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    - Partitioning It is possible to partition the harddrive into 2 logical drives from 1 after setup is complete or do I have to reinstall Server 2000 all over again? There is a small inactive partition (11GB) that was installed on setup. Is it possible to expand that one instead? The drive is 112GB. 100.6GB system (NTFS) and a 11.2GB non active basic. Thank you for your help Pete . . Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148463
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    - Error messages When I open the Administrator, I get the following error messages: 1) Runtime error occured Debug? Line 8 Error: Type mismatch: "ProcessParams" 2) when I go to "About": I cannot see my license - just fields that are blank. 3) RPC Server is unavailable - when everything (above) is happening. Should I just re-boot? or is there an explanation for this problem. I cannot find it on Microsoft, when I search for the specific messages. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148453
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    - Preventing users downloading software I have just installed my first SBS 2000, and everything is fine. We often have temporary staff working on site who need access to the internet a part of their work, but a couple of them are downloading software and adding mesaging services etc. Is there a way SBS can restrict these downloads through the security or user settings - we have roaming profiles and so other options require far more work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Chris. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148451
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    - Error Logs Showing Blackhole Hi, have some bizzare happenings in my ISA server log files. Certain address' keep appearing as blocked noticeably, 169.254.82.127 The IPPEXTD Logfile shows that the port is 137 and the protocol is UDP. Have checked on the guardian website amongst others and it appears that the servers belong to Blackhole. Not entirely clear what this means. I understand 169.XXX.XXX.XXX is apparantly non-routable Have also posted this issue in ISA server group sorry for multiple postings. Any help much appreciated Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148447
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    - Error Logs Showing Blackhole Hi, have some bizzare happenings in my ISA server log files. Certain address' keep appearing as blocked noticeably, 169.254.82.127 The IPPEXTD Logfile shows that the port is 137 and the protocol is UDP. Have checked on the guardian website amongst others and it appears that the servers belong to Blackhole. Not entirely clear what this means. I understand 169.XXX.XXX.XXX is apparantly non-routable Have also posted this issue in ISA server group sorry for multiple postings. Any help much appreciated Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148446
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    - 2nd sql server server I'm running Small Business Server 2000 but I need to move my SQL server database onto its own box. Purchasing all needed licenses, can I add a second server to my domain to act as a SQL server only. It will not have any rights/responsibilities for the domain... it won't be a BDC. Can I do this on my SBS network?? TIA, Ari Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148444
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    - the 15 minute pop equation I just don't understand what the problem is. WHY do people wish to reduce the pop connector collection time? Well, actually, NO, that's not the question. The question is more like 'WHY do people put so much effort into reducing the pop connector retrieval interval?'. With maybe a corollary question of 'WHY is it so damned important?'. I was dealing with a company for tech support today, the guy emailed me some notes. As we receive via SMTP no POP connector delay was involved. While I was on the phone I heard him reading the email, he suggested he was forwarding it to me and I could hear him typing as he asked me to pause while I was giving him my email address, he then suggested 'you should get it soon' so I'm supposing he had actually hit the 'send' button at this time. I also called someone else for support yesterday and went through a similar scenario. Both emails were simple text messages. One arrived inside the 15 minutes, the other took 3 hours. One was from Trend Micro, the other was from Microsoft. This is the nature of internet email. An old quote about internet email suggests '90% gets delivered inside a few minutes, 5% takes a couple of days, 5% goes into the big pop box in the sky and no-one knows why.' I also receive via SMTP at home. If the girl next door emailed me I would receive it with minimal delay. If she expected me to get off my ass and knock on her door within 15 minutes she better be offering something better than dinner to fix her computer. I just don't understand what the frenzy is. On the other hand, there are very good reasons why after attempting POP collection once a short delay should occur before another pop collection is attempted. Many mail systems (and I'm probably talking *nix here, particularly *nix mail server farms) 'lock' the mailbox during delivery, if you attempt to access the mailbox before the lock is released it will error. The previous POP conversation can be complete but because the server is handling thousands of requests and also doing it's own housekeeping the mailbox may still be locked. I'm not sure but I think the lock exists to eradicate the chance of duplicate delivery. ie. (if the mailbox lock was not implemented) popconversation1 'HI, any new mail?' popconversation1 'Yep, sure is, 1*10MB message' popconversation1 'give it to me baby' Transfer starts popconversation2 'HI, any new mail?' popconversation2 'Yep, sure is, 1*10MB message' popconversation2 'give it to me baby' Transfer starts some time later more pop conversations get initiated and we've got more transfers of the same message which eventually may end. The client then has multiple copies of the same message which transferred slowly because they all happened at the same time,,, and gets rather confused what to do with them. Just my take on the issue. I must be 'in a mood'. IF your users DEMAND immediate reception of mail tell them the best you can do is a permanent IP and SMTP delivery, which may result in delays of several minutes to several days, but won't include an additional 14 minutes and 59 seconds. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148437
