Holding Off on Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup Update 3-v2
Today my SBS 2008 box offered to install this optional update: “Update Rollup 3-v2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (KB2530488)”. After some research, I’ve decided to decline this …
Outlook 2010 Can’t Send Email to Explicit Address
This Outlook 2010 issue has me stumped so far. Looking for feedback/suggestions. I have a contact in Outlook that has two names, e.g. John Doe and Jane Smith. Only John’s …
Is This Driver Legitimate?
A user running Windows 7 Enterprise received this UAC prompt at logon about a driver installation. But she hadn’t attached any devices, so why is a driver trying to install? …
Configure Security Auditing by Subcategory Using Group Policy
I like to be able to review the Windows Security log to see who has logged on to a computer, among other things. This means that I need to audit …
Connect to DRAC II from Windows 7
If you’re still managing an old Dell server that has a DRAC II card, you may have some trouble connecting to it from Windows 7. However it does work, from …
Connecting to Microsoft Internal Database SSEE
Under SBS 2008, the SharePoint installation uses the Microsoft Internal Database (SSEE) as its SQL store. If you ever need to work on this SQL instance, you’ll need to use …
PowerShell: Get-WinEvent vs. Get-EventLog
I’ve been working to write a flexible PowerShell script to retrieve and email warning and error events from computers in a small network. The computers variously run XP, Windows 7, …
Remote WMI to a Workgroup Server 2008 R2
So you’re trying to do a simple PowerShell WMI query from a domain-joined computer to a non-domain-joined (workgroup) Server 2008 R2 computer on the same network, e.g. to check the …
Outlook Does Not Finish Send and Receive of OAB
This week, the Send and Receive task in Outlook 2007 SP2 and Outlook 2010 started hanging while trying to download from Exchange Server 2007 SP3 on SBS 2008. If I …
Outlook 2010 Repeated Logon Prompts
I’ve been using Outlook 2010 under Window 7 for a few months, connected to Exchange 2007 SP3 running under SBS 2008. I have three Exchange accounts set up in my …