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.