standalone Wss3 and email

standalone Wss3 and email ... with the standalone installation, when you choose attendee's, it can't email because the windows server user account does have the email address attribute.
I wonder I can change the authentication provider somewhere to SQL server database.

builtin ftp client in windows 7

ftp fooftp.mahome.org

ftp cmd line still works in  Windows 7. But I was promted to choose sort of a zone. dunno what I have clicked, ftp cmd ls can't finish, just stuck.

ftp not working?

ftp not working. it was working before. after some test, it is working inside LAN. But not working over the internet.

buffered? as the firewall (sonicwall) is configured to forward ftp packets to the FTP server.

ISP filtering ftp packets? DSL local exchange port got a problem?

the DLINK DSL router DSL-504T got its own packet filtering. on one of its setup pages, untick " block ftp requests".

WSS 3.0 site default page

the default master page is the default.master, right-click on that, "set as default master page" & "set as custom master page" are greyed out.

outlook 2003 test message filtering

in outlook 2003 setup test message, this message can be rejected by a smtp server.

in this case, File-new message should work if configured properly.

on the other hand, I had seen Outlook XP test message can go through some smtp server, but real-life message failed going through.

Xerox PCL 5 drivers

Xerox PCL 6 driver is available for those new docucenter MFCs. u/p 11111/x-admin.
but when setup scan-2-email address book, can't do it via the web interface (unless it is to import a contact book). so have to punch it from the panel.

But there is no PCL 5 drivers, only PS and PLC6. quite annoying as had a bit of problem with PCL6 in the past.

failed attempt to upgrade a Windows 2000 PC

failed attempt to upgrade a Windows 2000 PC ... I hate the word failure to the bone. but i have to face the reality.

upgrading a generic windows 2000 OEM PC (celeron 3.0G with 1GB ram, GA-sis chipset based MB) ... argh ..
Windows XP OEM cd can't do upgrade.
Windows XP VL cd can start the upgrade process, unfortunately, the PC failed to restart in the upgrading process.

tried to use XP w/sp3 cd in the recovery console to revive the installation, the message was there was an upgrade in process.

after all this trying, choice is to install from scratch using XP-OEM. things are easy to install from scratch.

the bigest disappoint is with storagecraft's shadow protect. the IT edition can't image windows 2000 installation from the W2000 gui interface. in a rush trying to finish the work before christmas, booted the PC from IT ed CD, take the image. But can't put the image back, it wont boot.

use pptp join the PC back to the domain, using the same PC name, but have to reset the computer account first in the AD.

ChrisTV 5.5 lite and relanvantknowdge

ChrisTV 5.5 lite and relanvantknowdge .... got prompted and downloaded, installed the ChrisTV 5.5 lite. this time I saw the relavantknowledge setup screen, this time i choose "decline".

this release seemed fix a watery wave problem I saw introduced last time.

tech issues over Christmas and Boxing day

tech issues over Christmas and Boxing day .... if I were to think of tech problems over the X'mas and boxing days, that would be quite sad.

anyway I did do a google search for a way to change MS office 2007 license keys. there is a MS article about it.

slipstream XP SP3

http://www.winsupersite.com/xp/sp3_slipstream.asp

veritas 10 backup to disk restore and NTbackup restore

well, someone's foxpro database got scrambled last friday. so I have to restore last Thursday's backup.

the veritas backes up to disk drive, the best way to do it is to copy the backup data to the original location (backup-disk-folder). then do a catalogue. at last do a restore from there.

the same goes for NTbackup restore, copy the backup file to the original backup location, do a catalogue, then restore to the original location, if it is not overwriting the new data, then restore to a different location.

HP info center tools

HP info center tools ... a user's HP nx6120 keeps getting the message pop-out "HP info enter tools",

after a goodle search, it may related to a ribbon-worn problem underneath the keyboard. anyway, move that HP tool file away from the directory, to stop it popping out again

a beeping P4-PC

faulty beeping P4-PC made in 2005. try anohter memory module, beep stopped. but windows xp home keeps rebooting.

chnage memory  module to another slot. rebooting suddenly stopped. saving me reloading windows. sigh... windows recoverd from a system error.

disgruntled former employee and commercial data security

disgruntled former employee and commercial data security. lessons are to use common sense. Not used accounts must be disabled. layered-scurity. this applys to windows-domain username/password. if the database has its own username/password, this needs attention too.

upgrade IBM x226 server memory

upgrade IBM x226 server memory ... 2* 2GB kit. it was rack-mounted with rack-mount kit. quite easy, slide out, un-do the cover. of course 32bit windows 2003 standard can only see 4GB ram.

the scsi attached eonstor infortrend needs be reset/power-cycled as well. otherwise the windows 2003 upon restart wont see the luns properly.

MS SQL 2005 feathure pack and Winodws 7

MS SQL 2005 feathure pack and Winodws 7 .... after installation of a SQL app. one of the functions stopped working.

the app support chap told me to install SQL tools. I pop in SQL 2000 CD, but that won't run on W7.

