Guest Post: Wang Linlin

So, what is all the hype about online shopping? It seems as if more and more people around the world are taking the do it online route everyday and you are probably wondering why? And what makes it so different from old fashion going to the mall? Well in this article I will explain to you why you should shop online and how it can benefit you.

1. Convenience.
It's the main reason why people start shopping online. It is so much easier than driving all the way to the mall spending hours going through every store, only to find out that the shoes or new high tech gadget u want was just sold out. And now you did all that driving and effort for nothing. Online shopping takes out all the effort and stress of going through that phase. All you need to do is just get on your computer,laptop etc search for a product, purchase it and have it delivered to your door step hassle free. You can Shop online anytime 24/7/365.

2. Saves you time.
There is just no faster way to get what you want than the online shopping way. You do not want to go through piles of traffic to get to your destination. You do not want to stand hours in those long check out lines, and when you finally get to the teller, the power suddenly goes out to your frustration leaving everything behind and going home empty handed when you could have used your time for more important things.

3. Saves you money.
Yes! Money pick an item at your local store and compare the price with the same item you see online. I can guarantee you that most of the time the online price will be much less than that of physical stores. Why? That`s because online is straight and forward no extra leverage costs, a minimum number of staff are present only to close sales and for support when needed. Most of the time the website does all the work for them. You can also easily compare prices by just a few clicks rather than going mall to mall wasting valuable fuel trying to find the right price.

4. Finding hard to get items.
It can be a pain sometimes to drive half way around the country trying to find that one Rare item that you always wanted to get your hands on for so long. Online you can go from England to Egypt or anywhere in the world your item might be found in just a click of a button.

5. Buying ''embarrassing'' products.
Now if you are anything like me then this will surely be a great benefit. I really do not want to be seen buying certain products that I don`t want people to know I`m using. Its just the way I feel and I believe that there are more people that feel the same way. When you purchase online its just you and the internet no physical contact whatsoever.

Source: 
Saves you time. RandomPage.com, 2010. http://www.randompage.com/profiles/blogs/saves-you-time

I read this sobering statistic from The Epoch Times newspaper this morning "A family of four with two children under 18 years old and an income below $21,756 is considered impoverished according to the Office of Management and Budget's definition of the poverty threshold. A family of two people under 65 years old with no children is considered to be in poverty if their combined annual income is below $14,366."

To learn more about this statistic, check out Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 from the Census.gov website. This will give you detailed information about the report.

And according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the recession is officially over. Many concerned citizen posted their comments in CNN Money website. You might want to read.

One of my user complained that he wasn't able to send a meeting update or meeting cancellation to any outside recipients. This is a big issue in our company because the organizer coordinate schedules of 5 to 25 (even more) consultants in the field. If they received the initial meeting schedule but not the cancellation or meeting update, then the coordinator is in trouble.

In technical scenario. A Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and a Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 organization exchange communication. An Exchange 2003 user organizes a meeting and then send a meeting requests to an Exchange 2007 user. Then, the meeting organizer uses Microsoft Outlook to send a meeting update or meeting cancellation message to the Exchange 2007 user. The update or cancellation update is not delivered to the Exchange 2007 user. To troubleshoot this issue, you can check your Exchange 2003 SMTP queue where you can see this update or cancellation message still waiting to deliver.

How to fix this issue? Microsoft already received a lot of complain about this issue, so the Hotfix is already available for you. Here's the link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938650

There is also a way "Let me fix it myself" guide on how to accomplish this task manually, also included in the KB938650. Here's the step-by-step guide:

1. Click Start, click Run, type Regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\ParametersSystem\InternetContent\MimeHandlers\{85D2DDB8-6225-11D2-BDF1-00C04FD655B5}
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value
4. In the details pane, type FixRecipientTrackStatusTime for the new value, and then press ENTER.
5. Right-click FixRecipientTrackStatusTime, and then click Modify.
6. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, click Decimal under Base.
7. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
8. Exit Registry Editor.

I read this article from CNNMoney.com "The Great Recession ended in June 2009, according to the body charged with dating when economics downturns begin and end. but the news comes amid rising fears of a double-dip recession."  The comments posted in the website, majority doesn't agree.

If you need more reading article, here's one from Europac.net website.
"But, despite these clear and dramatic signs of mounting malaise, most economists continue to forecast relatively solid economic growth both now and in the future. According to the Third Quarter 2010 Survey of Professional Forecasters (released in mid-August by the Philly Fed), economists expect real GDP to grow by 2.9% this year, 2.7% next year, and will accelerate to 3.6% in 2012. Given that first half GDP is already well below their forecast for the year as a whole, these economists are therefore predicting a much better second half. If anyone knows where this momentum can be found, please let me know.

But in my view, these economists are way off the mark. In reality, the US economy is weak and deteriorating, and a renewed contraction in GDP - whether officially labeled a “double-dip” or not - is a near certainty. This is not your garden variety recession. Don’t expect it to behave like one." (Europac, 2010)

In my humble opinion, always save and spend what you can afford. I guess this is applicable for everyone.

