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    - Resizing system Partition for upgrade to SBS 2003 My sbs 2000 server is a raid-5 system c/w 2 logical drives Logical Drive 1 (Basic) - C: 4gb (1gb free space) (system) - F: 30gb (18gb free space) (exchange databases) Logical Drive 2 (dynamic) - E:100gb (70gb free space) (data) My tech. support tells me that even with the low drive-c space, the upgrade to SBS 2003 should run. Will I run into problems with low disk space after the upgrade though??? Has anyone used successfully, Powerquest's Volume Manager to resize system partitions online??? Any suggestions greatly appreciated. thanks.w Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147250
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    - Adding member server On the white paper it states that when setting up you must pick all defaults apart from. Select per SEAT and set number of licenses to that of SBS server. When you select per SEAT there is no option to select number this is only viable when selecting PER SERVER. Which is the correct? Any info please Happy Holidays Maurice Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147248
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    - Add W2K3 to existing domain Hello everyone, I have a few questions about licensing. Our company is on SBS 2k and we are growing fast. We need another server shortly and I would like to move to 2k3. We are using 30 CALs on our 2k domain right now and we only have 35 CALs for SBS. Do I need to buy all new CALs in order in bring in the new 2k3 DC? What happens to the CALs that are being used on the 2 other 2k servers once I install the new 2k3 DC? It is a bit confusing and I want to make sure that everything is up to spec and legal. With the new server installed, do I lose my SBS licensing? Do I have to remove my SQL, Exchange, etc? Any information would be helpful THANKS! Brian Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147233
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    - 2nd issue of the day. NT machine and sbs2k hi... (again) got an NT box which isn't part of the sbs2k domain, but needs to use a share that is part of the domain. The share in question is a snap drive.. i would like the NT machine to place files on the share with permissions set to allow everyone full access. but it always seems to place them as read only. Talking to users they say it has been an ongoing problem that the shares change permissions seemingly randomly.. although this is a new customer and i haven't built up a picture of things yet. So the question is.. how do i force it to put files on the share so that everyone can access them and move them between folders. there is another issue as these files are being produced by a piece of s/ware that i'm not aquainted with yet so it may be down to that.. any advice greatly appreciated. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147232
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    - VPN issue. trying to create a vpn between client machine and ftp box which is in dmz, passing through the sbs2k box on the way. most client machines do this no problem, but a couple of users, it would seem to be the profiles as it is user specific not machine specific, cannot connect and their connection only shows as being l2tp. Even when i try to force it to be pptp is still thinks it's l2tp and wont connect. any thoughts regards Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147231
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    - Using a Compaq PDA & SBS2000 We have an SBS2000 installation, plus some users with Compaq PDA's. I have setup our filewall to allow incoming POP3 connections, which works and allows remote users to connect and get their email via POP. My problem seems to arise when the remote user using their compaq PDA tries to send emails, the server thinks it's spam so does not allow it to send it. Any ideas ? Merry Christmas to all. Regards Roger. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147230
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    - Problems with incoming email messages Hello there. I am currently having a problem with mail routing. We have mail sent to us with an old domain name that we don't use anymore called *****.demon.co.uk. The service used to be a POP3 mailbox when we had SBS 4.5. The mail sent to this address is re-written to *****.ltd.uk (an SMTP MX Record service) by demon, our ISP. This is fine but what I want to do, and what I have done in the past, is setup a mailbox with the *****.demon.co.uk mail going into it and another with the *****.ltd.uk mail going into it. At the moment the email messages for the account with the *****.demon.co.uk associated with it goes to which ever account the *****.ltd.uk email address is assoctiated with. I just can't understand why it won't work. I set it up on the previous installation of SBS 2K with no problem. Any ideas? Thanks for any help. Shane. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147226
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    - sbs license Hi, Everybody I have a big problem for my side.I want to add licenses to my server ,for this I want to install SBS administrative console but when i put the first cd it doesn't give me permission to install and it is giving "This version can not upgrade the installed version of microsoft small bussiness server." Does anyone know this problem? Please Help Me...... Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147225