I am told to call all the people around the world to find out, including microsoft.

SQL 2005 mgmt studio seeems to run on W7.

after a tip, it is the MS SQL server 2005 feature pack - Backward compatibilty package I need. this is needed to work with SQL 2000 server. the original error is activex could not create object.

thank God. yeah, in the spirit of X'mas

Windows 2000 MDAC and SQL server 2005 express

Windows 2000 MDAC and SQL server 2005 express ...
configure ODBC for SQL server on a Windows 2000 with Sp4. all the default updates are installed, but ODBC SQL server wizard can't find the sql server properly. manually download MDAC 2.8 w/ sp1. all things are fine.

newsid 4.1 and cloned hard drives

newsid 4.1 and cloned hard drives ... well there is no more newsid on the official website anymore.

microsoft bought sysinternals some time ago. now it is gradually controlling the market.

I wonder if there is an open source sid generator available.

Toshiba Portege R600 and an EU company glabal warning

Toshiba Portege R600 and an EU company glabal warning, what happened if a notebook get lost. someone has to scamble for days to get back on feet again.

well, an european company told their global distrubutors to get two identical notebooks. the idea is to back up the data, and copy the data back to the notebook that still available.

to do that a new toshoba portege r600 is ordered for the local boss. that's not the exact version of the old version. the cpu is different, and the new one got 3G wireless. this is not a cheap model. But I doubt it has a solid state hard drive.

so took an image of old R600 hard drive. the shadow protect speed runs at 26MB/s which is not bad.

luckily this user only stores his data under his profile. so Use synback to copy his profile to a network drive.

The new R600 is running W7, the original is running W-XP (got vista license downgraded).

Boot from Shadow Protect IT ed Q4'09, select legacy w2003 restore mode, surprsingly it won't see the w7 loaded disk.
boot again select vista based restore mode. things are fine.

email X'mas Cards and spam filter

email X'mas Cards and spam filter... mass-mailed X'mas cards got caught in the spam filter... aha, that makes think the best way to do it is still use the snail mail

Microsoft visual J and pref-ms apps

Microsoft visual J and pref-ms apps, happen to encounter a banking software, it has an app like pref-ms, after installing visual j, the the app will run

exchange 2010 and windows 2008 R2

exchange 2010 requires windows 2008 R2

relevantknowledge comes back

not sure why relevantknowledge comes back to my W7 PC. it shows it installs today 14/12/2009.

But I am not aware of that. I did install ChrisTV and Office 2010 on 13/12/2009.

MS security essentials didn't see it as funny.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware didn't see it as funny either after 22 mins of scan.

outlook 2010 and outlook connector

outlook 2010 and outlook connector ... upon starting outlook 2010, it started to upgrade outlook 2007 data file. it need download a new outlook connector for hotmail.

ChrisTV update 5.41 lite

ChrisTV update 5.41 lite
download it and installed on my W7 PC

Office 2010 beta x32

Office 2010 beta, downloaded Office 2010 professional plus beta, and installed/upgraded my current Office 2007. yeah My life with Office 2010 started

sharepoint wws 3.0, w2003 R2, sql 2005 non-domain installation, Xen Server 5.0, XenCenter 5.5

Given a task to create a stand-alone sharepoint server.

use a W2k3 template in Xen Server 5.0, its a shadow protect image. it all went well.

a glitch happened when I tried to restart the the VM. in XenCenter It shows its still running. I can't shutdown. I even tried the command-line xe. still no luck.

after some google search, the answer is to close XenCenter, then open it again. so amazing.

now install WSS3.0 in non-domain mode, I will say not stand-alone mode. the windows server is in workgroup mode. I can choose web-frontend, then specify sql server. at the end of this, run configuration wizard, create first WSS web site.

yet to update the SQL 2005 to SP2.

DLINK DSL-504T ADSL 2 +

yeah, got a chance to install a DLINK DSL-504T ADSL 2 +. download speed is 14Mb, upload speed is 950Kb. quite impressive. adsl 2 + theratical speed is 24Mb.

reader_s.exe and SAV 9.0

a new version of reader_s.exe appeared. SAV 9.0 detected somehing wrong with ndis, but can't kill it properly. upon reboot, the virus will come back. MS security essentials detected something wrong, but can't kill it properly either.

my fav malware scanner finnaly killed it in safe mode. anti-byte malware can't seem to kill it in normal mode.

reader_s.exe comes in the email (DHL). it plant itself in c:\documen~settings\username and c:\windows\system32, also an isq?????.exe is planted in user's startup directory.

it is very slow to kill on a Lenovo 2007 model notebook R61 wuth only 504MB ram.

combofix and SEP 11.0.4

SEP 11.0.4 detected combofix as trojan.

deploy SEP 11.0.5 in a domain

to install SEP in a domain enviroment is easy. download the first CD from the symantec website once you have the renewal.

then extract the CD content, for a basic intallation is just a matter to click next next.

choose install SEP manager. then via the mgmt interface you can push out SEP client. it doesn't create \vphome directory or \clint-inst dir like the old version. if you have old version like SAV9. uninstall it, the defaulty password is symantec.

if you change servers, to redirect to a new server use synclink-replacer.

