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    - Plain Windows 2000 Install w/SBS Media? Hello, I've read on a couple posts in this group that a regular Windows 2000 Server install can be done from the SBS media if the install is started from boot floppies which have had the ".sif removed". I can't quite figure out exactly what that means. The first boot floppy has a "txtsetup.sif" but removing that doesn't work. So, am I supposed to somehow create a new txtsetup.sif to replace that one, or am I supposed to create a winnt.sif and use that in addition to the txtsetup.sif? And yes, I'm attempting to do what amounts to a Swing Migration. I figure if I run into too many other problems I will try the the Kit or the Book. Thanks in advance, Leonard http://lc.yi.org Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175241
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    - ADprep on SBS 2k Hey all, I am introducing a Win 2k3 and Exchange 2k3 Enterprise Edition server. I am planning to make the 2k3 server a dc so Exchange can take advantage of AD. The plan is to have SBS 2k3 and then the trasition pack by the end of the year but the Exchange 2k needed to be replaced now. In order to accomplish the Win 2k3 DC I need to run adprep on the SBS 2k machine. There is an issue with Exchange 2k schema in that situation. I am wondering if i should run the InetOrgPersonPrevent.ldf first or can I wait until after and run the InetOrgPersonfix.ldf after? Has anyone had any experience with this? What are your suggestions? Thanks, Don Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175239
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    - Song of the Week: Sept 30, 2005 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C5C59F.923D73E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm writing this from my hotel room in Seattle where several of us are = attending meetings with Microsoft this week. I've had the chance to talk = with many non-SBS Microsoft MVP's this week, and it has been amazing to = see how many of them do not know what SBS is all about! So for them, and anyone else, let's start jivin' to a fun song made = famous by the Village People! Y-M-C-A aka SBS Rocks! WAV: = http://www.soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Movie-TV-Radio_Related/ymca.wav= Young man, there's no need to feel down I said, young man, Linux may still be 'round=20 I said, young man, now you're in a new town=20 There's no need to be unhappy.=20 Young man, we've got the server for you=20 I said, young man, it makes that penguin turn blue When you use it, and I'm sure you will find=20 Many ways to stay online.=20 Can't you hear us say it: S-B-S Rocks!=20 Don't you know we mean it: S-B-S Rocks!=20 It has ev-ery-thing, for your folks to enjoy,=20 All those wizards, and lots of new toys! ...=20 It's fun to use it now: S-B-S Rocks!=20 It's fun to sing it now: S-B-S Rocks!=20 You can back up your files, you can scan them all clean,=20 You can do whatever you feel ...=20 Young man, are you listening to me?=20 I said, young man, Linux ain't really free=20 I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.=20 But you got to know this one thing!=20 No man does it all by himself.=20 I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,=20 And just go out, and install it yourself=20 And know we are there to help you=20 Can't you hear us say it: S-B-S Rocks!=20 Don't you know we mean it: S-B-S Rocks!=20 It has ev-ery-thing, for your folks to enjoy,=20 All those wizards, and lots of new toys! ...=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C5C59F.923D73E0 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 6.00.2900.2722" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff background=3D""> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm writing this from my hotel room in = Seattle=20 where several of us are attending meetings with Microsoft this week. = I've had=20 the chance to talk with many non-SBS Microsoft MVP's this week, and it = has been=20 amazing to see how many of them do not know what SBS is all = about!<BR><BR>So for=20 them, and anyone else, let's start jivin' to a fun song made famous by = the=20 Village People!<BR><BR>Y-M-C-A<BR>aka SBS Rocks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>WAV: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Movie-TV-Radio_Related/= ymca.wav">http://www.soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Movie-TV-Radio_Relate= d/ymca.wav</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR><BR>Young man, there's no need to = feel=20 down</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I said, young man, Linux may still be = 'round <BR>I=20 said, young man, now you're in a new town <BR>There's no need to be = unhappy.=20 <BR><BR>Young man, we've got the server for you <BR>I said, young man, = it=20 makes that penguin turn blue</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When you use it, and I'm sure you will = find=20 <BR>Many ways to stay online. <BR><BR>Can't you hear us say = it: S-B-S=20 Rocks! <BR>Don't you know we mean it: S-B-S Rocks! <BR>It = has ev-ery-thing,=20 for your folks to enjoy, <BR>All those wizards, and lots of new toys! = ...=20 <BR><BR>It's fun to use it now: S-B-S Rocks! <BR>It's fun to sing it = now: S-B-S=20 Rocks! <BR>You can back up your files, you can scan them all clean, = <BR>You=20 can do whatever you feel ... <BR><BR>Young man, are you listening to me? = <BR>I=20 said, young man, Linux ain't really free <BR>I said, young man, you can = make=20 real your dreams. <BR>But you got to know this one thing! <BR><BR>No man = does it=20 all by himself. <BR>I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf, = <BR>And just=20 go out, and install it yourself <BR>And know we are there to help you=20 <BR><BR>Can't you hear us say it: S-B-S Rocks! <BR>Don't you know = we mean=20 it: S-B-S Rocks! <BR>It has ev-ery-thing, for your folks to enjoy, = <BR>All=20 those wizards, and lots of new toys! ... <BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C5C59F.923D73E0-- Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175237
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    - My Documents Folder Redirection We are running SBS 2000 with 9 users. The boss wants all user My Documents folders redirected to the server. I have created a Group Policy for members of the Domain Users, Users, and Administrator groups to redirect to their respective Shared User Folders on the server drive. However, nothing seems to be happening .. each user Shared Folder remains empty. What am I missing ?? Thanks in advance ... PowerUser Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175235