In Windows XP, you can see the Mail icon in Control Panel but not in Windows Vista. There's always an alternative solution to accomplish this task. Here's a simple guide to bring the Mail configuration in Windows Vista.

• Open a Windows Explorer, and go to c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\ directory
• Find mlcfg32.cpl and double click to execute the program.

If you are planning to deploy Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. It is highly recommended to read the article provided by Anderson Patricio from MSExchange.org website. He explained different scenario's on how to install Exchange Server 2007 SP1.

To start your upgrade, continue reading the article posted here: http://url.king.net/exchange2007sp1

To increase  your knowledge in managing Exchange Server 2007. I recommend you to read the article written by Neil Hobson about Exchange Server 2007 Permissions and Roles. Here's the link: http://url.king.net/exchangepermissions and Part2 http://url.king.net/exchangepermissions2

How to Grant Full Mailbox Access permission? You can Add-Mailbox Permission from shell to assign it. For example, we can assign Full Mailbox Access permission on John Smith (jsmith) mailbox to another user John Doe (jdoe).

From the shell command, type the following:
Add-MailboxPermission "jsmith" -AccessRights FullAccess -user "jdoe" [Enter]
and if doesn't work for you, try this alternative command:
Add-MailboxPermission jdoe -User jsmith -AccessRights FullAccess

Please send me feedback.

References:

• Deploying Exchange Servers 2007 SP1. Retrieved last September 17, 2010 from http://url.king.net/exchang2007sp1
• Exchange Server 2007 Permissions and Roles. Retrieved last September 18, 2010 from http://url.king.net/exchangepermissions and Part2 http://url.king.net/exchangepermissions2

Reading Materials:

• Exchange Server 2010 Unleashed
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 X64 5 Client
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: The Complete Reference
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 For Dummies

If you are new in Computer Security field and need to learn on how to provide security for your company working environment. I highly recommend you begin reading the Special Publication 800 series e.g. The NIST Handbook.

Special Publication (800 Series)
Special Publications in the 800 series present documents of general interest to the computer security community. The Special Publication 800 series was established in 1990 to provide a separate identity for information technology security publications. This Special Publication 800 series reports on ITL's research, guidelines, and outreach efforts in computer security, and its collaborative activities with industry, government, and academic organizations. (NIST.GOV, 2010)

To start, read the Special Publication 800-12 An Introduction to Computer Security, and follow-up with other reading materials where your current responsibility fit. For example about Cryptography, read Special Publication 800-21 2nd Edition: Guideline for Implementing Cryptography in Federal Goverment, or SP 800-30 for Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems, or SP 800-44 for Guidelines on Securing Public Web Servers, or SP 800-45 for Guidelines on Electronic Mail Security, etc.

The Special Publications 800 Series will give you enough information to start your study and documentation.

References:
An Introduction to Computer Security: The Nist Handbook
Special Publications (800 Series) http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html
An Introduction to Computer Security: The NIST Handbook http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-12/handbook.pdf

This is a follow-up article that I post last week about the Installation of GeoTrust SSL Digital Certificate. After the renewal and successfully installed of digital certificate to one of our web server I thought everything is working just fine. Just like other system administrator, I've used Microsoft Internet Explorer ver7.0, 8.0 and Chrome to test the new SSL digital certificate installation. All returned no error when I browsed the website https://timesheet.king.net as an example.

Then I received emails from other users that connection to the server is untrusted. So I start troubleshooting the issue, and I found out GeoTrust renewed their Intermediate Certificate Authority and additional action is required to fix the issue. Note. You will only see the error if you are using Windows Vista with IE 7.0 or Firefox 3.4.6.

So here's the procedure to update the GeoTrust Intermediate Certificate Authority. Go to your web server and follow this instructions.

1. Visit www.geotrust.com website, click the Support page.
2. In Knowledge Center Search, type ar1422, click Search
3. Complete the two steps on your web server. For this example, we are using Microsoft IIS.
4. Right click link and save on Download the PKCS#7 CA link, save to your local temp file.
5. Then proceed to step two, click the For IIS to see the detailed procedures. In here, you need to complete step 2 and 3 to update the Intermediate Certificate Authority
6. Restart the server or restart the World Wide Web Publishing Service.
7. Now check your website again, the error is gone.

This document describes how to uninstall Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition 9.x client from Windows NT/2000/XP or Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) manually.

1. Stop Symantec AntiVirus services
2. Remove Symantec AntiVirus from the registry
3. Remove Symantec AntiVirus from the Start menu
4. Remove Symantec AntiVirus from the hard drive

continue reading:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/docid/2004040815592148

Yes GoDaddy is for sale in an auction, and experts expect to sell at least $1B.

