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August 2005 - Posts

Red Hat mulls Exchange competitor
Interesting! Source: http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/11/HNredhatexchange_1.html Red Hat shed a little more light this week on how it intends to develop the directory and certificate management software it bought from America Online's Netscape division. Read More...
Posted: 22 August 2005 14:22 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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British Midland
Back in Manchester for a couple of days this week. My trip from the airport to Port Sunlight was an experience that I might share later. BUT what I do find interesting is the spread of the Blackberry.. On my BMI flight, as part of the safety instruction, Read More...
Posted: 22 August 2005 12:46 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Discovery is Home!
Blo0dy hell, have you seen this! I remember a very long time ago, seeing a shuttle fly over my house enroute to Heathrow I think … on the back of a 747! Source: http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html The Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery Read More...
Posted: 22 August 2005 11:52 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Vegetable Humor
These made me laugh! Read More...
Posted: 22 August 2005 11:22 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Williams inks Cosworth deal
Source: http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=33757 Williams will campaign Cosworth engines during the 2006 season, it was confirmed on Monday. The announcement has been widely anticipated ever since the Grove team’s current engine partner Read More...
Posted: 18 August 2005 16:16 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Ruben Signs Multi Year BAR Deal
Source: http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=33764 BAR-Honda confirmed on Tuesday that it has signed Rubens Barrichello for 2006 and beyond, finally bringing one of Formula 1’s worst-kept secrets into the open. The news had been widely Read More...
Posted: 18 August 2005 16:15 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Price for Europe and North America: Starts at $299.99 U.S./€299.99/&#163;209.99
Right so in one of my last blogs I said about the US prices, and now we have the european ones! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-17EuropeNA360PricePR.mspx LEIPZIG, Germany — Aug. 17, 2005 — Ending weeks of speculation Read More...
Posted: 18 August 2005 12:57 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Statement Regarding Zotob ..:.. MS05-039 ..:.. This is not a viruswar, this is a botwar!
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-16zotob.mspx Editor's Note, August 17, 2005 -- The statement has been updated to include new information on Zotob and how Windows 2000 customers can protect themselves from the worm. REDMOND, Read More...
Posted: 18 August 2005 12:48 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Trampolines
Do you know what, it looks like trampolines are the order of the day for gardens around Manchester! I have just flown in to Manchester and they are in most of the gardens. Nearly all round, and good for the little kids to use and abuse Check this one Read More...
Posted: 18 August 2005 12:40 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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India II: Day 5
God it seems to have taken sooo long to complete this blog! 0900: Wakey wakey! Last day here 0930: Breakie time. They are a bit slow today 1020: We have asked to checkout one of the apartments in the hotel .. Nice, a bedroom with a sitting room and a Read More...
Posted: 18 August 2005 12:35 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Official: Xbox 360 Prices are $299 and $399
Source: http://www.planetxbox360.com/?view=article&article=74 Microsoft have officially broken the news that they will release the Xbox 360 console in 2 different package variations costing US$299 and US$399 each. Microsoft staff have been quoted Read More...
Posted: 17 August 2005 14:13 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Is RIM Ready to Rumble?
Source: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050810_2117_tc024.htm With the likes of Microsoft eyeing its turf, the outfit behind the ubiquitous Blackberry knows it has a fight on its hands Long have the would-be competitors to Research Read More...
Posted: 12 August 2005 09:01 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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India II: Day 4
0940: Where the hell am I? The alarm has gone off 0941: Oh damm, I’m in India. Right lets get some breakie 0950: Ohh with 10 mins to spare 1020: Time to got back to bed until 1230 1230: Yeah I like this. Humm looks like the TV is buggered. I have Read More...
Posted: 12 August 2005 08:45 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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X-Box Security
Bruce found this and blogged it .. Interesting! Source: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/08/x-box_security.html Interesting article: " The Hidden Boot Code of the Xbox, or How to fit three bugs in 512 bytes of security code." Microsoft wanted Read More...
Posted: 11 August 2005 17:10 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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903941 You receive an error message when you enter an FQDN in the &quot;Accepted Front-end Servers&quot; box in the Outlook Web Access Web Administration tool on an Exchange Server 2003 back-end server
This one of mine ;-) Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;903941 Consider the following scenario. You use the Outlook Web Access Web Administration tool on a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 back-end server to do the following. Read More...
Posted: 11 August 2005 16:42 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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870923 Exchange 2000 Management Pack components for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 cannot monitor a server that is running Exchange 2000 Server when mailbox logon scripts fail
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;870923 When mailbox logon scripts fail, Exchange 2000 Management Pack components for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 cannot monitor a server that is running Microsoft Exchange 2000 Read More...
Posted: 11 August 2005 16:38 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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India II: Day 3
1100: Oh now that was some good zzzzzz’’sss 1200: Okay so do I want a curry for Breakfast? 1330: Off for another day in the office :-D 1700: Checked on the guys in training .. they seems to be okay 1715: Damm now this is SOME rain. The heavens Read More...
Posted: 11 August 2005 09:26 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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WMI Code Creator v1.0
This is cool. I’ve scriptomatic on steriods! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2cc30a64-ea15-4661-8da4-55bbc145c30e&displaylang=en The WMI Code Creator tool generates code that uses WMI to obtain management information Read More...
Posted: 10 August 2005 16:18 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool v2.1a
So the important fix, I mentioned at TechEd. ExBPA will not run a perf check automatically when run under MOM! with out the need to update the MOM script! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=dbab201f-4bee-4943-ac22-e2ddbd258df3&displaylang=en Read More...
