Problem with UTF-8 encoding
Hi all,
With the following query I try to insert some XML into a XML column.
INSERT INTO dbo.SSN_MESSAGES (message) VALUES ('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vesselMaster><onArrival> <name>capt. Ståle</name></onArrival></vesselMaster>
')
This does not work, I get an -Illegal Character- error. If I change the encoding to windows-1252 it all works fine.
OK, but the å character is a valid UTF-8 character, according to
So what is wrong here?
All comments appreciated,
Erik
Reply:
SQL Server uses internally an UTF-16 encoding, thus the encoding is not necessary, more than that its use is not allowed here. You need to mark your string as unicode using the N literal, depending on your actual use case.
E.g.
DECLARE @SSN_MESSAGES TABLE ( [Message] XML ) ; INSERT INTO @SSN_MESSAGES ( [Message] ) VALUES ( N'<vesselMaster><onArrival> <name>capt. Ståle</name></onArrival></vesselMaster>' ) ; SELECT * FROM @SSN_MESSAGES ;
- Edited by Stefan Hoffmann Monday, April 2, 2012 11:58 AM
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Reply:
Not allowed? I hope MS does not prosecute me for this..:) According to all rules XML should have a header with the encoding defined.
Anyway. the problem is I have little control over the XML, as it is delivered by a third party.
But as trying to change MS is like asking the pope to marry, I guess I will have to knock the header out.
Erik
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Reply:
Yup, but I'm talking about the use of XML literals in T-SQL. When you load a XML file using BULK INSERT, then it is correctly interpreted, e.g.
CREATE TABLE #XmlFile ( Content XML ) ; INSERT INTO #XmlFile ( Content ) SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET(BULK N'C:\Temp\Vessels.xml', SINGLE_BLOB) O ; SELECT [Row].value('name[1]', 'NVARCHAR(500)') AS VesselName FROM #XmlFile CROSS APPLY Content.nodes('/vesselMaster/onArrival') AS [Table] ( [Row] ) ; DROP TABLE #XmlFile ; ------------------------------------
Reply:
OK, thanks for the explenation.
Erik
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Same cert for Edge and Front End
Couldn't tell if my first post submitted properly, here's hoping I'm not repeating myself...
Hello everyone,
I know this question has been asked in other threads but I can't find a solution in any of them so hopefully starting another one (and, by doing that, having others review my particular scenario) will help. I've got a single Standard Edition server with a single Edge server deployed. I've tested everything using an internal CA, cert including Mobility and everything works just fine. Now I've purchased a SAN cert from GoDaddy and installed it on both the Edge and Front End servers. When using the GoDaddy cert I can't connect with the mobility client and 3-way IM conversations don't work. When I switch the Front End server back to the internal cert everything works again.
I've read through lync client logs and done some log file analysis on the servers but it appears to boil down to the following...
Lync Client Log (when attempting 3-way IM)
SIP_URL::ParseUrlBase ParseSipUrlParams failed 80004005
Front End server log (when attempting 3-way IM)
SIP/2.0 400 Malformed Edge Proxy header
ms-diagnostics: 1018;reason="Parsing failure";source="FRONTEND.local.mydomain.com"
The GoDaddy certificate is as follows:
Subject = edge.local.mydomain.com
SANs=
DNS Name=edge.local.mydomain.com
DNS Name=www.edge.local.mydomain.com
DNS Name=lync.mydomain.com
DNS Name=sip.mydomain.com
DNS Name=edge.mydomain.com
DNS Name=dialin.mydomain.com
DNS Name=meet.mydomain.com
DNS Name=frontend.mydomain.com
DNS Name=lyncdiscover.mydomain.com
DNS Name=lyncdiscoverinternal.mydomain.com
DNS Name=frontend.local.mydomain.com
According to MS (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398920.aspx) this certificate should work. I've also ensured that the certificate chain is enabled for "all uses" on both servers.
The Internal cert is configured as follows:
Subject = frontend.local.mydomain.com
SANs=
DNS Name=sip.mydomain.com
DNS Name=frontend.local.mydomain.com
DNS Name=dialin.mydomain.com
DNS Name=meet.mydomain.com
DNS Name=LyncdiscoverInternal.mydomain.com
DNS Name=frontend.mydomain.com
DNS Name=Lyncdiscover.mydomain.com
The major difference I can see is the Subject, although, according to MS it's not an issue:
Note:
Even though the certificate subject name is equal to the access Edge FQDN, the subject alternative name must also contain the access Edge FQDN because Transport Layer Security (TLS) ignores the subject name and uses the subject alternative name entries for validation.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Reply:
Have you also installed the intermediate certificate from godaddy?
regards Holger Technical Specialist UC
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Reply:
Yes, or at least I believe so. They refer to it as a 'bundle', there are 3 certs in the path:
Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority
Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority
Lync UC/SAN Cert
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Reply:
You mention you topology is: EXTERNAL <--> EDGE <--> FRONTEND <--> INTERNAL
and you probably have read http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb964037%28v=office.12%29.aspx
[CERTIFICATE]
Do you have a reverse proxy (TMG/ISA/) or hardware load balancer
add the edge into the outbound proxy as sip.mydomain.com:443;transport=tls
see the setting description here.
You may want to ensure the cert chain (intermediate up to root) is ok. kindly refer to link below especially Step 4
https://knowledge.geotrust.com/support/knowledge-base/index?page=content&id=SO15284
Also, you may also want to give the RUCT tool a try to help troubleshoot your certificates -
The Remote UC Troubleshooting Tool (RUCT) | Inside Lync
[DNS]
Kindly rechecked your SRV record (the RUCT tool should assist) especially _sip._tls , _sip._tcp
There is a possibility your records are not updated with the GoDaddy's
The RUCT might assist with what port your GoDaddy cert is bound to
[EDGE]
When the cert was change to goDaddy's, was the internal remove across board (Edge, FrontEnd, Reverse Proxy)
Is the GoDaddy's the only cert "Assign" to the Edge's Ext
What type of firewal do you have. See Noya Lau
>>> In addition, please also check if there is any firewall such as Juniper firewall. Please note, the Juniper setting "SIP ALG" should not be enabled.
http://qa.social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ocsedge/thread/f8b33869-1e32-4ae7-9872-af5c240733dd
Kindly feedback and hopefully we should be able to assist
If this post has been useful please click the green arrow to the left or click "Propose as answer"
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Reply:
Jeff Schertz | Microsoft Solutions Architect - Polycom | Lync MVP
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Reply:
My topology is:
EXTERNAL<-->FIREWALL<-->EDGE<-->FRONTEND<-->INTERNAL
The firewall is Linux and it does port forwarding from a public IP address back to the Edge server and forwarding from another public IP address back to the Front End (for lyncdiscover, mobility access). Aside from the firewall's port forwarding there is no reverse proxy of any sort.
