Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category

March 5th, 2008

Top 10 Reason to Upgrade to Windows Server 2008

  1. Windows Server Virtualization
    The Windows Server 2008 wave will include Windows Server Virtualization (WSv), a powerful, performant, virtualization technology with strong management and security features. Windows Server virtualization will help businesses reduce costs, increase agility and system availability for production server consolidation, disaster recovery, test and development, and, when coupled with System Center Virtual Machine Manager, the end-to-end management of dynamic datacenters.
  2. A World-Class Web and Applications Platform
    Windows Server 2008 provides a secure, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting applications and services that are delivered from the server or over the Web. New features include simplified management, increased security, and both performance and extensibility improvements which delivers a unified platform for Web publishing that integrates Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), ASP.NET, Windows Communication Foundation, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services.
January 15th, 2008

Howto Install IIS 6.0 in XP pro without CD.

Took a little bit to figure this one out. But what you need to do is goto

add and remove programs -> add and remove windows componants

Then select Internet Information Services (IIS) and hit next.

It will then ask you to insert your windows sp2 cd. Instead download SP2 from here

DOWNLOAD HERE

Run WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe, it will extract to the C drive somewhere, don’t continue with the SP install, go back to the IIS install and point it to the i386 directory that was extracted. Mine was c:\da47c84ccc2a2079974a39\i386\ , it will find some of the dll files there. Then it will pop up looking for more point it too c:\da47c84ccc2a2079974a39\i386\ip\ now and it will find the reast, and your done.

December 5th, 2007

How to: Setup a POP account in Outlook

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POP is a protocol used to retrieve email messages from an Internet email server. Generally, when you use POP is it best to use it from one particular computer. When you download your messages, the POP email server stores them for your later retrieval. If you go to another computer to connect and retrieve that same message, it will no longer be on the POP server.

November 6th, 2007

How to import contacts into outlook - or any other outlook data

Import Data into Outlook 

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Today I had a customer ask how he could import his contact information into outlook. He had recently changed jobs and needed his contact information to be added to his new outlook profile. This tutorial requires that you have a pst file available to perform the import.

October 18th, 2007

Introducing Microsoft Office Communicator 2007

Office Communicator 2007 is a unified communications client that helps people be more productive by enabling them to communicate easily with others in different locations or time zones using a range of different communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice, and video. Integration with programs across the 2007 Microsoft Office system — including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Groove, and SharePoint Server — gives information workers many different ways to communicate with each other via a consistent and simple user experience.

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