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Stress test your Exchange 2007


05 Mar

Want to stress test you Exchange 2007 and see how it will perform under heavy load ? Microsoft provides you the tools you’ll need.
Here you will find the tools JetStress and Load Generator
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb330849.aspx
And here is a document how to setup and use Load Generator
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c7534cb2-4234-41f1-b0b2-ed9f376b4cb2&DisplayLang=en

Windows Server 2008 Licensing FAQ


28 Feb

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx

SCCM: PXE-T01: File not found and PXE:E3B: TFTP Error- File not found Errors


26 Feb

I’ve been testing SCCM since November and 4 times I’ve ran into the following problem. While trying to PXE boot the new machine I receive the following errors

PXE-T01: File not found
PXE-E3B: TFTP Error – File Not Found

I don’t know what happens and how to reproduce the error but it happened to me 4 times. 2 times I’ve ended rebuilding the whole SCCM installation.
When it happened the third time I found a solution on MS SCCM Technet forums:
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XP: Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2 available for public


20 Feb

Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2 is available for public.

Vista: First impression of Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)


13 Feb

It’s been a week now since I am running Service Pack 1 on Vista. I have not tested betas or RCs so I didn’t knew what to expect and here is my experience so far.

Installing:
The firs attempt to install was not successful after 1.5hours I got e message saying that install was unsuccessful and reverting back changes. Unfortunately that did not worked and after reboot my laptop blue screened. (more…)

WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1 released


08 Feb

WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1(SP1) was released yesterday. You can download it from here.

Vista: svchost.exe (LocalSystemNetworkRestricted) always using 40-50% CPU


07 Feb

I’ve been using Vista for couple months now. It took me a while to make it run all or should I say most of my applications, but this time I got performace problem. I’m using laptop with 4GB of RAM and dual Core CPU. I’ve noticed that the performance is degraded and CPU fan turns on every often. In the task manager I see that CPU usage is always 50% even when the laptop is freshly rebooted and does not do anything. (more…)

MOSS: Microsoft SharePoint Capacity Planning Tool Released


07 Feb

Good tool to use before you start deploying MOSS. (Read more)

Server 2008: Editions of Server 2008 Explained


06 Feb

Good post for understanding the diferences between Server 2008 editions.

Server 2008: Windows Server 2008 RTMs


04 Feb

Windows Server 2008 released to manufacturers today.
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