Category Archives: Windows
KB3002657 v2 release for Windows 2003 – Fixes authentication issues on 2003 DCs
For details on this issue see my blog post here: Warning: KB3002657 can break authentication, with Exchange and other apps & devices Microsoft added this note to the MS15-027 post V2.0 (March 16, 2015): To address a connectivity issue with … Continue reading
Warning: KB3002657 can break authentication, with Exchange and other apps & devices
Last Updated: 3/17/15: Microsoft added this note to the MS15-027 post V2.0 (March 16, 2015): To address a connectivity issue with update 3002657 when installed on supported editions of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft released update 3002657-v2 for all supported editions of … Continue reading
Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Installfests and Boot 2 VHD Events
My friend Harold Wong from Microsoft is putting on Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012 “installfest” boot 2 VHD events in CO, CA, and AZ. This Friday 8/10 from 1 PM – 4 PM is the event in Denver, CO. … Continue reading
Looking for someone to mentor & train in the Microsoft Infrastructure area
Also posted on FB Here I’m looking for someone to mentor & train in the Microsoft Infrastructure area, mainly Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, and scripting that lives in the Denver area. I could use a technical assistant for many things, … Continue reading
Microsoft Windows Live Mesh
Check out this article on why Ed Bott of ZDNet switch from Dropbox to Windows Live Mesh: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/why-i-switched-from-dropbox-to-windows-live-mesh/3512 Mainly it was due to security lapses at Dropbox but also these key features: You can sync multiple folders on multiple local drives Dropbox … Continue reading
Virtualizing the Unified Messaging role is now supported on Exchange 2010 SP1
Microsoft announced today that the UM role can now be virtualized with Exchange 2010 SP1. Before today Microsoft would not support UM on Hyper-V, VMWare, or any virtualization technology. In addition to announcing this support Microsoft also released a new … Continue reading
SharePoint History
For those that didn’t know SharePoint has been around since 2001. The 1st "real" version of SharePoint was based on the Exchange 2000 ESE database engine, instead of SQL. The version was code named "Tahoe" SharePoint 2003 brought in … Continue reading
Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 have gone gold!
Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 have been RTM (as of 7/22/09)! I’ve been running Windows 7 now (my blog post on W7)for about 3 months and really love it. It makes up for all the issues with Vista. … Continue reading
Windows 7 RC is out!
Update 6/15/09: WebEx will work if you use Firefox to start & join meetings. Update 5/5/09: WebEx currently does not work with W7. I called WebEx and their official response was they would support it when it goes RTM. Currently … Continue reading
Update on my computer upgrade…
Update: 5/2/09 Upgraded to Windows 7 RC today (blog post). Last weekend I removed the 250GB system drive I was using and replaced it with a pair of 150GB drives in a RAID1. I split the RAID into 2 partitions, … Continue reading