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    - Pop connector question The pop connector in exchange 2000/2003 can only be set go get mail at every 15 minutes. ( 4 X an hour ) Is there any way to increase this ? is there a way to set it to every minute ? Kind regards, Jos. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148433
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    - Restoring Exchange 2000 to new SBS hardware We have just bought a new RAID server to replace our existing IDE SBS 2000 server and so far i've managed to replicate the Active Directory info to a temporary Windows 2000 server, taken it offline, and replicated it to our new server using the exact same machine name. I've managed to seize the FSMO roles and can get an existing workstation to log on to both the old and new servers, but i'm having problems installing Exchange 2000 back on to the new server. On running the installation file from the third SBS CD, i initially got the error message:- The component "Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services" cannot be assigned the action "Install" because: A server object for this server ("SERVERNAME") already exists in the Administrative Group "first administrative group". You must either remove this server object before installing, or run setup with the "DisasterRecovery" switch if you are attempting to recover this server. On looking at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;298068 , i've attempted to run the setup.exe /disasterrecovery command, but i get this error instead:- Please use the Exchange Administration Snap-in to ensure you have a valid Exchange Server Object for this server for which you are running Setup in recovery mode. Anyone got any ideas?? Thanks in advance Dan Williams. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148432
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    - Documents returns to its previous folder Hi all. Server -> SBS 2000 Clients -> Windows 2000 Profissional Some users on this network told me that for example: 1) they create a document on a folder 2) they move that document to another folder 3) the next time they log in, the document is in 1) state ( like that 2) never had happened ) Any ideas/suggestions why is this happening? Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards, Joaquim. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148431
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    - Logon Scripts - Help Please!! Hi all I would like to map a drive and also make sure that the My Documents Folder is pointing to a Network Location. Please can somebody advise me how to do this or where to find some information on how to create logon scripts. What I want is:- The X drive to be mapped to \\myserver\company and the location of the My Documents folder to be pointing to \\myserver\users\auser\my documents I have tried writing the script myself but am unable to get it to work! Many thanks Mark Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148430
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    - Small Business 2000 Terminal Serivices Hi, I have a quick question I hope someone can help me with. I have Small Business Server 2000 with 25 Cals, Does this mean I can have 25 users connect via Terminal Services that is included in this package ? Many Thanks For Your Time. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148426
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    - Cant open Microsoft Network on the server! Hi, I posted this about three weeks ago but didnt seem to get any answers, hopefully someone else could have a look and see if they can come up with something?. My problem is that I cant browse The Microsoft Network from my server. Every time i try to access the domain it produces an error saying it cant find the domain?. I've made sure that IsDomainMaster is set in the registry and done several fixes according to several posts relating to this problem however i still cant browse?. I have read though that RRAS affects the master browser on the master domain is that right?. If anybody has any ideas.... Regards TIM Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148425
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    - cant logon after conversion into new domain I converted a win2kpro workstation from one domain to another and now it cannot logon I cannot even logon to the workstation standalone anymore. "the local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively" anyone know why this is happening? Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148422
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    - OT: 98/ME support is extended [no this is not a joke] CRN : Daily Archives : Microsoft Extends Paid Support On Windows 98 Until June 2006 : 2:14 PM EST Mon., Jan. 12, 2004: http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=47165 I'm sorry but I don't think this is a good decision at all. On the one hand they do the right thing and take out TS in application mode on our domain controllers, and then on the other hand they continue to support Win98. Makes it a little hard for me to stand up here and say "Microsoft gets security" when they will continue to support a platform that has none until Longhorn comes out. I for one am disappointed that they caved in to customer response. Susan -- http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148408
