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Microsoft Action Pack Subscription – What it is and Why you Need it Many MCSE students and serious IT Professionals set up their own test networks to learn the latest and greatest in software that Microsoft has to offer. In my opinion, there is no better way to learn Microsoft Networking than to actually plan, build…

Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter is a product developed by Microsoft to help companies reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), or spam, received by users. You can read more about IMF on the Block Spam with Exchange 2003 Intelligent Message Filter page. When using IMF to help reduce the volume of Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail…

How can I move Exchange Databases and Logs from one disk to another in Exchange 2000/2003? When you install Exchange 2000/2003 on your server the setup program installs and configures Exchange in a default directory under the C:Program FilesExchsrvr folder. Although this is the default setup, in order to facilitate better hard disk performance and…

Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 includes a tool called VHDmount that allows you to mount a virtual hard disk (which in fact is a .VHD file) directly on your host operating system. You can get Virtual Server R2 SP1 for free right here: “Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 now available“. VHDMount is provided as a…

An .ISO file is a file that contains the complete image of a disc, either a CD or a DVD. Such files are often used when transferring CD and DVD images over the Internet (for example, most MSDN downloads that are available from the MSDN subscriber downloads page, AND the files that are delivered monthly…

You may receive the following error message when you try to mount a mailbox or public store: An internal processing error has occurred. Try restarting the Exchange System Manager or the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, or both. ID no: c1041724 In the Application event log, you may also receive following events. Event Type: Error…

Monitoring Exchange and Finding Common Problems Introduction In our daily jobs as Systems Engineers and Administrators we come across systems that are in need of our help… and may even be asking for it. Beyond checking your Event Viewer’s, this article looks at some common issues you might find on the server you are running…

How can I…? Windows 2000/XP/2003 machines have a built-in IP security mechanism called IPSEC (IP Security). Your domain name is mydomain.com Your e-mail is handled by: There are 2 MX records defined in the DNS 199.199.199.1 199.199.199.2 Your web address is: This refers to your A record 199.199.199.3 199.199.199.4 Other SMTP servers on your network:…

How can I minimize Outlook XP to the tray area? If you’re using a broadband connection, or you need to check your e-mail or calendar all the time you’ll probably like to keep Outlook open all the time. The same goes for Exchange clients that want to work online and keep their client running. Keeping…

This file controls what Internet media types are sent to the client for given file extension(s). Sending the correct media type to the client is important so they know how to handle the content of the file. Extra types can either be added here or by using an AddType directive in your config files. For…