If you see the following error in your Exchange 2003, 2007, or 2010 queue, there are three things you should do to troubleshoot the problem: 451 4.4.0 Primary target IP address responded with: “421 4.2.1 Unable to connect.” Attempted failover to alternate host, but that did not succeed. Either there […]
I just ran a patch cycle on an a small Exchange 2007 Standard Server running ForeFront Protection For Exchange 2010 and was shocked that it took over half an hour to install KB2538719 Hotfix Rollup 3 for Microsoft Forefront Protection for Exchange . The server in question did not have […]
OK. OK… Sooo, here is my logic for even trying a Windows Mobile 7 phone: Windows CE 6.5 was great in 2004 but it just didn’t keep pace and by 2006 I had given up and moved my clients to Blackberry. That was a good decision. Apple is incapable of producing […]
Solution: If you are seeing this error, go to ALL of you Domain Controllers and restart the KERBEROS DISTRIBUTION KEY (KDC) service. I have done this on live DC’s without any errors or disruption in service. Details: I found the An Authentication Error Has Occured. The Encryption Type Requested […]
Up & Running sells and supports Office 365 products. If you want prices for Office 365 STAND ALONE APPS (i.e. I just want Exchange… not Exchange with Sharepoint): surf to www.office365.com click GET OFFICE365 click ADDITIONAL SERVICES The screen shots below will be helpful in explaining some of the new […]
Well, I have had enough of BackupExec. Its really too bad that Symantec’s combination of high pricing and brutal technical support wait times and driven Veritas’ excellent product into the ground… but that is where I find it. As such I have been researching a few other products and this […]
UPDATED: November 2016 If you are confused by SAN, NAS, DAS, iSCSI, FC… and want a simple explanation, then this is the post for you! INTERNAL STORAGE = Disks in the Box The classic. A bunch of disks inside a standard (usually Windows) server, configured in whatever RAID you want. […]
Blackberry OS6 Can Do it? Nope, it can’t. I read that OS6 was supposed to support 2 BES accounts (and possibly more) on a single OS6 device but that was apparently incorrect. Fortunately it is quite easy to add more than one BES accounts to your blackberry running OS5 […]
NORTELS DEAD: What are you going to do now? It used to be so easy to choose a quality phone system that would last 15+ years with almost no maintenace, but then Nortel went Bankrupt. In 2006 Nortel (Bell Canada) had 82% of the North American corporate phone market, was huge […]
When emails are sorted on arrival into folders by Outlook 2007 rules, they do not appear on a BlackBerry. If, using Outlook, the emails are moved manually into subfolders, the messages do appear on the BlackBerry. The solution is to have the user (or you signing in as the user) […]
Background: I am a Sharepoint 2010 novice but I have spent considerable time banging through 2010 in recent days and below is information I will need in the future to perform installs at other client sites. Perhaps you will be interested in some of this. If you want more of my […]
Prepared by Ian Matthews July 13, 2009, last update Unlike the SBS2000 to SBS2003 upgrade process, the SBS2003 to SBS2008 procedures are clean. The first thing you need is new hardware. NOTE: This process below is offered with no guarantees and we accept no liability.� To keep an otherwise complex […]
Prepared by Ian Matthews, April 5 2009, last updated July 2 2009 The following list of things to know about Server 08 and Small Business Server 08 are based on my experiences and research. This list is mainly for my (and my tech’s) to keep track of tidbits. If you […]
Prepared by Ian Matthews August 18, 2003, last updated Sept 20, 2003 Several glossy Microsoft presenters have stated that all you need to do to complete a Windows 2003 Domain upgrade is run ADPREP and then upgrade away. This may work for very small / simple environments but it is […]
by Ian Matthews Written April 10, 2007 Last Update Feb 22, 2008 The purpose of this article is to provide a 15 minute guide to Windows Vista’s advanced features and functions. There is a lot to learn so we also have three other articles you may want to read: Vista […]
Update August 31 2005 by Ian Matthews of Up & Running Technolgies Inc Here are the quick facts and screen shots of Windows Vista. RELEASE DATES: Beta 1 was released in August to MSDN and TECHNET subscribers. Beta 2 is should be released in January 2006 to anyone is wants […]