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    - I did it ! Over the weekend, I successfully performed my migration upgrade to SBS 2000 ! Many thanks to all those who have asnwered my questions, amd offered their opinions on decisions I have had to make. Rest assured I will be back very soon with more questions ;-) Tag: easy questions Tag: 117903
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    - These events are happening every 1-28 seconds and fill up the Event Application Event Type: Error Event Source: Perflib Event Category: None Event ID: 1008 Date: 18/06/2003 Time: 19:37:57 User: N/A Computer: CSM-SERVER Description: The Open Procedure for service "ModemSharingServer" in DLL "C:\WINNT\System32\modemshr.dll" failed. Performance data for this service will not be available. Status code returned is data DWORD 0. Data: 0000: 02 00 00 00 .... Event Type: Error Event Source: ModemSharingPrf Event Category: None Event ID: 2002 Date: 18/06/2003 Time: 19:37:57 User: N/A Computer: CSM-SERVER Description: Unable to read the "First Counter" value under the ModemSharingServer\Performance Key. Status code returned in data. Data: 0000: 02 00 00 00 .... . I cannot find a specific case on these Errors in MS TechNet, or supporting fixes to resolve these problems. Any ideas how to simply solve this problem, and still utilise the shared Fax capability in SBS 2000? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117902
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    - Magic Disk not working on several XP Pro SP1 PCs. Why? Hello, A question. On a new SBS install, I installed the client diskette to add some XP PRO SP1 laptops to my network but when I click on the diskette and click setup, the PC freezes at "Installing Windows 2000 Networking" and I have to end the task. I am getting this mostly on new installs. And once when it did finally install, I could not surf the internet. I checked my settings and the domain information looked right. I manually installed the firewall client. My proxy looked right in the IE settings. Only with XP Pro boxes, others seem ok. Even Win98 boxes install ok. I posted a question before, I had the browser service set to auto. Could this of done it? No errors on the server side. no viruses. Am running Symantec's Corporate Edition 8.1, only 12 users total here. Thanks JohnJ P.S. Is there a site where I can get detailed steps on how to install MANUALY and bypass the magic diskette? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117898
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    - SBS2000 and "computer browser" service question Hello, I am a bit confused. I read that all XP PRO and Win2K PCS on a network with an SBS2000 server should have the "Computer Browser" service set to Manual and it should not be on, otherwise you get a "forced election" error. Even though the Computer Browser defaults to Automatic on a clean install. I keep getting the broswer errors in my event log and it is maddening. If I turn off the browser service, I can't see other PCs in the network. If I set to "NO" on maintainserverlist, it is even worse. I have maintainserverlist set to "auto." What do you think? Johnj Tag: easy questions Tag: 117897
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    - firewall and housecall.antivirus.com Hi. After upgrding to SBS2000 we are not able to use free antivirus scanner from Trendmicro. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp I can't figure out what is wrong. Should I open some additional ports or ...? Also Lamasoft's AdAware, Macromedia Shockwave and Quicktime can't download upgrades via http. Regards Priit Tag: easy questions Tag: 117895
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    - <<< Small Biz News This Week July 20th 2003 >> Kevin's song of the week... Broadway meets Redmond.... news://msnews.microsoft.com/%236r%23VdtTDHA.2116%40TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl ------------------------ Well while many of us SBSers were patching our machines for 03-026, a lot of network people were pulling all-nighters patching CISCO routers ~ http://jtracy.blogspot.com/ CERT Advisory CA-2003-15 Cisco IOS Interface Blocked by IPv4 Packet: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-15.html Friday July 25th is System Admin Day http://sysadminday.safeweb.be/ To all those who take care of computers, who deal with users, who report to managers, pat yourself on the back for keeping everyone online and in business. -------------------------------------- <<<SECURITY PATCHES THIS WEEK>>> THIS IS A BIG ONE GUYS AND GALS...HEADS UP There's a biggie that we all need to apply to ANY computer CERT Advisory CA-2003-16 Buffer Overflow in Microsoft RPC: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-16.html <b>Who should read this bulletin:</b> Users running Microsoft ® Windows ®: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp?frame=true The exploit for this is currently not released, but the people who found the vulnerability are threatening to do so after people "have had a chance to patch". ------------------------------------- System administrators running Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-028.asp?frame=true ------------------------------------ Customers using Microsoft® Windows® XP: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-027.asp?frame=true - - - - - - - - - - Microsoft warns on trio of new flaws Patch available for critical flaw in all current versions of Windows. Microsoft has released a patch for a critical flaw in Windows Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP, 2000 and NT 4. The flaw involves the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol, which deals with inter-computer communications. Microsoft warned that, under certain circumstances, the RPC might not check messages sent to the PC properly. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142394 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59660,00.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2003-07-16-microsoft-hole_x.htm Microsoft's patches: Can you trust them? http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0%2c%2ct269-s2137650%2c00.html Twin flaws have security pros worried http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1026910.html http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22796-1.