Archive for June, 2008

Hyper-V Final

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Hyper-V, Microsofts replacement for their great Virtual Server product has been released. Full 64 bit client / guest support and free on a Windows 2008 Server. Would be nice to get a Vista version but we're not holding our breath. Expect a host server reboot and a re-install of the Intergration ...

Vista SP1 Reliability and Performance update

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Microsoft have released an update for Windows Vista with SP1, KB952709 is marked as a Reliability and performance update with a whole list of fixes such as - Windows Vista SP1-based computers by reducing the number of crashes that may be caused by the Apple QuickTime thumbnail preview in Windows Live ...

Exchange 2007 Transport Rules

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Ever had request to block an e-mail address? We had one from a customer last week so we decided to use Transport rules in exchange 2007. These work in the same sort of way that Rules do in Outlook but on a global level. We setup a transport rule to send a ...

Default behaviour of distribution groups, in Exchange 2007

Friday, June 13th, 2008

By default, in Exchange 2007, distribution groups cannot be mailed without authentication. This means that any distribution group that receives external mail will respond with a rejection, until this default behaviour is altered. #5.7.1 smtp;550 5.7.1 RESOLVER.RST.AuthRequired; authentication required A good idea in the face of spam, except that this change in ...

e-Crime

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

It appears that the UK or maybe in particular Wales is starting to push e-crime and how to stop it. Just spotted it on the local news. Not quite sure that it's going to help as their advice doesn't seem to focus on detailed technical help for people. More over ...