W7 can't connect to a shared drive on our SBS machine
I'm running SBS2011SP2 for our network of W7 Home Edition machines. SBS is sharing three folders on the network. One of these I need to mount in order to host QuickBooks, which uses a shared file in...
View ArticleActiveSync problem with SBS2003 and iPhones/iPads on several servers.
Greetings Fellow SBSers, I've recently started to notice a problem on a few (several) of the SBS 2003 servers that I support for various clients. At this point the problem appears limited to iPhone 4...
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2003 to 2011 - DNS problems (_msdcs) identified. Can't find resolution
Hi al Background : SBS 2003 premium, which was a clean install several years ago. No authoritative restores. Migration to 2011 NOT yet started. I've run the prep tool on the source box and it's...
View ArticleThe user or users have been added successfully, but there was an error in...
Hello, When we add a user or try to mail any user from SharePoint we are getting this error "The user or users have been added successfully, but there was an error in sending the e-mail message. The...
View ArticleSBS 2011 how do I stop Automatic Updates
Hi, I have been moving customers to SBS 2011 and have found they have a common problem. Everytime they have a server reboot it starts installing updates. The system is set to let the user choose when...
View ArticleSBS 2011 - "Connect" wizard does not complete to join domain
I have a Win7 Pro PC. It can ping the server by name and by IP. The network settings are as follows: IP: 192.168.1.140/24 (DHCP) Gateway: 192.168.1.1 DNS1: 192.168.2.2 (Internal DNS server) DNS2:...
View ArticleCan't access folder or permissions in Windows XP but I can from Windows 7 on...
I have a share on an SBS server named mgt and I want only manager group members to have access to it. On the share Administrator and system have full control and manager has change. On the NTFS...
View ArticleUnable to See External Hard Drive
I'm using the WD My Book World Edition II (ethernet) for all the Windows 7 backups without any problem. When I click Network, it is recognized under "storage" but not "computer" (actually, none of the...
View ArticleDoes Windows Server have to back up the whole hard drive everytime ?
Hi Everyone, I am new to Windows Servers. In My workplace, we have SBS 2008 that needs to backup everyday. The whole server is 0.8 TB and I am backing it up on different 1.5TB Hard drives. The problem...
View ArticleMigrating away from SBS 2011
Our network has grown significantly - both in users, and in the requirements on the server. Question is, if we purchase additional servers: 1 - PDC 1 - Exchange 1 - File Server/SQL We plan on using...
View ArticleOutlook 2010 Junk Mail Filter not working since Mcafee was removed.
Hello, A client of mine has an issue with his junk mail filter on Outlook 2010. Although he has added junk mail offenders to the block list and added lots of email addresses to block, he still gets...
View ArticleMultiple SBS2011 sites and shared SMTP domain
I have a customer who operate 3 sites, all running SBS2011, all currently with seperate SMTP domains I'd like to use a single (or even combine the current three) shared SMTP domain - i understand I...
View ArticleTwo SBS Servers on same Subnet - Different Domains, Clean Install
I have read a number of articles, forum posts, KB's etc and am after clarification on whether the following is possible. Our client has an SBS 2003 server. We are looking to perform a clean...
View ArticleI need a suggestion for a Backup soltuion for a small company. ?
The company I work for has large clients. We just pick up a new small one, 8 users, limited budget. I need to come up with a functional backup method for them, but as professional as possible. I'd...
View ArticleExchange Recieve Connectors
I am having an issue with our mail that is in our Queue being delayed about 10 minutes before they are delivered to the recipients on the network. I noticed that the message source name in the Queue...
View ArticleSSTP VPN with Small Business Server 2008
Hello, I have a problem with VPN over SSTP with a SBS 2008. http://blog.c7solutions.com/2009/03/configuring-sstp-vpn-on-small-business_31.aspx I´ve configured the Connection with this Tutorial and the...
View ArticleSBS 2011: variety of failures, DNS inaccessible, can't browse shares from...
We've had something happen on our SBS 2011 server over the evening. This morning we had complaints that nobody could connect to network shares and outlook was not connecting. When trying to access...
View ArticleCan I get assistance here with Setup of SBS 2011 Standard
Can I get assistance here for setting up SBS 2011 Standard. I setup the DHCP and DNS. All computers are working and getting address except one that I connected to the network keeps dropping. I am...
View ArticleSBS 2003 to 2011 migration. Public folder instances not moving day 10......
I am stuck in my migration and wanted to bounce some ideas around. I am on day 10 of waiting for my SBS 2003 public folder instances to disappear so I can move on with retiring the old 2003 server. I...
View ArticleSBS 2011 Standard - VPN and MS-CHAPv2
I just read an article about why it's NOT a good idea to use MS-CHAPv2 as authentication solution for things like a VPN connection. The culprit: it's pretty easy to obtain the password hash. I checked...
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