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    - Windows 2003 Enterprise and SBS 2003 Domain Coexistence I have initially created a Windows 2003 Enterprise AD network - 2 DC and 2 Enterprise FS I realized this was an overkill so what I want to do is go to SBS 2003 Domain - 2003 AD Question: ---------- Can I join an SBS 2003 server into my current Windows 2003 Ent based domain? <-- THIS is the MAIN question I am wanting to copy my users and computers into the SBS 2003 and take advantage of the 'budled' softwares - Exchange 2003 and SPS 2003. Please do not discuss the "better" or "cheaper" etc option - I would simply like to know if you can to transfer objects over. Thank you. Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164505
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    - Software RAID1 drive resynch on each reboot SBS 2000, SP4 installed 2 identical IDE drives (on same IDE channel) with MS software RAID1 implemented. The mirrored drives resynch every time the server is rebooted. No errors in the event logs. Anyone have any ideas? -- Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164504
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    - Using WS-FTP on a workstation.... Hello SBS'ers! I've quickly searched the newsgroup, but I didn't get any results about my next little "request", so here goes: 1) Running firewall client on all of the workstations (all workstations are Win2K and patched). 2) Director wants to use the program WS-FTP to update her company website from the office instead of waiting to get home. 3) Do I have to set up a packet filter for the specific port that WS-FTP uses to allow the program to run off of her workstation? TIA, John Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164499
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    - Branch Office VPN Options I have spent some considerable time over the past few days searching for some tried-and-true recommendations for connecting one of my customer's main office SBS2000 system to a branch office, and have come up disappointingly short. I would appreciate any experience and recommendations from the community. Both main and branch offices have DSL Internet connections, with the main office operating through a standard SBS2000/ISA2000 system. The branch office PC's currently connect to the SBS system via the built-in WinXP PPTP VPN client. They would like to join the two networks with a site-to- site VPN, and take advantage of full client access (join the domain) for Exchange email and ISA Server filtering. This seems like a simple request, using any of the currently available VPN routers (Linksys RV042 would be the starting point). However, the documentation I've reviewed indicates that it is essentially impossible to connect the standard IPSec tunnel mode VPN of one of these routers to the ISA Server. Is that true? If this is such a major problem, what are other solutions to the problem, short of the expense of installing a second Windows server, possibly with ISA server, in the branch office? Isn't there a better way for my small business customer? What about a router-to-router VPN connection that somehow still leaves ISA in-place and functioning in the main office? Thanks for any help that you can provide, Andy Williams Professional Computing Solutions Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164491
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    - SBS 2000 system - Upgrading Exchange only? Can I upgrade only the Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 on my SBS 2000 server? Not ready to do a full SBS 2003 migration upgrade at this time. But will do so early next year. Also... can anyone recommend spam blocking software for my exchange server. Thanks in advance for any replies. Bruce Smith Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164484
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    - << Today is Tuesday - Security patches today >> Bulletin Summaries: September Summary http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms04-sep.mspx Critical Bulletins: MS04-028 - Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing (GDI+) Could Allow Code Execution (833987) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-028.mspx If a user is logged on with administrator privileges, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system, including installing programs; viewing, changing, or deleting data; or creating new accounts with full privileges. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer privileges on the system would be at less risk than users who operate with administrative privileges. [Translation if they are running as user mode are at WAY less risk.... see why we keep harping on this?] <MBSA will NOT scan for ALL affected software on this> Yes. MBSA does detect if the update for this vulnerability is required for Office XP, Office 2003, Project 2002, Project 2003, Visio 2002, and Visio 2003. However, MBSA does not currently support the detection of several of the programs that are listed in the Affected Software and Affected Components section of this security bulletin. For detailed information about the programs that MBSA currently does not detect, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 306460. If you have installed any of the programs that are listed in the Affected Software and Affected Components section of this security bulletin you may have to manually determine if you have to install the required update. For example, a Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 system that has installed Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 will need to install the Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 security update and MBSA will not detect the missing update in these configurations. Also, MBSA cannot use the Office Detection Tool to scan remote systems, it will only use this tool to scan a system locally for required security updates. For more information about MBSA, visit the MBSA Web site. Important Bulletins: MS04-027 - Vulnerability in WordPerfect Converter Could Allow Code Execution (884933) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-027.mspx <MBSA will scan for this> If a user is logged on with administrative privileges, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system, including installing programs; viewing, changing, or deleting data; or creating new accounts with full privileges. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer privileges on the system would be at less risk than users who operate with administrative privileges. However, user interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability. <cough> See. What did I tell ya! Get rid of admin rights! -- http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164481
