maj 2005 - Posts
Do you have relatives that live far away? Do you work with people from other countries? Use this simple utility to keep track of the time in other part of the world. Share your ideas without waking up your buddies. Microsoft Time Zone installs as a small tray icon that allows you to specify as many as five cities to watch the time on while you are working on your computer. In order to schedule meetings and trip the Microsoft Time Zone application also lets you compare times at different places in the world without changing your system time. With Microsoft Time Zone you will always know the time.
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This download contains the latest ExBPA.Config.xml and ExBPA.chm files. Use this package to update your existing installation of the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer. NOTE: If Internet connectivity is available, the Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer will attempt to automatically update itself from the Internet. Where updates are being applied automatically, there is no need to download the Web Update Pack.
To find out which version of ExBPA.Config.xml is installed on your computer, click the 'About Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer' link within the tool. The upper version number refers to the core application (e.g. 2.0.7532.0), the lower version is for the configuration XML file.
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This site has been developed to give bulk e-mailers/senders, ISPs, e-mail service providers (ESPs), postmasters, and domain administrators a location to learn more about issues and solutions related to sending communications to MSN Hotmail consumers. This site includes:
- The latest news and issues of importance pertaining to communicating with MSN Hotmail members
- Our efforts to fight junk e-mail
- Tools and information for postmasters and administrators for bulk e-mail senders
- Tools and information for ISPs and ESPs
- Required guidelines for sending communications to MSN members
- Troubleshooting assistance for delivery issues
- This site will be updated periodically, so please check back regularly.
MSN Postmaster site
Run this (from command line...):
net user myusername /domain
So what’s new in R2 Beta 2?
- Simplified Branch Server Management
- Streamlined Access Management
- Efficient Storage Management
- Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
- Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 2.1
- Common Log File System (CLFS)
- Configure Your Server (CYS)
- SharePoint V2 SP2
- File Server Role and File Server Management Snap-in
- Hardware Management
- Identity Management for UNIX
- Subsystem for UNIX-based applications
My favourite is ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services). IMHO a lot of companies have been waiting a while for this...
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Microsoft® Virtual PC 2004 is a virtual machine solution for desktop operating systems. Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, on the other hand, is a solution for server operating systems. Although Virtual PC and Virtual Server share many features in common, they are designed for different purposes. As a result, some of their features are also quite different. This white paper explains the differences between Virtual PC and Virtual Server and discusses the scenarios in which it is appropriate to use one or the other.
Download it here...
Ever wanted to test Microsoft's newest software in a sandbox environment? Wouldn't it be great to be able to test new servers immediately, without formatting hard drives or dedicating one or more computers to the project? Now you can, with the TechNet Virtual Labs.
Just a small commercial! ;-)
I had an issue with Windows Server 2003 SP1 and ISA 2004 SP1. Routing and Remote Access Service repeatedly restarted. It was KB898060 related. Sweet ;-) khmn.
Symptoms:
- Inability to connect to terminal servers or to file share access.
- Failure of domain controller replication across WAN links.
- Inability of Microsoft Exchange servers to connect to domain controllers.
Installing security update MS05-019 or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 may cause network connectivity between clients and servers to fail
Overview
Use a Web camera to easily send a video e-mail to your friends and family. It takes just two clicks on the Video E-mail for Outlook 2003 add-in.
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Interesting, funny,... ;-)
Researchers at the University of Essex are using Linux and tiny embedded computer modules to build fleets of unmanned aircraft that fly in flocking formations like birds, while performing parallel, distributed computing tasks using Bluetooth-connected Linux clustering software.
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How to convert IIS 6.0 FTP to Isolate User Mode? Simple as that...
- In IIS Manager stop FTP Site you want to isolate
- Under the FTP Site root directory create a subfolder LocalUser or Domain (where Domain is the name of Active Directory domain you use)
- Create a subfolder (under LocalUser or Domain) for each FTP user with the user account name
- Edit (or create a new DWORD value) the IIS metabase (with Metabase Explorer), set the UserIsolationMode metabase property value to 1 under the corresponding root section of the FTP Site
- Start FTP Site in IIS Manager