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Reply:
Found the below entry in the event log when restarting the access edge service. This is probably the cause, along with my own misinterpretation of the Microsoft's certificate requirements. It's safe to assume that even though TLS ignores the subject name of the cert, that subject name must still be equal to the access edge external FQDN (for SIP purposes). The technet article does make both of those statements so.... off I go to try to get GoDaddy to re-issue my cert. :(
Log Name: Lync Server
Source: LS Protocol Stack
Date: 3/29/2012 10:18:57 AM
Event ID: 14581
Task Category: (1001)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: edge.local.mydomain.com
Description:
Access Edge Server external edge FQDN cannot be located in the certificate configured for its external edge.
External FQDN: 'lync.mydomain.com'.
Cause: This is a configuration problem.
Resolution:
Make sure the certificate configured on the external edge of Access Edge Server matches its external FQDN.
Event Xml:
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Reply:
The Event log confirm some of the fear about your Lync topology hence deployment
Seems you should have a quick resolve now!
Thus, i would still recommended you check the following (blinding your eye to "assumptions")
1. [CERT]
Check your Lync topology in Mgt concole (or mgt shell)
confirm the FQDN of the Edge
If not matching, correct and republish topology (remember to copy to Edge)
I dont expect Edge to be on the same "Network" as your internal FrontEnd Network
More so, try re-keying the GoDaddy cert
(logged into godaddy and clicked re-key certificate, then re-downloaded the certs. Ensure intermediate cert from goDaddy in the trusted root certs on your server.)
And you have propose yourself ... you can go try get GoDaddy to re-issue my cert with identical Cert
Remember your Edge Ext cert isn't same as your Int cert ... "Assign Cert to Edge"
Kindly read through - http://www.ocspedia.com/Certificates/AccessEdge/AccessEdge_Cert.htm
When the cert was change to goDaddy's, was the internal remove across board (Edge, FrontEnd, Reverse Proxy)
Is the GoDaddy's the only cert "Assign" to the Edge's Ext Cert
The RUCT might assist with what port your GoDaddy cert is bound to
The Remote UC Troubleshooting Tool (RUCT) | Inside Lync
Re-check the Lync control panel, in external user access --> Access edge configuration and edit the global configuration, ensure "enable remote user access".
[DNS]
Kindly rechecked your SRV record (the RUCT tool should assist) especially _sip._tls , _sip._tcp
If this post has been useful please click the green arrow to the left or if assist you to resolve, click "Propose as answer"
- Edited by Semmyk Friday, March 30, 2012 3:30 PM Cert re-keying, re-issue, re-assign
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Reply:
As I suspected the subject name of my certificate was the root of the problem. For anyone interested in using a single certificate for a Lync deployment I'd say generate your CSR by hitting the "Request" button in the Lync Server Deployment Wizard's "Request, Install or Assign Certificates" dialog - while the "External Edge certificate (public internet)" item is selected. Or generate your CSR manually using openssl and make sure to use your edge server's public FQDN for the subject.
Thankfully, GoDaddy re-issued the cert at no cost.
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Reply:
Good to know this has been resolved:
Quick Ones:
bsapach
Check the event log
Check your Lync topology in Mgt concole (or mgt shell)
confirm the FQDN of the Edge
Use tool (if need be) The Remote UC Troubleshooting Tool (RUCT) | Inside Lync
[DNS]
Kindly rechecked your SRV record (the RUCT tool should assist) especially _sip._tls , _sip._tcp
If this post has been useful please click the green arrow to the left or click "Propose as answer"
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Lync 2010 client working on Cisco VPN but not on Internet
Hi,
I am able to sign-in on lync 2010 client on CISCO VPN , but as soon as a switched on Internet I am facing following error.
I tried to sign-in on my team member's laptop, but faced same problem over there.
Is it account problem? Please provide some solution .
Reply:
Hi,
Please check you external acces Policy on your Lync Enviroment. May be your extraenal Access is not allowed to your Edge server
regards Holger Technical Specialist UC
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Is Promoted property only maintain the Xpath of the promoted property?
Could any one clear my doubts regarding Promoted Fields & Distinguised Fields
As per my idea..
a) In case of Distingusied fields values are stored in Context.
b) In case of Property Promotion, BizTalk simply takes note of the XPath expression used to point to the property fields.
orchestration engine would have to run the XPath expression every time the field is accessed.
Thanks
- Edited by Singh AK Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:15 AM T
Reply:
Please go through the following thread -http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/biztalkgeneral/thread/f0589bd5-04ed-4209-b978-4c7f70e9bd7a
this will clear your doubts.
Deepak Sanghi Happy Biztalking.........
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Reply:
Hi ,
Distinguised Fields:using only in orcehstrations for example you want check loan amount in orchestration
based on loan amount you have to process
Property Promotions:its using for out side of orchestration
for example you dont have orchestration but you have to check loan amount in send ports
property promotions are using in send port filters ,receive message filters,correalation .
Regards,
Kapil.
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Reply:
Hi,
Sandro has explained it really well,
Check this out http://sandroaspbiztalkblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/distinguished-fields-vs-promoted-properties/
Toanswer your question, Esentially Distinguished fields are xpath aliases and promoted properties are stored in database (they have property schema associated with them.
Thanks With Regards,
Shailesh Kawade
MCTS BizTalk Server
Please Mark This As Answer If This Helps You.
http://shaileshbiztalk.blogspot.com/
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Widcomm Bluetooth for Windows Server 2008R2
I was recently trying to find a way to force install the Widcomm Drivers that came with my bluetooth device on a Windows Server 2008R2 machine operating as a workstation. I was able to get most of the functionality working using the bluetooth stack method posted here:
I wasnt able to get headset functionality working and started searching for another means to force the install of the provided device drivers. I used the API hook method that was mentioned in step 7 of BridgeMan0721's post and a script created by dancaselden on a blog located here:
In order to make this method work for me I first performed all the steps mentioned in the original forum post. This enabled basic functionality. Then I had to install the windows debugging tools since the provided script was in that format.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463009
I am not for certain the minimum requirements for this to work but I chose to be thorough before attempting to proceed any further. I installed the debugging tools for both the Windows Driver Kit and SDK (I chose Windows 8 version). I also installed the Windows Symbol Packages for both Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server 2008R2.
I used a compiler to save the script in cpp format and opened the WinDbg (X64).
Goto File>>Kernel Debug>>Local Tab>>OK.
Then, you will execute the script:
lkd> $$>< "cpp script path"
Make sure the script path is in quotes. I used "C:\GetVersionSpoof.cpp", for example.