Symantec endpoint protection SEP 11.0.5

Symantec endpoint protection SEP 11.0.5, yeah, supposed to handle W7 and w2008 R2.
loaded on mine home windows 2003 machine, updated via my speed-throttled 56kbit ADSL link.
run scan again, it found a dozen trojan/viruses in my downloaded program/utils/cracks.
it is quite amazing as I have scanned those same files using various other anti-virus tools.
that proves again nothing comes free

sku111.cab and MS office basic 2003

for watever reason, if your computer asking for sku111.cab, you will have to find the cd. or the CD content is already copied somewhere else.

drupal and modules

install drupal core module. then install cck module. for drupal 5.3. the rpm install via fedora add/remove program. so that is a need put those modules in the correct directory.
the initial drupal site is also a drama, as lots of fiddling is invovled. however, README file helped a lot.

personal security trojan/virus and MS security essentials

for the first time, I found MS Securty essentias can't kill the personal security virus. basically that   is a browser plug-in like win32extension.dll. it pops out funny msgs.

SAV 10.0 can't kill it. anti-byte malware can kill

Drupal and Web Design

ah well, in order to work through the recession. there is requirement for doing some web design work. Yeah, without listening to what the customers saying first, i started looking for a web designing tool.
CMS - content mgmt system, ... yeah... there are different views about open-source joolma wordpress drupal.

now loaded a spare PC with Fedora Core 8, then loaded drupal 5.3. my FC9 DVD stuffed, failed selft-test.

I used to be able to do some graffiti web page more than one decade ago. now It is time trying to make some money by doing some commercial pages.

get mah bluetooth back, HP 6715b Windows 7 Support

I hate to fiddle the mobile phone to send lengthy txt messages. while some customers travel around the world, I used phone tools (nokia 6234) to txt them through the trouble.

I unsually turned off bluetooth when its not in use. after upgrading to W7 x64 ultimate, the bluetooth device wont show up.

then i goto HP support page for mah 6715b again for answers. surprisingly they put w7 drivers/software on their webpage for a two-year old model.

getting excited, i downloaded a whole bunch of updated drivers/utils. but the bluetooth s/w won't install because it can't detect bluetooth s/w.

i thought of put the hp disk back, and turn on the bluetooth in s/w.

as a last ditch, I entered the setup bios, turn off the bluetooth device, and boot into w7. then enter the bios again, load the system default settings. bam, the bluetooth thing pop up in windows.

migrate files/settings from windows XP to Windows 7

just installed a windows 7, need migrate user files/settings over from another XP machine.
run w7 easy transfer, select network mode. but the two machine could not find each other.
the way around it would be use flash/usb drive, then can still select network location to be used for transfer.
got a feeling some files like outlook xp (2000?) pst not being transferred.

then getting to a point of manually doing it. also need rename *.nk2 to outlook.nk2 so outlook 2007 can pick up cache.

Symantec EndPoint 11.0.5 and StorageCraft shadow protect imcrementals

Symantec EndPoint 11.0.5 and StorageCraft shadow protect imcrementals. symantec anti-virus server will cause an incremental in shadown protect at about 500MB.

so un-install SAV server and install SEP into another server. SEP 11.0.5 is supposed to handle Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7.
the symantec uninstall password is symantec.

upgrading a Toshiba NB from vista premium to W7 premium

its a disaster. first run toshiba upgrade assitant, it will download about 700MB things, then run W7 upgrade CD. lastly it will download another bunch of things after W7 being installed.
this is a NB with 1GB RAM. it is very slow.
a T-mobile (made by huawei) stick is installed in vista. but it failed to function in W7. un-install it, shutdown the NB, then install twice, finnaly got it going.

there is no bundled email client with W7. so download windows live mail for the customer.

wake up a remote computer

computer wake up, yeah, the lastest lenovo windows 7. the settings is 20 minutes into sleep mode.
But it will never respond to RDP pkt.

use a PPTP connection into a client's network. used various WOL tools, no luck.

finnally copied the wake-up tools onto the remote server, and this time sucesfully waked up the windows 7 PC.

it seems those wake-up tools not working via a PPTP tunnel, even if ping is ok.

file corruption on a Lenovo X300

outlook is funny. skype reported an error accessing an xml file.