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    - DNS Forwarding Problem For some reason the check box to "Enable DNS forwarding" is grayed out on my server and I can't enter any DNS addresses to forward requests to. Any ideas on why this would be grayed out? Any help is greatly appreciated! Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148403
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    - Exchange - Missing Attachments Hi there, We are using small business server 2000 as our email server and I am having a small problem with it. When a certain customer sends us emails with attachments, the attachments are being stripped out of the emails by exchange. e.g They sent us an email with an attachment yesterday. When I looked in the logs for the smtp virtual server on exchange it said the message was ~53K. When the user looked at the message in Outlook it said the message was 4K and the attachment was missing. I assume there is something slightly awry in the format of the emails from this particular user that is upsetting exchange when it is processing the email. Has anyone had this problem and any suggestions as to how I might solve ? Is there a way of capturing what the smtp server sees for an email before it flows into the bowels of exchange never to be seen again in it's original smtp format ? To work around this problem we have been having this customer send email to people's hotmail/yahoo mail accounts. They don't seem to have a problem with the email attachments from this customer. Alan Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148400
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    - XP workstation long time to login! Our office just got 3 new workstations with W. XP Pro. I got them to join the domain SBS2000 without any problem, BUT! it takes over 1 1/2 minute for the user to login (Applying settings.) with W2K Pro. It takes only 4 seconds. Please help!!! Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148394
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    - internet explorer canor find server or dns server error hello first time user.....thanks in advance have a client...sbs2000 installed...was active directory until i changed it to workgroup...had 6 users connecting to internet via a single external modem connection off the server...now cannot get it working from users or server....at the server....connects to isp...can ping to ip but not a name...ie www.microspft.com....cannot figure it out...placed tech service call without success....was advised (not by microsoft) to blow away server and reinstall....hesitant to do so...any idreas? Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148377
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    - Distribution list/Public Folder On one of our web sites, we have a Q&A page for customers to post questions which generates an email to the appropriate support person(s). Initially I was going to set it up so that these emails would be directed to a public folder's email address. My only problem is that if 3 (or 5 or 50) people have access to this public folder, and one person responds, how do the other people know that a response has been sent? In other words, is there a way to have responses automatically stored and tracked (like message threads) in this public folder? Thanks, kw Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148375
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    - Additional firewall in front of ISA? I'd appreciate a show of hands from the experts here - Do you recommend installing a separate firewall device in between a dual-homed SBS2000 machine running ISA and the Internet? I am very impressed with ISA, and support 8 SBS sites without the 2nd firewall, but I am becoming paranoid that if somehow ISA is compromised, the entire network will be open for the world to see. Thanks in advance for your input! Mike Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148372
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    - OT: Outlook2002 AutoPreview - how to turnoff PERMANENTLY ? Hello All: I've got a client that has one lasting gripe about his Outlook....the AutoPreview is always on. It can be turned off manually (VIEW - AUTOPREVIEW) but, the next time Outlook is launched, it's back on again. How do you set that to be Off permanently? TIA. db Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148369
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    - Help - Can't run disk manager I have a new problem with my SBS 2000 server. When i try to run Admin tool disk manager, i get the hourglass & a pause then nothing. And when i try to run it from SBS admin console it pauses then closes admin console. It used to run without a problem. Any solutions??? w Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148368
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    - Disk Defragmenter Could not initialize My SBS2000 server has a hardware Raid-5 disk system, 2 logical drives. Logical drive 1 - C: (basic) & F: (basic), Logical drive 2 - E: (dynamic) I can run w2k disk defrag on drive E: & F: without a problem, when i try to run it on drive C: i get Disk defragmenter could not initialize message & refuses to defrag it, Why????? It used to run on drive C: before, few months ago, now it refuses to. Help please cheers, w Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148367
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    - Time Server I've used the Time service before, however it appears that at some point the time server I was using changed IP's or gave up time serving. So when I went in to fiddle around with the time service again, I decided to try and set the switch "w32tm -period" to a different value than the default. Trouble is that after I type the command (ie: w32tm -period 3) it just sits there. Doesn't return me to the comand line, doesn't provide any feedback, just sits like its hung during the command. Is this normal? I had to CTRL-C out of the command to get my cursor back. Appreciate any enlightenment you may bestow upon me. Thanks. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148366