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    - Can't find POP3 connector? I wanted to make some changes to a users POP3 account but could not find the POP3 connector. It's been a while since I've done this and wasn't quite sure where it was. But I looked pretty carefully through the Exchange management directory (found the POP3 virtual server) but no connector. Is it possible some SBS update or patch could have removed this? For that matter, I couldn't find the SMTP connect either. Any ideas? POP3 email still seems to be working fine, so I'm not sure what's going on. Thanks for any help. -Pat Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164472
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    - Login not working after XP SP2 I have upgraded our network workstations from Win 98 to New HP PC's with XP SP1. They were login fine but after upgrading to XP SP2, the login user name and password fails, although I could use all the resources on the server. When I login I could see the domain, but if I tried to login using user name and password from the domain controller, it denies access. I then login on to local computer using local user name and password and it works fine. It also remembers map drives etc. So althogh it's not a critical proble, I would love to have a solution. PLEASE HELP. Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164467
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    - Health Monitor Alerts Sir, I am getting the following error messages in the SBS Console: Server Status(BackOffice Home): Severity: Critical Data Collector: Network Interface Threshold: Bytes Total/sec>500000 and Error Code (from WMI) Alerts: NetworkInterface: Critical Condition.WMI Severity: Warning Data Collector: System Processor Use Threshold: Processor Queue length >2 Alerts: System Processor Use: Warning Condition.WMI Any one, please help me to solve this problem. Thanking you. With regards, Chewang Dorji Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164463
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    - [OHIOSBS] Any SBSers in Columbus Ohio or Dayton on this list? Anyone interested in joining an online SBS User Group for central Ohio? There are already SBS groups established in Cincinnati and Cleveland (see the links below), but none in Columbus, Dayton or surrounding areas. So if you are interested in Small Business Server and live roughly within 50-60 mile radius of Columbus or Dayton, shoot me an e-mail and we'll put you on the list. Once we get a half a dozen names or so we'll launch a Yahoo Group. And if there is enough interest, we'll help facilitate monthly meetings. E-mail timbarrett@rehabdesigns.com and make sure you include the word "[OHIOSBS]" in your subject line so the spam filter doesn't nuke your e-mail. For the SBSers above or below Columbus and Dayton Ohio, here are the links: Cincinnati SBS User Group - CiNPA http://www.cinpa.org/ Contact: Kevin Royalty Cleveland SBS User Group - GCPCUG http://www.gcpcug.org/sigdetail.php?pick_sig=23 Contact: Fred Johnson (Nashville and Indianapolis, you're next!! ;-) -Tim Barrett Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) http://www.kysbsug.org Operations Manager Rehab Designs, Inc. Website: http://www.rehabdesigns.com E-mail: timbarrett@rehabdesigns.com Office: (502) 266-9061 x105 Fax: (502) 266-6251 Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164458
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    - Adding domain users as local admin Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right group but I will try anyway. I am setting up Windows Xp users to a SBS 2003. I am trying to add the Domain users to the local Admin group but it keeps coming up with an error saying that it can't find the Domain Users. How do I fix this? I need to the user to be able to have local admin rights to their workstations. Also, how does the licencing work? I have installed SBS2003 which comes with 5 CALs. When I look in the license window, it tells me this but Maximum usage is 1. What does this mean? Look forward to a response. Mil Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164456
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    - OWA is meaningles outside the office. Hi everyone: The location https:\\myserver\exchange\anyuser is meaningless outside the office local network. Yes, I tested from home and it did not work. It works if I get access via my office VPN connection from home. However, we want it to work from any browser. Also this has become important because I have discovered that Exchange Server Web access is not working properly in the following way. If persons in the office send email, it is immediately visible remotely using Exchange Server Web access. However, if persons outside the office send me email, it does not appear in the in-box through Exchange Server Web access at all, until after I access my account using Outlook Express at home or Outlook at the office. . How can I make exchange to see email sent from external domains all together with people from our domain. We also use apollohosting to host our email/website services. If I go to the web mail account in apollohosting I only see the external emails, not the emails that are sent withing our domain. How can I solve these 2 problems. Can someone help me get to the bottom of these problem. Any help will be appreciated. thanks to all in advance, Denise Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164449
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    - Missing CDs and Exchange partition was deleted I have a new client that is missing their SBS cds (media) and someone (the old it consultant who probably has the cds) deleted the exchange patition. Is there anyway that I can get a copy of the cds if this client already purchased SBS when it was first installed? Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164447
