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    - Moving Exchange Can you move exchange databases onto a member server which is not holding SBS? If so would the article @ http://www.sbs2000.info/sbs2000/How_do_I_move_Exchange_Databases.aspx be the way do do this? Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124863
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    - SBS 2000...Remove CAL's I messed up and installed all 50 CAL's. I only needed 15 CAL's in total on this server. How can I remove the "extras"? Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124862
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    - Please Help: OWA over SSL on SBS 2000 I'm trying to get Outlook Web Access to run over SSL on Small Business Server 2000. I tried to follow the steps indicated in the articles on the isaserver.org site, but I haven't had any success. So here is the current state: I can access my company's website at http://www.mycompany.org both externally and when VPNd to the server. When I VPN into the server I can access the OWA site using https://www.mycompany.org/exchange, and everything works fine. I can check/send mail, etc. without any issues. If try to access the OWA site externally using http://www.mycompany.org/exchange, I get the expected error of: "403 Forbidden - The page must be viewed over a secure (that is, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)) channel. Contact the server administrator. (12211) Internet Security and Acceleration Server" When I try to access the site externally using https://www.mycompany.org/exchange, I get: "The page cannot be displayed Cannot find server or DNS Error Internet Explorer " Here are my settings: IIS ExchWeb, Exchange, & public folder Authentication set to Anonymous & Basic only. Require secure channel (SSL) is checked and Require 128-bit encryption is checked. ISA Under the properties for my ISA server, TCP Port is 80, Enable SSL Listeners is checked with port 443. The external listener is setup to use a certificate to authenticate to web clients. This is the same certificate that was setup in IIS. The certificate is for the site www.mycompany.org. Under Authentication Basic with this domain is checked, and the appropriate domain is filled in. My ISA destination set is called OWA and the destinations in the set are: Name/IP Range Path www.mycompany.org /exchweb* www.mycompany.org /public* www.mycompany.org /exchange* My web publishing rule is called OWASSL. Under the Destinations tab, the rule is set to apply to the Selected destination set. The name of the selected destination set is OWA. Under the Action tab, Redirect the request to this internal Web server is selected and the value is www.mycompany.org. Both Send the original host header... and Allow delegation... are checked. The ports are 80 for http, 443 for SSL, and 21 for FTP. Under the Bridging tab, HTTP Requests are redirected as HTTP, SSL requests are redirected as SSL, Require SSL and Require 128-bit are both checked. My hosts file has the following entry (where 192.168.0.1 is my internal IP and is the IP setup in IIS): 192.168.0.1 www.mycompany.org I'm totally stuck. Any ideas on what I could be doing wrong? Please help. Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124857
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    - Exchange This kind of goes along with the previous ICW I just posted... Getting email but may be missing some, as I've taken server on/off WAN to work on router. Trying to understand... SBS2k goes thru POP3 connector to retrieve email and then puts in appropriate mailbox with Exchange. Once in Exchange it waits for user to request from Outlook... That about the size of it? So basically anytime the server gets the POP3 mail it should be in Exchange whenever a user requests it. Is there anyway that the SBS2k server wouldn't get all the POP3 (other than when it is off the WAN)??? Thanks, been at this since 8 AM EST... Getting good and plugging and unplugging Cat5 cables! Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124855
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    - ** 03-033 Microsoft Data Access Components [Important rating] Title: Unchecked Buffer in MDAC Function Could Enable System Compromise (823718) Date: August 20, 2003 Software: Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5; Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6; Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7 Impact: Run code of the attacker's choice Maximum Severity Rating: Important Bulletin: MS03-033 The Microsoft Security Response Center has released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-033 What Is It? The Microsoft Security Response Center has released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-033 which concerns a vulnerability in Microsoft Data Access Components versions listed above. Customers are advised to review the information in the bulletin and test and deploy the patch in their environments, if applicable. More information is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-033.asp If you have any questions regarding the patch or its implementation after reading the above listed bulletin you should contact Product Support Services in the United States at 1-866-PCSafety (1-866-727-2338). International customers should contact their local subsidiary. -- "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win. Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively." ~Rain Forest Puppy http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124849