With the kernel debugger running that script, I inserted the drivers disk that came with the device (compatible only with windows vista or lower) and was able to fully install the device drivers with no interruption or error. This has enabled full functionality of my bluetooth device and is a great method for installing other non-compatible apps and drivers on Windows Server 2008R2. I hope that others will find this post useful!
- Moved by Tiger LiMicrosoft employee Tuesday, April 3, 2012 12:50 AM (From:Platform Networking)
- Changed type Aiden_Cao Tuesday, April 3, 2012 7:00 AM
- Edited by z_thompsonpa Monday, October 29, 2012 7:23 PM
Reply:
Hi,
Thanks for posting in Windows Server forum. And glad you can share the useful information for other community members who may face the same problem. In addition, as this post is not a question, I will change the type as a discussion. Thanks again for your dedication.
Best Regards,
Aiden
Aiden Cao
TechNet Community Support
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Reply:
Nice information !
Why dont you create a wiki article in Technet wiki section ?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.
Most of the downtime's are caused because of SysAdmin's curiosity ! - Santosh
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SSRS colour expression help
Hi there.
I have a text field which has the following expression which changes the background colour:
=iif(Fields!RAGFD.Value =
"(1) Green", "Green", iif(Fields!RAGFD.Value = "(2) Amber", "Yellow", iif(Fields!RAGFD.Value = "(3) Red", "Red",Fields!RAGFD.Value)))
However, I have two other columns (col1, col2) which if blank, need to change the background colour to RED. How do I update the above so that if col1 and col2 contain no data, the cell will default to RED?
Thanks :)
Reply:
Add a OR condition to default with RED
=iif(Fields!RAGFD.Value = "(1) Green", "Green", iif(Fields!RAGFD.Value = "(2) Amber", "Yellow", iif(Fields!RAGFD.Value = "(3) Red" OR Fields!RAGFD.Value= "", "Red",Fields!RAGFD.Value)))
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4625 status 0xc002001c
i can't find much information online for the status "0xc002001c" for event id 4625. this is just happening for one user opening a 2008 R2 IIS web site that uses integrated windows authentication. when she first goes to the site, it opens fine, but after a few minutes of clicking around, she gets prompted for her windows credentials. other users are not having the same issue. resetting her password and rebooting the web server didn't help.
Failure Information:
Failure Reason: An Error occured during Logon.
Status: 0xc002001c
Sub Status: 0x0
full event data:
Log Name: Security
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date: 3/28/2012 9:30:06 AM
Event ID: 4625
Task Category: Logon
Level: Information
Keywords: Audit Failure
User: N/A
Computer: [removed]
Description: An account failed to log on.
Subject:
Security ID: NULL SID
Account Name: -
Account Domain: -
Logon ID: 0x0
Logon Type: 3
Account For Which Logon Failed:
Security ID: NULL SID
Account Name: [removed]
Account Domain: [removed]
Failure Information:
Failure Reason: An Error occured during Logon.
Status: 0xc002001c
Sub Status: 0x0
Process Information:
Caller Process ID: 0x0
Caller Process Name: -
Network Information:
Workstation Name: [removed]
Source Network Address: [removed]
Source Port: 4537
Detailed Authentication Information:
Logon Process: NtLmSsp
Authentication Package: NTLM
Transited Services: -
Package Name (NTLM only): -
Key Length: 0
- Changed type Bruce-Liu Friday, April 6, 2012 6:01 AM
Reply:
Hi,
The symptom is similar as the problem descripted in this KB article. Please try the steps on it.
You receive error 401.1 when you browse a Web site that uses Integrated Authentication and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or a later version
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861/en-us
If the problem continues, I suggest you re-create an user account for this user.
Regards,
Bruce
Forum Support
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Reply:
the problem is now with multiple users on multiple computers using the same website on multiple servers. nobody is getting a 401 error. also the status in your article is 0xC000006D. mine is not. also your article is specifically for browsing a local web site. which i am not doing.
from your article:
"Note You only receive this error message if you try to browse the Web site directly on the server. If you browse the Web site from a client computer, the Web site works as expected."
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Reply:
Hi John,
Based on my further research, this problem is more related to IIS, for quick and accurate response to the question, it is recommended you create a new thread in the IIS forum. The support professional there are more familiar with it and can help you in a more efficient way.
IIS forum
Http://forums.iis.net
Thanks for your understanding.
Regards,
Bruce
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DHCP NAP Network Policy to exclude Windows XPx64-bit systems
Hi All,
We have NAP with DHCP configured in our environment. As SP3 is not available for Windows XPx64-bit systems, its always evaluated as NAP Non-capable system. I want to exclude all 64-bit XP systems from NAP Health check.
Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Monika
Reply:
Hi Monika,
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows XP SP3 are natively NAP-capable. Computers running earlier versions of Windows or other operating systems are not natively NAP-capable. This is by design. For more information about the NAP client requirement, please have a look at: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd125301(WS.10).aspx.
Best Regards,
Aiden
Aiden Cao
TechNet Community Support
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Reply:
Hi Aiden,
Thanks for the response. I am aware that Windows XPx64-bit is Non NAP-capable as no SP3 is available. But using built-in NAP Policies we can exclude certain systems from NAP Health check by defining certain conditions based on Operating system version. It will be great if somebody can guide me on the same...
Regards,
Monika
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Error creating a new Notes MA in FIM 2010
I am trying to set up the new Lotus Notes MA (based on ECMA) in FIM 2010. I have installed the Notes 8.5 client and have logged into it successfully using the notes ID file for the FIM service account, and successfully displayed the name and address book. However when I creste the MA, I get as far as entering the Domino server name and the id filename and password, then - after a pause - an error comes up; "Unable to retrieve schema. Error: An anchor attribut defined by the extension must not be of type Reference or Boolean. A multivalued attribute defined by the extension must not be of type boolean."
So far as I can see, everything is configured as it should be; permissions etc.
- Changed type Markus VilcinskasMicrosoft employee Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:25 PM
Reply:
Hi,
I have encountered this same error message. I too did follow the configuration instructions and double-checked everything, but could not find anything wrong with the configuration.
In the end, I used the the older version of the management agent with older version of Lotus Notes client and it worked. Because this was only to import a few attributes from Notes I did not bother troubleshooting the new MA any more, but for future it would be interesting to know if more people have seen this problem and found out what caused it.
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Reply:
Yes, you're lucky you can go back to the old version. We need to import mail-in databases and rooms and resources so have to get the new one working.
Has anyone got this working successfully?
Has anyone heard anything from Microsoft? We have a call in with PSS that remains unanswered.
SV
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Reply:
Hi,
I am also working with this connector.
