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Problem: You have an existing RAID1 array and now you need more disk space. You have purchased two identical 300 GB disk drives to replace the existing 147 GB disk drives. What is the quickest way to replace the disk drives with the least amount of down time?
Answer: This week I ran into a situation [...]

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I recently tried to visit Codeplex and got a an error page with a Server 500 error. It did not take too long to figure out that there was a configuration problem on my firewall, ISA 2004. There were several proposed fixes but the one that worked for me I found on a Techarena forum [...]

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For the self-reliant, a third Windows desktop option emerges: Build your own “Frankenvista” on Windows Server 2008
I guess the transformation is nearly complete. Windows Server 2008 has almost completely embraced the Linux model of one code base for servers and workstations. It is the incompatibilities that drive you nuts. Support for third party software has [...]

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My version of SQL 2005 Express was installed when I installed Visual C++ Express Edition. Today I was trying to use the Upsizing Wizard included in Access 2003 when I ran into SQL Server problems. So here are my tips:

Go into the SQL Configuration Manager and enable TCP/IP if it is disabled. Someone wrote a [...]

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Yesterday I decided to fix an old problem. I had some directories and files with the unknown accounts in the access control lists(ACL). This can occur when you migrate user files to a new server. The easy way to fix this problem is right click on the directory and follow the menus to change ownership, [...]

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I like Live Writer a lot but it is very hard to install when you are behind Microsoft’s ISA firewall. I spent a couple of hours trying to figure out what ports I needed to open in the firewall so that the Live Writer install program would install. All of my attempts ended with the [...]

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SUMMARY
This article discusses how to implement the Change Password feature in Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) to allow OWA users to change their domain passwords. This article also describes some of the common troubleshooting scenarios where you might use this feature.

Implementing the Change Password feature with Outlook Web Access
If you are running SBS and [...]

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Recently I re-installed my desktop software on to a different disk drive and I started getting several event ID 537 error messages in the server security log. The workstation was not showing any operational problems so this is a low priority problem. The biggest problem is that the shear number of errors distorts my server [...]

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My WinXP desktop was having serious problems. I tried to debug it for two days but finally decided to rebuild it. I was getting 100% CPU utilization with winlogon.exe. So I went to http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/ and built a new CD with most of the WinXP patches integrated. While I was at it I updated the client applications [...]

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P.S. Oh yeah… Les says it appears to nail most of this pdf spam
A little more spam filtering
I implemented this today. So far….so good!

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Today I was reading the SBS Diva’s blog about a custom toolbar menu she has been using in Office 2003 for ten years. It sounded like a great idea for the Word 2003 templates I use to create business letters. My basic template prompts me to select a name from my Contacts in Outlook 2003 [...]

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This week I upgraded the Trend Micro SMB installation on my “dog food” server to version 3.6. It kind of worked. The virus checking stuff upgraded nicely but the Messaging Security portion did not. I got this message, “Error 1923.Service Trend Micro Messaging Security Agent Remote Configuration Server(ScanMail_RemoteConfig) could not be installed”.
I researched the problem [...]

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SYDI is a program to document your system. There are a lot of programs you can use to document your systems. Some programs are very sophisticated and provides lots of detail. Although these programs do not cost much, they inevitably have licensing issues and they provide a lot more detail than I care about. SYDI [...]

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To make sure an upgrade works I install it first at home. I remain a little suspicious until I see that everything is working. As a test I release an unimportant patch to make sure WSUS still works. After a day I noticed that the patch had not been applied. A little checking showed me [...]

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Windows Server Update Services(WSUS)
I was feeling a little adventurous yesterday and decided to update the Windows Server Update Services(WSUS). This package is a great tool for managing and tracking the updates to windows computers in a small business server environment. There are other products that may do a little better job but you cannot beat [...]

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Recently I have been plagued with low disk space on the boot partition of my SBS2K3 server. I was confused why this was occurring since I thought I had this under control. When I found some spare time I started to re-examine the typical culprits(e.g. log files and temp files). I found some files but [...]

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Here’s the problem. You want to look at your firewall reports regularly. You have gone so far as to set up ISA to publish the daily and monthly reports to a directory on the server but getting to yesterday’s report is a real pain in the butt. It would be nice to send the report [...]

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Colligo Reader is free for individual use and a great way to try the rich offline experience that Colligo for SharePoint delivers. Reader provides read-only access to SharePoint content offline, including documents, lists, and metadata. It is so simple to use that training is not required. Download Colligo Reader for free today!
Source: Colligo Reader and [...]

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I installed SP2 late on Friday without any obvious issues besides that it took a long time to install. Late in the evening IIS shut down for an unknown reason. I did not catch it until the following day. It caused several problems in programs dependent on IIS. After I restarted IIS everything has been [...]

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On Microsoft update and apparently soon on WSUS is Windows 2003 sp2. I want you to go over to your servers right now and turn off auto updates if you have then enabled on the servers. For R2 WSUS boxes you won’t get SP2 automatically as SP’s are offered up but not auto installed. [...]

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