SBS FAQ - Wayne Small - SBS MVP : Software

Windows Server 2008 and Vista Service Pack 2

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:59:50 GMT

Body: Well – after months of testing the first service pack for Windows Server 2008 was released – Service Pack 2… yes – that sound strange doesn’t it – the first Service Pack for Server 2008 is SP2, that is because Server 2008 was released at SP1 level...(read more)

Windows Live Family Safety Filter – How to Remove it

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:24:35 GMT

Body: Ok – so now I’ve finished testing it, there is one downside that I’ve found that “might” make it a little more difficult for me as an IT Pro. During testing I’ve found a few times that the Windows Live Family Safety Filter will prevent me from doing...(read more)

Windows Live Family Safety Filter – monitoring my kids Internet Access

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:35:24 GMT

Body: I’ve been trialling out the Windows Live Family Safety Filter so that I could have it running on the computers for my kids. I’ve got a teenager and a soon to be teenager, and I need to monitor both and block some of the less than desirable web sites...(read more)

Are your appointments out by an hour today?

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:51:58 GMT

Body: If you like me totally forgot about it then you might notice that your appointments on your Windows Mobile device are out by an hour today vs what you have in your Outlook Calendar. I’m based in Sydney, Australia and Daylight savings was modified...(read more)

GFi WebMonitor causes AV updates to stop

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:32:17 GMT

Body: I've got a larger non SBS site and we discovered that a recent upgrade to GFI WebMonitor caused the AV updates to randomly stop to the servers. The site uses Trend Micro's OfficeScan product and we were experiencing an error message during...(read more)

Shockey Monkey coming to Sydney

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:39:58 GMT

Body: Yes - that's right folks, the community focused Shockey Monkey system launched by Vlad from Own Web Now and built using 100% community input is coming to Sydney. It's due to officially launch shortly, and Vlad is shipping servers to Australia...(read more)

Windows 2008 Step by Step Guides

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:42:26 GMT

Body: Microsoft have released a number of step by step guides on how to configure Windows 2008 Server. They are not SBS specific (I'll have some on my site soon) but I figure they are a great place to start for people wanting to get the lowdown on...(read more)

HP RAID Controller - Drive Expansion

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:10:26 GMT

Body: I'm onsite today doing some work with a client - one of the things I've had to do is to add some disks to an existing HP RAID setup. Part of the screen below includes an animated refresh button which "might" give them impression...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 have RTM'd

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:24:40 GMT

Body: Ok - so i'll be blog post number 3,458,266 to tell you that after a long wait, Vista Service Pack 1 has been released today (Tuesday here in Australia but Monday in the USA). In addition Windows Server 2008 went RTM as well putting it on target...(read more)

Exchange 2007 SP1 fixes lots more than is documented

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:37:24 GMT

Body: I've been wrestling with Exchange 2007 on my one of my larger sites now for the last 7 weeks. I've had the case with MS PSS here in Australia for that long too and they have not been able to make ANY progress on it at all. When I first lodged...(read more)

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Information on MS.com

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:37:02 GMT

Body: We must be getting close now - Microsoft today have released information on the Microsoft download site about Windows XP SP3 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&DisplayLang=en The update...(read more)

Exchange 2007 SP1 is out

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:10:31 GMT

Body: Most people wait for SP1 of a product to be released before deploying it. I'm not normally one of those people and I've been deploying Exchange 2007 now since March this year for a larger client of ours. I've currently got an open case...(read more)

SharePoint Toolkit - now available for download

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:15:40 GMT

Body: This was released at the World Wide Partner Conference this year and now it's available for download direct from Microsoft. It's a very cool toolkit that will help you understand, sell and implement Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3...(read more)

Damien says “This is like Geek Porn…”

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:02:17 GMT

Body: In our office, one of our guys – Damien, is our resident coder/programmer guru. I showed him a book today " Windows Command-Line Administrators Pocket Consultant " from MS Press ISBN 978-0-7356-2038-4. This book is one I'm reading...(read more)

The joys of beta testing

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:24:05 GMT

Body: One of the joys of testing new software is the temporary error messages they have in it. Below is one from one of the packages I'm testing now. At least it's clear why things don't work J Category: Software Published: 9/10/2007 7:24...(read more)