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On Follow-Up
In yesterday's post , I covered the problems being seen in the community regarding the unexpected behavior on SBS 2003 R2 boxes because of a problem with a WSUS definition update. Given the volume of traffic that post generated (more hits in the first...
Posted: Nov 13 2007, 06:25 AM by eriq | with 1 comment(s)
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On Errors
This morning (November 12, 2007) a rash of reports are floating around the net about problems viewing the Monitoring report on SBS servers. This appears to be an issue with SBS R2 servers with the R2 WSUS installed. Several factors indicate the problem...
Posted: Nov 12 2007, 09:18 AM by eriq | with 1 comment(s)
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On Feedback
In previous posts , I’ve lamented about the issues I’ve had with the PERC 5/i controller in Dell servers that I have rolled out to clients and put in my own office. Today, I had a conference call with Dell support and someone from the NOS group about...
Posted: Apr 10 2007, 11:05 AM by eriq | with no comments
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On SP2 and Avoidance
For what it's worth, I now have an official stance on Windows Server 2003 SP2: Don't install it. At least not yet. I keep running into folks who have issues with their servers following the installation of SP2. the majority of issues seem to be cause...
Posted: Apr 01 2007, 08:52 AM by eriq | with no comments
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On Updates
Well, turns out it's not just me that can be a little off when it comes to updating things. Today, (well, yesterday based on the time this actually gets posted) Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003. Only there are a couple of issues...
Posted: Mar 14 2007, 01:34 AM by eriq | with 2 comment(s)
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