First, I ran into a differant problem, as described on my blog:
http://fimfacts.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/my-experiences-with-the-new-lotus-domino-connector/
What usually helps on getting more information is to turn on logging. This can be done by opening the file 'logging.xml' in your extensions directory and set the 'logging-level' to 3. The output will then be written to 'LotusDominoConnector.log'.
Regards,
Pieter.
Pieter de Loos - Consultant at Traxion (http://www.traxion.com) http://fimfacts.wordpress.com/
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Reply:
Yes, the log went to PSS.
We see "Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
In the stack trace something about "...LotusDominoMA.GetSchema(KeyedCollection '2 configParameters).
SV
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SBS 2003 DHCP Server loses scope options
Hello Everyone,
My customer has a 2003 SBS which has been running DHCP for many years without a hitch. A couple of weeks ago, the hardware firewall on their network died, so I temporarily enabled the 2nd NIC on the SBS box and ran through the various wizards to allow the server to function as the Internet firewall/router. After replacing the hardware firewall, I re-configured the SBS to work with a single NIC and use the hardware firewall. Since doing this, they have had a big problem with the DHCP server on SBS. It keeps losing all the scope options, so a client will get an IP address, but will not get a gateway, DNS, etc. etc. I have had to re-configure the scope options 3 or 4 times in the last couple of weeks. Currently, I have disabled DHCP on the SBS box and enabled in on the Netgear firewall. I know this is not the ideal configuration, but I don't see any other choice at the moment.
I have checked all the various logs and I cannot find any reference to this issue in them. I have re-run the ICW a couple of times.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Reply:
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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Reply:
Have you turned off any DHCP service on the router?
Yes.
Can you disable the 2nd NIC in the server's BIOS to make sure it is truly 'disabled'?
It is an add-on card, so no. But it is disabled in Windows.
Have you re-run CEICW to automatically set up the SBS server as the DHCP server for the network?
Yes
Thanks,
Mike
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Reply:
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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Reply:
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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Reply:
cd\%SystemRoot%\System32
devmgmt..msc
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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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Reply:
Hi MikeinSC,
Thanks for posting here.
Just want to confirm that if DHCP service was also running on new hardware firewall device after the replacement ? we can get the DHCP server address which client obtains form by verifying the "DHCP server" entry form "ipconfig /all" result on problematic client .
Thanks.
Tiger Li
Tiger Li
TechNet Community Support
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Create Related Incident to Custom Form
Hi,
is there a way to add Create Related Incident to a custom form in the task panel?
Regards
Antoine AL Ibry
Reply:
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PowerShell help text for Clear-Content
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849853.aspx
I see this text there
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
None
You cannot pipe objects to Clear-Content.
and yet arguments like Path and LiteralPath are documented to accept pipeline input.
Reply:
The documenatation is incorrect. You can pipe object successfully to Clear-Content:
Get-Item test.txt | Clear-Content
...works.
Grant Ward, a.k.a. Bigteddy
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Reply:
The documenatation is incorrect. You can pipe object successfully to Clear-Content:
Get-Item test.txt | Clear-Content
...works.
Grant Ward, a.k.a. Bigteddy
I'd recommend filing this under Connect to update the documentation.
https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/Feedback
Boe Prox
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Is it still wrong in the latest version of V3 ?- LarryOn 4/2/2012 10:27 AM, Bigteddy wrote:> The documenatation is incorrect. You can pipe object successfully to Clear-Content:> Get-Item test.txt | Clear-Content> ...works.>
I just checked it is still incorrect.
Boe Prox
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Reply:
Hi,
Yes, it sitll works fine with pipe line in V3.
Tested.
Regards,
Yan Li
Yan Li
TechNet Community Support
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ConfigMgr 2012 admin GUI
Hello all,
I'm currently working on creating a GUI based on Powershell to enable admins to do some of there daily work without direct access to the CM12 console.
Before going on with this work it would be great to get some feedback on my first "draft" of this GUI.
I wrote a blog article showing a screenshot of the GUI, which isn't really good-looking but does what it's supposed to do ;)
Looking forward to your feedback! :)
David O'Brien | MCITP, CCEE | My blog: www.david-obrien.de | me on Twitter: @david_obrien | sepago GmbH
- Edited by david_obrienMVP Thursday, March 29, 2012 7:56 PM edited link
Reply:
David,
I'm pretty sure that you GUI is good and solid work. Having said that, I will not (and with me many others) click a link i an forum like this. What I suggest you do, is use twitter and other similar tools to get peoples attention. Have you thought about using Codeplex?
Kent Agerlund | My blogs: blog.coretech.dk/kea and SCUG.dk/ | Twitter: @Agerlund | Linkedin: Kent Agerlund
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Reply:
Hi Kent,
thanks for your reply! I removed the link to my blog article and replaced it with a screenshot of my GUI version 0.1 ;)
Hope that's better for this forum!
Never heard of Codeplex, but I'll have a look tomorrow.
David O'Brien | MCITP, CCEE | My blog: www.david-obrien.de | me on Twitter: @david_obrien | sepago GmbH
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Reply:
Please post the CM12 related questions in the ConfgiMgr. 2012 forum.
http://innovation.connect.microsoft.com/configmgrbeta/discussions
Sabrina
TechNet Community Support
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Slow network performance between ISA and internal network
Config: Win2k3 SP2, ISA 2004 EE SP3, 2 Array Members, 3-Leg Perimiter (Networks: External, Internal, Perimeter, Array Communication), NLB enabled on all but intra Array Communication. Each ISA is connected to a separate managed switch (connected to each other).
Issue: Transferring files such as web logs and web publishing (reverse proxy) by way of either ISA box to the Perimeter network works fine but there is considerable lag and slowness with any activity over the Internal network.
I discovered this while debugging performance issues with a published web server on the Internal network and found this to be the case for all activity over the Internal NIC of either ISA server. The Internal network is unique to the others as it was using a Broadcom BCM5708C, the others resided on a quad port Intel NIC.
So initially, I focused on firmware/drivers for the network adapter, but that had no impact. I then looked at wiring; the NIC wire test utilities didn't report any issues. Then to switch and port configurations it all looked right, transfer between two other servers on the internal VLAN was fine. Forcing speeds and settings had an interesting result on one server, where 100Mbps preformed twice as fast as a Gig!?
I was working with the theory that the Broadcom NIC was somehow different that the Intel with its TOE features, that led me to the impact of Scalable Networking Pack for win2k3 and NLB but that proved to be fruitless, nothing that I tried in these articles helped. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948496/ and http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2007/07/18/3403490.aspx
To prove that there was nothing wrong with the wiring or switch, I shut down ISA services and removed the NLB configuration and network performance was excellent.
