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Saturday, September 30, 2006 6:24 PM

Upgrading to SQL 2005 workgroup from SQL 2000

When upgrading from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 workgroup there's a couple of things you should read up ahead of time... the first being the "official" upgrade guide . the second is the "Susan" version of the document that just covers
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Friday, September 29, 2006 9:05 PM

Things Susan learned while blowing up her server on a Friday night

First off... just to let everyone know that one can change themes on a Sharepoint that's backended by SQL 2005 as is evidenced by this view: http://www.sbslinks.com/shareview.htm . There was a question in the newsgroup that pointed to a old blog post
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Friday, September 29, 2006 5:14 PM

Migrating from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005

Migrate a SHAREPOINT Instance of SQL Server 2000 The steps to migrate the SHAREPOINT SQL Server 2000 instance are nearly identical to the steps to migrate the SHAREPOINT WMSDE instance to SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. Use the following procedure
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Friday, September 29, 2006 6:53 AM

Another day... another mitigation

New advisory -- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/926043.mspx Group policy once again to the rescue -- http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2006/09/29/Set-KillBit-on-Arbitrary-ActiveX-Controls-with-Group-Policy.aspx Here we
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Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:48 PM

WGA and need to change a product key?

http://blogs.technet.com/backroom/archive/2006/09/28/459832.aspx If you have a box that needs a product key changed to make it WGA compliant, the System Builder guys point to a WGA tool website. (and I still down know what was in that WGA update, yesterday,
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Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:01 PM

The Sky is falling Podcast

The "Sky is Falling" Podcast is up for the month -- Resources for the Podcast this month: September security bulletins - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-sep.mspx September security advisories - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/default.mspx
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:49 PM

SBS in a home?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/10/SBS/default.aspx You betcha! I have it here and use it as my test bed for many things. Check it out! Pretty cool! (update) Check out Dr. J's (one of the authors) take on SBS in a home http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2006/09/28/New-Article_3A00_-SBS-At-Home.aspx
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:17 PM

Quickbooks and Networking

The other day on one of the listserves, the question came up about finetuning networking in Quickbooks. http://www.quickbooks.com/support/networking/ First off start there... as it's the best place to ensure that you are following the latest and greatest
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006 11:59 AM

Communication 101

As a customer, as a consumer, as a shareholder I expect a certain level of communication. And today during the 06-055 Security webcast I received a "communication" that the WGA tool was updated. Mind you this is a "non security update"
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:33 PM

No more mascara rants

To all blog readers: You will be happy to know that there will be no more airline rants about the fact that I cannot take mascara in carry on luggage. http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#1 From now on I can.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:45 PM

SBSC webcast

I hear from folks that there were people in the SBSC quarterly webcast that were not SBSCers. Folks... let's be up front about this shall we? This was not " intro to SBSC " or " why you want to be a SBSCer " webcast, this was "
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 7:28 PM

Vendors and Ports

I was chatting with Marina today (you know M of the M&M's of www.smallbizserver.net and all that) and she had a client using software from www.netop.com for remote control...and the vendor indicates that the software requires inbound port 80.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 12:02 PM

IE zero day patch is out

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-055 - Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925486) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-055.mspx The zero day IE patch is now released but it's very important
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Monday, September 25, 2006 7:37 PM

Don't panic

Thanks Tim! Tim reported earlier a bug in the " how to block VML using ISA 2004/2006 " and it looks like it should work just fine now without any editing. So class, what are our options? Don't panic Use " how to block VML using ISA
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Monday, September 25, 2006 6:21 PM

Look for the October TechNet Magazine

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/10/default.aspx#Small%20Business%20Server As there's an article in there about running SBS in a home setting. I just got my paper copy to day but the online one should be up there soon... keep
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Monday, September 25, 2006 12:06 PM

Lacerte won't support Vista

"Just a FYI, Lacerte announced that they will not support MS Vista for Tax Year 2006. See link below: http://www.lacertesoftware.com/products/tax/sysreq.aspx We typically "lock down" our systems before the end of this year for the tax season.
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Sunday, September 24, 2006 5:59 PM

CA antivirus install guide

CA antivirus installation guide -- for those that got a SBSC CA antivirus kit and you are reading through the install instructions and not quite getting it.... here's some SBSized instructions from Jeff Demsey on exactly how to do just that: http://abc-solutions.org/Documents/How%20to%20Install%20-%20Rev.%20A.pdf
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Sunday, September 24, 2006 3:19 PM

So where does a Partner turn?