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    - SBS2000 ISA HI I had ISA reports running fine on a daily basis. For some reason it stopped and it writes Event ID:12026 in the event log. Can anyone help me out with this Cheers Jannie Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147219
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    - Large Attachments Hi All, Is there an easy way in Exchange (either native or add product) to have all outgoing messages over a certain size to be forward to admin mailbox for vetting rather than just being sent or blocked. The problem I have is that a number of users are sending large attachments with thought to reducing there size (eg large word documents with embedded images) by zipping or other means. Craig Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147216
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    - Happy Holidays This is a great time of year to express sincere thanks to everyone in this group. If it weren't for the MVP's and other leaders of this group, it would clearly be nonexistent. Every one of you take the time to go above and beyond any call of duty to help others. The gifts you give--time, knowledge, advice, etc.--is worth far more than simple thank you's. I have learned so much from this group and my own mistakes, that....well....can't even put words to it. May each of you have a wonderful Holiday and a Happy New year. 2003 was certainly eventful for me and I have much to give thanks for. All of you are part of it. HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Marcia Porter Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147207
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    - OWA Internal Server Error Hello all: Running: SBS2k, ISA (2 nics), Exchange sp3 I am experiencing an internal server error message (windows, not http 500) when accessing OWA from the internet or LAN. I have checked the Exchange settings, Event Logs, etc. and it seems to be an IIS problem. http://server/public and http://server/exchange behave similarly. The side frames load, but nothing in the middle - just 'loading'. Users are able to create and send mail, contacts, appointments, etc. through OWA, but not view anything posted. According to the MSKB, I have examined the net time (set correctly and synchronized), and the directory permissions (both file and IIS) seem ok. I believe it is IIS because in Exchange Manager, I receive error message: 'Operation failed due to an internal server error. ID no: c1030af2; Exchange System Manager' when attempting to expand the public folders. My understanding is that this is a virtual connection through IIS. Any ideas??? Thanks, Scott Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147198
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    - DNS Problems I hope someone can help wit this. I have a client who is running SBS2000 sp4 with 2 nic's in the server one on the LAN and one as a gateway to a ADSL router. I have configured the LAN NIC to use the SBS DNS server (On 10.0.0.1) and I have configured the DNS Server to forward requests to external DNS servers. The problem Im having is as follows if you attempt to resolve a url sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. When its working it will resolve perfectly but then it just stops working and you get the host unknown messege weather you do it from the server or a client. It wont work for arround 10 mins then it starts working again for a short while. This repeats consistantly. Some of the things I have tried are: Using different forwarders in DNS Server. Assigning Multiple DNS servers to the Server NIC manually and the clients using DHCP. Keeping the internal DNS server 10.0.0.1 as the primary and having multiple external DNS servers as the secondary ones. Disabling WINS Flushing the DNS cash using ipconfig /flushdns The current config is all DNS requests go to the SBS DNS Server 10.0.0.1 and it is set to forward. This includes DNS requests for internet access and Exchange Server. Using NSLOOKUP the correct server is responding weather it resolves or not. This problem is driving my client nuts and its getting embarrasing. There are no errors occuring in the event log. Please can any one help. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147195
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    - upgrade server Hi! I want to upgrade the server hardware, especially the hard drives and power supplies as ~3 years seems to be a lifetime for those two parts. We currently have a dual p3 1000mhz system with 1gig ram. We also have 2 30gb hard drives in raid. If we go to the P4 2.8 with hyperthreading and a gig ram, is that technically faster and better than what we currently have? With a limited budget, if I propose xeon's I think I'll be slammed at the idea. What would suggestions be? Thanks. Marcia Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147184
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    - 2 networks connecting through dial up...... I have 13 workgrouops in different locations, they must use a class A network range to operate existing software. At each location I have one PC that communicates with my SBS03 server for drop off a data files and Email. They currently aren't connected to the internet although they will be in the near future. The local workstations (for software reasons are required to be static) are using the same range of IP addresses as my SBS server. With SBS4.5 they were able to communicate and get email using the dial-up adpter just fine. Now windows 98 PC can dial and have access but the windows 2000 PC's connect to the server but don't get any DHCP info so they don't communicate properly. I dissabled the local network adapter and the windows 2000 PC was then able to access email. But I need the network connection to remain established for the software to work across the local network. How can I get this connection to work with the Windows 2000 machines? I have also tried to force a connection to the domain, but it won't allow the connection , stating that it can not be found Thoughts and Ideas anyone Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147178