My last resort option was to move the Internal network to the Intel NIC, but unfortunately, the problem still presented. And remember, over my Perimeter network (via the Intel) I still have no network performance problems.
Based on all my diagnostics thus far and the fact that this is a problem on both servers and on both NIC's, I'm thinking that there's got to be some sort of setting/config/bug in ISA that is causing this trouble and possibly related to NLB/BDA. I don't have Diffserv enabled for any networks and I'm unaware of any settings specific to the Internal network that would cause this.
This should be simple, I'm transferring files from the ISA server to another server on the same LAN and subnet, no routing involved. Does anyone know of any built in differences between "Internal" and "Perimeter"?
Then again, maybe I overlooked something major... please let me know, thanks.
- Edited by PlatypusIT Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:39 PM MSword junk
- Changed type Nick Gu - MSFTModerator Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:16 AM
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Hi,
Thats strange, looks for me issue at NLB and switch side issue. Port setting, NLB mode/settings. What if you use in your test client a static route to use the Private Lan ip as DFGW from 1 node in the NLB,instead of the VIP. What happens then?
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Hi Mark and Jason, thanks for the reply.
Apparently I didn't have alerts enabled so I didn't know about these replies.
I agree that it probably does have something to do with NLB because when I removed the NLB config from the server there were no problems however I'm only seeing this NLB issue on one network and not the other, they both have the same NLB setup (which is managed by ISA server). The NLB cluster mode is Unicast.
Mark, with regard to your idea of a static route, I don't know what this test would accomplish because the client is not using the default gateway to get to the ISA server. If I open a file share on the private LAN from the ISA server, I can see clearly in a netstat that the connection is going from the ISA dedicated IP and not the VIP. The same is true when I run the netstat from the file server.
Where 10.10.2.5 is the ISA dedicated IP and 10.10.2.180 is a LAN server, the VIP is 10.10.2.1 for which there are no connections.On ISA
On File Server
TCP 10.10.2.5:38425 10.10.2.180:445 ESTABLISHED
TCP 10.10.2.180:445 10.10.2.5:38425 ESTABLISHED
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was it working fine before and now it doest not work?
what is the type of switch your NLB internal NICs are connecting to, layer2 or layer3?
windowss\ISA integrated NLB works with layer 2 sitch, if you have a layer3 switch you need to configure a VLAN on it that is configured as layer2.
Thanks and Regards Suraj Singh My blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sooraj-sec/
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We're using Layer 3 switches and the External, Internal and Perimeter networks are on separate VLan's all configured the same and I don't have this problem with the External or Perimeter network, only the Internal network. But what do you mean 'configured as layer2'?
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have a look at following
from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc783135(v=ws.10).aspx
. How Do I Configure NLB with Layer 2 Switches?A. If you are connecting NLB hosts to a switch rather than a
hub, you need to make sure that the switch does not associate the cluster MAC
address with a particular switch port. Knowledge Base article Configuration Options for
WLBS Hosts Connected to a Layer 2 Switches
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=18367) explains how to configure NLB
with Layer 2 switches.
Q. How Do I Configure NLB with Layer 3 Switches?
A. Layer 3 switches need to be specially configured to work
with NLB. A VLAN must be established for the hosts in the cluster, and this VLAN
must be configured to operate in Layer 2 mode. All Layer 3 switches may not
support this capability, and when they do, the mechanism to setup the Layer-2
VLAN is specific to the particular make and model. Consult the documentation for
the switch before attempting to configure such a system.
Thanks and Regards Suraj Singh My blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sooraj-sec/
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Thanks for the suggestions.
I confirmed that the switches are not tying the cluster MAC to a particular port and in general NLB works, it's just slow. i.e. I can load balance and drain/stop etc.
The Dell PC 5448 switches are Layer 3 capable but the VLANs function at Layer 2 and they do support Unicast NLB. I use these same switches for a web NLB cluster and there is no problem there and as noted before, the Perimiter network does not have this performance issue which also has NLB enabled.
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As per your statement
"To prove that there was nothing wrong with the wiring or switch, I shut down ISA services and removed the NLB configuration and network performance was excellent."
how did you test the performance? file access?
when you say slow, are you comparing it with other working networks as baseline?
are EnableRSS and ENableTCPA keys set to 0?
i guess you are using ISA for reverse proxy role as well. do you have by any chance a internal website on port 80 published through ISA? its much easier to read http traffic in network monitor and see the delays (to see where is delay). You can try to open one of these http websites from ISA server and take a network monitor trace on the internal NIC and filter this http traffic and see where is this delay. if you see delay in response from ISA. then ISA data packager is going to answer your questions but normaly that can happen through MS support i.e. you might have to open a support case , as i wont suggest uploading ISA datapackager output file here as it can be accessed by any one .
Thanks and Regards Suraj Singh My blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sooraj-sec/
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Thanks and Regards Suraj Singh My blog: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sooraj-sec/
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Sorry, I got tied up with a major project... back onto this issue now.
"To prove that there was nothing wrong with the wiring or switch, I shut down ISA services and removed the NLB configuration and network performance was excellent."
how did you test the performance? file access?
Yes, transfering files from the ISA server to another LAN server over the Internal network. ISA -> switch -> FileServerA. When NLB was enabled, it was slow (26MB in 6 minutes), when it was disabled, it was fine.
when you say slow, are you comparing it with other working networks as baseline?
Yes, I was able to test between ServerB -> switch -> FileServerA and that same file copied instantly.
are EnableRSS and ENableTCPA keys set to 0?
Yes, both set to 0 and server was reset since that was applied.
i guess you are using ISA for reverse proxy role as well. do you have by any chance a internal website on port 80 published through ISA? its much easier to read http traffic in network monitor and see the delays (to see where is delay). You can try to open one of these http websites from ISA server and take a network monitor trace on the internal NIC and filter this http traffic and see where is this delay. if you see delay in response from ISA. then ISA data packager is going to answer your questions but normaly that can happen through MS support i.e. you might have to open a support case , as i wont suggest uploading ISA datapackager output file here as it can be accessed by any one .
Yes again, we are using reverse proxy and that's exactly how I discovered this problem, I was publishing a server that lies on the Internal network and it was performing slow, the servers that I publish which lie on the External network work fine. So I then published that same server over the External network and it resolved the page load performance.
I also tried loading the website from within the ISA RDP session and saw the same performance problem over one network and not the other, consistent with other testing. So it really has nothing to do with the web publishing rule.
I've ruled out the NIC, Drivers, Firmware, Wire, Switch, LAN servers and Publishing Rules
NLB on the other two ISA networks work, but not on this 'network'.
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I've looked into this some more but haven't come up with any solutions, anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.
