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Microsoft discontinues SBS (Small Business Server) and offers Server 2012
Microsoft is discontinuing their SBS, short for Small Business Server, and offers Server 2012 as a replacement. Microsoft’s Small Business Server is a suite of Microsoft Server products and programs that are very useful. SBS budled these products at an incredible value. … Continue reading
Elastix 2.2 with Exchange 2007 SP3 Exchange Unified Messaging integration – Asterisk
Open Source Software, such as Asterisk, can be very useful. What I’ve found, however, is that there are many cases where getting an Open Source Software package to work properly for your requirements can suck you into a focus where … Continue reading
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Tagged Asterisk, Elastix, Exchange 2007, exchange unified messaging, SIP, Unified Messaging, VoIP
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UPS Worldship 2012 – Transfer Administrative WorldShip Workstation to another computer
A client called in today with a dead WorldShip Administrative Workstation. The computer running the UPS WorldShip 2012 Administrative Workstation role had a hardware failure. Fortunately the hard drive was not the failure, so I pulled it out, connected it to … Continue reading
Space Shuttle Endeavour does a fly by and lands at LAX
We headed down towards LAX off of Imperial highway in El Segundo this afternoon to witness the landing of the Space Shuttle Endeavour at LAX International Airport in Los Angeles, CA. We ended up finding a spot on the shoulder of … Continue reading
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Exchange 2007 SP2 SP3 – A reboot from a previous installation is pending
When attempting to install Exchange Server 2007 SP2 (Service Pack 2) on an SBS 2008 server, it failed at the readiness check – Organization Prerequisites – “A reboot from a previous installation is pending. Please restart the system and rerun setup.” SBS … Continue reading
Dell E6410/E6420/E6510/E6520 – Unknown Device Driver – SMO8800
When deploying our new Dell Latitude E6420 laptops this evening we reloaded the included 32 bit Windows 7 to Windows 7 64 bit. For those of you with x32 who would rather run x64, you may do so by reinstalling … Continue reading
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Tagged dell e6520 unknown device, Driver, E6410, E6420, SMO8800, Unknown Device
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Standard User Account for Security in Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP installations give your initial user accounts administrative access rights. As a computer administrator, you can change system files, install and remove software and modify settings. Computer Administrators can break and fix your computer. That is why we don’t want … Continue reading
Simple Windows Tips to Avoid Viruses and Increase Security
I’m so eager to give you the #1 most helpful tip for making your computer more secure and less vulnerable to viruses and malware that I’m just going to jump right into it //#1: Logon as standard user account that does not … Continue reading
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SBS 2008 – Setting an Out of Office auto-reply in Outlook Web Access (OWA)
To set your Out of Office auto-reply in Outlook Web Access on SBS 2008 platform. SBS 2008 uses Exchange 2007 so these directions work with OWA 2007 as well. Log in to your Outlook Web Access portal. In Small Business Sever … Continue reading
Windows 8 Uncovered
The 8th version of Microsoft Windows is scheduled to be released to the masses in the last week of October 2012. In the world of technology, things are constantly changing. Windows 8 is bringing about some sweeping changes, mostly to … Continue reading
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