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    - OT: ScanRouter V2 Professional One of my customers is looking at a Ricoh multi-function color copier that includes 'ScanRouter Professional' software for routine and distributing faxes and documents. Does anyone here have any experience with it? Does anyone have it running on an SBS server? Are there any comparable solutions from other vendors? Thanks, kw Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147177
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    - SMTP virtual server queue problem Hello, I currently have a SBS2k machine with exchange 2000 that has 10 users on it. My default smtp virtual server queue has a large amount of data in it. This just happened in the last two days plus the weekend. The data in the que is "SMTP connector 'website.name' (SMTP connector Remote Delivery) and there are a 100 or so in the queue. Am I being used a relay for some type of spaming? Is there a way I can stop this? I looked at the microsoft article about enumarate and deleteing the message with no NDR but the que still is full. Thank You Joe Bucar Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147170
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    - Migrating W2K domain to SBS 2003 Hi we've got a Windows 2000 domain with a single DC and we'd like to move towards SBS 2003 (and keeping the current DC and domain name). What is the best way to do that I thought of adding the new server as a Windows 2000 DC, trasfer the FSMO roles to this server and then upgrade it to SBS 2003. The original DC will be preserved and will act a secondary DC. Could be this the best way Thanks in advance. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147169
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    - SBS2003 / ISA Hi, I have SBS 2003 installed and just installed the "Premium pack" - ISA server. I got the following message: ============================================== Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleratrion Server Setup ------------------------------------------------------- Setup has stopped your IIS publishing service (W3SVC). After Setup is complete, uninstall IIS or reconfigure all ISS sites not to use ports 80 and 8080. ============================================== Any ideas what this really means? Do I need to uninstall something? I assume I need IIS for OWA etc....? Any help greatly Appreciated! Regards, -Leo Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147155
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    - Connecting remote PC's with Network and Dial-up Connections I have 13 workgrouops in different locations, they must use a class A network range to operate existing software. At each location I need one PC to communicte with my SBS03 server and drop off a data files each day and communicte for Email, they don't have internet access at the moment. So the local workstations are using the same range of IP addresses as my SBS server the requirement is that they be static. With SBS4.5 they were able to communicate using the dial-up adpter just fine. Now windows 98 PC can dial and have access but the windows 2000 PC's don't get any DHCP info so they don't connect properly. So Question Should I move my Local IP range to a class B Network range? My wan range is a class C I dissabled the local network adapter and the windows 2000 PC was then able to access the network. Thoughts and Ideas anyone? Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147154
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    - ISA Automatically detect settings ? On my SBS2K I would like to use the auto detect ISA feature. WPAD is setup, in DHCP and DNS. In ISA client configuration, web browser and firewall client has been configuret for auto detcion. The ISA server has been set to Publish autodiscovery information, not on port 80 because of conflict with the WWW server on SBS2K but on port 90. I have createt a wpad.dat file and put it in WWW root on the SBS2K server (that means port 80) In this file I have put SBSKservername:8080 and it seems to work. What I would like to know is, what to put in the wpad.dat file? Any help would be greatly apriciated. Niels Koldborg Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147145
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    - Firewall Client Installation Fails Someone please help!!!! Server: SBS 2000 Workstations: W2K Initially, I tried to install FWC by assigning the .MSI file to the workstation using group policy. The install kicked in OK, but froze before completing install. Second, I tried to install manually, logged on as local Admin account. This time, the following error is displayed: "Failed to copy C:\Program Files\Microsoft Firewall Client\internal_setup\setup_a.ini to c:\Program Files\Microsoft Firewall Client\internal_setup\setup.ini Internal Error: 0x2" Third, I tried Group Policy again, this time using elevated privilages. Install froze as per initial attempt. I have searched MS KB and groups for answer but I am at a loss. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147142
