he could have had all the tools he wanted to at his fingertips and now he's stuck driving the wrong car.  Reminds me of those car commercials Read More
posted Monday, June 21, 2004 6:03 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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So what's the deal about getting those hotfixes...

Whenever you need a hotfix for an issue, just a reminder that it's a TOTALLY free call.  Now I'll admit I'm spoiled [in many ways].  I live in Calfornia where I can get a hotfix 24/7.  Call the 800 number, press option 3, rattle off the Read More
posted Monday, June 21, 2004 5:28 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Sometimes I forget that people don't know about the "Community" resources...

In case you are not aware, here are some places to go for SBS 2003 advice and guidance WEBSITES www.smallbizserver.net www.sbsfaq.com www.sbs-rocks.com www.sbslinks.com www.nethealthmon.com http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx Read More
posted Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:23 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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...so you can't find a thing and you've looked everywhere?

So Tammy talks about how to find “stuff” on Microsoft's site when looking for Exchange stuff.  But let's say I read a post that Jeff Middleton wrote about server migration and want to find that in the newsgroup?  First.  Flat Read More
posted Friday, June 18, 2004 8:36 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Do you want roaming or blogs with that Cell phone service?

That's right... RSS feed reader on a Smart phone... oh this getting way too cool...... dang how old is the Nokia I just got? RSShome.com: http://www.rsshome.com/index.html Read More
posted Friday, June 18, 2004 5:36 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Get ready folks... XP sp2 is comin' .....

This spreadsheet lists the full set of Group Policy settings described in Administrative Template (.adm) files shipped with Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 (RC2). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ef3a35c0-19b9-4acc-b5be-9b7dab13108e Read More
posted Friday, June 18, 2004 5:29 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Software assurance... I've signed up until 2007

So I finally got around to finishing up getting the right SKU codes/quote from Softchoice for my software assurance licenses for the next three years.  I'm going with Open License Value program which means I'm signing up for any and all changes in Read More
posted Friday, June 18, 2004 4:55 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So can we get the Plasma display with the SBS Standard SKU?

FresnoBee.com: Business: Rolling Techies: http://www.fresnobee.com/business/story/8721547p-9598017c.html You had to talk a bit above the generators running the laptops, server, big plasma display [okay gotta have one of THOSE] and there was SBS chugging Read More
posted Friday, June 18, 2004 1:18 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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GroupShield for A/V scanning engine causes 100% CPU

Mark in the newsgroups posts...... “A few of my SBS customers using Groupshield for AV scanning had their servers grind to a halt this morning with users complaining that Outlook was freezing with not-responding messages. Store.exe on Read More
posted Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:00 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Update on Exchange 2003 sp1

Charles Anthe posts in the newsgroup today the update about Exchange 2003 sp1.  There are a couple of issues that he mentioned and I'm copying them below..... [hope he doesn't mind] “1. Outlook Web Access (OWA) now requires a domain to be Read More
posted Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:48 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So why do we want to upgrade to SBS 2003 anyway?

I'll be upgrading to SBS 2k3 on the “real” server here at the office and I'll be demoting my current “baby” to be a member server and all that.  So why do I want to upgrade?  Well for one, Michael Howard points out a Read More
posted Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:31 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Looking for SBS training?

When looking for training .... don't forget... SBS 2k3 online labs - http://microsoft.granitepillar.com/partners But I find that grab a spare computer, get a SBS2k3 book [Harry's or Jason's] and stick the cdrom in and start messin' with it.  There Read More
posted Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:20 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Small Biz Server KB's of Interest

827601 - Cannot send external mail when your smart host server is different from the ISP server where your e-mail is stored in Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827601 837370 - Event ID 5120 is logged when e-mail Read More
posted Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:06 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Gentlemen... start your downloads....

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx  Everyone did hear the news that XP sp2 RC2 is now out and ready for a test drive, right?  Everyone should take this last opportunity to test drive it and GIVE FEEDBACK.  Read More
posted Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Exchange 2003 SP1 webcast today

The following Web cast could be a good opportunity to learn more about Exchange Server 2003 SP1 and ask questions about it. TechNet Support WebCast: An overview of Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=839816 Read More
posted Wednesday, June 16, 2004 8:48 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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You want synergy? We got lots of synergy....

So Michael Gartenberg asks for a “holistic story” surrouding Microsoft products.  hmmmmm.... guess he hasn't see a Touchpoint series or read a case study on Small Business Server 2003 then?  SBS 2003 + Office 2003 + Sharepoint... Read More
posted Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:57 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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...so I find SBS stuff all over the place...

