Linking two SBS offices?
I was wondering if anyone knows of any good info on linking two remote
offices, each running SBS. We're planning on opening a new office and using
SBS2003 on a new server. Our current office uses SBS2K, and all is fine so
we have no plans to upgrade this installation. Anyway, I don't know what
the best way to manage these two servers is to provide as "seamless" an
integration as possible (i.e. can 1 exchange server handle all the email?
Can the two servers be VPN'ed to each other to share access to each other's
resources, etc.)
Thanks!
Darrin Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162804
Help: Spam problem with Exchange!
We were told by our ISP that we are sending SPAM emails
and we were given an example email that we sent. When I
traced that example SPAM email under Exchange Message
Tracking Center, it is shown as From: xxx@africamail.com
To: a list of email addresses including us.
The Event is shown as:
SMTP: Message Submitted to Advanced Queuing
SMTP: Started Message Submission to Advanced Queue
SMTP: Message Submitted to Categorizer
SMTP: Started Outbound Transfer of Message
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My question is if the message is from from someone (Spam)
to us why it is shown as "SMTP: Started Outbound Transfer
of Message"? i.e we are sending out this Spam again. Is
there somewhere in the Exchange (Windows 2000 SBS) can
prevent this happen?
Many thanks
Leigh Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162797
Internet Usage - immediate view of users
Hi
Is there any way I can check at any one moment in time
who is connected to the Internet? I have ISA monitoring
set up, but that just produces a daily report. Can I get
this information in real time?
(SBS2K, ISA, Exchange all patched up)
Thanks
Anon Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162795
SBS 2000, Exchange won't allow me to change primary account
We've got an SBS 2k setup and have several email addresses (abc.org,
abc.com, abc.co.uk, etc.) for each client. SBS was set up using the
abc.org setup with the others as secondary addresses for each user.
All mail can be received on any email address so that side of things
is working fine.
However, we'd rather have the primary to be abc.com. Unfortunately, I
can no longer seem to be able to select a different 'Primary' account.
The option to change is there and the dialog boxes allow me to go
through the procedure and appears to have succeeded at the end of the
process but if I click back into the dialog box, I see that everything
is back the way it was.
This is driving me nuts. There are no error messages in the event
viewer. Everything appears to be running fine except this.
Please help,
-------------------------------------------------------------
Dale Walker London Techno Events Saiko!
dale@sorted.org london@sorted.org saiko@sorted.org
London, UK london.sorted.org saiko.sorted.org Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162791
MAPI Provider failed error in Exchange 2000
I'm running Exchange 2000 in SBS and we had a power failure last night.
Everything seems to have come back up okay apart from Exchange which is
giving me errors in Event Viewer
Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchangeSA
Event Category: MAPI Session
Event ID: 9175
Date: 10/08/04
Time: 09:43:53
User: N/A
Computer: NTSERV1
Description:
The MAPI call 'OpenMsgStore' failed with the following error:
The Microsoft Exchange Server computer is not available. Either there are
network problems or the Microsoft Exchange Server computer is down for
maintenance.
The MAPI provider failed.
Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store
ID no: 8004011d-0526-00000000
For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.
I really hope this doesnt need to be restored from a backup because we
havent had a succesful one for over a week now! Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162785
Help with XCOPY script
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
i want to use this command to automate copying my Favorites from one =
computer to another.
XCOPY "\\computer1\c$\Documents and Settings\user1\Favorites" =
"c:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites" /E /H /I /Q
What switch tells the batch file to automatically respond with "A" for =
ALL for accepting the Overwrite request?
*paul*
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Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>i want to use this command to automate =
copying my=20
Favorites from one computer to another.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>XCOPY "<A=20
href=3D"file://\\computer1\c$\Documents">\\computer1\c$\Documents</A> =
and=20
Settings\user1\Favorites" "c:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites" /E =
/H /I=20
/Q</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What switch tells the batch file to =
automatically=20
respond with "A" for ALL for accepting the Overwrite =
request?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>*paul*</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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Exchange in SBS 2000
I have an email that a user has been trying to send to the UK. (We are
located in Australia). It keeps coming back with message being delayed
delivery. What does this mean? We have attempted to send this email a few
times with no outcome. It sits in the Queue as Active but it doesn't look
like it is doing anything.
Can anyone help me with this please?
Thanks
Mil Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162773
Command line diction for rebooting a WIN-XP computer...
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
What's the command for gracefully shutting down and rebooting a computer =
from from the command line?
* paul *
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Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What's the command=20
for gracefully shutting down and rebooting a computer from =
from the=20
command line?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* paul *</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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Virus Question
We seem to be getting alot of virus emails which are not caught by symantec.
Most of the subject lines are blank, which I am now blocking. Most of the
messages/attachments in the email seem to contail the word price. Ayone
else getting these and/or is this a new variant?
Eddie Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162759
<<<< XP SP2 network install package>>>
This installation package is intended for IT professionals and
developers downloading and installing on multiple computers on a
network. If you're updating just one computer, please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049c9dbe-3b8e-4f30-8245-9e368d3cdb5a
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http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162754
MS Mobile Information Server on SBS2K
Are there any web resources available that can help a me learn / install /
configure / use MMIS in an SBS2K environment?
TIA Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162749
Service Packs
Should I install SP4 for Windows 2000 server? Older
versions of SBS required special updates.
What about service packs for the individual programs
(exchange, etc.) Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162746
OWA
greetings all
I am trying to setup OWA , but apperently it sets up
automatically with SBS 2000 but Ican only accessit from
the intranet. Is their something I need to do for
internet access.
Cash Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162743
When SBS 2000 DSRM password is definded
The SBS 2000 DSRM is defined during install?
A customer have an SBS 2000 domain, and the administrator leaves the company
and nobody knows the DSRM password. The DSRM password was defined on SBS
2000 install?
Can be discovered by tools like L0pht, or renaming the cmd.exe do default
screen saver to open a command prompt, so i can change it? Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162742
Reinstall W2K or SBS2000 as 'in-place' upgrade?
I recently attempted to transfer an image of W2K SBS2000 from a Dell
Poweredge 2400 with a single processor to another Poweredge 2400 which had a
dual processor.
