Dell Latitude ST and Windows 8 Wifi connectivity

Installing Windows 8 on this tablet went off without a hitch. For a severely under powered device it is actually running Windows 8 very well. After reading numerous comments around the net about how slow it was running Win8, I was curious to find out for myself. So far I have only found 2 issues. … Read more

HP ProLiant MicroServer Flexibility

I’ve been meaning to put some of my thoughts on the HP MicroServer N40L for quite some time and just haven’t made the time to do it, so here goes. Long ago I was searching for a reason to purchase and play with HP’s MicroServers and got my chance when a client asked for an … Read more

Windows 8 First Look

Most of the news from Microsoft these days surrounds Windows 8 desktop OS which is anticipated to be released to the general public as early as October this year. In support of the new OS, Microsoft has updated many of its development tools including Visual Studio. This new version of VS allows development of the … Read more

Exchange Active Sync Fails After Transition From 2003 to 2010

The title sums this one up with ease. After transitioning / migrating from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 some of the first accounts that we tested with were unable to connect to EAS. Errors on the mobile client ranged from server not found/available, to bad user name and password errors. After much research and … Read more

.NK2 file locations

The location of the NK2 AutoCompelete file created by Outlook might be different from one computer to another, depending on the operating system and the version of Outlook. For Outlook 2003/2007 with Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003: The location of the nk2 file is C:\Documents and Settings\[User Profile]\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook The name of … Read more

Recreate OWA Virtual Directory IIS7 / Exchange 2007

Ran into an issue today where a clients SBS 2008 server stopped servicing requests made to hostname/owa. I am still unsure as to what caused this issue but find a fairly simple way to recreate the OWA virtual directory for IIS. Many admins are familiar with this procedure / howto for Exchange 2003 but are … Read more

Breath a little life into your Small Business Server

This one seems like an obvious one, but I will post it anyways. Chances are that you have deployed and/or maintain Windows 2003 Small Business Server. Many small businesses purchased SBS during “the good times” of 2003-2008. Due to the licensing restrictions imposed on the product by Microsoft, these servers are always one boxed. That … Read more