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SBS 2008 Update Rollup 1 Released to fix Vista AV reporting issue and GoDaddy domain registration issue

Hi everyone, the first roll-up of fixes for SBS 2008 shipped today. It addresses some minor issues, which is good, but always worth being aware of. From the Official SBS 2008 blog SBS 2008 Update Rollup 1 Releases Today Windows Small Business Server 2008 Update Rollup 1 releases today. This rollup package addresses the following issues in Windows Small Business Server 2008. Issue 1 The Security tab in the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Console incorrectly reports the spyware and malware status of Windows...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2009 12:02 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Support and Tools, Community, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Malware, Small business, Partner, System Update, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008
How to create a VPN on Windows Vista to connect to a Windows Server, such as SBS 2008

I was going to include this in the book, but decided it was not quite the right subject matter, so I've decided to post it on the blog. SBS 2003 had a pre-defined tool for VPNs. The tool exists in SBS 2008 to produce the same tool, but you have to configure it by hand. This is covered in this blog entry here . If you are on a client machine and you need create a VPN connection, or you are a user and want to create a VPN on Windows Vista, follow this guide. Start at the Start menu . Press the Connect To button...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2009 6:33 AM by David Overton

Filed under: SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Documentation, Tips, Small business, Windows Server 2008, SBS 2008
Invalid certificate issued to localhost.localdomain when remotely access SBS 2008 from a Windows PC

This is another question I was recently asked. One particular user noticed that the certificate they saw when accessing their server from the internet did not match that when accessing from the LAN. The certificate looked something like this: This was a little strange as when the system was accessed from the intranet, all things appeared fine. The culprit for them was the SBS 2003 self signed certificate on the same machine. By removing the certificate and then installing the correct new one things got better...

Published Wed, Dec 3 2008 2:03 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Security, Community, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Tips, SBS 2008
What software could you not live without – tell Windows Vista Magazine?

I’ve just noticed this blog post on the Windows Vista Magazine - What software could you not live without? We’re searching for the 100 best programs for Windows Vista – and we need your help! By James Stables on 08 July 2008 In our October 2008 issue we will be compiling a list of the 100 best pieces of software which power up Windows Vista. These are the pieces of software you would never run Windows without, which make a difference to your everyday life and that you would recommend to all other readers. We...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2008 2:35 PM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Personal, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista
Seeing is wanting for Windows Vista (Mojave Experiment) – people having their perceptions changed by actually seeing what it can do…

I have to admit I really like this – take people who rate Vista as a ZERO, show them a new operating system called Mojave and see them rate it as high as a ten, then tell them that it was Vista and almost immediately you get “Well, I’d not seen Vista before, it’s much better than I had heard”. It just goes to show that a well configured machine (a HP laptop with 2GB of RAM) can do wonders. I also like the stats page that states: Of the 140 respondents polled on a scale of 1-10 where 10 was the highest rating...

Published Tue, Jul 29 2008 11:42 PM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista
Performance monitoring tools to go with Windows Vista Magazine article

In my latest article for Windows Vista Magazine I spoke about performance tuning a system and more importantly how to diagnose performance issues. One of the tools I recommend using to do this is the Windows Performance Tools kit. This can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/perftools.mspx . It includes a getting started document. The tools are described as: The Windows Performance Tools (WPT) Kit contains performance analysis tools that are new to the Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008...

Published Tue, Jun 24 2008 8:11 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Windows Server 2003, Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Documentation, Windows Server 2008
Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download

I saw over on Aaron’s blog that Microsoft has posted an update for Media Center. I’ve loaded this on the machine under the TV, but there again, I was not seeing issues, except those caused by network congestion as all our PCs and extenders connect via a wireless network. June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista available for download A new cumulative update package for Windows Vista Media Center has been released this week. This update is called the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Media...

Published Fri, Jun 13 2008 12:27 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, System Update
Welcome to readers of Windows Vista Magazine as I'm now a contributor

Some of you might know that I used to write for Windows XP Magazine, but having used Windows Vista during the beta cycle I eventually had to give it up as I was writing about an OS I was not using. Well, that has all changed - I've been using Vista for over 3 years now and I've now got a technical spot back into the Windows Vista Magazine. My 1st articles are about identifying Vista performance issues and then will continue on to understanding system crashes and then solving some common Office 2003/7...