In the original build I had a 8Gb disk which was partitioned into C and D
drives and a 16Gb E drive which was running Exchange and SQL.
As C and D drive were quite full I decided to add another 8Gb drive to the
new server and image C and D onto seperate physical drives.
Rather than image the E drive - I just physically moved it over from one
server to the other.
At first it seemed to have gone ok. I had to install multi processor
support for the dual processor, along with adding page file space (Windows
reported that it had to create a temp page file)
However, it just seems really 'buggy' now. The first few times I restarted
the server it would take 15-20 minutes to present me with the login prompt
and then a further 5 minutes of a blank screen after I logged in. It's not
as though I'm getting loads of BSOD or there is anything in the event log I
can go off. It just doesnt seem right. Various things seem amis - for
example I can't start Network and Dial-Up Connections sometimes, but other
times I can.
I would like to know if performing an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000 would
help or indeed if I could do SBS2000 this way too? Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162737
<< SBS News of the Week August 8, 2004>>
The BIG NEWS
XP sp2 released to manufacturing
Channel 9 gives a demo of XP sp2
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=9328
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What's the BIG news for SBSers?
We can enable the firewall on those SP2s "INSIDE" the network.
SBSized info for XP sp2:
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/08/07/11400.aspx
Why would we want this? Defense in depth. Yes you already have ISA and
RRAS firewall on the outside but you are a bit "squishy" on the inside.
This helps to limit those ports that you have exposed even internally.
-----------------------------
We need two patches to enable the firewall in SBS 2k3
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d70097c2-4317-40e0-b7da-feb52c6b6386
Then you need this which WILL BE ON the download site [but just not yet
... be patient.. just make sure you dont' install the SBS gpo patch
until you have ONE machine on XPsp2
842933 - "The following entry in the [strings] section is too long and
has been truncated" error message when you try to modify or to view GPOs
in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842933
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Kevin's song of the week
news://msnews.microsoft.com/#VR8MiWfEHA.2468@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
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Chad shares a resolution to the OWA timeout issue
news://msnews.microsoft.com/#1ODazcfEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
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Michael Jenkin shares his Malware cleaner tool info
Spyware is getting bad.....:
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/08/08/11469.aspx
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SMBnation is COMING UP FAST FOLKS!!!!
http://www.smbnation.com
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883786 - Support WebCast: Deploying and licensing Microsoft Windows
Small Business Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;883786
Tuesday, August 17, 2004: 2:00 PM Pacific time (Greenwich mean time - 7
hours)
Are you thinking about deploying your first server? Are you upgrading to
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003? This Support WebCast talks
about Windows Small Business Server 2003, an integrated, easy-to-use,
affordable network solution for small businesses. In this session, you
will learn how to select the right technology to meet your business
requirements. Learn how to avoid common mistakes when implementing a
first server or upgrading to Windows Small Business Server 2003. Hear
about tips and tricks for easily deploying Small Business Server 2003.
Hear the answers to frequently asked questions about licensing, product
features, and more.
----------------------------------------
Want SBS whitepapers? Here's a listing of recent whitepapers on the
Microsoft site.
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/08/08/11450.aspx
Migrating from a Peer-to-Peer Network to a Windows Small Business Server
2003 Network
Deploying Windows 2000 Server Terminal Server to Host User Desktops in a
Windows Small Business Server 2003 Environment
Installing and Securing Microsoft Small Business Manager 7.5 on
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003
Download this Connecting Mobile and Remote Users document
Download this Windows Small Business Server 2003 Feature Comparison
Guide document
Download this Installing and Securing Microsoft CRM 1.2 on a Windows
Small Business Server 2003 Network document
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Small Business Server
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Watch out for Trend and net use drives after SP2
news://msnews.microsoft.com/eXQmAhQfEHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
Thanks Frank for that heads up!
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In other news
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Phone spam misery looms Stateside
A little-noticed Bill before the Senate will
ensure daily misery for US cellphone users,
thanks to the inattentiveness of telecomms
regulator the FCC. This week the FCC ruled
against spam sent to mobile users that originates
from email addresses. The regulator believes that
the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)
already regulates SMS text messages, and that's
good enough. But a new bill, S.2603, passed by
Congress (as HR.4600) two weeks ago, drives a
horse and cart through the TCPA. The bill was
approved by the House's Commerce, Science
and Transportation Committee and will be
considered by the floor.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/06/junk_fax_sms_ok/
STATEMENT BY NY AG REGARDING FCC DECISION
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2004/aug/aug5a_04.html
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Lawyer sues Yahoo over message-board insults
A Californian who objects to personal attacks
made by posters to Yahoo's message boards
is attempting to launch a class-action lawsuit
against the company. A California lawyer who
has waged an ongoing battle with Yahoo over
personal attacks made against him on Yahoo
message boards has filed a proposed class-
action lawsuit against the company.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39162798,00.htm
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'Stealing songs is wrong' lessons head for UK schools
At the beginning of last month the British
Government launched a "Music Manifesto" to
promote music in schools. But already this
typically Blairite bundle of good intentions
is being hijacked (with not a little cooperation
from the minders in Whitehall) in order to
inflict copyright lessons on schoolchildren,
from pre-school onwards.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/05/uk_school_copyright_lessons/
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Windows security update ready to go
Microsoft on Friday wrapped up development on
a long-awaited security update to Windows XP,
paving the way for businesses and consumers
to upgrade in the coming days and months.
