SBS 2008 Issues with Latest Updates
There have been several reports about recent updates taking an extremely long time (4-6 hours) to completely install on SBS 2008 servers. For example, some report that after rebooting the server and it...
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Use psconfig to to resolve SharePoint warnings in SBS 2011 BPA
After installing a SharePoint update to your SBS 2011 server, you may see one (or both) of the following warnings the next time you run the SBS Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) utility: Use psconfig.exe...
View ArticleWMF 3.0 and Exchange 2010
Short and simple: if you are running Exchange 2010 or Sharepoint 201, DO NOT install Windows Management Framework 3.0 (WMF 3.0). For a slightly more descriptive explanation, check out my good friend...
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WSUS now available for Windows Server 2012 Essentials!
Finally! One of the major features, in the eyes of many I.T. professionals and consultants, missing from the Windows Server 2012 Essentials product was the ability to fully manage, approve/reject, and...
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Scheduling the WSUS Cleanup Wizard
I manage several SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 servers. One of the key maintenance issue is the size of the WSUS database. There are plenty of posts from people bemoaning the fact that suddenly the WSUS...
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Exchange 2007 Rollup 11 SBS 2008
I generally like to wait a month before installing Exchange rollups. If you’re running SBS 2008 and Exchange 2007, you may have noticed that Rollup 11 for Exchange 2007 was released on August 13, 2013....
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Windows Update running forever on XP and 2003
There are plenty of reports of both Windows XP and Windows 2003 server systems stalling when running windows update (WU/MU). In some cases, they say that if you wait several hours, or perhaps...
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Script to see if a KB update has been installed on a computer
Often, when I am working on a workstation or server, I need to see if a particular KB update has already been applied (installed). Case in point: KB 2862330 was released in October as part of a set of...
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SBS 2011 and Windows Update Error 800B0001
As we enter 2014, there are still plenty of new SBS 2011 servers being installed in offices. SBS 2011 is the last version of Microsoft’s Small Business Server (SBS) product line. SBS 2011 comes with...
View ArticleDo not install Exchange 2010 SP3 RU8 yet
On Thursday Dec 11, 2014 Microsoft released new updates for Exchange 2007, 2010, and 2013. Read more here. However, an issue has been identified in the Exchange Server 2010 SP3 Update Rollup 8. The...
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Windows 10 Upgrade Prompt Coming Soon to a Domain Near You–Possibly
It’s hard to believe it was 5 1/2 months ago (July 2015) that Windows 10 was released. at that time Microsoft also announced a one year window of opportunity to upgrade your Windows 7/8.1 computer to...
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KB3119142 Keeps Reinstalling–Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Update 4
I was working on installing some Microsoft updates on computers at a customer site this evening. Several computers, all Windows 10 O/S, were reporting that KB3119142 was being (re)installed...
View ArticleSecurity Patch MS16-072 Breaks GPO on SBS 2008, SBS 2011, and Windows Server...
Microsoft recently released security hotfix MS16-072 last week. This patch attempts to improve GPO security. But as my fellow MVP’s Susan Bradley and Wayne Small have discovered, this new security...
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