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Archive for October, 2007

Treo 700wx Update for Sprint

A very long waited update if you own a Palm Treo 700wx phone.  Fixes a lot of long standing issues.

Release notes:

  • High-speed dial up networking (DUN) – use your Treo smartphone as a wireless modem for fast web access virtually anywhere1. Supports USB and Bluetooth connections.
  • Advanced audio support (A2DP) – enjoy your music in full stereo with new support for Bluetooth stereo headsets.
  • Hands-free enhancements – Drive safely and work more efficiently. Get support for even more Bluetooth carkits and the Palm wired carkit.
  • Additional SSL root certificates.
  • The Treo 700wx Updater 1.15 for Sprint smartphones also addresses these issues:

    1. Soft keyboard cannot be dismissed. This issue occurred when creating a new speed dial.
    2. Device freezing / locking up. This occurred with some devices when returning from roaming coverage
    3. Waking up, device does not respond. Improves device wake up performance
    4. Saskatchewan Time Zone. Resolves an issue when “Enable network time” and “use network time zone” are selected on the device. The device would incorrectly list Saskatchewan as the time zone.
    5. Voice Mail Indicator interferes w/ audio. This occurred during an active call, when a new call comes in, which is ignored, the voicemail indicator is received and audio cannot be heard from either caller. However, the original call still shows as “active” when the audio drops out.
    6. Bluetooth routing. Device improperly routes audio to a Bluetooth headset when answering calls using the buttons on the phone.

    http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo700wxupdater/sprint.html?creativeID=US_R_700wxUpdate

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  • Windows 2003 Certificates Services Tips

    Since working with Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange 2007, I’ve put in quite a bit of time with the PKI/Certificate infrastructure for active directory domains.  Every service requires a certificate now, and you do NOT want to self-sign them. 

    Purchase public CA signed certificates for public facing services (OWA, OCS Edge, etc) or better yet, get one of the nifty new Communicator Certificates.

    But for internal-only services, Windows Server provides Certificate Services.

    Here are a list of tips:

    1. If you install Certificate Services WITHOUT IIS already being installed, your CA won’t be reachable via HTTP.   You don’t want this.  To fix this, install IIS and then type in "certutil -vroot" at the command prompt - this will quickly recreate the folders needed in IIS. 
    2. PKIVIEW.MSC from the Windows Server Resource Kit is invaluable.  Run it and look for errors.  If there are any, fix them before moving on.
    3. If any service complains about your certificates or certificate infrastructure, you must resolve those issues.  You can’t work around it!  The error messages are cryptic and its sometimes difficult to Google what you need without some serious effort.  Have patience and read everything you can.
    4. It can take between 10 minutes and 4 hrs for certificates to published throughout AD.
    5. The OCS Certificate Manager on our OCS Edge server appears to only rescan its certificate store once between 2am-3am each day.  I have not figured out how to force the update.  You might need to wait for this to happen before repairs to your PKI infrastructure are noticed.
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  • PowerShell Editor

    I’ve been an UltraEdit user since at least 1995, so I don’t advocate other editors often. But this one has my full attention.  A nifty editor just for PowerShell - just what the geek ordered.

    If you are using PowerShell as much as I am, the Intellisense and Syntax Highlighting are very welcome improvements.

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