The company said it has released Windows XP
Service Pack 2 to manufacturing, following
a series of delays. Microsoft will make the
free update available via download and via
CD, but it is recommending that customers
turn on Windows' automatic upgrade feature
and get the update that way.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5300317.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5610539/
http://computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,95101,00.html?from=homeheads
Windows XP SP2 'Released to Manufacturing'
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Windows-XP-SP---Released-to-Manufacturing-&story_id=26213
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Mozilla, Opera Plug Security Holes
The Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software ASA
have released updates to their Web browsers to
fix a series of security vulnerabilities. Mozilla
on Wednesday posted new versions of its Firefox
browser, Thunderbird e-mail client and Mozilla
suite that provide fixes to three issues. They
include a newly reported critical vulnerability
affecting multiple vendors' software that uses
the library for the Portable Networks Graphic
(PNG) image format.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1632120,00.asp
Images open door to attackers
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39162797,00.htm
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Yahoo's Anti-Spy toolbar feature buggy
Yahoo on Friday confirmed that its recently released
toolbar has mistakenly linked an alleged spyware
program with a product that has nothing to do with
the application in question. A company representative
said late Friday that its toolbar's Anti-Spy feature
incorrectly identified alleged "hijacker" software
known as SearchCentrix as being bundled with Claria's
Gator eWallet product, which is designed to manage
usernames and passwords. Hijacking programs redirect
search results or tamper with browser settings,
according to Yahoo.
http://news.com.com/Yahoo%27s+Anti-Spy+toolbar+feature+buggy/2100-1024_3-5300761.html
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Security Cavities Ail Bluetooth
Serious flaws discovered in Bluetooth technology
used in mobile phones can let an attacker remotely
download contact information from victims' address
books, read their calendar appointments or peruse
text messages on their phones to conduct corporate
espionage. An attacker could even plant phony text
messages in a phone's memory, or turn the phone
sitting in a victim's pocket or on a restaurant
table top into a listening device to pick up
private conversations in the phone's vicinity.
Most types of attacks could be conducted without
leaving a trace.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64463,00.html
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Can you hack the vote?
A $10,000 challenge is at stake. Electronic voting
systems have drawn fire from courts, lawmakers and
citizens groups -- and now they're under attack by
hackers. It's an organized assault, too. E-voting
technology expert Rebecca Mercuri, a Harvard research
fellow who has been outspoken in her opposition to
such systems, has issued a "Hack the Vote" challenge,
trying to illustrate what she calls the systems'
unreliability and vulnerability.
http://computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/story/0,10801,95096,00.html
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Small security firm puts spotlight on big vendor bugs
Research company says it has discovered 67 undisclosed
vulnerabilities in major vendors' software News earlier
this week that Oracle Corp. was sitting on patches for
34 undisclosed vulnerabilities in its database software
may have come as a surprise to some, but not to David
Litchfield, the researcher who discovered the holes.
"In general, bugs are getting harder to find but in
some people's software you don't have to look very
hard to find bugs, they just fall apart in your hands
... like Oracle's," Litchfield said in an interview
Thursday.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/08/06/HNsecurityspotlight_1.html
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Online data a gold mine for terrorists
IT's high-alert response overlooks corporate sites
The widespread availability of sensitive information
on corporate Web sites appears to have been largely
overlooked by IT and security managers responding
this week to the Department of Homeland Security's
warning of a heightened terrorist threat against
the financial services sector.
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,95098,00.html
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Wardriving guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case
In what prosecutors say is likely the first criminal
conviction for wardriving in the U.S., a Michigan
man plead guilty Wednesday to a federal misdemeanor
for using the Internet through an open wi-fi access
point at a Lowe's home improvement store in suburban
Detroit. Paul Timmins, 23, pleaded guilty to a single
count of unauthorized access to a protected computer.
He was cleared of more serious charges of participating
in a scheme organized by his roommate and another
man to later use the wireless network to hack into
Lowe's computers and siphon credit card numbers.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9281
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Image flaw pierces PC security
Six vulnerabilities in an open-source image format
could allow intruders to compromise computers running
Linux and may allow attacks against Windows PCs as
well as Macs running OS X. The security issues appear
in a library supporting the portable network graphics
(PNG) format, used widely by programs such as the
Mozilla and Opera browsers and various e-mail clients.
The most critical issue, a memory problem known as
a buffer overflow, could allow specially created PNG
graphics to execute a malicious program when the
application loads the image.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5298999.html
http://news.com.com/Image+flaw+pierces+PC+security/2100-1002_3-5298999.html
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Feds seek a few good hackers
Attention, hackers: Uncle Sam wants you. And
hackers are answering the call, or at least
listening. A well-attended session at the recent
Defcon 12 hackers' conference was "Meet the Feds,"
a recruitment presentation by a group of federal
cybercrime law enforcement agents, who fielded
questions from would-be cybercops.
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,95054,00.html
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FBI publishes computer crime and security stats
Every year for the past nine years, the Computer
Security Institute and the FBI undertake a computer
crime and security survey among companies and
institutions in the US. These surveys provide
interesting insights into the level of computer
crime being experienced by companies, as well
as how they are responding to security breaches.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/05/fbi_security_stats/
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Biggest ever Windows upgrade gives security boost
Almost since the day Microsoft Corp. released its
Windows XP computer operating system nearly three
years ago, it has been a favorite target of hackers
and critics eager to stress its numerous security
shortcomings. Now, more than two years after
promising to do something about it, Microsoft
is about to release the biggest update ever for
Windows. The free upgrade is designed to make
users safer from cyberattacks by sealing entries
to viruses, better protecting personal data and
fending off spyware.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9279
Windows security update delayed again
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5610539/
Microsoft to begin shipping major update to Windows
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/techcorporatenews/2004-08-05-sp2-nears-drop_x.htm
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Oracle 'sitting on security fixes'
Database giant Oracle has been censured by a leading
security expert for sitting on fixes to defend against
a wide variety of security vulnerabilities affecting
its database software. UK-based Next Generation Security
Software (NGS Software) has identified 34 security
vulnerabilities affecting various versions of Oracle's
database software. Around half these flaws affect the
latest version of Oracle's database software, 10g.
At least one of these bugs could be exploited to give
attackers remote access to corporate database servers
without a user ID or password.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/05/oracle_security_flap/
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What's in a worm's name?
