Recently, we have been seeing a number of issues with Windows Server 2003 SP 2 not installing due to corrupt catalogs in the catroot. The installation may fail with the following popup error:
Service Pack 2 Setup Error
Failed to install catalog files.
Select OK to undo the changes that have been made.
Additionally, Windows Server 2003 SP2 may fail to install if there are too many hotfixes being installed.
Actually, this problem is not SP2 specific. It’s not a new issue to us either. We have several resolutions documented in the following KB articles:
822798 You cannot install some updates or programs
925931 You may be unable to apply more updates at a certain point on a Windows Server 2003-based computer
Office team has released an update for Outlook 2007 which addresses the performance problems customers have reported to us, especially when working with large .PST and .OST files. We highly recommend applying this patch on all systems with Outlook 2007 installed.
Refer to the following KB article for more details about the problem that has been fixed in this update:
932086 You may experience performance problems when you are working with items in a large .pst file or in a large .ost file in Outlook 2007
As this update is not available in Microsoft Update or Office Update, you may need to download it directly from the Microsoft Download Center at:
Update for Outlook 2007 (KB933493)
Please note: If you are using Microsoft Outlook Business Contact Manager (BCM) – there is a known issue. Refer to the following KB article for more information::
935569 Error message when you start a 2007 Office program on a computer that is running Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager: "Office application version does not match"
For more information about this update, refer to:
933493 Description of the update for Outlook 2007: April 13, 2007
In some instances, organizations may want to put their logo and logon page on Outlook Web Access. Now it is easy to customize Microsoft Outlook Web Access by using your organization's logo and colors. Customizing Outlook Web Access is a great way to help build an identity for your organization into a tool on which many users rely and to impress your users and management.
The following article shows you how to customize the logon, language selection, and logoff pages, and how to create a theme by using a custom header.
Customizing the Look of Outlook Web Access
There has been a big change in recipient management from Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2007. Exchange Recipient Management is the second biggest administration component of Exchange 2007, which ranks as top Exchange key component with respectable incident volume and an amount of supporting labor.
In Exchange Server 2007, you can do most of your recipient management tasks in both the Exchange Management Shell and the Exchange Management Console. For tasks that involve single recipients, it is usually simpler to use the Exchange Management Console (unless you are immune to typos). However, when you are trying to configure multiple recipients, there simply is no alternative to the power and ease of using the Exchange Management Shell. A new article was recently released that aims to help customers deal with bulk exchange recipient management more efficiently. Please click the link below to view this article at TechNet for details:
Using the Exchange Management Shell for Bulk Recipient Management