But can't run check disk, because upon windows start, an error occurs like "cannot access the hard drive directly".

can't seems to get around the problem to fix the hard drive (samsung 60GB solid state drive). boot from a Hiren 10.0 CD. eventually run chkdsk fix file system errors. backup / delete user profiles, re-build user profile.

however yet to sort out the "cannot run scandisk problem"

install application templates and site template for WSS3.0

download alltemplates.exe and extract, need install application care template first. in the process need pend -immediate in some cmds. this is for a farm installation. stsadm -o filename callcenter.wsp.
or a batch file can be created to do this.
one bizzare problem with the cmd line is that directly copying from the readme.txt wont work. it will give an error. the trick is manually type it.
*.stp files can be uploaded via webite - sitesettings - galleries - templates

camstudio screen capture/recording with panasonic h3r and quicktime

panasonic security camera format h3r, it has its own propriety format. it need its viewer.exe to play back. it is not designed to be modified.

there is another problem with a client. the powerpoint got a problem playing quicktime mov files.

what's the easy solution to convert those files into windows media format. camstudio record those playbacks into avi files.

But I do find out camstudio got a problem recording ChrisTV program. maybe ChrisTV program also has recording built-in.

Managing Multiple Remote Connections mRemote (Open-Source) Connection Manager

Managing Multiple Remote Connections mRemote (Open-Source) Connection Manager

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byte.com and dr. Dobbs

I saddenly realized that Byte has gone in 1998. oh dear things changed so fast, Dr Dobbs apparently still there. ah yeah, I am under pressure to do some web design.

mup.sys stuck during Dell notebook boot (dell Vostro 1510?)

the client said the dell nb crashed in a skype session. tried various ways to recover ... safe mode ...last known good config, no luck, ntbtlog.txt not there. pull hard drive out , run virus scan ... nothing major.
press F12 to run self-diagnostic, seems fine.
the Nb has vista license, but downgraded to
have to re-install, CTRL+F11 to initialize the process. ghost 8.3 in 7 minutes. restored to factory windows xp installation.

sharepoint designer 2007 is Free

sharepoint designer 2007 is Free now. its supposed to connect directly to wss3.0 site.

clean DHL trojan/virus

a break of DHL virus/trojan tricked many people. pull out hard drive, run scan from another PC via a USb enclosure.
use tools like symantec SEP, anti-malware, kill reader_s.exe under c:\windows\system32. run combofix, run MGtools. run kapersky virus removal tools.
then network not working, the device manager show all nic in yellow !. also add/remove program wont show program list, --- this can be get around by using ccleaner.
copy c:\windows\serivicepackfiles\nd*.* to c:\windows\system32\drivers.
restart to restore network connection. then add/remove program showing up properly.
remove SAV9.0. install microsoft security essentials, run full scan, it killed a reader_s.???? under c:\qoodoo directory which was a result of combofix.
I hate to re-install windows. virus/trojans like DHL is increasingly hard to get rid of without a clean/refresh reload.

MS Word autosave

well, come across this problem serval times already, people were losing files because they clicked No to the Word prompt as to whether to save changes or Not. then they lost one day's work.

they expect Word autosave feature can cover this problem. But autosave only save a temp file in the case of a crash.

MSTermLM.exe and terminal server license

a client is doing work on their client's terminal server. well there wasn't enough license for her to connect. she was advised by their client's IT guy to use MStermLm.exe. I wonder this is a small util to delete the installed & expired client license in user's PC. the this little program was regared as virus by various anti-virus programs.

Windows 2003 terminal server will enforce device client license, however it wont enforce user-mode license.

bundled util software with lenovo

Lenovo X301, with OZ simcard preloaded with verizon?. huawei vodafone e220 software wont load. it may show up briefly but then disappear. the device manager showed the USB dongle in yellow. I am told the software has to be installed for the the dongle to work. it is the same problem with a Telecom USB stick. But TelstraClear-au's software can be installed and is working.

eventually remove some bundled software for the lenovo like client security manager, think-advange connections manager. then the vodafone software saddenly started to install.

never assume a certain computer hasn't got virus

moved a PC out of an office which has direct connection to the DC/file server to a branch office. the pc failed connecting to the internet. It is very slow to logon unless unplug the cable at the remote site.
went down to the cached credentials, no luck. the loaded AVG was showing not being updated.

run malware scan, found zlob trojan with various permutations. run microsoft security essentials to clean the remnants, as well as another malware - tiny-proxy.

Microsoft security essentials and malwarebyte's anti-spyware are highly recommended.

windows security essentials for windows server 2003 / 2008

nope.

the free MS windows security essentials is for windows xp / vista / 7.
it doesn't seem for server.

my first bad experience with Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

I powered on my cn-windows 2003 after a long time of non-use. updated java. then update the malwarebytes' anti-malware to the lastest version and def.
did a scan it warned a comdlg32.dll problem. also a warning about cewmdm.dll.
I did a restart as requested. but the windows keeps restarting and giving me a blue screen.
luckily this computer got two drives. the other drive is loaded with 2008 server trial.
boot the machine in windows 2008, manually renamed windows 2003's comdlg32.dll.
then boot server 2003 again, I can log in now, but there were complaints about the comdlg32.dll.
copy the dll file from servicepack files.
whether this disaster caused by a temp hardware error, I don't know. its a shock.

