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193 days ago
We recently replaced our existing Windows Home Server with the newer model from HP. I thought I’d post the steps here that I took migrating from our old unit to the new one. Picked one of my home computers as the system to "move" to the new server Shutdown all of the other computers on our network to avoid any updates or conflicts Ran the EX485 setup process on that system naming the new server NEWSERVER Setup the same set of users and passwords on the EX485 that were on the EX470 Ran the "Remove Disk" process on the EX470 removing one of our 500GB drives Moved the 500GB drive over to the EX485 Created the additional shares on the EX485 to match those I created on the EX470 Opened a window to the "Shared Folders on Server" on NEWSERVER On the same computer opened a second window to the EX470, named ECLIPSE , using the standard network convention \\ECLIPSE I then proceeded to copy the contents of each share from the EX470 ...
193 days ago
During an SBS Server migration we encountered a strange issue while setting up one of the client laptops. We were importing their PST files from their POP3 accounts into their new Exchange accounts. Up until this one system things had been going pretty smoothly. I then opened Outlook 2007 on this Dell laptop just like I had on the previous 10 systems. I clicked on the File-->Import and Export link and proceeded to run the wizard to point it at the PST file and kick off the import. This is where the fun began. When I got to the Import Personal Folders screen and clicked on the Browse button nothing displayed in the window. At first I thought I had landed on a folder with no *.PST files in it since the default is to show only PST files. So I proceeded to try and navigate to the folder I needed and still nothing was being displayed in the file window. I could see the locations change in the Look In section but nothing was being displayed below. Stumped I tried numerous ...
193 days ago
I was setting up a Palm Treo 650 to make use of Exchange Active Sync (EAS) for one of my clients. I'm not that familiar with the Palm O/S as my first exposure to PDA's was an iPAQ 3630. And all of my phones have been Windows Mobile based. So needless to say there were a few "bumps" along the way getting the 650 setup. Therefore, I wanted to post a few comments that may help you out if you are in the same situation. First, the client's phone provider is AT&T (Formerly Cingular) and the phone ships with VersaMail 3.1. As a result you won't find support for EAS out of the box as that was first introduced in VersaMail 3.5. So the first thing to do is confirm the version of VersaMail on your Treo. If you need to upgrade to VersaMail 3.5 you can find an article here, http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9311/palm-offers-exchange-update-for-the-treo-650/, discussing how to acquire the appropriate software. It's not that expensive ($12USD in our case) and can be ...
193 days ago
I was at a client site today setting up a new laptop for them to use for client presentations. During the course of the process they asked that I reset the password on the account they used for these demos. Pretty straightforward request right? Well, I went through the process from the Users screen within Server Management and through Active Computers and Users directly and regardless what I tried I could not reset the password. After a little detective work digging through all the various options on the account I finally found the culprit. I had forgotten (and didn't document) that when we setup this account a few years ago that we had restricted it to only being able to logon to the original demo laptop that this new one was replacing. The client wanted a little extra insurance that someone using that account wouldn't be able to logon to another system. So what was happening is the password reset was working correctly. However, when I attempted to use it on the new laptop to ...
193 days ago
I spent yesterday getting my last SBS client up to SP1. Yeah, I know SP2 is now out, and I doubt I'll wait as long to roll it out, but right now I'm taking a wait and see approach and let my peers work out the kinks ;-) So getting back on topic, the upgrade went smoothly and everything looked really good. I had a few hardware changes to implement, BIOS, Firmware, etc., but all in all pretty straightforward. All of the patches had been applied and then I took that last pass through Microsoft Update. Waiting for me was the aforementioned SP2 and IE7. Well, I normally don't surf the 'net from a server, except to go to Microsoft Update, pull down a hardware patch from a vendor site, etc. Even so, I felt it made sense to load IE7 because of it's additional security features, phishing checks etc. So I kick off the download and everything goes smoothly. At the end it's time for a reboot. After the server comes back up, I log in and get the expected little "pop-up" that ...
