.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Issue With Windows SharePoint Services 2.0

Probably not a good idea to install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 on your SBS 2003 boxes. A recent SharePoint Team blog post talks about the errors and the resolution if you have done this.

Fixing SBS 2003 RWW for Console Access From XP SP3, Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008

Sick of waiting for Microsoft to release a fix to RWW to enable Console access to SBS 2003 and any other Windows Server 2003 systems connected to your SBS network? So am I. So I’ve fixed it. Process is as follows:

Navigate to C:\Inetpub\Remote

Make a copy of tsweb.aspx

Open tsweb.aspx in your favorite editor (mine’s Notepad++)

Line 304 looks like this:

MsRdpClient.AdvancedSettings2.ConnectToServerConsole = console

 

Replace it with this:

version = MsRdpClient.Version
if strcomp(version,"6.0.6001") < 0 then
  MsRdpClient.AdvancedSettings2.ConnectToServerConsole = console
else
  MsRdpClient.AdvancedSettings2.ConnectToServerConsole = false
  MsRdpClient.AdvancedSettings6.ConnectToAdministerServer = console
end if

 

Save the changes. You can now establish console sessions to your SBS 2003 box and any other Windows Server 2003 boxes on your SBS network.

If anyone’s got a better way for displaying code in a Blogger page I’d be interested in knowing about it.

Sharp Inertial Shock Not Just For Astronauts

Can’t find the reference to “sharp inertial shock” – must have been a documentary I saw.

Apparently on one of the NASA Space Missions one of the astronauts phoned home and asked for some help with a piece of equipment. The technician at hand apparently either had a camera or some PHBs on/around him so he replied:

“Apply a sharp inertial shock.”

to which the reply was:

“Say again Houston?”

and the follow-up response:

“Uh, hit it.”

I love the phrase and probably overuse it.

Which is why I immediately thought of it when I saw this article:

Knock-based commands for your Linux laptop

Brilliant! I have a friend who can get over-excited when the computer doesn’t do what he expects it to do. Something like this could prove quite amusing if caught on camera. I can think of some nice practical jokes if something like this was available under Windows.

Does make you wonder what future interfaces are going to be built. We’ve got gestures with mouse/stylus/finger flicks, shaking/tilting for mobile devices with accelerometers and now knocking for laptops with accelerometers. Argh, got “shake your booty” running around inside my brain. I’ll stop now…