create Windows 7 system repair disc

create Windows 7 system repair disc... under programs ... maintenance ... create repair disc ... a CD-R disc is fine. its x64 disc for the x64 W7

windows 7 x64 bit media player

windows 7 x64 bit media player, a little bit faster than x32 bit?
sometimes still jerky on the 2.2GHZ AMD Turion.

the windows 7 system experience index is 3.3 limited by the onboard video card.

some cisco voip stuff

show dial-peer voice summary
show call active voice
show voice call summary
show ip rtp header-compression
show processes cpu
show ip int br
debug ip packet
nodebug
sh vlan
match protocol rtp

unix commands

ps -e find a process from a previous session
ps -l - show process status
ps -f display the owner
dg
jobs
fh %1
nohup
sleep
wait
nice
at -l
at -r
crontab -e
crontab -l
crontab -r
head
touch
find
lpstat
lp -d
sed
chown
chgrp
chmod
env
echo
printenv

bc, cal

bc - calculator
cal - calendar

rpm command

install         rpm -ihv foo
uninstall     rpm -e foo
upgrading  rpm -uhv foo
querying    rpm -q foo

linux partition naming scheme; show memory... linux misc

linux partition naming scheme
/dev/xxyN 

N - the partition number
y - which device the partition is on
xx = hd - ide
xx = sd - scsi

show memory in your system
cat /proc/meminfo

change keyboard type /usr/sbin/kbdconfig

change mouse config
/usr/sbin/mouseconfig

change timezone
/usr/sbin/timeconfig

Windows 7 RSAT

W7 remote server admin tools x64 aboyut 224MB. after installation, still need unlock program feature in control panel.

W7 RDC 6.1.7600

W7 RDC 6.1.7600 RDP 7.0 supported

outlook connector and mdaemon cache

ALT-N mdaemon outlook connector and cache. outlook messages appeared corrupted like couldn't delete a message. it is the cache is corrupted. delete the local cache. should be fine

quick lauch in windows 7

quick lauch in windows 7. where is it?

right-click on outlook, then  pin to taskbar

easy transfer and chinese text file

easy transfer and chinese text file. it appeared a chinese txt file not being transferred properly. is there a unicode transfer?

find exchange aliase

(proxyAddresses=smtp:superG@yang11.homeip.net)

NT4 domain to 2003 domain upgrade

upgrade and migrate wins and dhcp


PDC offline operations permissions compatible with pre-windows 2000 server o/s

upgrade to w2003 server --> unplug PDC ---> upgrade to DNS / AD plug back

make it GC server



phasing out the upgrade server, install DNS on the new server , then DCpromo, transfer the roles over

then demote the intermediate one

increase XP mode memory

increase XP mode memory, by default 256MB. shutdown the virtual PC and from the settings menu, increase the memory to 320MB

alphcom 6 on XP mode (install apps in XP mode)

alphcom 6 on XP mode. I know alphacom 6 wont work on windows vista. Alphacom 7 can.

to get Alphacom 6 work on W7, open XP mode virtual PC, and install the alphacom program.

the installed program will appear in W7 program menu under XP mode.

microsoft security essentials for XP mode

microsoft security essentials for XP mode.... installed it to see what happen

XP mode is running in 32 bit mode?

http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/xp64.php

yes, according to a script from the above link

bundled games in windows 7

yes, i am a game addict. bundled games in windows 7, minesweeper seems the same. but the solitarie seems harder than the ones in w3.1x & win 9x, w2k, w-xp.

easy transfer and windows xp

windows xp file&settings transfer wizard can't transfer password.
But W7 (vista ?) easy transfer can do that.

windows 7 install and windows 7 easy transfer

continue to work on the x64 W7 ultimate on the HP Compaq 6715b with 2GB RAM, AMD Turion 64x2.
started
w7 installation is pretty fast.
w7 easy transfer is good too. it finish 28GB transfer in about 40Min. it transfered the domain profile,local profile etc.

there is a program report after the easy transfer. its said windows movie maker and windows outlook express are not included in this version of windows.

for 3rd party apps, i need adobe reader, flash player, ..

install the ms security essential on the amdx64 Windows 7 ultimate

download from ms site, installed no problem. seemed auto-detect x64 x86?

install new video driver to improve aero peformance

updated the vga driver using a vista driver ATI, now the index is 3.3

screen switch and domain profile in Windows 7 / vista

screen switch and domain profile in Windows 7 / vista.
ever remember the user switch feature in windows xp home. you can't do in  XP pro as well. but you can do that in XP pro once it is joined to a domain.

well in Windows vista / 7, you can switch logged on profiles/users even if the PC is joined to the domain.

x64 bit Windows 7 windows experience index on HP CPQ 6715b

x64 bit Windows 7 windows experience index on HP CPQ 6715b.
the number is 1.0 .
the video card is off course not good.

windows xp to Windows 7

x64 bit W7 easy transfer tool wont run on x86 XP. pop in a x86 W7 dvd to run on x32 XP.
x32 bit MS virtual PC won't run on x64 bit W7.
install x64 MS virtual PC, no problem. then install XP mode x32x64 bit setup file

my virtual server wont start

SYMANTEC TAMPER PROTECTION ALER

Target: C:\Program Files\Symantec AntiVirus\SavUI.exe

Event Info: Set Information Process

Action Taken: Logged

Actor Process: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\vmh.exe (PID 2376)

Time: Friday, 16 October 2009 12:17:04 p.m.