It's not easy naming worms. Antivirus researchers
originally identified a recent security attack as
a variant of MyDoom - but now think it's actually
related to a different piece of malware. When
security experts first detected a mass-mailing
worm that uses Yahoo's People Search engine to
harvest email addresses, they assumed it was
a new variant of MyDoom, which a week earlier
had attacked a number of search engines for the
same purpose.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39162715,00.htm
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Onion Routing Averts Prying Eyes
Computer programmers are modifying a communications
system, originally developed by the U.S. Naval
Research Lab, to help Internet users surf the Web
anonymously and shield their online activities from
corporate or government eyes. The system is based
on a concept called onion routing. It works like
this: Messages, or packets of information, are sent
through a distributed network of randomly selected
servers, or nodes, each of which knows only its
predecessor and successor. Messages flowing through
this network are unwrapped by a symmetric encryption
key at each server that peels off one layer and
reveals instructions for the next downstream node.
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64464,00.html
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Easy VoIP wiretaps coming soon
Virtually everything done via TCP/IP, with
the (for now) exception of instant messaging,
is on its way to becoming wiretap-friendly,
thanks to a tentative 5-0 decision by the US
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on
Wednesday. Thanks to relentless lobbying and
fear-mongering by law enforcement outfits and
the companies that sell surveillance equipment
to them, all broadband communications, including
VoIP, will have to be modified to allow the Feds
to patch in easily and immediately, in order to
comply with the 1994 Communications Assistance
to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9277
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You are still the weakest security link
Yet again staff have been identified as the biggest
security threat to business IT systems, in a survey
released today. The poll of 1,240 British businesses
found employee misuse of technology topping the reasons
for security breaches, with 50 per cent of businesses
having problems. The second highest cause, at 45 per
cent, was poorly updated antivirus software.
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1157129
Bosses finger workers for virus attacks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/05/iod_sme_security/
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Don't Toss That Personal Firewall
The new firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2
is not by any means the most important security
advance in the service pack. Other changes,
principally locking down the My Computer zone
in Internet Explorer, will have more profound
implications for security of the average system.
But it's not unimportant.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&ncid=1209&e=2&u=/zd/20040805/tc_zd/132874
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Delay in Emails Second Post Please help
Hey All
I put a message up here the other day with the following content
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We're currently running sbs2000 with exchange as a smtp server.
There seems to be delays in receiving our emails, some come through straight
away and some seem to take ages, the system had been working ok for quite
sometime but over the last month or 2 the problem has be come quite a
problem.
We are having reports of people sending emails and us not receiving them for
2 days or even more.
Anyone got any ideas on what the problem could be and how to fix it
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Marina Roos was able to give me some idea how I could diagnose the problem
but am still kinda stuck
I have pasted the content of the header below, maybe someone can see what
could be going wrong. I have substituted some domain info and emails for
security reasons.
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Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0
Received: from lon-postoffice.telstra.net ([203.50.2.186]) by
server.ourdomain.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329);
Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:39:11 +1000
Received: (qmail 60789 invoked from network); 6 Aug 2004 19:26:25 +1000
Received: from fsdmail.comsats.net.pk (210.56.18.9)
by lon-postoffice.telstra.net with SMTP; 6 Aug 2004 19:26:25 +1000
Received: from fsdmail.comsats.net.pk (fsdmail [127.0.0.1])
by fsdmail.comsats.net.pk (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i768OXuY008841
for <our email here>; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:24:33 +0600
Received: from d3q3s3 ([210.56.22.202])
by fsdmail.comsats.net.pk (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id i768ONPk008830
for <our email here>; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:24:30 +0600
Message-ID: <002901c47b99$d4ec86a0$ca1638d2@d3q3s3>
From: "Tawakal Impex International" <tawakal@tawakalimpex.com>
To: <our email here>
Subject: YOUR RECENT MAIL
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:43:26 +0500
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A problem
Hi
I havebeen asked to help with the installation of a 2003 standard server at
a Convent.
The internet conection resides in a WIN XP pro which has shared internet set
up.
The server previously was an NT 4.00 as a file server.
Will the 2003 tolerate being only a file server and accept an IP address
from the XP pro.
This will result in a workgroup including a server, rather than a 2003
domain.
Will the @003 accept this.
An alternative suggests itself to make the 2003 as a two NIC system treating
the XP exactly as I would an ADSL router.
What should I do?
Don Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162730
Excessive internet usage after installing Cisco 837 router
I installed a Cisco 837 router on a server running SBS2000 with ISA and SQL
installed and configured with the default settings
After leaving the site Friday with everything apparently working OK I was
contacted by the ISP to warn of excessive use over the weekend. 14,000 MB
over the weekend on a site whose normal usage is 600 MB per month. It seems
only about 20MB was inward with the balance going out. How do I turn on
logging so I can track what is happening?
I must confess to not locking down the router securely believing
(misguidedly?) that ISA would keep the site secure.
I noticed the SQL icon on the server that was winking and showing a red
knick on it I had not seen before. Is this related to anything?
The server and all clients have been checked today for viruses with Symantec
Corporate with up to date definitions and nothing has shown up.
The problem is not there when running on the old Nokia router which I have
put back in place until I find out what is wrong with the Cisco
configuration (if that is the problem).
Has anyone any thoughts on what is going on? Any help would be much
appreciated.
Paul Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162726
PC Moved from one domain to another - How to reset Policies?
We have a client who has moved a Windows XP Pro PC, previously part of a
subsidiary company's network. The local manager wanted this PC to join his
local SBS2K network. All went fine EXCEPT it looks like the PC has retained
settings from the previous domain's Group Policy (or is it a Local
Policy???). For example, in this SBS2K network they don't want
password-protected screen savers - but this PC has this feature enabled and
there's no screen saver tab available on Display Properties to turn it off.
So the question is: How To Restore Local and Domain Policies to their
defaults?
TIA
Norm Hughes Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162725
Reinstalling exchange problems
Hi, after numerous attempts of trying to restore exchange
from back up without sucess, I want to try a different
aproach.
How about I reinstall exchange and set up mailboxes again
from scratch?
can everyone keep same email addresses?
any forseeable snags?
I have managed to restore all system data from back up and
sysem state, but no matter how i try i can not restore
exchange.
any help apreciated
Thanks
Andrew Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162723
Song of the Week - August 8, 2004
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Well, this week I was be-bopping my way across Florida, and all the way =
to Kansas City, Mo. where I had some wonderful Kansas City ribs! That =
plus a couple of pints of a local stout, and I woke up in the middle of =
the night with a pretty full tummy.
