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You asked for it... we GOT IT.... new SBS family member

Just got the word that we have a new SBS family member:   Part # T75-00644 - SBS Premium Step Up w/ 5CALs through Open Value. ERP: $1,367  is launching tomorrow. This is the SKU that will convert any customer with SBS Standard w/SA to SBS Read More
posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:12 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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Tomorrow I work on earning my "Strawberry milkshake"

I've almost got the last part of my Patch Management book done and I'm about to the part where I'm going to earn my Strawberry Milkshake.  I'm sure you are saying...”say what?”.  You see, Anne and I bet the guys at Ecora that we Read More
posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:03 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Yes, that was another Earthquake

One of the things about living in California that you have to get used to is the ground moving.  You see I live on the North American plate along with San Francisco and Steve Lai [and I think Steven Banks up in Seattle is on my plate as Read More
posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 12:35 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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From today's mailbag... Ron asks about backups

Ron via Yahoo.com writes to “via E-Bitz:”  “I am looking for a decent solution for backing up a SBS 2003 Server with about 30 GB of user data.  The current Seagate Travan system is both slow and unreliable.  (Lifetime Read More
posted Wednesday, September 29, 2004 6:34 PM by bradley | 11 Comments
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But, wait... they don't have security in the first place?

Overview - Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/threatmi.mspx I could say this in one sentence..... "Threat mitigation for NT and 98 consists of killing them off" and then once we kill them Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:33 PM by bradley | 4 Comments

Six degrees from Brett to Bernard to Minasi

So I'm looking at Brett Hill's IIS blog and he points to Benard's IIS blog for a SMTP IIS diagnostic tool.  Hmmm... I think that would work on our boxes....Interesting...... Also last nite on the Minasi forum I found this cool script for server Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:25 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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I'm really bummed

It just dawned on me that I did exactly what I didn't want to do.  First of October will be the anniversary of the official launch of SBS 2003.  And I still remember posting in the newsgroup when someone posted last year that they were Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 11:15 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So I'm trying NOT to freak out here

Boss/partner brings in his HP laptop so I can upgrade it to Windows XP sp2.  [It's the really cool HP with the built in ten key that all us bean counters go ooooohhhhhhhhhh]  So I boot it up to begin the upgrade process and there's a spysware Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:37 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Got Trend updated, Got Scanmail updated, but somehow my dat file on my workstation says ???

So tonight because I'm still on the old server here, and I'm updating OfficeScan and Scanmail to the latest upgraded versions.  As I earlier blogged, Trend needs an updated engine to handle the new dat file numbering.  Well when I got back to Read More
posted Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:46 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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What is a pain, but I love it? SA that's what!

Just got an update email about Software Assurance.  You know the program we all love to hate?  And you know what, for all of it's annoyances I would still argue it's worth it for my cold server rights and the future of Windows 2003 R2.  Read More
posted Monday, September 27, 2004 10:08 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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IF YOU ARE RUNNING TRENDMICRO - AND YOUR PATTERN FILE IS 980 YOU ARE OUT OF DATE

ENSURE THAT YOU UPDATE YOUR INSTALLATION TO HANDLE VIRUS DAT FILES AFTER 980http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm HOVER OVER THE BLUE DOT IN THE CORNER, IF IT SAYS “980“ YOU ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF THIS HOTFIX/SERVICE PACK. Read More
posted Monday, September 27, 2004 7:23 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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You do know about www.eventid.net right?

Sometimes I take it for granted that people know about one of my favorite web sites, eventid.net it has saved me countless hours of searching and frustration time and time again.  Having issues?  Go drill into the event viewer and your Read More
posted Sunday, September 26, 2004 11:41 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Dear SBS OEM install

There is one thing we hate about your install.  You put everything on one harddrive when best practices say to separate the OS from the Exchange to the SQL.  So what do my fellow SBS MVPs consultants do with that lovely 15 minute install? Read More
posted Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:29 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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I gotta start playing more with my Tablet PC

I was checking the blogs tonight and found this add on that adds ink/tablet pc functions to Outlook.  Ohh very cool.  Anne blogs about updates and add ons to One Note.  I was talking to a co-worker who was wanting to buy a laptop for there Read More
posted Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:16 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Want to roll out sp2 rather than sp1 to the workstations?

