Feb
28
Symptom: Microsoft Outlook 2003 hangs on the splash screen and will not open. OUTLOOK.EXE is observed in task manager consuming 50% or 100% of the CPU. Disabling add-ons and/or removing anti-virus software has no effect. Solution: Uninstall “Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager Update”. -n
Feb
25
Symptom: Your Terminal Services Licensing Server is no longer activated on or after February 26, 2010. If you try to re-activate the server, you are greeted with the following message: “The License Server Activation Wizard encountered an internal error from the license server. Message Number: 0xc0110011” You may also see the following events in the …
Feb
24
If the Microsoft Virtual Server web admin and remote control console are constantly popping up asking for credentials, you may need to adjust some security settings in Internet Explorer. In Internet Explorer, go to “Tools -> Internet Options”. Click the “Security” tab. If the site is on your local network, select the “Local Intranet” icon …
Feb
23
Prerequisites Hyper-V is installed and you have a new VM set up. For help with this, see the post: Walk-through: Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2. Install the Legacy Network Adapter for your VM instead of the default. To do this: In the “Settings” page of the VM, click “Add Hardware”. Select “Legacy Network Adapter” …
Feb
23
Installing and setting up Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 is a straightforward task thanks to Microsoft’s new approach to “roles”. Preparing Your Server to Run Hyper-V Ensure that your server’s motherboard and processor support hardware-assisted virtualization. Go into the BIOS setup menu of your server and make sure that virtualization is enabled. This setting …
Feb
18
There are two basic steps to this process: Adjusting the VPN policies. Adjusting the firewall rules. Adjusting the VPN Policies To allow wireless users access to a VPN tunnel, it is necessary to add the subnet of the wireless network to the VPN policy on both sides of the tunnel. SonicWall sets this subnet as …
Feb
18
Situation: On wireless-capable SonicWall devices running SonicOS Enhanced, devices connected to the WLAN interface are not able to connect to any devices connected to the LAN interface. Problem: This is by design. There is a firewall rule that prevents this type of traffic as a security measure. Solution: Log in to the web interface of …
Feb
17
Situation: You need to setup a site to site VPN tunnel between two SonicWall routers running SonicOS Enhanced. Background: The first thing you need to decide about your VPN tunnel is whether to use Main Mode or Aggressive Mode. Main Mode is the most secure mode but requires that both endpoints have static IP addresses. The only …
Feb
08
Situation: An organization has users that log into workstations interactively and also log into a Terminal Server with the same user account, but stricter policies are desired for the Terminal Server session than for the users’ interactive session with their own computer. Also, certain users (such as Administrators) should be exempt from these policies. ex: …
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