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31797.html ------------------------------------ Copying a prior post from Wayne Small.... http://makeashorterlink.com/?C1E826555 I've been investigating this week how one of my customers was used as a spam relay host - even though they are not an open relay host. It's a detailed issue and according to a number of other sources is a new method the spammers are using to "sell their products". I've written up an article (rather than post something too long here) and posted it on www.sbsfaq.com if your interested. I'd be interested to hear feedback on the people who have seen this attack. Regards, Wayne Small [SBS-MVP] MCSE+I MCSE 2000 Technical Director - Correct Solutions Pty Ltd For all the answers on Small Business Server 2000 - check out www.sbsfaq.com ....watch out guys....they are getting smarter.... -------------------------------------- SMB-Nation SBS Conference! Visit the SMB Nation site at www.smbnation.com for details and online registration. You may also register via telephone at: Domestic USA 1-800-461-1931, International 1-800-688-4890 FREE Advanced SBS Workshops in USA Here is the current list of cities where SBS author Harry Brelsford will be presenting a free 2-hour Advanced SBS Workshop. This is a lecture format similar to a Microsoft TS2 event but in-depth SBS content. This workshop has already been presented in 15 USA cities in 2003! Lecture topics include SBS-specific security matters, advanced Microsoft Exchange functionality, and advanced SBS administration. It is recommended you bring a copy of "Small Business Server 2000 Best Practices" to the event for reference (please purchase in advance from book resellers as book copies will not be sold at event). Advanced Small Business Server 2000 Workshops (2-hours, 7pm-9pm, FREE) AUGUST 2003 Chicago, IL 8-20-03 Cleveland, OH 8-21-03 Columbus, OH 8-22-03 Dayton, OH 8-23-03* (read important note below for this event) Indianapolis, IN 8-24-03 END OF TOUR! * This is part of ComputerFest (www.computerfest.com) and will be presented at 2pm (Saturday). Note that ComputerFest has a modest two-day admission charge you will need to pay: $10.00. Details at: http://www.computerfest.com/tickets-home.shtml To register, send e-mail to rsvp@nethealthmon.com and put a city name from the above list in the e-mail Subject line. ----------------------------------- SBS UserGroup info San Diego - August 13th: http://www.sdsbsug.org/meetings.htm Boston SBS User Group: http://www.bostonusergroups.com/sbs/#Next Meeting ---------------------------------- SBS hands on lab Instructor or Online.... http://microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/lab.mspx Partners Hands on Lab Online http://microsoft.granitepillar.com/partners/ ---------------------------------- Windows sp4 included in SBS sp1a [if you already have SBS sp1, bypass this and just load up SP4] Download details: Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1a: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f4fc58d0-1fac-4927-84d7-189fa1b690be&DisplayLang=en ----------------------------------- SecurityFocus HOME Infocus: Forensic Log Parsing with Microsoft's LogParser: http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1712 ---------------------------------- In other news..... Guilty Plea in Kinko's Keystroke Caper If you used a computer at a Kinko's in New York City last year, or the year before, there's a good chance that JuJu Jiang was watching. The 25-year-old Queens resident pleaded guilty in federal court in New York last week to two counts of computer fraud and one charge of unauthorized possession of access codes for a scheme in which he planted a copy of the commercial keyboard sniffing program Invisible KeyLogger Stealth on computers at thirteen Kinko's stores sprinkled around Manhattan. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/6447 - - - - - - - - - - RIAA nearing 1,000 subpoenas against file-sharing suspects The music industry has won at least 871 federal subpoenas against computer users suspected of illegally sharing music files on the Internet, with roughly 75 new subpoenas being approved each day, U.S. court officials said Friday. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6335275.htm http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/19/downloading.music.ap/index.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-07-18-riaa-suits_x.htm - - - - - - - - - - Money seen as biggest obstacle to effective IT security Companies say they generally don't measure the ROI of security. Inadequate funding remains the single largest obstacle to implementing effective IT security measures at most companies, according to the results of a recently completed global survey by Ernst & Young International. Even so, a majority of the companies surveyed said they rarely or never calculate return on investment when building a case for information security budgets. http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,83109,00.html - - - - - - - - - - Small.biz has crap security Small firms are at risk of disclosing their financial statements to unauthorised parties due to a lack of IT security, KPMG says. A global study carried out by KPMG found 87 per cent of those firms surveyed had suffered security breaches in the past year. According to KPMG, small businesses could be at risk of disclosing financial information such as balance sheets and profit and loss accounts to parties outside their company. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/67/31821.html - - - - - - - - - - Spammers target Wi-Fi security Unsecured connections could be used to hijack corporate mail servers. Spammers are preparing to use weaknesses in corporate wireless local area networks (Lans) to send out floods of unsolicited email, a security company chief has claimed. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142412 http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21928.html - - - - - - - - - - Cisco Offers Patch for Network Software Flaw Companies that operate key Internet backbones scrambled to patch a serious software flaw in equipment that relays much of the global network's traffic. The vulnerability, in Cisco Systems Inc. routers and other switches, could be used by hackers to cause outages. The problem has not been exploited, according to Cisco, which released a free patch to fix the flaw in its Internetworking Operating System. http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-rup18.9jul18,1,1300237.story http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31828.html Exploit of Cisco flaw posted; no outages reported http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6334128.htm Code to exploit Cisco flaw may pose risk http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-1027326.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2003-07-18-cisco-hack-already_x.htm Internet Security Experts Escalate Warnings http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10941-2003Jul18.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/940968.asp http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/18/cisco.vulnerability.ap/index.