A registered Microsoft partner had an issue with his Action pack version of Windows XP... it said it was not valid and set off a WGA notification... and while I applaud Microsoft for their efforts in trying to clean out the scum of the world who rip off
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Sunday, September 24, 2006 11:13 AM

Meeting invites and Sonicwall firewalls

(Mind you I don't run a Sonicwall but picked this up from the listserves) So someone was having problems where the calendar invites wouldn't work. Would work for some of their clients but not others.... the reason? The Sonicwall. The Sonicwall
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Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:30 AM

Microsoft SBSC Quarterly Webcast: September 26

Microsoft SBSC Quarterly Webcast: September 26 Participate in the next Microsoft Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC) quarterly webcast to hear the latest on the "Grow Your Small Business Together" strategy and offer your feedback. Join
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 12:02 PM

Dallas Fort Worth Small Business Server Group

You know... this might be reason enough to move to Texas.... this is absolutely fabulous event in Texas.. we met the gang in Texas earlier this year and had great fun! Dallas Fort Worth Small Business Server Group September 28, 2006 Meeting Business Session:
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 9:54 AM

More folks brought up on Piracy charges

At Microsoft, we are committed to continuing to file enforcement actions against unscrupulous resellers who distribute counterfeit or infringing software or software components at the expense of legitimate channel partners. We have just filed another
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 9:24 AM

1-800-936-4900

I have called that number for free hotfixes so much that I have it memorized.... the one I'm calling about today? Error message when you use MMC 3.0: "MMC has detected error in a snap-in": http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=915797 When you
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Friday, September 22, 2006 6:28 PM

Evaluation of the Risks of IE VML exploit

I'm in risk evaluation mode right now......oooh the control thrill tonight..... do I Group Policy with Dr. J or ISA server block linked below ...... I think we'll go for Group Policy fun with Dr. J. We need to ensure we do more of that control
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Friday, September 22, 2006 12:24 PM

Back to Lacie's

Okay so about a week or so ago I ran out of space on my Lacie 160 gig usb 2.0 harddrives I was using as backup... and I went to the local computer store and they were out of Lacie's ... so I bought a Western Digital Big Book drive ... I mean drives
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:23 PM

Mobilize me!

So tonight at the SMBTNFresno meeting we set the agenda for the rest of the quarter and next month's meeting will be about mobility.. and here's the funny thing... I just heard about a VERY VERY cool event coming across the USA... focusing smack
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:17 PM

Trustworthy computing starts with me

http://www.incidents.org/diary.php?storyid=1720&isc=a3097ac5f650aec5a062e972a6ae4de5 SANS links to two vulnerability notices about " FolderShare " which is a sync folder tool free from Microsoft...and in full disclosure I use it here on
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Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:08 PM

Send this link to vendors still requiring admin rights

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ba73b169-a648-49af-bc5e-a2eebb74c16b&displaylang=en Details how to develop User Account Control (UAC) compliant applications for Windows Vista. If you have vendors that still need administrator
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:00 PM

SMBTN Fresno - Thursday

SMBTN Fresno will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. 1991 N. Gateway Fresno, CA Topics - SMBnation recap SBSC Quickbooks Patch Tuesday recap Backup solutions ..and more Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it!
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:04 PM

Server hardening Guide

For those of you at TechEd - here's a copy of the SBS Server Hardening guide -- Server hardening Guide for Small Businesses 1. Kill off Windows 98s, seriously, get rid of them in your network. 2. Use Passphrases, don't stick them on sticky notes,
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:47 PM