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    - Remote VPN access Hi all, Configured Server as per tutorial on smallbizserver.net & have tried to VPN client that is in another country & not member of domain. Computer name, Logon 7 password details are in AD. Remote client tries to connect via VPN (setup as per smallbizserver.net tutorial) but get error 649 returned - The account doesn't have permission to dial in. Anyone have any ideas / suggestions? Thanks, Stuart Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148364
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    - ICW failing on ICW & Exchange, ISA setsup OK. icwlog.txt at http://www.dougmasters.com/isa/icwlog.txt Someone mind taking a look at that log and helping me understand why the ICW & Exchange portions fail, but ISA goes OK? Thanks in Advance! D Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148361
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    - ntbackup event log error New VXA-2 drive (with V10 tape) in SBS2K server. Backing up C:, Exchange, and system state with normal backup. Backup appears to run smoothly (I don't see any error messages in the ntbackup log), but the backup of C: ends with the following event log error: Event Type: Error Event Source: NTBackup Event Category: None Event ID: 8001 Date: 1/9/2004 Time: 7:13:21 PM User: N/A Computer: MyServer Description: End Backup of 'C:' Verify: Off Mode: Replace Type: Normal Exchange and system state backups do not produce errors. I haven't tried to restore from the tape. Anyone seen this before? Thanks, KR Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148352
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    - VPN and ISA Server We have setup a VPN by right clicking Network Configuration and choosing the setup VPN option in ISA Server. We then go into active directory and right click a users name and select the profile tab and in here check the radio button which says allow remote dial in. Therefore our VPN should work and clients who have dial in enabled should be able to access the network remotely via VPN. We want to use routed IP and have purchased 10 IP Address' from our ISP. What i need to know is do the leased IP address' go into the LAT? Also if there is any advice anyone can give on how best to use/configure VPN etc. i would be much oblidged. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148348
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    - Backup file exclusion list Running SBS 2000 with Arcserve for SBS. I want to get hold of a backup exclusion list. Although the obvious is not M drive, where do I get hold of such a list please - or could someone link me to the Microsoft site?? skc Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148347
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    - Post Exchange SP3 Problem Hi all I have scanned recent posts with no avail! I ran the exchange SP3 (then SBS SP1a) and things have not worked since! I cannot start any of the Exchange services and most of the menus are greyed out! (Mount Store etc). I've tried a couple of things that I've found using Google but all without success. Exchange will not reinstall - gets to about 80% then comes up with errors! Any help would be really appreciated. Many thanks Mark F Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148344
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    - Frontpage can't publish Can anyone talk me through how to get Frontpage (2000) to publish? SBS2000 (all patches & ISA used) via router on static IP on adsl - client pc can browse internet fine, however any attempt to use Frontpage to either upload site or to open site on-line fails (just sits there appearing to be logging on, yet nothing happens). Site is not the problem as using a separate pc on a home adsl connection with router but no SBS/ISA gives immediate access! Thanks Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148338
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    - Assigned application is not installing Dear all, when I assign an application through SBS server management console, assign application to computer. when the user logs to domain and it says one application is ready to install, do you want to install or postpone, when I click on install it says " administrator access requires to install this application" why pls anybody can help me? Actually this is a small addin program to outlook2000(attachment option.exe)and it should install under a specific username. If install as under admin(local or domain) it appears only to those administrator. How can I install this application pls help Regards Anver Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148337
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    - how to copy folder with permission Hi, we want make an asp page that create a forder in the server. I can copy a template folder structure (with subfolder). This template have several permission settigs for every folder. This is a structure for archive our new job (document, fax, etc.) The user go in the intranet page and with a form create a new job the script create the folder structure and open it. Any idea ? Thank in advance Tino Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148334
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    - server cannot communicate using computer names Hello microsoft experts. My new win2000 server suddenly won't communicate using computer names. I can ping it from all workstations. The server accesses the internet thru the same nic card fine. tcp/ip seems OK. 'computers near me' cannot see the server. And 'my network places' cannot see the workstations. My user accounts still work locally. How do I verify the functionality of the microsoft protocols? Setup: server1 ---- dslrouter ---- internet | | | | | | | | | | | | workstations Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148333
