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June 2004 - Posts
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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
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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
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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
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...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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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....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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Connect with Microsoft: http://www.connect-ms.com/mstps_attendee/downloads.html Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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...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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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[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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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