Windows Group Policy – Disable The Local Windows Firewall
KB ID 0001090 Problem I’ve got nothing against the Windows firewall, it’s certainly a lot easier to manage now than it was back in the XP SP2 days. But I find a lot of clients still just ‘want it gone’ and, providing they have a decent corporate firewall in front of them that’s fair enough. Solution 1. On a domain controller or a client running the remote administration tools > Windows Key+R >...
SBS Server: Remove / Uninstall Exchange
KB ID 0001455 Problem I’ve never really been a fan of SBS Server, Theres too many ‘wizards’, and things that are either automatically configured for you, or wont work until you’ve configured something else, I’ve a boat-load of problems with it over the years. Last week saw me retiring an SBS 2011 server, and migrating to a 2016 domain, with Exchange 2016 server. But how to gracefully remove Exchange 2010...
Stop the SBS 2003 Internet Connection Wizard
KB ID 0000003 Dtd 08/09/08 Problem SBS 2003 Internet connection wizard (ICW) keeps launching all the time. Solution SBS Stop Internet Connection Wizard (ICW). 1. Start Run > msconfig {enter} 2. Select the startup Tab 3. Untick icwnotify > Apply > Close 4. Exit without Restart. 5. Right Click the Taskbar > Task Manager > Rocesses 6. Locate icwnotify.exe > Right Click > End Process Tree > Yes. Related...
SBS Cannot access ‘Companyweb’ after changing the IP Address
KB ID 0000151 Problem After changing the SBS Server IP address you can no longer access the sharepoint services web site on http://companyweb. Solution Launch the “Windows SBS Console” > Navigate to Network > Connectivity > Click “Fix My Network” Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA
SBS 2008 – Cannot RDP to machines via VPN or from other sites
KB ID 0000193 Problem The firewall policy that Server 2008 uses out of the box only allows RDP connections from the local LAN. This is great in an office environment, but it you have remote VPN clients (On a different IP range) that can’t get access to your client PC’s or member servers via RDP, not so good. If you have a member server running terminal services for example, then having RDP blocked will stop it working. You...
SBS – Outlook Web Access shows a 404.0 Error
KB ID 0000205 Problem SBS 2008 (which runs Exchange 2007) displays a 404 error when you try and view Outlook Web Access. https://sites/owa and https://localhost/owa don’t work Solution A 404 Error just means page not found, so there are lots of different reasons why this might happen, this is just one of many fixes. 1. On the SBS Server > Click Start > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager...
SBS – Stop the ‘SBS Console’
KB ID 0000212 Problem Every time you log into an SBS Server the “Windows SBS Console” loads, a lot of users will be quite happy with this, but it annoys me. You can’t turn it off by simply ticking “Don’t Run” somewhere, like you can with “Server Manager” on the full server product, nor can you disable it with msconfig, or in the Registry. Solution 1. On the SBS Server Click Start >...
SBS – Loses connectivity to Active Directory(5-7 Day intervals)
KB ID 0000214 Problem Seen on SBS 2008 running McAfee AV Seen on SBS 2008 running Trend AV Problem reoccurs on a rough 5-7 days cycle, rebooting the server solves the problem. You may also see System Event Log: Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy Event ID: 1054 Level: Error User: SYSTEM Description: The processing of Group Policy failed. Windows could not obtain the name of a...
SBS 2003 has lost its CAL’s (Client Access Licenses reset to 5)
KB ID 0000339 Problem Been a while since I’ve seen this one, and strangely I didn’t document it. so when I was asked this morning I searched here on PeteNetLive, and In my personal database of solutions but the cupboard was bare. Solution 1. Before you do anything make sure your SBS has plenty of space on the hard drive, simply running out of room on the system drive can cause SBS to lose its licences, make sure this is...
SBS – Administrator Account (Enabling?)
KB ID 0000356 Problem By default the Administrators account in SBS 2008 is disabled, while this is not a bad thing and there are very valid reasons for it being disabled, some users still want to use it. Solution Option 1 – Create another “Admin” Account 1. Start > run > dsa.msc {enter} > Right click users > New User > follow the onscreen prompts. 2.Right click the user you have just created and add...