SBS CRM SBE Community cards

SBS - CRM community cards - given out at SMBnation CRM SBE Community Resources CRM Blogs http://thenorwichgroup.blogs.com/mscrm http://blogs.msdn.com/MidAtlanticCRM http://blogs.msdn.com/crm http://msmvps.com/crm http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak http://blogs.technet.com/microsoftcrm/
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:43 PM

Community links

This is a slightly older version as Chris Rue's blog is now at www.chrisrue.com SBS Blogs http://www.sbsdiva.com http://blogs.technet.com/sbs http://seanda.blogspot.com http://blogs.msdn.com/sbsdocsteam http://blogs.technet.com/sbs_esp http://blogs.technet.com/petergal
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:48 PM

Handy Andy's SBS chat on today!

Hi Gang, <<SBS Chat at SBSMigration.com>> Don’t forget that we have a new day for the SBS Chat now hosted at www.SBSmigration.com Starting this Wednesday (9/20/06) we will be chatting on the 3rd Wednesday of each month instead of Tuesday.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:34 PM

If you are seeing Multiple Event ID 3008 from MSExchangeTransport

If you are seeing multiple Event ID 3008 from MSExchangeTransport, it's being discussed in the sbs2k list as possible impact from spammers. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sbs2k/message/108850 Just to let you know ... you are not alone if you are
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:27 PM

Remote Web Workplace - Two factor authentication

Scorpion Software releases RWW-Guard for Microsoft's Small Business Server 2003 Scorpion Software Corporate Weblog : http://www.scorpionsoft.com/blog/archives/2006/09/scorpion_softwa_2.html ChaChing! The sound you here is me running over to Dana's
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:22 PM

Windows 2000 machines need a fix up patch after patch Tuesday

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=de3c5735-f6f6-4d5d-aa66-8393dcaf8c00&displaylang=en Install this update to prevent an issue in which, after you install security update 920958 (MS06-049) on a computer that is using NTFS file
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:38 PM

Google is turning into the evil empire

Okay so I was googling to find the citation for the famous Linda Evangelista quote "I don't get out of bed for less than $10,000" when my OEM installed XP MCE computer got an update from it's OEM installation of the Google toolbar...notice
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:29 PM

So why do we change passwords?

So on the ActiveDir listserve the question came up about the justification for forcing the changing of passwords....someone was looking for documentation to show to a boss as to the reason why changing passwords on a regular basis was a good thing. And
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:57 PM

That patch for IE for CRM 3.0 on XP sp2

Is now public on the download page..... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ff9bc431-01f3-48e8-9a58-d701d2e60c1d&displaylang=en When visiting a Web page that uses a custom pop-up object, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 can close
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:22 PM

Take two aspirin and call Eric Ligman in the morning...

Now that Action pack is including the license that is should be including which is a volume license version, one thing needs to be probably a little clearer to folks.... Action pack = Volume license = Upgrade. It's not the equivalent of a retail license
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:03 PM

Have you called your US based CPA today?

Today in the mail many folks in my firm got a copy of Microsoft's Small Business Accounting software with a reminded that they can sign up for the MPAN program - the Microsoft Professional Accountant Network. Signing up for the MPAN program means
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 7:19 AM

Does the action pack no longer include XP licenses?

Why doesn't Action Pack include the full version of Windows XP? In response to feedback we are receiving from partners, and to address piracy and abuse of the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription, Microsoft is taking steps to bring compliancy to this
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Monday, September 18, 2006 10:16 PM

SBS on a laptop?

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/chiefie/1355 "My laptop (x1030AP), will be my mid-casual/business tool at the moment until it is replaced by an UMPC (TabletKiosk eo i7210). And when it is time to be replaced, it may serve as our home server running Microsoft
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Monday, September 18, 2006 6:59 PM

0x80070003

0x80070003 I don't speak numbers. I speak English. A bit of geek. And most nights I can figure things out. But I get really frustrated when error codes and diagnostic messages don't tell me what I'm supposed to do. It's no wonder that
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Monday, September 18, 2006 11:56 AM

