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In the partner SBSC newsgroup, one of the guys asked if it was normal for a SBS server to be rebooted nightly. He didn't think so, but the consultant that came before him had set up a nightly reboot . (Needless to say it was causing issues with Exchange...
Okay so you've read the REAL Windows 2003 sp2 release notes right? If not, do that and then come back. If you want to know what’s in Win2k3 sp2, the Windows Server blog points to the highlights - http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7812c9cb-e6ca-4144-98ab-2d78587462c5&DisplayLang=en This is the combination between beancounter bliss and geek control thrill. An Excel spreadsheet of the Group policy settings for Vista. Check...
Was doing gardening this weekend and was listing to the podcast from the SBS gang on the "evil" pop connector and the "never remove IIS" part of the podcast reminded me of a blog post I have that is about as narly as you can get...but IIS is still not...
The phrase "best practice" is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me sometimes.. why? Because it's like an excuse to shut the brain off and not think. Take for example.. this nugget of a 'best practice': http://www.sbslinks.com/SBS_45tips.htm + Single...
...and being the geek that I am.. took a photo of my car and the other car with my Windows Mobile 3 Cell phone....long story short... she pulled out nose first right into traffic... I couldn't avoid/stop fast enough. But the minor impact reminded me of...
To the IT pros of the world.. if you are recommending a disaster plan to a small firm.. can you do me a favor and test it out in a testbed first (and now with Virtual server being free you have no excuse) See if you guys see any problems with this plan...
Well it's beta season which means I have to decide which beta gets a real phyiscal box and which one gets a virtual one. While setting up virtual machines is getting easier and easier, I still sometimes like the old fashioned, real, physical box to test...
Flatten. You heard me. We need to flatten the boxes we get from the OEMs and rebuild them as we see fit. Without the junk. The add ons. The third party crud. We also need to purchase the right boxes. Yeah... it's hard as a VAR/VAP to argue with the cheap...
This Christmas, I want you to buy yourself a present. A book . Now before you start reading this book, I want you to take this book and flip to the ending. Don't worry you won't wreck the storyline. I want you to start at page 287 under the section of...
The end of the year means a beginning of a new one... and for those of you running your businesses, this time of year should be when you start looking at your records and expenses in a new light. For in America, if your business year end is December,...
The default size. You probably haven't even looked at these have you? The default size for the event logs can be pretty small. And the size of this one in particular, the Directory Service event log of 512 KB means that I don't have any entry prior to...
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