following on from Outlook via HTTPS://

I missed something off the earlier posts regarding setting up Outlook to connect to your exchange server via https;

When you try and connect (after it asks for your login details) this message appears in a pop up;

There is a problem with the proxy servers security certificate.
The security certificate is not from a trusted certifying authority.

Outlook is unavailable to connect to the proxy server
mail.xxxxxxxxx.net (error code 8)


I forgot to add the certificate that the mail server creates to the trusted certifcates on my laptop. There is probably a fix so this is not a required step, but for me it makes sense as I dont want 'public' access anyway, I can control which PC/laptop/user has access this way.

so to fix: (thanks to some info here: http://www.thebitguru.com/articles/13-Importing+a+Trusted+Root+Certification+Authority+in+Windows+Vista/188-Installing+the+Certificate )

save rar file attachment, extract content (1 file) to c:\


hold windows key and hit the 'R' key
type certmgr.msc
right click on 'Trusted Root Certification Authority' - click 'All Tasks' then 'import'
Click next
click browse - find the .crt file from the mail server
click next
click next
click finish
then ok if it asks you if you are sure you want to do this.

bingo!

Internet Explorer memory problems?

I have been using Internet Explorer 7 since the first public beta was released ages ago and before I complain about it I would like to point out to everyone the future is tabbed work spaces, firefox/opera etc have been doin it for awhile and I am glad microsoft have built this feature in.

The problem stems from the amount of memory IE7 uses, not sure why but after a day of having the same internet explorer window open my laptop starts to go into arrest and needs to be rebooted, after poking around in task manager it seems that IE7 was using around 300mb of memory even at startup it cranks along with 40mb?
Seems I am no the only one fellow blogger - Robert Scoble(http://scobleizer.com/2006/10/21/the-great-firefox-2-vs-ie-7-memory-test/ ) has found the same problem, no fix has been released, and looks like Microsoft has been quiet on admitting the problem.

I am guessing the the problem maybe that IE7 is written to work natively with windows vista and has been reverse engineered to work under XP SP2?
And as the two operating systems are work vastly different with regards to memory and how it is cleaned up.

I have installed for development purposes .net Famework 1.0 / 2.0 and the 3.0 Beta, not sure if this has any effect on the memory usage for IE7 though.

My advice to anyone in the IT world who looks after more than a few machines (especially if you have winsdows update on set to auto), be careful or if its too late to advise users to closedown internat explorer every now and then.

I will keep this post updated if I find any fixes, hope it helped.

cheers