Talking about the middle of the night ... we IT folks certainly put in =
our full share of late night downloads and patches and updates. So, =
without any further fanfare, the song of the week is a hit straight from =
the Billy Joel song book:
River of Dreams (aka Server of Fears)
http://www.geocities.com/skinnyswavs24/BillyJoel_RiverOfDreams.wav
In the middle of the night
I keep working in my sleep
From the mountain of patches
To the scumware so deep
I keep looking for something
Something sacred I lost
But the disks are too full
And it's too hard to cross
And even though I know the server is up
I walk down every evening and look at the blinking lights
And try to load a drive image to an optical disk
So I can finally find out what I've been looking for
In the middle of the night
I keep working in my sleep
Through the valley of fear
With my patches so deep
And I've been searching for something
Taken out of my mail
Something I would never lose
Something that would make me turn palee
I don't know why I keep working at night
But now I'm tired and I don't want to work anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life
Until I find what it is that I've been looking for
In the middle of the night
I keep working in my sleep
Through the jungle of doubt
To backup tapes so deep
I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night
I'm not sure about a life after this
God knows I've never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the fire, I wade into the newsgroups
That run to the promised land
In the middle of the night
I keep working in my sleep
Through the desert of truth
To the FAQ's so deep
In the middle of the night=20
--=20
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
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straight=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>River of Dreams (aka Server of =
Fears)</FONT></DIV>
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the=20
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something<BR>Something sacred I lost<BR>But the disks are too =
full<BR>And it's=20
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walk down=20
every evening and look at the blinking lights<BR>And try to load a =
drive=20
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been=20
looking for<BR><BR>In the middle of the night<BR>I keep working in my=20
sleep<BR>Through the valley of fear<BR>With my patches so =
deep<BR><BR>And I've=20
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would never=20
lose<BR>Something that would make me turn palee<BR><BR>I don't know why =
I keep=20
working at night<BR>But now I'm tired and I don't want to work =
anymore<BR>I hope=20
it doesn't take the rest of my life<BR>Until I find what it is that I've =
been=20
looking for<BR><BR>In the middle of the night<BR>I keep working in =
my=20
sleep<BR>Through the jungle of doubt<BR>To backup tapes so deep<BR><BR>I =
know=20
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only be=20
seen<BR>By the eyes of the blind<BR><BR>In the middle of the =
night<BR><BR>I'm=20
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the=20
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quickly now,=20
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SBS 2003 - Oneway Satellite connection
I have previously set this up on SBS2000 and its been running quite well for
12 months now (actually installed over 2 years ago).
Has anyone else attempted to setup a oneway Satellite/ISDN return broadband
connection on SBS2003 using CEICW? Were you successful? How far did you
get? What option from the CEICW did you use?
I have installed the DirecPC software (compatibilty mode) and can basically
get connection setup using the Broadband with FixedIp option. The
Terrestrial (ISDN) outgoing connection occurs when say opening a web page
but nothing appears to be received via the Satellite. I have confirmed that
there is actually a connection to the Satellite from the internet.
Is it the basic firewall that could be causing it? Any thoughts on where
else to look?
Andrew Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162718
Partition filling up quickly Part 2
***Part 1 posted yesterday*****
Thanks Chad for your help, I found 3 queues on there. It's
not creating those logs at that rate. However this morning
I found a queue that was labeled "SmallBusiness SMTP
connector - e-wholesaler.net(SMTP Connector - Remote
Delivery)". Is this considered a spammer using my server
as an open relay still? I followed all the steps as I was
supposed to. SHould I start using a different port for my
SMTP server or it has to be port 25 always?. If I do that
I might have to do some changes on my Cisco PIX firewall.
PLease let me know Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162685
Slow SBS server
Hi
I'm running SBS2000 on a dual xeon 2ghz server with 1gb
ram and 2 x 36gb scsi hard drives, we have 9 client
computers and 2 of these are wireless. The software being
used is Sage Line 50, Exchange and Veritas + 1 of the
hard drives is used for all files and an Access database.
I have two problems which may be related
1. The client computers take anything from 45secs to
3mins to log in, but the wireless computers are almost
instant.
2. The performance count for free memory when rebooted
starts at approx 50% then over the space of approx
48hours reduces gradually to 1% free at which time the
whole network slows down.
Any ideas
Many thanks
Pete Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162678
<<< XP sp2 info >>>
Is it out yet?
Yes. To beta testers at this time. Should be on the Download site on
Monday:
http://blogs.msdn.com/mswanson/archive/2004/08/06/210345.aspx
The release to manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows XP Service Pack 2
is now available for download via MSDN Subscriber Downloads. The CD ISO
image weighs in at 475.35MB.
If you?d rather let Windows Update automatically install it, visit this
page to ensure that your Internet Connection Firewall and Automatic
Update settings are configured correctly. I don?t think it?s available
through Windows Update quite yet, but enabling these features will allow
your computer to download it as soon as it?s posted.
This is a fantastic release with a lot of new security features. I?ve
been running various builds of SP2 over the past few months, and I?ve
loved every minute of it. The pop-up blocker is a very welcome addition,
the much improved firewall is easy to configure, and I find that I don?t
have nearly as much spyware finding its way onto my computer. Some of
the areas that have been improved are: network protection, memory
protection, safer e-mail handling, enhanced browsing security, and
improved computer maintenance.
From a customer-ready e-mail that is being sent out:
I am pleased to inform you that Windows XP Service Pack 2 released to
manufacturing on Friday August 6, 2004. Windows XP Service Pack 2
contains major security improvements designed to provide better
protection against hackers, viruses, and worms. Windows XP Service Pack
2 also improves the manageability of the security features in Windows XP
and provides more and better information to help users make decisions
that may potentially affect their security and privacy.
On Monday, August 9, 2004, the full network installation package for
Windows XP Server Pack 2 will be posted on the Windows XP Service Pack 2
site on Microsoft TechNet (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/winxpsp2).
This site is also the best resource for accessing the most up-to-date
technical information regarding Windows XP Service Pack 2.
