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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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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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ISA 2004 SP2 public hotfix 916106

I blogged about this earlier when it was a hotfix and we're seeing it now when it's a "public patch" http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=916106 If you have ISA 2004 sp2 and you then get offered that patch.. some machines kick a reboot.. some don't.  Read More
posted Friday, April 28, 2006 12:33 AM by bradley | 2 Comments
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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
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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
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BCM and SBA service pack 2

Service pack 2Service Pack 2 for Business Contact Manager Update and Small Business Accounting provides the latest updates to Microsoft® Office Small Business Accounting 2006 and Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update. This Read More
posted Friday, January 20, 2006 6:44 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Kerberos errors revisited

So remember my Kerberos Errors post the other day?  J.P. posted back with the final resolution to his last one remaining Kerberos errors that he was getting.....and sure 'nuff... HP printer toolbox software... I'm blogging his resolution here for Read More
posted Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:03 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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No to all -- Seven times

Well I finally did it tonight.  Patched the real baby at the office with Exchange 2003 sp2. I manually shut off the Trend Exchange antivirus I shut off the server antivirus I manually shut down the SMTPservice ...just in case.... And I hit the Read More
posted Friday, November 04, 2005 8:26 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Top support issues from the Partner newsgroups

Why you want...you NEED to be a Microsoft Partner...because you get resources like this...   TOP SUPPORT ISSUES ----------------------------------------------------------- Issue 1: ******** Memory leak issues     Problem Symptom Read More
posted Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:32 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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UPS attached to a ProLiant ML150 and your CPU at 100%?

There a fix for ya When an HP T700 or HP XR5500 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) is connected to a ProLiant ML150 G2 server through the serial port using a serial cable, the CPU utilization will remain constant at 100 percent. As soon Read More
posted Sunday, October 09, 2005 9:03 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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SBA on SBS [the unsupported instructions to get the datafile ON the network]

So you build a Small Business Accounting Program and you call it a multi user version...and then you don't install it on SBS in such a way so that the msde datafile is 'on' the server, but rather on a desktop inside the office. Okay ....lemme get this Read More
posted Monday, August 29, 2005 6:56 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Messing up that morning email with a few extra printers via a TS session

Every morning when you view the 6 a.m. view of the network, you get that annoying “error” message that isn't an error message at all... it's just YOU logging into the server via Remote desktop and the system will want to 'add printers”... Read More
posted Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:53 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Allocated Memory Alert

After you install SBS 2003 sp1 you 'may' get a monitoring error saying you have an 'allocated memory alert'.  There are two possibilities of this issue that are VERY easily fixed.  I've personally had both happen to me and both times just put Read More
posted Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:00 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So where's the change IP address wizard?

There are times I think we need wizards to tell us there are wizards.  You know something that would say “You know..before you do that... you do realize we have a wizard for that?” The change IP address wizard is like that.  On Read More
posted Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:47 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Service pack - revisits

First off, a REMINDER that if you happen to load up Windows 2003 SP1, and you are a SBSer, you aren't done yet... right in that “Windows 2003 SP1“ page it says: Important If you are running Windows Small Business Server 2003, please Read More
posted Friday, August 26, 2005 7:25 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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If you have an OEM installation of SBS 2003, you must use a special procedure to install WSUS

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: If you have an OEM installation of SBS 2003, you must use a special procedure to install WSUS Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:13:33 -0700 From: Tim Elhajj (MSFT) Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs Read More
posted Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:01 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Slow logging into RWW?

So Jeff had a network where logging into a Terminal server box was really slow... but if he logged in with domain admin rights it was fast. So we were thinking at first that this was RWW into desktops..but it wasn't...it was RWW into a TS box...and Read More
posted Sunday, August 21, 2005 12:34 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So how to be pinged on IM about your server

From the mailbag today comes the question of how do I get 'pinged' on IM about by server.  Well technically, I'm getting 'pinged' by getting an email message on MSN Hotmail.  I use MSN 7 these days and it's my “hotmail” email Read More
posted Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:26 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So what do I call myself?

From the mailbag today comes the question of what do we call our domain name... and he wasn't talking about the .local issue mind you [which we should always do] but rather that internal box name so that should partnerships split, firms explode..whatever.. Read More
posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:32 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The case of the FFS

I have a problem coming up in my office... I can see it now.... we're not quite ready to be storing Excel and Word documents in a SQL database... okay... let's correctly put that sentence in the proper context shall we?  “I'M” not ready Read More
posted Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:01 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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It's raining

It's raining today.  Which normally isn't a bad thing at all and in fact I love rain...but ....well.. I should have done some maintenance on my car.  You see the windshield wiper blade is fraying and ...well...when you have nearly a month Read More
posted Monday, August 15, 2005 1:02 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Getting RID of that annoying wallpaper

I was remoting into a Dell OEM to test Sean's instructions [and yes, the work but I'd recommend that you put the data files on a D: or other drive] and got majorly slowed down by that annoying Dell wallpaper that takes forrrevver to resolve while you Read More
posted Sunday, August 14, 2005 1:43 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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MS05-039: Zotob.A Internet Worm -- In-the-wild

Fellow MVP Harry Waldron reports that first sightings of a virus/worm bundled up to take advantage of the recent security patches on Tuesday have been sighted: MS05-039: Zotob.A Internet Worm -- In-the-wild: http://msmvps.com/harrywaldron/archive/2005/08/14/62663.aspx Read More
posted Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:15 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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About that defraggin....

Apparently defragging is a hot topic because it got a ton of feedback including this gem from David... so ya might not wanna be quite to quick to defrag folks.... Don't forget that unless you've taken special steps to prevent it, defragging a Windows Read More
posted Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:39 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Blue Screen of Death with Symantec A/V 10

Blue screen error when Symantec AntiVirus 10 is installed From the listserves comes the report that on rare circumstance you might see a BSOD on machine getting Symantec 10 installed when.... Problems with older Symevent drivers Conflict with Roxio Read More
posted Monday, August 08, 2005 9:55 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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