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    - TS Licensing Help I am a bit confused re. TS Licensing. I know I need to install Terminal Services on the Application Server and TS Licensing on the SBS. However we have bought some XP workstations and we have a Volume License for Win XP Pro for some workstations that I will upgrade after they are connected to the servers. However when I activate the Terminal Services, I know I need the License Server ID (ie SBS ID)but I also need a License code for the Terminal Services client license pack but I thought I did not need to buy TS CAL's for XP Pro workstations. If I needed to use ODBC from a Win 98 machine to access an Access database table on the Application server, would I need a TS CAL for that 98 machine ? Could someone please explain this TS licensing issue ? Any help greatly appreciated. Regards Antony Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147140
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    - SMTP published on two NICS Good morning all, Is it possible to publish/bind excahnge to listen on port 25 of both the interneal nic and the external nic of my sbs box? Many thanks, Graeme. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147137
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    - User Log Is there any log showing when a user logged on / logged off the SBS network? Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147131
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    - SBS 2003 We are going to be installing SBS 2003 in the coming weeks, can any one suggest any good reference material (Installation guides, tips etc) for a good place to start? Should I be concerned with anything at this early stage, having had a good experience with SBS 2000 and SBS 4.5, or is it smooth sailing all the way? Any feedback would be appreciate from those who have implemented SBS 2003. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147128
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    - adding SBS to DC? I'd like to move away from the old DC and put in an SBS server. Is there a way of doing this without having to re add all the users information? There is no exchange server involved. Thank You dn Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147108
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    - Addiing SBS server to current DC I'd like to move away from the old DC and put in an SBS server. Is there a way of doing this without having to re add all the users information? There is no exchange server involved. Thank You dn Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147107
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    - Lost files 6 months ago OK so I have a client that I picked up a few weeks ago. He was working on a job about 6 monthe ago, then their client dropped the cause of lack of money. Now the client is back, but my client has deleted all the files from his server for that job. He asked me if I could retrieve them, I said maybe...I had him download this http://store.yahoo.com/rognerud/index.html and and use it, but couldnt find those files that he needed. I asked him about his backups and he said that he probally wouldnt have it, since it was 6 months ago and it probally has been overwritten many times by now. Question A: Is there a way that we can get these files back using a cheap program mantioned above? Question B: What is a good backup routime scheme. I was thining about 1 full monthly backup (1 tape per month) stored offsite. 1 full tape per week, and run a differential on the non-full-backup days. Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thank you Travis Krampy Pittsburgh PA Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147103
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    - AOL and SBS2K I have a client that has SBS2K running, however the owner refuses to go away from his AOL account and I can't seem to get a straight answer with the AOL "techs". One of them even suggested turn off ISA, re-running AOL, then turning ISA back on. As of this moment, he can't use the AOL start up screen - just the log-in screen when opening up an IE browser window. Outside of hypnotizing him to change ISP's, can I get him to use his AOL the way he's used to using it? Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147102
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    - Can't apply SBS Sp1a When i try in to instal SBS sp1a, it stops and tells me it needs 125mb free space in clientapps folder to install & to free up more space before it runs. I have gigs of free space in on the drive that contains clientapps folder. helps Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147101
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    - License upgrade from Server 2003 to SBS2K3 I currently have a customer with a 10-client license of Server 2003. What are their options to upgrade to SBS 2003 Standard Edition with 10 licenses, and what are their costs? Are there any issues with upgrading in this manner? If so, can someone post with their respective (possible) fixes? Thanks in advance! John V. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147093
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    - "Re-create" user name Am having a software problem on one of our workstations that seems to do with her user account. The software company suggests I delete her as user and reinstall. How difficult is this? What settings will be lost? I would want to use the same login name as before, as this is her email name by default and we don't want to change that too. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147087