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    - ICW SBS2k with all patches as of Friday, router and cable modem. Email is working but internet browsing is not. Not able to browse internet from any workstation or server. Also can not get at router setup page via any browser (workstations or server). If I take router off server and go directly to a stand alone pc can get at it and adjust. What is it in SBS2k that allows for the workstations to browse through to the internet that is different than allowing Exchange to get POP3 email? Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124848
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    - VPN connects of but can't browse the LAN Hello, I had to rebuild my SBS2000 server (6 hours). When I was done my external clients can connect via VPN just fine. Opening outlook on the remote client works just fine and the messages are exchanged with the server. Two things don't work and I would like some advice if you know what the fix is... Once connected and authenticated, a request to browse the network fails. And, we can no longet browse the Internet through the browser. Recommendations specific to the problem? Thanks!!! Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124838
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    - SBSCLNT.exe? What is the story with this being used in the logon script? I looked around the internet for some kinda explanation with no luck. Is this needed? What is it actually doing? The one thing that i'm concerned about is that i notice that it automatically puts that 'company' folder on the desktop. I was looking to have my own drives mapped to the users. If I keep this executible, does that mean that I'm stuck having this shortcut on everyones desktop? Thanks, Mike Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124836
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    - Backup and user accounts I am running SBS 2000 with active directory. I have been using the default adminstrator account to run a few scheduled tasks, mainly to download virus definitions and to run backups. Whenever I change the admin password I have to remember to change it on these tasks. To avaoid this I created 2 new user accounts, gave them admin rights and asigned tham to the tasks. the tasks now fail. What do I have to do to enable these tasks to work under these user accounts? Thanks Richard Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124830
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    - ISA questions Hi, I have 2 questions concerning ISA. 1) I set up the SSL for OWA directions as posted on the sbs2000.info site. We also publish a different website located on a seperate server via site publishing rules. That being said I can't close port 80 on ISA. Is there anything else I can do to block port 80 traffic on the SBS machine? 2) Is it true that, Site and Content along with Protocol rules only control how INTERNAL clients access the internet. Opening these rules up (i.e. all IP traffic/applies to any request) do not expose our network to external born attacks. Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124829
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    - Unexplained dial-up traffic. We have a customer running SBS 2000 using an ISDN (64k) dial-up for internet (through ISA) and e-mail (exchange). They have been having a few intermittent problems with outgoing e-mails where are being delayed quite often. The e-mails eventually get to the recipients after quite a while. Sometimes when e-mails are sent out - they arrive pretty instantly. We have checked everthing we can think of i.e. ISA protocol and filter settings and everything seems okay. One thing we have noticed is that there is a lot of constant traffic on the dial-up connection which is unexplained. We have turned internet access off for everyone in the company through the ISA rules and still this constant stream of data exists. Nothing we do can stop this steady stream which would amount to about 10MBs every hour. We have done a full virus scan with up to date definition files. Thanks in advance. Robbie Niblock Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124824
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    - SBS200 Licensing Hi I have a question about SBS 2000 and CALS. I know that there is a maximum limit of 50 concurrent users on SBS. If you have network with a SBS server with 15 CALS and 14 -16 computers. Some of these computers are laptops and are not on the network all the time. We've been having some problems where the server will suddenly denies access to a folder on the server. The only solution to gain access to the folder is to restart the computer and log on again. The question is, will SBS deny access to resources if you exceed the number of CALS you have? How does SBS monitor the number of concurrent connections and is there a way to check whether a computer that has disconnected from the network is not using a CAL. Thanks Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124820
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    - SMTP attachment filter I set up attachment filters in the ISA server's SMTP filter, but the blocked attachments are still coming through. I blocked by name "*.pif", as well as by extention ".pif" Any idea what might be amiss ? TIA Chris Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124815
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    - Login to domain problem I have a SBS2k server. I have a remote site with a few PCs. I have a VPN setup on a T1 between the offices. Some of the PCs log onto the domain fine, some say they cannot find a domain controller and logon using cached credentials. All are configured the same, running NT4SP4 or above and using DHCP from the Router/Firewall/VPN. They all can ping the WINS server in the main office. Any ideas? How should I go about troubleshooting? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124811