On-line distribution will be the primary distribution vehicle for
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and below is a summary of the key milestones
of the distribution plan:
8/6 Release to manufacturing
8/9 Release to Microsoft Download Center (network installation package)
8/9 Release to MSDN subscription site (CD ISO image)
8/10 Release to Automatic Updates (for machines running pre-release
versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 only)
8/16 Release to Automatic Updates (for machines NOT running
pre-releases versions of Windows XP Service Pack 2)
8/16 Release to Software Update Services
Later in August Release to Windows Update for interactive user installations
Because of the significant security improvements outlined above,
Microsoft views Windows XP Service Pack 2 as an essential security
update and is therefore distributing it as a ?critical update? via
Windows Update (WU) and the Automatic Updates (AU) delivery mechanism in
Windows. Microsoft is strongly urging customers with Windows XP and
Windows XP Service Pack 1-based systems to upgrade to Windows XP Service
Pack 2 as soon as possible.
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What do we SBSers need to do specifically?
If you want to be able to enable the firewall INSIDE your networks, install
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d70097c2-4317-40e0-b7da-feb52c6b6386
This update enables and configures the Windows Firewall in Windows XP
Service Pack 2 on Windows Small Business Server 2003 networks.
ONLY install this after you have at least one machine in the office at
XP sp2 RTM as the group policy will no longer be able to be edited from
the server until this is released:
842933 - "The following entry in the [strings] section is too long and
has been truncated" error message when you try to modify or to view GPOs
in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842933
[I called about 2 hours ago and they are working on the 2k3 version]
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More reading on this
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/a/79a88f49-5a0f-42f8-b6bb-63939752fb80/SBS_XPSP2.DOC
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What if I do nothing?
Then the firewall will be disabled inside the network and while the
active X and pop up blocking will be in place, the internal firewall
blocking will not.
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What's the most impact I will see if I install this?
Quite frankly on my desktop at the office where I have been running the
RC2 candidate, none of my applications have been affected in any way,
shape or form. The install does take a bit of time [its a 200+kb file
and ensure that you archive the bits when installing. Once it installs
the first screen up will look a bit text-installer like and then it will
ask you if you want to enable auto update.
First screen
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/xp_sp2_02_01.gif
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What's this I hear about the security center?
This is kewl as it monitors your patch level, your firewall status and
your antivirus level. It will know that Trend SMB is loaded and alert
you if it might be out of date. Symantec doesn't at this time but the
patch is expected soon. Etrust needs to be on the latest and greatest
engine/client to work properly.
Looks like this [obviously Paul's wasn't fully enabled]
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/xp_sp2_02_02.gif
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What the pop up blocker and active x blocker do?
I see the most impact for me on business web sites like
www.bankofamerica.com where we had to manually add the web site and the
site it "launches off to" when making tax payments electronically so we
could get page properly.
When you get to a page that the IE blocks some possible harmful
scripting and you need to enable it [like the first time you go to
Remote Web Workplace after installation] the IE info tool bar will let
you know what to do:
http://blogs.msdn.com/tonyschr/archive/2004/06/15/156787.aspx
The pop up manager can be adjusted as well and looks like this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/XPSP2/securebrowsing/popupmanager.aspx
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/xp_sp2_ie_pop-up-blocker.gif
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What about the firewall? Won't it stop programs?
If you are running with local admin rights the programs should just poke
their own holes through without issue
http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/xp_sp2_security_alert.gif
One thing to check [and unfortunately I can't here at home] On my
original test of RC1 I had to manually make a port exception for tcp
27529 for Trend to pick up the dat file updates [SMB suite] I've heard
from other folks that later builds did not need this manual adjustment.
If someone else newly installing this can let me know if this is true,
I'd appreciate it.
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What about SBS 2000? Doesn't it need a patch too?
No, the firewall and everything on the XP sp2 client will work
independently of the server and you won't need to adjust any group
policy to make anything work.
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The biggest impact in my office?
On the four machines that are running the sp2, I've had to let folks
know how to add a web site to the trusted site zone to enable scripting
when needed and to add sites to the pop up tool bar.
As I've posted in my blog:
http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2004/08/04/11232.aspx
"I haven't met a web site yet that I couldn't get to work with XP sp2.
Now mind you I'm adding a few to my ?trusted site zone? settings with my
handy dandy Trusted site tool bar add in that works on XP sp2, IE 6 [I'm
starting to sound like a broken record but I'll post it again]
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/pwrtwks.mspx
ooh and BobP posted in another example at
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/programs.asp?Program=Trust%20Setter
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How soon should I be rolling this out to clients?
Of course, after you test it. But I can say it's been very stable for
me. Call your clients and inform them that if they are still on 98,
this is the time to get off that platform and get on a OS that is much
much better built for spyware and malware protection
As always, these are my personal opinions, your mileage may vary.
--
http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162677
Replacing an old workstation with a new one
Hi all,
I want to replace an old Windows 98 workstation with a newer, Windows XP Pro
workstation. I would like to use the same machine name for the new one that
was used on the old. (Of course, this is part of a SBS2000 network)
What is the correct procedure for doing this?
Thanks for the help.
Pat
(BTW, I'm not really a systems admin, but have fallen into that role. So I
may have lots of questions.) Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162675
Event id 202 on SBS "windows server is out of licenses"
I have a customer with a SBS 2000 server, a Windows 2000 member
server, and an NT 4 Terminal SErver. The SBS server gets event id 202
"Windows server is out of licenses" often, and I understand that this
can come from the member server, but the 2000 server has license
logging disabled. Can it still be coming from that server anyhow, or
can it come from the NT server? Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162670
Enabling user email services
I have a user who current does not have email services. How to I set this
up for them? Also, although we host our own smtp email, just want to give
them access to an outside POP3 account at this point. We have the POP3
connector installed.