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    - Running a web server Hi We have an SBS2000 server connected to a broadband connection. We would like to run a low traffic (10-100 users) website in-house. Is it feasible to a) run the website on the same server or b) have another win2k professional/server PC in the same domain to run the site? or c) any other preferred way to do this? Thanks Regards Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147079
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    - Exchange Connector for Groupwise NewB question: How does one add the connector to a Win2K server. It was easy with NT and Exchange 5.5 but this one has me confused. I have tried the installation from the CD using the upgrade/install options but the are greyed out. Running SBS 2000 and latest service packs. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147076
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    - hundreds of junk mail & badmail My server was used as an open relay. My tech. said he fixed the problem of the open relay. Problem is we still be hundreds of junk e-mail messages & hundreds of files in the "badmail" folders each day. Is there a way to fix this problem? Will it help if i change my domain name to point to a different static ip address? or not? cheers, w. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147069
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    - Help please - WMI causing server to slow to a crawl I have a problem with my SBS 2000 server. When I start the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) service, it uses up all over 90% of CPU time and slowes the server right down to a crawl. My tech. support, stopped the service & disabled it so I can run at normal speed for the time being. Problem is, without WMI started, i get frequent application log alerts. Any way to fix this problem? I was running Windows 2000 SP3, installed SP4, still same problem. Please help. w Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147068
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    - How to do this? Hi We have an SBS2000 server which has an access database running internally, supporting around 20 users. The server is connected to a broadband connection. Is it viable for us to run an asp.net web site on the same server that allows visitors (around ten on average) to view the content of the internal database? As you can see there are several issues here; performance of server, security, broadband bandwidth, access etc. If this is not feasible, what would be the recommended way to achieve this? It is not possible to rewrite access database for SQL server just now. Thanks Regards Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147066
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    - Out of Office on Exchange I have the Out of Office reply running on the workstations attached to EXServer2K within SBS2k. Went into Global Settings and made surte it was checked to allow OoO replies ti internet mail (an original problem I had) and it seemed to work on the check out. Now, what I am noticing, is that once this people leave and turn off their system, the OoO is not going out, but if I turn on their systems and then try it, it runs perfectly. I know there has to be a way for this to work without them leaving their systems on for two weeks....can someone point me in the right direction. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147063
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    - ClientApps installation I'm using the custom installation wizard to create an .MST for Office 2003 to run during client computer connections to the SBS server. Everything works well until it gets to about 65% installed and then I get an ODBC error and the installation fails. I'm not sure why I'm getting this error. Can anyone help?? Thanks. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147062
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    - Administraton Website Exadmin folder local path Under IIS / ourserver / administration website / exadmin, the local path was giving us an error, so I tried to reset it and now it can't find it at all. What is the default local path of this folder? Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147058
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    - SBS 2003 Licensing Questions - We are currrent SBS 2000 users with 25 CALs. If we upgrade to SBS 2003, Would the current licenses be good for SBS 2003 or we would have to buy the extra 20 CALs again to work with SBS 2003? - Same situation with Terminal Server. TS licensing is currently activated. WOuld we need to call Microsoft again to obtain the activation key? Thanks in advance for your replies, John Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147054
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    - Pop3 connector retrieves - does not deliver We have been having some trouble with our Pop3 connector. Set the logging to max. A certain user seems to be missing messages. While testing, I can see the message get downloaded, but no delivery event. Other users do have both a download and a delivery event. Checked all settings. Everything looks correct. Nothing stuck in the InForward folder. Any ideas. Bret Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147051