Connect with Microsoft: http://www.connect-ms.com/mstps_attendee/downloads.html Read More
posted Monday, June 14, 2004 7:25 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Threat Modeling in the SBS World

So Michael Howard is posting about “Threat Modeling”, and while I'm not a coder or a scripter [heck I can barely run SQL queries worth a darn], I must say that I enjoyed the first part of the Howard/LeBlanc book “Writing Secure Code, Read More
posted Monday, June 14, 2004 6:30 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Connecting a Macintosh to SBS 2003 Server via SMB

Connecting a Macintosh to SBS 2003 Server via SMB   [MAJORLY RE-EDITED]   With the kind permission of Eriq Neale [THE SBS/MAC expert] he has graciously given me permission to point you guys over to his web site for DETAILED info on getting Read More
posted Monday, June 14, 2004 5:33 PM by bradley | 9 Comments
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...she's netweaving again....

My buddy Anne Stanton is out netweaving again.  She brings up an interesting point about checking out “incubators”.  We have a project here in Fresno called the “Central Valley Business Incubator” and I'll be giving a Read More
posted Monday, June 14, 2004 9:05 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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SBS Knowledge base articles of interest

834141 - FIX: IP address is revealed in the content-location field in the TCP header in IIS 6.0: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834141 843073 - Non-English language reports contain English text after you install Service Pack 2 in ISA Server 2000: Read More
posted Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:14 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Just a reminder ....the 8331 error in Exchange

can be fixed in three ways...... Call for a hotfix [free call to PSS for any hotfix], just call the phone number and state that you need hotfix 837444 and they will send it to you -- 837444 - Users do not appear in the Global Address List, users Read More
posted Sunday, June 13, 2004 7:59 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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...hey I might be getting the hang of this....

Found all these cool skins out on the Sage Technology website and downloaded them and in notepad added the necessary entries and voila.... a new “skin” has been added.  Main RSS feed fixed, OPML working, still have to work on getting Read More
posted Sunday, June 13, 2004 1:32 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Once upon a time.... in a galaxy far far away...

...many years ago when I was in college, the powers that be thought that Accounting graduates needed to learn computers [which we did] so they had us take COBOL and BASIC courses.  Our first COBOL project was even on IBM punchcards just to torture Read More
posted Saturday, June 12, 2004 6:18 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Some good stuff in the blog reading today

 The Monitor blog today had an interesting article on SMB found at  http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/003099.html and then he follows up with an story on Security http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/003100.html which states that Read More
posted Saturday, June 12, 2004 12:20 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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...so tonight in Harry's newsletter...

He has a letter to the editor from a Zane Patalive who writes, “ Since you have so much influence, if the opportunity presents itself, please ask the responsible parties to correct Microsoft's blunder with their OEM implementation of SBS, Read More
posted Friday, June 11, 2004 11:41 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Hey! I actually did it!

Sorry if you got a ton of posts... the .TEXT is updated to the .95 version and in the process is blasts out the entire database again... Sorry about that! Read More
posted Friday, June 11, 2004 8:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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We've declared it a national day of celebration on behalf of Eliot Sennett

My fellow SBS MVP buddy Eliot Sennett has a killer sense of humor and writes.....OK - this must be old news for everyone else out there, but it took me days to figure out. So, if everyone already knows it, just laugh at me. Mike Walsh - this is a Read More
posted Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:29 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So what's the deal with RSS feeds anyway?

 You've probably heard in the news that Bill Gates is 'raving“ over RSS.  Want to know why?  RSS allows the "humans" behind the "cold hearted Microsoft" to show that they really are good people.  First you need a newsreader.  Now you can “suck“ in that Read More
posted Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:21 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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I'll take a little charm, thank you......

David Coursey said in response to Mary Jo Foley's piece on “charm offensive” about how he disagreed with the idea that Microsoft customers would like the company better if Redmond talked to them more.  He found it offensive.  He then goes on to talk about Read More
posted Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:36 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Would you like that Cold Server with whipped cream and a cherry?

Effective June 1, 2004, customers with Software Assurance for Microsoft server software will be eligible for complimentary "cold backup" server licenses.  Click here for more details. Read More
posted Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:03 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Getting an "Event ID 5" error on "DefaultAppPool"?

  Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Active Server PagesEvent Category: NoneEvent ID: 5Date:  14/05/2004Time:  4:32:55 AMUser:  N/AComputer: 001DC001Description:Error: The Template Persistent Cache initialization failed for Application Pool 'DefaultAppPool' Read More
posted Wednesday, June 09, 2004 6:53 AM by bradley | 15 Comments
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I'm in a "High Security Zone" and I'm lovin' it

[UPDATE - YES IT WORKS JUST FINE ON XP WITH IE6 and even works like a champ on XP sp2] So I just kicked my workstation at the office and the workstation at home's Internet explorer to “high security” settings.  What that means is that I've shut down Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:01 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Need to reset the group policies back to their defaults?

