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July 2004 - Posts
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XP sp2 is coming. And if a program doesn't work as it should, go to the manufacturers site and get an update. In today's CNN it talked about how Norton needs an update to work with XP sp2. I think it's key that we test before we roll Read More
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-025.mspx
The long awaited patch for the issues of late. Start testing and patching!
If you have XP sp2, your local zones are already in “protected” state and thus you do Read More
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David Hibbeln pinged me this morning that Robert Hensing started a blog. Who? You ask? Security Dude at Microsoft. That's who. Good stuff. Subscribed! He does the Security Incident Response stuff at Microsoft. Read More
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I'm down in Los Angeles visiting with my girlfriend and her nine year old little boy is demonstrating his UC Irvine Tech Camp project. He worked on MAC computers to do digital photography and then worked on developing a game. The camp runs Read More
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327644 - How to configure licensing on an additional Windows server in an SBS network: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327644
324958 - How To Block Open SMTP Relaying and Clean Up Exchange Server SMTP Queues on SBS: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324958 Read More
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839503 - "Connection Error: 10057” error message when you try to connect to the Lacerte Web site or to download updates of the Lacerte Tax program in SBS 2000 or in SBS 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839503 Read More
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Office 2003 sp1 just hit the download site today
Office 2003 sp1 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9c51d3a6-7cb1-4f61-837e-5f938254fc47
Visio - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=afca0578-e1fb-4540-b0cc-ff83def61cc6 Read More
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Does your server have 4 gig of RAM?
Today a poster asked if we SBSers need to follow this KB or not:
823440 - You Must Use the /3GB Switch When You Install Exchange Server 2003 on a Windows Server 2003-Based System: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=823440 Read More
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I saw that they announced the name of the next Star Wars movie “Revenge of the Sith”. Just putting everyone on notice now. I will be in Newport Beach at the Big Newport movie theater with a bunch of my friends next May. Read More
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...with Google being affected by the Mydoom virus. Must have Google... can't live without google.... can't newsgroup without google.... can't GOOGLE without google!!
While last weeks bagel was a real “stupid computer user” virus [like Read More
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The other day I posted in a link to a SBS chat coming up in August and initially the link had extra “stuff” in the html that I didn't realize. Now I know why. Once again, the EHLO blog explains why when I copied the html code that Read More
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I write articles for my local business journal as well as for the AICPA Infotech newsletter and they needed an article for the September/October edition. PERFECT TIMING! Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that XP Service Pack Read More
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If they ever ask to see my Amazon.com book purchases they are going to see hacker books, computer books, and my latest purchases... a bunch of Sharepoint books. I just finished an online training class and definitely my interest was peaked Read More
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=09b835ee-16e5-4961-91b8-2200ba31ea37
An addin to Outlook to quickly search all of your email, contacts, calendar, and filesystem.
And I added TAZ's blog link at the bottom of my page. He Read More
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A buddy of mine called me the other day saying that he kept losing connection to the server and “Quickbooks” would barf on him and was there anything he could do about it. Oh yeah. As part of my “three things I always do Read More
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Scripting webcast week
So Scoble says that his wife's new job as a MSDN webcast host, they hosted over 4,000 in attendance at the Scripting webcasts. Wow. One of my fellow MVPs attended [Steven Teiger [no “h”] and got this Read More
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“One nic [network card] is better than two nics“
“A hardware firewall is better than a software firewall“
I was reminded by these “mine is better than yours” by a post by Rory. He starts out by relating Read More
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<< The SBS Newsgroups Posting FAQ >>The following tips are designed to help you get the fastest and most appropriate answer to your questions. Following these tips will help us to help you.===================================================- Read More
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Just a reminder to folks running with ISA Server 2000....
