When setting up a cluster for failover purposes do you only inclde hardware of one vendor?
When setting up clustering for failover all hardware should be from the same vendor and they should be exactly the same. You don’t want to run into driver issues and support problems with multiple vendors. So keep it the same vendor and same hardware exactly to be on the safe side.
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| October 1, 2010 3:05 AM
Clustering, Failover Clustering, Server Cluster, Vendor management, Vendor selection
When setting up clustering for failover all hardware should be from the same vendor and they should be exactly the same. You don’t want to run into driver issues and support problems with multiple vendors. So keep it the same vendor and same hardware exactly to be on the safe side.
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| October 1, 2010 3:05 AM
Clustering, Failover Clustering, Server Cluster, Vendor management, Vendor selection
export account settings from windows mail and importing the from microsoft outlook 2010
I did some looking around, and did not come up with anything on exporting settings from windows live mail. Your original question is a bit garbled, but, can it be presumed that you will be importing the settings to Outlook 2010? If so, just start from scratch. When you have the settings in hand, if [...]
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| September 30, 2010 6:21 PM
Microsoft Office, office 2010, Outlook 2010, Windows Mail v6
I did some looking around, and did not come up with anything on exporting settings from windows live mail. Your original question is a bit garbled, but, can it be presumed that you will be importing the settings to Outlook 2010? If so, just start from scratch. When you have the settings in hand, if [...]
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| September 30, 2010 6:21 PM
Microsoft Office, office 2010, Outlook 2010, Windows Mail v6
Outlook 2007 non responsive
This could be caused by some add-in. You could try disabling all add-ins to see if that solves the problem. If it does, you can try enabling them again, one at a time, until you find the culprit. To disable/enable add ins: -Go to “Tools” menu, click “Trust Center”, and then click “Add-ins”. -Select the [...]
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| September 29, 2010 1:58 PM
Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 error messages, Outlook Errors, Windows 7
This could be caused by some add-in. You could try disabling all add-ins to see if that solves the problem. If it does, you can try enabling them again, one at a time, until you find the culprit. To disable/enable add ins: -Go to “Tools” menu, click “Trust Center”, and then click “Add-ins”. -Select the [...]
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| September 29, 2010 1:58 PM
Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 error messages, Outlook Errors, Windows 7
Grant “Read Only” access on a shared mailbox with Exchange Management Shell
In AD Users and Computers, Open the properties for the mailbox user. Click on Exchange advanced. Click on Mailbox Rights. Make sure those users do not have Full Mailbox access, Change permissions, take ownership, delete mailbox storage permissions. You might want to look into setting up a public folder share. ************* Exchange 2007 mailbox permissions [...]
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| September 29, 2010 12:48 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange Mailboxes, Exchange Management Shell, Exchange permissions, Shared mailboxes
In AD Users and Computers, Open the properties for the mailbox user. Click on Exchange advanced. Click on Mailbox Rights. Make sure those users do not have Full Mailbox access, Change permissions, take ownership, delete mailbox storage permissions. You might want to look into setting up a public folder share. ************* Exchange 2007 mailbox permissions [...]
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| September 29, 2010 12:48 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange Mailboxes, Exchange Management Shell, Exchange permissions, Shared mailboxes
How do I send an email from a server to remote client?
a simple sample message, we could use: <?php $to = “recipient@example.com”; $subject = “Hi!”; $body = “Hi,nnHow are you?”; if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) { echo(“<p>Message successfully sent!</p>”); } else { echo(“<p>Message delivery failed…</p>”); } ?> That’s it!
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| September 29, 2010 3:44 AM
Email Server, Email server software, Remote users, WAMP Stack
a simple sample message, we could use: <?php $to = “recipient@example.com”; $subject = “Hi!”; $body = “Hi,nnHow are you?”; if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) { echo(“<p>Message successfully sent!</p>”); } else { echo(“<p>Message delivery failed…</p>”); } ?> That’s it!
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| September 29, 2010 3:44 AM
Email Server, Email server software, Remote users, WAMP Stack
Emailing PDF Document
Hi, On the SNDDST command there is also a LONGMSG parameter which can handle up to 5000 characters. Regards, Martin Gilbert. ============================================================ The direct answer is that SNDDST is not appropriate for this. It is the wrong tool. It simply isn’t equipped for it. Use the SMTP facilities that are designed for it. In particular, [...]
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| September 27, 2010 11:25 PM
AS/400, E-mail applications, iSeries, PDF, SNDDST
Hi, On the SNDDST command there is also a LONGMSG parameter which can handle up to 5000 characters. Regards, Martin Gilbert. ============================================================ The direct answer is that SNDDST is not appropriate for this. It is the wrong tool. It simply isn’t equipped for it. Use the SMTP facilities that are designed for it. In particular, [...]