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    - Problem after update install ISA_SP!_x86_ENU Hi All I have just installed ISA_SP!_x86_ENU When the server rebooted it came up with some of the services could not start. The firewall service & WNI had stopped & all networked folders were not accessible. I have now fixed this problem but when trying to get access to the internet we get an error on screen stating something about the ISA . We are running win2K & SBS2K with 2 nic's one is disabled until we get our DSL Every thing was fine till I did the install any ideas would be helpful?. -- Regards Simon Hardstaff --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 20/12/2003 Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147042
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    - Default Shared folders, Admin Password, Outlook thru TS I am a SBS Newbie and am in the process of setting up a SBS2K server & a Win2000 TS in Application Mode. I have a number of questions re. the setup 1) I want to move the default company & user shared folders from the C-Drive to another drive. I have read the MS article 329640 on moving the folders but some help is required. The C-Drive is 12 GB, using 4 already, D-Drive is 34 GB and has Exchange Server installed on it and an E- Drive of 22 GB. Which would be the better drive to move the shared folders to or not move them at all ? 2) If I do move the folders, I assume the User setup wizard will know the folders have moved and to where and when using the magic disk the folders that appear on the users desktop will be mapped correctly ? 3) When I installed SBS, I used a basic password for the Administrator, but I have not installed any backup, AV software yet and from the postings it seems I should change the Admin password before I start doing any major software installations / continue with the SBS2k setup. Correct ? 4) I am also going to install Office XP on the TS in Applic Server Mode. Do I install Office on the C-Drive or the D-Drive ? Do I store the bespoke Access Database we use, on the D-Drive of the TS or on the SBS2k server ? Do I install any Accounting applications that we use on the TS as well or on the SBS2k server ? 5) Is it better for users to use Outlook thru TS ? or use Outlook from SBS2k server ? I have been told that using the internet thru TS takes quite a lot of bandwidth so best to use IE from the local desktop ? Correct ? 6) If I want to personalise the TS screen for each user, how do I save the settings created for user or is it better to have a default TS session screen ? 7) I have not tried it yet, but when I log onto a TS session am I able to view my specific users folder shortcut on the desktop or do I use my network places to find my folder on the SBS2k server ? Any assistance greatly appreciated. Regards Antony Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147040
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    - SBS 2000 - removing components Hi, I want to free up memory resources for our SBS 2000 server, there are many components that can be removed mainly Exchange, Internet Acceleration Server, Interner Information Server, Shared faxes etc. The main component we are using is SQL server, is there anything I need to be careful of if removing the above components. Martin Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147035
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    - Exchange Update Patch Hi All We have windows2K SBS2K and it is showing that we have 4 patches we have not installed exchange 2 & 3. If I just install patch 3 dose that contain patch 2? -- Regards Simon Hardstaff --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.554 / Virus Database: 346 - Release Date: 20/12/2003 Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147031
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    - OT: Seasons Greetings! I don't know when or how often I'll get back to the Newsgroups in the next week or so, so I'd like to thank -everyone- because without you these forums wouldn't exist, or be the quality sources of experiences, hurdles, ideas and solutions that they are. May you all have the merriest of seasons, whatever your celebrations be. and just to put things in a perspective, on a commercial note: The price of True Love: ================================================ From ABC (Aust) News: Gold rings cheaper, swans-a-swimming more expensive By Matthew Liddy The price of 'True Love' has risen this Christmas, according to United States economists who have analysed the cost of five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. For the past 19 years, PNC Advisors has produced a tongue-in-cheek Christmas Price Index based on the current prices for everything the 'True Love' buys in the song The 12 Days of Christmas. The Total Christmas Price Index, representing the combined cost of the goods and services, is up 16 per cent this year, with the price of the swans showing a particularly steep climb. "Unlike 2002, when swans took a significant dive in price, these graceful feathered friends have bounced back to their 2001 level of $US500 a piece, up from $US300 last year, according to the Philadelphia Zoo," the PNC report said. "The four calling birds are also flying high at $US400, more than a 26 per cent increase from last year." PNC has also put together its True Cost of Christmas index, which examines the total cost of all the items in the Christmas carol, including all its repetitions. This year, the 364 items total $US65,264, up from $US54,951. That is a rise of almost 19 per cent, smashing the previous record increase of 8.4 per cent in 1987. Jeff Kleintop, chief