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		<title>Office 365 Lync vs. Live Messenger for Small Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve used Windows Messenger for years to exchange instant messages with clients, friends, and family. The current iteration of Microsoft’s free IM client, Live Messenger, has been commercialized (displays ads) and doesn’t “feel” very business-like. Since Lync is included with Office 365, I decided to give that a try.
Lync Setup
Lync requires some updates to your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2012/01/office-365-lync-vs-live-messenger-for-small-business/</link>
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		<title>Machine Online but Programs Can&#8217;t Connect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I maintain a remote Windows XP Pro workstation that’s three or four years old. Today I had a strange situation:&#160; I could reach the machine using vPro and see that it was powered on, but it did not come up in LogMeIn. I eventually managed to connect to it using Remote Desktop and started diagnosing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/12/machine-online-but-programs-cant-connect/</link>
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		<title>Use Postini with Office 365</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hosted Exchange part of Office 365 has been performing pretty well once I got it configured. However, I continue to have issues with Forefront, a separate-but-integrated piece that sits in front of hosted Exchange. Compared to the Google Postini service I used previously, Forefront has given me more spam, false positives, a 3-day wait [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/12/use-postini-with-office-365/</link>
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		<title>SBS 2008 Attempts Multiple Simultaneous Backups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I first had this issue in July 2010. SBS 2008 would attempt to run two identical backups for each one that was scheduled. The duplicate backup would fail with Microsoft-Windows-Backup event 518, “Backup started at &#8216;[date and time]&#8216; failed as another backup or recovery is in progress. Please re-run backup.” But the original backup completed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/sbs-2008-attempts-multiple-simultaneous-backups/</link>
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		<title>Linksys SPA942 Busy Lamp Field with PiaF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A client has an old PBX in a Flash 1.3 installation running Asterisk 1.4.21.2. I’ve upgraded their Linksys SPA942 phones to the latest firmware, version 6.1.5(a). Can we get Busy Lamp Field (BLF) functionality to work on the empty line keys?

This post has a concise guide to SPA942 BLF configuration:
How to configure BLF with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/linksys-spa942-busy-lamp-field-with-piaf/</link>
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		<title>Set Up VLAN and Site-to-Site VPN with Tomato</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote recently about setting up guest wireless with the Tomato router firmware. I also needed to be able to use site-to-site OpenVPN between two routers running Tomato. I’m using a “Toastman” build that includes both VLAN and VPN functionality, but how can I use them at the same time?
  
This is the main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/set-up-vlan-and-site-to-site-vpn-with-tomato/</link>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Ping Server after Changing Router</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After installing a new router, I was no longer able to ping my Hyper-V server. Why not? The router sits at the edge of the network—how could it affect pinging on the local LAN?
  
Often failed pings are related to the firewall on the target machine. For example, the Windows Firewall setup on my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/cant-ping-server-after-changing-router/</link>
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		<title>Get Asterisk to Use the G.729a Codec</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m using Asterisk 1.8.5 under FreePBX 2.8.1.4. My endpoints (Polycom IP430 phone, SPA3102 ATA) and my ITSP all support the G.729a codec. I wanted to test audio quality using this compressed codec.

G.729a requires that you purchase a license if you are converting (transcoding) the audio to another codec. Although the licenses are inexpensive, I preferred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/get-asterisk-to-use-the-g-729a-codec/</link>
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		<title>Set Up Guest Wireless with Tomato</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been learning Tomato router firmware. This open-source firmware can enhance a low-end wireless router with some pretty advanced features.
One of my goals was to set up my wireless for guest-only access, i.e. not connected to my internal LAN (which are all hard-wired connections). Here’s one way to do that.
  