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    - <<< Small Biz Server News - Week of January 11, 2003 >>> Kevin's Song of the Week news://msnews.microsoft.com/O0YSPer1DHA.4008@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl Leaving on a Jet Plane! ------------------------------- SECURITY BULLETINS ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEK This week is expected to be a Security Bulletin week. Remember for those that use Shavlik's hfnetchkLt/Pro that they take time to test the patches in their distribution program and thus it will take a bit longer for the patches to be downloaded via Shavlik. ------------------------------- ANNOUNCING THE START OF THE 2004 SECURITY BULLETIN CONTEST http://www.sbslinks.com/Security%20Contest.htm 51 Bulletins in 2003 72 security bulletins in the year 2002 60 in year 2001 100 in year 2000 T. Bergstom won the contest in 2003 [btw still owe him a 6 pack of Mountain Dew ;-) What is your prediction of the number of security bulletins released in 2004? Send all entries to sbradcpa@pacbell.net with the subject line CONTEST ------------------------------- SBS Chat on MCP Magazine Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Live Chats: Welcome: http://mcpmag.com/chats/ 1/14/2004 4:00:00 PM #MCPmag.com Small Business Server Live! Harry Brelesford and Andy Goodman ----------------------------------- WEBCASTS ON SBS LIVE WEB CAST 834120 - Support WebCast: Monitoring features in Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=834120 RECORDED WEBCASTS 833983 - TechNet Support WebCast: An overview of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Remote Web Workplace feature: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=833983 829333 - Support WebCast: Installation and Upgrade Requirements and Scenarios for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;829333 ---------------------------------- SECURITY WEBCASTS 1/13/04 9:30 AM Security TechNet Webcast: Using the Microsoft Security Tools - Level 200 http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032241658&Culture=en-US This session looks at a variety of free Microsoft tools that can help make systems more secure. 1/14/04 10:00 AM Security TechNet Security Webcast: Information about Microsoft?s January Security Bulletins http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032241586&Culture=en-US On January 13, Microsoft will release its monthly security bulletins. Join us in this webcast for a live discussion of the technical details of the January security bulletins and steps you can take to protect your environment. 1/16/04 9:00 AM Security Security Bulletin Discussion http://communities2.microsoft.com/home/chatroom.aspx?siteid=34000015 (TechNet) Each month, after we release a security patch, the PSS Security Core team will conduct a chat to explain the patch and vulnerability to users and allow those users to understand the impact of the patch in their environments. 1/20/04 8:30 AM Security Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Monthly Update from Microsoft?s VP for Security http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032241793&Culture=en-US Join Mike Nash, Microsoft?s senior executive in charge of security, for his monthly security update. Mike will provide the latest details on Microsoft?s security enhancements, offer tips and insights into key security strategies for customers and provide new information on Microsoft?s security technologies being delivered in upcoming service packs. ----------------------------------- ISSUE WITH VERISIGN CERTIFICATES Having problems with Norton? After January 7, 2004, your computer slows down and Microsoft Word and Excel will not start: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sharedtech.nsf/docid/2004010810205113 [Probably not a lot of SBSers Bought a web server cetificate... but anyway...] *Update VeriSign Web Server Certificates for IIS Now* <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;834438> VeriSign's old 128-bit Global Server Intermediate Root certification authority certificates for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and other Web servers expired on January 7, 2004. You should update your servers' certificates to prevent error messages. 834438 - The VeriSign Global Server Intermediate Root CA for IIS expires on January 7, 2004: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;834438 -------------------------------------- FRONT PAGE INSTALLATION KEYS [TRIAL VERSION AND ACTION PACK] The keys for the Front page trial editions should be out this month, so keep an eye out for them ACTION PACK FRONT PAGE INSTALL KEYS From: maps-na@microsoft.com [mailto:maps-na@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:14 AM Subject: Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Shipment Dear Microsoft Action Pack Subscriber: In your recent shipment of the Microsoft Action Pack, you received Microsoft FrontPage(r)2003. The CD sleeve for this product contained one Product Key, and in addition you received a card with 5 additional Microsoft FrontPage(r)2003 Product Keys (each good for 2 activations). We are sending this email to notify you that the Product Key contained on the back of the CD sleeve is incorrect. This Product Key will only activate a Trial version of the software. Therefore we are recommending that you do not use this Product Key and instead discard it. Please use the Product Keys provided on the card. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. -The Worldwide Partner Programs Team In other words...... - - - - - - - - - - New malware masquerades as Microsoft update A Trojan horse program that appears to be a Microsoft Corp. security update can download malicious code from a remote Web site and install a back door on the compromised computer, leaving it vulnerable to remote control. IDefense Inc., a Reston, Va., computer security company, said the malicious code is the latest example of so-called social engineering to fool Windows users. It is similar to the W32Swen worm, which last year passed itself off as a Microsoft patch. http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/24599-1.html http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,88940,00.htm - - - - - - - - - - Spam and virus techniques overlap A year on from the debut of SoBig.A, the first virus to converge spam and virus writing techniques, its legacy continues, warns a security company. Managed email security firm MessageLabs predicted that this convergent attack style will be extensive during 2004 as the techniques of spammers and virus writers overlap. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1151907 And now were are One. Many unhappy returns to SoBig http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/34799.html - - - - - - - - - - Flaws raise red flag on Linux security A report earlier this week about a critical flaw in the Linux kernel was the latest in a series of recently discovered security problems with the popular open-source operating system. But many users were unfazed by the report and said Linux remains a solid and secure environment for running enterprise applications. http://computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,88936,00.html - - - - - - - - - - Dead VeriSign certificates cause glitches VeriSign moved to allay confusion on Thursday, after the expiration of some of its certificates that verified it as a certificate-issuing authority. Users have experienced problems when accessing pages that use secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption on sites whose certification depended on VeriSign's own expired certificates. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5138356.html VeriSign's dead certificates 'knocked out Norton' http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39118996,00.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Chips to fight viruses AMD and Intel are developing technology that will prevent processors being hijacked by attackers. Advanced Micro Devices and Intel plan to release technology that will allow processors to stop many attacks before they occur. Execution Protection by AMD, technology contained in AMD's Athlon 64 chips, prevents a buffer overflow, which is a common method used to attack computers. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020354,39118981,00.htm - - - - - - - - - - Plans fail to prevent 'IT disasters' Although nearly all large companies have a business continuity plan, more than half have suffered an 'IT disaster' during the past five years, according to new research. Some of the UK's leading companies are inadequately protected from IT disasters, according to a survey of FTSE100 firms. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020654,39119002,00.htm The IT agenda for the New Year http://www.computing.co.uk/Analysis/1151871 - - - - - - - - - - Feds seek wiretap access via VoIP The FBI and the Justice Department have renewed their efforts to wiretap voice conversations carried across the Internet. The agencies have asked the Federal Communications Commission to order companies offering voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to rewire their networks to guarantee police the ability to eavesdrop on subscribers' conversations. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5137344.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2004 to be year of the 'superworm' 2004 will be characterised by a dramatic rise in malicious hacking, the birth of 'superworms', and the creation of sinister underground peer-to-peer (P2P) virus creation networks, a security company has predicted. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1151887 - - - - - - - - - - SQL security flaw persists in many web sites Businesses are still failing to make basic security checks on their web sites and are leaving themselves wide open to digital attack, warn experts. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1151878 - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft admits Word not hacker-proof Microsoft has hit back at critics of Word's password protect feature, which the company has admitted is not safe from hackers. The tool is intended to make collaboration easier, Microsoft said, explaining that users should invest in digital signatures or an Adobe Acrobat-type application if they want security. http://www.silicon.com/hardware/desktops/0,39024645,39117660,00.htm [My comment... Adobe in not hacker proof either... www.elcomsoft.com and can buy programs that cracks passwords. Quickbooks passwords cracked in seconds, Adobe acrobat passwords can be cracked too] Staff are 'biggest cyber-criminals' IT security specialist Cyber Protect (CP) says more than half of UK companies were victims of cyber crime in 2003, and more are likely to be targeted this year. But, surprisingly, the group says that a firm's own employees are most likely to hack into its systems and that - even more shockingly - senior managers are the biggest culprits. http://www.businesseurope.com/cmn/viewdoc.jsp?cat=all&docid=BEP1_News_0000060883 - - - - - - - - - - Computer Crime Typology Experts consider that computer crimes today represent more serious danger for our country than 5 years ago. According to Economic Crime Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine official statistics for 4 months of 2001 year, 7 crimes, in 2002 ? 25, for 6 months of 2003 - 51 crimes have been revealed. http://www.crime-research.org/library/Golubev1203.html - - - - - - - - - - Treasury breaks word on e-mail anonymity The U.S. Treasury Department plans to publish nearly 10,000 e-mail addresses on the Web, violating its privacy promise to Americans who used e-mail to comment on a government proceeding. In March 2003, the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) asked for e-mail comments about a proposal that could raise the price of malt beverages like Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice. At the time, the department said that the text of comments would be made public--but assured people that e-mail addresses, home addresses and other personal information of individuals would be removed first. http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5137488.html [My note -- If they ever have a government proceeding on Mountain Dew, I'm in big trouble] - - - - - - - - - - -- http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148332
