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December 2006 - Posts

Java 6 - Vista compliant
Looking for a Java runtime environment edition that is Vista compliant, go and download version 6 from here http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_manual2.js... Read More...
Upgrading Reporting Services farm? Check the IP Address binding
Doing an upgrade from SQL 2000 Reporting Services to SQL 2005 Reporting Services in a scale-out deployment is not that tough task however while I was doing an upgrade in a Scale-Out deployment where the nodes are configured in a Network Load Balance farm Read More...
How to setup QMS on backend cluster
I was trying to install Exchange 2003 Quota Message Service "QMS" on a backend cluster and I found that I need to go beyond what is written in the document that ships with the tool. After asking folks inside MS here are the steps: On the passive node, Read More...
Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Vista
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml) delivered with Windows Vista (RTM build 6000). http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=41dc179b-3328-4350-ade1-c0d9289f09ef&DisplayLang=e Read More...
Final release of the new ISA firewall client
Vista users, the final release of the ISA firewall client is released. Go and download it http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=05C2C932-B15A-4990-B525-66380743DA89&displaylang=en Enjoy Read More...
Running IIS 32-bit Applications on IIS 64-bit
Do you have IIS on Windows 64 bit and want to run application that is for 32 bit. No problem. From the Inetpub admin scripts run the following: " cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set W3SVC/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 true" Here are the details. Windows Server Read More...
Large Logical Unit Support and Windows Server 2003 SP1
today I got a question about the maximum size for a partition that windows can see and that it is always known that it is limited to 2TB… This is no more J . Read this. This article describes changes in Windows operating systems that will support disk Read More...
Ports required for external trust using ISA 2004/2006
You want to establish an external trust between two domains where there is an ISA 2004 or ISA 2006 in between. Establishing trust requires Kerberos, LDAP, DNS, CIFS & the big problem is the RPCs… one idea is to strict the RPC port on the DCs using Read More...
Active Directory Performance for 64-bit Versions of Windows Server 2003
If you are interested in AD performance on 64 bit you shoud read this great guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=52E7C3BD-570A-475C-96E0-316DC821E3E7&displaylang=en Read More...
Enabling SSL in SQL 2005 cluster
Did you tried to enable SQL encryption between the client and your SQL instance? I thought that configuring SQL 2005 cluster to encrypt its traffic is simple however I discovered that it is not that straight forward and you always get this error “The Read More...
How to move the storage of email and attachments out of main memory and on to the storage card for WM5
First thing you need to do is create a couple folders on your storage card.The first folder should be \Storage Card\Mail\ and the second folder should be \Storage Card\Mail\Attachments\. Once these are created, you'll need to edit your registry. Open Read More...
SQL 2000 scale out reporting services upgrade
I was doing an upgrade for a scale out deployment for SQL Reporting Services 2000 and the servers were having only 1 NIC. After the upgrade finished I found that the reporting services is not working as it was not initialized. Here are the details: Symptom: Read More...
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