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    - POP3 problem I have a POP3 pickup problem: Bad user or password error occured while trying to connect to POP3 server <pop3 server name> Can anyone help? Sachin Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124810
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    - SBS Mgt Console didnt install THe SBS Management Console is not on the start menu. Did a fresh install of SBS 2000 yesterday, but the link/icon for the console isn't there and I'm not seeing an option to install it. Anyone have a clue? Thanks Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124806
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    - OT: Remote User protect We have a number of remote users that access the system via dial up account to isp's and then vpn into the system. With the problems that have been exposed via Blaster worm etc.. what would be the recommended way to secure these clients from attacks from viruses and port scanning etc.. I must point out that all the machine's have av software loaded and they have the latest updates automatically installed. Is the only way to have ZoneAlarm or other personal firewall software loaded on the machines. What do you guys use. I would normally expect remote users to have a hardware firewall but as they are accessing via BT OpenWorld accounts then they are unable to have multiple IP's. Any suggestions? TIA Dave Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124805
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    - Changing Password I am the admin user on a SBS2K network. I have passwords set to not change, however when I got here this morning it is askling me for a new password (password will expire message). I went ahead and changed it, figuring I can check it afterwards, but am contually now being asked for a password whenever I try to go somewhere (Internet, Exchanger Server, etc). Anyone have this happen to them and is there a place to have the password NOT change that I missed? Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124804
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    - Event Viewer App Log Loads up with PC anywhere and Perflib Warnings? I installed PC Anywhere on my server for some online support. My application log keeps loading up with warnings that are Perflib with an event code of 1008 and PC Anywhere with an event code 2001. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124802
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    - Health Monitor - Logical Disk Manager Warning? I am running SBS2000. I have a Logical Disk Manager Warning with GUID 81AF9DA7. I did a reset and check and it still came back with a warning (yellow exclamation). Can anyone give me any guidance on this issue? Mike Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124801
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    - Routers vs. bridges I changed DSL providers recently (from ADSL to SDSL) which required a new router. Connection to the Internet from inside the network is just fine. However, remote access does not work as it should - I can connect into the network, but cannot connect to any drive using TCP/IP. The only protocol that works is NETBEUI and I can't connect to the Internet using a browser at all. My previous ADSL router was set up as a bridge and I had no remote connection problems. I had thought to have my provider change over the router into a bridge, but they are going to charge me to do so. Considering that the router works from inside the network, I believe that it should be able to be accessed remotely without switching over to a bridge, but I'm at a loss as to how to make it happen. Hopefully someone can help. Here are the particulars: *Router setup* LAN IP Address 10.10.10.1 WAN Data PVC 0*38 WAN Protocol RFC 1483 WAN Connection Speed DOWN 384Kb/s : UP 384Kb/s Bridging enabled IP Routing enabled WAN IP Address 64.245.73.89 WAN Gateway 0.0.0.0 DNS Server Address 0.0.0.0 : 0.0.0.0 Address Translation enabled *RRAS setup* General tab - Router (LAN and Demand dialing) and Remote Access SErver checked Security - MSCHAP v2 IP - Enable IP routing; Allow IP-based remote...; IP address by DHCP checked. Obtain DHCP from Internal NIC *NICs* Internal NIC is set with the IP address 192.168.16.1 and the DNS is set the same External NIC is with IP address of 10.10.10.2; gateway of 10.10.10.1 and DNS of 192.168.16.1 Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124789
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    - Making Distribution Groups Unavailable From To The Outside World Hello, SBS2K. I have a few distribution groups on my server for different departments (along with the default group that SBS creates that include everyone). The problem is that people from the outside world are sending messages to these groups and we are getting mass spam to them. These groups only need to be used in house. Is there any way that I can close these addresses to the outside world? Thanks, Chris Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124787
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    - Security Groups - How to Remove I have taken over a network someone else setup. I can't add any workstations to the domain easily. I have setup effective firewall and don't need or want all those restrictions. What is the easiest way to remove ALL Group and Local policies - figuring I would need to alter the "My Business" snap-in within MMC. Guessing that this is where the policies are being picked up and applied to all domain computers. Thanks in advance! KevinC, MCP Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124784