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31825.html http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/holes/story/0,10801,83208,00.html Twin flaws threaten Net http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2137767,00.html - - - - - - - - - - MUSIC BIZ SUBPOENAS 150 USERS The music industry has demanded that Verizon Communications cough up 150 names in its attempt to find those who are allegedly trading copyrighted songs. The phone company is in the process of complying with the subpoenas - just some of those sent out by the Recording Industry Association of America in the last weeks. "[Verizon] views the current moment as a dangerous situation," said Sarah Deutsch, vice president and associate general counsel at Verizon, in an e-mail interview. "[Verizon's] court battle continues, so even while complying, we continue to fight." http://www.nypost.com/business/795.htm http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-depaul17.html http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59663,00.html Loyola releases two student names to RIAA http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6311463.htm DirecTV dragnet snares innocent techies http://www.securityfocus.com/news/6402 Congressman pocketed $18,000 for RIAA 'lobbying trip' http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31812.html - - - - - - - - - - If you are still allowing Bearshare/Kazaa inside your office..... print out one of these articles and read it ....very carefully...... Bill Would Put Net Song Swappers in Jail Peer-to-peer users who swap copyrighted files could be in danger of becoming federal felons, under a new proposal backed by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Their legislation, introduced Wednesday, would punish an Internet user who shares even a single file without permission from a copyright holder with prison terms of up to five years and fines of up to $250,000. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-1026715.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4876-2003Jul17.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/940397.asp http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/17/music.internet.reut/index.html http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,59654,00.html http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142402 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31800.html until next time....see you on the wires... -- "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win. Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively." ~ Rain Forest Puppy http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt Tag: easy questions Tag: 117892
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    - Error on installation of SQL on SBS 2000 After puting the CD2 for a while, it shows **************************************************************************** ********************************* Setup initialization error. Error performning inpage operation. Source: 'd:\spl2000\x86\setup\..\Binn\sqlsut.dll' Target: 'C:\DOCUME~1\AMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\SqlSetup\Bin\sqlsut.dll' **************************************************************************** ********************************* I press "OK" and anther 30 mins, it shows **************************************************************************** ********************************* cidaemon.exe - Application Erro The instruction at "0x77fcb3ad" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program **************************************************************************** ********************************** Anyone can give me some hints to fix it? Thanks in advance! Tag: easy questions Tag: 117890
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    - Global Catalog Failed Have SBS 2000 server (SP4) with no backup domain controller. DCDiag shows the following error in FMSOCheck: Warning: DcGetDcName(GC_SERVER_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355 A Global Catalog Server could not be located - All GC's are down. Warning: DcGetDcName(TIME_SERVER) call failed, error 1355 A Time Server could not be located. The server holding the PDC role is down. I have no Netlogon share any more and clients can no longer log on. Everything on the server seems to be working fine apart from this. Clients can access their Exchange mailboxes with no problems. I have tried a System State restore to no avail. Active Directory & Sites clearly shows NTDS as a Global Catalog server. Any ideas on how I can fix this ? Would an in-place upgrade help? Can you even successfully do an in-place upgrade of SBS 2000? Thanks in advance. Tag: easy questions Tag: 117879
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    - Internet Access Restriction - Certain Sites Only Hi Does anyone know if ISA will allow restrictions on internet use to a certain list of sites only. If so, how? Otherwise, is there another software package that can safely run on an SBS server to restrict internet use. We want to limit most users to a certain list of business related sites, say around 150 sites, but also let some users have full access. Any idea's? cheers Wayne Tag: easy questions Tag: 117870
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    - windows 98 share printer we have a sbs server with windows 98 se PC's a couple of the PC's have printers attached to them. what is the process of shareing these on the server. is it just the same as a workgroup, which we just moved from. or is there other stuff we have to do Tag: easy questions Tag: 117860
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    - HDD access with SBS (Win2k) I seem to recall that Win2k will only normally use UDMA33 to access HDDs. (X-teq, http://www.xteq.com/ are able to implement UDMA66). What about faster bus systems and Serial ATA? Do we see an improvement in disk access in SBS with these technologies? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117858
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    - POP3 Hey there I have just taken over a site who has SBS2000. While I was doing some server maintenance I decided to run a port scan and found 4 ports open, one of the was POP3. I closed them all down which was fine. I then found out that the customer, when he is off-site downloads his email using pop3 directly off their SBS server via the internet. I know is is possible but I have never seen it done before. Would you guys/gals class this as risky having the POP3 port open to the world?? Cheers Daniel. Tag: easy questions Tag: 117848
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    - Active Direcotry woes Hi all, I am at a loss here and hoping that someone can clue me in. Senario We have a SBS200 (SP4) installed as a domain controller running exchange. Upon install everything worked well, we could add computers and users w/o any problems. Recently, I tried adding a new machine to the domain and started getting dns errors relating to not being able to contact the domain controller. The dns erros are relating to not finding dns entries. forexaple when using the "Network ID" method from My Computer -> Properties -> Computer Name. If I say the domain name is XYZ I get the dns error of not finding the name. But if I use XYZ.COM it says it resolved the FDQN of the domain contorller but does not connect to it saying something along lthe lines of the resolved name is not the domain controller. In the past when I added machines I just used XYZ and not XYZ.com So I procedded to check WINS and things look good there. We use an external dns server (extenal to SBS2000 and not the network) running BIND. All the updates and such look ok on it and looking at the support pages I can do the nslookups correctly to rectrive the SRV records. I am assuming that I am missing something really really simple here. Any one have any ideas or thoughts of things I could try? TIA Shantu Tag: easy questions Tag: 117847
