Aaron Tiensivu's Blog - Comments

Jan Boguslawski: OCS 2007 R2 (Phone - Tanjay) - January 2010 - 3.5.6907.82

nospam@example.com (Jan Boguslawski) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:04:33 -0500

Wow I was not aware of this Caller Line ID\Name change in Mediation Server and Communicator. Looks like a big shift of option by Microsoft. Makes a lot of sense in pbx coexistence scenarios.

Looks pretty SIP standard based. I guess our snom phones will respect it Need to check with my co-workers...

Regards,
Jan

Jim Bullock: OCS 2007 R2 services hang at Starting on reboot with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (Jim Bullock) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:54:18 -0500

Hey, thank you. Just had a 4am-er dealing with this one, you've saved my bacon.

I was blaming it on windows updates and allsorts.

Cheers,

Jim

Aaron Tiensivu: Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer - nice for catching the gotchas before they getcha

nospam@example.com (Aaron Tiensivu) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:58:44 -0500

Yep... my logic was broken yesterday. Fixed.

Hunter Coleman: Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer - nice for catching the gotchas before they getcha

nospam@example.com (Hunter Coleman) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:49:19 -0500

Should "If you run the Exchange 2010 schema update without ever having any Exchange 2007 schema in place, you can no longer install Exchange 2010." instead read "If you run the Exchange 2010 schema update without ever having any Exchange 2007 schema in place, you can no longer install Exchange **2007**."?

Josh: OCS 2007 R2 (Group Chat) - January 2010 - 3.5.6907.83

nospam@example.com (Josh) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:40:57 -0500

Can users simultaneously attend multiple "group chats" when using OCS 2k7 GC?

Aaron Tiensivu: Update on Office Communications Server 2007 R2 services stuck at 'Starting' with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (Aaron Tiensivu) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:29:23 -0500

Good to hear - I wish I knew what the root cause was, besides the OS deadlock. I'm going to ask them about it at the MVP Summit. I believe even some MVPs from HP will be there too.

John Miller: Update on Office Communications Server 2007 R2 services stuck at 'Starting' with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (John Miller) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:06:47 -0500

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for putting this information together. At Enabling we've been doing a lot of OCS 2007 R2 installs and this problem has crept up on virtually every install that had HP servers! I don't recall a case on other manufacturers gear!

--John
Messaging Engineer
Enabling Technologies

Heiko: Might have discovered part of the reason OCS 2007 R2 won't work with Server 2008 R2

nospam@example.com (Heiko) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:38:56 -0500

Have you fixed the issue by installing the hotfix?
I'm having the same issue on Win2k8R2 EE-FE and Edge in one project. I have installed the hotfix on the FE and edge and still receive error event 36888, severe warning: 10, and internal error status of 1023.
I haven't tried all functions yet, though.

Jan Videren: OCS 2007 R2 (Group Chat) - January 2010 - 3.5.6907.83

nospam@example.com (Jan Videren) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:51:28 -0500

Hi. I cannot update my GC client. I install the update, but the client still reports .41 as the version. Any ideas?

Kevin Remde: Join a domain with Windows Media Center Edition

nospam@example.com (Kevin Remde) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:50:34 -0500

Just wondering if there is a simlar workaround for Windows 7 Media Center. At one time I had my Vista Media Center working in the domain.. and the upgrade to 7 kept it there. But now I have a fresh MC install, and I can't get it to work.

Paul: Demystifying the WinSxS directory in Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003/2008

nospam@example.com (Paul) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:15:03 -0500

Just ran into these threads - interesting. Where my heartburn lies is in the inordinate amount of disk access going on involving these files. Task Manager gives access to Resource Monitor, and the amount of disk I/O involving files in this sxs folder is gigantic and seems way out of proportion on a machine sitting around doing (next to) nothing. Just what's going on here???

Preston Gallwas: OCS 2007 R2 services hang at Starting on reboot with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (Preston Gallwas) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:40:48 -0500

FWIW This didn't fix our GroupChat issue on startup...arg...
going to run the CU and see if that helps!

John Bales: Update on Office Communications Server 2007 R2 services stuck at 'Starting' with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (John Bales) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:22:37 -0500

Great Info! I will be putting the fix on the server this weekend.

levent: 64-bit compatible Live Meeting and Outlook Conferencing Add-In released

nospam@example.com (levent) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:55:30 -0500

I removed Office 2003, Frontpage 2003, Office 2010 32-bit. Because they were 32 bit. If you want to use 64 bit Office2010 you must remove all of them. Because they are related which one to other in a way, SQL, ODBC...

And there are some 32 bit programs in Office 2010 64 bit already. But they will be 64 bit with Windows updates, if releases 64 bit version of these old programs.

I added your page to my favorites. Have a good day.

Jc: Might have discovered part of the reason OCS 2007 R2 won't work with Server 2008 R2

nospam@example.com (Jc) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:59:26 -0500

This was one if the issues I had when building
a new fe on r2. Constant cert errors with
the edge; same cert worked fine on rtm

Ricardo: Update on Office Communications Server 2007 R2 services stuck at 'Starting' with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (Ricardo) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:20:19 -0500

Thanks for the info. Our server is also a HP box, and it has some HP tools installed on it.