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    - Any recommendations on dealing with offensive spam? Hi, We've been deluged for a long time now, but lately the spam has been getting very very offensive. I've got Symantec's Mail Security for Exchange running, but there's still way too much of this stuff coming in. We're pretty low-budget, but we need to do something. Anyone have any suggestions? I've already used reverse DNS lookup. Many thanks! Matthew Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175232
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    - help me HI I need your help! Read my history: http://www.freewebs.com/dream-shop/ THANKS!!! Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175231
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    - Critical condition for processor and memory at boot up I have a SBS 2000 Server which is experiencing critical error messages when it boots up. It appears to be taking too many resources to start up all the services. After I log in it is a couple of minutes before I can access the desktop. As soon as I can I open the Admin console to the server status view and see that Backup Exec and Remote Access services are stopped. Under Health Monitor Alerts there are several critical alerts for memory and processor. After I see these errors and start the remaining services, I can refresh and everything appears normal. The server behaves normally until it is rebooted again. This Monday Sept 19. I replaced the memory and got the same problem. I haven't replaced the processor yet and wonder if that should be my next step. Here is what the Health Monitor Alerts window shows Severity--- Critical Data Collector---- memory Threshold----Pages input/sec > 5 Alert -----Memory critical condition. WMI status 2147749889 There are several of these listed with Page Read/sec >5, Pages/sec > 80, listed as well. Other Data Collectors involve the processor queue length. Performance counters look normal. Health Monitor shows a red X on the %Processor time > 75. Thank-you for your time. Joy Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175220
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    - Test Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175219
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    - Recovery of SBS2000 Domain Controller to new hardware A client has had their SBS2000 Domain Controller machine suffer a hardware failure (motherboard). We've built a new machine and installed SBS2000 onto new hard drive. I have an image of the old drive containing the Registry and other data on a auxillary hard drive. I plan a fresh install of SBS2000 onto the new hard drive. What resources/utilities are available that would import the AD and Security Descriptors from the auxillary hard drive to the fresh install of SBS 2000? Any help greatly appreciated. Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175218
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    - no-ip.com and sbs2000 Does no-ip.com play nice with SBS 2000? I need to use a dynamic IP address with our SBS2K server for a couple of months. We host our own Exchange server on the SBS box. Thanks! Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175217
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    - Migration Question. I'm in the process of determining what it will take for us to get out of SBS2000 and into a regular Windows 2003 server. I know that my licensing for SBS2000 is not valid on the W2K3 server platform. I expected that I could just buy the individual components (we'll do W2K3 Server, and Exchange 2003 only and rely on another solution for ISA), and now I'm trying to find some good tips on migration. I read the following from: http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/sbs/techinfo/overview/licensingfaq.mspx Q. Running Small Business Server 2000, how can I grow beyond 50 users now that the Small Business Server 2000 Migration Pack has been discontinued? A. You will need to upgrade to Windows Small Business Server 2003. If you grow beyond 75 users, you also will need to purchase the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Transition Pack. The Small Business Server 2000 Migration Pack is no longer available. If I understand this correctly, in order to smoothly transition from SBS2000 to W2K3 Server, I need to buy SBS2003 as well as the Transition Packs? Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175214
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    - Another Mx Problem Hi, We recently switched our DNS services to Register.com. At first, I copied the way our settings had been before. For Mx records, I put in: Host Name Priority Mail Server sa-intl.org High 64.115.124.115 it.sa-intl.org High mail.centroitalia.coop.org After I set this up, it worked just fine, or so I thought. Then I checked with Register.com's tech support to verify that I had set up the subdomain's (it.) Mx record properly. They said that I had, but they insisted that for our main record, it should say mail.sa-intl.org, and NOT our mail server's IP address, and we should have an A record pointing mail.sa-intl.org to our mail server's IP address. I followed their advice, and we stopped receiving external email. So I switched the Mx record back to our IP address, and we received external email again. But I'm getting reports that people from some domains are unable to email us. They're getting NDRs like: <SAI.sa-intl.org #5.5.0 smtp;550-Verification failed for... And, when I go to DNSreport.com, we get: FAIL: MX is host name, not IP ERROR: You have one or more MX record(s) that contain an IP address. This is not valid. A fully RFC-compliant mailserver will not be able to send you mail (although some mail servers will, due to the TCP/IP functions that they use). The problem MX records are: 64.115.124.115. also I get: WARN: Multiple MX records WARNING: You only have 1 MX record. If your primary mail server is down or unreachable, there is a chance that mail may have troubles reaching you. But when I followed followed Register.com's advice, we stopped receiving emails. I don't want to mess around with it again without knowing exactly what to do. Many thanks in advance!!! Matthew Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175206
