With improvements in Exchange Server 2007, some of the common issues hit by users when using the Out of Office Assistant are addressed: l Users sometimes forget to turn the Out of Office assistant on and off, because it cannot be scheduled in advance...

A lot of Outlook issues are caused by various add-ins. So, disabling all add-ins is a useful step and should be the first step for Outlook troubleshooting. Please note every add-in will be a subkey under the following subkeys. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...

RMS Server SP2 is released on Dec and available for download. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5794538f-e572-4542-a5bd-901b2720f068&DisplayLang=en New features in SP2: l Native support for SQL Server 2005 l Support...

A typical problem we usually meet is: We have java applets installed on client computers. When “Automatically Detect Settings” option is checked in IE, these applets won’t work. They will either fail to start or can’t communicate. Actually this...

The final release of the new Firewall Client for ISA Server is now available for download at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=05C2C932-B15A-4990-B525-66380743DA89&displaylang=en . The new version can be installed...

A while back we got involved in a weird issue where a network user encountered network share access problems. The symptom or the error message might be different in some scenarios: 1. Domain controller’s share folders cannot be accessed by the NETBIOS...

Key Management Service (KMS) enables organizations to perform local activations for computers in a managed environment without the need to connect to Microsoft. A KMS key is used to enable KMS on a computer controlled by the system administrator in an...

When Internet Explorer 7 includes an add-on, Internet Explorer may exit immediately. This problem may occur if an add-on conflicts with Internet Explorer. To resolve this issue, start Internet Explorer with add-ons disabled. To do this, click Start...

You may experience the issue about no SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege privilege under “Local Service” account after joining Vista to Windows 2000 domain. This could cause several services (Telnet, Firewall etc) not being able to start. The typical symptom is...

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, and especially Advanced Server with its clustering support, provides an excellent environment in which to build a truly fault-tolerant system. Of course, avoiding the faults in the first place is even better than handling...

In Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Unicast NLB nodes cannot communicate over the NLB-enabled network adaptor. In order to enable the communication between the Unicast NLB nodes, we have to install additional network cards on the computers so that...

Symptom: ======== During the installation of Internet Explorer 7.0, one must go through the Windows Genuine Advantage check. The Internet Explorer 7.0 installation is going to try and update the validation status of your system and this is going to...

Reservations are a critical feature in the DHCP server. Reservations are generally used for centralized static IP address assignment for critical machines. This way the IP address of the critical machines which serves critical functions in the network...

Recently, the MS PSS team received some reports regarding issues happening on the Windows Vista computers located in a domain. The typical symptom sounds like: -Indefinite delay (hang) when opening the Certificate Services snap-in -Slow (sometimes...

Have ever encountered the following scenarios? User accounts, groups, computers, OUs or other objects in domain accidentally deleted. No system state backup available for authoritative restoration. No other DC's available. When an object is...

The Group Policy team has published installation packages that distribute ADM files (below) for use with Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1. Administrative Templates for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Download from: http://go.microsoft...

In response to customer feedback, and in order to give customers more time to migrate off SUS 1.0, Microsoft has extended support to Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Microsoft will no longer support SUS 1.0 after this date. SUS 1.0 will no longer synchronize...

Storage configuration is the key part of a successful cluster deployment. This white paper introduce the storage types, storage features in Windows 2003, hardware based storage, storage tools and services, backup and restore, storage management and the...

Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 client helps you use the new Terminal Services features. These features are introduced in Windows Vista and in the Microsoft Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn" operating system from a computer that is either running Microsoft...

In Outlook 2003, some customers may meet the “Calendar items missing” issue. There are several factors that can cause this problem and therefore, the whole troubleshooting process may be time consuming. At this stage, we’d like to provide some tips...

With Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, deployment is easier than it's ever been. However, there are still a few things you should know before you install Exchange Server 2007. The following article presents the top 10 issues that our very first Exchange...

Exchange Server 2007 can be installed into an existing Exchange 2000/2003 (hereafter called Exchange 2003, except where there's something particular about Exchange 2000) organization as one step in the migration process. Once Exchange 2007 has been introduced...

Adding support for French, German, and Japanese, SMS 2003 R2 International Version has been released to manufacturing. SMS 2003 R2 brings additional functionality to SMS 2003 including system vulnerability assessments and 3rd party/custom updating. ...

The Microsoft Exchange Analyzer Tools, including Exchange Performance Troubleshooting Analyzer (ExPTA), Exchange Mail Flow Analyzer (ExMFA), Exchange Disaster Recovery Analyzer (ExDRA), are designed and developed to help troubleshooting various problems...

Sometimes, we may want to grant an add-in (custom add-in) or a program (Access, Excel) the permission to access Outlook's data and send email via Outlook. By default, Outlook will prompt a security warning to let the user confirm it is not a virus or...