Windows Server Backup: Swapping Target Drives
I’m running Window Server Backup on Windows Server 2008 R2. Like a good admin, I swap out destination drives, rotating one drive off site each week.
Prevent Administrator from Remote Logon to Workgroup Server
When I set up a server for management via Remote Desktop, I prefer to change the RDP listening port to a non-default value (MSKB 306759) and to use a custom …
W32Time Errors in a Hyper-V Virtual Environment
I am running Small Business Server 2008 SP2 under Hyper-V. On a Server 2003 member server, also running under Hyper-V, I was getting frequent W32Time warnings errors in the System …
SBS 2008 Post-Install Tasks
I recently installed Small Business Server 2008 Standard in a Hyper-V virtual machine hosted by Windows Server 2008 R2. For SBS 2008, I used the media that has Windows Server …
Re-enable BitLocker Auto-Unlock after System Volume Restore
Today I did a disaster recovery test on my Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V host. I used Windows Backup to do a bare metal restore of only the system volume. …
How Secure are TrueCrypt and BitLocker?
I’ve been using TrueCrypt for a while, and have recently switched to BitLocker. My main purpose is to encrypt backup disks that are taken off site, though I plan to …
Run 16-Bit Program Across Network
Okay I’ll admit it. I have a hard time upgrading programs when the old version is working well. I have a 1995-era time tracking program from KMR Consulting called Timeclock …
Setting Up Email Connectors in SBS 2008
My SBS 2008 environment needs to accommodate a couple of non-standard email requirements: I use cloud-based email filtering, and I only want to allow incoming email from the IP addresses …
SBS 2008 Antivirus Exclusions
SBS does so many things that there are lots of antivirus exclusions to make. Starting from my old SBS 2003 list, and working through the extensive research in this post, …
SBS 2008 Slow Startup and Shutdown
In my initial RAID 10 tests, SBS 2008 booted in 1 minute 43 seconds and shut down in 4 minutes 10 seconds. Now that I’ve been running for a couple …