You must reinstall ISA Server SP2 after you do any of the following:
· Add or remove ISA Server components · Read More
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SBS 2003 End User ExperienceJoin Microsoft experts on August 5, 2004 to discuss tips, techniques, and best practices for the SBS 2003 End User Experience. The topics include Remote Web Workplace, SBS intranet (Windows SharePoint Services) and Office Outlook Read More
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“In Exchange 2003 sp1, out of the box, we do not write any badmails” WOW. In today's EHLO blog posting, Philip Chan indicates a change in the way that Exchange 2003 sp1 operates. As it stands now I personally just dump the Read More
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Noticed the following two KBs come out in advance of XP sp2. Kewl. Vendors who are stepping up to the bat before XP sp2 hits the streets. In a listserve I'm on a guy says “once you step outside the business world and start talking Read More
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...or so it seems to most of the Tech writers out there. Well I know that I'm planning to have a traning session at the office once it releases to show people how to use the pop up windows stopper, add web sites to it, show how to web sites to trusted Read More
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RSS. Unless you are living under a rock you've heard about RSS. Today I spotted this....
Glen's Exchange Dev Blog: Public folder RSS Feed Event sink: http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2004/06/public-folder-rss-feed-event-sink.html
Definitely Read More
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SBS
843539 - You cannot use Outlook Web Access with forms-based authentication and you receive a Store.exe e-mail alert message: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=843539
839499 - You cannot open file shares or Group Policy snap-ins when you disable Read More
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ONLINE EVENTSSBS Live Chathttp://www.mcpmag.com/chats/Tuesday7/20/04 - 4:00 PM(16:00 PST) #MCPmag SBS Live! Andy Goodman Read More
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SBS Release Manager Charles Anthe posts in his blog to “ feel free to post comments/questions if you like” and that “I'd like to think of this as an opportunity for dialogue with people who are interested in SBS “ The ability Read More
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Did everyone see this? Trend and HP will be partnering to pre-load Trend on SBS boxes sold by HP. Kewl! Remember the 1-2-3 Protect your PC campaign? We got the Firewall. This provides the Antivirus bundle. Now we only Read More
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Driving in the taxi from the Airport, I drove by the Alexis Park Hotel and Resort. So THAT's what it looks like 'eh? So why is that of interest to me? Because Alexis Park is the venue for Defcon the annual Hacker convention. HD Read More
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To stick that IE shortcut toolbar on my laptop. I'm in the Fresno Air Terminal [yes, it's called FAT] for a weekend business trip [but not a geek trip] to Las Vegas so I can't type long as the Plane just arrived.
Note to self, email the Read More
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So an SBSer asked in the newsgroups tonight for some arguments as to why 98 is more secure than XP as telling the client “it's not supported for certain security patches“ wasn't cutting it anymore with the client.....
Oh stand back folks... Read More
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Charlie Anthe posts today that they are planning to put the SBSized adjustment to the group policy on Windows Update and the plan is to push it out around the release of XP sp2. Remember of prior blog where we indicated that Xp sp2 should be out Read More
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Of the security bulletins today, only one states for certain that it needs a restart the others are “may not“
The one that needs a restart is SBS 4.5.Today 13 July 2004, Microsoft is releasing 7 security updates for newly discovered vulnerabilities Read More
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The "Messaging Backup and Restore at Microsoft" technical case study is available
Microsoft has released a technical case study of a messaging backup and restore solution that used Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. The Operations and Technology Group (OTG) Read More
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Don't forget that you still need the “255 patch“ ahead of timeDownload details: ISA Server 2000: Required Updates for Windows Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=77d89f87-5205-4779-b1ab-fc338283b2d9&displaylang=e Read More
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Third party solutions!
http://www.pcmicro.com/dialoutserver/
http://www.spartacom.com/
Remember though the reason they took it out is that it's a Security issue to have modem sharing in a server...remember Secure by Design, Secure by Default, Secure Read More
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Well I got a pleasant surprise today to find that Amazon.com shipped the book “Assessing Network Security” by Kevin Lam, David LeBlanc and Ben Smith.
Very nice book on network security, auditing. One that, while not exactly SBSized, Read More
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Get ready folks, XP sp2 is coming soon. Mary Jo Foley and the rest of the press indicates that XP sp2 will be coming out in August. Remember for the SBS 2003 platform, there is currently in place a group policy that shuts off the internal Read More
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Once again all the folks that are at WWPC are all having fun and not reporting back ... so in their absence here are some blog posts of interest --
Joe Wilcox talks about the kick off
Sonjay Parthasarathy on Smart Client
Simon Witts on “Enterprise Read More
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How soon before a Bobble head shows up on ebay?MICROSOFT Tries To Buddy Up To ISVs
Information Week - USA
... To entice its employees to participate in the program, Microsoft is
handing out bobble-head dolls of senior VP Eric Rudder, the executive Read More
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Exchange
843363 - List of bugs that are fixed in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=843363841995 - The Always-up-to-date Notifications feature may not work with mobile devices in Exchange Server 2003 SP1: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=841995867628 Read More
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Yesterday I blogged about RSS and Exchange and at the end of the post I talked about how the 16 gig limit on Exchange should be lifted. Today I'm adding on to my “in charge of the Universe” wish list.....