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    - SBS2k, exchange backup to clear logs All, Have SBS2k site where data is growing quite quickly at present.. Have had to alter the backup to NOT include Exchange, as it had hit the limits of the 40GB tapes, even with compression. SO.. Have another set of tapes on order, as I believe Exchange could be backed up during the day, as it can backup whilst running (using Backup Exec). Data backup will run overnight, then the User will swap out the tape for the Exchange backup to run.. Tape for next evenings data backup will go in after lunch. As long as they get into a routine, it should be fine. However, I could do with clearing the logs which are building, as Exchange is not being backed up. Is there a way to clear the logs without a backup? Or, can I run a 'fast and dirty' fix by using ntbackup to do a backup to a USB connected disk to cause the logs to be cleared? If the latter, what are the switches on the ntbackup command? TIA, Phil Partridge philp@pebbleGRIT.demon.co.uk Remove the grit to reply Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175205
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    - Changed Primary DNS Our ISP recently gave us new primary and secondary DNS server addresses which I promptly put into the DNS properties as 'forwarders'. After doing this I realized I should re-run the ICW...where I put in these new addresses. Our internet browsing is all working OK on the network. However, I am getting an application error in our event viewer every few seconds. The error is event ID: 14120 Source: Microsoft Web Proxy. "The ISA Server services cannot create a packet filter...This event occurs when there is a conflict between the LAT configuration and the Win 2000 routing table..." Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks! Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175196
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    - people cann't access to our website Hi Everybody, Here is my problem. All the users in the network can access to our website without any problem However, people from outside cann't access to our website by domain name but can access to our website by IP address of the server. Please help me. Thank you! -- George Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175193
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    - adding win2003 as bdc to a network with sbs2000 as a pdc Can I add a Win2003 standard edition server as a BDC to my exisiting network? My existing network has a PDC running SBS 2000. Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175192
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    - Exchange problems This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5C27B.973A6640 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We have just moved a client to SMTP mail from POP3 on SBS2000. Email = seems to get in to them some of the time, other times an error is = returned to the sender as seen below Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: test from gary at 9:15 am Monday, please ignore Sent: 26/09/2005 09:15 The following recipient(s) could not be reached: usera@domaina.co.uk on 26/09/2005 09:15 There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email = server. Please contact your system administrator. <domainb.co.uk #5.5.0 smtp;553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of = allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)> Has anybody come across this before, Thanks in advance Gary ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5C27B.973A6640 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 6.00.2900.2722" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We have just moved a client to SMTP = mail from POP3=20 on SBS2000. Email seems to get in to them some of the time, other times = an error=20 is returned to the sender as seen below</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Your message did not reach some or all = of the=20 intended recipients.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Subject: test from gary at 9:15 am = Monday, please=20 ignore</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sent: 26/09/2005 09:15</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The following recipient(s) could not be=20 reached:</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:usera@domaina.co.uk">usera@domaina.co.uk</A> on = 26/09/2005=20 09:15</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There was a SMTP communication problem = with the=20 recipient's email server. Please contact your system = administrator.</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><domainb.co.uk #5.5.0 smtp;553 sorry, = that domain=20 isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts (#5.7.1)></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Has anybody come across this = before,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>T</FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>hanks = in=20 advance</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gary</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </P></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5C27B.973A6640-- Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175191
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    - Add 2003 exchange ent. to a sbs 2000 domain Our client has a 2k sbs environment with a dozen users. Currently 280 agents, that work on behalf of the company, use mail services provided by a offsite hosted mail server. They want to have control over the mail for the entire organization but as we all know sbs's exchange would up and die. We would like to: add an Ent. Exchange server with OWA to the sbs network Liscense the internal users properly for the new server create mail enabled contacts for the agents add the external conector to the new server to cover the agents access The part I see problems with is Exchange needing to authenticate the agents and the SBS restrictions. Is there any way to do this in a SBS network. My fall back plan is to put a 'dummy' domain mycompany.mail on the Exchange server. I would only need to liscence the 12 users and thats not a big deal. The exchange server would host AD and be the only computer in its domain? Any help fitting this server into the SBS network would be great. I plan to upgrade them to SBS2003 so they can use RWW and it would be nice if the OWA links worked? __Side bar__ If I need to uninstall the SBS version of Exchange,will Add/remove break anything that is not related to Exchange? Thanks These forums are worth their weight in gold! -- Keith the confused MCSE Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175190