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    - e-mail help I am using SBS2K on a 7 node network. Siince our ISP or web/e-mail host doesn't provide MX records, plus the fact that we can't get any faster than 128K ISDN, I am trying to bypass exchange and use a 3rd party mail server program called workgroup mail pro. I have it set up correctly, but 2 of the client PC's can send and recieve internal and external mail just fine, but the five others cannot. I am using OE on 6 of them and Outlook 2K on the other. All have the same settings and the same software installed. There aren't any error messages, it seems to conect to the servers just fine, its just not pulling any e-mail from the ISP's servers. My server is assigned a static IP but its a DHCP server. I have the server's IP address listed in the POP3 and SMTP address box as the instructions say. I have ISA firewall disabled on all clients, exchange is pretty much disabled. Is using the proxy server for the Internet the problem, going through port 8080? is their a config problem with ISA? I'm clueless about this stuff. Thanks in adv. Dave BTW I will pay someone in the Dallas area with extensive SBS knowledge to "check my work". This is my first SBS install and I have been pulling my hair out. And my client isn't too thrilled either. Contact at davenTAKEOUTTHEBOLDTEXT5150@hotmail.com Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124783
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    - Internet Connection Came into office this morning and launched Outlook, only got email thru 1 AM. (EST) and No Internet connection for browsing. Looked in event viewer and see that from 1 AM on the POP3 connector had errors. I reset both the modem and router and then rebooted server. Email coming in now, but can not browse internet and can not get to router setup thru browser? Any help much appreciated... Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124780
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    - dmserver service stopped Im getting this warning message in Health Monitor. Its a clean install of SBS2000 on a Dell Poweredge 600sc with hardware raid 1 installed. Is this raid related, and if so> How can I fix it. regards, Bill Blyth. Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124759
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    - emails not received by exchange server Hi, I've an SBS server and a mac email server. My DNS is hosted on the mac, and on the SBS it's a secondary. On my dns settings I have 2 MX records domain.com MX 10 dns2.domain.com domain.com MX 20 dns.domain.com dns2.domain.com IN A sbs's public ip address dns.domain.com IN A mac server's public ip address When I send emails from external, on my external mail server's log it showed that emails are sent to sbs's ip but inside my exchange I can't seem to see any emails at all. So to test whether was it my DNS settings which is having problems, I stopped the exchange services in sbs and mails start to flow into the mac email server without any problems. So now I suspect its my exchange which is having problems but what problem exactly? Can anyone help me please? Thanks in advance Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124748
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    - 0x800ccc0d Error in OE I have 1 machine (win2K) on the network from which I cannot access POP mail - getting the dreaded 0x800ccc0d Error. I have removed anti-virus, checked & rechecked the settings, have 5 other machines using pop mail accounts without issue, have confirmed all patches in place and still nothing - driving me nuts! Any thoughts? TIA Taffers Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124745
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    - Scheduling a file transfer! In SBS 2000 how do you schedule a file transfer of 2 *.bkf (MS Backups) files to be transfered over the network to another server which is a backup server? Many thx Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124744
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    - Migration from NT4.0 Server to SBS2000 ? Hi, do anyone have experiences in migration of NT4.0 Server to SBS2000. How can i do it with 2 Server. SBS2000 can include TRUST-Domains, so i have problems with ADMT. THX Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124736
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    - SQL Memory Leak Hi All, My SBS2000 server keeps using up all available memory. When I reboot the server only fourty percent of available memory is used, but, as three to four days pass all available memory is gradually depleted until no memory remains. I have identified the problem as a SQL memory leak but do not know where I can confine the amount of memory available to SQL. Can anybody help? Kind Regards, George. Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124735
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    - Public Folder sync from remote office Hi guys, I have a SBS setup in one state and the remote office in another state which access various programs through TS and a VPN connection. The connection is via ADSL. The remote office also uses isp/pop email directly on their desktops (not through TS) What I want to do is give them access to the shared company address book which is in a public folder on SBS. This should be easy enough through the VPN and it is.. as long as the internet connection in the head office does not go down. So my question is.. what would be the best way to allow them access to a local copy of this address book which is synchronised when they are conncected through the VPN. I suspect I know the answer, but feedback would be appreciated. Thanks Raa Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124730