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    - Mail server sending out unwanted email - not relaying Hello, My SBS 2003 server is sending out lots of junk email. Its definately not relaying but its happening when the pop connector collects email, it looks at all the email addresses in the headers and then sends all the non local emails to the SMTP connector to re-deliver! I've put a bogus smarthost in my SMTP connector for now so I can see all the msgs queing up to be sent. Presumably I've missed something fairly obvious on the setup ... can anyone advise? Rgrds, Jon Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164425
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    - smtp services Hi all My fiiend's network has been operating for the past 2 years running sbs2k but have recently run into a problem with certain email services. It seems that since they went from a static to dynamic dsl that their ISP cannot accept incoming email to other snet.net accounts. Their contention is that we have to specify that we are using smtp.snet.yahoo.com My question is this: We have smtp services (virtual) running on the machine. Do we add this as a new service or are smtp connectors the answer? In KB 294736 and 265293 they refer to using smtp connectors but I don't know if that is the appropriate path here. All other email works fine.. we simply cannot send to anyone at snet.net Also, in KB 274638, there is a reference that if the external IP address changes, and the IP address for the smtp publishing rule has not been updated could cause mail to be not delivered. Any help is greatly apprieciated Carl S Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164424
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    - Unable to delete some files... I am trying to clean up some files on our HD and have run across some files that were stored in old user profiles that I cannot delete. Some of these files are in the "Temporary Internet Files" folders. I have no idea why I would not be able to delete them. I can't even right click to get the properties. It simply tells me 'Properties not available for this item." In each case, the filenames are absolutely huge... What is the best way to remove file like this? Thanks, Brad Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164421
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    - Lockout policy Hi, I implemented a lockout policy where users would be locked out for 30 minutes if their password was entered incorectly 3 times. We had problems with this and I ended up having to diable this policy. I also have a policy where the users have to change their password every 4 weeks. But when they do change their password, the system allows them to login but denies them access to any network resource. And the next time they log in, the system says the account is locked out. Does anyone know of any reasons for this? Thanks Stefan Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164416
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    - Product Number for SBS 2000 Does anyone have the microsoft product number for SBS 2000. The government enitiy has not approved of SBS 2003 so I'm left with tracking the product number to see if one of my vendors carry it? Ray Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164415
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    - Application requirement We have a client running an SBS2000 based network. They may upgrade to 2003 over the next 6 months or so, but this isn't the issue. The client wants every email that goes out of the company to be logged with some form of reference number and that a copy of all outgoing emails is held on the server. They don't want to rely in going into "sent items" for the particular user. The reason for this is that a lot of agreements are being sent out and they might need to refer to certain emails in the future in the event of legal proceedings etc Does anyone know of any software that does this? Best Regards Robbie niblock Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164410
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    - SBS03 I am looking at upgrading from SBS 2000 to 2003. Currently running 45 users on Terminal Services: 28 user Great Plains, office, MS Outlook - all on one 2 ual processor server. Am now having memory problems and SQL limit is 10gig. Help - if I move to SBS03: What is mem limitation What is SQL limitation (was told 1,000 gig??? from 10 gig on SBS2000???????) Terminal Services I believe hasto be run on a separate machine - is it included in SBS03? If with what memory limitation? Anything else I should be carefull of?? Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164407
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    - hi Hi, I am always getting my application log file full within a short interval. It is because, Errors encountered and the log file is repeatedly filled up the same error log as follows: Type:Error Source: Perflib EventID: 1010 Category: None Description: The Collect Procedure for the "Tcpip" service in DLL "C:\WINNT\System32\Perfctrs.dll" generated an exception or retruned an invalid status....and etc. Please help me to solve this problem. With regards, Chewang Dorji Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164405
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    - Kerberos & DNS problem Hi you all, I have 2 little problems on my Win2000SBS network whith mixed XP and a few 2K workstations, on some XP workstations (not all) I have a problem that when starting Windows the user session is not connecting whith the server to synchronise it's offline folders, and also does not showing data on the shared and mapped network server drives, when I logon as another user on these workstations everything works fine ??? I already set the timings on workstations and servers even but no solution. Also when I browse my network sometimes only the older W2K and X9x workstations and my 2 W2K servers are listed and none of the XP workstations ??? Thanks for your help, Hugo Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164404