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    - Setting ISP MX Records I am trying to find out how to set my MX records for my domain correctly, and could really use some help. I have two DSL connections that both route to my Exchange server for SMTP. Each has it's own IP address. The MX record I have for my main IP at the ISP says domainname.com. MX 10 mail.domainname.com. The corresponding DNS A record says mail.domainname.com. A 209.xxx.xxx.xxx First of all, does it matter to exchange server what the name (mail.domainname.com) is? This isn't the name of the exchange server, but it is the right domain name and IP address. The guy at the ISP said that if the name is important to exchange, then I wouldn't be able to add a second MX record for mail.domainname.com and point it to the other IP address. He says that would confuse it and it wouldn't work. I was thinking that if exchange doesn't care what the name says in the record, then I could just enter an MX saying something like domainname.com. MX 20 mail2.domainname.com. And also I could enter the A record to say mail.domainname.com. A 216.xxx.xxx.xxx Any ideas on how I can make this work? Thanks! ~Kyle Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175173
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    - Switching from ISP hosted e-mail to self hosted I am running SBS 2000, and I want to switch Exchange 2000 from ISP hosted e-mail to hosting it on our server. All our users already have SMTP address and their own e-mail boxes. Currently, incoming e-mail goes to a global pop3 account at the ISP, which exchange picks up every 15 minutes. Outgoing e-mail goes to the ISP's SMTP server, which is listed in Exchange in the SmallBusiness SMTP Connector. In order to get everything set up for hosting internally, I will be having the ISP change the MX records to point to our server instead of theirs so that the incoming mail will be routed here. Other than that, I am wondering what I should do about the SmallBusiness SMTP Connector. Should I delete that connector entirely? Should I set it to "use DNS for mail delivery"? I was thinking that if I use DNS for mail delivery, the server will still send through the ISP's mail server. I really wanted to be able to use Exchange as its own SMTP server. Any thoughts on what I need to do to make sure Exchange is acting as it's own SMTP server for the outgoing e-mail? Also, since the ISP (who hosts our domain) will have MX records pointing to us for e-mail, do I need to enter MX records in my DNS server internally? I have two ISPs that I will be using concurrently (we have two DSL connections), each with it's own static IP addess. I am planning to have the ISP enter MX records for both possible IP adresses. Thanks for any help you can provide, ~Kyle Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175171
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    - Symantec Premium AntiSpam I have Symantec Mail Security for Microsft Exchange 4.6.1.107 installed on by SBS2k machine. When I try and activate Symantec Premium AntiSpam I get the following error: "Symantec Premium AntiSpam registration failed. The product will not receive spam definition updates. Do the following: 1. Ensure that a valid, up-to-date Premium AntiSpam license is installed. 2. Verifty that DNS can resolve aztec.brightmail.com 3. Allow outbound secure https through firewall (port 443) 4. If using a proxy server, see the documentation for manually running register. 5. Retry registration by enabling Premium AntiSpam within the product." Has anyone got this to successfully register? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Andy Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175170
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    - Shared Fax and Terminal Services Hi all, I have a question regarding running shared fax on terminal services. Is there a way of having 1 contacts list for all TS users? At the moment, each user has their own address book and its a real pain because fax numbers change etc, so I am after a way of sharing one adddress book between all users. Thanks Scott Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175168
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    - How to Setup SBS to forward to Hotmail account Hi Is there an easy way of setting up SBS2000 to forward a clients email to his hotmail account. Thanks Jay Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175167
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    - FTP, SBS2000 and XPSP2 I have a site with an SBS2000 Server. Clients with XPSP2 are unable to FTP with the Windows Command Line FTP Utility. When they try to open a Server with the Open command they get the message: Connect: Unknown Error Number. Clients with XP SP1 can connect without any problems. I've tried switching off the XP Firewall on the NIC makes no difference. All suggestions greatly appreciated Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175166
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    - There are currently no logon servers available to service the logo I have a Small Business Server 2000 amd one Windows 2000 member server. My SBS can see and browse the member server but if I go to the member server and try \\sbsserver - I get a error "There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request" I have looked and played around with WINS and cannot figure this out. Please help Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175164
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    - NDR with 5.3.0. Exchange Mistakenly sent mail to incorrect MTA Hi! I have a problem that I'm struggling to get a solution to. Exchange seems to be sending mail to a provider on it's A-record host, not the MX. The following appears in my log: --- A non-delivery report with a status code of 5.3.0 was generated for recipient rfc822;theuser@online.no (Message-ID <AEE1EC6506FF364AA0FED88265B66299023F7B@myhost.mydomain.local>). Causes: Exchange mistakenly attempted mail delivery to an incorrect MTA route --- This is an SMTP protocol error log for virtual server ID 1, connection #42. The remote host "148.122.161.36", responded to the SMTP command "rcpt" with "553 5.3.0 <theuser@online.no>... We do not relay from my.mx.ip.here ". The full command sent was "RCPT TO:<theuser@online.no> ". This will probably cause the connection to fail. --- This _only_ happens when one of my users tries to send a mail to the online.no-domain. nslookup responds with the following for online.no: Non-authoritative answer: online.no nameserver = ns2.nextra.no online.no nameserver = ns1.nextra.no online.no MX preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx.online.no online.no internet address = 148.122.161.36 online.no nameserver = ns1.nextra.no online.no nameserver = ns2.nextra.no ns1.nextra.no internet address = 148.122.208.98 ns2.nextra.no internet address = 148.122.161.2 mx.online.no internet address = 193.213.115.10 --- The real problem is that Exhange tries to send the mail to the internet address (A-record), and not to the MX (193.213.115.10). I've searched everywhere, without figuring out _why_. I have also been in touch with the provider, and they are unable to provide me with any leads to why this is happening. Any help is greatly appreciated! Regards, Lars Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175158