investment strategist for PNC Advisors, says the index's trends mirror changes in the wider US economy. "The index reflects the broader trend of productivity growth in the US economy that has driven prices lower on goods while allowing prices for services to rise modestly," Mr Kleintop said in a statement. "Whereas in the mid-1980s the cost of the goods in the song dominated the index, the trend over time has been toward lower goods prices, such as the pear tree and higher prices for skilled labour, such as the pipers," he said. "The abundance of cheap labour in countries such as China have contributed toward increased pressure on US manufacturers to outsource their unskilled labour overseas and evolve toward higher-skilled areas, to maintain profitability. "Unfortunately, the unskilled maids haven't managed an increase in price for their services in many years." Among the goods prices to drop were the five gold rings, down 5.6 per cent, and the pear tree, down 28.6 per cent from last year. The discounts were offset by the dancers, pipers and drummers, who saw big jumps in the cost of their services over 2002. "We have seen a record increase in the 2003 index, possibly indicating that the fears over deflation that we saw last year may begin to recede, as general price levels begin to pick up and the outlook returns to one suggesting the economic recovery may be sustainable," Mr Kleintop said. Christmas Price Index http://www.pncbank.com/12days/ ================================================ Have a Merry One, and a prosperous and fulfilling New Year. Henry Craven. Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147029
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    - isinteg on Exchange 2000 on SBS We are running SBS2000. We are currently experiencing problems with Brightstor ArcServe2000 for Small Business Server. Out of around 30 mailboxes, around 5 mailboxes are reporting problems - CA Tech Support have asked me to run isinteg to check the mailbxes concerned - and if need be - I need to extract delete and re-import the mailbox. The SBS2000 box is a new one, and I ran Exmerge around 3 weeks ago to merge all the old mailboxes out of an old SBS2000 box and imported it into the new one using the 2- Step procedure. I now need help on this isinteg thing - I have not a clue how it works and how to conduct what I was told on the problematic mailboxes. If someone could kindly help me - this will be appreciated. Skc Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147028
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    - <<<< Small Biz News of the week - December 21, 2003 >>>> Kevin's song of the week news://msnews.microsoft.com:119/ebFHex8xDHA.1932@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl ----------------------- This week is a week of celebrations, of family gatherings Whether it's Christmas, Chanukah, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa or any other special occasion this week, I know that on behalf of everyone in this Community a bit of an Irish blessing says it better than I can.... Walls for the wind, And a roof for the rain, And drinks beside the fire - Laughter to cheer you And those you love near you, And all that your heart may desire! ----------------------- In the grand scheme of life, machines are still mastered by us [well, most of the time anyway] and people are what count anyway But while you are visting friends and family, take a look at their computers and make sure an Windows machine is patched and firewalled ;-) ---------------------- Mail Relay You may have seen recent posts in these newsgroups about SBS servers "relaying" mail. By default NO SBS 2000 nor SBS 2003 server is a mail relayer. What we are being "nailed with" these days is something called "SMTP auth relaying" and even "NDR relaying" To counter SMTP auth relaying 1. NEVER enable the guest account 2. Ensure that all accounts, especially the Administrator account has a long, complex password To counter where Spammers are banging emails via using NDR's, you may want to follow this -- Disable NDR: From Exchange System Manager, Global Settings, Internet Message Format. Double click <Default *> on your right. Advanced tab. Uncheck Allow non-delivery reports. ----------------------- Radar reports that an usual flying machine with a driver in a Red outfit has been seen. For the latest on this radar report check out http://www.noradsanta.org/ --------------------- FYI.. there is now a hotfix available for this issue you should be able to call in and request the hotfix mentioned in the following article.. "Cannot find '::{e17d4fc0-5564-11d1-83f2-00a0c90dc849}'" error message when you click Search in Windows Small Business Server 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832870 --------------------- Clock is ticking for Windows 98 The Windows Clock Is Ticking: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,0,1418107,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 -------------------- Windows XP sp2 is in beta testing Get ready for it by reading up ahead of time It's Out: XP SP2 Beta 1: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,0,1416850,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 -------------------- US Software Assurance customers Redmond Touts Software Assurance Rebates: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,0,1413582,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535 --------------------- Security diary for today Internet Storm Center: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html --------------------- Something