July 14, 2010Ding dong, the witch is dead… Support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 ended on July 13, 2010. Customers need to be on at least Service Pack 3 now. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean31 Likewise, Extended Support for Windows 2000 Professional is also over. http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifean35 If you need more guidance on support scenarios regarding these operating systems, check Eric [...]
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June 23, 2009Want to get your hands on Windows Mobile 6.5? Wait no longer! Title: Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit Version: 6.5 Date Published: 06/03/2009 Download size: – WM6.5 Professional (USA) 225.0 MB – WM6.5 Standard (USA) 71.4 MB File type: MSI System Requirements: XPSP3, Vista, Server 2003 SP2 Download URL: Click here Description: The Windows [...]
Posted in Downloads, Free, Mobility, Support, WindowsMobile 53 Comments »
October 2, 2008For five days this week I’m in Issaquah, Washington (southeast of Seattle) at the Microsoft Sammamish campus for the special SBS 2008 training that Microsoft arranged for the SBS-MVPs. So far the training has been absolutely fantastic. This is, by far, the most in-depth and valuable software training I’ve ever received, and I am tremendously [...]
Posted in Microsoft, SBS 2008, SMB Community, Support, Training 518 Comments »
July 4, 2008We’ve all been there. It’s 4:50 PM on a Friday afternoon (or a holiday weekend) and you get the call from a client, “Our server just went down.” In times like that it’s nice to know that you’re not working without a net – you can always call Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). Well, before [...]
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March 5, 2008From the Help Desk file… Reported Issue: Users report Outlook Web Access (OWA) ‘looks funny’ or ‘messed up’ and is missing the graphics. The main body says “Loading…”. There is also no screen color, just a bunch of hyperlinked boxes with red X’s. System: Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 Details: [...]
Posted in Crazy Screen Shots, Exchange, Helpdesk, Support, Whitepapers 196 Comments »
February 13, 2008Are you interested in setting up a Windows Mobile device with SBS, but just haven’t gotten around to doing it? If so, you’re not alone. Next to Windows SharePoint Services, Windows Mobile devices are the most under-used killer technology in SBS. This month our topic for the KYSBSUG meeting is a free hands-on lab / [...]
Posted in Community, Free, HowTo, Live Events, Microsoft, Mobility, SBS, Support, Training, User Groups, WindowsMobile 103 Comments »
July 19, 2007From the Help Desk file… A client running SBS is having problems with large attachments bouncing. They are using SMTP, not POP3: Each month they get a a particular inbound email from an external sender w/ a sizeable attachment Last month the attachment was 7,403 KB and it was delivered just fine This month the attachment was 7,562 [...]
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June 15, 2007I see far-out error messages and event IDs all the time (like the recent AVG “Something bad has happened in the application” messages this week). But this one takes the cake… PROBLEM REPORTED: Client’s computer was locking up randomly. After it locked up, the three-finger-salute wouldn’t bring it back, only killing the power would do [...]
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April 11, 2007Do your clients have employees and remote workers who want to access mission-critical line-of-business (LOB) apps that weren’t designed to work across the web? Now they can, and you can learn how install it on top of their existing Microsoft SBS 2003 infrastructure: Webcast #1: Web-enabled Line of Business Applications Automatically with Small Business Server and Citrix [...]
Posted in Microsoft, SBS, Support, TS2, Training, Webcasts 901 Comments »
April 10, 2007Handy Andy [SBS-MVP] posted this helpful time sync info to the SBS Group Leaders mailing list and on his blog today, and I thought I’d pass it along. If your servers are not able to time sync lately, check out the batch of commands below. This set of instructions is for servers that have been [...]
Posted in Support, Windows 694 Comments »
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