One stop patch page for Read More
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Catching up a bit on RSS feeds tonight [remind me to set up that feature in Newsgator that allows you to sync feeds] and KC Lemson points to the Exchange page getting ready for RSS feeds and points to the Community page who points to the new Blog home Read More
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Starting Sunday some of my pals will be in Toronto for the Worldwide Partner Conference.
If your are in the neighborhood look for some SBS MVPs who will probably be at these events.....if you see anyone wearing a SBS MVP polo shirt... tell them Read More
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Went to Continuing Education class today and the class was excellent. It was a CPE course on auditing and I threw out some comments about fraud and Benford's Analysis which is a process whereby you can do data analysis on a series of numbers and Read More
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http://news.com.com/Ballmer%3A+Microsoft+needs+better+sales+pitch/2100-7343_3-5259001.html?tag=nefd.top
"We must also work to change a number of customer perceptions, including the views that older versions of Office and Windows are good enough, Read More
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The Secunia.com web site is an excellent resource for Vulnerability and patch information by product. Nice search engine, nice graphics, cool information. There's still a need for a place, a product that will patch EVERYTHING on the Small Read More
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Kevin includes on his blog information about Front Page Extensions... check it out... Read More
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SBS
838429 - The "My Company's Internal Web Site" link on the default Web site Welcome page does not work when you connect to the site over the Internet in Windows SBS 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=838429838431 - You receive an error message Read More
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In the Small Business Server world.. let's face it.... we're cheap. Okay I'll admit it. Even though I've gotten the credit card out myself and paid for the $245 PSS support call, the first time I did it, it was like $245? For a phone Read More
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The news is buzzing out the US-CERT/Department of Homeland Security said to stop using Internet Explorer.
Hello? It's like the last option at the bottom of the recommended page....
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713878
The rest of the Read More
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A question that comes up in the newsgroup is how do you buy licenses for the Small Business Server 2003?
Well first off, understand that the Server package itself, either 4 cdroms if SBS 2003 Standard or six cdroms if Premium [includes the ISA/SQL disk Read More
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Instructions for scanning and deploying the recently announced ADODB.stream patch 877069
Microsoft has released a critical update to protect systems against a recent Internet
threat. Adodb.stream provides a method for reading and writing files on Read More
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Today Microsoft released an update which resolves several issues that occurafter Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 is installed onMicrosoft Windows Small Business Server 2003. Currently only the Englishand German versions are available. Read More
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Per Thor's posting on NTbugtraq ~If you are curious about what this configuration change might be, it is a
registry entry that sets the killbit on the ADODB.Stream ActiveX object. There
is a Knowledge Base article detailing how to manually implement Read More
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So Wayne spotted a new book coming out in September. “How to Cheat at Managing Small Business Server 2003”
It's billed as
If running a Windows Small Business Server 2003 network is just one of your many job responsibilities, this Read More
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Javier pointed out that we apparently are now “legal” for getting Entourage with our SBS 2003.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/howtobuy/pricing.mspx"Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac is not shipped with Windows Small Read More
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J. Wright has an interesting blog post that I'm reading from the TechEdBloggers site. It's about ISA 2004 and how the death of the DMZ in ISA 2004 ~
“Death of the DMZ is a debate evangelised by Steve Riley which basically implies that firewalls Read More
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If you didn't get your copy - here's the link to the annual review of Microsoft's spam actions -
Executive E-Mail: Preserving and Enhancing the Benefits of Email — A Progress Report: http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2004/06-28antispam.asp Read More
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The listserve I'm on from the Center for Internet Security has this posting yesterday and I forgot to stick it up here. NIST has some good guidance. Not SBSized but still food for thought nonetheless...... NIST has completed Read More
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