"Based in Scottsdale, Ariz., GoDaddy.com is owned by Bob Parsons, who founded the company in 1997 and is its chief executive—a man the company website describes as "not shy to speak his mind." The company is well known for its edgy advertising, including Super Bowl commercials and ads featuring different "Go Daddy Girls," including racing car driver Danica Patrick.

In addition to registering domain names, GoDaddy.com sells e-commerce, security and other services to people and businesses looking to manage their online presence. The company posted revenue between $750 million and $800 million in 2009, according to people familiar with the matter.

Two smaller competitors, Register.com and Network Solutions, have both been in private-equity's hands. Earlier this year, technology-focused buyout firm Vector Capital sold Register.com to another web registration and design provider , Web.com Inc., for $135 million. Network Solutions is owned by General Atlantic Partners." (Online WSJ, 2010)

I personally own hundred of domain names from GoDaddy that I bought though the after market. The domain name business operations is smooth and easy to complete your transaction. Not only domain names, GoDaddy provide hosting, domain auction, resellers, e-commerce, copyrights, SSL, and other related services that you can use for your online business. I am also a GoDaddy reseller (www.Moscom.com) which I use to provide domain name and hosting service to my direct customers.

I hope the domain name business operations will not change and will continue the sweet ride of success.

Reference:
GoDaddy goes to the Auction Block. Retrieved September 11, 2010 from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703597204575484153733196856.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Buying a domain name in various forums is sometimes very tricky. Someone is selling a domain name for example MYIV.COM requesting to post offer or by PM (private message). First interested buyer will post $500, $600 from the second buyer, $700 from the third buyer, and then later on you will see a post from the seller "High Offer $2000 received, BIN $4000". I don't know about you but this is fishy transaction to me, and I stop posting offer. As member of the forum, you are not allowed to question the owner post because "not related to a sale" or "not productive question" or other reasons. This is happening to any domain name forums that you might be part of, well at least one of the forum.

Question to other domain name investors. How do you handle and approach this scenario?

A good reference to correct the Windows Installer Service could not be started. The error messages usually appear after failed installation of MSI Package or Disabled Windows Installer Service.

I just renewed the SSL digital certificate of one of our web server for another one year. I'm installing and renewing SSL digital certificate for many years but this time I encounter a digital error. So I tried to troubleshoot to learn what's going on, and provide solution to fix this problem.

The renewal of digital certificate is the same process. You go to the server to create a new digital certificate, buy a SSL digital certificate from the vendor e.g. Verisign, GeoTrust, RapidSSL, and other provider, and then submit it. I choosed GeoTrust because it is very reasonable price to maintain a secure tunnel from your client internet browser to the web server.

The process is completed, the web server digital certificate is valid for another year. But I have some users complaining about "The security certificate presented by this website was not issued by a trusted certificate authority." I find out this from my Windows Vista users. I know I can ask them to check with other computer using Windows XP or Windows 7, this will work.

But I have the same users in the past so I digged more to get additional information.

I used the SSL Checker to verify the old and new digital certificates. The two web servers are using GeoTrust certificate, one certificate is not trusted in all web browsers (see the captured image above) and one is correctly listed (see the captured image on the right) in the certificate authority. I also noticed the Issuer changed from Equifax to GeoTrust DV SSL CA.

There are two solutions to resolve this certificate error. The first one is easy, let them use other computer using Windows XP or Windows 7 with IE 7.0 or latest. The second option is to follow the recommendation provided by SSL Shopper.

References:
SSL Checker. Retrieved last Sept. 8, 2010 from http://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html
SSL Certificate Not Trusted Error. Retrieved last Sept. 8, 2010 from http://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-certificate-not-trusted-error.html

This is a step by step guide to setup the Outlook Express to download your email from Exchange Server or other email host server.

• In your Windows XP, click Start, Programs, and click on Outlook Express
• In Outlook Express, click Tools, Account.
• In Internet Accounts, click Mail tab, click Add, Mail.
• In Internet Connection Wizard, type your Display name. For example, John Smith, click Next.
• Type your Email address. For example, john@king.net, click Next.
• In "My incoming mail server is a", select IMAP or POP depending which port is allowed to connect to your mail server. Contact your Administrator for assistance.
• Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server: For example, mail.king.net (your local admin can provide this information to you).
• Outgoing mail (SMTP) server. For example, mail.king.net (again, your admin will provide this information)
• In Internet Mail Logon, type your username and password. Put check on Remember password. Click Next. 
• Click Finish to complete the setup.

I checked two of my domain names (MultiForums.com or Loan.nu) currently parked using Google Adsense for Domains. I saw three different templates, the standard blue text link color, blue text link color (centered), and the new template Tulip flowers with light blue background. I'm hoping to see more templates for parked domain soon. Here's are the captured images.

Just like myself, I forget where to look to check my Exchange Server version. This is a simple guide to remind me, and I hope other administrators will help them too.

Open your Exchange System Manager, go to Administrative Groups, First Administrative Group, then Servers. The list of servers will appear in the right box, in here you will see the edition, server version, and last modified date.

Cheers.