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    - Software Assurance advice (UK) I wish to buy SBS2000 now and receive a free/discounted upgrade to SBS2003 when it is available. Can anyone confirm the following? To achieve the above I can buy SBS2000 (5 licence) now and pay an additional £99 for SA. This £99 "Guarantees" that I will get a free upgrade to SBS2003 (5 licence) when it is release as long as I purchase it within 2 years of purchasing SBS2000. So effectively all I pay for the upgrade from SBS2000 to SBS2003 is £99 ? Have I got this right? Thanks Paul Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124729
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    - Migration (SBS4.5 -> SBS2K) headaches - Recommendations? I'm in the process of a SBS4.5 to SBS2K migration, and stumbled upon a few issues that I can't seem to find an answer in any faq, article or white paper. Here's my current setup: PDC: SBS4.5 - dual homed, running SQL7, Exchange 5.5, IIS4, VPN (SMTP and PPTP ports open), OfficeScan SBS Member servers: NT4 Server Win2k Server - dual homed, IIS5 (FTP, HTTP and SSL ports open) Win2k Server - SQL2K The dual homed NICs on the PCs are on the DMZ side behind firewall, and SBS is not using MS Proxy Server. What I am trying to accomplish is this: a) Install SBS2K on a new PC with SQL2K, Exchange2K, IIS5, VPN, TM C/S/M Suite (same name as old server, same network addressing scheme - 10.0.0.0/24). This would be a temporary SBS PC. b) Replace the old SBS PC with 1 above to keep users happy and working. c) Upgrade old SBS PC hardware (mainly HD upgrades) d) Reinstall SBS2K on upgraded PC with same services and reimport data Basically I have to do the migration twice, once to a new PC, have it run for a few days while I get the old server upgraded, then reinstall SBS2K on the upgraded PC (this is the one that has RAID, the other PC doesn't). We want to be able to switch back to the old SBS4.5 PC if there is anything wrong with the SBS2K PC. I don't plan on using ISA, since I will be using the firewall as the gateway. Is there any advantage to installing ISA just to protect the SBS PC? Now some of the questions I hope to get answered are: 1a) Is there a way to keep the SMI (Single Message Instance) of Exchange if I am doing a new installation? I've heard rumors of being able to do some inplace upgrade by moving databases from 5.5 to 2000, and using the same PC name, users, etc. Am I dreaming here? I think I'm pretty much stuck with using ExMerge. The reason here is that I know that SBS limits you to an IS of 16GB, which may be exceeded if I move individual mailboxes. 1b) Does an inplace upgrade of SBS4.5 to SBS2K maintain the SMI of Exchange? If so, I can consider doing an inplace upgrade, then backing up the Exchange data to migrate to the new "temp" SBS2K PC (and then doing that again when I need to move the data back into the "real" server). Would this work? 1c) How about a site to site transfer from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange2K while both servers are up? Granted currently both use the same PC name, IP and domain name.. is there a way to do this with SBS and use the Exchange Tasks to do that? At the very worse, I can get around this by doing ExMerge twice.. Once when I go from Exchange 5.5 to 2K on to the "temp" PC, then once again going back to the "real" server. What would people recommend here? 2) Okay, done worrying about Exchange. When I'm ready to get the "real" server back online, and about to take the "temp" SBS PC off, how do I migrate the AD users and groups, permissions to the "real" SBS PC? Both PCs will still be named the same, as well as on the same IP and domain. Don't I need to use ADMT to do something like this? How do I pull this off? (Going to be reorganizing users into different groups than they currently are assigned when installing SBS2K the first time. I don't want to go thru this again when doing the 2nd migration, and I'm not sure how that'll impact the workstations..) Sorry for the mega post.. but I've tried to outline it as best I can to get some answers. ;p Regards. Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124720
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    - Multiplying mapped drives Hi, All the workstations on my SBS network have a mapped drive E: wich is a share on the server. from yesterday all the W98 machines are remapping the drive, all the way up to drive M:, this hasn't occured on the W2K machines or the XP machines, the logon script doesn't map the drive E: (e.g I don't use net share....). Keith Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124719
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    - How do tune up my SBS 2000 !! Hi, Is there is tool or steps are available to check/run for tunning up SBS 2000? Regards, DK Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124711
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    - re-adding workstation to active directory server Hey having trouble re-adding a computer to the network renamed the computer now getting certificate errors anyone out there can tell me how to get around this would sure appriciate it Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124702
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    - hfnetchklt on SBS I am trying to setup something for my clients to manage their server and workstations for updates. The lite version of HFNetChk allows up to 50 computers which is perfect for the SBS network. I know it is recommended to install on a workstation to push the updates as this is what I do on my own network. But can it be installed on the SBS and accessed with Terminal services? I am thinking of installing it on the servers and access it remotely to administer updates. I know that I can probably take control of a workstation also but I didn't want to disrupt someone that might be working on their workstation. Any thoughts? Pros or Cons? Rick in the Midwest Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124692