http://msmvps.com/cgross/archive/2004/09/24/14251.aspx Chad points to the new update that allows workstations to get sp2 rather than sp1 when they /connectcomputer to the server And he points to the info you need to put the file on the server in the Read More
posted Saturday, September 25, 2004 9:15 PM by bradley | 6 Comments
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SBS KBs of interest

875422 - "The wizard cannot set the DHCP scope options" error message when you run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard in Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875422 Read More
posted Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:29 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The Spaghetti in my Family Room

I was taking a break from working on the Patch Management book to put my Stereo/TV/DVD system back together after we took it apart to install tile in the family room floor.  Right now it looks like I have black, red spaghetti all over the place with Read More
posted Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:08 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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War-Train-ing anyone?

On the train back from San Jose [well bus first then train actually] I’m sitting across from two young guys who suddenly discovered that they can set up an adhoc wireless connection between the two laptops that they have.  Me being..well…me… Read More
posted Friday, September 24, 2004 10:35 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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Check your antivirus settings

There are several GDIPlus.dll's vulns out there and as was mentioned on my of the listserves, make sure your antivirus is not “just” scanning some files, but ALL files.  Ensure that your A/V is tweaked to scan the jpgs as well [at least] Read More
posted Friday, September 24, 2004 7:37 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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RBLs blacklisting and hotel rooms..... oh and blogs... [what else?]

So I'm in a hotel in San Jose.  Nice hotel and all that and realize that my emails that I've sent aren't getting delivered to a list serve that I'm a member of.   “That's weird”, I'm thinking.  Well thanks to some detective Read More
posted Friday, September 24, 2004 7:31 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Well that will be a short webcast....

Start web cast RUN IT! End web cast. Yeah that ought to sum it up. Small Business Server 2003 Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard [October 26, 2004, 2:00-3:00 PM PDT] Join Microsoft experts to discuss how the SBS 2003 Configure E-mail Read More
posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:33 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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An email from Scott Schnell

  September 23, 2004   Dear Susan,   Thank you for writing to me to share your concerns regarding the need for strong authentication in the small business market sector, and the difficulties very small businesses have in justifying Read More
posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:23 AM by bradley | 2 Comments
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SMBNation vendors....so what was the one that did ....?

Ofer from San Diego on the listserve just asked who the vendor was at SMBnation for multiple server monitoring that looked really promising [and took the time to talk to SBSers] Level Platforms http://www.levelplatforms.com/ was the vendor Read More
posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:23 AM by bradley | 4 Comments
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SBS 2003 Admin book author has web cast on XP SP2

While this is more for the home user crowd, Charlie is SBS via proxy [he was one of the authors in the SBS 2k3 admin book] Live Webcast: MVP Charlie Russel on How to Get and Install Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=886357 Read More
posted Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:36 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Tilting and Windmills and Ants and Rubbertrees

I said to someone the other day that it's a good day when I can do a little “tilting at windmills”.  You know... an impossible dream that becomes a bit more possible.  In SBSland we get little windmills toppled over all the time... Read More
posted Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:27 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Tool to assist in clearing out one particular malware that blocks xp sp2 installs

Download details: Adware T.V. Media Removal Tool (KB 886590): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=f94e8b27-b656-45cd-9668-73134a18231b&displaylang=en Read More
posted Wednesday, September 22, 2004 9:42 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Exchange tool on "best practices" released to the web

The “Mad Blogger” posts that the Exchange Server Best Practices Analysis Tool just got posted to the web [again if you are signed up for the EHLO blog you'd know this already  ;-) I haven't tried it yet on my SBS box but it looks pretty Read More
posted Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:42 PM by bradley | 6 Comments
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Sean says I bought my washing machine too soon...

Over on Gizmodo.com they have a story about a new washing machine can read tags on clothing and instruct the  user on how to wash the clothes.  Okay are they going to have one that also hangs up my clothes?  Now if you had THAT one I'd Read More
posted Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:04 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Over on the EHLO blog the IMF Archive version 2 has been released

Just a heads up that the IMF Archive Manager Version 2 has been released and is being talked about on the EHLO blog.   Read More
posted Monday, September 20, 2004 11:05 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Are you aligned with your IT?

