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Coming this Friday, Apple are releasing the latest version of OSX, Snow Leopard.    Mine is on order, specifically so I can test the Exchange “out of the box” experience they promise. What I did find interesting other than that was this nugget of information from Donna!   Malware protection in OSX!   Who’d have thought that day would come http://msmvps.com/blogs/donna/archive/2009/08/26/apple-sneaks-malware-protection-into-snow-leopard.aspx   Read more →

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2009/08/25/how-to-install-exchange-2007-service-pack-2-on-windows-small-business-server-2008.aspx FAIL Sheesh!   This saddens me.   I fear we have taken a huge backwards step here in SBS land.   I detest when a service pack comes out that causes specific issues with SBS, its like the days of SBS 4.x all over again. My advice…       Wait…   and lets hope that the SBS team build something that makes this process easier.… Read more →

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A must read for partners, OEM’s etc…. Just when do we get Windows 7 RTM media..? http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/21/when-will-you-get-windows-7-rtm.aspx Read more →

Now, I am hoping that someone from Microsoft is going to correct this, but I believe that Windows 7 special pricing is only available in the UK and not Ireland! Like WTF! Surely not!   Someone tell me otherwise! Read more →

Yeah, me too….  and it is only since Sonicwall updated the firmware to fix this DNS vulnerability. The problem is, as you know if you are reading this, it means that you cannot play online games in “full” as the video or voice with other Xbox gamers will not work correctly etc.  If you read this article from Microsoft, it explains the issue further.… Read more →

Today I am installing the Unified Messaging role on my SBS2008 Exchange 2007 install.    I am going to be implementing the excellent 3CX Phone software on our network for test (more on that later!). During the installation of the Unified Messaging service I got prompted for the EXCHANGESERVER.MSI file because the SBS2008 installation gets rid of the files it temporarily… Read more →

You MUST watch this video to see what cool stuff is coming for the Xbox http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/       Tags: Project+Natal, Xbox Read more →

Oh YES, of course…  just do a good backup first, which is standard practice. The question keeps on coming up on forums and in my inbox, so I figured I would just post the answer here If you are in doubt, the official SBS blog team (Microsoft) are saying the same….   Read more →

Directly from the official SBS Blog: We are investigating an issue with certain Intel PRO/1000 EB with I/O Acceleration network card drivers on Windows Server 2008 that can cause the BITS service to become unresponsive after a few hours to several days of operation. When that happens, the entire Network Service hosting service (SVCHOST) also goes unresponsive causing the COM+… Read more →