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    - All port scan attack Test? I posted a message awhile back about false positives alerts from ISA. I was wondering if anyone with a SBS and alerts setup to email them about Intrusions could try going to this website and seeing if it triggers the alert? It is a legitimate website: http://www.mirror-image.com/ Curious on the results? Rick in the Midwest Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124688
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    - <warning venting ahead> End user awareness To whom it may concern: I have a inside mail account and a public mail account [i.e. my pacbell.net account]. I only pull off email from it when I get home at night. Due to the number of SoBig.F, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PDT, my 25MB mailbox got full of Sobig messages... I've now increased the mailbox size to 125MB...hopefully that will hold until I can get home. To those unlucky people reading this vent/rant... I'm sorry. Here goes.... a. In this day and age, to SELTZER COMPUTER, PENNY COMPUTER, and the 3 other identifiable computers that are nailing my mailbox with Sobigs, if you can't even get up to date antivirus on your systems, then unplug yourself from the Internet. You are incapable of securing the most basic of computer functions. We MVPS were pinging back and forth and all agreed that most of us are doing a 'every hour on the hour' pull of new updates from the Trend site. If you are only doing a once a day pull... you aren't protected enough. 2. End users.... You ....yes... you there reading this. If you get an email with a .pif attachment.... trust me... it's ALWAYS a virus. Pif files are never sent by "mere mortals wanting to send Word Documents or other sources of vital information needed to do "real work", PIF files are used in the same vein as .exe files and .bat files. Instruct your clients that even if you fail to do #1, that no one who is a sane person should click and launch a .pif file. Furthermore....... 3. You as the IT consultant network admin...yeah you.... PIF files should ALWAYS be be blocked and stripped off of all email files. I've never received a PIF file in that I've truly wanted.... they're always viruses. And if you allow your end users employees to open up PIF files... then do me a favor and before you leave tonight...yank your rj45 cat 5 connection from the wall so that my mailbox doesn't overflow by the morning. We can blame Microsoft for a lot of things..... this one is our stupidity. We don't HAVE to open up every attachment you know....some of them are NOT good. 11 more emails in the 5 minutes I've taken to type this rant/vent up.... 10 of them Sobig.F files. oh I spoke too soon...and another 10 additional emails hit my box.... all 10 out of 10 SoBigs. -- "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win. Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively." ~Rain Forest Puppy http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124651
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    - Troubles accessing contact list from XP Pro Client. With OL2k2, on XP Pro client, I can not pull the contact list up from the dropdown menu or the fields in an email (To, Cc, Bcc) Though, I am able to get the domain email addresses. OL remembers all the email addresses, if I start to type in an email address not on the domain, it'll allow me to enter it after 3 beginning characters are entered. Is there a way to map this back to the correct contact list? Is this list on the server (as what I am thinking)? -- Jm www.jmconsultingllc.com www.jmconsultingllc.com/catalog.htm (Website Templates) www.jmconsultingllc.com/aspforum (Brand New Free Forum) Go Ahead, Check it out, after all, it's free! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124643
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    - securing SBS (exchange) server Our SBS server has 2 nics, 1-adsl, 1-to network switch, running SBS 2000 c/w ISA. While I was on vacation, our system got hacked & flooded with email, & turned into an open relay. Our supplier support tech. managed to close the relay, but i'm still getting 100's of messages in the "BADMAIL" folder every day. Is this normal or is there a way to block out the badmail? Can I increase the ISA Security?? How? Would a hardware firewall between my 2nd nic & adsl, provide more protection?.....i'm running my own mail server.......have 25 clients Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124620
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    - MS SUS & SBS.. Ive been trying to get SUS working on my SBS 2000 Server to no avail. I have even reinstalled the server from scratch with no luck.. This is the Event Log entry it makes: Event Type: Error Event Source: WUSyncService Event Category: None Event ID: 101 Date: 19/08/2003 Time: 3:37:37 p.m. User: N/A Computer: PARENT Description: Software Update Services encountered a failure during synchronization. View the synchronization log on this server for details of what failed during synchronization. To view the synchronization log, go to the Software Update Services Admin Web site (http://<YourServerName>/SUSAdmin), and click the View synchronization log link. (Error 0x80072EFD: Unable to connect to the server.) User Action Try synchronizing the server again to see if the error occurs again. To synchronize the server, go to the Software Update Services Admin Web site, and click the Synchronize server link. Then click the Synchronize Now button. Additional Data The most common reason for failed synchronization is incorrect proxy server configuration. If you are using a proxy server, please confirm your configuration by going to the Software Update Services Admin Web site and clicking the Set options link. Confirm your configuration in the results pane. For troubleshooting information, see the Microsoft Software Update Services Deployment Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=6928). I can access the manual update services on the server with no problems at all. I have never been able to get this service to work yet :/ Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124616