Chris Frasier posted this interesting article to a listserve....And it brings up the interesting point of who makes IT decisions. http://www.forbes.com/2004/08/24/cx_ld_0824itspending.html The problem, according to Bain, is that many companies are simply Read More
posted Monday, September 20, 2004 9:14 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Active Directory Week - September 27-October 1

From September 27 to October 1, Microsoft will be running a series of 15 webcasts focused on AD, ranging from a basic intro to the benefits of AD, to deployment considerations, to how to secure and optimize existing AD deployments. The Read More
posted Monday, September 20, 2004 9:02 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Just a reminder -- those email reports miscount.

867457 - The View Usage Report tool may report many e-mail messages in Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867457I wanted to showcase a KB that came out. The reports miscount.  Don't freak.  Disregard Read More
posted Monday, September 20, 2004 8:32 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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GDIPlus.dll update ... antivirus companies will be scanning for it

This morning I came into the office and my Trend antivirus on my local machine had the tale-tell red box indicating that it had found a virus on my workstation during the overnight scan.  First.  One should NEVER see that box on your desktop.  Read More
posted Monday, September 20, 2004 7:14 PM by bradley | 2 Comments

So what Pixie dust did you "take away" from SMBnation?

So in the comment section... post in what the best thing you “took away” from SMBnation? What pixie dust stuck on your clothing to take back to your business? Tavis posts his here.  What's yours?  Stick them in the comment section Read More
posted Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:25 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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SBS Kb's this week

875421 - "An error occurred while configuring a component" error message when you run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard in Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875421875432 - Third-party fax program Read More
posted Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:47 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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A review of our new community page

I just noticed our new SBS community page and here's my review: The Good: New RSS feed for SBS specific downloads - EXCELLENT The Bad: The page indicating the SBS blogs.  KC's blog is listed but not Charlie Anthe's or the EHLO blog.  And Read More
posted Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:44 PM by bradley | 7 Comments
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If the washer starts saying "I'm sorry Susan, I can't do that", we're in big trouble

Today I was finally able to do a load of laundry.  I had to wait to watch a DVD first.  Seriously.  We got these new front loading washing machine and dryer and it comes with an instructional DVD.  So now I'm in laundry geek mode.  Read More
posted Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:15 PM by bradley | 5 Comments
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Just when I think they get it......

To whom it may concern at MSPress [you know, the book arm at Microsoft]  You guys need another Security Book. There's a security phrase that the marketing department at Microsoft uses.  [Yes, the "dark side" as I call them] SD cubed plus Read More
posted Friday, September 17, 2004 6:33 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Once upon a time....

Once upon a time I had a SBS 4.0 box.  A consultant came in and installed this box and screwed it up.  Didn't know about the wizards, didn't understand the “tao of SBS” and I was a reasonable inquisitive person that went looking Read More
posted Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:45 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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I'm an e-author now!

So I'm an ebook author now.  I normally write technical articles for the AICPA Infotech newsletter and for various other CPA industry tech newsletters but I'm now an “Ebook” author.  Anne Stanton and I are doing a book on Patch Read More
posted Thursday, September 16, 2004 12:34 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Thoughts after SMBNation

As I'm here at the office patching the computers for the GPIPlus.dll issue [04-028] with my Shavlik I figured I'd type up some thoughts of this weekend at SMBNation.  Harry Brelsford had advertised it as “Return to the Mothership” and Read More
posted Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Windows Update and ISA - Revisited

UPDATED WITH THIS KB:   http://support.microsoft.com/?id=885819 I just reposted the workaround for the Windows Update and ISA Server issue There's one more step that has been added to fix XP sp2 machines  Ensure Internet Explorer Read More
posted Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:04 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Security Bulletins for today

Bulletin Summaries: September Summaryhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms04-sep.mspx Critical Bulletins: MS04-028 - Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing (GDI+) Could Allow CodeExecution (833987)http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-028.mspx Read More
posted Tuesday, September 14, 2004 11:21 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Remember Dana, I said you weren't normal.....

