Straight up question – no matter if you are on SBS 2008 or not, if you are not yet running Service Pack 2 on your Windows Server 2008 installation you should get moving and upgrade to it. Why? Because it fixes so many issues that affect other third party products and the stability of your server. Take the biggest example is the TDI Driver fix here. … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 Slow Reports – Fixed with UR4
I reported some time back now about problems with SBS 2008 reports and alerts being delayed many hours. Well I’m pleased to announce that today Microsoft has released a fix for this… well most of it anyway :-) The fix is incorporated into SBS 2008 Update Rollup 4 (UR4) and you can read more about it here This is a must have fix in my view, it not only resolves most … [Read more...]
Trend WFBS 6.0 Service Pack 1 released
For those running Trends Worry-Free Business Security product, they have today released Service Pack 1 for it. This service pack resolves all outstanding security bugs and fixes for performance issues that some have seen in various scenarios. I’ve beta tested this and it certainly made a positive difference to my systems. I’m downloading the final release version as … [Read more...]
How can I make WinXP run Windows Update through SBS 2000? – Traig Zeigler
A default install of Windows XP will not be able to access the Windows Update site correctly. In order to access the site you need to do the following; In the properties for IE, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced Tab and check "Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections" … [Read more...]