Windows

How to Prevent the IIS SMTP Virtual Server from Relaying E-mail Messages

1) Start Internet Information Services Manager or open the Internet Information Services (IIS) snap-in. 2) Expand Server_name, where Server_name is the name of the server, right-click Default SMTP Virtual Server, and then click Properties. 3) Click the Access tab, and then under Access control, click Authentication. 4) Click to select either or both the Basic [...]

Tafiti Search Visualization

Tafiti Search Visualization is a Website which brings a new user experience to researching (searching and storing results). It was originally created by Microsoft to demonstrate Silverlight and the Windows Live Search APIs. Now Tafiti has been released as a Windows Live Platform Quick Application on CodePlex under a MS-PL license (free for use). Tafiti [...]

Step by step Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) setup in Vista

Vista lets you share your Internet connection with other computers on your network. Logically enough, the feature that lets you do this is called Internet Connection Sharing, which gets abbreviated to ICS. ICS can be a great way of saving time and money: instead of needing a modem and a phone line (or a DSL [...]

Checklist for SQL mail configuration

You must have a mail client (such as Microsoft Outlook) installed on the computer that runs SQL Server. Use the Corporate or Workgroup option for Microsoft Outlook 2000 (Microsoft Outlook 2002 does not have the Corporate or Workgroup option). To select the option, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then double-click the Mail Services [...]

How To Find Out What My DNS Servers Address

Linux / UNIX Find Out Dns Server Addresses The resolver is a set of routines in the C library that provide access to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by a process. Commend to find out [...]

How to Verify That Windows File Protection Is Running in Windows Server 2003

1. Start Windows Explorer, and then open the Windows\System32 folder. 2. Right-click the Calc.exe file, and then click Rename. 3. Type Calc.old to rename the file for the Calculator program. 4. Wait several moments, and then note that Windows replaces the missing Calc.exe file. You may have to refresh the file list to confirm that [...]

How to prevent a computer from running a user logon script in Windows Server 2003

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. You may experience certain situations where you may want [...]

How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

To obtain Windows Server 2003 SP2 from Windows Update loadTOCNode(3, ‘moreinformation’); You may download the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003 SP2 from the following Windows Update site: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) To obtain Windows Server 2003 SP2 from the Microsoft Download Center loadTOCNode(3, ‘moreinformation’); To download Windows Server 2003 SP2 from the Microsoft Download Center, visit [...]

How To Install the Terminal Services Client in Windows 2003

Share the Client Setup Folder To share the client setup folder, follow these steps: 1. On the Windows 2003 Server computer that is running Terminal Services, open Windows Explorer, and then locate the following folder: drive:\systemroot\System32\Clients\Tsclient\Win32 where drive is the drive that Windows is installed on and systemroot is the folder that contains the Windows [...]

How to Remove Original Equipment Manufacturer Drivers in Windows 2000, in Windows XP, and in Windows 2003

When installing an OEM driver, Windows Installer copies the OEM Setup files to the system folder called “%Systemroot%\Inf.” Windows Installer then renames the Setup file from Oemsetup.inf file to Oem#.inf. The # is an incremental number for each OEM driver that is installed. 1. Locate the file for the OEM device to remove. Use Microsoft [...]

How to enable diagnostic logging for the Windows 2003 POP3 Service

Using the Windows interface: 1. Open POP3 service. (click Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, POP3 Service.) 2. In the console tree, right-click the computer_name node, and then click Properties. Where? | POP3 Service/computer_name 3. In Logging level, click the drop-down menu, and then click the logging level you want. 4. You must stop and restart [...]

Outlook Web Access Architecture & How OWA works

Outlook Web Access Architecture How OWA works The client issues a HTTP request using browser using URL. The DNS resolves the request and forward to the IIS server. The HTTP request flows across the network to the IIS server. Exchange registers itself with IIS as a valid application, so when a request is received byHTTP [...]

Outlook Web Access (OWA)

Outlook Web Access (OWA) is a feature which provides web based access to user mailboxes. OWA is nothing but providing mailing solution using HTTP protocol. OWA plays an important role in mailing solution. Exchange Server 2003 OWA uses XML, XSL, HTTP-DAV to improve its functionality. Various new features are added to OWA in Exchange Server [...]

Steps for creating storage group & store in a storage group

Steps for creating storage group 1. Goto Start – Programs – Microsoft Exchange and then select Exchange System Manager 2. Right-click the server, point to New, and then click Storage Group. 3. Type ITdept for the name. Leave all settings at their default. 4. Specify the path of transaction logs and storage group folder i.e. [...]

Introduction to Exchange Storage systems

Exchange Storage System The heart of Exchange server 2003 is its storage system. Since Exchange 5.5 Microsoft had made many improvement in its storage systems. To manage the storage system Exchange includes a service called as Information Store. The Information Store is a service that provides storage system management on an Exchange Server 2003. The [...]