I was fortunate enough to be invited back to join Mick Huxley on the AuTechHeads Coalface Tech podcast. Hux and I chatted about recent developments in the IT Pro world – CES, Windows 8, the new System Center suite, SQL and some…questionable..marketing moves. Check it out on AuTechHeads, or over on iTunes.
Installing Sophos PureMessage to another SQL database is a simple process. On the server you wish to modify, open C:\Program Files\Sophos\PureMessage\Config\LastKnown\LocalConfig.xml. I’d suggest you use a half decent XML editor such as Notepad++ for this task. Under the <LocalConfig> tag there are four DBSettings tags, one for each database. These are called ConfigDBSettings, QuarDBSettings, ReportingDBSettings …
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Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a fickle beast, at best. Anyone who has ever used it on a large (or, for that matter, small or medium) network knows just how much TLC it requires in order to function even semi-happily. I have recently been tasked with deploying it to our network of over 1500 laptops and 100 or so desktops, all…