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    - Backup Exec 9.0 Disaster Recovery Anyone done one yet? We have a new PowerEdge 2600 going out in a week, so I thought I'd check this out, as this is my first Backup Exec 9.0. SBS 2K is the latest SP1 CD package. All new. The first bout of failures prompted a download of build 4454 from Veritas, but I still have the problem. I can backup and restore from a functioning server, to the same state server, but the disaster recovery is.. well... a disaster. 1) Build the server, do a backup, and then do a restore of data and Exchange data from tape, all OK. Keep the tape, and trash the server. 2) Start again following http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/243037.htm I get to item 23 on the list, and then.....failed with error code: a000848c Hex. http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/256057.htm 3) Ah well...build the server (again) using the CD's back to a fully functioning state. Same as 1). Do an inventory, and catalogue, and try to get the exchange data off the original tape. ........failed with error code: a000848c !!!!!!!! Yet I can restore the user data from this original tape to the number 3) machine. Veritas says a000848c HEX is incorrect user accounts, and / or passwords. Yet I was very careful. Only the administrator account (created during SBS install) was used. No other accounts were created. The password used was the same in both. Veritas was "assigned" to the administrators account. No other accounts or passwords were used. In fact I used identical info when configuring 1) and 3). Anyone help please? Regards PS: IDR is also hopeless, as this Dell appears to wants RAID drivers which are not copied to the floppies! Tag: easy questions Tag: 117845
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    - I'm trying to undelete a logical drive Dear Ladies, Gentlemen, Could you please help me out of this, I'm desparate: I'm facing a SBS2000 at a customer's site from which the customer accidentally has deleted a logical drive via Disk Manager. Since then the system has been put on "don't touch" which means nothing has been done in the meantime: no repartitioning, nos saves, no formatting, no nothing. The data that have been lost with the deletion are vital. I have been trying to solve the problem since yesterday but couldn't find my way out. I would be very grateful if someone could give me some advice!!! Many thanks in advance, Best regards, Dave Allen Tag: easy questions Tag: 117833
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    - security question 1. How can I block all external ip's from accessing terminal services on my sbs2000 server - is it by means of a new policy in the ISA server 2. What is the best way to block all remote access to my sbs server using terminal services EXCEPT from my laptop. Bear in mind I use dial up from my lapop. Can I specify, for example, an allowable computer name. Pat Tag: easy questions Tag: 117831
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    - Song of the Week - July 20, 2003 Here we are -- into the 21st century -- with all this technology and advancements around. So what happens? We turn on our computers, and things work just fine one day. Then they don't work the next day. It's enough to make a grown man (or woman) cry! So, with that, let's turn to a marvelous Broadway musical, "Bye Bye Birdie", where there's a tune that asked the timeless question: "What's the matter with kids today?" or "What's the matter with programs today?" Bugs! I don't know why programs still have bugs these days! Bugs! Programs don't work, they just fail each day! Bugs! They are disobedient, disrespectful oafs! Noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy, loafers! While we're on the subject: Bugs! You can talk and talk till your face is blue! Bugs! But they still just do what they want to do! Why can't these programs work like they did in DOS --- Perfect in every way? What's the matter with programs today? Software! We buy some many versions of software these days Software! Try it! Buy it! Download it! Break it! Crash it! What, no backup? And while we're on the subject! Software! They're just impossible to control! Software! With their awful GUI screens and prompts and illogical error messages! Why can't they write code like we did What's wrong with DOS and a 286 chip? What's the matter with programs today? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117825
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    - No internet access through 'Backoffice Internet Access' group - help Having now successfully added XP (home) and 9.x clients to my first SBS 2000 server I cannot seem to get internet access to happen by allowing access through ISA to members of the 'BackOffice Internet Users' group. I have a single BackOffice Internet Access Protocol rule which has to be set as follows to work - protocol = all IP traffic - applies to = Any request If I set the "applies to" to 'DOMAIN\BackOffice Internet Users' and "protocol" to 'all IP traffic' clients can get HTTP access but no NNTP or POP3 access. If I try to select certain IP filters eg NNTP there seems to be no effect. I am stumped as to why this happens and I understand that with access set this way my server is not as secure as it could be. I am under the assumption that - users are members of 'BackOffice Internet Users' - internet access is granted through ISA to ''BackOffice Internet Users' - so clients should be able to access the Internet according to the IP packet filters that have been selected (in my case only all IP traffic seems to work) I have full patches applied according to hfnetchk pro4. Can anyone point me in the directions of some help? TIA Tag: easy questions Tag: 117820
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    - Windows Explorer - Menu bar has disappeared Dear Microsoft Friends Yet another bizarre thing? When I used Windows Explorer in SBS. The Menu bar is missing even when the window is fully expanded. How do I get it back? With much thanks & Hope Regards Jeffery Tag: easy questions Tag: 117817
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    - Add Client button no working SBS Personal Console Dear Microsoft Friends I have a desperate problem that has occurred with the button to add a client in the SBS Personal Console no longer works. Does anyone know how to reset this? or what does it mean? With much thanks and hope Regards Jeffery Tag: easy questions Tag: 117816
