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 I used to keep my Blog on my own server, but as I experiment more and more in my home network this has started to become a problem. So rather then migrating the content I have decided to try hosting it somewhere else. For now I am trying out Live Spaces and Office Live. Why? More like "why not?" I already have a live account and like Live Mesh, and Sky Drive. I believe this will platform of products will have even better integration in the future so lets give it a try and see. I may change my mind but this is all for fun anyway. So welcome to my new cyber home.
 
Below is my Windows Live blog, "My IT Notes and Thoughts". The module that brings it over from live screws up the formatting so I suggest you read the original post over here.
 

 
May 06

Links to Sites for Setting up Outlook Anywhere


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April 09

Configure Memory for MSDE

a(1). Firstly, we need to use the steps below to identify what instance is using the most memory: In Task Manager, click Select Columns in the View menu, and make sure that PID (Process Identifier) is checked. Then find out the sqlservr.exe process that is using the most of the RAM and note its PID. Once you have the PID run the following from a command prompt:

tasklist /svc

This should give you the instance associated with the PID you identified in the previous step. And then you can configure a maximum amount of memory to the instance.

(2). Then, use max server memory to prevent SQL Server from using more that the specified amount of memory (we can also use min server memory to guarantee a minimum amount of memory to an instance of SQL Server). To do so, open a command prompt and run the following command:

osql -E -S <server name>\<instance name>

You will enter the osql command prompt. Run the commends below (replace <xxx> with the maximum and minimum amount of memory respectively):

1> EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1
2> reconfigure
3> go

1> EXEC sp_configure 'min server memory', <xxx>
2> reconfigure
3> go

1> EXEC sp_configure 'max server memory', <xxx>
2> reconfigure
3> go

After doing the above steps, you may run the commands to check the configured memory usage:

1> EXEC sp_configure
2> go



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Configuring Smarthost with Exchange 2k3 for AT&T
On the Connector tell it to use smtpauth.sbcglobal.net as the smarthost and configure the security to logon with your SBCGlobal Email Account and Password.


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Configure ISA to use a different port for SSL
Need to connect to SSL on a different port then 443. Read this article
 
 
I used the Script method. The link in the article was wrong but the script can be found here.
 
 
Restart the services when your done.


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Connect to WSUS with SQL Management Studio
Need to Connect to WSUS from the Management Studio interface try this connection string
 
\\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query


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