Little things you learn about Exchange

How to set size limits for messages in Exchange Server: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322679 Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003 Message Restrictions: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/insider/Message_Restrictions.mspx
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Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:15 PM

The risk evaluation of patching

Alert on DOMAIN at 9/17/2006 10:13:55 PM The server restarted. If this event was not planned, check the Server Performance Report and Event Logs for information that can help explain the event. You can disable this alert or change its threshold by using
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Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:12 PM

Share "this"

Down at the bottom of each post now is a "Share this" feature that you can now email or link to a tagging service posts on this, or any other blogger on this site. Thanks to Brian Desmond (who has his own blog but the blog posts also cross post
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Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:29 PM

RWW-Guard - a smidge more paranoia

So what's that you ask? It's staged paranoia is what it is.... the RWW-Guard interface will add two factor authentication to SBS's Remote Web Workplace interface... so like why is that so cool? You want to add more security to that Administrator
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Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:47 AM

Houses of the Future

Microsoft Watch reports that Microsoft and Disneyland are planning a House of the Future. NPR had a program on in the past talking about Microsoft's home of the future on the campus. For those that know that I'm a Disneyland nut, you'll probably
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Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:40 AM

I didn't know that!

http://shavlik.typepad.com/ Mark Shavlik of Shavlk, the patch management and spyware company (who's company provides a great resource for the www.patchmanagement.org listserve) blogs. I did not know that... Share this post: email it! | bookmark it!
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Saturday, September 16, 2006 11:17 PM

Beta testing and bugging

Apparently everyone is into Beta testing this time of year.... but just a reminder just like Susanne says, make sure you hit that "Dr. Watson" feedback when it prompts you and when an installer does something dumb... like the SCE 2007 beta that
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Saturday, September 16, 2006 1:16 PM

Dear Allbusiness.com and 0x80070057

0x80070057 I'm getting really tired of that error code. Okay got the emulator set up including putting certificates on it for my server (and use the PocketPc image and not the smart phone as it's in an "unlocked" state so you can use
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Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:59 AM

The SBS resource page needs your feedback

http://blogs.technet.com/kevin_beares/archive/2006/09/15/456685.aspx Okay so all of us who want to make finding resources easier... nows your chance to tell Kevin how to do just that. Besides beta testing ...this is the second best way to have impact
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Friday, September 15, 2006 11:39 PM

There are times I want to be insecure and shoot myself in the foot

Issue Description: A driver is installed that causes stability problems with your system. This driver will be disabled. Please contact the driver manufacturer for an update that is compatible with this version of Windows. Contact Information: Web Site:
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Friday, September 15, 2006 11:17 PM

SKUs for SBS 2003 R2

D&H had these at SMBnation -- SBS 2003 SKUs OEM-System Builder OEMSBS2K3SR1PK - OEM SBS 2003 Standard w/ SP1 OEMSBS2K3PR1PK - OEM SBS 2003 Premium s/ SP1 OEMSBS2K3R2S1PK - OEM SBS 2003 Standard R2 OEMSBSK23R2P1PK - OEM SBS 2003 Premium R2 Open Business
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Friday, September 15, 2006 8:32 PM

Partying with a mobile phone on a Friday night

Well my Audiovox stopped syncing right before SMBnation and no matter what I did I couldn't get it to sync, so I said I'd deal with it after SMBnation....well I'm dealing with it tonight... or more like it's dealing with me. So I called
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Friday, September 15, 2006 12:07 PM

The Reboot problem

We've been chatting about an issue that we've been seeing (and posts like Vlad's alude to) that rebooting sometimes doesn't ...or other patch issues that may be an issue to your remote clients. We're seeing that the reboot mechanism
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 6:48 PM

If you do remote support of servers - I think you need to call for this hotfix

A Windows Server 2003-based terminal server stops responding to new connection requests, and the logon window does not appear: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923630 I just called the 1-800-936-4900 phone number and got this because we've been
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 6:11 PM

KBs of interest

When ISA Server 2004, Standard Edition receives lots of requests, the program stops responding to requests: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922946/ Why Exchange Server 2003 will not run on the x64-based versions of Windows Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924046
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 5:59 PM

