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As you can see the site was upgraded and along with the software upgrade we changed the look and added a couple more forums. We removed the gallery replacing it with the built option to create your own albums. You can create your gallery by visiting your user control panel or use this lnk to create your album. You can also create your own social group to interact with friends that are also members. You can choose to make these groups private/invite only or public to allow everyone to join and interact. You can create your social group by visiting your control panel or use this link to create your group. You can also create your own blog by visiting your control panel. We added new forums to cover Microsoft Windows desktop operating systems. Since we use either Vista, XP or maybe even Windows 95/98/ME to connect to and manage our servers I felt we should also have forums for them. Welcome to the new Windows Server 2008 Forum!

howdy and welcome.

howdy and welcome.

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Yes you need to uninstall completely, not just disable, to install Exchange.

You'll need at least 256 of memory, 512 perferred for development environment per virtual OS. Depending on how much memory the server has determines number of OS you can run.For what you want to do I would recommend at least 8 gigs on the server and to run Windows 2008 x64.

This document provides information about installing the Windows Server 2008 operating system. It also provides information that you can use to troubleshoot problems that may occur during the installation. Setup works in several stages. You will be prompted for some basic information, then Setup will copy files and restart the computer. Setup concludes by presenting a menu for Initial Configuration Tasks, which you can use to adjust the server configuration for your specific needs Read Installing Windows Server 2008

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Any vm that you install will be it's own instance. Think of it as a seperate OS. You can install software. When one of the devs works in his virtual OS any work done will be saved and available for him/her next logon. Each developers files would only be available to them unless you create a public directory accessible to all.

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In a word, yes, it is possible. What you want can be done.

To access backup and recovery tools for Windows Server 2008, you must install the Windows Server Backup, Command-line Tools, and Windows PowerShell items that are available in the Add Features Wizard in Server Manager. This installs the following tools: Windows Server Backup Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in Wbadmin command-line tool Windows Server Backup cmdlets (Windows PowerShell commands)Note: To install backup and recovery tools Click Start, click Server Manager, in the left pane click Features, and then in the right pane click Add Features. This opens the Add Features Wizard. In the Add Features Wizard, on the Select Features page, expand Windows Server Backup Features, and then select the check boxes for Windows Server Backup and Command-line Tools. You will receive a message that Windows PowerShell is also required to be installed with these features. Note: Click Add Required Features, and then click Next. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, review the choices that you made, and then click Install. If there is an error during the installation, it will be noted on the Installation Results page. Then, to access these backup and recovery tools, do the following:To access the Windows Server Backup snap-in, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Windows Server Backup. To access and view the syntax for Wbadmin, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. At the prompt, type: wbadmin /? For instructions to access and view the Help for the Windows Server Backup cmdlets, see GettingStarted.rtf at: :\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Documents\. Step-by-step instructions Use the following links for key backup and recovery tasks: For instructions for backing up a server running Windows Server 2008, see Backing Up Your Server. For instructions for recovering a server running Windows Server 2008, see Recovering Your Server. For instructions for backing up and recovering a server running Active Directory Domain Services, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=11046.

The following recommendations should be followed when troubleshooting Message Queuing problems in the Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems. Check the Windows event logs for errors and warnings Check the Windows event logs of the Message Queuing computer(s) for errors. Search for error or warning events with a Source that contains the text MSMQ, for example "MSMQ(MSMQ)" or "MSMQ Cluster Resource". Sort events in the Event Viewer by Source to quickly locate events that contain the text "MSMQ". Then search Microsoft Help and Support for the corresponding Event ID, text in the error or warning description, or any error codes that are returned as EventData in the details of the event. For more information about using Event Viewer see the Windows online help. Use End-to-end tracing to troubleshoot problems with message delivery Consider enabling End-to-End tracing to troubleshoot problems with message delivery. For more information see the Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 help topic "Troubleshooting by Using End-to-End Tracing". Verify computer connectivity No matter what the connectivity symptom or problem, using the ping utility to test a computer is always a good idea. The amount of time that ping takes to respond can indicate a problem, as can the fact that ping only succeeds intermittently. Intermittent success indicates issues such as network overload or failure in name resolution, which forces the computer to broadcast for name resolution. Verify that ping resolves the full DNS name of the problem computer. If it does not, check your DNS server. Note: Read Things to Check When Troubleshooting Message Queuing

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This step-by-step guide provides the instructions necessary to use User Account Control (UAC) in a test environment. This document is not intended to provide a comprehensive, detailed description of UAC. Additional resources include the following: All users of this step-by-step guide will also be interested in Getting Started with User Account Control on Windows Vista (Getting Started with User Account Control on Windows Vista ). For additional information for IT professionals, see Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista (Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista ). For information for developers and independent software vendors about how to develop applications for Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, see The Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Developer Story: Windows Vista Application Development Requirements for User Account Control (UAC) (Windows Vista Application Development Requirements for User Account Control (UAC) ).Read Windows User Account Control Step-by-Step Guide

I have changes things around a bit to get ready for the software upgrade next weekend. The resource directory is now moved to the forum and the old directory has been removed. There are other changes that went on behind the scenes. This is to make the upgrade as easy as possible.

If you have any suggestions about what would make Free PC Help Forum a better site let me know by posting a thread in this forum.

IDC predicts that almost half of all servers in very large businesses will be virtualized by 2010. But medium-sized businesses have been slower to embrace virtualization, despite processor utilization rates of under 15 percent and fractional utilization of memory and disk resources. Now, however, changes in hardware and software have made virtualization easier and cheaper to implement and are making a logical server environment real. Live Webcast: Virtualization for the Mid-market - Is it Real?

Virtualization and workload management are essential technologies for maximizing scalability, availability and value on high-end computing systems, and Itanium 2-based servers offer many options. One is SWsoft Virtuozzo, a proven, software-based virtualization solution for consolidating Linux and Windows applications. It provides granular control of workloads, along with exceptional performance and scalability--factors that make it ideal for many mission-critical environments. Advanced Virtualization and Workload Management on Itanium 2-Based Servers Whitepaper

At the start of 2007, more than 25% of data centers were running mission-critical applications on virtualized servers. Before trusting critical applications to virtualization, most organizations want to secure a comfort level with the technology to ensure that any foray into virtualization is met with success. This overview takes a detailed look at the competing server virtualization architectures, while highlighting the critical differences of each. Along the way, Wolf addresses key considerations for evaluating potential virtualization solutions and integrating them into existing storage and network infrastructures. A Look at Today's Server Virtualization Architecture

In this InformIT article, Scott Fulton continues his technical survey of the ten most important changes to Windows Server 2008 by discussing a group of three services that demonstrate the evolutionary principle applied to software: clean service shutdown, Kernel Transaction Manager, and Server Message Block Version 2. Title: Clean Service Shutdown Authors: Scott M. Fulton Publisher: Pearson/InformIT Pub Date: Jun 1, 2007 Copyright 2007, Pearson Education Inc. InformIT. All rights reserved. Used with permission from the publisher, Pearson/InformIT See how Windows Server 2008 demonstrates the evolutionary principle applied to software

The official home of Windows Server 2008 at Microsoft's website. You can take a sneak peek at the Virtual Launch Experience and get a taste of whats to come and test drive real Windows Server 2008 scenarios and features live with this instant virtual environment. Windows Server 2008 at Microsoft