WinSearch from Win XPproClient on SBS 2003 sharefolder takes very long
What can be the problem, when on the SBS 2003 Server the Indexing Service is active and running super fast but the search from a XPpro client PC takes forever. It looks like each client searches thru...
View Article2008 SBS and 2011 SBS slows down after 10 minutes. 2008 R2 works fine...
Hi All We have been investigating a speed issue within our VFP application for some time and after testing, we have found the solution to be in a Windows Server 2008 R2. We can replicate on a 2003 and...
View ArticleReplacing a Self-Signed SSL in SBS2003 with a purchased one
We are using SBS2003 with RWW & Exchange (OWA) and ISA 2004. For PCI Compliance, we need to replace the self-signed certificate with a purchased one.Our domain & DNS "A record" is with Network...
View ArticleCritical Event Notification
Can someone please help me with this. I am a complete newb on windows networks, servers and SBSI have installed and been using our Dell 2950 Rack server but we are getting the below errors through due...
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SBS 2003 PCI Compliance Issue
Our SBS 2003 Premium (ISA 2004) recently failed a PCI Compliance scan from Security Metrics (had previously pass in 4/2012) for a Self-Signed Certificate -so we replaced that successfully with a...
View ArticleNetwork Connection Limited or no Connectivity
Century Link supplied us with new ZyXel PK5001Z modem\router. The router requires PPPoE login with no static IP.We have Windows SBS 2003 Server SP2 with 2 NICS. There is no router between the PK5001Z...
View ArticleSBS 2011 - prevent group from changing their passwords
Hi all,I want to prevent a certain group from changing their passwords. If this is not possible, I could "click" users one by one, but to set it on a group level seems as a better approach.Any help...
View ArticleSBS 2011 Can't Get PDC to Sync with NTP Clock Source
I can't get our new SBS 2011 PDC to connect to an NTP server. I have tried the Mr. Fixit which fail with "This Microsoft Fit it failed.. I have tried the various suggestions on the web, manually...
View ArticleSBS 2008 to SBS 2011 Email Migration
Hello all! Here is my question. I have a client that is currently running SBS08. Before I picked this client up another company had configured it and pretty much busted it. The SBS08 server is...
View ArticleCant connect clients to new SBS 2011
Hello,First I should say I'm a hack, not an IT guy. Probably know just enough to be dangerous... to myself.Anyhow, I have a brand new server with SBS 2011, a new work station with Windows 7 and...
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Computers not updating
On the SBS 2008 Console the computers show as updates needed, I have verified that this is the case in WSUS Console.When running Windows Update on the clients, it reports "No Updates Available"....
View ArticleUsing the SBS2003 to SBS2011 migration document for a slightly different...
Is it possible to install in migration mode SBS2011, and migrate not from SBS2003, but from Server 2003 Standard SP2 with Exchange 2003 installed on the same server?Basically I have a large client (for...
View ArticleUpgrade to Windows 8 Pro to link to SBS 2011
HiThe site has a number of WIndows 7 pro and Windows 7 Home PC's connected to a 2011 SBS server. I have connected the pro versions but now find home versions do not connect. Upgrades from Home to Pro...
View ArticleWindows backups fail on 2011 sbs
I have researched this for about tw months now. My backups using the built in Windows backus fails. I have gone through the procedures outlined everywhere on how to deal with this such as...
View ArticleSBS 2008 SP2, Exchange 2007 Cannot send email to certain email address's
Hi I am having an issue with sending email to about 12 external email addresses that I know of so far. I can receive emails just find and send internally and most externally. The emails that are not...
View ArticleSBS 2008 SP2, Exchange 2007 Cannot send email to certain email address's
I currently have a smart host setup, but would like to move away from this. I had another thread opened about this but nothing was resolved. I have done some in depth investigating and I watched the...
View ArticleUser on SBS-2011 gets locked. I unlock her, give a new password, log out and...
Hi there,a User on SBS-2011 gets locked. I unlock her, give a new password, log out and when I log in with her new credentials it's locked again.She works through VPN or RDP. She also complained that...
View ArticleSBS 2011 ISO download speeds are SLOW for DAYS...
I'm trying to download the file en_server_install_disc_windows_small_business_server_2011_essentials_x64_dvd_664391.iso from technet for THREE DAYS.The download speeds are HORRIBLE as I'm getting about...
View ArticleTrouble loading user profile on Win 7 64bit laptop in a SBS 2003 environment.
Let me start off saying that I am sorry with how long this post is, but I wanted to put in all the detail I can. That said, wondering if anyone can help me with this issue. We purchased some new Win 7...
View ArticleFax/Modem support for SBS 2008
Hi there,does anyone have some experience with fax/modems on SBS 2008? We're currently using an (cheap) ISDN solution, but it doesn't work flawlessly. It has issues with some types of fax machines...
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