Just spotted this in the newsgroups..... kewl!  Thanks Wes! You can reset the domain and domain controller group policies back to their defaults by running "dcgpofix /target: both" at a command prompt on the server. Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:44 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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June Security Bulletins

 Bulletin Summaries:Microsoft:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms04-jun.mspx Moderate Bulletins: MS04-016 - Vulnerability in DirectPlay Could Allow Denial of Service(839643)http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-016.mspx Read More
posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:27 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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... I couldn't agree more Robert....

Robert named dropped “SBS” in his discussion on marketing at Microsoft and how they need to do a better job.  He says [and I agree] that there's no good marketing done of a tablet PC.  Heck, David Cieslak of ITGUSA.com has probably single handedly sold Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 11:40 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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... oooh I'm feeling the power...are you?

oooh...guys... can we start to see the power of Sharepoint now?  Robert Scoble points to a tool that could post from Outlook into a place on Sharepoint... basically blog post into Sharepoint.  Think of how much faster you can do a “firm announcement” Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 11:10 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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....sorry Russ I'm not coming up with your numbers....

I sent an email to Russ Cooper questioning his count of 60 IIS vulnerabilities as he talked about at the AU-CERT conference.  In his first email, he talked about the conference, in his second email, he detailed how he counted these 60 IIS vulnerabilities. Read More
posted Monday, June 07, 2004 12:13 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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SMB nation in your future?

SMB nation conference this year will be in Seattle in September.  Anne Stanton and I will be there..... will you?  Last year's SMBnation was a really cool experience... like my experiences with my fellow MVPs, it was event where you can talk SBS/SMB shop Read More
posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 10:23 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Mary Jo Foley talks about new community building tools and technologies....

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1607371,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535  Microsoft is counting on a raft of new community-building tools and technologies to help boost customer satisfaction. Check out her post on the changes in store... Read More
posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 6:41 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Why is XP sp2 such a big release?

Joe Wilcox's blog [which I'm a fan of by the way] points to the Channel 9 video about why XP sp2 is so big of a release.  Check it out.  Get ready for it.  It's going to be gooooooood when it arrives.  I already have it on a laptop and a desktop here Read More
posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 6:26 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Speaking of OMA and SmartPhones....

Have you checked out all the mobile applications out there on the web?  Wayne Small, fellow SBS MVP talks about the lost opportunities in marketing by not adding “fries”, or in this case, mobility to that Small Business Server.  My boss is a guy who needs Read More
posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 6:14 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Do you need Exchange 2003 sp1 to install the Exchange Message Filter?

I just confirmed that you don't need to install Exchange 2003 Service pack 1 to install the Exchange Message Filter.  Currently there are a couple of issues that we are working through in the newsgroups post SP1 install so I'd hang loose for just a little Read More
posted Sunday, June 06, 2004 6:00 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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From the "I did not know this was there department" of Small Business Server

 http://www.ms-gearup.com  Check out this web site! Was emailing with Eric Ligman from the Midwest SMB division of Microsoft [who puts up with my licensing and software assurance rants] and he mentioned this web site for small to medium businesses [yeah Read More
posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:58 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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It takes a village.....

One of the blogs that I like to read is Church of the Customer blog, this comment was made in a recent blog entry:   “Your knowledge is of inconsequential future value if kept largely to yourself” You know that's one cool thing about the Small Business Read More
posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:40 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Backing up Small Business Server 2003

Mike Gunderloy talks about “Backing up Small Business Server 2003” with two third party programs.  Currently on my office network I use Ultrabac backup software for SBS and I'm a fan.  At home on my SBS2k3 I use the native backup program and I honestly Read More
posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 6:13 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Small Business Server KBs this week

842293 - Event 1070 is logged and e-mail messages are not delivered with the SBS 2003 Connector for POP3 Mailboxes: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842293 837366 - The Active Directory Migration Tool displays a "RPC server is unavailable" error message Read More
posted Thursday, June 03, 2004 5:51 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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David Coursey mentions the IMF filter today....

David Coursey mentions the IMF filter today and how it hasn't gotten the attention it deserves.  I agree.  If it weren't for reading the blogs [the EHLO blog for one] I'm not sure I would know that it was released. I'd recommend you'd check the IMF out Read More
posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:41 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Security bulletins via RSS

For you RSS fans [like me] hearing that I can now get the Security bulletins via RSS is HOORAY! http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/secrss.aspx I found that I had to manually add this into my newsgator, but I'm all set for next week and Read More
posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:38 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Mail server attacks - ensure you have a "strong" password on your admin account

Heads up SBSers --- from the www.incidents.org website Mail server dictionary attacks While not new, the number of reported dictionary attacks against mail servers is up. These attacks are characterized by spam being sent to random users at a particular Read More
posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 5:20 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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