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• Install Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Licensing Role Service

  My Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services machine has just used up its 120 day licensing grace period. I setup the TS server to publish a few remote apps (Firefox and VLC mainly), just to stay current with the latest technologies available through my MSDN... Posted Oct 24 2008, 08:23 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Server, Windows, Software, Remote, 2008, RDP, Terminal Services

• IIS 6 FTP Site with Isolated Local Users and Shared Folders

  I needed an FTP site that would allow different users access to their own private folders, as well as a common shared folder that they would all have access to. Setup Your Users Add a local user to your FTP server for each person you want to have access... Posted Sep 23 2008, 09:55 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Server, Windows, IIS, Software, FTP, 6

• SQL Server 2008 - Saving Changes Is Not Permitted

  Using the import data wizard I created a new table from a spreadsheet and then tried to delete some columns and add a primary key. When I tried to save my changes in SQL Server Management Studio, this error appeared: Saving changes is not permitted. The... Posted Sep 14 2008, 09:26 AM by Matt Williamson with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Error, Server, Software, SQL, 2008

• Hyper-V Final Release Update

  The final release of Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 was posted today and it's just a simple update . I've already got it installed and running, all that's required is a reboot. I'm glad to have a final version installed just for peace... Posted Jul 10 2008, 09:45 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, Windows, Update, Software, 2008, Hyper-V, Virtualization

• Configure SourceSafe over HTTP SSL (HTTPS) on Server 2008

  *** Couldn't get this to work with Visual Studio 2008, see bottom. Install the Web Server Role Check ASP.NET Check II6 Metabase Compatibility role service Check all Security role services Install SourceSafe If SourceSafe isn't already installed... Posted Jun 19 2008, 01:23 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, SSL, Software, 2008, Source Control, SourceSafe

• Publish a .NET 3.5 Website to Windows Server 2008 IIS 7

  Install the Web Server Role In Role Services, select ASP.NET and continue. Install the .NET 3.5 Framework On your webserver, install the .NET 3.5 framework . Publish Your Application In Visual Studio, publish your web project to a local folder, like on... Posted Jun 18 2008, 07:42 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: 7, Server, Windows, IIS, Software, SQL, 2008, ASP.NET, 3.5, .NET

• Configuring Server 2008 for RADIUS Authentication

  I like connecting to my network using my pfSense firewall's built-in VPN server. Following these steps, I can configure Windows Server 2008 to provide the authentication credentials for pfSense via RADIUS. I figured this out using this great guide... Posted Jun 04 2008, 03:36 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: RADIUS, Server, VPN, Windows, PPTP, 2008, NPS

• Installing and Configuring Visual SourceSafe 2005

  I'm familiar with Vault and Team Foundation Server but neither of those come with my MSDN subscription so I'm trying Visual SourceSafe for the first time. I'll be installing the server portion on my file server and I'll configure a desktop... Posted Mar 14 2008, 07:13 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, Software, 2005, Visual Studio, Visual, Source Control, Client, SourceSafe

• Why is Sql Server on my Thinkpad?

  The only software I chose while configuring my T61p online was Vista Business 64, but of course a bunch of junk comes preloaded. So I'm trimming the fat and installing my developer tools. I'm about to install the Sql Server 2005 Developer Edition... Posted Mar 12 2008, 12:21 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, Software, SQL, Thinkpad, T61p

• .NET 2.0 Custom SqlMembershipProvider

  While I'm waiting for my development machine to come in (Thinkpad T61p !!!), I'm doing some prep work on my desktop. I installed SQL Server 2005 Standard x64, Visual Studio 2008 Professional x64, and all of the service packs and updates. During... Posted Feb 03 2008, 10:56 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, 2005, Visual Studio, x64, SQL, 2008, SqlMembershipProvider, Membership

• SQL Server 2005 IIS Warning

  So after heeding the IIS warning during installation and installing IIS, I was still receiving this warning: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is either not installed or is disabled. IIS is required by some SQL Server features. Without IIS... Posted Feb 03 2008, 12:25 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, IIS, 2005, Warning, SQL, 7.0, Installation

• Installing Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1

  Unlike upgrading Community Server, which I've been working on for a couple of days now, applying the Service Pack for Exchange was simple! I downloaded the executable for 64-bit versions (I thought Exchange 2007 was only 64-bit?) and ran it on my... Posted Dec 30 2007, 11:17 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: 2007, Exchange, Server, Service Pack, 1

• Exchange 2007 Attachment Filter

  By default, Exchange will replace possibly harmful file attachments with text files telling you the attachments have been removed. The types of files that fall into this category are defined in the "Attachment Filtering Agent". If you're... Posted Dec 09 2007, 02:11 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: 2007, Exchange, Server, Software

• VMWare Server x64 Only Works With Some Intel 64-bit Processors!

  I got burned on this one, bad. Earlier this week I decided to build a new machine with the memory, hard drive, and video card I had laying around. I wanted a 64-bit server on my DMZ to host my webserver (x86) and my Exchange Edge Transport Server (x64... Posted Nov 11 2007, 02:24 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, 64, bit, VMWare, Hardware, Processor, x64, Intel, ECS

• BGInfo - System Information On Your Desktop

  This free utility allows you to display system information on your desktop. The info is displayed on top of your wallpaper and can be customized in a variety of ways. This utility is especially valuable to administrators who remote-in to many systems... Posted Oct 31 2007, 10:33 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, Software, Information, BGInfo, Info, Remote, Background, Utility