25 August 2009
Exchange 2003 messages stuck in local delivery queue for one user
I delivered a new SBS 2003 to replace an old SBS 2003. We had some goofed up Active Directory stuff so the thought was we would just start from scratch but pick up the old Exchange database and place it on the new server. That worked fine but we had some issues with speed of backup. The lab backup and... Read More...
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19 May 2009
My SBS backups are failing. Media messages.
I can’t backup.Something about media or it starts a backup and bombs along the way. I start with the basics. We currently use usb drives to back up for the most part. Can you see the usb drive from My Computer? Yes is good. No means you need to power down the usb drive, check the connections on... Read More...
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15 May 2009
I can’t print. Tales of tcpip printing with some RDP fun.
I can’t print. Tales of tcpip printing. I have recently had calls about I cannot print. The first was a peer to peer I cannot print. I visit and I cannot ping the printer based on the printer tcpip port properties. Is the printer plugged in to the network? Yes for one and no for another. What is... Read More...
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04 March 2009
Stuck network switch ports and workstation drivers
I got a call that two workstations at check in were off the network. I suggested running Malwarebytes Antimalware. That has fixed a few machines at that account. Note that I just got this account. It has almost 100 devices at two locations, no domain, no centralized anti-virus console, no dhcp, four... Read More...
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16 February 2009
Internet Explorer crashes when viewing pdf files.
I got a call that Internet Explorer kept crashing when trying to click on a link. I suggested upgrading to Acrobat 9. That did not help. I did a site visit and got nowhere fast. I tried doing IE reset, deleting temp IE files and deleting temp files. No diff of course. To be less vague the insurance company... Read More...
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16 February 2009
Microsoft Mail, telnet, Wireshark, WHS, crummy cable internet
I got a call that a person could not send email using Microsoft Mail in Vista. Charter Cable said just use our web interface. Not so easy for my customer. I used Log Me In free edition so I could see what they were doing. Yes indeed it was failing with useless messages. I tried turning off their Circuit... Read More...
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17 October 2008
VBScript problems on XP boxes going to remote on SBS 2003 and 2008 register mstscax.dll Send users the 08 cert
I have a SBS 2008 at home with a static ip. I have the server and a XP Pro domain member in my little network. To access domain servers or workstations you have to first install the SBS 2008 certificate. So I sent it in an email and installed the cert. I can access the workstation or the server in the... Read More...
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29 August 2008
Holy cow 30 gigs of WSUS content on the wrong drive
I had a backup failure at an account. I noticed that WSUS managed to get installed on my USB backup drive when I did the last WSUS upgrade. 30 gigs of stuff in content. I clicked on just English and ran the celanup wizard. That did virtually nothing over a long, long time. Plan on a day or more on that... Read More...
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24 July 2008
Out of Office not working with Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2007, MDBVU32 and OWA
I had a user call saying their Out of Office was not working. A few years back I had another user at the same account report that same issue. I used mdbvu32 to dig out the crummy OOF and all was good when creating a new OOF. I think they refer to this as OOF but I do not get where the letters came from... Read More...
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02 June 2008
SBS team invites your suggestions
http://blogs.technet.com/kevin_beares/archive/2008/05/23/the-windows-small-business-server-2008-ww-community-survey-is-live.aspx T he SBS team is curious about what you think and what you want. Spend a few minutes giving them some feedback. Just as a point of reference the SBS MVPs and the MVPs friendly... Read More...
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08 May 2008
Slow XP SP2 boot up, updated nic drivers fixed that.
I had a call that a user's workstation is taking 5 minutes to boot up. I did some user file cleanup which should have nothing to do with the issue as the slow boot is before the user gets the CAD screen. I did an ipconfig/all to make sure dns was correct. I did an ipconfig/flushdns. I then updated... Read More...
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29 April 2008
Tiny USB thumbdrives drives? Put them to use, or how to flash your server with a thumbdrive
I have all these crummy usb thumbdrives . Crummy means too small to carry a lot of files on. I considered them useless until my Intel server said create a bootable usb thumbdrive and place the updates on the usb bootable thumbdrive. In the past I had to make a bootable floppy and then a few more floppys... Read More...
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26 March 2008
I can't get my default printer to stick on my application server. Make a group policy.
I had a user buy some wham bam Dell portable pc for $4,000. It sure was fast with Vista Ultimate, Blue Ray, Bluetooth keyboard, lots of ram and processor. Well it sort of looks like a laptop but it weighs a lot. The primary business application does not run on Vista so we set him up to use the pretty... Read More...
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23 February 2008
Exchange connection filter using a Real Time Block list, and IMFPerfmon.msc
Here are some things I do. I may miss a step so you may have to confirm things. After you added connection filter provider you need to make sure you have checked that stuff in the default virtual server. Global Settings/Message Delivery right click Properties. Sender Filtering: Check Filter messages... Read More...
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11 February 2008
File association woes as a limited workstation user
I get a call that a new user cannot open tif or jpg file. When they go to Windows Explorer the file association is greyed out. I do a Google search and turn up a registry value of hklm\software\microsoft\currentversion\policies\explorer add dword NoFileAssociate with a value of 0. Or if this is missing... Read More...
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27 September 2007
ADMT and frugal Swing Migration
I got a call from a co-worker at a pop up account. You know the people that call wanting a little help but not a lot. They got a new server with hardware SATA raid 1. They installed SBS on a 500 gig partition. Personally I like to see 30-40 gigs for the OS and one or two other partitions. One partition... Read More...
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09 August 2007
Exchange 2003 IMF filter is not working. Blackberry users revolt.
I have an account that uses Blackberries. We Have Blackberry Enterprise Server installed on the server. Blackberry users are complaining about spam. The Exchange IMF was not working. We had some issues with that Exchange server a few months ago and it appeared to be working ok. Yesterday I discovered... Read More...
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19 July 2007
Slow boots and chkdsk errors, bad hard drives that the hardware raid thinks is ok
I had a call a month ago on a Tuesday night about a server that would not reboot. It kept popping up errors and wanted to run chkdsk. It appeared to finally come up and the person who called went home. I tried to remote in to the server and it would not answer. I knew I would have a morning visit. I... Read More...
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19 July 2007
Lowest user permissions, folder redirection and applications that do not run because of a weird profile
I have a goal sometimes of lowest user privileges. Not often enough though. End users have a much harder time installing junk programs if they are not a local administrator. Drive by malware may have a harder time getting installed. My newsgroup buddies JeffM and SusanB have given me clues and tools... Read More...
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23 February 2007
I can't see shares on the server!
start Run Cmd and enter ipconfig/all The gateway, dns and wins should be your SBS Ping ip of gateway or your SBS if the gateway is not the same as your WINS If you can ping your server great. If you have a Dell go to services Start Run Services.msc Make sure Network Location Awareness is set to automatic... Read More...
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