Dana blogs that he's delayed his rollout of SBS 2k3 because he can't do what he wants to do with the existing ISA 2000.  Well I said from the get-go that he wasn't the  "normal" SBSer.  At the present time, we SBSers are NOT specifically Read More
posted Monday, September 13, 2004 6:49 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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SMB nation day three - part two

Anne brings a huge point... small business are many times less then ten people, and even less than 5 people.  And every chance you get to ensure that you build those relatinships between yourself and your customers. More later but Jeff wants to Read More
posted Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:24 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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SMB Nation day three

In the Small Business Server Service Pack 1 presenatation as presented by Charlie Anthe, SBS Release Manager As he is indicating there are numerous service packs are being released for SBS components, but they are NOT replacing the individual service Read More
posted Sunday, September 12, 2004 1:40 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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SMB Nation day two - part two

Eugene Ho at SMB nation just said that ISA 2004 would be available for Premium only customers [like duh on that one of course] and it would be available for shipping/fulfillment costs only [snail mail one cost, express mail a higher costs] So that's Read More
posted Saturday, September 11, 2004 11:34 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Day Two SMBNation

Day two of SMBnation is sort of a continuation of day one of SMBnation.  The gals are still up chatting.  So if we're a bit tired tomorrow, be nice to us.  Dean Paron and Alan Billharz will start off tomorrow.... uh...today's presenation.  Read More
posted Saturday, September 11, 2004 2:38 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Day one SMBNation

Richard from TrendMicro is presenting on Trend Micro's antivirus and anti spam solution and content filtering.  He is just now talking about the November release of preinstall Trend on HP ProLiant Servers with SBS 2003.  The install witll be Read More
posted Friday, September 10, 2004 11:44 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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United 506 you are cleared for takeoff……

Comes the voice over the headphones and within a hair of a second I hear the engines of the Jet power up and we start rolling down the runway.  I’m typing this on my slowly dying battery laptop [note to self recharge before getting on plane] Read More
posted Friday, September 10, 2004 1:55 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So maybe three computers in carry-on bags is normal?

Here I am on the t-mobile in SF Airport the first stop on the way to San Francisco and at least I got though the first part [and hardest part] of the trip.  Getting three [yes, three] computers stuffed into two carryon bags.  You see I'm bringing Read More
posted Thursday, September 09, 2004 7:46 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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NEW SBS User group in Phoenix

Michael Cocanower pings me and asks if I can announce that he's scheduled their first meeting for November 10, 2004 at thePhoenix Microsoft Office:2929 North Central Avenue, Suite 1400Phoenix, AZ  85012Here is the registration link If you are Read More
posted Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:34 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Alternative to SBS

So Anthony sent me a link of an article about “alternative to SBS“.  I guess when they start writing about “alternatives“ that means the platform is successful?  There's a couple of things in the article that I question Read More
posted Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:00 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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Dear Mr. Schnell:

Dear Scott Schnell: My name is Susan Bradley and I'm a Small Business Server owner.  I'm also very interested in security and protection of my clients' data on my system.  I have friends who work in industries that also need to protect data Read More
posted Monday, September 06, 2004 11:10 AM by bradley | 5 Comments
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I didn't know Lookout could do THAT!

So I was reindexing the LookOut tool bar in Outlook on my Acer tablet [purchased refurbished I might add] and realized that it can also search “my documents' and even search placed on a network?  I'll have to try that at the office.  The Read More
posted Monday, September 06, 2004 2:03 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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KBs of Interest

875420 - How to enable Live Communication Server traffic through ISA Server 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=875420838906 - You may be disconnected when you connect a Windows XP-based computer to a remote server through a VPN, and you use an external Read More
posted Sunday, September 05, 2004 11:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Want the internal POP in Outlook to be first before the Exchange account?

Personally  I like the server to be the pop puller but if you MUST have both Exchange and POP collecting in your client's Outlook 2003 At the client, create the following registry key:Location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\SmallBusinessServer\ClientSetupName: Read More
posted Sunday, September 05, 2004 10:43 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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SMB Nation countdown

I'm flying in Thursday night and I'm checking the weather report for SMBnation.  Looks like during the event just a little bit of rain but Wayne reports that he was walking around Pike's Market with just short sleeves [and jeans and shoes of course]  Read More
posted Sunday, September 05, 2004 10:08 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Top things you CAN'T do with a SBS box