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    - roaming profiles Due to the fact that the user group I am working with has very little experience with roaming profiles they have been using there desktops as a filing system for there documents. This has created some problems for us the profiles got to be and were timing out when trying to sync. back to the server. Now it looks like I have got all of them cleaned back up but I still have a few users that have goodly sized profiles because of info in there app data folder and I am wondering what is the normal size of a good healthy profile as there is nothing on this server to compare to? In the past I have never had this problem before to pay that much attention to there size. So an idea as to where we need to be at would be a great help. Also we have been experiencing network slow downs could this have been linked to the large (1gb+ in some cases) profiles? Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124602
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    - MX records We have two exchange server problems with mail. List to long to detail how do we set MX record? What is the MX record and would we need to reser it if we have introduced a new exchnage server. Both servers are E2k Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124601
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    - norton anti-virus firewall Hi, Any suggestions on how I use Norton AV to block all traffic through port 135 and any other port effected by blaster on a w2k server. David Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124596
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    - serivice pack updates for a w2k server do I just use the normal w2k service packs to update or is there a special one for servers. David Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124593
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    - Outlook blocked attachment Outlook 2002 on Win2k client behind SBS2k. Email had a *.pif attachment which can't get. Message at top of email says "Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachment: filename.pif" Q1: Where are the settings that control what gets blocked? AND Q2: Can we still get at the attachment somewhere? OR After dealing with Q1 do we have to request that the sender re-send? Thanks... Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124588
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    - ISP Blocking incoming SMTP Exchange Mail This is wacky. We have several clients that have been using SBS2000 SMTP mail with the their ISP connection through Adelphia. Starting last Thursday, none of them were able to receive mail, including my business. Their MX record is forwarded from where their domain is hosted (not Adelphia). Speaking with Adelphia Tech Support (basically useless), they told me they have put a policy in place last Thursday to block mail to port 135 (not sure what that means)becaus of the worm virus. This is what eventually would go to the Exchange portion of the SBS.. Can somthing be changed on the Exchange end? The only option the people utilizing the the Adelphia cable is to change over to DSL. Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124587
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    - Disappearing external POP3 email Anyone know causes/cures for the disappearing POP3 email referenced in Q274539? Know how to get the messages back? We've been using Exchange 2000 server for barely three weeks and this has already happened to two different users (Exchange checks approx. 20 POP3 mailboxes on our ISPs mail server). I can't continue to have mail "disappear" like this. Any insight would be much appreciated. TIA, Kevin Tag: Automatic Update Tag: 124584

Does anyone use this to keep their SBS upto date?

Would anyone recomend it or would you patch individually?

Maurice

Re: Automatic Update by Kevin

Kevin
Wed Aug 20 13:32:43 CDT 2003

I don't believe you will find many (if anyone) that uses the automatic
update feature of WU for their servers. You can certainly use WU to identify
critical updates that are available. But, before installing such updates,
it's vital to stop certain services, like Exchange, etc. beof re applying
updates. Also, be aware that WU does NOT check or report on status of ISA,
SQL or Exchange updates, nor does it report on Office 2000/XP updates.

Also, personally speaking, I do not apply updates to servers without first
rebooting the server BEFORE applying such updates.

Finally, take a look at a product like Shavlik's HfNetChkLT - which is free,
and will allow you to apply and push patches and updates to up to 50
computers - which is a perfect fit for us SBS users.
-kw

"Maurice" <maurice@ilikesbs.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone use this to keep their SBS upto date?
>
> Would anyone recomend it or would you patch individually?
>
> Maurice
>
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