CSS have received a lot of cases recently of Outlook crashing following a mailbox move to Exchange 2003 SP2. The crash occurs due to a discrepancy in the replid map in the memory on the server and the replid map in Jet. Such issues are common due to the GRM (Guid/replid mapping) cache being on by default in SP2 (whereas in SP1 it was turned off by default). ...

You may experience unable to send e-mail in Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 due to access being denied or not having permission to do so. You may also receive NDR. See more for how these happen....

Christopher Vaughan mentioned in IEBlog that Microsoft will not terminate the support of IE6 to encourage customers to upgrade to IE7....

To implement MOM functions, we must deploy MOM agents on all monitored servers efficiently. In MOM 2005, we can remotely push out MOM agent from MOM Administrators console. However, since the productive environment is complex, the remote push installation may be failed due to various reasons....

Under some circumstances, a domain controller cannot be gracefully demoted due to the required dependency or operation failing. These include network connectivity, name resolution, authentication, Active Directory service replication, or the location of a critical object in Active Directory. As a last resort, we can perform a forced removal of a domain controller from Active Directory to avoid having to reinstall the operating system on a domain controller that has failed and cannot be recovered. When a domain controller can no longer function in a domain (that is, it is offline), you cannot remove Active Directory in the normal way, which requires connectivity to the domain. Forced removal is not intended to replace the normal Active Directory removal procedure in any way. It is virtually equivalent to permanently disconnecting the domain controller. ...

Recently, you may fail to install Terminal licenses using the “Automatic” or “Web Browser” connection method and receive the error message below:...

Both SMS and MOM require SQL server as a data store solution. As SQL 2005 is released for several months, you may have request to implement SQL 2005 for SMS and MOM. To prevent all potential upgrade issue and ensure the productive SMS and MOM work well after SQL 2005, I listed the pre-requirement list and the common issues....

Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 makes some significant changes to security including start up account for services, DCOM security and etc. Services such as RPC and DCOM are integral to Windows Server 2003, but they are also an alluring target for hackers. By requiring greater authentication for RPC and DCOM calls, Service Pack 1 establishes a minimum threshold of security for all applications that use these services, even if they possess little or no security themselves. Since SP1 has stronger defaults and privilege reduction on services, it may result in some issues after installing SP1. ...

Every second Tuesday of the month (US Time), also called Bulletin Release Day, Microsoft will release monthly security updates to public. Simultaneously, the detailed descriptions of these security updates will be published on Microsoft public website, which is called Security Bulletins. This article will provide you a guidance on how to accurately, efficiently and effectively read the security bulletins, and realize high-quality patch management. ...

▪ Microsoft Support Lifecycle Homepage ▪ Notify customers on the end of Windows XP SP1 and SP1a support ▪ SQL 2000 SP3a support extended until July 10, 2007...