by Tech | Aug 19, 2009 | General, Microsoft
OK, so the install was pretty much like all other installs of Vista. Since I was moving from a 32-bit (x86) environment to a 64-bit (x64) implementation, I was not able to perform an in place or other upgrade. Fresh, or clean install it is! Upon booting off of the...
by Tech | Jun 23, 2009 | General, Infrastructure, Microsoft, Networking, Servers
As Windows Server 2008 takes it’s place in more data centers, serving as a domain controller, design changes are starting to impact end users. One of these notable changes effects a workflow most users have picked up: browsing the network to find file servers...
by Tech | Jun 2, 2009 | General, Infrastructure, Microsoft, Office, Servers, SharePoint
After installing WSS3 SP2 on a clean install of Server 2008 x86 SP2 STD, and using SQL 2008 SP1 as the backend, I could not get any search results. The setup is about as simple of a farm installation you can get, it is for a small number of users, and demonstration...
by Tech | Jun 2, 2009 | General, Infrastructure, Microsoft, Office, Servers, SharePoint
!IMPORTANT! All installations of Microsoft Office Server 2007 that have installed SP2 for SharePoint Services are affected by the following bulletin. In short, it has reset your license key putting the product in trial mode, and it will expire in 180 days without...
by Tech | Apr 29, 2009 | General, Infrastructure, Microsoft, Servers
The setup: Server 2003 R2 SP2, DC & DNS Roles, WSUS SP1 Fresh install, default website (80). The issue: No status reported by clients (Servers and workstations), Event ID 13042 in the Application logs on the WSUS server Self-update is not working. After...
by Tech | Mar 12, 2009 | Exchange, General, Microsoft
With Exchange 2007 SP1, and Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services, you may want to enable users to send emails to your security groups. The dilema is that security groups will not show up in the Global Address List (GAL). In order to mail-enable an AD DS...
