“Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web.” - Microsoft
Now as far as i heard the SL can stream Video (probably wmv) using only IIS ( internet information server ) then oh uh its the new Gen indeed , would that effect Flash video files (FLV) ? or Adobe got its own surprise , you know Adobe is full of it now days 
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New kid in town , Microsoft Silverlight
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Microsoft Surface preview …
Thursday, May 31st, 2007http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
Microsoft Exchange 2003 server errors …
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007Had few errors with exchange server lately , after examing the Event viewer log i got the following errors :
Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchangeDSAccess
Event Category: Topology
Event ID: 2103Date: 5/2/2007
Time: 8:49:47 AM
User: N/A
Computer: exchange server
Description:
Process MAD.EXE (PID=1792). All Global Catalog Servers in use are not responding:
yourserver.domain.com ( Domain controller )Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchangeSA
Event Category: RFR Interface
Event ID: 9074
Date: 5/2/2007
Time: 8:49:04 AM
User: N/A
Computer: exchange server
Description:
The Directory Service Referral interface failed to service a client request. RFRI is returning the error code:[0x3f0].Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchangeSA
Event Category: NSPI Proxy
Event ID: 9176
Date: 5/2/2007
Time: 8:49:04 AM
User: N/A
Computer: exchange server
Description:
NSPI Proxy can contact Global Catalog yourserver.domain.com but it does not support the NSPI service. After a Domain Controller is promoted to a Global Catalog, the Global Catalog must be rebooted to support MAPI Clients. Reboot yourserver.domain.com as soon as possible.
Now there are many causes to such errors , in my scenario ; after examining the exchange server , i noticed that the Global Catalog server is not listed under GC domain controllers list in exchange server …
possible solution 1:
to add the GC do the following steps :
Start your exchange system manager –> Expand Administrative groups –> Expan First Administrative Group –> Expand servers –> right click your exchange server then click properties –> Click on Directory Acess TAB –>
*Make sure all domain controllers are listed under ( Show > all domain controllers ) if not then untick Auto discover servers & add them Manually
*Make sure you have your Configuration domain controller listed under ( show > configuration domain controller) if not then untick Auto discover servers & add them Manually .
*Make sure you have your domain controller(s) listed under (show > domain controllers) if not then untick Auto discover servers & add them Manually .
*Make sure you have your GLOBAL CATALOG servers listed under ( show > global catalog servers) if not then untick Auto discover servers & add them Manually .
Now the last is important , simply because exchange servers depends on Global catalog servers .
How do i know which server is the Global Catalog
possible solution 2:
Check your exchange TCP/IP > DNS settings , make sure that its pointing to your internal DNS server ( most likely the domain controller ) . you may also want to be sure that your Local DNS server is using itself to resolve queries …
possible solution 3:
none of your domain controller is a global catalog , maybe because the GC died somewhere in between & no body shifted the GC nor the FSMO roles …
How do i know which server is the Global Catalog
in some previous post i explained more about what happens when the Primary domain controller fails …
possible solution 4:
Make sure that “file and print sharing for microsoft networks” are enabled on both Exchange Server and your local DNS (Domain Controller) that will probably be used by exchange admin to connect and retrieve the policy from the domain controller …
you can examine this by right click your network adapter > properties > check whether file and print sharing for microsoft networks is ticked , if not then tick it/enable it …
ohh ya , don’t forget that REBOOTING is the first solution to any microsoft error eyh ?
if you are rebooting both DC and Exchange Reboot the DC first till it starts its services , then the Exchange otherwise exchange services will hung waiting for dependencies to start .
hope this post is useful , please do post a comment if this was such an ass saver …
Windows Live Mail Beta …(MSN Hotmail) .
Thursday, January 4th, 2007Yeah they are trying to catch up , i like the new style it’ll let you choose among color schemes and how would you like to preview your email ( reading pans) , it looks more like Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access , eyh ?
Click to Enlarg :
Zune , The new Ipod killa ?
Sunday, November 26th, 2006Zune is a Microsoft brand of portable media players, associated software, and an online service for acquiring and sharing media. The first Zune hardware device was released to the U.S. market as a 30 GB model on November 14, 2006, with a price tag of $249.99.
Main DC Crashed , Secondary running , Problems With EXCHANGE (resolved).
Monday, August 7th, 2006It was a great day to whoop somebody’s ass yesterday !!
Our Main Domain Controller that has all the FSMO Roles assigned to it & the [global catalog] , decided that Moody [me] has to stay late @ work and crashed it self ….
I tried to Boot it up but it didn’t want to … Hard disk Failure !!! fucking Maxtor’s supplied by default with Dell’s Machines …
Anyhow , now i still had the secondary Domain Controller which has the following network services( Active Directory , local DNS , DHCP ) .
Our Workstations were able to connect and get login information out of the Secondary DC upon releasing/renewing the IP and flushing the DNS …
The Main problem was the EXCHANGE SERVER[ Email Server ] , The store information service wouldn’t start because it was trying to reach the Master DC which is the global catalog server ,(Exchange servers uses only domain controllers that are global catalog servers) & has the following FSMO roles :
- Schema Master Role
- Domain Naming Master Role
- RID Master Role
- PDC Emulator Role
- Infrastructure Master Role
More information about FSMO roles can be found @ :
http://www.petri.co.il/understanding_fsmo_roles_in_ad.htm
To check Which domain controller has what role :
There are a number of ways you can determine which DCs are FSMO roles holders on your network, but the simplest is to install the Support Tools from the \Support\Tools folder on your product CD and type netdom query fsmo at a command prompt…
The Previous action is well explain @
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/15/fsmo.html
Now back to our Case:
I tried to shift the fsmo roles to the secondary controller through the GUI by right-click the Active Directory Schema icon again and press Operation Masters.
( http://www.petri.co.il/transferring_fsmo_roles.htm )
But this didn’t work for one reason and that is it needs the Master DC (the crashed one) …
for such Cases Administrators should transfer or seize the FSMO Roles via Ntdsutil…within the command prompt .
But which 1 to use, seize or transfer ?
this should clear any doubts you have in mind …
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504/
In Our case we’ll use Seize because the Main DC is unrecoverable!
To seize the FSMO roles :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504/
another one
http://www.petri.co.il/transferring_fsmo_roles.htm
What about the global catalog server ? how can i assign that to the secondary domain … ?
this should help , Now remember , Exchange servers uses only domain controllers that are global catalog servers.
http://www.petri.co.il/configure_a_new_global_catalog.htm
Please Leave a comment if this was helpfull … thanks .