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| September 27, 2010 11:25 PM
AS/400, E-mail applications, iSeries, PDF, SNDDST
Production SQL Database has been restored with Old database backup
Without a newer backup than the one you restored you have lost the newer data.
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| September 27, 2010 12:08 AM
Exchange, SQL, SQL 2008, SQL Database, SQL Server 2008, Symantec, Symantec Backup Exec
Without a newer backup than the one you restored you have lost the newer data.
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| September 27, 2010 12:08 AM
Exchange, SQL, SQL 2008, SQL Database, SQL Server 2008, Symantec, Symantec Backup Exec
Antivirus questions for Windows network
It is a really good idea to load a good antivirus software on both server and client machines i say this because you dont want to have antivirus software only loaded on you server because you may find users on the client machines sticking flash drives and mp3 disks into their pc,s and the chances [...]
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| September 26, 2010 6:28 PM
Antivirus, Antivirus software, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 security, Windows Server 2003 Security Updates
It is a really good idea to load a good antivirus software on both server and client machines i say this because you dont want to have antivirus software only loaded on you server because you may find users on the client machines sticking flash drives and mp3 disks into their pc,s and the chances [...]
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| September 26, 2010 6:28 PM
Antivirus, Antivirus software, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 security, Windows Server 2003 Security Updates
Pop3 Accounts and Exchange
Configure a local PST file, and configure the pop3 account on each computer to deliver the email to the PST file and not to the exchange folder.
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| September 24, 2010 8:32 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Shared Mailboxes, Outlook 2007, POP3, POP3 accounts, Windows 7
Configure a local PST file, and configure the pop3 account on each computer to deliver the email to the PST file and not to the exchange folder.
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| September 24, 2010 8:32 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Shared Mailboxes, Outlook 2007, POP3, POP3 accounts, Windows 7
How to see who has responded to Outlook Calendar Event when I am not the organizer
There isn’t an Outlook 2005, there is 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010, but nonetheless it does not matter the version. Only the organizer sees the responses.
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| September 23, 2010 8:43 PM
Outlook Appointments, Outlook calendar, Outlook Calendar Permissions, Outlook Meeting Requests, Outlook meetings
There isn’t an Outlook 2005, there is 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010, but nonetheless it does not matter the version. Only the organizer sees the responses.
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| September 23, 2010 8:43 PM
Outlook Appointments, Outlook calendar, Outlook Calendar Permissions, Outlook Meeting Requests, Outlook meetings
Securing IIS on a Windows server 2003
for my side, we actually harden the servers and patch the servers (windows) and IIS. If there is any FTP sites, remove the Anonymous Login too ———- Setting the site to only support HTTPS and requiring Windows Authentication is usually a good thing as well.
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| September 23, 2010 6:15 PM
IIS, IIS configuration, IIS Server, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 security
for my side, we actually harden the servers and patch the servers (windows) and IIS. If there is any FTP sites, remove the Anonymous Login too ———- Setting the site to only support HTTPS and requiring Windows Authentication is usually a good thing as well.
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| September 23, 2010 6:15 PM
IIS, IIS configuration, IIS Server, Security in 2010, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 security
Exchange admin permissions
You can’t remove a part of Exchange Organization role’s privleges. You can only remove someone from that role and assign them to a role with fewer priveleges. If they need privleges only found as an organization admin then they will have all privleges assigned to that role. Privleges are role based, not user based. Assign [...]
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| September 23, 2010 4:36 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange administration, Exchange administrator, Exchange permissions
You can’t remove a part of Exchange Organization role’s privleges. You can only remove someone from that role and assign them to a role with fewer priveleges. If they need privleges only found as an organization admin then they will have all privleges assigned to that role. Privleges are role based, not user based. Assign [...]
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| September 23, 2010 4:36 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 administration, Exchange administration, Exchange administrator, Exchange permissions
How can we make a site respond to www. and just http?
You should have an A record for www.yourcompany.com in the DNS zone. Setup a CNAME for yourcompany.com pointing to www.yourcompany.com. This will get the DNS working. You may need to configure IIS to accept both names if you are using hostnames. If you aren’t using hostnames there’s nothing else to configure.
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| September 22, 2010 8:53 PM
DNS, IIS, Web servers, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Web Server 2003
You should have an A record for www.yourcompany.com in the DNS zone. Setup a CNAME for yourcompany.com pointing to www.yourcompany.com. This will get the DNS working. You may need to configure IIS to accept both names if you are using hostnames. If you aren’t using hostnames there’s nothing else to configure.
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| September 22, 2010 8:53 PM
DNS, IIS, Web servers, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Web Server 2003
Advice on upgrading SBS 2003 to Windows server 2008
Yes you can migrate from SBS 2003 to Server 2008, BUT it depends on you technical expertise. Depending on what you current environment is, an intermediary setup (temp server) may be required. Are you keeping the same infrastructure or are you planning on doing a ‘new domain’? Also, are you using Exchange on your SBS? [...]
