Exchange 2007 SP3 is released

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Ward

What’s New in SP3 for Exchange 2007

Windows Server 2008 R2 Support

Exchange Server 2007 SP3 supports all Exchange 2007 roles on the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.

Exchange 2007 SP3 supports the installation of the Exchange 2007 management tools on a computer that is running Windows 7. Additionally, Exchange 2007 SP3 provides support for the installation of the Exchange 2007 Management Tools together with the Exchange Server 2010 Management Tools on the same Windows 7-based computer.

Improved Password Reset Functionality

Exchange 2007 SP3 introduces password reset functionality for Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.

To enable the password reset feature

Log on to the Exchange server that is running the CAS role by using an account that has local administrator rights.
Start Registry Editor, and then locate the following registry subkey:

HLKM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchange OWA
Create the following DWORD value if it does not already exist:

Value name: ChangeExpiredPasswordEnabledValue type: REG_DWORDValue data: 1
Exit Registry Editor.

Updated Search Functionality

Exchange 2007 SP3 includes updates to the Exchange Search (MSSearch) component. MSSearch provides support for creating full text indexes for Exchange stores. Exchange 2007 SP3 updates the MSSearch binary files to MSSearch 3.1.

Schema Changes

Exchange 2007 SP3 includes Active Directory schema changes for certain Unified Messaging (UM) mailbox attributes. For more information, see Active Directory Schema Changes (SP3).

Support for Right-to-Left Disclaimer Text

Exchange 2007 SP3 includes support for Right-to-Left text in e-mail message disclaimers in a right-to-left language, such as Arabic. In earlier versions of Exchange, when you use a transport rule to create a disclaimer in a right-to-left language on an Exchange 2007 Hub Transport server, the text appears incorrectly when you view it from Outlook 2007.

Exchange 2007 SP3 adds functionality to the transport rule setting to fully support right-to-left text in disclaimers.

Download here SP3 for Exchange 2007

Tags: 2008, 2008 R2, Active Directory, Exchange, Exchange 2007, Outlook, Tools, View, Windows, Windows 7, XP

Access Denied Error 0×80070005 message when initializing TPM for Bitlocker

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Ward

When you try to turn on Bitlocker on Windows 7 Operating System Drive, you may get the Access Denied Error message while initializing TPM.

Additionally, when you open the TPM Management Console and you try to initialize TPM you get error message 0×80070005.

Solution:

To set correct permissions, follow the instruction below:

1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. Select the OU where you have all computers which will have Bitlocker turned ON.

3. Right Click on the OU and click Delegate Control.

4. Click Next and then click Add.

5. Type SELF as the Object Name.

6. Select create a custom task to delegate.

7. From the object in the folder, select Computer Objects.

8. Under show these permissions, select all 3 checkbox.

9. Scroll down in permissions and select the attribute Write msTPM-OwnerInformation.

10. Click Finish.

After you have done the above steps, you should be able to initialize TPM successfully.

It worked for me!!!

SOURCE

Tags: Active Directory, Windows, Windows 7

VMware Workstation 7.1 is available

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Ward

VMWare has released VMware Workstation 7.1.

What’s New in VMware Workstation 7.1

Support for 8 virtual processors (or 8 virtual cores) and 2 TB virtual disks.

Support for OpenGL 2.1 for Windows Vista and Windows 7 guests.

Greatly improved DirectX 9.0 graphics performance for Windows Vista and Windows 7 guests. Up to 2x faster than Workstation 7.

Launch virtualized applications directly from the Windows 7 taskbar to create a seamless experience between applications in your virtual machines and the desktop.

Optimized performance for Intel’s Core i3, i5, i7 processor family for faster virtual machine encryption and decryption.

Support for more Host and Guest Operating Systems, including: Hosts: Windows 2008 R2, Ubuntu 10.04, RHEL 5.4, and more Guests: Fedora 12, Ubuntu 10.04, RHEL 5.4, SEL 11 SP1, and more.

Now includes built in Automatic Updates feature to check, download, and install VMware Workstation updates.

Ability to import and export Open Virtualization Format (OVF 1.0) packaged virtual machines and upload directly to VMware vSphere, the industry’s best platform for building cloud infrastructures.

Download VMware Workstation HERE. You need a valid VMware Account to download.

Tags: 2008, 2008 R2, Vista, VMWare, vSphere, Windows, Windows 7, Workstation, XP

Outlook 2007 Autodiscovery Warning when using SRV record for Autodiscover

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Ward

Sometimes when you open Outlook 2007 using a autodiscover srv record for Exchange 2007 you wil get de following error:

Solution 1:

1. Close Outlook 2007
2. Start Registry Editor
3. In Windows 7, click Start –> RUN
4. type regedit in de box and then click OK
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6. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\AutoDiscover
7. Click the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value.
8. Type RedirectServers, and then press ENTER
9. Right-click RedirectServers, and then click Modify.
10. In the Value data box, type a semicolon delimited list of the HTTPS servers to which AutoDiscover can be redirected without prompting for confirmation from the user, and then click OK.
For example, you want to allow for the following list of servers:
– https://wardvissers.nl
– https://wardvissers.local
11.Type the following in the Value data box: wardvissers.local;wardvissers.nl
12. On the File menu, click Exit to exit Registry Editor

Solution 2:
Setting the registry key with group policy preferences.

Tags: Exchange, Exchange 2007, Microsoft, Outlook, Windows, Windows 7, XP

When trying to activate you get 0xC004F074 with description "The Key Management Server (KMS) is unavailable"

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Ward

Error:

The KMS host that is used is very probably a Windows Server 2008 KMS host that cannot standard activate Windows 7 and 2008 R2 machines.