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    - OT: Intel Hyper-Threading and Virtual Processor This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C34E9B.DDE14010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All: Sorry about the OT, but with the volume of posting I thought at lest = some one has experience and/or knowledge they will share. A new server with a 2.4 GHz processor has Intel's BOIS Hyper-Threading. = Even though only one physical processor is installed, the OS sees 2 = processors due to the Hyper-Threading. The second processor is a = "virtual processor". White paper from Server Vendor (IBM) claims a 40% = increase in processing speed compared to turning off the = Hyper-Threading. =20 Question is, If I later add a 2nd physical processor, will the OS then = see 4 processors, and will this 4 processors effect the OS License? = What about a 3rd or 4th processor? (The server can have up to 4 = physical processors.) TIA Phil S. ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C34E9B.DDE14010 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi All:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sorry about the OT, but with the volume = of posting=20 I thought at lest some one has experience and/or knowledge they will=20 share.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A new server with a 2.4 GHz = processor has=20 Intel's BOIS Hyper-Threading.  Even though only one = physical=20 processor is installed, the OS sees 2 processors due to the=20 Hyper-Threading.  The second processor is a "virtual=20 processor".   White paper from Server Vendor (IBM) claims a = 40%=20 increase in processing speed compared to turning off the = Hyper-Threading. =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Question is, If I later add a 2nd = physical=20 processor, will the OS then see 4 processors, and will this 4 processors = effect=20 the OS License?  What about a 3rd or 4th processor?  (The = server can=20 have up to 4 physical processors.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>TIA</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Phil S.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C34E9B.DDE14010-- Tag: easy questions Tag: 117811
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    - Time Servers Hi All I am looking to use an external time server on an SBS2000 install. The install is SBS2K with 2 nics and cable bradband. ISA is configured with standard settings. Can anyone recommend or explain how to set this up especially the ISA bit? Many thanks Euan Tag: easy questions Tag: 117800
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    - Cannot browse network on SBS 2000 when using ZyWALL VPN Hi I have problems browsing my SBS 2000 domain and connecting shared drives when using VPN access using a ZyWALL. The local network is 192.168.1.0/24. When I connect from another local network range (e.g. 192.168.21.0/24), I can browse the network with no problems. However, when I dial to some ISP and use a routed IP address, I can no longer access the resources (Run \\192.168.1.11 responds with "Network path not found."). The strange thing is I can ping the server, I can use other resources such as SMTP. Only NetBIOS performs strange. I uninstalled ISA server because I thought it might be an ISA server problem - this didn't solve the problem. There is no WINS server running. Is there a way to set NetBIOS access parameters like hosts_allow in Samba? Thanks for any help. David Tag: easy questions Tag: 117799
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    - Mainteneace and updates remotely What is the general consensus regarding performing regular maintenance, and updates to SBS Servers via terminal services? As I add more clients, it's getting harder to visit each regularly for maintenance, and more tempting to rely on TS. Any thoughts or experiences? Gavin Tag: easy questions Tag: 117775
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    - Help Exchange SP3 Problems Hi, Since upgrading the echange server on our SBS server to SP3 we can no longer send an item as an attachment. If you right click on an object and click send to mail recipient i get an error saying 'object not found'. If I run the fixmapi.exe i can then send. However if i log off and log on again it fails again. Also I have noticed that if I try to add the shared fax service in outlook 2002 it will accept the the service first time but does not display it as a listed account. If you then go back into accounts and try to add it again it says it can not add the service as it already is installed. any suggestions? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117771
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    - Pictures from the SBS 2003 Server Manager For all the people who did order the SBS 2003 preview kit I have published some pictures about SBS 2003 on my site: http://www.smallbizserver.net/sbs2003/sbs2003.aspx -- Mariette Knap www.smallbizserver.net Tag: easy questions Tag: 117766
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    - ms loopback adapter How do I get/install MS LoopBack Adapter adapter ? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117759
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    - Server Status Report and Network Browsing Hi All, I'm really troubled by this strange behavior: SBS2K, 2nics, patched and SP4, co has no valid domain name... I've been trying to have the Server Status Report run twice daily and have it sent over to an outside e-mail. Well, it just doesn't. However, it will send the report just fine to a mail inside the domain... 2nd - after I installed SP4 clients (win9x and 2000) can no longer browse the network and see other clients... any ideas are greatly appreciated! thanks, Mali Kirchner Tag: easy questions Tag: 117758
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    - Move a mailbox store to a different partition of drive. How do you move a mailbox store to a differnt partion or drive when the original configuration is running out of space? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117755
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    - POP3 connector crashes at SMTP delivery stage Hi, I have a really wierd problem with a SBS2000 installation and the POP3 connector for Exchange. Everything had been working fine for over a year but all of a sudden (without any change to the server's configuration), the POP3 connector has started crashing. Basically the POP3 connector crashes at the point where it transitions from completing the POP3 download from the remote mailbox to connecting to Exchange's SMTP server at the exact point where it trys to connect to the SMTP service, port 25 (the last event ID is 4020). However, if the server is rebooted, any mail previously collected prior to the crash will then be delivered, but the next time the POP3 connector collects new mail it crashes again after downloading them and then crashes whenever the service is restarted. Maybe it's a bit clearer if I walk through the exact sequence and what happens in the application log (I have logging set to maximum). 1. Start with the server rebooting. At this point there are messages left in the InForward directory from the previous session where the POP3 connector had crashed. 