Top issues in the SBS newsgroups

(remember all of this good stuff in in the Microsoft partner managed newsgroups ) RECENT ISSUES AND TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS ----------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE ----------- .Net Framework 2.0 installation broke SBS websites.
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:18 PM

XP sp1 out of support in October

Just a reminder that we only have less than a month of support left for XP sp1.... if you haven't updated your clients, nows the month to do it. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it!
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:17 AM

Installing the R2 disk over remote desktop

When you install the R2 disk over remote desktop the only caveat is that you need to be logged in as the built in administrator account (aka the "500" account) It WILL work over a RDP session though and will install. In general everything BUT
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:05 PM

The sign of a good business card

So I was posting my first " Oferized " blog post and clicked on the blog link that Ofer gave me. http://www.planetmagpie.com/itconsulting/technotes-120905.aspx And the dog next to the laptop caught my eye... hang on.. I've seen that logo
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:53 PM

75 gigs later and.... (our first Oferized)

Ofer and I were chatting over email about how he likes to ensure that folks don't get out of hand with their email accounts.... I said that now with Exchange at 75 gigs and the fact with SBS default setting up the Outlook mailboxes to grow greater
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:56 PM

Interesting partnership

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Major Google/Intuit Partnership: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/13/googleintuit-partnership/ Given their geographic proximity to each other ( when I was up at Intuit's headquarters you practically had to
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 8:46 PM

So ya wanna run Vista and be behind ISA 2004?

Cris reports that he does the following: As a Vista Beta Tester and one of the SBS MVPs I've run up against this as well. After installing the Firewall Client on your Vista machine, Go to c:\program files\Microsoft Firewall Client 2004. Right Click
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:51 PM

Virtualization of SBS

ISA Server Product Team Blog : Virtual Deployments, ISA Server and Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition: http://blogs.technet.com/isablog/archive/2006/09/08/454741.aspx For those thinking of playing around with virtualization (and for some insane
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:08 PM

SBS 2003 R2 media is "in the house"

I'm a three year SAer which means I don't have to go dig up the part number and find the MS fulfillment code to figure out where to get the media like the two year SAers do. There are times this is the best thing about SA. I don't have to
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:03 AM

Oferized

Stay tuned to a new section in the blog... a section we're calling " Oferized" . It's about taking your server to the next level... kicking it up a notch... and doing some best practices and stuff that you may not think a SBS network
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:56 PM

FSRM isn't just in Windows 2003 R2

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/922582.mspx "Currently, File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) is the only known minifilter-based application that can cause this behavior and is only available in Windows Server 2003 R2. However, many
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:33 PM

The Pixie Dust

Okay so you've gone to SMBnation and you are now heading back home. A little bleary eyed today perhaps, but nevertheless not too bad. And I want you to do me a favor. I want you to sit yourself down sometime this week and write up a "Pixie Dust"
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:35 PM

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Does Not Install on SBS 2003 R2

I can't remember if I blogged this..but in case I didn't... From http://listmanager.technetklub.hu/read/messages?id=149899 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Does Not Install on SBS 2003 R2 There is a known issue involving SBS 2003 R2 and Microsoft Dynamics
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:07 PM

Bulletins this month

Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletin(s). Note: www.microsoft.com/technet/security and www.microsoft.com/security are authoritative in all matters concerning Microsoft Security Bulletins! ANY e-mail, web board or newsgroup posting (including
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Monday, September 11, 2006 7:39 PM

On my way home from SMBnation...

Sometimes the best thing about conferences are not the "conference" but the hallway conversations. For those that went to SMBNation this year I hope that you had as many "hallway" conversations as I did. It's always nice when you
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Sunday, September 10, 2006 9:20 PM

Wireless on the ferry..

So on the ferry from Bainbridge on the wireless.. really quick blog post from the ferry and of course we're IMing each other even though we're sitting right across from each other...and while the rest are walking toward the front of the ferry
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Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:38 AM

In the SBSC session....