When you do not have Windows Server 2008 R2 KMS host key have then you must have a Volume License agreement so that your request your Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 kms keys.

Resolution

Step 1:
-If the KMS host a Windows Server 2003 SP2 machine is you have the update from the KB article KB968915 install and restart the machine.
-If the KMS host a Windows Server 2008 SP2 machine is you have the update from the KB article KB968912 install and start the new machine.
-If the KMS host one Windows Server 2008 R2 machine is you have to install any further update.

Step 2:
You the new KMS host key import now. The commands are as follows:

1. Uninstall KMS license Key on host – slmgr.vbs /upk

2. Install Windows Server 2008 R2 KMS license key – slmgr.vbs /ipk <Your Key>

3. Activate KMS server online: slmgr.vbs /ato

4. Net Stop slsvc

5. Net Start slsvc

The clients can now activate

Tags: 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7

WAIK Add Drivers to a Wim File

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Ward

Some handy Windows 7 Waik commands to add drivers to a wim file.
Before you start copy the wim file to your harddisk

1. Some information about the Wim:
Dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:d:\boot.wim

2. Mount the wim file to a folder:
Dism /Mount-Wim /index:1 /WimFile:d:\boot.wim /MountDir:d:\mountpe

3. Add the Driver:
Dism /Image:d:\mountpe /Add-Driver /Driver:d:\nic\b57nd60x.inf

4. Close the wim file and saving the file:

Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:d:\mountpe /Commit

Tags: Windows, Windows 7

Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Ward

The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.5 is a free tool from Microsoft. It helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which applications are compatible with the Windows 7 RC and Windows Vista® operating system and which require further testing. ACT helps customers lower their costs for application compatibility testing, prioritize their applications, and deploy Windows more quickly. You can use the ACT features to:

Verify an application’s compatibility with a new version of the Windows operating system, or a Windows Update, including determining your risk assessment.
Become involved in the ACT Community, including sharing your risk assessment with other ACT users.
Test your Web applications and Web sites for compatibility with new releases and security updates to the Windows® Internet Explorer® Internet browser.

Software Requirements:

Type of Software	Type of Software
Operating Systems	- Windows 7 - Windows Vista - Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1) - Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Service Pack 3 (SP3) - Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - Windows Server 2008 R2
Database Components	- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express - Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
.NET Framework	- ACT requires the .NET Framework 2.0 or newer.

Download HERE

Tags: 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, XP

Restore an Windows 7 Capture with MDT 2010

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Ward

Step1: Import the Capture Image.

You can find the capture file at \\server\deploymentshare$\Capture or x:\deploymentshare\capture.

If you have already imported Windows 7 DVD.
You can chose for Sysprep and Setup files are not needed. The Setup will copy them automatically when de Capture wil be deployed.

Step 2. Create a Normal Client Task with the OS Capture that you imported.

Tags: Deployment, MDT 2010, Windows, Windows 7

Capture an Existing Windows 7 install with MDT

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Ward

You can With MDT capture an existing Windows 7 Install.
1. Creating the Task in MDT

Jou must Chose the OS version witch you want to capture.

2. Create a copy from the Customsettings.ini
Edit the Customsettings.ini with de following text.

[Settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty

[Default]
OSInstall=Y
SkipAppsOnUpgrade=YES
SkipCapture=NO
SkipAdminPassword=YES
SkipProductKey=YES

4. Connect to the deployement share \\server\deploymentshare$ and go to the folder script and double click on LiteTouch.vbs

4. Don’t forget after the Capture to restore the original customsettings.ini file.

Tags: Deployment, Windows, Windows 7

Microsoft Assessment & Planning Toolkit

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Ward

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an agentless toolkit that finds computers on a network and performs a detailed inventory of the computers using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and the Remote Registry Service. The data and analysis provided by this toolkit can significantly simplify the planning process for migrating to Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and Forefront® Client Security and Network Access Protection. Assessments for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista include device driver availability as well as recommendations for hardware upgrades.

You can use MAP to inventory the following platforms:

Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP® Professional
Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows 2000 Professional or Windows 2000 Server
VMware ESX
VMware ESXi
VMware Server

Reporting
- Identification of currently installed Windows client operating systems, their hardware, and recommendations for migration to Windows 7 and Windows Vista. The tool also reports if desktops have anti-virus and anti-malware programs installed and if the Windows Firewall is turned on.
- Identification of currently installed Windows Server operating systems, their hardware, and recommendations for migration to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008.
- Identification of currently installed Microsoft Office software and recommendations for migration to Microsoft Office 2007.
- Detailed assessment and reporting of server utilization gathered using the Performance Metrics Wizard.
- Recommendations for server consolidation and virtual machine placement using Hyper-V
- Assessment of client machines, servers, and the technology environment for the implementation of Microsoft Application Virtualization (APP-V)
- Identification of machines where Microsoft SQL Server components are installed.
- Identification of virtual machines, their hosts, and details about each.
- Identification of Windows Server Roles

Hardware Requirements:
- Windows 2003 x86/x64 or Windows 2008 x86/x64
- 1,5 GB (2 GB 2008)

Software Requirements:
- NET Framework 3.5 SP1
- Windows Installer 4.5
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 or Word 2003 SP2
- MIcrosoft Office Excel 2007 or Excel 2003 SP2
- SQL Server 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008, or SQL Server 2005

Download Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit HIER

Tags: 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, APP-V, ESX, ESXi, Microsoft, Office 2007, SQL, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Vista, VMWare, Windows, Windows 7, XP

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