Thanks for the help. I appreciate it. -Pat Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162666
Migration: from SBS 200 to a Standard Windows 2000/3 Domain
A Customer have two SBS 2000 systems (users and password synchronized
mannualy between SBSs). One SBS Domain is a "SBS SQL Forest " and the other
is an "SBS Exchange Forest"
The Plan:
1) Install a second Windows (Win Server 2003) DC in the Same SBS 2000
Exchange
Forest "
2) Install Exchange 2003 and move MBXs from the SBS Machine to the New EXCH
2003 machine
3) Remove SBS 2000 system
II know i have to be careful about recovery agent certificates, DSRM
password, FSMO Roles, but i wanna know: It is possible?
If it is not possible: Wich method we will use?
SBS 2000 supports move mailboxes? supports integrate another EXCH in the
Organization?
How to upgrade Small Business Server Domain Environment to regular Windows
2003 Domain
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555073&Product=sbs
It will work?
2. Upgrade Small Business Server 2000 in place.
This scenario is complicated and need to be tested before you
implement it.
Note: I assume that ISA/SQL server hasn't been installed in the
domain.
a. Add new Windows 2000 Server to the domain.
b. Promote the Server from step "a" to new Windows 2000 Domain
Controller (With DNS) in the same domain.
c. Install Exchange 2000 on the new Windows 2000 Domain
ontroller - you may need to add the Exchange 2000 to the same
Exchange organization.
d. Move users mailboxes from old Exchange 2000 to the new Exchange
server.
e. Move Public Folders from old Exchange 2000 to the new Exchange
server.
f. Move GC+ FSMO functions from the original domain controller to
the new domain controller .
g. Remove the original Exchange server from the original Exchange
organization.
h. Demote the original domain controller to be a member server.
i. Remove the member server (step "h") from the domain.
Note: If you have important files (like users home folders etc.) you
may need to move them to another server.
Also, some services - like Small Business Server share
fax/modem may not work in the new environment. Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162659
setting up machine to receive smtp (no pop3:)
hi...
got an sbs 2k server set up to receive smtp mail.
have spoken to the company that host the domain.
asked them to do an MX record that points to the server.
they said that, using nslookup, it resolves to
xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.in-addr.btopenworld.com and this is the value that would go
in MX record.
previously i've just given co's the IP and left it at that and it has
worked.
in this instance i tried to telnet in via this addy and wasn't able to. is
this correct behaviour or is there some more info i need to provide.. or am
i way off track here
btw can telnet into server no problem, from remote location via IP address. Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162654
Migration: 2 SBS 2000 to One Win2003+Exc 2003
A Customer have tow SBS 2000 systems (users and password synchrinized
mannualy between SBSs). One SBS Domain is a "SBS SQL Forest " and the other
is an "SBS Exchange Forest"
The Plan:
1) Install a second Windows (Win Server 2003) DC in the Same SBS Exchange
Forest "
2) Install Exchange 2003 and move MBXs from the SBS Machine to the New EXCH
2003 machine
3) Remove SBS 2000 system
II know i have to be careful about recovery agent certificates, DSRM
password, FSMO Roles, but i wanna know: It is possible?
If it is not possible: Wich method we will use?
SBS 2000 supports move mailboxes? supports integrate another EXCH in the
Organization? Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162653
Disappearing POP3 Connector Forwards
For some reason, every once in a while, we lose POP3 Connector accounts for
no discernible reasons. The email is safe, fortunately, unlike the other
bug; as soon as I re-add the account, the email is retrieved.
Any ideas what's causing this or what I can do to fix it?
Drew Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162650
Partition filling up quickly
The partition on the SBS server where the exchange resides
is 10GB. The mailboxes are taking so far 820 MB, Not
applications in the server except for the native ones and
the antivirus(Panda AV).
I currently have only 1.3 GB left. PLease Gurus out there
give me some pointers and clues to where I should start
looking for here to find out why this partition is filling
up this way.
Thanks in advance Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162648
nothing being generated in ISA reports..
We have a Windows 2000 Small Business Server. We currently have a Watchguard
Firebox 700 in our environment and because of this have not used the ISA
server portion of SBS. However, I have recently been asked to begin
providing internet traffic documentation, visited sites etc.... Watchguard's
reporting is not nearly as good as ISA's and so I have tried to turn "on"
ISA so all web requests are logged and reporting can be done using ISA.
I have configured what I thought I needed to but when I generate the report,
no data is present. I am logged on the SBS as myself (I am the admin) and
surfed the net but still - no report data. There isn't even a line in the
"sessions" area when I am browsing as I thought there would be!
I have configured the following...
1) The Web Proxy and Firewall "services" are running
2) Under Access Policy -> Site and Content Rules, I have an "Allow rule"
for certain users (one of which I am) for all access (the watchguard will
block based on the WebBlocker DB)
3) Logging has been enabled - and there is data in the WEB Proxy log files
even!!! 'WEBEXT......txt"
4) Created a new report which I generated immediately, specified the correct
dates (double checked) - still no data.
Could someone tell me what else must need to be configured in order for me
to be able to generate a report that has data in it??
Thanks,
Brad Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162647
ISA reports not showing any data
We ahve a windows 2000 Small Business Server. We really do not use ISA
because we have a Watchguard Firebox 700 on our network. However, I have
recently been asked to begin providing statistics on network usage, sites
visited etc... Watchguard reports are not nearly as nice as the ISA
reports.
However, when I generate the reports, there isnl;t any data at all. I have
checked the following...
1) The ISA web and firewall proxy are both "running"
2) The log services have been enabled
3) Under Access policy -> Site and Content rules, I have an "allow rule" for
certain users (one of which I am) for access to anything. (the watchguard
uses to WebBlocker)
If I browse the interent (even on the Small Business Server machine -
loggeed on as myself) I do not see anything showing in the "sessions" area
as I expected I would.
I must just not have something turned on properly.
Can someone tell me exactly what needs to be configured in ISA in order for
all web requests etc.. to go through the ISA server (firewall and web proxy
services) and be logged so as to be able to generate reports?
Thanks,
Brad Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162645
OT - Blocking sites & Kazzaa
Hello, What would you use to block Kazaa and adult sites if you had a
Windows 2000 (not SBS) network and 4 client computers (Win98 & XP)? Sorry
for the OT post but I have a small client that needs this done and I don't
know exactly how I want to go about it. Thank you in advance.