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    - How to make an Email contact I can't remember how to make an email contact in SBS2K. I want to forward a client's email to his pop3 account. Can someone help? -nn Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175156
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    - Orphan mailbox Hi all, I deleted a user by mistake and had to recreate the user, when I went to reconnect them to the mail box in exchange I didn't see it so I just restored it from a backup. Now I see that it was there and I just missed it. So now how do I delete the old mailbox, I run the cleanup agent and it doesn't show up with a red x I can't see what could be wrong ( I not real strong at Exchange) can some one point me in the right direction? thanks Tim Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175155
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    - sbs 2000 with OWA I am running SBS 2000, I am getting a weird problem with OWA. I never had problem before until now. When you load OWA, you are prompted for username and password. I normally just typed in username and password but it does not let me in, unless I type the whole smtp address (jsmith@abc.com as username). I think this have to do with the IIS and Exchange. How can I fix this? thanks in advance Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175154
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    - NDR 5.5.0 smtp:550 problem I'm struggling to understand how to fix a problem with SBS 2003 Exchange using ISA server. We are company AA and, together with three other businesses (ie companies BB, CC and DD), we have just purchased company XX. Each company uses different ISPs. At company AA, we need to be able to send email outbound from our Exchange 2003 server as both Sandy@XX.com and Sandy@XX.com. I've set up each user in the Active Directory with email addresses for both domains and made BB.com the primary address for each user. The SBS configuration is set up with company AA as the primary domain for Active Directory and Exchange. The SBS Exchange 2003 server uses SMTP for outgoing email and POP3 for incoming. This all works fine. The IT support guy at company XX has changed the settings on his Linux server so that all incoming email to Sandy@XX.com, John@XX.com, Sally @XX.com etc are forwarded to Sandy@AA.com, John@BB.com, Sally@CC.com etc at the other ISPs. That works fine. When any one mail recipient at company BB receives an incoming email it is correctly forwarded to company AA. When John at company BB sends an email to me at Sandy@XX.com with a copy to Sally@XX.com the server correctly forwards all the email to me at companies AA and Sally at company CC. The problem we have is that, once the Exchange server in company AA has received the forwarded email from John, it tries to send a copy to the other recipients. This seems to create some kind of circular messaging resulting in the following NDR: Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: New Business at VS Sent: 22/09/2005 11:29 The following recipient(s) could not be reached: Sally Simpson on 22/09/2005 11:35 There was a SMTP communication problem with the recipient's email server. Please contact your system administrator. <AA.co.uk #5.5.0 smtp;550 John@BB.co.uk>... Not permitted I've checked that we are not a relay and we are not blacklisted. At company AA, our Active Directory has been set up with a new Organisational Group containing contact records for John, Sally etc. Each contact record has an primary email address of, for example John@XX.com and a secondary email address of John@BB. The company AA Exchange server has a default recipient policy with the company AA domain set as "responsible for all incoming mail". I've set up a higher priority recipient policy for incoming mail for company XX domain recipients. Do I need to check the box for "this Exchange Organization is respnxible for all mai delivery to this address"? What else do I need to do to stop these NDRs? Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175153
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    - Lizenz Manager Hallo, ich habe folgendes Problem. Ich habe eine SMB Server 5.0 mit zehn Lizenzen. Nun möchte zusätzliche Lizenzen eingeben, damit der neue Benutzer sich anmelden kann. Möchte ich allerdings den Lizenz Manger starten bekomme ich eine Meldung, dass dies nur über die Option <Server verwalten> im Startmenü gehen würde. Diesen Eintrag habe ich allerdings nicht. Wie kann ich die zusätzlichen Lizenzen eintragen? Vielen Dank für Eure Hilfe. Gruss Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175151
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    - Setup ISA to allow port 1352 and IP address to go out Hi, Can someone point me in the direction as to how i can allow a users PC on SBS2000 so that a New software can access via port 1352 and ip address 194.196.143.ect, i cant even ping to this address from anywhere on the network. many thanks Jay Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175149
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    - SBS2K shared fax functioning The reliability of the SBS2K fax server is starting to reach a point in which I want to replace it with a good fax server solution. From the start we have had problems with faxes not being send because of error "no dial tone" after three retries. In some cases resending the fax will solve the issue. In some receiver's/sender's cases we are not able to send or receive form them tru the fax server and have to fall back on the fax machine. Is there a KB document on how to solve these issues? Update/Fix? Or would upgrading to another fax server solution be a better solution. TIA, Fred Blum Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175147
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    - Size limit of information store! Hello, Just wondering anyone know the size limit of both priv and pub information in exchange? I'm really afraid of hitting the max. size limit and get my exchange server crash ... Thanks in advance! CK Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175141
