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Installing Exchange Server 2007

Shafkat Shahzad — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:56:44 +0000

All installations reward planning; in the case of Exchange 2007, decide on the underlying operating system and then decide which Exchange roles to install. The trickiest feature of Exchange 2007 is not the installation, but the new method of creating Mailboxes from the Exchange manager. In Exchange 2007, creating mailboxes (mailbox enabled users) with Active [...]

Installing Server Components

Shafkat Shahzad — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:49:37 +0000

It is important to note that before installing the Spector CNE server components, you should first review Installation Considerations for Installing Server Components. It is very important that your network be properly configured before proceeding with the Spector CNE installation. 1. Run the cne42setup.exe installation file on the Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional [...]

Windows XP - Install a wired network adapter

Shafkat Shahzad — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:56:15 +0000

To connect to a network, your computer needs a network adapter. Fortunately, most computer manufacturers know that connecting to the Internet or other computers is important to computer users, and they include a network adapter with your computer. If you’re not sure if you have a network adapter, you can find out in a few [...]

How to install a wireless network

Shafkat Shahzad — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:40:28 +0000

A basic wireless network needs just two things: a wireless gateway and a wireless network adapter card in each computer.DSL modem and communicates via radio with your PCs. Gateways go by many names, and although there are technical differences between those names, many products use the terms interchangeably.DSL connection, choose a gateway with an Ethernet [...]

Modifying a VMware Server Virtual Disk Configuration

Shafkat Shahzad — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:36:54 +0000

Modifying a VMware Server Virtual Disk Configuration will include enlarging, shrinking and removing a VMWare Server Virtual Disk. The current configuration of a virtual disk can be viewed and modified by logging into the VI Web Access interface and selecting the virtual machine to which the disk is attached from the Inventory panel. Once the [...]

Managing VMware Server 2.0 Virtual Disks

Shafkat Shahzad — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:42:49 +0000

Rather than using a physical disk drive to store the system and user files for a guest operating system, VMware Server virtual machines use files (known as virtual disks) located on the disk drives attached to the host system. This guide will provide an overview of the creation and management of virtual disks. VMware Server [...]

How do I prevent Exchange 2000/2003 from being used as a mail relay?

Shafkat Shahzad — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:37:43 +0000

Before we proceed with learning on how to prevent Exchange 2000/2003 from being used as a mail relay, let’s see what a relay is?, 1. A user in your domain wants to send e-mail to another user in your domain - This is NOT relaying. 2. An outside user (from the Internet) wants to send e-mail [...]

Hyper-V Getting Started Guide

Shafkat Shahzad — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:30:38 +0000

Hyper-V is a role in Windows Server 2008 that provides you with the tools and services you can use to create a virtualised server computing environment. This type of environment is useful because you can create and manage virtual machines, which allows you to run multiple operating systems on one physical computer and isolate the [...]

How to install Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS)

Shafkat Shahzad — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:30:44 +0000

Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) is the successor to SBS 2003, and it brings the various components SBS is based on up to date. This includes the server itself being based on Windows Server 2008, the mail server component up to Exchange Server 2007, and in the Premium Edition, SQL Server 2008 Standard [...]

Microsoft £2.5m victory in parallel importing case

Alex — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:02:25 +0000

Microsoft finally have closure as the man behind the sales firm ITAC, Barry Omesuh, is sentenced to up to nine months in jail per sentencing and must pay £2.5 million in damages to Microsoft after an overwhelming battle against piracy. The Manchester based distributor, ITAC, who are now out of business, were behind selling ‘grey’ [...]