Server 2008

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Sometimes the easiest things can be so difficult. I was just trying to install a simple update package, "Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1" to be exact. The installer returns the error "The Installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\RelNotes.htm".

What's Up?
Art replaced the water pump on his Cherokee. Messed around a lot with eGroupware.

Computer History
December 10th, 1815 - Ada, Lady Lovelace is born
December 11th, 1946 - Fredrick Williams Receives Patent for Memory Device
December 12th, 1980 - Apple Computer's Initial Public Offering
December 14th, 1954 - Whirlwind Computer Appears on National TV
December 14th, 1952 - U.S. Navy Approaches MIT to create Whirlwind
December 15th, 1896 - Hollerith Agrees to Supply Machines for Russian Census

News
- No more Pownce after the 15th of December
- PepsiStuff promotion ends December 31st. Enter and redeem your points by then or they're gone forever.
- China's .cn domain takes the number two spot according to VeriSign.
- Firefox 2.0 to lose phishing detection.
- Need Some holiday music? Pandora has Classical Christmas, Rockin Holidays, Swinging Christmas, Jazz Holidays, or a Country Christmas.

Interesting
Zombie Movie fans are in for a treat with a set of campaigns based on "Dawn of the Dead" for Left 4 Dead. From l4dMods.com. Here's a video on Giant Bomb.com.
Need some free sounds? Check out FreeSound.Org.

Stalker Video?

Mike's Note
I'm sure that by now you've heard that Exchange server 2007 is only 64 bit. Of course you know that there's a 32bit version for evaluation, but it's not supported in production, but comes in pretty handy if you're extending the schema. What I wasn't aware of is that Exchange Server 2007 won't install on Windows Server 2008 unless you have the installation media with SP1 integrated.

You'll get an error that "Exchange 2007 cannot be used with the version of Windows operating system running on this computer".

Show 032: Zombies were people too.
November 19th, 2008

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What's Up?
Art is continuing with his C++ studies, playing the Left 4 Dead demo, and getting in to Facebook.

Mike migrated his domain controller to Server 2008. He also got a new Blackberry Pearl, and is playing Left 4 Dead as well.

Computer History
November 20th, 1955 - Ray Ozzie is Born
November 21st, 1969 - First Arpanet Link put into Service
November 22nd, 1985 - Apple Shares Mac Interface with Microsoft
November 23rd, 1992 - Business Week Predicts Computer Industry "On the Skids"
November 25th, 1997 - Pixar's "A Bug's Life" and "Geri's Game" is released.

News
Spam plummets by 40% (ComputerWorld) (Techdirt)
Intel Launches the Core i7 (ZDNet)
Left 4 dead - Comes out Dec 18th.

Interesting
Earl Commercial

This week's Topic / Our segments

Mike - Server 2008 Migration Woes?
Mike Loves RoboCopy
Know your FSMO roles - Understanding FSMO Roles
Some good links at the bottom, let's you know how to tell who has the roles, and how to seize them.

OldBooksGood documentation is really nice to have. I did a Server Migration, or transition this last Friday (the 14th). We went from Server 2003 to Server 2008, and now I'm realizing that my documentation was a little out of date.

Show 025: Somebody hand me the duct tape!
October 1st, 2008

Alternate Titles:

  1. May I have a Lotus Development please? With peanut sprinkles on top.
  2. So, a blonde, a blonde, and a blonde walk in to a bar...

What's Up?
Mike attempts a migration to Windows Server 2008, but, but winds up rolling back to 2003.
Art does nothing. Again.

Computer History
October 1, 1954 - IBM Announces Model 705 Computer
October 2, 1955 - ENIAC Computer Retired
October 3, 1950 - Transistor Inventors Receive Patent
October 5, 1996 - Supercomputer Pioneer Cray Dies in Auto Accident
October 6, 1983 - Lotus Development Goes Public
October 7, 1988 - The Computer Bowl Begins

News
- Apple's Patching is a Mess - ComputerWorld
- Apple Finally Patches that pesky DNS Exploit - NY Times
Yes, we're a little late to report this, but I just heard about it. Yes, everyone else patched their systems like 4 months ago. To be fair, Apple did release a patch at the end of July, only 3 months after everyone else, of course it didn't work.
Wal-Mart Ends DRM Support

This weeks topic: Fourteen Geek Movies you must see (In no particular order)

  • Matrix
  • Hick Trek
  • Hackers
  • Star Wars (Of Course)
  • Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  • Serenity
  • Anything Monty Python
  • Gattica
  • Transformers
  • Back to the Future
  • Office Space
  • Independence Day
  • Alien Movies
  • Tron

 

Show 024: The two and a half year hiking spree.
September 24th, 2008

Alternate Titles

  1. Rock on!
  2. Art's going senile.
  3. Two Guys Tech: Show Without A Pulse
  4. Thanks for nothing!

What's Up?
Watched a Star Wars Clone Wars Series pre-release Thanks to House Party.
Art repairs one computer, but not another one.

Computer History
24th 30th

- September 24th, 1986 - Computer Maker Honeywell seeks a partner.
- September 25th, 1989 - IBM Announces "Micro Channel Architecture".
- September 27th, 1996 - Hacker Kevin Mitnick indicted on Charges.
- September 28th, 1925 - Supercomputer Pioneer Seymour Cray is Born.
- September 29th, 1994 - HotJava Demonstrated at Sun Microsystems

News
New Microsoft Commercials - Seinfeld part 2 and "I'm a PC".
Lego Batman is coming on September 23rd!
Star Wars Clone Wars series starts on Oct 3
Wrath of the Lich King release data announced. November 13th, 2008. Next installment of World of Warcraft.
EA addresses players concerns about the game.

MS drops Seinfeld ads.

Promo
The Nut Gallery - Movie Reviews
http://thenutgallery.com/

This Weeks Topic: Backup strategies for the home and office.

For the home:

For the office:

  • Backup Servers vs Agents
  • Disk to tape
  • disk to disk
  • disk to disk to tape.

I've been dying to check out Hyper-V, now that I finally have a server to run it on. I figured I would post this quick screen shot tour of how to install Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008.

Note: Clicking on an image below will open the full sized image in a new window.

Open up Server Manager, which can be found in Start > All Programs > Server Manager

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In the left side of the management console, click on "Roles"