Small Business Server and Other Technology: Windows SBS 2008 Hands-On-Labs available for download from MS Connect

This is a very handy way to get Hands-On without a lot of fuss.  Just download the VM and load it in your Hyper-V environment and start learning about SBS 2008.  Thanks again to Sean Daniel for another excellent tool reference.

Windows SBS 2008 Hands-On-Labs available for download from MS Connect

Have you been wanting to get some hands-on experience with Windows Small Business Server 2008 but weren’t sure how to get started?  We have just the thing!  Four hands-on-labs for SBS 2008 are available for download from Microsoft Connect:  Administration, Managing Clients, Installation, and Migration from SBS 2003.  To take advantage of these labs, you will need a test server with at least 4GB of RAM running Microsoft Hyper-V Server or Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V role installed.

SeanDaniel.com – Small Business Server and Other Technology: Windows SBS 2008 Hands-On-Labs available for download from MS Connect

Great Tools for the Admin – you get signal .com

http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

This is a very nice and handy website based set of tools:

• Port Forwarding Tester
• Network Location Tool
• Visual Trace Route Tool
• Phone Number Geolocator
• Reverse IP Domain Check
• WHOIS Lookup Tool
• iGoogle Network Information Gadget
• Windows Network Gadget (Vista/7)

Boot INI Options Reference

Was researching the 3GB switch that could be used in the boot.ini file to extend Windows 2003 to more fully utilize memory when more than 3GB exists (think pre x64 days) – This is not recommended to be used with SBS and the SBS BPA will call your attention to this as is the case with why I did this research.

Overall this is a handy guide for many switch options.

Mark Russinovich

Published: November 1, 2006

Introduction

There are number of BOOT.INI switches that are useful for driver developers that wish to test their drivers under a variety of different system configurations without having to have a separate machine for every one. For example, limiting the amount of memory NT sees can be useful for stressing memory loads, and limiting the number of processors for testing scalability. I’ve compiled a complete list of the options that BOOT.INI currently supports. This list is reproduced in the Startup, Shutdown and Crashes chapter of Windows Internals, where you’ll find more information about the boot process.

Note: to see what options a system has booted with examine HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SystemStartOptions.

Boot INI Options Reference

Customize Windows 7 Login Screen Using Account Screen Editor – Tweaking with Vishal

I like it!

Click on "Set background" button and choose a picture for your login screen. Click on "Default background" button to restore default login scren background.

Customize Windows 7 Login Screen Using Account Screen Editor – Tweaking with Vishal

When visiting a malicious/compromised site in IE 8 – Microsoft has your back

I was surprised to see this screen when I went to download a utility linked off a Microsoft MVP’s blog.  http://www.askvg.com/unlocker-1-8-8-released/

Nevertheless it is the French and we in the US know you can’t trust the French any farther than you can throw them. 

***please don’t be a dummy – don’t download this potential malware software while such an obvious warning is staring you in the face***