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Window 7 Pro 64bit SP1 Blue Screen - when mvoing files
I have just recently built 2 identical video editing systems and they are both doing similar things. Here are my specs:
Mobo: Asus Rampage iv
RAM: 32GB of G.Skill Ripjaw F3-17000CL11Q (DDR3-2133)
CPU: Intel i7 Extreme 960 6-core
System HDD: RAID1 Array of 2 Western Digital Sata 6.0 750Gb 32mb cache drives (connected via Sata 6 plugs on the Mobo)
Media HDD: RAID 5 Array of 3 Western Digital Sata 3.0 1TB 32mb cache drives (connected via Sata 3 plugs on the Mobo)
Video Card: 2 Asus GTX570 DirectCUII cards single channel SLI connected - Driving 4 1920 x 1080 displays.
Power: Thermaltake 1350W supply
Cooling: 5 120mm Vortex hydro-dynamic bearing 75CFM fans & Intel 2011 socket liquid cooling system
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit
Overall monster machines!
I have been messing around with them for days, and I can't get them to be stable. They sit very happy when nothing is being done on them. But If I open Sony Vegas Pro 11 or Photoshop they start slowing down or just freeze up. Then when started loading files onto the Media HDD. The computer would crash when ever I tried to move a folder larger than 50 gig. (I'm not 100% sure of the files size) but anytime it was a large files. It would reboot.
I have tried to do the transfer in safe mode with network support and i get the same issue. I have updated the video drives, on a request from Asus. I also have tried the system with only 1 video card, same issues.
I get both a "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT" error and I have seen a "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED" error
Someone have any ideas? Tech support has not been helpful. Thanks
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Locate the DMP file in the \Windows\Minidump folder, upload them to your Windows Live SkyDrive, make it publicly accessible and post the URL here so we can analyze it and try to understand what's going wrong.
Bye.
Luigi Bruno - Microsoft Community Contributor 2011 Award
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http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/troubleshooting-0x1a-memorymanagement.html
http://mikemstech.blogspot.com/2011/12/troubleshooting-0x50.html
Mike Burr
Enterprise High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Business Continuity Planning
Learn to Troubleshoot Windows BSODs
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There is nothing in the \Windows\Minidump folder. Windows is telling me it is empty with 0 bytes. It seems like the machine is now not blue screening like it was, it's just rebooting middle of a large file transfer.
Any thoughts?
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Did you install Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5842)?
Bye.
Luigi Bruno - Microsoft Community Contributor 2011 Award
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The OS was installed from a new copy of Windows 7 Pro SP1 64bit disc.
I think this is coming down to a memory issue. So I went back a visited the overclock settings. I have made some changes. And I am trying a transfer from another machine's shared HDD to the new machine over the network.... We'll see how it goes.
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Win8 retail cost?
Its obvious MS is moving away from high-power, high-productivity, instead choosing to focus on the toy market.
Accordingly, what type of STEEP reduction in price can we expect for Full-retail packages?
Millions and millions of full-retail copies of WinXP and Win7 Professional were sold via retail channels at $299.00 each.
Since Metro and WinRT are the "new paradigm", meant to run on everything from toy level platforms to full-powered desktops (LOL!) what are the new retail prices going to be?
Without unfettered access to a native desktop (keeping Metro out of my way until "I" want it), what seems fair now, $29.95? $39.95?. I can tell you right now, If I have to use 3rd party tools, regardless if those tools are free or not to get my functionality back, there is no way EVER I will be paying anything but a small percentage of the cost of the formerly professional level OS's.
If MS expects power users to continue to pay premium prices for this undeniably less than premium OS, well, I can't be the only one expecting huge, nay MONUMENTAL reductions in price. If they are expecting to continue to recieve $300/per from the users they decided to distance themselves from, well, thats NOT going to happen.
What say you?
DAS
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I can understand what you are saying but wonder whether it is as simple as that. What we are looking at here is probably the Professional version of W8 and supports various features such as Hyper-V. It is likely the Home edition will not support Hyper-V for the same reason that W7 Home did not support a virtual image. Looking at prices, W7 Home is about £110 while the Pro and Ultimate are both £156. By comparison I bought W7 Home pre-release for £67 (both 32 and 64 bit discs). Taking this further, the OS versions for the phone and slate can be cut back in features, size and therefore price due mainly to the limitations of the hardware and physical size. Off the top of my head prices might be phone £30, pad £50, Home £100 and Pro £150. I cannot see an Ultimate version due to all of the reduction in functionality that we have all noticed.
ADDED
The DP and CP are now both in mothballs (disc images for the technically minded) and I have gone back to W7. I shall next look at W8 when the RC is released. If I do think of buying W8 it is likely to be as a pre-release offer or not at all.
- Edited by d r h Monday, April 2, 2012 1:46 PM
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Ow god....
Please win7tester...
I get that you don't like some changes. I get that you apparantly think I'm an ignorant fanboy who only plays angry birds all day. I get that you make assumptions about a whole load of stuff.
But this is getting very ridiculous.
Everybody here knows that the FULL windows desktop is still in there, barring the classic start menu.
But to then state AS FACT that there is no "producitivity environment" in win8 and claim that the price therefor should go from 300 to 30 is beyond any reasonable thing one could say.
It's hard to take you seriously when you say stuff like this.
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You've already established you have no issues with a gigantic collection of workarounds to return to functionality.
I have very sizable problems with those work arounds.
Don't feel alone, I never began to take you seriously either.
To think MS would expect to sell this crap into toys and get the same prices they got for real computers is positively ludicrous.
Again, it is understood you grew weary of being productive, now go buy a tablet and see if you can get that much coveted job getting paid to watch YouTube for a paycheck.
Cheers.
DAS
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aroush:
I forgot to mention, Apple's OS X Lion is $29.95.
If Microsoft wants so badly to dominate in Apple's market, they best be prepared to back WAY OFF on OS pricing in order to do so. To continue to pretend this new "OS" has anything like the productivity oriented options of previous versions is patently ridiculous, so they best start thinking now how reduction in the OS pricing is going to affect the bottom line.
Your assertion that the full desktop is there is ridiculous. I've provided dozens of examples, even using your own guides on how to restore functionality simply do not work without having to have Metro get in the way on a regular basis. You can't have the full desktop there with out the full start menu, because the start menu wasn't an afterthought, but the very CORE functionality that made the desktop work. Please don't bother with any more BS workarounds, they do not work for anything other that the most minimalist implementations, and you KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE, you just love arguing.
Now hurry back to those angry birds, the rest of us have productive work to do.
(so, how does it feel when your own spiteful words are turned back towards you? You might consider remaining silent when you see something you disagree with, but its not in your genetic makeup, is it?)
