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Exchange Mail Limits
To increase mail attachment sending limits look in one of two places.
- Active Directory – domainName.nnn – Users – userName properties – Exchange General tab – Delivery Restrictions Button. Under the Sending or Receiving message size areas click the radio button for “Maximum KB” and set as desired. 1000 KB is approximately 1 MB (20,000KB = 20MB)
- Exchange Server Manager: Under the “First Organization (Exchange)” open the Global Settings folder, then Message Delivery, and then Defaults to set the limit.
Act! Database Connection Issues
“The database name could not be accessed. In order to access this database, check your network connection and verify that your database server is available. It may be necessary to disable any firewall software on your computer or server.”
Act! Answer ID 19640 http://is.gd/rpqb
In this user’s case the SQL Server (ACT7) service keeps stopping or doesn’t start when the laptop is rebooted (we’re tracking which). So I wrote a batch file (of which I’ve only done a couple) that will start the service. For those of you who don’t know, a batch file is just a text file saved with the .bat extention instead of the .txt extention and the contents contain a command for Windows to perform (careful that you have “Hide extensions for known file types” unselected in “Folder Options” -> “View”. In this case the command in the batch file is
::Turns on Act SQL Server Service
@ECHO OFF
NET START (or STOP) “exact name of service”
Programming is fun!! BTW, I stole this batch file from http://www.codingforums.com/archive/index.php/t-137177.html
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
- Click on the link
- Choose your Operating System
Unboxing Windows 7 beta
After hearing Leo Laporte and all the Buzz Out Loud listeners talk about Window7 I decided I’d give it a shot. I’m testing the lower end of the hardware range. I’ve got a P4 2.4GHz processor and only a gig of Ram. I don’t have an internal DVD so I am running the install from an External one. The iso was 2.4 Gigs and had to be run from a DVD.
I started about 15 minutes ago at and I still have a half empty progress bar at the bottom of a black screen telling me that Windows is loading files…
20 min later I’m at the GUI asking for Language, Time/Currency format, and Keyboard. I click Next and Install Now.
“Setup is starting.”
EULA accepted
For some reason I go against all my training and choose the “Upgrade” Install instead of the fresh installation option. What the heck its a new day… I’m told that in order to upgrade I need to restart the computer so that and existing version of windows is running. I backed up before I started so I’m going to back up and choose the “Custom (advanced)” install. Again, what the heck?
That sorted, the install has begun, the steps are listed out for me: Copying files (went quickly), Expanding files (started at 7:23 and is now at 1% 3min later. This may be the tedious bit… 7:28; quicker now, 20%… 7:36; up to 98% (this is actually getting exciting)), Installing features done 7:37 , Installing updates done , Completing installation done and rebooting at 7:37.
Ooo, USB controller error, but I was getting that before I started. “Starting Windows” throbbing windows flag/flower (very alien looking) Setup is starting services. Back to the same setup window before reboot with a message “Completing Installation” The green progress bar at the bottom of the screen is about 70% done. Hmm… 7:43 no change… screen blink, that’s usually a sign that the OS is dealing with video drivers or display settings. Progress bar has moved a bit about 85%… DVD spinning up a couple of times… 7:48 Setup will continue after a reboot of your computer…
Starting Windows throbbing blurry flag again. Setup is preparing your computer for first use, Setup is checking video performance and I’m at a Setup Wizard.
User name and computer name Password Product Key (Ooops I saved that under the XP install.. ha ha, and on my Mac, whew) Update Settings, Time zone and date, Home network discovery, Now this is new. Do you want to create a homegroup? A homegroup links computers on your home network so that you can share pictures, music, blah blah, Windows has had shared folders for a long time, curious to see how these “home groups” will be implemented. Choices are Next or Skip, I’m game “Next” wizard done. Preparing your desktop… Ahhh, that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen Microsoft do… the desktop wallpaper is a Beta– fish– like in a fish tank. That’s pretty good. Still looks like Vista, that’s gonna be hard to shake the association.
That done, now I’m going to go beat up on it. Don’t guess this post helps anyone but I was surprised at how quick the install took on a PC that’s on the lower end of the recommended specs.
Drupal Clean URLs
I’m posting this so I’ll know where to find it the next time I need it.
In order to enable clean URLs in drupal on GoDaddy, open the .htaccess file and uncomment the RewriteBase / line. Remove anything after the slash.
This answer was found in this post at the Drupal.org forums here: http://drupal.org/node/89089