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| September 22, 2010 2:32 PM
SBS, SBS 2003, SBS Migration, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Installation, Windows Server Upgrades
Yes you can migrate from SBS 2003 to Server 2008, BUT it depends on you technical expertise. Depending on what you current environment is, an intermediary setup (temp server) may be required. Are you keeping the same infrastructure or are you planning on doing a ‘new domain’? Also, are you using Exchange on your SBS? [...]
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| September 22, 2010 2:32 PM
SBS, SBS 2003, SBS Migration, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Installation, Windows Server Upgrades
who is using encryption on my email account
Odds are your email isn’t being hacked. You are probably receiving emails which are unicode, or they are encrypted.
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| September 22, 2010 4:28 AM
Encrypted email, Encryption, Hackers
Odds are your email isn’t being hacked. You are probably receiving emails which are unicode, or they are encrypted.
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| September 22, 2010 4:28 AM
Encrypted email, Encryption, Hackers
Active directory will not let me add email accounts when creating users
Install the Exchange Client tools from the Exchange CD. Run the exchange server intallation, but do a custom install and install only the administrative tools.
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| September 21, 2010 6:32 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users, Exchange, Exchange user settings, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP SP3
Install the Exchange Client tools from the Exchange CD. Run the exchange server intallation, but do a custom install and install only the administrative tools.
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| September 21, 2010 6:32 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Users, Exchange, Exchange user settings, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP SP3
Why do attachments disappear from Outlook 2003 meeting invitations?
This is rather odd behavior. Can you tell us if this is an Exchange account or an ISP accout set up as POP3? If this is POP3 then you can try running <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497″>scanpst.</a>
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| September 17, 2010 6:36 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 calendar, Outlook attachments, Outlook calendar, Outlook Meeting Requests
This is rather odd behavior. Can you tell us if this is an Exchange account or an ISP accout set up as POP3? If this is POP3 then you can try running <a href=”http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287497″>scanpst.</a>
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| September 17, 2010 6:36 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 calendar, Outlook attachments, Outlook calendar, Outlook Meeting Requests
prompt Outlook 2010 users to archive older emails 2 times a year
Outlook auto-archive is on by default and set to every two weeks. It will by default archive everything 2 months old and older. It will also prompt the user to run it. I would give some thought to archiving before using this as your default archiving method. Auto-archive archives to the desktop hard drive. Are [...]
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| September 17, 2010 6:32 PM
Backup, Email management applications, Outlook 2010, Outlook Administration, Outlook archive, Outlook Backup, Windows
Outlook auto-archive is on by default and set to every two weeks. It will by default archive everything 2 months old and older. It will also prompt the user to run it. I would give some thought to archiving before using this as your default archiving method. Auto-archive archives to the desktop hard drive. Are [...]
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| September 17, 2010 6:32 PM
Backup, Email management applications, Outlook 2010, Outlook Administration, Outlook archive, Outlook Backup, Windows
Can’t See New Folders in Public Folders from Outlook
How many Exchange servers do you have? If more than one you need to make sure you set each new folder to replicate on all mail servers. You can use the <a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=635BE792-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&displaylang=en”>PFDAVAdmin</a> tool to do this in bulk if necessary. (Install this on your PC, not the Exchange server) Also keep in mind there [...]
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| September 17, 2010 6:23 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange errors, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook permissions, Public Folder replication, Public folders
How many Exchange servers do you have? If more than one you need to make sure you set each new folder to replicate on all mail servers. You can use the <a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=635BE792-D8AD-49E3-ADA4-E2422C0AB424&displaylang=en”>PFDAVAdmin</a> tool to do this in bulk if necessary. (Install this on your PC, not the Exchange server) Also keep in mind there [...]
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| September 17, 2010 6:23 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange errors, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook permissions, Public Folder replication, Public folders
Setting up backup Exchange Server
With Exchange 2000 this is not an option unless you use a third-party application like xosoft or something. Your only High Availability option is a cluster with an active and a passive node. There are standby continuous replication and cluster continuous replication options available with Exchange 2007, but not 2000.
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| September 17, 2010 6:16 PM
Backup, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup Server, Backup server software, Exchange 2000, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup, Exchange Server
With Exchange 2000 this is not an option unless you use a third-party application like xosoft or something. Your only High Availability option is a cluster with an active and a passive node. There are standby continuous replication and cluster continuous replication options available with Exchange 2007, but not 2000.
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| September 17, 2010 6:16 PM
Backup, Backup and Recovery Hardware, Backup Server, Backup server software, Exchange 2000, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup, Exchange Server
