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When Windows Server 2008 core edition was made available IT Pros rejoiced, however it didn’t take long before developers started distributing tools like “CoreConfigurator”, a gui based editor that assisted with those initial setup changes. The Microsoft Virtualisation Team have taken notice and whilst a full blown gui is not necessary a text based menu would suffice – rather than commands such as netdom join %computername% /domain:<domain> /userd:<username> /passwordd:* for domain membership.
Introducing SCONFIG a text based menu that gets you started, fast (for the command line challenged)
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Symptoms
If you try to install the original version of one of these Configuration Manager hotfixes on a system running Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Vista SP2 you will get a popup with an error like this “This KB###### is for a different hardware platform.” where ###### is the KB number of the hotfix you are installing. The hotfix will fail to install.
Entries similar to the following would be displayed in the KB######.log file
0.171: CheckSystem: GetMachineType failed :STATUS_PLATFORM_MISMATCH0.171: DoInstallation: CheckSystem Failed: 0xf00e0.187: This KB957255 is for a different hardware platform.1.575: Message displayed to the user: This KB957255 is for a different hardware platform.1.575: User Input: OK1.575: Update.exe extended error code = 0xf00e1.575: Update.exe return code was masked to 0x643 for MSI custom action compliance.Resolution
If you have downloaded a Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 hotfix before June 16th 2009 and you have either Windows Server 2008 SP2 or Windows Vista SP2 you will need to obtain the repackaged version of the hotfix. The affected hotfixes are listed in the table below.
Please note that the product binaries inside the hotfix package are not affected. The only changes are to the hotfix installer.
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Sources close to Microsoft have confirmed RTM will be announced the same day as the WPC90 (Worldwide Partner Conference). RTM versions should be available for download shortly afterwards via MSDN & TechNet – double yay!
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Now that Exchange provides both e-mail and voicemail in one place I find myself adding key words in the notes field to assist with search indexing, whilst this is a “working” solution it does require that you take the time out to provide this meta information.
In Exchange 2010 this indexing is provided automatically via a text based voicemail preview – fantastic! The Exchange Team are currently spotlighting this feature on their blog.
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For many years now data centres have fascinated me, whilst on the surface they are warehouses with increased power, cooling and data resilience they also provide a home to a lot of cutting edge enterprise technology!
In July two more Microsoft monster centres are opened, one of them is fairly local and based in Dublin (the first Microsoft mega data centre to be opened outside of the United States).
This Dublin based building covers 303,000 square feet, with 5.4 mega watts of critical power available now. Over time, the data center can expand to a total of 22.2 mega watts of critical power, growing with our business and customer demand. The facility makes extensive use of outside air economization to cool the facility year round, resulting in greater power efficiency with a resultant reduction in carbon footprint.
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