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    - Fixed IP problem?? Hi All new to SBS2000 so a bit dim. Have all clients on DHCP. Server is 10.0.0.2 All clients could access an ISDN router on 10.0.0.3 that gives external access to a remote database. The IP address and name of the database is set in the hosts file. Had to set up some clients with a fixed IP address so they could operate some telephony software. Since then those clients are unable to access the external database although all the other clients on DHCP still can. Giving them a fixed IP seems to have messed access up. The fixed IPs range is from 10.0.0.102 -106 and subnet of 255.255.255.0 are all set on the client PCs but I havnt done anything on the server. I suspect I need to do more than this. Can anyone help. Cheers, David Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175135
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    - Unable run dcdiag, netdiag tools Hi, I am running windows 2000 SBS with SP4, recently download dcdiag and netdiag troubleshooting tools to help find the server performance, however after I install these 2 tools, from CLI , issue dcdiag, or netdiag, got err message "dcdiag /netdiag is not a recognized internal or external command". I use this tools frequestly on other server, why failed on this. Thanks for any suggestion on this. Rds Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175134
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    - file replication service warnings Hi, We are currently running SBS2K, and we tried promoting our file server (windows advanced server 2k) to be an additional domain controller for redundancy, and so that we can still log in while we upgrade the small business server to 2k3 in the next few weeks. We ran dcpromo on the file server and no problems were experienced. After the promotion, we switched off our small business server and experienced the following problems: - some users don't get mapped drives when they log in - some users cannot access the internet - the file server itself cannot access the internet Further, we are receiving the following warnings in the File Replication Service event log: EventID 13508: The File Replication Service is having trouble enabling replication from JSRSBS01 to JSRFS01 for c:\winnt\sysvol\domain using the DNS name jsrsbs01.jsr.local. FRS will keep retrying. Following are some of the reasons you would see this warning. [1] FRS can not correctly resolve the DNS name jsrsbs01.jsr.local from this computer. [2] FRS is not running on jsrsbs01.jsr.local. [3] The topology information in the Active Directory for this replica has not yet replicated to all the Domain Controllers. This event log message will appear once per connection, After the problem is fixed you will see another event log message indicating that the connection has been established. and also EventID 13565: File Replication Service is initializing the system volume with data from another domain controller. Computer JSRFS01 cannot become a domain controller until this process is complete. The system volume will then be shared as SYSVOL. To check for the SYSVOL share, at the command prompt, type: net share When File Replication Service completes the initialization process, the SYSVOL share will appear. The initialization of the system volume can take some time. The time is dependent on the amount of data in the system volume, the availability of other domain controllers, and the replication interval between domain controllers. I used the active directory replication monitor on the small business server to see if there was anything wrong, but it reported that everything was working well. Also, the Active Directory and Users on the file server seems to have all the correct data contained within it. Could someone please tell me what's wrong, or what I haven't completed in the dcpromo process... Please help! Many thanks in advance, Victor. Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175133
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    - SBS2000 and Exchange 2003 I have SBS 2000 with Exchange 2000. My business is mostly email and SQL based. I am starting to have performance issues with Exchange 2000. I have set up a Windows 2000 server that is much more powerful and it is now used as my Backup Exec system and Antivirus master. I want to put Exchange 2003 on it and retire the Exchange 2000 on the SBS2000 system (the SBS2000 server will then be my AD controller and my SQL server). I do not intend to put AD on the new server because from what I have read, SBS won't work properly in that configuration. Will I run into any issues with that scenario? Thanks in advance for any help you can gibe me! Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175130
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    - Server error 53 I have two SBS servers, one 2000 the the other 2003. Each server has two NICS, one for the wild side and the other for the internal network. Both servers internal NIC is configured with 192.168.16.xxx range address and are plugged into the same switch. One server is a production server that everyone logs into and the other is a test server that few people log into. The problem is when we try to acces the production server using the "NET" command. I was hoping to use a remote share to bring production files into the test environment. When I issue the following "NET" command I get a "System error 53 has occurred." and the command fails. NET USE G: \\192.168.16.2\G password /USER:domainprod\username /PERSISTENT:NO The IP address is the internal NIC card on the production server and "G" is a share name to the "G" drive on that server. "password /USER:domainprod\username" is a valid name and password on the production server. I can ping the address without a problem. Anyone have a clue what is causing the error? I have searched the net and can't seem to get a explanation of what is causing the error. The computer that is failing, is abel to access another remote computer across a VPN connection which is a Windows 2000 Server using basically the same syntax without a problem. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Mark Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175126
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    - How can I track user activities on a Windows 2000 Server Good day, I would like to track user activities on a Windows 2000 server that has the role of a file server in our network. My main goal is to know which user deleted a certain folder or file, but I do not know how. Any help would me highly appreciated. Milad Ghafoori Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175125