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    - SBS 2003 I am looking at upgrading from SBS 2000 to 2003. Currently running 45 users on Terminal Services: 28 user Great Plains, office, MS Outlook - all on one 2 ual processor server. Am now having memory problems and SQL limit is 10gig. Help - if I move to SBS03: What is mem limitation What is SQL limitation (was told 1,000 gig??? from 10 gig on SBS2000???????) Terminal Services I believe hasto be run on a separate machine - is it included in SBS03? If with what memory limitation? Anything else I should be carefull of?? Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164403
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    - XP SP2 - new way to stop USB key drives Hi - not tried this, but looked handy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Controlling block storage devices on USB buses What does controlling block storage devices on USB buses do? This feature provides the ability to set a registry key that will prevent write operations to USB block storage devices, such as memory sticks. When this registry key is enabled, the devices function only as read-only devices. You can implement this setting as part of a security strategy to prevent users from transporting data using these devices. Who does this feature apply to? . Users who do not want data to be written from their computer to a USB storage device. . IT professionals who want to implement organization controls over the use of USB block storage devices What settings are added or changed in Windows XP Service Pack 2 Setting name Location Default value Possible values WriteProtect HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control \StorageDevicePolicies DWORD=0 0 - Disabled 1 - Enabled Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164402
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    - SBS 2003 - Manage Users Hi, I'm new to SBS 2003 and struggling with parts of it. I've just lost most of the Manage Users functionality which seems to be because the user templates have all disappeared! I can't create manage users into groups and I had to recover (last known good) after dodgy reboots but it didn;t go back far enough to completely fix the problem. Can anyone suggest a way to repair this? Things started to go wrong when I tried to use NTFS permissions to prevent unauthorized access to a web subfolder. It worked, but when I tried to reset the permissions nothing happened (except that problem A suddenly appeared.) Help and suggestions much appreciated! Thanks, Rick Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164392
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    - Backing up to hard disk - how large? Hi all, I would like to backup my SBS server to a fixed hard disk. How do I estimate how much capacity I need for this (i.e how large a hard disk)? Thanks for any advice. Pat Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164388
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    - Roaming Profiles I am working for a client installing a new Windows Small Business Server 2003, and I am having some difficulty. My client has a Dell server, a Dell 16 port switch, and four client PCs each running Windows XP, as well as a Netgear ADSL modem/router/WAP device through which a connection is made to the internet. I have installed SBS on the server, and have started the configuration process. At the moment I am trying to get roaming profiles working. I believe that I have installed and configured everything correctly to this point. I have created four users on the server, as well as the four client PCs on the server. I have installed Windows XP on one of the client PCs. I have set the users up to have roaming profiles - on the server, I have set a path for the profiles to use. I believe that I have set the correct share and NTFS permissions for the directory where profiles are to be stored. When I attempt to logon to the client PC as one of the created users, I get two error messages relating to being unable to access the roaming profile on the server, and being unable to create a local profile on the client PC. I am, however, able to complete the logon process and can "see" the server from the client PC, whilst logged on as the user. When I change one of the users from being a roaming user to having a local profile, the user is able to log on correctly, with no errors, and the local profile is created without any errors. I am relatively new to administering Microsoft products having come from a UNIX background, but I believe that I understand the theory - it is the practice which is causing me problems. I have searched the internet for a solution to the problem, I have purchased the Microsoft Press "Windows Small Business Server 2003 Administrator's Companion" book, and I have searched the Microsoft web-site, but I cannot find the answer to my problem. I would be very grateful if anyone could point me in the correct direction. Yours, Simon May Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164381
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    - Keep file server running if SBS 2000 box down I have tried this but when I switch of the SBS box things are not working. Being doing it after hours so maybe a bit tired....lol Flattened 2000 server (file server) and looking for some ideas before I attempt again. All workstations are XP. The idea is if there is a failure of SBS box, granted email and internet are down but working files are put onto file server so staff can continue to work. On paper the concept is straight forward but as my experiances have shown I am missing something. The biggest problem was getting validated on the Domain if a pc was switched off and the SBS box was switched off. Being XP they could logon to the pc but accessing the file server shares didn't work. Anyone actually got the scenario set up ? TIA Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164376
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    - ethernet LAN Can anyone tell me which newsgroup for Ethernet LAN? Thanks Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164374
