Microsoft Windows 7 for Small Business and Home Users

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Posted on 23rd December 2009 by ajodha in IT Support

Windows 7 is finally here and Microsoft intended it to be intuitive and simple to use and hopes to remedy past OS problems related to security, reliability and stability .  In an attempt to meet the needs of the many different types of computer users, Windows 7 will be released in six versions.

Versions of Windows 7

  • Starter- is for PCs with limited hardware capabilities (netbooks, lower end laptops and workstations).  Users are limited to using a maximum of three simultaneously running programs at a time.
  • Home Premium- offers enhanced Windows navigation, improved taskbars and jumplists, live thumbnail previews, Mobility Center for smart phone users, Aero Glass—a new way to view folders, enhancements to Windows Media Center and Media Streaming, and the ability to simultaneously run an unlimited number of applications.
  • Home Basic- is a scaled down version of Home Premium that is intended for the overseas market.  This version has been modified to run on PCs with smaller processers.
  • Professional- includes all the features of Home Premium as well as providing simple and secure server networking, advanced network backup, file and folder encryption, and location-aware printing to help your PC find the correct printer, regardless of location.
  • Enterprise- is similar to Professional but is intended for large corporate customers that are business volume-licensed. In addition to the features offered in Professional, it also includes enhanced security features such as Bitlocker data protection and advanced management capabilities.
  • Ultimate- provides home users all the features of the Enterprise version but doesn’t require a volume license.  Unfortunately, this version will have only limited availability through occasional promotional deals.

Exchange Distribution Groups do not receive external emails

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Posted on 22nd December 2009 by ajodha in Exchange 2007 Public Folders

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When you create a new distribution group within Exchange and try to send an email from an external address to this group, you will receive a error message which states that you must be authenticated to send to this group.

This is the default behavior of Exchange 2007 to avoid SPAM.

To change this behavior open the Exchange Management Console an navigate to the affected distribution group. Open the Settings for this group and switch to the tab “Mail Flow Settings“. On this tab mark “Message delivery restrictions” and select “Properties“.

In the new Window ensure that the checkbox “Require that all senders are authenticated” is not selected.

Openoffice as a service in windows

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Posted on 17th December 2009 by admin in OpenOffice

1) Download and install openoffice

2) run openoffice once before installing it as a service

3) Download and install windows 2003 resource kit from microsoft website.

4) Create a service account and give it log on as a service rights ( i used openoffice as service account name)

4) Create a service named OpenOfficeUnoServer to do so run the following command

“C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\Instsrv.exe” OpenOfficeUnoServer “C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\Srvany.exe”

5) Go to services snap in and change the log on account with the account you created in step 4.

5)  Open registry and configure the values as shown in the screen shot shown below:

Create parameters key and make sure the values match as shown below. You have to create Application and AppParameters REG_SZ values.

Openoffice service parameter key

openoffice as a service registry settings

6) Start Service

7) Open command prompt and change directory to c:\program files\openoffice.org 3\program

Run the following command

soffice -accept=”socket,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager”

8) Run netstat -anp tcp

This should show a listening on port 8100.Chances are that the service will only listen on the 127.0.0.1 interface; this means you can only connect from the same machine and it’s good from a security point of view. However, if you want to be able to connect from other machines as well you need to change the accept string to "socket,host=0.0.0.0,port=8100;urp;" in the AppParameters registry value