Robert Shumake: Adobe Acrobat 8.1 direct download links and some nice custom transforms!

nospam@example.com (Robert Shumake) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:06:24 -0500

Just wanted to say that I read your blog quite frequently and I'm always amazed at some of the stuff people post here. But keep up the good work, it's always interesting.
See ya

bday: 64-bit compatible Live Meeting and Outlook Conferencing Add-In released

nospam@example.com (bday) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:02:09 -0500

Awesome fine, Aaron! Looks like our install GPOs are going to need some extra filtering now just in case users have 64-bit office installed.

Danny: Office Communicator 2007 R2 July 2009 update (3.5.6907.37+) and newer - Stale GAL content problem (galcontacts.db)

nospam@example.com (Danny) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:01:08 -0500

Did you update your OCS servers already to CU4 as well?

Ricardo: OCS 2007 R2 (Client Side - Office Communicator) - January 2010 - 3.5.6907.83

nospam@example.com (Ricardo) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:17:56 -0500

its really annoying, that no sign of this outlook2010 integration fix can be found in the fixlist.

My advanced powerusers gave me headache about asking why the outlook integration with outlook2k10 x64 is not working at all, and it just suddenly turned OK after the updates got applied. I just stayed there without answers.

xode: Keep track of Office service packs and cumulative updates in one spot

nospam@example.com (xode) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:04:29 -0500

I thought that you might want to know that the Creative sound driver for Vista 32 bit guests under VMWare that you referenced on your page at http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1462-Creative-Labs-SoundBlaster-PCI-128-driver-link-for-VMWare-guests-Vista-and-Windows-Server-2008.html can also work for Windows 7 guests as well. I just successfully used that driver to get the sound working for a Windows 7 (release candidate) guest under VMWare Workstation 5.5.5. We'll see if it goes as smoothly for the actual Windows 7.

Emy Loanzon: OCS 2007 R2 services hang at Starting on reboot with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (Emy Loanzon) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:32:38 -0500

Does this OCS service restart issue affect OCS on virtual and physical servers?

Thanks.

Aaron Tiensivu: OCS 2007 R2 (Client Side - Office Communicator) - January 2010 - 3.5.6907.83

nospam@example.com (Aaron Tiensivu) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:49:18 -0500

The curse of the copy and paste - I need to update the entry anyway because I've discovered something new that wasn't there or documented. The Outlook integration works for Outlook 2010 x64 now because it has API support for the new 64-bit Office!!

Thanks for the kind words.. I really appreciate being accepted so fast into the group.

Curtis Johnstone: OCS 2007 R2 (Client Side - Office Communicator) - January 2010 - 3.5.6907.83

nospam@example.com (Curtis Johnstone) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:49:06 -0500

Hi Aaron,

Small correction - the Jan 2010 update to Communicator 2007 R2 brings it to .83 (instead of .82 - not that it matters a whole lot....when I read it on your blog I thought maybe I had missed a previous hotfix).

Great blog and congrat's on the move to a OCS MVP - well deserved!

Curtis

Ricardo: OCS 2007 R2 (Phone - Tanjay) - January 2010 - 3.5.6907.82

nospam@example.com (Ricardo) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:19:25 -0500

although no changelog yet, I see that caller name sent from PBX is still not visible on Tanjay. I am waiting for the functionality since about 6 months, when it was introduced in Communicator R2, but it seems nobody is interested in hearing my voice

Aaron Tiensivu: Office Communicator 2007 R2 July 2009 update (3.5.6907.37+) and newer - Stale GAL content problem (galcontacts.db)

nospam@example.com (Aaron Tiensivu) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:09:14 -0500

Behavior seems to same so far but I could be wrong - thanks for the heads up.

Ricardo: Office Communicator 2007 R2 July 2009 update (3.5.6907.37+) and newer - Stale GAL content problem (galcontacts.db)

nospam@example.com (Ricardo) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:41:44 -0500

Just an FYI:

new 2010 jan. updates arrived. Not mentioning ABS in changelog, but who knows..

Preston Gallwas: OCS 2007 R2 services hang at Starting on reboot with Server 2008

nospam@example.com (Preston Gallwas) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:15:41 -0500

Trying this registry entry today to see if it fixes it. We definitely get the long, long reboot. When it finally starts, Group Chat Lookup service isn't started

Aaron Tiensivu: Office Communicator 2007 R2 July 2009 update (3.5.6907.37+) and newer - Stale GAL content problem (galcontacts.db)

nospam@example.com (Aaron Tiensivu) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:02:45 -0500

This is good info! Thanks for commenting. I'm testing out HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator\GalUseCompactDeltaFile = 0 and HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator\GalDownloadInitialDelay = 0 (because I'm impatient for debugging - only).

So far so good - and that explains those "C-" files I had been wondering about.. and I can't seem to find any good source info on their existence.

Tom Pacyk: Office Communicator 2007 R2 July 2009 update (3.5.6907.37+) and newer - Stale GAL content problem (galcontacts.db)

nospam@example.com (Tom Pacyk) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:52:18 -0500

The ABS changes in the latest patches are an absolute disaster. I've had fun too, see here: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/the-c-stands-for-compact/