DAS
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DAS -
Workarounds? Seriously... 99% of what was there is still there. It just looks different. Yes, they've moved a few things around so they're not quite where you might expect them to be. Like the power switch. It's now on the top right corner off the Settings charm.
Aroush has a valid point. The desktop is there, and it works just like the desktop has worked since way back in Windows 95. Except for the lack of the Start button per se, it looks and feels like a carbon copy of Windows 7's desktop.
FWIW, that's a new feature that adds more new features - Metro Applets. How useful those are remains to be seen. The jury's still out on them. The market for those is still in it's infancy. Actually, given Windows 8 hasn't been released yet, it hasn't really been born yet. At least, give them a chance. You might find some to be useful.
Don't EVEN get me started on Apple and their TOY OS. I have a client who wanted to move his entire company to Macs a bit over a year ago. He wanted me to do a bit of research as he wanted to move his data from his current app into the most popular Mac app in it's class. (Contact Management). While simple data types - such as name, address, city, state, zip and such were easily done, stuff like text blobs (read: Notes fields) were impossible. Why? There's NO way to import them from dBase (or any flavor of SQL you can have on the Windows platform) into the database system that comes with OSX. (PostgreSQL). In fact, the ONLY import mechanism supported is a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file. And those do NOT do Notes fields very well, if at all - as text blobs (notes) contain commas, throwing the entire thing off. Apparently, the OSX version of ODBC doesn't allow it - or Apple has done something to prevent this from working. Why? Who knows. Given this showstopper, the client is still using his older Windows systems. Oh.. And I did spend about half an hour talking with the support people at the company that makes the Mac software. And they were the ones who told me it was impossible to do. So it's not like I'm pulling a rabbit out of my hat.
You'd think that after almost 20 years (since ODBC 1.0 was released), Apple would have made migrating to their platform easy - especially after those Mac Vs. PC ads from the last decade... The whole point of ODBC is data portability. And yet, it's anything BUT portable when it comes to migrating to the Mac. Oh well... You DO get what you pay for. $29.95 sounds about right.
At any rate, since Microsoft hasn't announced pricing - or for that matter - much about the final editions that Windows 8 will come in and what features will be in which edition, it's a bit early to speculate on pricing. At the very least, it's probably best to wait until the RC is released and maybe some info on how Windows 8 will be released en masse.
And FWIW, Microsoft usually gives us copies of Ultimate (or whatever the top level OS is called) when doing these CP/Beta cycles - at least, that's been the case since Vista's Beta...
- Edited by Wolfie2k6 Monday, April 2, 2012 7:45 PM
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Its obvious MS is moving away from high-power, high-productivity, instead choosing to focus on the toy market.
Accordingly, what type of STEEP reduction in price can we expect for Full-retail packages?
Millions and millions of full-retail copies of WinXP and Win7 Professional were sold via retail channels at $299.00 each.
Since Metro and WinRT are the "new paradigm", meant to run on everything from toy level platforms to full-powered desktops (LOL!) what are the new retail prices going to be?
Without unfettered access to a native desktop (keeping Metro out of my way until "I" want it), what seems fair now, $29.95? $39.95?. I can tell you right now, If I have to use 3rd party tools, regardless if those tools are free or not to get my functionality back, there is no way EVER I will be paying anything but a small percentage of the cost of the formerly professional level OS's.
If MS expects power users to continue to pay premium prices for this undeniably less than premium OS, well, I can't be the only one expecting huge, nay MONUMENTAL reductions in price. If they are expecting to continue to recieve $300/per from the users they decided to distance themselves from, well, thats NOT going to happen.
What say you?
DAS
Microsoft in its guidance has already stated that it does not think that it will gain any significant revenue from upgrades. Virtually all of Win8 will be sold installed in new PCs, laptops, tablets etc. MS never got substantial income from upgrades either. It never exceeded 10% of overall revenue for Windows. Thus, it is not really sweating this one out.
Much of the need to have a full OS for tablets was for MS to get the full charge for licenses to OEMs. It is likely getting about $50 per machine. If it sold just a portable OS, it would have collected no more than $20.
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DAS -
Workarounds? Seriously... 99% of what was there is still there. It just looks different. Yes, they've moved a few things around so they're not quite where you might expect them to be. Like the power switch. It's now on the top right corner off the Settings charm.
Aroush has a valid point. The desktop is there, and it works just like the desktop has worked since way back in Windows 95. Except for the lack of the Start button per se, it looks and feels like a carbon copy of Windows 7's desktop.
The desktop is "there" but it is legacy. And if it is the carbon copy of that of Win7, why bother moving?
What you have in Win8 is a typical portable OS that does not do windows or allows users to manage applications (based on a Metro UI and WinRT for runtime) plus a desktop OS (a modified Win7/Win32 for legacy support) that runs as a task from the portable OS. In capabilities, the portable OS (Metro UI + WinRT) is not substantial departure from either iOS or Android; it has similar capabilities. I would actually say that the portable OS (Metro/WinRT) lags behind Android 4.0 and iOs 5.0.
This arrangement is certainly totally redudant in desktop and laptops. It imposes a layer of interaction with the portable OS that one does not need. But it is an element of the overall plan by Microsoft to create users of the portable OS by the force of upgrading. Microsoft is using its dominance in the desktop to jumpstart its portable OS. It is as simple as this. This is why the Metro UI/WinRT are not optional.
- Edited by ADRz Monday, April 2, 2012 9:30 PM
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ADRz:
I'd appreciate it if you dind't try to "school" me on what Win 8 is and is not. Unless you have an inside line and got the DP or CP from a friend at Microsoft, you don't know any more about it than I do. Period.
"Still there but different". What a load of crap. The Start Menu represents core functionality, and now its gone. Any of the supposed shortcuts to get that functionality back are deeply flawed. Period.
Kind of funny to see you arguing for the same old premium price, got stock in Microsoft do you?
I'll be on Win7, the best OS on the face of the planet, until support is dropped. If MS hasn't learned its lesson by then, I'll have to change vendors. Not really a problem for me, there will be all manner of companies making the same choice, plenty of places to work.
I'm glad you like Metro. Never assume I'm missing something because I don't.
DAS
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ADRz:
I'd appreciate it if you dind't try to "school" me on what Win 8 is and is not. Unless you have an inside line and got the DP or CP from a friend at Microsoft, you don't know any more about it than I do. Period.
"Still there but different". What a load of crap. The Start Menu represents core functionality, and now its gone. Any of the supposed shortcuts to get that functionality back are deeply flawed. Period.
Kind of funny to see you arguing for the same old premium price, got stock in Microsoft do you?
I'll be on Win7, the best OS on the face of the planet, until support is dropped. If MS hasn't learned its lesson by then, I'll have to change vendors. Not really a problem for me, there will be all manner of companies making the same choice, plenty of places to work.