IE8 and skype & yahoo messager

IE8 and skype & yahoo messager, problems with old versions of skype and yahoo messanger caused system acting up like not-shutting down, freezing, dark panels in IE8.

now its time to move to W7, how about the XP mode

I was thrown a 160GB notebook drive, supposed to goto W7. alas, what will happen to some XP programs?

its said the XP mode is good. now downloading MS virtual PC and XP mode.

using shadow protect to restore a image to a virtual server on the same network

using shadow protect to restore a image to a virtual server on the same network. first install xen5.5. restore from the image from the network drive share. disconnect the whole thing from the activate network, then start the windows virtual machine. windows 2003 will detect hardware change, will ask to re-activate in 3 days. if you missed that, you have to use telephone to activate.
move the server out of the domain, chaneg server name, run newsid (to rename it).

upgrade a hard drive with sql server db on it

stop all sql services (SQL 2005) in services.msc. use shadow protect do a incremental, use an e-sata bracket to extend x226 servers internal sata connectors. attach Lacie 2BIGTB external drive to the e-sata connection. e-sata cable is different from internal sata cable. restore to drive using shadow protect. it awful slow restoring abour 40GB data to 500 GB hard drive (abour 3.5 hours). no re-sizing is manually needed.
change drive letters as the data drive is not the C: drive. its funny coz its first time a system is running on external hard drive.

HP MFC officejet pro ever works with windows 2003 terminal server

HP MFC officejet pro ever works with windows 2003 server. never had luck install HP officejet separately. hard to split the printer driver,scanner and fax driver.

installation failed again on a windows 2003 terminal server. HP officejet pro 8500. trying to setup a printer separately, no luck, installation just vanished.

ADSL Internet connection dropping at a client site

its a zyxel 600 adsl router. it looks fine with those LEDs, but the LAN ip is not responding to pings after a while. replace with another one. all good.

Xencenter 5.0 on W7 and XP

Xencenter 5.0 failed to work on my W7 over PPTP connecting to Xen5.0 server. it showed its connected, but no VM showing-up. in contrast w-xp is fine.
This used to be working.

MYOB 17 sent to not working

MYOB 17 sent to not working, copy c:\accounting17 to another PC seems to be able to start MYOB and open myob data files. but if choose to send to excel file. nothing seems to happen. so the soultion is to install accounting17 properly.

forward to multiple email accounts in exchange 2003

forward to multiple email accounts in exchange 2003. create a distribution group and put more email address (contacts) in the group.

Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft Security Essentials, can't download it the other day. yeah, the boss was right because MS hadn't released it yet even if the link was outlined on their website.

the next day, successfully downloaded it. removed avg and re-installed it.

exchange 2003 and Exmerge

exchange 2003 and Exmerge, PST file dumps wont work properly once the size reachs 2GB. even if the size in ESM is less than 2GB. the PST pst file size can still be way higher.

Vmware ESXi 4 vs Xen 5.5

EsXi 4 failed to install on a HP dx8210MT, because it doesn't like realtek nic. Xen 5.5  insatallation is pretty quick.

IE8 problem with exchange 2003 OWA

when replying to email messages, I see a x in the body.

a google search lead to

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/911829/

but this w7 ie8 can see SBS2008 OWA properly.

Windows 7 PPTP connection problem with Windows 2003 server

Windows 7 PPTP connection problem with Windows 2003 server. I had pptp connection problem from time to time. All very dreadful. now my windows xp pptp works great. But windows 7 pptp failed. the bizzare thing is that W7 pptp to that windows 2003 ras server was working last night.

temp drive for installing windows 2003 updates

temp drive for installing windows 2003 updates... it occurred to me, windows 2003 ( windows xp) may use the bigger drive (free space) attached to the system when it comes to windows updates. it will use the drive even if it is a USB drive.

outlook 2007 crashing Windows XP PC

it had a sudden crash in outlook 2007. then the PC really slow, then the PC complained about the information store, a quick google search indicated a problem with windows search serivce. update the windows search service to v4. it feels much better.

setup Mac OS X PPTP to Windows 2003 RAS server

setup Mac OS X PPTP to Windows 2003 RAS server... not sure which version of Mac, not too old, not too new. open the help file, point me to the right direction how to create a VPN connection. create a VPN conection, put in username/password.. bang... its in.

configure telecom blackberry with customer's sbs2008 server

just configure following the wizard just fine. however with one of the the blackberrys, the wizard complained that an email address is already configured, and the user forgot the username/password, called telecom about this problem, waited 30 minutes, no luck.

looked at the email settings after the wizard, the email address is actually an owa address, funny bis only pass email, not contacts/calendars. this should be much easier without a BES server.