2. Once server is booted, I check the application log: I can see that a SMTP connection is attempted (event ID 4020 "The Delivery Service is logging as an SMTP client on port 25 ") followed by connection event ID 4013 and then all the messages are delivered one by one (event ID's 4022 and 4032). All OK so far - messages have been delivered to the appropriate mailboxes. Examining the SMTP server's log file also shows everything was ok. 3. Now I force a Retrieve Now on the POP3 connector. 4. The ADSL connection is established automatically (note that I currently have a dynamic IP address - hence the reason for using POP3!) 5. Summary of events that occur now: Event ID 4010: Checking messages in multiple POP3 mailboxes Event ID 4028: The POP3 agent is going to open the mailbox... Event ID 4019: The delivery service is logging as a POP3 client on port 110 Event ID 4015: The POP3 host ... answered ... Event ID 4016: We have been granted access to ... Event ID 4024: There are 21 message(s) with a total of 194156 byte(s) Event ID 4029: A message was downloaded from the POP3 server. ... {21 of these} Event ID 4023: The POP3 session transcript was: ... <G>: +OK demon POP3 server ready (demon.co.uk) <C>: USER *** <S>: +OK <C>: PASS <secret password> <S>: +OK <C>: STAT <S>: +OK 21 194156 <C> { Downloaded and deleted messages if neccessary. } <C>: QUIT <S>: +OK {This event is repeated once again} Event ID 4001: The shared POP3 accounts have been checked for incoming messages Event ID 4031: The individual POP3 accounts have been checked for incoming messages 6. At this point it crashes, stating an internal error has occured. No more events in the application log. The messages are now left in the INCOMING folder. The POP3 service is not running. This is an extract from the file VMIMB.TXT: ====================================================== Product: Microsoft Connector for POP3 Mailboxes 5.00.2195.1 Fault Date: 07/16/2003 Time: 20:09:25 ====================================================== Exception Code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION Fault Address: 004080B3 01:000070B3 C:\Program Files\Microsoft BackOffice\Connectivity\POP3 Connector\vmimb.exe 7. Restart the POP3 service manually. It now moves the files in INCOMING into INFORWARD before promptly crashing again. Looking in the application log I get: 1000: The service is starting. Microsoft Connector for POP3 Mailboxes 5.00.2195. 1001: The service started successfully. 4008: The delivery service is flushing its outgoing and incoming queues 4009: Flushing transaction complete 4041: LDAP: The entry points where loaded from the image: <C:\WINNT\system32\WLDAP32.dll> 4008: The delivery service is flushing its outgoing and incoming queues 4020: The Delivery Service is logging as an SMTP client on port 25 {crash now!} Every restart of the POP3 connector service now follows this pattern of crashing and the last event being 4020. Examining the SMTP log file shows that no connection was attempted. Even if I stop the SMTP service it still happens this way. The only way to get it to deliver the mail is to reboot the server. The SMTP connection is then made OK. I've also tried a manual telnet to the SMTP server to make sure that responds, and it does. I'm at a bit of a loss on how to resolve this. Anybody got any ideas? I've tried reinstalling the POP3 connector and that's not made any difference. Regards, Aled. Tag: easy questions Tag: 117749
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    - Change ip on sbs server 2000 I have to change the ip address on my sbs2000 server i used the network properties on windows 2000 server, but i was not able to connect to the server after reboot. Can you hel me? Thanks Matt Tag: easy questions Tag: 117747
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    - Desktop Streaming One of my customers asked me to look into a product called Desktop Streaming, from a company called ExpertCity. It prvides for remote tech support, includes chat and full remote desktop control, Here's the link: http://www.desktopstreaming.com/ad/corp/home Has anyone here in the SBS NG looked at this product, or have any knowledge or experience with it? Thanks, -kw Tag: easy questions Tag: 117727
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    - SBS2000 with XP Pro Clients We have just upgraded our network server to a Dell Poweregde running SBS2000. All of the clients run Windows XP Pro. The problem that i have is that i cannot get any client that was used on the old SBS4.5 server to connect to the new SBS2000 server. The problem seems to be the trust relationship being out of sync. Even trying to re-configure the clients using the disk created by the Add New User wizard does not correct the problem. The server reports that the trust relationship has been broken and should be re-established but i cannot find any instruction on how to do this. Has anybody encountered this before and if so do you have a fix? Thanks, Rob Tag: easy questions Tag: 117667
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    - ADSL/Router Email Problems I have installed a new SBS 2000 as follows: Internal NIC 10.0.x.x External NIC 192.168.x.2 Netgear ADSL/Router DG814 192.168.x.1 with Fixed IP address from ISP Have added Port Forwarding on the Router for Port 25 to the External IP on the NIC (should this be the internal Nic with a Static Route pointing to the external nic??) Have configured SBS using ICW for a router with 2 nic's Internet browsing great Sending Emails great Cannot Telnet to port 25 on the fixed IP address on the gateway (ISP address)- response is that no response has been received. NAT is enabled on the Router. Do I need to use the DMZ? Surely this reduces the Firewall of the Router. All the settings in the SMTP and Filters in ISA appear to be fine (as per the ICW configuration requested). Which IP addresse should be selected in the SMTP connector - internal or external? Would this make a difference? Any other pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Andrew Tag: easy questions Tag: 117662
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    - IMPORTANT: New method for spammers to relay through you Hi all, I've been investigating this week how one of my customers was used as a spam relay host - even though they are not an open relay host. It's a detailed issue and according to a number of other sources is a new method the spammers are using to "sell their products". I've written up an article (rather than post something too long here) and posted it on www.sbsfaq.com if your interested. I'd be interested to hear feedback on the people who have seen this attack. Regards, Wayne Small [SBS-MVP] MCSE+I MCSE 2000 Technical Director - Correct Solutions Pty Ltd For all the answers on Small Business Server 2000 - check out www.sbsfaq.com Tag: easy questions Tag: 117655
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    - Post SP4 unable to connect to Newsgroup without rebooting of server Having installed SP4 on my SBS 2000 without any glitch, I find that I am unable to connect to msnews.microsoft.com. I have to reboot the server and then the connection establishes. This connection will work for a day or two and then stop till I reboot. Shall be thankful for any work around. Rajiv Khandelwal ______________ www.vardaan.net Tag: easy questions Tag: 117653