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    - TServer licencing server, not recognizing added CALS? SBS2K Server + Separate W2K TServer 12 W2K Clients 6 WINXP Clients (some remote via VPN) 20 CALS installed on SBS (10 recently two months ago when we added new clients) All users have access to TServer but rarely more than 6 or 8 at a time. We are getting a "Can Not Connect..." error. I've confirmed that it is because of the maximum number of connections (when I close one it immediately allows the connection that was being refused) I believe that (with W2K and XP clients) the limit of TServer connections is determined by the number of avialable SBS CALS. Is there something that I'm missing? How does the W2K TServer get the licence info from the SBS? I 've seached for licencing posts and become confusder and confusder any direction would be helpful. M Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175121
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    - Because of a protocol error detected at the client (code 0x1104), this session will be disconnected Hi, I've been looking at a couple of similar posts about this issue within the groups here in particular one by Crazy but hasn't seemed to have changed the situation after making those registry chages and restring the server. I can't even get to RWW at present (SBS 2003 Server here) -the virtual ports are all configured on the Router OK to pass through and the server certificate is OK too. I have even ran through the Internet Connection wizard again and still no joy. If I try to created a Remote Desktop connection I get the above message. It was all working OK until I updated a couple of recent Micrsoft patches too (can't remember what they were though?!) Anyone else got any ideas? Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175116
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    - Users security group This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5BE07.3BFDBB60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, What is the role of Users security group? We have every user in the = domain belong to Domain Users group but not Users group. Recently, I tried to test remote access shared server folders from = outside. =20 I had no problem (using user account with administrator right): 1. VPN connection to server; 2. ping server and workstations in the office using their name and ip = address; 3. VNC to server and any workstation in the network; 4. Remote Desktop connection to server But have problem: 1. seeing server and computers in the company network through Network = Neighborhood 2. mapping shared server folders 3. use \\servername\sharename to connect to shared server folders under = DOS prompt Please help to fix those problems. At the end, I want to be able to map = shared folders from outside and work on the files under them. --=20 Thanks, el=20 -------------------------- [System: SBS 2000 with DHCP, DNS, ISA, Exchange Server, SQL Server = installed in one machine] ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5BE07.3BFDBB60 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 6.00.2800.1498" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>What is the role of Users security group?  We = have every=20 user in the domain belong to Domain Users group but not Users=20 group.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Recently, I tried to test remote access shared = server folders=20 from outside.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I had no problem (using user account with = administrator=20 right):</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. VPN connection to server;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. ping server and workstations in the office using = their name=20 and ip address;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. VNC to server and any workstation in the=20 network;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>4. Remote Desktop connection to = server</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>But have problem:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. seeing server and computers in the company = network through=20 Network Neighborhood</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. mapping shared server folders</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. use <A=20 href=3D"file://\\servername\sharename">\\servername\sharename</A> to = connect to=20 shared server folders under DOS prompt</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Please help to fix those problems.  At the end, = I want to=20 be able to map shared folders from outside and work on the files under=20 them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR>-- <BR>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>el <BR>--------------------------<BR>[System: SBS 2000 with DHCP, = DNS, ISA,=20 Exchange Server, SQL Server installed in one=20 machine]<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C5BE07.3BFDBB60-- Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175115
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    - Exchange 2000 bandwidth needed Hi, I have the E 2000. We have DSL connection and it takes lots of time for out side client to down load large attachments/images. Should I upgrade to a T1 line. Will t1 helps speed up the upload time. Is there other requirements needed? Thanks Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175112
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    - Outlook 2003 POP3 problem Under SBS2K in my Outlook 2003 I am also setup to get POP3 mail from 2 other email accounts. I notice that inside Outlook in the email accounts it keeps changing the POP3 incoming mail server to "Localhost" and it appends the incoming mail server address to my user name. This cause me to loose my email connection. When I edit the incoming mail server correctly and remove it from my user name it works. This appears to be an Outlook function and not SB2K. It only happens in Outlook 2003. How do I stop this? -nn Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175109
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    - Inexplicable loss of functionality I'd appreciate suggestions for troubleshooting a strange issue I'm seeing with a Windows 2000 SBS server. The problem is usually discovered when someone tries to monitor POPcon (a third party POP3 connector), but the following issues prevent me from troubleshooting: The following utilities stop functioning (hang on startup, or when attempting to connect remotely): Event Viewer Internet Services Manager Service Control Manager Network and Dial-up Connections Routing and Remote Access (although the service still accepts connections) Computer Management (loads but items fail or hang) I also tried these command-line tools, but they also hang: netstat net share net start/pause/continue/stop I also tried the following tools from sysinternals: tcpview starts, but displays nothing prcview hangs on starting psservice hangs after displaying the banner I also noticed that IIS does not seem to respond to requests. Also Internet Explorer on the server will not open web sites, but will open local pages. All other services, such as ISA Proxy Server or Terminal Services, seem to operate normally. I don't know where to start, so I'd really appreciate any ideas, thanks. Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175107