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    - << SBS Posting FAQ for New Users - V:1.0 - Last Updated: 2004-07-21>> An HTML version of this document is available at: http://www.sbs-rocks.com/netiquette.htm -------------- The following tips are designed to help you get the fastest and most appropriate answer to your questions. They suggest which newsgroup to use,what basic research to do before posting, information to include in your posting, newsgroup etiquette, and alternate sources of useful information. Following them will help us to help you. =================================================== - Post to the appropriate newsgroup: For SBS 4/4.5: microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz For SBS 2000 : microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000 For SBS 2003 : microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs Microsoft News Server: news.microsoft.com The SBS Newsgroups provide a free forum for threaded discussion and peer support on issues related to Small Business Server by users, service providers and interested parties. Please remember when posting that non Microsoft people don't get paid to be here, and MVPs are -not- Microsoft employees. { Who are the Microsoft MVPs ? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs } Everyone here is giving generously and freely of their time, experience and expertise to enhance the Small Business Server Community. Join it, support it, respect it and enjoy it. - SBS Rocks ! =================================================== A Web interface to the SBS 2003 newsgroup is at: http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/?pr=newsgsbs2003 You'll find the Rules of conduct on the MS Website at: Welcome to Microsoft Discussion Groups http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx =================================================== - Do some basic researches for previously posted solutions. ( It's most likely been posted and solved before. ) Advanced Google Search: http://www.google.com/advanced_search Domain: microsoft.com experts-exchange.com Advanced Google Groups Search of the Usenet archives: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search Advanced Microsoft Search: http://search.microsoft.com/search/search.aspx?st=a&View=en-us (Note that you can also just enter a KB, Q or Error Number) Event Log Entries associated with your issue or setup: http://www.eventid.net (Enter the Event number from the Event Log) http://search.microsoft.com (Enter '1001' (for example) or 'error 1001') Your Public Interface: http://www.dnsreport.com http://www.dnsstuff.com Your network Settings on Servers and workstations: Start > Run > cmd : ipconfig /all Ports Status Start > Run > cmd : netstat -an =================================================== - Post with a meaningful subject line so those with expertise or interest in the topic can find it quickly. - Posting with a purely attention seeking topic such as "DISASTER" or "No-One Ever Responds to Me" may get you noticed -once- but is likely to get you ignored or dropped in future. Remember -everyone's- issue is important to them, so que jumping won't enhance anyone's opinion of you within the newsgroup. Mentioning the SBS component, Exchange, ISA, SQL Server, RAS, Pop Connector etc.in the heading will be a big help in catching the eye of experts in that field. =================================================== - If posting a Question, post with sufficient information for a complete stranger to understand your SBS version, environment; your issue, what you have tried and what failed. You're not cutting down on the typing as you'll be asked anyway, and it can only enhance the speed to diagnosis and resolution. A secondary benefit to this is that in correctly framing the question, the resolution often presents itself. Note: Stating your SBS version ( 4, 4.5, 2000, 2003 ) is particularly important as is whether your SBS 2003 is Standard or Premium and whether you have ISA installed. Please state all messages and IDs in failure notices and/or in the event viewers. Also what may have been installed/changed/updated prior to or during the issue. =================================================== - Posting In capitals on is considered SHOUTING! ...Please don't. =================================================== - Don't overlook or discount Paid Support. If the Issue is urgent or complex, the time you spend searching for a "free" solution. ...and cost factors such as Worker Downtime, Customer Irritation, Lost Productivity, and Hair Replacement costs will likely far outweigh the cost of a Support Call to Microsoft PSS (Product Support Services ) or a Support Professional. Note: Hotfixes are free of charge. Just ask for the specific Hotfix. =================================================== - It's difficult to convey human emotions on Usenet (Humour, Pathos, Sarcasm, Tongue-In-Cheek ) so use of emoticons and/or acronym tags is advised. .... and no; you -don't- have to be serious all the time. It's a community. Enjoy ! =================================================== - There are many paths to a solution and as many experiences in getting there as there are posters. Sometimes the paths are well worn, tried and true. Sometimes paths diverge, sometimes converge, and sometimes new trails are blazed. Understand and respect that, and use what suits you and your situation. =================================================== - People are different, but people are people. You should be nice to them. This is a technical newsgroup and not a place for Egos or Flame Wars. As a community we try to leave them at the door and respect each other. What you post here is archived and available to anyone, anytime. Remember ...."Please don't feed the Trolls!" =================================================== - Newsgroups are not your only source of Information / Help. Many of the members of the SBS Community provide support via Websites, Lists and Blogs such as: http://www.sbslinks.com/ ( Susan's Links to all things SBS) http://www.smallbizserver.net/ ( Mariette's Website and Forum ) http://www.sbs-rocks.com/articles.htm ( Andy's SBS Articles) http://www.sbsfaq.com/ ( Wayne's Website ) sbs2k@yahoogroups.com ( SBS Forum on Yahoo ) Blogs by: Chad, Charlie, Kevin, Susan http://www.msmvps.com/cgross/ http://blogs.msdn.com/canthe http://www.msmvps.com/kwsupport/ http://www.msmvps.com/bradley/ The Microsoft SBS Websites: Small