Is it SBS 2000 or not? Can't Tell.

What is the best way to tell if a system is running SBS2k or not? I was
recently at a customer site and noticed that the Ctrl-alt-del screen and the
start button said server 2000. So I was sure it was running plain 'ol
server 2000. But I noticed the sbs2k console was installed, I ran it and
it came up fine. I looked in the add remove programs and it had small
business server listed. How can I definitively tell what is running on
this server, and why am I getting mixed indications?

Thanks a billion,
Joe.

Merv
Tue Apr 29 16:59:48 CDT 2008

Hi Joe,

What you saw with CTRL-ALT-DEL (says Server 2000) is normal. If the SBS
Administrator Console is installed, the only way to get it is to have SBS
2000 installed. The Add/Remove Programs entry is also another good
indicator.

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================


"Joe Letter" <nojunk@nojunk.com> wrote in message
news:eCAyNpjqIHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> What is the best way to tell if a system is running SBS2k or not? I was
> recently at a customer site and noticed that the Ctrl-alt-del screen and
> the start button said server 2000. So I was sure it was running plain
> 'ol server 2000. But I noticed the sbs2k console was installed, I ran it
> and it came up fine. I looked in the add remove programs and it had small
> business server listed. How can I definitively tell what is running on
> this server, and why am I getting mixed indications?
>
> Thanks a billion,
> Joe.
>

Joe
Fri Jul 18 17:04:58 CDT 2008

Thanks!!

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23f1YaRkqIHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi Joe,
>
> What you saw with CTRL-ALT-DEL (says Server 2000) is normal. If the SBS
> Administrator Console is installed, the only way to get it is to have SBS
> 2000 installed. The Add/Remove Programs entry is also another good
> indicator.
>
> --
> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> ============================
>
>
> "Joe Letter" <nojunk@nojunk.com> wrote in message
> news:eCAyNpjqIHA.3548@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> What is the best way to tell if a system is running SBS2k or not? I was
>> recently at a customer site and noticed that the Ctrl-alt-del screen and
>> the start button said server 2000. So I was sure it was running plain
>> 'ol server 2000. But I noticed the sbs2k console was installed, I ran
>> it and it came up fine. I looked in the add remove programs and it had
>> small business server listed. How can I definitively tell what is
>> running on this server, and why am I getting mixed indications?
>>
>> Thanks a billion,
>> Joe.
>>
>
>