better than Google? Say it ain't so! CNN.com - Going deeper than Google - Dec. 17, 2003: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/17/fortune.ff.deeper.google/index.html ----------------------- Shalvik and other firms are sponsoring a moderated listserve discussing Patch Management http://www.patchmanagement.org ------------------------ In other news NASA sites hacked, Zone-H says Thirteen NASA Web sites were defaced this morning by a Brazilian crew dubbed drwxr, according to a statement from Zone-H, an organization that monitors hacking. Zone-H said the defacer apparently modified the index pages on the sites to express his opinion about the war, leaving the message "The war in iraq, kill is a play!" and linking to a CNN video showing U.S. soldiers killing an Iraqi and cheering. http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,10801,88348,00.html - - - - - - - - - - RFID: Smart Tags, High Costs A little over a year ago, when Henkel Consumer Adhesives Inc. needed to replace its warehouse management system, the company chose a forward- thinking vendor that was planning to use radio frequency identification, or RFID, which was then, as now, being touted as the "next great thing" in supply chain automation. http://computerworld.com/softwaretopics/erp/story/0,10801,88130,00.html - - - - - - - - - - Bluetooth security 'crisis' looming Security experts have warned of the need to take care as new Bluetooth devices with a transmission range of up to 100 metres arrive. Security consultant @stake believes that devices conforming to the latest Bluetooth standard represent a potential crisis similar to the introduction of wireless local area networks based on the 802.11b Wi-Fi standard. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1151614 -------------------- Recent laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and California's SB 1386, that have cybersecurity implications are a driving force for security investments and provisions. Such regulations force companies to introduce security measures and procedures or face fines or civil or criminal charges. However, regulations are often relatively vague, and adhering to them does not guarantee that an organization really has a robust security program. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci942102,00.html -------------------- The article asserts that computer viruses and worms did not utilize any spectacular technical innovations in 2003 because established infection and propagation methods continue to work effectively. According to Joe Hartmann, director of North American anti-virus research at Trend Micro Inc., 'regular' e-mail and mass-mailing worms will continue to be popular in 2004. He added: "They are working, so why fix them?" The year 2003 did see some developments in the virus field; the SQL Slammer worm of January 2003 spread so rapidly that most vulnerable machines were infected within minutes; in addition, malware increasingly appears to be created out of a profit motive and virus writers are being linked to spammers and other online criminals. The second article gives a brief history of malware and highlights a few of the most interesting and disruptive past viruses and worms. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci941986,00.html http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32422.html ----------------- When the fix is worse than the problem..... Openwares.org, an open source and freeware development organization, has released a patch for a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser that could allow an attacker to spoof legitimate sites. However, it appears that the patch itself contains a buffer overflow bug; in addition, it is thought to "pass information over to the Openwares' web site". Microsoft has acknowledged the existence of the IE vulnerability, but has failed to release a patch for it to date. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34610.html ------------------- Australian bank Westpac is warning customers about an e-mail scam that tries to trick users into providing their account information by pretending to be a Westpac security advisory warning people about such 'phishing' scams. The e-mail, titled 'Online Banking: Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud', appears to be from Westpac, offers details of known phishing scams, then links customers to a fake Westpac website where they are asked to 'validate' their account information. The scam can be identified by the fact that the e-mail contains poor grammar, font variations and a link to a site where customers are asked to enter their details, something banks would never do. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39118642,00.htm --------------------- What to watch in 2004 Each week vnunet.com asks a different expert to give their views on recent virus and security issues, with advice, warnings and information on the latest threats. This week vnunet.com's security correspondent Iain Thomson reads his tea leaves and offers his predictions for 2004. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1151655 - - - - - - - - - - Here's wishing you and yours all the best. -- http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm Tag: Time to be tracking Santa! Tag: 147025

As usual, Norad has its "Norad Tracks Santa" website in operation.
http://www.noradsanta.org/

At 3pm (Florida time), perhaps it's a coincidence, but Santa is currently
flying over Iraq and the Persian Gulf.

Merry Christmas, everyone!
-kw

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