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    - Exchange / Outllook Synchronization On my laptop for some reason after upgrading from Outlook 2002 to Outlook 2003 offline folders do not synchronize after clicking Send/Receive (or pressing F9) any more and neither do they automatically synchronize on exit. Short of selecting each folder and then selecting "Tools / Send Receive / This Folder", I cannot get the folders to synchronize All worked fine before. What have I done (or need to do)? Thanks Paul Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148330
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    - Error when first logging on to the domain Issue is user can't log on to server's domain directly. 1) Either from a cold boot, reboot or stand by user can't log on when the patch cable is in the NIC card. Error "There is not account for you on this domain" or You user name and password are incorrect or Cap lock is on try again without Cap lock". 2) If you take the patch cable out of the NIC card the user can log on without changing the domain to local workstation. 3) After the user is on the system attach the patch cable and he is connected to the network. Things I've done: 1) Replace the NIC driver 2) Tired a different NIC card 3) User can log on directly from another system so I don't think it is his profile. Any suggestion? I'm at a lost without reghosting the system Thanks Sandi Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148328
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    - SBS 4.5 to NT 2003 upgrade and SQL 7 to SQL 2003 uograde I have a 20 user domain with 2 servers.1 File server with exchange on it and 1 SQL server . I am planning to upgrade both servers with hardware and OS. I am trying to come up with labor proposal.How much time should i allocate? Thanks in advance. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148323
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    - Backup Exec and admin "rights". Need admin rights to backup a directory? Built a new sbs2000 server. A basic file access question. Q: Does Backup Exec 9 need "administrator" rights to a folder on the hard drive to back it up? I have 22 users and I set up a temporary drop box for each with sharing and security with their names only, no admin rights. Inheritied permissions are off. This is a temporary solution and I'll explain. By giving users access only, if someone sits at the server, unless they know how to assign admin rights, they cannot see each other's folders. Access is denied. For now. The server is not locked down yet and anyone can access the server's console. The company owner wants the server logged in as Administrator for now until she learns some of the features on her own. This is the small company's first server. Security will be tightened down when a security policy is in place and files are transferred to the server. For now, the owner wants the server left unlocked at the console. Have not setup a backup yet, will tonight. Thanks John Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148322
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    - SBS2K3 Fax problem and Exchange question Hi, I'm studying the SBS2K3 stuff, and now I bumped into two issues. First one is the fax. I managed to configure it, but for some reason what happens when I try to send a fax it goes to the fax console outbox and stays there. It claims the job status as "busy". This happens to all fax numbers. I do believe that the fax modem is correctly set up as I can issue AT commands over hyperterminal. Haven't tried the reception part yet... Second one is with Exchange. I want to set up a user, that would have a totally different email address than other users (ie, if most users have userA@mycompany.com, this one would be UserB@someothercompany.net). I tried the Email address bit in AD Users and Computers, but that doesn't work. I use POP3 connector to retrieve the mail. Any ideas ? Petri Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148312
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    - SBS 2K Clients can't access outside VPN device This is a bit of a challenge for me as I have spent a couple of days on it without any success!. I have two offices remotely located, both with broadband connections. One with SBS 2k and the other with win 2k sever behind a Sonicwall VPN device. The client machines connected to the SBS 2K need to connect to a Sonicwall remote VPN device so to access the win 2k server. What do I need to do on the ISA on the sbs 2k side to let the clients access the VPN device remotely? Arbel Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148309
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    - VPN connection works but not OWA I have configured the SBS 2000 VPN and am able to connect remotely via VPN OK. However, my understanding was that unlike in SBS 4.5, SBS 2000 by default makes all users capable of accessing the Exchange 2000 via OWA. The problem is that when entering http://server_external_ip_number/exchange/logon.asp remotely from IE, the page is not displayed. What am I missing in this? Cheers, Arbel Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148308
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    - sbs 2003 and email Hi everyone, I have spent all day on this with no luck heres my problem I have installed sbs2003 configured pop3 connectors & smart hosts for smtp all works fine I can send and retrieve internal & external mail. I have added an smtp account for each user @gonedigital.net so that external mail will be seen to come from our external addresses however if I set these gonedigital.net address's to primary my pop3 connectors no longer deliver mail to the users. How can I use our external address (gonedigital.net) be the return address for sent email rather than our internal (dbs.local) This used to work perfectly fine in sbs 2000 Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148300