Shadow Protect and fileserver file restore

it is quite handy to restore files using shadow protect (storagecraft). especially the drives are backed up continuous incremental.

server 2003 terminal printing with HP Laserjet 2100

LPT port attached to the HP LJ 2100 on a w98R2 PC. install drive HL LJ 4. works fine. terminal server printing fine.

copy 50GB data to usb drive

90 minutes. the nb sized drive is attached to a x225 server. data is copied over the network. the files are in 2GB chunks.

Iphone; eee PC pptp VPN and Windows 2003

Ihaving failed to get iphone connecting with a windows 2003 server last year, I thought it was because Iphone V1, not everything supposed to work.
now I got a chance to connect eee pc to Windows 2003 RAS server. it failed with a bit more info like TLS-auth.

PPTP VPN started working after TLS-auth was turned off on Windows 2003 RAS server.

DSL-504T ADSL router

in a rural site, dlink DSL-504T keeps dropping connection. it is very hot. put it sideways to cool it down. yet to see whether this fixed it or not.

USB copying speed

copy 28GB data from a USB disc to a Windows 2003 hard drive. that takes about 75minutes. what a pain.

a note on Centos, Fedora Core, and Red Hat from a 3rd' party

I had a chance to revive a user's RH 3 server box. But the hard drives are worn. So a new box has to be provisioned. in the process the linux apps guy commented Fedora is good for development, centos is good for production if you don't want to buy RH. at which time a disruption at centos erupted, and caused a shock in the linux community, you can still view the open letter at http://www.centos.org/

exchange 2003 on windows 2003 PDC

exchange 2003 on windows 2003 PDC; restarting is still awful slow

personal anti-virus and MalwareByte's anti-spyware & AVG FE

a personal anti-virus fake Av program found on a client's win-xp home pc. pav.exe, uac*.dll uac*.sys files found on the infected PC. boot from a bootable pc, delete those dlls and the sys. install malwarebyte's AS by renaming it as something else. run malware scan again and again, also update windows. finally the trojan disappeared. in the process, AVG did stop two dll running.

marketscore.relevantknowdge, malwarebyte's anti & super-antispyware

after a shocking discover of the marketscore in the W7 PC a while ago, I run MalwareByte's program today. But the malwarebyte's program crashed in the middle and reported marketscore found.; run again the same problem. But SuperAntiSpyware didn't find anything suspious.

grant send as permission in exchange 2003

grant send as permission in exchange 2003. in ADUC, enable advanced view, d-click on the user --- security--- advance --- add someone tick send as --- only this object.... it may take a while before you can test (or you restart information store service).

systeminfo

systeminfo cmd is quite usefull to display windows xp/2003/vista installation date. in vista it can show boot time.

configure exchange 2007 to allow relay from certain hosts

configure exchange 2007 to allow relay from certain hosts. in the server hub-transport, create a new receive-connector, put sending hosts IP in, tick sending-server auth-itself, and tick exchange server in the other pane.

move virtualized centos 5.3

a XenServer-virtualized centos 5.3 was ported into another Xen Server 5.0. however the network is not working properly. it has a similar probelm to a virtualized windows like an ip address is used by another nic.
the workaround is to delete all the nics, and re-created a new nic.

annoying chirps from a HP CPQ 9420

disconnecting the keyboard, the noise disappear. replace with a new keyboard, the left CTRL-key still not working. blody hell, wot a waste.

install SBS 2008 in advanced mode

yeah, install SBS 2008 in default mode ending up a domain like mydome.local.

to get an mydome.com, install sbs 2008 in advanced mode. that involves using a utility s/w to create an answer file. then stick the USB pen drive into the server, and boot from SBS 2008 DVD.

alas. sbs 2008 is like a mine field.

Juniper as a second language

a quite interesting link for CCNA

http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/elearning/jsl.html

Outlook anywhere - struggling with it

Outlook anywhere. SBS 2008 with SP1 does everything for you using wizards. When I checked the settings, SSL is self issued, located in a public directory ready to distribute.  rpc-over-https is auto installed as well as a feature? client access server is also auto-enabled for outlook anywhere.

however, it hard to get it working. after a long google search http://forums.msexchange.org/m_1800501743/tm.htm

yeah, connect outlook 2007 locally like using ras, then connect remotely seemed fine. I wonder this somehow related to the UPN.

BTW, its bit tricky to hack the W7 hosts file for testing when the public dns not in place yet.

PPTP VPN access to SBS 2008

well, the trick is to put the ras user in the securtiy group like sbs vpn users.