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    - Setting up router with static IP I am trying to set up a Draytek Vigor on an ISP provided static IP but am having problems, my SBS 2000 network is set up as in the article bar the fixed IP details in the router: http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=154 When the router is set up to get a dynamic IP is appears to be find and email and internet work ok, when I set it to connect with its static IP under online status on the router it appears to be connected to the specified Static IP and it looks fine but we cannot get access to the internet and exchange cannot pick up email. I have looked for hours for the way to set it up properly but cannot find anything that works. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as we'd like to get this set up correctly as soon as possible. Thanks, Chris Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175104
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    - Song of the Week - Sept 18, 2005 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5BC95.D77BA200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I survived SMB Nation last weekend. What a great conference, and what a = great opportunity to meet many new people, and put some faces to names. = Saying hello to 600 people is tough, but there were lot's of opportunity = to practive introducing yourself. Talk about saying "Hello", last night = I went to a musical play on the life and times of Louis Armstrong. One = of his big hits just prior to his death was "Hello, Dolly". So, it = seemed to be a natural selection for our song of the week. I hope you = enjoy it! Hello, Dolly (aka Hello, Windows) Hello, Windows, Well, hello, Windows It's so nice to have you up after rebooting You're workin' swell, Windows I can tell, Windows You're not crashin', you're not thrashin', You're still goin' strong I hear those disks spinnin', while we're still loadin' One of your old favourite software that we found So, scan her files, fellas, Find her an empty disk, fellas Windows'll never go away again (instrumental break) Hello, Windows, Well, hello, Windows It's so nice to have you back after rebooting You're workin' swell, Windows I can tell, Windows You're not crashin', you're not thrashin', You're still goin' strong I hear those disks spinnin', while we're still loadin' One of your old favourite software that we found So, golly, gee, fellas, Find her a USB key, fellas Windows'll never go away....I said it'll never go away Windows'll never go away again=20 --=20 Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP] "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long" ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5BC95.D77BA200 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 6.00.2900.2722" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff background=3D""><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I = survived SMB=20 Nation last weekend. What a great conference, and what a great = opportunity to=20 meet many new people, and put some faces to names. Saying hello to 600 = people is=20 tough, but there were lot's of opportunity to practive introducing = yourself.=20 Talk about saying "Hello", last night I went to a musical play on the = life and=20 times of Louis Armstrong. One of his big hits just prior to his death = was=20 "Hello, Dolly". So, it seemed to be a natural selection for our song of = the=20 week. I hope you enjoy it!<BR><BR>Hello, Dolly<BR>(aka Hello,=20 Windows)<BR><BR>Hello, Windows,<BR>Well, hello, Windows<BR>It=92s so = nice to have=20 you up after rebooting<BR>You=92re workin=92 swell, Windows<BR>I can = tell,=20 Windows<BR>You=92re not crashin=92, you=92re not = thrashin=92,<BR>You=92re still goin=92=20 strong<BR>I hear those disks spinnin=92, while we're still = loadin=92<BR>One of your=20 old favourite software that we found<BR>So, scan her files, = fellas,<BR>Find her=20 an empty disk, fellas<BR>Windows=92ll never go away = again<BR><BR>(instrumental=20 break)<BR><BR><BR>Hello, Windows,<BR>Well, hello, Windows<BR>It=92s so = nice to=20 have you back after rebooting<BR>You=92re workin=92 swell, Windows<BR>I = can tell,=20 Windows<BR>You=92re not crashin=92, you=92re not = thrashin=92,<BR>You=92re still goin=92=20 strong<BR>I hear those disks spinnin=92, while we're still = loadin=92<BR>One of your=20 old favourite software that we found<BR>So, golly, gee, fellas,<BR>Find = her a=20 USB key, fellas<BR>Windows=92ll never go away....I said it=92ll never go = away<BR>Windows=92ll never go away again <BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Kevin = Weilbacher=20 [SBS-MVP]<BR>"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom=20 long"</FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C5BC95.D77BA200-- Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175102
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    - changing user password remotely Hi, I have a site to site VPN connection. In main office I have Active Directory. My remote office users connect to this Active Directory to logon & get authenticated. I have set an option that the password expires in 30 days & after that they have to change the password but the problem is Remote Users are not able to change the logon passwords after 30 days through VPN connection. Is there any way to resolve this issue. Thank You, Pradeep Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175100
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    - RRAS Problem.. Had to do a system state restore... System seems fine except RRAS will not start:- Unable to load C:\WINNT\System32\iprtrmgr.dll. ... Eventid 20103 The Routing and Remote Access service terminated with service-specific error 31.... Eventid 7024 Tried http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299013 all ok / done apart from the last element... Uninstall TCP/IP ?????? Tag: Benchmarking Tag: 175098

Which benchmarking program is now most popular and where can I find it? Is
the
3DMark.... the right one?

I need to check my workstations (especially connection to network
performance).

Marek Staniewski

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