http://anon.ms fixing the puters, so you dont have to Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:18:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Howdy, Client of mine wanted me to modify a Crystal Report and the only thing I had was the .RPT file. I started modifying the report in Visual Studio 2005 and everything was fine until I had to add new database fields. Unfortunately I did not have access to the database from my ... http://anon.ms/2009/12/modifying-a-crystal-report/ Hey, Windows Small Business Server 2003 has an Exchange limit of 75GB per mailbox store, and only 1 mailbox store allowed (for the Standard version of Exchange). When clients reach this limit, we usually Exmerge to PST files. It is such a hassle because it takes so much time to work out a ... http://anon.ms/2009/11/exmerge/ Hopefully you're like me and love to trim all the fat. Whenever I touch a clients (XP Pro) computer or do a new install, this is what I do (with permission): Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Performance Settings, Adjust for best performance, Tick the following: Show window contents while dragging, Smooth ... http://anon.ms/2009/11/my-standard-xp-install/ Hello, A client of mine unfortunately cannot get ADSL2+ at their new office. They have 3 ADSL1 services instead. We decided to use one for HTTP/HTTPS traffic to take some of the load off their primary link. You can use Policy Based Routing to do this. Numbers: Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Secondary DSL router: 192.168.1.2 Vlan1 Address: 192.168.1.1 First, ... http://anon.ms/2009/11/directing-http-traffic-onto-another-link/ Hey, To make my life easier, I often set up site-to-site VPNs to the clients my own company looks after. I sometimes set up site-to-site VPNs to the larger clients of my employer. I encountered a problem recently where my Client's and my Employer's Client's subnets were the same: 192.168.0.0/24. I knew what needed ... http://anon.ms/2009/11/renaming-a-network/ Hey, If you're lazy like me and wish to set up a PPTP VPN Server instead of a Cisco IPSec one, you can with Virtual Private Dialup Networking (VPDN). It's pretty easy. In this example I will not be configuring any authentication other than local. RouterA(config)# aaa authentication ppp default local Enable Virtual Private Dialup ... http://anon.ms/2009/11/use-your-cisco-as-a-pptp-vpn-server/ Hey, There are many ways to create Site-to-Site VPNs. One method that I like uses Virtual Tunnel Interfaces with optional IPSec encryption. This method allows you to create a virtual interface and you are able to see if the tunnel is up/down. I will be using IPSec in this example, and I assume ... http://anon.ms/2009/11/site-to-site-vpn-with-virtual-tunnel-interfaces/ Morning, My weekend was dedicated to my new toy. I bought a HWIC-3G-GSM the other day and finally had 2 connections to the internets. eBay is evil. I also have a WIC-1AM but it's too slow/frustrating to do anything interesting. eBay is evil. If you want some great info on how to set up ... http://anon.ms/2009/11/ipsec-vpn-remote-access/