Business Server Homepage for all sorts of Information, Demos, Whitepapers Upgrades, Migrations Events and Training http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx Small Business Community Sharepoint Site: http://sbcomm.sts.winisp.net/default.aspx Downloads for Windows Small Business Server 2003 - Keep Your Server Up to Date - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/downloads/default.mspx =================================================== - Don't be shy to post a Question ....or an Answer. SBS encompasses a lot and has been known to make even corporate SysAdmins Cringe and MCSEs cry. None of us knows -all- the answers. We were all "Newbies" once and none of us has experience with every permutation, combination, setup and environment SBS is deployed in, so there are -no- stupid or dumb questions. That's the domain of answers that imply that there are. If you're asking a question and know the answer to another one on the page, muck in and post it. The poster may get a faster resolution than they would have, and an additional member may get a response they wouldn't have otherwise Your solution may be a something that we can all learn from. - What goes around, comes around.- =================================================== - It's not only Break/Fix. Anecdotes, Wishlists, Insights and Brickbats are all grist to the mill of SBS Topics and all on-topic for the community. =================================================== - Don't Multi-post*. ( *the Same Posting within different newsgroups or within the same thread.) If you must post to several newsgroups, Cross-post to just the relevant ones. A response in one will then show up in the others and all can follow the thread. =================================================== - Be patient. Newsgroups are not Instant Messaging, and people aren't on-line just waiting for you to post. If the situation -is- that urgent, then Paid Support will pay for itself. Remember: No-one -owes- you a response. =================================================== - Things get missed. Things do get lost or missed, or someone with the appropriate skills or experience may not be available, so if you haven't had a response after 3 Days or so, post again, perhaps with more detail and things you've tried in the interim. ============================================ - Lastly, -enjoy - and remember, SBS Rocks ! For and on behalf of the SBS Community. SBS FAQ Poster *To avoid seeing this Post in the future add it to your Ignore Filter.* Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164369
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    - install printer on 98 os based workstation Today I want to add a network printer to a 98 os workstaion in SBS 2000 domain. The printer i choose to connect to is a device to another workstation running 2000 pro who worked as a printer server in SBS 2000 domain. I did the same thing for a 2000 pro workstation, it was done smoothly, but when i try to do this for a 98 os workstation, it prompted me insert a 98 2nd os CD. I do not have the 98 os CD at hand. I guess the problem is that 98 os need a appropriate printer driver. Can anyone help. Thanks Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164367
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    - POP3 Virtual Server Help Hi Guys One of our bosses works from home and wants to be able to check his emails, and he doesn't want to use Outlook Web Access, he is old and likes his Outlook Express. I have found Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 837368 and followed the instructions there but it still doesn't seem to work, I've googled to see if there was any thing else but as yet can't find anything. Wondering if anyone here can give me some tips please :) Any help would be appreciated. In outlook express are the following entries correct. Pop3 server = mail.ourdomain.com or should we use the external ip of our domain. User name = user or user@ourdomain.com password = ******** thanks Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164364
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    - Device/Firewall for SOHO in AD 2003 Env Background: We have three servers with its own web contents available on the Internet. Our servers are not behing ANY firewall and would liekt o place behind firewall (I only want to expose the necessary services to the outside world - nothing more). Each server is Windows 2003 Std. and one is a DC. (1) I have three servers internally that has its own public IP. (2) I want a firewall device to block everything except the web sites (other services) I have on each one. I want o publish any service (FTP, RDP, etc) and punch a hole in the firewall device and port forwad to correct internal IP. Question: ======= What device for the SOHO (cheap), that will allow me to forward traffic from each PUBLIC IP (only 3 servers to forward to) to the correct Internal Server? Basically, I want a device that will function a simple firewall, and also port forwards traffic of public IP to the appropriate internal IP / server. Hope this makes sense...please let me know what you think - thanks. Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164357
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    - Outbound VPN How do i go about letting computers on my domain establish a VPN outbound through SBS2000? Is there a protocol that I need to establish? Thanks, Mike Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164356
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    - HELP HELP HELP Hi All, I hope someone can help here. We had a total hardware failure on a the mirror of a W2K BackOffice box with Exchange 2000. We were able to save the Raid 5 D drive that has the Exchange Private and Public Store. On the new hardware we installed W2K and ran the 2000 BackOffice setup. As part of this setup we joint the box to the existing domain and installed Exchange2000. After reboot, the server had joined the domain and had replicated the AD from the other DC. When starting the Enterprise Admin the public and private store were showing but couldn't be started. The property pages are pointing to the right DIR on the D drive where all logfiles and the Private and Public store files are. We then noticed that there is no M drive and when we checked the services, none of the Exchange services are there. We have no clue what has happened. Does anybody know about a white paper or something that we could use to get Exchange back up again? If needed we can whipe the C drive again and start from scratch. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Claus Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164352
