Quick Fix: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530c Function Keys not working
April 30, 2013 Leave a comment
I got my wife’s new laptop today and set about reinstalling it under Windows 7 as she ‘doesn’t understand Windows 8’, and i sympathise.
Quick Fix: Transmogged Essentials 2012 no UR1?
March 5, 2013 Leave a comment
Did you Transmog your Essentials 2012 Server to remove the 25 User Limit?
Following the release recently of UR1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials, we have learned that it is not being automatically offered to you, if your server has been transmogged.
Quick Fix: Reset Windows Firewall SBS & Windows Server Essentials
February 5, 2013 1 Comment
Whilst troubleshooting a problem on a server, have you ever reset Windows Firewall back to Defaults?
It would seem like a logical step in some cases, however it could have unexpected consequences. Read more of this post
Quick Fix: Cancel Email Forwarding Exchange 2007/10
October 24, 2012 2 Comments
Had a call from a client who needed to cancel all automatic forwarding of email to one recipient.
Easy you might think. Read more of this post
Quick Fix: Unable to Delete 0 Bytes Folder
September 5, 2012 Leave a comment
Have you ever had to delete a folder only to find you cant? Read more of this post
Quick Fix : DNS Forwarders SBS 2011 Essentials
May 4, 2012 6 Comments
Update – This post will also apply to Windows Server 2012 Essentials
I have seen a number of posts on the forums about people who are having trouble with DNS Resolution on SBS 2011 Essentials.
Sean Daniel posted an excellent explanation of the how’s and whys of Essentials and DNS, and why the Server has a Dynamic IP… <shudder>
Anyway, knowing why something does something, and not being happy with it doing it, are two separate things.
So, if you want to force your DNS Forwarders to be something other than your Default Gateway, or, to use something else instead, you can build a simple scheduled task to do this.
Quick Fix: Cannot Delete File In Use?
March 14, 2012 Leave a comment
I am testing a PowerShell script to delete files based on age, as Acronis ‘Backup Location CleanUp’ seems hopeless at this task on this particular network – seems to work ok on others.
I found a neat little script here, http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Delete-files-older-than-x
It was working, but failing to delete one file in particular giving me the error that the file was in use. Read more of this post
SBS Technet Blog
- Update Rollup 2 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials Available Now
- How to Manually Create the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard and WSUS Group Policies Objects
- Running DHCP Server on Windows Server 2012 Essentials
- Windows Server Essentials Integration Module for Windows Azure Backup is Now Available
- Enterprise Hotfix Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Available Now
SBS KB Articles
- The contents of your Inbox and your Calendar are not displayed when you use Outlook Web Access to access your mailbox, and your mailbox is stored on a Windows Small Business Server 2003-based computer
- Description of Microsoft Product Activation
- The Office 365 Integration Module for SBS 2011 Essentials does not work as expected
TechNet Forum
- Replied to a forums thread Creating a bootable USB for the Server in the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Forum. June 18, 2013
- Contributed a helpful post to the Creating a bootable USB for the Server thread in the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Forum. June 18, 2013
- Answered the question Creating a bootable USB for the Server confirmed by the asker in the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Forum. June 18, 2013
- Answered the question SBS migration to 2011 - Issue with IBM USB NDIS NIC in the Small Business Server Forum. June 18, 2013
- Contributed a proposed answer to the question Creating a bootable USB for the Server in the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Forum. June 18, 2013
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