Aaron Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162635
Changing internal NIC
I need to change my main LAN NIC. It is currently a 10/100 but I want to
swap it for a 10/100/1000 NIC. Will this be as simple as installing the new
NIC and transferring the IP address from one to the other?
The other complication is that I want to then use the old NIC (which is an
on-board) to be used for my WAN connection. Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162632
Exchange Restore
We had to reinstall our Sbs 2k server. Everything running ok. Now need to restore exchange. We have the system information store and mailboxes backed up using veritas. I dont quite understand the documentation. Do we have to recover both the information store AND the mailboxes? Or can I restore individual mailboxes without restoring the information store? The server names, domain etc are all the same but does exchange have to running the same service packs as when the store/mailboxes were backed up?
Also Veritas says that all the mailboxes have to be present and named exactly the same otherwise the restore will fail. Is this correct? Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162617
Terminal services advice
Hi,
We're a very small company trying to open an equally small office in another
state. We run apps like Word and Outlook on the desktops, although all the
data is stored on our server for backup and monitoring since what we do needs
to be confidential. We also run the program for our contact manager,
Maximizer, from the desktops, although the central database for Maximizer is
located on the server. We access the Maximizer database from the desktop
through a mapped drive. The desktops run Win2000, the server runs Win2000 and
SBS 2000.
We do a lot of marketing, so we want to have all of our client contacts for
both offices in a central database. Therefore, I'm looking at using a VPN or
Terminal Services to link the two offices. One wrinkle: we also are using
VoIP for our telephone system so that everything comes through a central
telephone number, too. I don't know if this is an issue given the size of the
pipe between the 2 offices.
My questions:
1) Given our situation, is TS appropriate for what I want to do? Or will VPN
work? We will have at most 3-5 people in the other office. We have 4 users
here in this office. I also have a friend who is going to help us out with
sales who will be working from home who hopefully will be able to access the
database, too.
2) How will I need to set this up? I posted this question during on another
thread, and the person said TS was appropriate, but also said "you can't run
it in app mode in SBS2003, and shouldn't in any prior version." What does
that mean?
3) She also recommended setting up another Win2000 server in my office to
run TS in app mode. How can this be done economically (e.g., do I really need
another server, and how can I keep the cost down on that given Win2000 and
SBS2000 are expensive)? I'm trying to set up another office in a desparate
attempt to stay in business, so I really need to minimize the cost of the
implementation.
4) What costs will be involved - what can I expect?
5) How easy is this to set up and maintain? I do the maintenance for our
office as best I can right now, but I'm not a tech person. I haven't had any
luck finding a good tech person in Charlotte, NC since we are so small even
though we use a lot of technology given our size. The guys who can do it want
maintenance contracts, which we don't have enough need to make it financially
feasible, and the smaller guys really don't have experience in working with
SBS 2000.
Thanks in advance for any advice. I appreciate it!
AS Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162614
update sbsclnt
When I first installed our server win2k sp3 was the most
current os. If a user logs on and has win2k sp2 or lower
I get a screen that asks them to update.
I would really like to make this option include sp4
instead of sp3. Is there a script or something that I can
edit that changes the location of sp3 to the location of
sp4? or is there some other trick to make this happen?
Thanks
Greg Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162612
Using healthmon to send email when disk space is low
I want the server to notify me via email when a low disk space warning
occurs. How can I do this in sbs2000?
--
Ray Joslyn
ETG Inc. Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162611
Active Directory
Hi there,
I have just run dcpromo to take a W2K server out of a
domain and then rebooted and searched across the VPN link
to find the SBS2K Server and joined into that domain to
get a member server. I now want to promote the member
server to a domain controller at this remote site and
later add a subnet to the site and services section of
the main SBS Server.
However I get the following message when running dcpromo
to promote the member server:
Active Directory Installation Wizard
The wizard cannot gain access to the list of domains in
the forest. The errror is:
The specified domain either does not exist or could not
be contacted.
Does this make sense?
Any ideas?
Many thanks Sam. Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162610
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http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=154 Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162608
Bizare Printing Problem
Hi all
A real strange one here!!!
A user is attempting to print from a sage application and
gets the following message
"the calling application refused the spool request"
The user is an administrator of the machine. If I make
the user an ADMINISTRATOR, it prints fine so it's
obviously a permissions problem but where?!?!? I have
tried changing permissions everywhere but no success!
If I log onto the machine as local administrator it works
fine.
The user can print from any other application.
It only happens with any new users that I create, users
that have been set up a while have no problems.
Anybody with any suggestions??? Please help, im
desperate!!!
Mark Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162602
Delete User's inbox
I deleted a user but when I go to the SBS Administrator
Console under "Mailboxes" I still see the Mailbox for that
user in there. I will be recreating that same user in few
hours and I need to be sure that anything related to that
user is gone.
Is there anyway to speed the process of not seeing that
mailbox there in few hours?
I want to make sure there is not trace of that user's
inbox there before I recreate it again.
Thanks Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162601
Viruses in Exchange Server
I keep getting the following virus notification:
Virus Found in
Program Files\Microsoft Backoffice\Connectivity\Pop3
Connector\Incoming\MSG07312004-111506-3382.MMD
W32.Netsky.P@MM!ENC
Quarantine Succeeded
I get 1 or 2 of these a day on the server. All my virus
definitions are up to date, the real time detection is on
(that's what catches them) and I do a complete scan for
viruses 3 times a week.
Why can't I get rid of these viruses and is it something
to worry about since Nortan is catching them? Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162599
VPN Not Working Anymore
I set up a VPN so I could log into the server from home.
It worked great for awhile, but now all of a sudden it
stopped. I can still log into the server and use tsweb and
I can still log into the exchange server to check email,
but I can no longer get files using the UNC. It ask for a
password and when I type in one that I know works, it
denies me access. Any thoughs? Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162597
exchange and M: disk
I not found the disk M: mapping from exchange server 2000
of SBS 2000.
Where is the path of this virtual disk?
Now non run exchange.
Tanks
Luciano Tag: Adding a second processor to Windows 2000 w/SBS 2000 Tag: 162592