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    - moving workstations within a SBS 2000 domain I am a novice and pls. allow me ask a question like this. I want to move one/more workstations within a 2000 domain. There are domain users setup for the existing workstations. Is there any things i must do in addition to those physical connections? PLs. help. Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164345
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    - NEWBIE: How do I make default desktops shortcuts for new users. Hi All I am running sbs2000 with 20 client/PCs. More and more people are logging on at different PCs. As users log on for the first time I want to be able to create ready made short cuts to directories on the server (like the company folder does). Also a default shortcut to the company website when they open explorer. I have been told its to do with group policies. Is there a nice wizard or tutorial/examples I can use. Cheers, David Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164344
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    - Small Business Server 2003 I have a questions regarding Small Business Server 2003. What happens if I want to upgrade the server that Small Business Server 2003 is running on, or in fact any version of Small Business Server? What if this upgrade is in the form of a new Server? How do I migrate from the old Server? Many companies at some point will need to upgrade or replace their Small Business Server, Server. How do you do it? Any suggestions? Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164338
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    - Duplicate IP Addresses I have a small network consisting of a server running SBS2000 and approximately 20 PC running either Windows XP Pro or Windows 2000 Pro. For the last few days when I have arrived at the office in the morning I find I am unable to access the server. When I look at the server there is a message indicating that the server has detected a duplicate IP address. If I reboot the server the problem goes away. This message also appears on many workstations. I have looked at the event logs on the server and can see this message repeated many times over a number of hours but I am unable to determine when it started. I have now increased the size of the log file. I have checked the event logs on several PCs as well and can see that this problem occurs on and off throughtout the day with the PCs as well. It occurs only for a few seconds and then stops. I am not sure why this is happening and how I can stop it. Can anybody help? Thanks David Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164329
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    - NEWBIE: How do I to set up an intranet? Hi Folks I am running SBS2000 with 20 clients/PCs and and fairly new to it all so apologies in advance if I sound daft!. I need to set up an Intranet or Company website for INTERNAL access only. Do I have to configure ISA for this? Can anyone direct me to a tutorial or examples of how to set one up. Many thanks, David Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164317
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    - Remote Web Work Place I have set up a SBS2003 but connect to Client Desktops does not appear, connect to server Desktops does. Any ideas appreciated. Peter Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164313
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    - VPN over GPRS drops after 20 seconds W98 Client / SBS2K fully patched - Vodafone GPRS Data Card Connection is made and authenticated Ok but drops every time 20 seconds later Any help appreciated Rgds RobinL Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164311
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    - Server resources are low, please help, it's urgent Hi everyone, I have an SBS2000 server running SQL2000 and Exchange 2000. For the last 2 weeks after the exchange implementation my server has becomes short on memory. I came back today from a 2 week vacation and got this surprise with a message on the health monitor a warning from Paging file.The % Memory Available is 11MB from 1GB that's too low, why is this happening and what can I do to solve this?? My C drive space is 4.2gb with 38% of free disk space and my E (share Drives) drive is 32 gb. with 56% of disk space. When I go to the System properties in the performance options this is what I have: Virtual Memory: Total Pagain file size for all drives 1830mb. When I click on change this is what I see: Drive C: Pagin File Size(MB) 1536-3072 Drive E : Paging file for the selected Drive: Drive C: Space Available 6087MB Initial size MB 1536 Max size MB 3072 Total Paging file size for all drives Minimum Allowed 2MB Recommended 1534MB Currently Allocated 1830MB Current registry size 20MB Maximun registry size 90MB Please this is urgent. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks to all in advance. Denise . Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164303
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    - Guest administrator access First of all thanks to all the helpful folk who give us answers. Greatly appreciated. The question I have regarding guest administrator access, is as follows. The company wants to have an independant consultant come in and do a network and security audit on the system as we have installed it to look for, I am assuming, security holes, or misconfigurations etc. I have suggested that I create a guest administrator account because I am uncomfortable handing out the administrator credentials to an outside party. As well the administrator doesn't need access to personal folders etc he just needs to look over the logs and performance monitors etc. If this were you, what permissions would you give him/her? Is there a way to lock down such so that they can look at these things without having "full" administrator rights? Any direction would be beneficial. thanks again. Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164302
