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How to allow users to download exe-files from an iis 6 server

By default, IIS 6.0 will not serve unknown extensions and this includes exe and dmg files. When a user requests such file, IIS will reply back with a 404 status code.

The solution to this problem is to allow the exe extension.

To allow exe files to be downloaded to the client, follow these steps:

Open [...]

No DNS Records for Domain Aliases in Plesk

ISSUE: When adding a Domain Alias in Plesk, there are no DNS records.

CAUSE: In Plesk 8.3, there is a bug that occurs when adding a Domain Alias through the plesk control panel.

RESOLUTION In Plesk under “Domain Aliases”.

1. Delete old Domain Alias record if it exists. 2. Click “Add New Domain Alias” 3. Input the Domain 4. Check Mail and Web [...]

Default WSUS 3 groups for SBS 2003

I noticed after the WSUS server was upgraded on some of our servers the default groups seem to have disappeared here is a list of the default ones.

Unassigned Computers

Update Services Client Computers

Update Services Excluded Computers

Update Services Server Computers

SBS 2003 Console does not manage update after installing WSUS 3 SP1

If you make a change to WSUS administration console or update the software to WSUS 3 it will stop the SBS console reporting the status of updates on your network.

The following things can disable updates on the console

Under Automatic Approvals, the Default Automatic Approval Rule is enabled in Options. Under Products and Classifications, All Microsoft Products [...]

FTP Problems on a client machine connected to SBS 2003 network

I have just come across a strange problem accessing ftp site via IE7 on a client machine on an SBS 2003 nework specifically the companies house website, when the client tried to right click and save as, they would get ‘ The connection the the server has been reset ‘ error message and the [...]

CA Threat Manager r8.1 Windows 7

First of all can i just say how completely rubbish CA’s website is you can’t find anything on.

But appart from that they have released a patch for CA Integrated Threat Management r8.1 for Windows 7 support. It allows the product to download updates which is always nice in a anti virus product

Instructions:

1) Stop the eTrust ITM [...]

How to find the optimum MTU

This is something i am always forgetting so here it is, the best way to find your optimal MTU setting is to use the ping command, open your command prompt and use the following command.

ping www.google.com -f -l 1500 (lower case F and L not a 1)

you will receive something similar to this.

Pinging www.l.google.com [66.102.9.105] [...]

Repairing the Yosemite Backup Catalog

Just in case i ever need to repair the database again which seems to go funny more often than you would expect.

Yosemite KB TID:001583

Yosemite Backup incorporates a “self repairing” (ha!!!) database, however it may occasionally be desirable to manually initiate a database repair operation.

TO REPAIR THE YOSEMITE BACKUP CATALOG MANUALLY: 1. Close Yosemite Backup 2. Stop the Yosemite Backup Service: A. Open [...]

How To Restore A Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 Database With Yosemite Backup

I needed to restore an exchange 2003 database the other day and getting info from the yosemite website or stickleback or whatever they are called nowadays is like pulling teeth, i eventually found this on their site so i made a note of it then i never have to go back there again.

Yosemite KB TID: [...]

Shutdown is very slow in SBS 2003

A couple of our SBS servers were very slow to shutdown this was taken from the MS website KB827610 it is todo with the WaitToKillServiceTimeout registry entry not being set to two minutes. To do this, follow these steps.

Start Registry Editor. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and [...]