Conficker Worm – Still thriving on unpatched systems
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I was surprised to see that “A” and “B” variants for the Conficker worm

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I didn’t want to add my opinion to the original announcement….
Thursday, 30 Jul, 2009 – 17:31 | No Comment

The Official SBS Blog : Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2 installation is blocked on Windows SBS 2008: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2009/07/30/microsoft-exchange-2007-sp2-installation-is-blocked-on-windows-sbs-2008.aspx Important update: Installing Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2 on Windows Small Business Server 2008 currently causes problems in some web services of Windows SBS 2008 and requires manual steps to fix the problems. A prerequisite check is deployed in Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2 setup program for Windows SBS 2008 so that Windows SBS users will be alerted and prompted before proceeding with installation .

Anti-Virus general exclusion?
Wednesday, 29 Jul, 2009 – 17:31 | No Comment

There are 1 replies, with the last one on 07/29/2009 at 7:31:56 PM by wobble_wobble Quote: A start… Need to add pagefile.sys and spool folder Exclusions: Exchange related: C:Program FilesExchsrvrMdbdata (This is likely to move – check first!) C:Program FilesExchsrvrMtadata C:Program FilesExchsrvrserver_name.log (servername changes…) C:Program FilesExchsrvrMailroot C:Program FilesExchsrvrMdbdata C:Program FilesExchsrvrsrsdata C:Program FilesExchsrvrConndata C:Program FilesExchsrvrExchweb C:Program FilesExchsrvrschema C:Program FilesExchsrvrres C:inetpubmailroot C:windowssystem32inetsrvmetabase.bin McAfee: C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesMcAfee PortalShield (and all subdirectories) C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesCommon FrameworkC:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataNetwork AssociatesCommon Framework IIS related: C:WINDOWSsystem32inetsrv C:WINDOWSIIS Temporary Compressed Files Domain Controller related: Active Directory database files = C:WINDOWSNTDS SYSVOL C:WINDOWSSYSVOL NTFRS Database Files = C:WINDOWSntfrs Windows SharePoint Services: C:Program FilesSharePoint Portal Server (and all subdirectories) C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb StorageSystemC:windowstempFrontpagetempdir Additional Exclusions: Removable Storage Database (used by SBS Backup) = C:WindowsSystem32ntmsdata SBS POP3 connector Failed Mail = C:Program FilesMicrosoft Windows Small Business ServerNetworkingPOP3Failed Mail SBS POP3 connector Incoming Mail = C:Program FilesMicrosoft Windows Small Business ServerNetworkingPOP3Incoming Mail Windows Update Store = C:WINDOWSSoftwareDistributionDataStore DHCP Database Store = C:WINDOWSsystem32dhcp WINS Database Store = C:WINDOWSsystem32wins GroupShield: C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesMcAfee GroupShieldbinproductlog.bin C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesMcAfee GroupShieldbindetecteditems.bin C:Program FilesNetwork AssociatesMcAfee GroupShieldbindetecteditems.bin.qtn GFI: C:Program FilesGFIMailEssentials C:Program FilesCommon filesGFI C:Inetpubmailroot If GFI MailEssentials is installed on the same machine as Exchange server, virus scanning software and backup software should be disabled from scanning C:Program FilesExchsrvrMailroot instead of C:Inetpubmailroot

Microsoft Security Bulletin Minor Revisions – February 11, 2009
Thursday, 12 Feb, 2009 – 0:51 | No Comment

Issued: February 11, 2009 Summary The following bulletins have undergone a minor revision increment. Please see the appropriate bulletin for more details.

Windows update broke Access "Data Access Page"
Thursday, 16 Oct, 2008 – 12:13 | No Comment

After last night’s Windows updates installed, the Microsoft Access data access page I have been using is no longer able to link to the database. I can’t even create a new …

Re: Vista mail outbox message stuck
Tuesday, 14 Oct, 2008 – 20:56 | No Comment

I tried downloading Hotfix KB941090; I verified I have 32 bit; download failed; I called Norton Internet Security. Disabled the AntiVirus, we disabled email scans, we uninstalled the entire Norton Internet …

Re: split database
Monday, 29 Sep, 2008 – 6:10 | No Comment

This has to do with Windows Update how? (You would get better help posting this in a newsgroup/forum dedicated to the database application you are utilizing.)

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Re: How to safely decline the already approved updates in WSUS 3.0
Wednesday, 10 Sep, 2008 – 23:25 | No Comment

Hi Harry, Thanks for your post.I should I have been more elaborative on this. Yes I do know about how to decline the patches but my problem is I am having …

Word edit recipient list mail merge link greyed out after MS patches
Thursday, 4 Sep, 2008 – 14:41 | No Comment

Hi,
I have someone who has an Access database for his clients and a Word document to do the mail merge with the database. After every MS Patch cycle he complains that the “Edit …

RE: WSUS on a VM – downstream server created problem occured
Wednesday, 27 Aug, 2008 – 23:09 | No Comment

Thanks for the 0 replies… I managed to fix the problem myself. Re created the database and syncronized again. Approved/declined all the patches and downloaded outstanding patches. Cheers …

Copying or Moving WSUS Database
Friday, 8 Aug, 2008 – 4:57 | No Comment

Hi, We have a very aging server running SBS 2003 and we are buying a nice new server onto which we will install the same set-up and completely replace the …

Re: Access 2003 database inconsistent behaviour between Vista and
Friday, 1 Aug, 2008 – 7:35 | No Comment

I need this hotfix also. I have downloaded it and extracted the files. Now what? How do i install this hotfix? “CJ” wrote:

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Discussions – microsoft.public.sqlserver.security | Google Groups
Saturday, 26 Jul, 2008 – 3:16 | No Comment

This is a Usenet group – learn more. Find or start a Google Group … 5 new of 5 – Jul 20. KB948110/MS08-040, SQL 2000 & sa authentication. 8 new of 8 – Jul 18 …