...and they are talking about a dedicated SBSCtPAM partners, exclusive offers and rebates, One of the new programs (I think US at this time) is the fasttrack program http://www.sbsfasttrack.com/ We are pleased to invite you to participate in this special
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Saturday, September 09, 2006 3:43 PM

Only for SBSCers - guaranteed responses

Are you a SBSCer? Do you know about the SBSC managed newsgroups? What? You don't? https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40029086 If you are a SBSCer you get a guaranteed 4 hour response time for your questions on small business related products. ONLY
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Saturday, September 09, 2006 3:28 PM

Bus schedule tonight

Bus Riding Don’t forget to get on the buses early. A bus rotation from a hotel can take 30-mins (build in this queue time please J ). Buses roll in prime-time and “VanGo” is a van service in off-hours. Note that many buses will roll
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Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:51 PM

To the guy yesterday who asked me about a CRM bundle....

http://thenorwichgroup.blogs.com/mscrm/2006/09/ms_crm_configur.html Yesterday (I apologize.. I forget whom) asked me to give feedback to the CRM folks that they needed to build a predone CRM template for var/vaps to let them know CRM better..... uh..
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Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:43 PM

So when Paul burned down his client's office....

We were joking that Paul really didn't have to burn down his client's office to prove the effectiveness of this backup solution that he devised... but if you were wondering what the tool he used in addition to the native SBS backup it was Foldershare...
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Saturday, September 09, 2006 1:39 PM

Parties tonight at SMBnation

As a special thank you for making SMB Nation 2006 our best ever, Level Platforms and ConnectWise coordially invite you to THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE party!! Redmond Marriott Town Center Presidential Suite (Room 617) Tonight, 7pm until you leave OPEN BAR!!!
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Friday, September 08, 2006 3:19 PM

In Mark Mulvaney's talk about Mobility

...and the blog post you need to follow to install the Exchange admin on a SBS box and not end up with a duplicate default web site is this... http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/02/07/418937.aspx If you end up with two "default" web site..
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Friday, September 08, 2006 1:21 PM

Static passwords

In Dana Epp's presentation on Strong Authentication and he's talking about keyloggers.... and he made us state whether or not we were running with admin rights on our system.....and most of the hands in the room raised their hands. He was showing
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Friday, September 08, 2006 10:05 AM

SCE beta just release

Dear SCE Beta Tester, You are receiving this email because you pre-registered for the SCE Beta. We're very pleased to announce the availability of the Beta 2 release of System Center Essentials 2007! We hope you will now promptly download, test and
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Friday, September 08, 2006 9:35 AM

Speed Networking event on SMBNation link

If you are at SMBnation and missed the link to sign up for the speed networking event on Sunday, here it is: http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB225MRMJE66H The survey link is to sign up for Speed Networking event on Sunday afternoon
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Friday, September 08, 2006 9:19 AM

Are you using the Assessment Toolkits?

I'm at SMBnaiton in the keynote and wondering how many of you are using the small business technoloy assessment toolkit? http://partner.microsoft.com/smallbusinesstoolkit Have you used it? Do you get deals from it? The new online tool is built for
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Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:27 PM

WGA forum

If you ever have issues with Windows Genuine Advantage, the place to post your issues are in the WGA forum . Unfortunately there's only web access, which means that I don't visit it as much as I'd like and I can't keep up with changes
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Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:23 PM

Updates are ready to install....

On the airport video screen showing what I could and could not take on board was a lovely tale tell sign of a lack of risk management in the airport's own computer system..... down in the system tray a SunJava icon showing the popup "Updates
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Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:55 PM

Tuesdays patches are.....

http://www.incidents.org/diary.php?storyid=1679&isc=997285ec5e684b7088cecb2310e9933c Not too bad actually....... Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it!
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Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:54 PM

I feel like a game of "Twister"

Reset the Audiovox 5600 (and iMate SP3, etc): Turn the phone off Press and hold the two soft keys under the screen Continue holding the keys and turn on the phone You will be prompted to press '0' key to wipe everything back to factory defaults
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006 5:22 PM

The risk of a tube of Great Lash Maybelline Mascara

Tomorrow I get on a plane to go to Seattle..and I'll be placing my Great Lash Maybelline Mascara in a checked baggage. Because the threat of me, carrying mascara on board is much much too great.... much much much too risky. There are some that argue
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:43 PM

Power cords... wireless router....