Basically we need a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/set-up-guest-wireless-with-tomato/</link>
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		<title>Set Up PostgreSQL for Rails 3.1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heroku requires PostgreSQL for production and recommends it for development. Here is the process I worked out for installing PostgreSQL 8.4 and setting up a Rails 3.1 project. I’m working in Ubuntu 10.04.
    Install PostgreSQL
1. Install PostgreSQL locally. See Local PostgreSQL Installation on the Heroku site.
sudo apt-get install postgresql
As of this writing, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/10/set-up-postgresql-for-rails-3-1/</link>
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		<title>Install Rails 3.1 for the Rails Tutorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been working through Michael Hartl’s Ruby on Rails Tutorial. I had some trouble in chapter 13 installing the released version of Rails 3.1.0, so I thought I would post what worked for me.
 When I tried to follow section 13.1.1 Installing and configuring Rails 3.1, I got errors about an older Ruby version, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/09/install-rails-3-1-for-the-rails-tutorial/</link>
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		<title>APC &#8220;Battery Disconnected&#8221; May Mean Overheating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got an email from APC PowerChute Business Edition that said simply “Battery Disconnected.” The connected UPS is an APC SmartUPS 1500 model DLA1500 (the Dell equivalent of an SUA1500). Of course the battery is not disconnected; the connection inside the unit is a very secure clip that can’t just wiggle loose. 
  
Once [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/09/apc-battery-disconnected-may-mean-overheating/</link>
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		<title>Office 365, Safe Senders List and You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since moving to Office 365, I’ve been having trouble getting Outlook to treat mail from my own address as safe. Mail sent from my own address (e.g. from server monitoring scripts) keeps landing in my Junk E-Mail folder.
  
The obvious solution would seem to be adding the sending email address to the Safe Senders [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/09/office-365-safe-senders-list-and-you/</link>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 Clobbers Office 365 Safe Senders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I set up Safe Senders with Office 365 by uploading a list through Outlook 2010. A few days later, I uploaded an expanded list. But then within 10-20 minutes, the list reverted to my old list? What the heck?
  
Finally a Tier 3 support guy asked, “Do you have a smart phone on that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/09/windows-phone-7-clobbers-office-365-safe-senders/</link>
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		<title>PGP Desktop Corrupts Outlook 2010 Recover Deleted Items</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This one has driven me mad for weeks. Finally tracked it down to PGP Desktop. Here are the symptoms and a workaround.
Symptoms
On my primary Windows 7 machine, I use PGP Desktop 10.1.2 solely for manually encrypting and decrypting files and blocks of text. In Options, I have unchecked Secure Email. The log shows &#8220;PGP Messaging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/09/pgp-desktop-corrupts-outlook-2010-recover-deleted-items/</link>
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		<title>Using Office 365 in an SBS 2008 Environment, Take 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After working with a very helpful Microsoft Support manager, here are some updated suggestions to the problems identified in the first version of this article.
Getting Mail to Leave SBS
The support manager reminded me that Office 365 offers an email alias in the mydomain.onmicrosoft.com domain. If my primary email is myuser@mydomain.com, Office 365 lets me use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/08/using-office-365-in-an-sbs-2008-environment-take-2/</link>
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		<title>DSL Extreme vs. Cox High-Speed Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve moved from DSL Extreme 6000/768 service to Cox High-Speed Internet Preferred 12000/1500. Here are some comparison stats.
  
These tests are from speedtest.net and Visualware’s VoIP test. Unless noted, I used Los Angeles servers, and all tests route through a local Cisco gigabit switch and a Netgear FVS318v1 firewall/router.
DSL Extreme

Pretty good for a 6000/768 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/08/dsl-extreme-vs-cox-high-speed-internet/</link>
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		<title>Office 365 Service Request Error</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Office 365 allows creating service requests through the online portal. Yesterday, after typing in all the details on my issue, when I clicked to Submit the service request, I got this error:
  
“There was a problem processing your request.”

Ironically the only solution offered is to create a Service Request. 
As I was talking to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/08/office-365-service-request-error/</link>
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		<title>Forefront Login Errors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I was setting up Office 365, when I clicked on the link to load the Forefront Online Protection admin panel, I sometimes got this error:
  
“We apologize for the inconvenience but we have encountered an error”

The first two links on the page also give errors.
Apparently the Forefront site uses ActiveX or other restricted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/08/forefront-login-errors/</link>
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		<title>Using Office 365 in an SBS 2008 Environment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple gotchas that I discovered as I migrated Exchange 2007 under SBS 2008 to Office 365, and how I got around them.
Update August 26, 2011 There is now an updated version of this article:
Using Office 365 in an SBS 2008 Environment, Take 2
Getting Mail to Leave SBS
As long as Exchange is running [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/08/using-office-365-in-an-sbs-2008-environment/</link>
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