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    - update & thanks Thanks to everyone for all the help in the last few months. Just wanted to inform those that remember me freaking out about the virtual memory errors that I was getting that downloading the latest service packs, etc. seems to have resolved all of the issues that were showing up (imagine that). Their full time employee (net admin in addition to original job she was hired on for) did not do these when I advised her to so now it looks like the company is going to have me come in every week to take care of things. Thanks again. Aaron Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148299
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    - disk defrag Is there an easy way to stop all unneeded proccesses so I can run disk defrag? I look at the them in task manager but do not know what all I can safely stop. My C drive needs it badly. Thanks. Jenni Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148298
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    - isa-isa sbs vpn Don't know if any one out there has tried this but i do not seem to be getting it to work. We have 2 SBS2000 servers on 2 sites both have broadband links. Both are on different networks 192.168.15.x and 192.168.17.x with 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. I have used the ISA utility to enable the VPN link to another isa server and sucesfully imported the output file into the second SBS server, so all seems fine. But no connection can be made. errors include no valid certificate for which i have installed and enabled certificate services as per MS Knowledge Base article, also stopped and started the necesary services as per another Knowledge base article stating services must start after each other. Single client log in into the server through VPN works as expected. On the isa to isa bridge. Error in session timing out still, is this a possible resriction in SBS like the other many resrictions in place (all modules on single server not allowed to join an active directory forest etc? Any advice Welcome. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148297
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    - sbs gateway-gateway isa link Don't know if any one out there has tried this but i do not seem to be getting it to work. We have 2 SBS2000 servers on 2 sites both have broadband links. Both are on different networks 192.168.15.x and 192.168.17.x with 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. I have used the ISA utility to enable the VPN link to another isa server and sucesfully imported the output file into the second SBS server, so all seems fine. But no connection can be made. errors include no valid certificate for which i have installed and enabled certificate services as per MS Knowledge Base article, also stopped and started the necesary services as per another Knowledge base article stating services must start after each other. Single client log in into the server through VPN works as expected. On the isa to isa bridge. Error in session timing out still, is this a possible resriction in SBS like the other many resrictions in place (all modules on single server not allowed to join an active directory forest etc? Any advice Welcome. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148295
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    - Outlook delegate error I have a user (Bob) set up as a delegate for another user's (Steve) calendar. When ever Bob tries to open Steve's calendar, he gets a "Unable to display the folder. The calendar folder could not be found." Both Bob and Steve are located at a remote site which uses a router to create a VPN connection to the SBS 2000 server. Bob has logged off his system and logged back in and the same error comes up. They are both using Outlook XP. I did a knowledge base search and the only thing I found delt with setting up delegates (which has already been done). Any thoughts or suggestions? TIA, Yancey Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148293
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    - Test. No content. Tag: What to do with old servers? Tag: 148290

I'm beginning to accumulate a number of old servers, replaced with new ones.
Can SBS machines be upgraded to Windows XP and be used as Desktops, donated
to schools or churches? The machines work fine, they just have the wrong
Operating System for Desktop use.
Thank you in advance, David Thomas

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Re: What to do with old servers? by Kevin3NF

Kevin3NF
Tue Jan 13 11:39:26 CST 2004

Almost every town has charities that would love to have them, including
mine. I teach a computer basics class to local people out of my church.
These are people that have never even touched a mouse before and are scared
of computers. When I get equipment donated that doesn't work for the class,
I sell it off and use the proceeds to upgrade the class equipment.

Check with local organizations. Or I'd be happy to take them off your
hands. Your company would of course get an acknowledgement for tax
purposes.

--
Kevin Hill
President
3NF Consulting

www.3nf-inc.com/NewsGroups.htm

"David Thomas" <dthomas@ecoplastcorp.com> wrote in message
news:ORhL9df2DHA.1760@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I'm beginning to accumulate a number of old servers, replaced with new
ones.
> Can SBS machines be upgraded to Windows XP and be used as Desktops,
donated
> to schools or churches? The machines work fine, they just have the wrong
> Operating System for Desktop use.
> Thank you in advance, David Thomas
>
>

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