Posted: 10 August 2005 15:29 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Spammer to Pay Microsoft $7 Million to Settle Lawsuit
Source: http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=6850 Accused spammer Scott Richter agreed to change his business practices and pay Microsoft $7 million to settle a lawsuit the software giant filed against him and his company, OptInRealBig.com Read More...
Posted: 10 August 2005 14:50 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Responds to Enterprise Need for Enhanced Mac Instant Messaging
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-09EnhancedMacIMPR.mspx REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 9, 2005 — You’re on a conference call near the end of the day, and before you hang up you need to remind your manager to approve Read More...
Posted: 10 August 2005 14:47 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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India II: Day 2
0630: Okay who is the joker who arranged an early morning call …. 0930: Is that the time already, better get some breakie 1030: Ahhh back to bed, not being picked up until 1330 1200: Can’t sleep to save my life 1240: Kingfisher time ..down Read More...
Posted: 10 August 2005 09:25 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Exchange and Outlook Build Info
So I was asked some build number of Outlook and didn’t have a clue, then i found this website .. and it has the lot! Check it out! http://www.cdolive.com/build.htm Here is a snippet Exchange Build Numbers Product Version Exchange Build Exchange Admin Read More...
Posted: 09 August 2005 20:59 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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TechNet Webcast: Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery Solutions (Level 300)
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032279693%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 17:57 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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TechNet Webcast: Exchange Best Practice Analyzer (Level 300)
Humm, not by Paul Bowden! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032279695%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 17:54 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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How to troubleshoot Offline Address Book issues in Microsoft Exchange Server (Level 200)
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032279564%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 17:50 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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OMA 2003 Logon Process
At last they bring it in-line with OWA! Source: http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2005/08/05/408728.aspx This post will go into the steps that happen during the OMA 2003 logon process. As I work in Support Services, I get to explain this a lot Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 17:08 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Outlook Mobile Manager
Found this an thought it worthy of being shared. Downloading it now to see if it’s any good! http://research.microsoft.com/adapt/omm/ We are happy to introduce Microsoft Outlook Mobile Manager 2.0. Microsoft Outlook Mobile Manager (OMM) brings the Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 17:03 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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904000 New items are not synchronized when you use Exchange ActiveSync to synchronize items from Exchange Server 2003 to a Pocket PC device or to a Smartphone device
When you use Exchange ActiveSync to synchronize items from Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to a Pocket PC device or to a Smartphone device, new items are not synchronized. Additionally, you do not receive an error message when this problem occurs. For Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 14:35 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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903291 Recipient Update Service may overwrite the value of the homeMDB attribute for new Exchange Server 2003 users
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;903291 When you upgrade the forest to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 native forest functional level, the Recipient Update Service may overwrite the value of the homeMDB attribute for new Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 14:33 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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901108 A character that has an umlaut appears as jumbled code in the Subject box of an e-mail message in Exchange Server 2003
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;901108 Consider the following scenario: Your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 organization contains a server that is running Novell GroupWise. The GroupWise server uses Original Equipment Manufacturer Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 14:28 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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898782 A third-party MAPI program stops responding, and Exchange Server 2003 intermittently does not deliver messages
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;898782 When you use a third-party MAPI program in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, over time, the third-party MAPI program stops responding. Additionally, Exchange Server 2003 intermittently Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 14:23 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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894180 The Lsntsmex.exe process is restarted in Exchange Server 2003 without an event being logged in the Application log when you use Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes to connect Exchange Server 2003 to Lotus Notes
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;894180 Consider the following scenario. You use the Microsoft Exchange Connector for Lotus Notes to connect Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 to Lotus Notes. The Exchange Connector for Lotus Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 14:21 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Police chief's plea over e-mails
Seems a bit drastic! Source: : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/essex/4749099.stm Essex Police staff are being urged not to send e-mails on Wednesdays in an attempt by the new chief constable to make people talk to each other. The request by Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 13:31 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Office 2003 Add-in: Word Redaction
I like the NOTE at the end! Source: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=028c0fd7-67c2-4b51-8e87-65cc9f30f2ed&displaylang=en Redaction is the careful editing of a document to remove confidential information. The Microsoft Office Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 13:30 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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India II: Day 0
Right this is going to be my kind of diary for the next week or so. I’ll try not to bore any of you too much ;-) 0600: So that it, off again. I have an Air India flight at 0930, and they say you should check in two hour before! 0720: Made it to check Read More...
Posted: 08 August 2005 13:28 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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First 'Vista Virus' found
Source: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00000613 An Austrian virus writer has published five simple viruses targeting Microsoft MSH in a virus writing magazine. These proof-of-concept viruses will never became a real-world problem, but the case is interesting Read More...
Posted: 05 August 2005 17:20 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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WebEx Expands Collaboration Line with Intranets.com Buyout
Humm Source: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1842646,00.asp Seeking to expand its lineup of business team collaboration products, WebEx on Monday announced that it was acquiring privately owned Intranets.com for $45 million in cash. WebEx Communications Read More...
Posted: 05 August 2005 17:16 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Astronaut fixes shuttle problem
I know it's old news ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4740651.stm ) but I saw one thing in this article!.. Robinson, who was accompanied on the spacewalk by crewmate Soichi Noguchi, had received instructions in a 12-page e-mail to prepare him for Read More...
Posted: 05 August 2005 17:01 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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and I'm off! .. to Bangalore again
So, another year and another trip to India. So 0930 Sunday Morning, I have a lovely Air India Flight to Bangalore for a week of excitement. I'll fill you in on my travels. It will actually be a good time for me to get used to having Vista on my Tablet, Read More...
Posted: 05 August 2005 16:59 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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