While you can do a lot of things with a SBS box, there's some things you CAN'T DO with a SBS box... this post is going to be unusual for the “cup is half full” person that I am..... 1.  You can't make the mail come in via the pop connector Read More
posted Sunday, September 05, 2004 8:03 PM by bradley | 8 Comments
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Issue with the V5 version of Windows update and ISA Server

UPDATED - CLICK HERE http://support.microsoft.com/?id=885819 We're seeing issues with computers being able to get to Windows update if they are on the v5 platform:  Here is the info you will need: Windows Update on the v5 platform which Read More
posted Saturday, September 04, 2004 2:32 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Netscan, Usenet, newsgroups and Marc Smith

Microsoft hires a Sociologist by the name of Marc Smith to track the online community of Microsoft newsgroups and Usenet.  Microsoft also has an online tool called Netscan that scans the entire Usenet.  Now normally this database takes a while Read More
posted Saturday, September 04, 2004 12:52 AM by bradley | 3 Comments
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This is going to be a typical geek trip..

If you've been following the blog, you know that I'm going to Seattle the end of next week and will be at smbnation.com I can tell already that this will be a typical geek trip where I'm going to be worrying more about forgetting power cords than clothes.  Read More
posted Saturday, September 04, 2004 12:17 AM by bradley | 1 Comments
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So what's the CEICW anyway?

825763 - How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=825763 CEICW... the wizard formerly known as ICW It stands for “Configure Email and Internet Connection wizard“.  Read More
posted Friday, September 03, 2004 6:33 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Step by Step tutorials on the Download site this afternoon

Download details: Step by Step Tutorials: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ffd66071-99cf-494d-844b-c03b35874a9a&displaylang=en Read More
posted Friday, September 03, 2004 4:52 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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If after applying the Sharepoint SP1 service pack you are getting HTTP 500 or 0x80040E14 error

Follow this guidance: 841216 - "0x80040E14" or "HTTP 500" error message when you connect to your Windows SharePoint Services Web site after you install a Windows SharePoint Services service pack: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=841216 Read More
posted Friday, September 03, 2004 3:56 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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"Stepto" on the Microsoft Security Resource Center

Some cool videos were posted up to the Channel 9 video center - enjoy! Stephen Toulouse - Introduction to Microsoft's security response center Stephen Toulouse - How do we protect against phishing attacks? Stephen Toulouse - What is a virus? Stephen Read More
posted Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:17 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Windows Update v5 and ISA server in egress mode

I'm hearing reports and can confirm that the Windows update [version 5] the new one that is used with XP sp2 is having a bit of issues with authenticated firewalls like our ISA server when you have it in what I call my “Susan paranoid egress filtering Read More
posted Thursday, September 02, 2004 10:09 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Oui Oui SUS

If suddenly your SUS server is speaking French and German it's because the .NET framework update was pushed out automatically in several languages in the thought that the .NET can be applied on any native language box according to the reports from the Read More
posted Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:59 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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XP sp2 - the components you need to enable the firewall inside your network

If you cannot adjust the firewall on your XP sp2 it's because you haven't applied the “fix” to allow us SBSers to adjust the firewall:  First you need this:   Download details: Update for Windows Small Business Server 2003: Read More
posted Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:56 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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I can so relate to this daily diary post.....

I have as my home page the web site for Incidents.org as it normally gives me a heads up on issues that are occuring on the Internet.  Today's posting was about hardware issues.  I can SO relate to this posting.  Yesterday I had to “zap” Read More
posted Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:58 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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FOLLOW THE WIZARDS! PLEASE!

Okay I'm still in “recovery mode” from my run in with an ADAPTEC raid 5 and zapping drives [blog post on that next] so when Norman emailed me a link this this article it just really shot me over the edge. An article about Small Read More
posted Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:40 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Microsoft partner and Action pack Subscriber? Please send feedback!

One of the very nice benefits of being even a “peon” in the Microsoft partner program [registered and not even certified or Gold certified] is that you can participate in program where you get a ton of Microsoft software for a VERY reasonable Read More
posted Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:21 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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So it's the desktops, stupid....

I get this call today from an Attorney in my town asking for my advice regarding a couple of network bids he's gotten and one is pushing Novell 6.5 [not the Linux kernel] and he's worried about the long term-ness of Novell.  I don't blame him.  Read More
posted Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:03 AM by bradley | 0 Comments
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