Published Sun, Jun 1 2008 12:49 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Personal, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista
Diagnose Windows Performance issues with the tools Microsoft uses

I’m writing about diagnosing performance problems at the moment and this blog starts the process off for me. XPerf is an amazing tool that was internal to Microsoft only. You can now use this yourself!! One quick update, have a look at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/perftools.mspx for an update to just the xperf tools and you don’t need to download the rest of the SDK either :-). The SDK team just shipped the latest version of the Windows SDK which supports Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1. The...

Published Fri, Apr 18 2008 9:00 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Windows Server 2008
This consumer operating systems stuff is harder than 1st thought – Red Hat and Novell no longer targeting consumers with desktop Linux

I saw this and it made me smile – looks like building a desktop OS for consumers is harder than people thought :-) And I thought consumers were more willing to put in time to fiddle too, so that makes the enterprise play even less likely for me!! Red Hat skips consumer Linux desktop Red Hat has no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market, but will continue to place its bets on a desktop for commercial markets. "We are focused on infrastructure software for the enterprise market...

Published Fri, Apr 18 2008 8:58 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Linux
Available to everyone (well almost) - Windows Vista SP1 Released to Windows Update

Today Windows Vista SP1 has made it to Windows Update for the 5 lead languages with the rest to follow over the following weeks. Lots of details at Windows Vista Team Blog : Windows Vista SP1 Released to Windows Update . Perhaps some of the most important points from the blog entry for me are listed below, but read the blog entry for all details: If in running Windows Update you do not see Windows Vista SP1 listed, there are a number of good reasons for this (Eight in fact, see the whole list ) If You have a...

Published Tue, Mar 18 2008 5:46 PM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Windows Client, Vista, Service Pack
Action Pack Subscribers get Full Windows Vista DVDs - not upgrades and they also get a copy of Ultimate too, plus a stack of materials to sell the product

Full, not Upgrade Vista product Well anyone who says we don't listen is just talking rubbish!! What am I talking about - I'm talking about the Action Pack and Windows. We moved to non OEM media and boy did it cause a stink, but that has changed again. According to Important changes for Action Pack Subscribers regarding Windows Vista while you are still required to have a legal license for a machine (FPP or OEM) you can now apply full copies (i.e. do a bare metal install) without having to do a double...

Published Sat, Mar 8 2008 8:43 PM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Community, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Action Pack, Training, Partner, Licensing, If you only read one post today
Office Live Workspace Update for Windows Vista to enable "Open From" and "Save to" menu items in Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint

One little feature that others might have missed with the new release of Office Live Workspace is the two nifty buttons for Office to enable direct access from the Office Live Workspace Update for Windows Vista The Office Live Workspace Update installs three Windows Vista updates (KB945435, KB945145, KB933860) and one Office 2007 update to ensure optimal performance on Windows Vista when using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with Office Live Workspace. The update improves the performance of opening...

Published Thu, Mar 6 2008 7:24 AM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Live, SBSC, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, Office Live, Tips, Small business
More ways to engage with customers using the Microsoft advertising campaigns

[updated 4th March] Many people congratulated Microsoft after the Mr Busy campaigns allowed partners to drive their customers back to them using a MS campaign. Well, this is now being repeated for a number of campaigns. Today I found the click and go site to get them all ( http://www.campaigns.arvato-services.com/ ). You can get 200 post cards or 1,000 e-mails for free and then a low price for additional cards/ e-mails if required. The campaigns covered include: Business Productivity Customer Acquisition and...

Published Tue, Mar 4 2008 9:00 PM by David Overton

Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows 7, Vista and XP, Office System, CRM, Support and Tools, Business, Windows Mobile, Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Windows Server 2003, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Marketing, Small business, Partner
Microsoft drops the price of retail versions of Vista significantly all over the world, but plenty in the UK

I saw some people talking about this on the Yahoo groups and on the blogs, so thought I would do some investigating. The retail price has moved quite nicely in the UK .. in the following blog they talk about a drop of upto 40+% in the UK, while US prices only dropped 20% http://hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25990 - Microsoft is cutting the retail price of its Windows Vista operating system by as much as 39% here in New Zealand. Prices in the US will drop 20% and in the UK and...

Published Tue, Mar 4 2008 7:36 PM by David Overton

Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Marketing

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