Comments on: My Comedy of Errors http://www.micklerandassociates.com/my-comedy-of-errors/ Vancouver, WA & Portland, OR IT & Computer Services Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:31:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: machine http://www.micklerandassociates.com/my-comedy-of-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-117 machine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://mickler.workshedhosting.com/my-comedy-of-errors/#comment-117 For a couple of hundred dollars, you could have purchased another machine, installed Windows/Exchange 2003, moved all the mailboxes to the new box, uninstalled Exchange 2007 on your main server, installed Exchange 2003, moved all the mailboxes back, and uninstalled Exchange from the second machine. Shoot, you probably could have used an old laptop with an attached USB drive.<br/><br/>Personally, I would have just backed everything up and rebuilt the server with x64 Windows. If the server won't run x64 Windows, it's probably time to replace it anyway, it's long out of warranty. For a couple of hundred dollars, you could have purchased another machine, installed Windows/Exchange 2003, moved all the mailboxes to the new box, uninstalled Exchange 2007 on your main server, installed Exchange 2003, moved all the mailboxes back, and uninstalled Exchange from the second machine. Shoot, you probably could have used an old laptop with an attached USB drive.

Personally, I would have just backed everything up and rebuilt the server with x64 Windows. If the server won’t run x64 Windows, it’s probably time to replace it anyway, it’s long out of warranty.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.micklerandassociates.com/my-comedy-of-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Anonymous Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:35:00 +0000 http://mickler.workshedhosting.com/my-comedy-of-errors/#comment-116 A number of years ago my team and I were working on a simple network install for a client who gave us the office for two days. We expected to work two days of 8-hour shifts. We ended up working about 42 hours straight. I won't bother you with the details, but it was one misstep after another. We did learn a lot from that experience, though. A number of years ago my team and I were working on a simple network install for a client who gave us the office for two days. We expected to work two days of 8-hour shifts. We ended up working about 42 hours straight. I won’t bother you with the details, but it was one misstep after another. We did learn a lot from that experience, though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.micklerandassociates.com/my-comedy-of-errors/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Anonymous Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:28:00 +0000 http://mickler.workshedhosting.com/my-comedy-of-errors/#comment-115 *shameless plug*<br/>Download an eval of Mail Attender from Sherpa Software. You would have been done in anside of an hour. *shameless plug*
Download an eval of Mail Attender from Sherpa Software. You would have been done in anside of an hour.

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