Power cords... Cockroach business cards.... SBSgroups business cards.... Cockroach shirts..... wireless router.... booked the rental car... got the reservation number for the room.... packed the Cockroach Banner.... hmmmmm... have I forgotten anything?
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:39 PM

ActiveSync Error 0x80070057

So my phone since Friday has been throwing of that error and I wanted to make sure that the error was only on my phone and not firm wide. Sure 'nuff another person in the office did not have the sync issue. In researching the issue it appears that
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:12 PM

Knowledge base articles of interest

Description of the Exchange Server Performance Troubleshooting Analyzer tool: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=923893 How to delete corrupted and hidden rules from a single mailbox in Outlook 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924297 Windows Small
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:57 PM

Hey Claudio!

While over on the 4Sol web site that reminds me how sucky my firm's web site is, is a notice that Claudio Rodrigues, Microsoft Terminal Server MVP joined the firm. Hey way cool! Are you doing more with Terminal Services? Share this post: email it!
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:54 PM

John Lennon points out a new way to do branch offices

The Riverbed demo is something you should check out! Looks very interesting! (and no it's not THAT John Lennon..but the SBSer John Lennon!) Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it!
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:00 PM

'bout time, 64 bit ISA server firewall client out

Download details: ISA Server Firewall Client: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=45855498-66ba-43d3-a8f1-37837d380389&displaylang=en Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it!
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Monday, September 04, 2006 4:58 PM

Updates on the partner web site

By Partners, for Partners Take a few minutes to explore the new Microsoft Partner Program Portal. With streamlined navigation and content organized around the tasks you need to accomplish, it's easy to find and take advantage of your exclusive member
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Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:14 PM

Windows Vista Security Guide

On September 6th the Windows Vista Security guide will be released for "beta".... and in the meantime, the Tech Ed 2006 presentation on Vista security is on the web as well. I used to argue that it wasn't SBSized...but these days I would
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Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:19 PM

Up on CS 2.1

We've upgraded to CS 2.1 and other than a few skin issues... I think we're in good shape. We upgraded to get on the better spam rules as most of the blog authors were getting nailed with blog spam. We've installed the new default rules, and
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Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:16 PM

Prove it.

http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=192500586&pgno=1&queryText Security Winner: Collax Business Server Collax has several advantages when it comes to security. First off, the operating system is inherently more
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Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:14 PM

Backing up Yoda getting ready for the upgrade to CS 2.1

Spam has been nailing up back here and the CS 2.1 has better spam engine... so I'm backing up the server right now getting ready for the upgrade... stay tuned and hang loose... I'll be flipping the blog back to a generic skin for the transition as the
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Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:06 PM

Brooktrout fax board driver issue

The other day a Brooktrout customer sent me a copy of an email that he got... and I can attest to the fact that when this email says that you have to insist that the patch is up there in hotfix land...they are not kidding. Read the email verbatim if needed
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Saturday, September 02, 2006 12:10 AM

Somewhere between 4 to 5 hours to be precise...

So w here is it for us non losers? Right now it's fluctuating between 4 hours and 5 hours interestingly enough and not making much headway...... ... and with that.. I'll see you in the morning (get ready as we'll be upgrading the blogs to cs2.1) Share
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Friday, September 01, 2006 5:54 PM

Gray Screen of death - part 2

The Official SBS Blog : SBS 2003 fails to boot (Gray screen after Windows splash screen): http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/09/01/453504.aspx .. I'm still shaking my head that this got through Q&A and etrust.... Share this post: email it!
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Friday, September 01, 2006 9:52 AM

Grey Screen of death is CA ETrust

CA eTrust Antivirus flagging lsass.e x e http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?n&storyid=1665 ..that still doesn't explain my issue last night though... but FYI for you guys runnin eTrust Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it!
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