Archive for June 1st, 2007


Jun 1

Exchange 2007: TechCenter Updates – May 2007

The Exchange Server documentation team had announced the following new Exchange Server 2007 content. Exchange Security Documentation: What's New and Who's Who Configuring Permissions in Exchange Server 2007 Operations Management and Monitoring of an Exchange Server 2007 Organization Managing Mailbox Features in Exchange Server 2007 Management Interfaces in Exchange Server 2007 Technical Architecture of Exchange Server
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Jun 1

Windows Vista: Introducing SearchMelt is?

The thing about Search Folders is that while they're pretty handy for an individual, they're not readily shareable. If you actually open a Search Folder in notepad and look at the XML innards, you'll see that Windows Vista automatically scopes the Search Folder to the user profile on the local PC. This prevents me
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Jun 1

How To: Deal With Pagefile Issues?

Pagefile issues are increasing over past few months, where pagefile.sys files exceeds their custom size Maximum Size value.  The most likely cause of the Pagefile growing beyond the configured setting is if the system's paging file requirements exceed the current setting and the virtual memory of the system is depleted.  In that
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Jun 1

Debugging of an Application Crash

One of our common issues is troubleshooting application crashes (for example, the Print Spooler or a third-party application).  These crashes usually result in the infamous Dr. Watson error.  First, let's discuss terminology.  A crash is when something experiences a fault and has no
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Jun 1

Certified for Windows Vista Networking Demo

In continuation to the Certified for Windows Vista demo videos. Just like the Digital Memories demo, that was shot using Canon's new high-def HV20, which is Certified for Windows Vista. Video: Networking Demo -
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Jun 1

Exchange Server 2007: Configuring POP3 And IMAP4

Most people these days are switching to Outlook Anywhere (RPC over HTTP), Outlook Web Access, or Exchange ActiveSync because they provide a richer client experience than POP or IMAP. Certainly, I use these methods when I am not at my primary corporate desktop machine. However, there are still those who are in the world of *nix or who
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Jun 1

Exchange 2007: How Transport Selects Certificates for TLS

Understanding how certificates are selected for a Transport layer Security (TLS) session will help you troubleshoot TLS issues. Since we shipped Exchange 2007, support engineers Jenny Frye and Stuart Presley have been helping customers work through issues around deploying Domain Security and using TLS to connect Hub Transport servers and Edge Transport servers and to enable
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Jun 1

Exchange Server 2007: Generating Active Directory Accounts

With Exchange 2003, if you wanted to create Active Directory accounts based on the list of disconnected mailboxes in the mailbox database, you could use the Mailbox Export Wizard which was a part of the Mailbox Recovery Center. Before that, you could have used MBCONN, a tool we had for that purpose. That functionality
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Jun 1

Windows Vista – Point & Print

Point & Print is a Windows feature that enables users to connect to a shared printer without the need to manually install the necessary printer driver software.  Point & Print automatically downloads and installs the required printer drivers when a user connects to a shared printer.  It also updates the printer driver on the client computer
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Jun 1

MS07-026: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Could Allow Remote Code Execution (931832)

An Exchange Server related security bulletin was released, here are some details; please go and get the patches that apply to your Exchange version! Issued: May 08, 2007 Impact of Vulnerability: Remote Code Execution Maximum Severity Rating: Critical Recommendation: Customers should apply the update immediately Security Update Replacement: This bulletin replaces two prior security updates. See the
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Jun 1

Exchange Server 2007 And Windows Mobile 6.0

Shortly after the release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, the newest version of Windows Mobile – Windows Mobile 6 was released. Formerly codenamed Crossbow, this release contains a number of enterprise ready features designed to work natively with Exchange Server 2007 to provide a robust mobile experience. In this post I'll provide an overview of the
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Jun 1

Exchange Server 2007: Managing Active Sync Device From Outlook Web Access

In Exchange 2007, Outlook Web Access (OWA) offers a portal for users to manage their Exchange Active Sync (EAS) devices. How to access that information? Log on to OWA Click "Options" Click "Mobile Device" Here is what the page looks like:   Note: If ActiveSync is not enabled for
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Jun 1

Exchange Server: Connector And Performance Issues?

Where and how are connector restrictions configured? In Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 Server, connector restrictions are configured on the connector's Delivery Restrictions tab. The restriction checking functionality is controlled by a registry key that is set on the Exchange 2000/2003 bridgehead that is the source for the connector that is being checked. If you need to
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Jun 1

What’s IE User Agent String?

The IE User-Agent String - is a term with which more administrators are becoming familiar since the launch of IE7.  The User-Agent string identifies your browser to the server hosting the site that you are visiting.  This allows the web server to provide content that is tailored for the
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Jun 1

Windows Memory Management And SQL Working Set

This post is foucsed on SQL 2005 and Memory Management.  The issue gets reported as: "Windows Memory Management is trimming the SQL Working Set."  When you review the event logs, you'll see lots of Event ID 17890 messages: A significant part of SQL server process memory has been paged out. This
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