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    - Looking for consultant/contractor I hope I'm not off topic asking this but I'm looking for someone to help with SBS work and have had no luck finding the type of person I want by advertising in the job ads. Probably because the type of person I'm looking for doesn't need to read the job ads. I am in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and I am a contract network administrator/engineer and provide support for SMEs that are not big enough to justify the cost of their own full time network administrator. I also contract to a government department. Until recently a good friend and I worked together helping each other out when necessary but he has recently accepted a full time contract with one of his clients and I find myself with more work than I can handle at times, I'd also like to be able to take a holiday sometime. This is not an ad looking for someone out of work, there is not enough work to keep someone going full time and it is intermittent. I'm looking for someone in a postion similar to mine, who is self employed, who can share the work load when necessary. Conversely, I can help you out if and when necessary. If you fit this brief description and would like to find out more please email me direct at smesupport@enterprisecomputerservices.com to keep OT traffic off this news group. Lester Bennett Tag: easy questions Tag: 117645
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    - PC on external network I have a network with an SBS2K with a Netgear router between irt and the internet. We have to access a web based app via VPN (IPSec). We can't do it with the PC behind the SBS but it works fine with the PC on the subnet between the SBS and Router. The problem is, I'd like to access data on the server from that PC. Can anyone tell me how to configure ISA to allow that? Thanks, Lester Bennett Tag: easy questions Tag: 117643
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    - Cannot send email via SMTP connector Hi everyone, Using SBS2000, dial-up ISP, no fixed IP. Using the POP3 connector, I can collect email from the ISP pop3 server and relay it to individual mailbox. But I cannot send email using the ISP's smtp server, eventhough I have set the password in Outbound security (using basic authentication). What gives? Thanks Rudy Sujanto Tag: easy questions Tag: 117629
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    - Newbie: How to stop ISA server from dialing periodically Hi all, I'm using a modem dial-up to connect to the internet. The ISA server in my SBS2000 always dials every 5 minutes regardless whether there is a client connecting or not. How to stop this? If I check the log, the requests are initiated by the IP address of the server itself (192.168.0.1 and 127.0.0.1) and always contains "GET http://.com/". What is it? Thanks Rudy Sujanto Tag: easy questions Tag: 117625
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    - ** ON TOPIC: It's Friday night and it's patch time As I sit here with my fleet of computers beeping and playing the Windows tune as I push patches and force reboots.....just a friendly reminder....... Most of the hacks from the outside are due to lousy passwords [ensure that they are complex, longer than 8 characters] and from unpatched systems. Most of the real security issues come from the inside...... unprotected systems, outdated A/V, not relying on "defense in depth" [for example two passes of A/V over email, once in Exchange once on the desktop] If you have port 80 open.... [how do I know this? Go to www.grc.com click on shields up/ports up and see what you have open.] ..... and fast track yourself on patches. That said... our recent 03-026 security bulletin having to do with a vulnerability in RDP...that little sucker is a worm waiting to occur. A Polish team of guys [see their web site at http://lsd-pl.net/special.html] have not released the exploit but they are threatening to do so after people have had time to patch. This sucker hits ports 135, 139 and 445.... plain english that's how we talk to other computers and while we can easily protect our server systems from a port 135, 139 and 445 attack on the OUTSIDE by ensuring our firewalls are installed properly, we ALL have a squishy creamy middle on the inside that we can only protect with this patch...... all home users that don't have a firewall..... anyone who VPNs into the office bypasses all that protection. Also any one who has been getting Messenger service popups on their server.....dude that's a sign that you've got a squishy creamy outside that's not protected..... MAKE sure that "enable netbios over tcp/ip" is unticked and only tcp/ip is checked if you are running a two NIC setup. If you are running a 1 nic setup and a hardware firewall and getting these messenger service popups [not to be confused with back-ads on IE that are due to spybots] then dude your firewall is not configured right. Go to www.grc.com [look for Shields up go to shields up/ports up and if 135, 139 or 445 are open..... your firewall is not installed right]. I cannot stress this enough..... SANS is stressing three biggies this week... one is a CISCO router vulnerability ... Denial of service affecting CISCO routers, then there's a couple of nasty Linux vulnerabilities, and this one in the Windows world. It's just a real unfriendly world out here on the Internet these days plain and simple for everyone just trying to do their job. <<Soapbox rant on>> The days of installing systems and not monitoring them are over. Welcome to the maturing of computing where we have to take care of these little boxes that we've installed. I cannot stress this enough... even us little guys have all the tools we need to do patch management [in fact I would argue that we probably have more options at better prices than the big guys.... we've got two options that are free] SUS/Shavlik/St. Bernards.... if you don't have a patch managmement solution in place for every single computer system attached to your network, get one. SUS is free, Shavlik.com has a free hfnetchkLT that I run from my workstation here. For those people that work from home....get them to sign a statement in writing that they will patch their systems. Force them to get WinXP and auto update in place. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=73ac38b7-5826-421d-99e8-cdcc608b8992 Guidance, tools, and templates for learning and performing security patch management. Last but not least... in this day and age of computing...if your server is just acting plain ol' weird..... that's not normal. Start doing some investigation, do a virus scan, go into the user/AD console and make sure there's still a little red X on the Guest account. If that guest account is enabled, and it's been added to the admin group, my friend, go get a stiff drink 'cause you may have a mess on your hands. We SBSers are NO different than any other system out here. Watch those passwords, keep up to date on patching, and we do just fine. We are no less secure than anyone else....we are no more secure than anyone else..... unfortunately.... Let's just be real careful out here huh? Sincerely, Susan the real paranoid P.S. If you are having problems running Windows Update from the server [which is just fine these days], shut down Exchange. I personally shut off Exchange, Officescan and ScanMail before installing patches. Title: Buffer Overrun In RPC Interface Could Allow Code Execution (823980) Date: July 16, 2003 Software: Microsoft Windows NT(r) 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Services Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server(tm) 2003 Impact: Run code of attacker's choice Maximum Severity Rating: Critical Bulletin: MS02-026 The Microsoft Security Response Center has released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026 What Is It? The Microsoft Security Response Center has released Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-026 which concerns a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. Customers are advised to review the information in the bulletin, test and deploy the patch immediately in their environments, if applicable. More information is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp -- "Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being, not a state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does not win. Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your patches. Demand better security from vendors and hold them responsible. Use what you have, and make sure you know how to use it properly and effectively." ~Rain Forest Puppy http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt Tag: easy questions Tag: 117616
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    - upgrade wants new install instead - there goes the weekend. Today I tried to upgrade an existing install of SBS 4.5 (SP6a) to SBS 2000 using the CD's from MS labeled as upgrade. The stupid thing says that it cannot upgrade the current version and that I should perform a new install. Well a clean install would be better except that I need to be sure that the existing Exchange Email does not get wiped out in the process - which a new install would do and is not acceptable to them. Anyone see this before? I cleared the warnings applying to Exchange and Proxy and LDAP and tried again - still says it does not qualify. It baffles me - 4.5 to 2000 should work fine. The data is on a D: drive the OS on C:. The only thing that even occurs to me is that the C: drive is 3.99GB with 1.5GB free space. Has anyone had problems upgrading if there is less the 4GB? The RAM is 512 and the processor is 550Mhz so these should be OK. Any suggestions greatly appreciated as otherwise I will spend my evening making sure I know how to restore email and it seems like a painful process from what I have read so far. Or if anyone has restored email from 5.5 to 2000 and can pass along any links or tips, including the pit falls that would also be appreciated just in case I have to take that route. Looks like I will be stuck in a computer room all weekend - but if I can upgrade at least I may see some daylight. Thanks, Linda Tag: easy questions Tag: 117606
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    - Delete Old A/V Definitions (Trend) Good afternoon, I am using Trend's A/V for SBS and would like to develop a proceedure to delete any old A/V definition files - any suggestions? Maureen Tag: easy questions Tag: 117595
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    - Replacing Disks I have a sbs W2000 system with a 4 disk raid array which has both my operating system and data. I have outgrown the present drives and want to replace them with larger ones. In the process, I want to separate the operating system to a separate drive that will become part of an mirrored pair. I have yet to find a way to do this without removing all disks and doing a complete recovery from tape --- which I am reluctant to do with my only operating server. I have tried a number of tricks, none of which works. The array is a basic system -- it refuses to become a dynamic disk system. Anyone got an idea??/ Tag: easy questions Tag: 117588
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    - How you all getting on with sp4 ? Saw some posts with problems when it was launched and thought would wait a bit longer Haven't seen any recent probs, is that because you all still waiting to see if any other posts with problems...LOL Tag: easy questions Tag: 117586
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    - Proceedure for installing SBS to replace exsisting SBS machine Hello, I have a new server for our office and I need to install SBS 2000 to replace the old server. I'm wondering if there is a procedure for installing SBS to replace SBS current machine. If I used the wizard, I'm afriad that it'll do the whole AD thing and exchange setup and I'll have to add all the client PC's to the domain. Is there a way around this? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117575
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    - Server Status report I have configured the status report to e-mail report. When I click to test it, no report is sent. Why? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117570
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    - Information I have a Win 2000 SB server with 2 nics. I don't have a hardware firewall, just using SB to provide a software firewall. If I installed a hardware firewall should I go to 1 nic? Have to come up with some information as to how good Microsoft firewall is and if I put in a hardware firewall do I need 2 nic? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117569
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    - Best AD Setup for External User We wish to share an important file in real-time, with one of the employees at our logistics firm in another city. The file is a large shareable Excel spreadsheet that is in the SMB "Company" directory. The external user should only be able to see/read/modify that 1 file ONLY on our system. We can set her up with VPN; but how would I SEVERELY restrict her access to just that one file? Basically, she'd VPN in, and click the file shortcut we'd stick on her desktop. That's as far as she'd go, but others in her office who use her desktop would be the one's I worry about. Any ideas? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117568
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    - Can't install downloaded critcal updates When trying to install the latest critical updates to a Small Business Server 2000 from the MS update site, the installation fails. This happens with all updates. Any ideas? Tag: easy questions Tag: 117567

Hi there,

I have recently reinstalled sbs 2000, but I forgot to note
down some protocols I had done to have access to :

ftp
aol
hotmail

can somebody give me the relevant articles or links to set
them up?

Thanks

Joss

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