Lenovo PC rebooting problem

a user's PC reboots in a bizzare way. updated bios/drivers, patched XP, no luck.
the user said that happened only when the CD-ROM was involved.
an external DVD/RW is installed to see if that helps.

virtualize Windows 2003 & Exchange 2003

move a client online by virtualize their Windows 2003 domain & exchange 2003 server.

use shadow protect to take images, then restore the XenServer 5.0

its a bit slow. XenCentre was sluggish before Xentools installed.

after xentools installed, there was a complaint about the same IP address assigned a previous nic. This lead to manually removing the previous nic reference.

the physical platform is an IBM x3250.

Exmerge and exchange 2003

exmerge would dump pst files on c: drive, if a network share is not available.

Emerge doesn't like network drive letter. please use UNC path instead.

Dell dual xeon R410

Dell dual xeon R410 entered the market cheaper than rivals IBM and HP.
the rack-mount kit is quite easy to clip onto the rack. It seems easier than IBM.
the delivery package is a little bit bigger than IBM's. It came from Malay after 9 days of online order.

It can support 4 SATA hard drives. I would say its a very promising product so far.

SBS 2008 on Xen Server 5.0.0 update 3

yeah, Xenserver 5.5 is better. but for other reasons have to stick to version 5.0.0.

SBS 2008 is x64 with the normal windows server stuff, plus exchange 2007. The live and forefront are trial (what a bait). wsus and sharepoint 3.0 included with sql 2005 express?

C: drive must be 60GB.
It doesn't like more than 1 NIC.

When xentools installed, it may be necessary to delete the previous non-present realtek nic

Fix-my-network wizard is quite useful when things tungled up.

It is said always to use wizards in SBS 2008.

upgrade W7 RC x86 to W7 RTM

need at least 16GB free space on C: drive. also need to do a trick editing ini file to get the upgrade running. otherwise it will refuse to run citing version not upgradable.

ChrisTV and W7 RC

yes, chrisTV still works after the upgrade.

IE8 and sonicwall SSL VPN

get this working with w2003 terminal server.

W7 RC

upgraded vista ultimate to W7 RC ulimate. need a restart to continue the upgrade. it seemed slower than vista to the contrary. w7 can't see my video card, run it as VGA.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/256498-30-intel-dp35dp#bas

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/256498-30-intel-dp35dp#bas

replacement MB is here, but still wont boot

Both CPU and motherboard are cold. try new power supply, tried new memory. again intel customer support asked me to do the bios recovery. It is still hard to say whether the CPU or/and refurbnished motherboard faulty. Intel online chat guy the day before offered to do another RMA. But I would like to do some limited test. what a traumatic experience.

doing MS virtual lab

Install SQL 2005, took more than 30 mins itself, in a 90 minutes lab. have to do it twice shiit

replacement MB is coming

its now in SG according to Fedex.com

waiting for the mainboard from intel

old mainboard returned on 19 Feb 2009, now I am still waiting for a replacement. Oh dear, we are in recession. chatted with some1, ciddie said it couldn't be checked because of different GEO.
called local intel today, they said they would email me the status.

...iNTEL RMA

chatted with Intel support again today. He processed RMA for my DP35DP board. 98% MB, 1% CPU,1% memory.

nitemare continues

online Intel guy couldn't help today becuase their server overloaded. I wonder I need RMA the DP35DP

solvage my DP35DP

just chatted with an intel online guy. I am going to do a BIOS recovery on my doomed DP35DP.

faulty system

my PC is dead yesterday.
there is a underscore on the screen. nothing else happen. emailed Intel. isolated this to motherboard/cpu. I doubt its memory. DP35DP....

is shadow protect exchange / sql server

storageCraft's shadow protect, yet to figure out whether its exchange\SQL aware. it seems its SQL2000 aware.

Time to read the manual.

exchange server 2003 send as permission

exchange server 2003 send as permission
however, manually type in the address at the field [from:], a bouce back will be generated.
workaround, select address from the GAL, it will work.

Fedora Core 10 and Hyper-V windows 2008

now load FC10 onto Hyper-V Windows 2008. It failed to install on the first attempt. after a reset, it started to run. then fiddled with legacy NIC, suddenly I'm connected to the net so I can write this blog post.

This is a good start for me in the new year/CNY. I had lots of bad luck with linux in 2007. I couldn't even load a server linux distro properly for some bizarre reason in 2007.

the fonts are much smooth in FC10 Gnome than before. The Web interface is much better.

Windows 7 beta and Windows 2008 Hyper-V

downloaded MSDN W7 - beta. installed as Windows 2008 Hyper-V VM. it worked straight after the installation. it comes with ie8 beta. there is a new thing called homenetwork(?) upon first start-up. this home-networking thing is bit like setting up a workgroup network, but with an additional system generated password.

the computer performance scale is 1.0~7.9. however the VM can't be rated.

the version I got is Windows 7 Ultimate v.6.1 (build 7000)

Suse 11.1 and Windows 2008 Hyper-V

Open Suse 11.1 installed as a Hyper-V VM on windows 2008. couldn't get the legacy network card to work. it will get an ip DHCP address, but it can't ping or browse the net.