Recent content by DCBennett

Hi, Odd one this:-) New HP Compaq 6710b laptop downgraded from Vista to XP Pro SP2 with a fresh install - Format C: followed by the HP restore CD followed by all updates. If you try and open something via File > Open in several applications (Outlook 2003, IE7, Roxio Cd Creator) and click...

Download and install NT4 service pack 6a and the post Service pack 6a security rollup package from the MS download site - not Windows update. I would not bother with anything else. Windows Update does not work with NT4 anymore.

If you want to play with the hosts file, try this one as a starting point! http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

Don't use personal folders - size your Exchange to match your requirements and if properly set up and maintained should be very reliable. Set limits on the mailbox sizes and enforce them! You can have a mail store size of up to 75G with Exchange Std which should be enough for a hundred or so...

Now if I can just find a forum for Vista as good as this one, I'd really be happy" How about this one:-) http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=1583

Any help? http://www.kbalertz.com/Q273428/Error.Message.Restart.Exchange.Services.Global.Catalog.Cannot.Contacted.aspx

If it happens at the same time every 2 weeks, may be worth watching the console as it happens - even if it means an early morning:-( Could it be a faulty UPS doing a self test - this disconnects the load? On some servers, you can set the BIOS so after power loss / return, the server is set to...

Don't forget you will need to replace your operating system as well - Exchange 2007 requires Windows 2003 64bit version.

XP does not suport RAID5 but can be hacked to do so. http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/11/19/using_windowsxp_to_make_raid_5_happen/

Why not start again and create a single RAID 5 with all three disks and keep Windows and Data in the same partition? I don't think you would notice any performance loss as you are already using part of all the disks for the RAID 5. Or get a fourth disk and have a System RAID1 on one controller...

It's not a very fast graphics chips set According to this list http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html to Intel GMA 950 is at number 82 out of 95 mobile graphics chipsets:-( The 945 is a version of the 950...

Oh well, I guess the CEO will have to get IT literate and become the enterprise admin - scary hey?:-)

Why not give the CEO a password protected PST and tell him to drag sensitve emails out of Exchange?

FYI - from http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/licensing/Zoom1-5/ZoomInNew.html This is the "old" license which I guess covers XP OEM "4.1 The enclosed individual software licenses may only be distributed with fully assembled PCs (which include a minimum of CPU, motherboard, hard drive, power...

Yet another stupid question...should I go with standard or enterprise version?" As above reply and also Standard with SP2 has a database limit of 75GB max per store. It's set in the Registry - default is 18GB. Enterprise is unlimited.