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    - Max Exchage DB size in SBS Small Business Server imposes a 6gb limit on the size of the Exchange DB correct? Is the file I should be watching the "priv1.edb" file?? If so, I saw this file awfully close to the 6gb mark last week. I then warned users they better clean up their emails, start archiving etc... Many of them have done this. However, the size of the priv1.edb file still shows the same... What gives here? I made sure they aslso deleted their "deleted items" as many forget to do that...Am I looking at the wrong file to determine the size of my exchange DB? Why is it not shrinking as the individual mail boxes are reduced in size? Help! Thanks Brad Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164297
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    - More fun with permissions and permissions need to print via RDP Using kb article # 244600 I've been doing a comparsion of the folder permissions as they exist on our 2k sbs server because they just seem too open. I think someone has changed something. Is there anyway to tell who has changed security on files? The real issue is that I have changed a few settings because someone had give "everyone" full access to the root of "C" and that just doesn't quite seem right. Can some one correct me on this? Also, adjusting the security permissions on the following folders, Documents and Settings, programs, %systemroot%, %systemroot%\Addins, %SystemRoot%\Connection Wizard according to that of the kb article, suddenly we are having printing fun. According to a previous post we updated everyones RDP client to vs 5.2 because certain users at a remote location where not able to transfer their local printers to the Terminal Server sessions. After updating the RDP client they were then able to print. Now after changing the permissions on the above folders, users establishing an RDP session, their printers transfer to the terminal server but they can print. The print job redirect hits the remote PC but then just disappears. If I assign the user administrator rights they can suddenly print. Obviously I don't want to give everyone administrator rights so I'm wondering what permissions are needed to fix this issue? Again assistance is so much appreciated. thanks. Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164291
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    - Compare two SBS boxes We have two SBS boxes installed in two different branches of our company. The setup of two SBS were made in hardwares almost 100% identical (Dell PowerEdger 1600). As the two machines were installed in different moments and by different people, we believed that they have different configurations. Respecting the characteristics that are own of each installation of SBS (domain name, users accounts, users files and folder, etc), Exist some tool or tip to compare the two boxes and detect the differences? Maybe to compare with a third installation, 100% clean and to detect the differences? (ISA rules, DNS and DHCP, Windows configurations, etc) The Objective is to have the configurations the most similar possible. Differences into Registry, INI files, configuration files, version of DLLs. I understand that the task is not easy. Maybe impossible. Maybe the simplest way is reinstall the boxes starting from the zero, writing down and following the same steps in the two branches. Does anybody have some different idea? Thanks Marcelo Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164288
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    - Is ISA classified as a proxy server? Hi, Would ISA be classified as a proxy server? If so, why? If not, why not? Thanks Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164286
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    - sbs2003 excsrv2003 pop3 conector error Hi All, i had just installed SBS2003 and configured exch serv 2003 but i have a litt le BIG problem, i configured POP3 connector for 6 address, connector downloa d email but i dont know when it move this email, not in recipient that i cho osen. for internal mail is all ok, just problem with pop3 connector. Some ideas? tkx so much DS Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164282
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    - ISA and Sonicwall Hi, a big pat on the back for whoever can help me here? I have an SBS2K ISA server with 2 NICs on separate IP ranges. The external NIC connects to a Sonicwall at the outskirts of my network. The internal NIC connects to the corporate LAN. I want to use the Sonicwall Global VPN client for remote users to connect into the internal network. What is the best way of achieving this as the VPN will terminate at the network between the Sonicwall and the external NIC of the ISA server and we need the users to be able to access the corporate LAN? Thanks, Derek Tag: Administrative groups in sbs2003 Tag: 164281

hi Guys

I have been online doing some research and improving my skills.

We run sbs2003 and I want to know what are the advantages of using routing
and administrative groups

I have not yet enable display of the groups, should I do this ?

Can anyone point me in the right direction for more information

many thanks

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Re: Administrative groups in sbs2003 by Steve

Steve
Wed Sep 15 18:13:59 CDT 2004

Scott wrote:

> hi Guys
>
> I have been online doing some research and improving my skills.
>
> We run sbs2003 and I want to know what are the advantages of using
> routing and administrative groups

These are enterprise tools. They are hidden in SBS, precisely because
you only have a single group in both cases, and the SBS is the sole
member of those groups.

>
> I have not yet enable display of the groups, should I do this ?

I can't see any reason to. The only time it might be useful is if you
wish to inspect the group properties, but that would be a rare event.

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Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
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