I'm glad you like Metro. Never assume I'm missing something because I don't.
DAS
You seriously misunderstood my message. I am not a supporter of Metro/WinRT. Irrespective of functionality, I find the lack of customization and the whole design of Metro not to my liking.
I have not arguing for the same premium price. I only noted that MS is not expecting to sell to many licenses to upgraders. How it will decide to price the upgrades remains a mystery to me. I guess that it may try to maintain the old pricing scheme, but I do not know.
I am glad that you like Win7. So do I. On the other hand, if Microsoft manages to move all development to Metro/WinRT, Win7 will be orphaned very quickly.
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ADRz:
Doesn't it creep you out a bit that there is little to no feedback from tablet users on the "new paradigm"?
For me, it would be better to have 2 "camps" one arguing for Metro because its not just good but great on their tablets, and the PC users like me who feel phased out.
Heck, I'd even go for folks that have a Win7 tablet that either love or hate metro. Where's the "so much better than Win7 on a tablet"???, and I don't mean the occasional solitary voice, but legions explaining in detail why Metro shines on the tablet and how much they appreciate the desktop so they can use "legacy" apps.
If this is going to be the new face of Microsoft, Sinofski et al must be a little unsettled at this point.
I know more people that bought tablets and sold them within a month than those who have adopted it and use it daily as an even secondary means of media consumption.
My Aunt was an early adopter of the I-Pad, and it got very old for her quickly. She'd send an email, get a reply from myself of someone else, and if the reply on her part was destined to take anything more than a sentence or two, she'd fire up her laptop. We were at her place for Christmas that year, and she passed around the toy, and it was readily apparent that there were some "captured" by the technology, and a larger contingent of us who use our machines for very much more than media consumption that decided her showing use her toy saved us some money on the experiment of buying one to see if we'd like it.
My sister was particularly entranced, and decided right that moment she would have one too. Well, she finally got one a few months ago, and called auntie to see how to do something on it. As you probably know, auntie hadn't used hers for quite some time and had to fire it up and try to help sis. That's the problem. Microsoft has put its eggs (mine too) in a basket destined to be a fad at best for MOST users. Yes, its quite a bit easier to do emails, and with the larger screen, more enjoyable to watch videos on a tablet vs phone. Notice I didn't say convenient? Hard to find a pocket big enough for an I-pad, which really means "portable" is only "semi-portable".
And thats the complaint I've heard a lot, the phone is just BETTER because it is significantly more portable.
So then, my issue is this: My desktop/laptop have been "wounded" at the expense of a transient fad. Of course there will be an entire cottage industry built up around making the tablet something its not, (desktop/laptop) and the odd part is, once you give it a "home" (erasing the portability because you need better access then a smartphone style touch-screen) no one will be using the touch while docked, they'll be using a mouse and a keyboard, wondering why in the heck they just didn't get a laptop instead.
And those who do dock it and want to use the desktop functionality will have to jump through the same hoops to get anything done, wondering what posessed MS to remove the start menu when removing it improved exactly NOTHING.
DAS
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Change the Conference ID in Exchange 2010 online Meeting
I'm tried to change the Conference ID of my online meeting to create non-overlapping meetings. But every time it's showing me the same conference ID and Meeting link.
Any idea.. please
Hemal
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When you are creating the Online Meeting > Online meeting options > select the Customize access and presenters for this meeting.
That's all. It will use a dynamically generated meeting link and Conference ID
Once you change this you can see suddenly your meeting link and Conference ID will change
Hemal
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Script Task in SSIS
I want to store file name, recordcount in one variable and want to log this variable in the lof table.
I am doing it by using script task. I am placing the script task after the file is generated.
I created four variables:
My code looks like:Count1,Count2,File_Path,LogVar
Public Sub Main()
Dim RecordCount1 As String
Dim RecordCount2 As String
Dim logging As String
Dim FilePath As String
'do path in script
RecordCount1 = Dts.Variables("Count1").Value.ToString()
RecordCount2= Dts.Variables("Count2").Value.ToString()
FilePath = Dts.Variables("File_Path").Value.ToString()
logging = "FileName:" & "FilePath" & ";" & "LeftCount" & ":" & "RecordCount1 " & ";" & "RightCount" & ":"& "RecordCount2 "
Dts.Variables("LogVar").Value = logging
End Sub
I am expecting Like
FileName:d:\test.txt;LeftCount:2;RightCount:3
But I am getting like:
FileName:FilePath;LeftCount:RecordCount1;RightCount:RecordCount2
I am not getting the value of record count.
How i can get these values.
Thanks
Reply:
Arthur My Blog
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You are right. Counts are stored in variables: Count1 and Count2.
I want to insert the values of Count1 and Count2 and also the filename (filename is stored in File_Path) into another variable (LogVar)
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You are right. Counts are stored in variables: Count1 and Count2.
I want to insert the values of Count1 and Count2 and also the filename (filename is stored in File_Path) into another variable (LogVar)
Oh, I see. Your issue is in surrounding the variables in " (double quotes) e.g. "RecordCount1 " must become ..."LeftCount" & ":" &
RecordCount1 (so no quotes around the RecordCount2, too)
Arthur My Blog
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I am getting no value now when i followed your suggestion
Am i missing
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
as the last line in my code.
I am not sure, but when i place it at the end of code, i am getting error on Dts.Results.Success
stating rESULTS IS NOT A MEMBER
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I got it right. Actually i was not getting the value of record count because i was declaring the variables as read only instead of readwrite.
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DRM corruption
- Moved by Carey FrischMVP, Moderator Monday, April 2, 2012 10:36 PM Moved to more appropriate forum category (From:Windows Vista Service Packs/Windows Server 2008 Service Packs)
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Carey Frisch
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Enable SPAM Filtering on Select Mailboxes
We have a customer who wants to enable spam filtering option to his domain after 2 weeks before that he wants to test the spam filtering option for the few select user mailbox and he has enabled spam filtering option for the users in the domain.Is that poosbile that we can test spam filtering option for indiviual user mailbox.
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Hi -
There is a way to test the spam filtering in FOPE. To accomplish this, you must first upload the test users to FOPE. There are various ways to upload users to FOPE; the Add Users article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff714987.aspx) goes into more depth. Then you configure Directory-Based Edge Blocking to Pass Through, using the process described in the Configuring Directory-Based Edge Blocking article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff715005.aspx). This tells FOPE to filter mail for only the users you have uploaded to FOPE and to allow mail to recipients not on the list to simply pass through.
The one caveat here is that FOPE will perform edge blocking for ALL users, whether they are on the uploaded list or not. The pass through option will bypass the deeper spam checks that FOPE performs.
Micah
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