The Merry-Go-Round continues, and Microsoft continues to push out new operating systems.  Sometimes they seem to come out so fast that you can’t keep up with what is new in each version.  Hyper-V is something Microsoft has been slowly improving over the last couple of server OS’s.  With the latest version in Windows 2012, they have a couple of new features that really spice up what they are offering.
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Despite top of the line antivirus and antispyware protections in place, the spyware creators are still able to create items that get through the filters and cause infections.  (But that’s not what this article is about).  The most common methods of infection are still infected attachments to emails and “drive-by” hits from websites while browsing the Internet. (But that’s not what this article is about either).  Having watched the evolution of some of these infections over the past couple of years, I’ve found a couple of tricks that work on many of these infections.   That’s what this article is about:  revealing a plan of attack that can eliminate most of these spyware infections.
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With hurricane season fading into history yet again, we can relax knowing our network and data are safe again.  The dangerous storms have come and gone and we can focus on the next item on the to-do list.  We’ve successfully saved our data and our jobs…or have we?
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GPT or MBR? BIOS or UEFI? What do I pick when setting up my server? This has probably come up quite a bit, especially for those of us in the consulting field installing Small Business Server 2008 or 2011.
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• I would run a final image based backup of the server and archive it, who knows what might happen, and after this you will have deleted your information store to reclaim the space.
• Disable all mailboxes in your Exchange Management Console (this in effect, deletes mailboxes attached to users)
• Remove public folders and OAB
  • Follow the below steps (URLS)
  • Remove Public Folders: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997202(EXCHG.80).aspx
  • Remove the Outlook Address Book: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124744(EXCHG.80).aspx
  • Remove public folder database: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164367(EXCHG.80).aspx
    & http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998329(EXCHG.80).aspx
  • If this is an SBS 2003 migrated box you likely cannot remove the “Internet Newsgroups” public folder. Therefore, it’s ADSIedit
    time! Follow these steps (these instructions also apply if you have a “stuck” public folder that won’t delete):
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