Microsoft do an SBS 2003 to windows Transition pack.
You run it on your SBS 2003 server and it converts it to a full blown
Windows 2003 DC running full Exchange 2003 standard. It also converts your
SBS cals to Windows 2003 and Exchange 2003 cals.
It is the recommended way to carry out this change
It away = Shook
-Original Message-
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Acct Losing Rights
Just for the record, it was that sec group.
I ended up blowing it away, recreating as a DL and it works fi
So does anyone know the expected release of 4.5 for the BB's?
__
Stefan Jafs
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: May-08-08 12:05
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: BES Server 4.5
BES 4.1 SP5 is the latest. There
This would be recommended if you want to keep the existing SBS server in the
environment.
If you want to transition to alternate machines (e.g. separate Exchange
servers, DCs, WSS boxes, because the existing hardware is due to be retired),
then this isn't really necessary.
Cheers
Ken
From: Gr
Ken,
thats interesting as we were told by Microsoft that we would need to
transition the SBS server first, as this would fix the domain to full 2003
AD type not SBS restricted, and then move to new hardware as if not
transitioned then the domain still thinks it is SBS and you can get unusual
resul
There has been known issues (Security wise) with the Indexing service,
and we disable it on our servers via Security template, which cuts down
on the overhead to the OS>
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
---
It was supposed to be late April.
I know there are Beta's out there to DL.
From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: BES Server 4.5
So does anyone know the expected release of 4.5 for the BB's?
If you can get some specific technical details, I'd be really interested to
know what they are.
Active Directory isn't aware of "SBS" or otherwise (there is no such thing as
an Active Directory that thinks it's SBS), so whoever your contacts are will
need to elaborate on what it is they are cla
Once again I'd like to thank everyone for their advice. Just to clarify,
this is a development lab that I have at home. What I finally wound up
doing last night was unjoining the 5 machines (both physical and virtual)
from the domain, after I exported their mail to .PSTs, and just deleted the
SBS
Ken,
I understand what you are saying,
I don't believe it is and AD issue but we were informed from MS presales
partner support that any Windows 2003 SBS domain that needs to be changed to
full blown windows and exchange, without any of the SBS restrictions needs
the SBS server transitioned using
Had a couple family members call last night about SP3 killing their machines.
They use Windows Updates nightly and when they rebooted their machine it
wouldn't come up.
After many SafeMode boots I called TechSupport and they told me there is an
issue with the WindowsUpdate
version of SP3 and to h
Here is a cool site that has links to each carriers BB downloads.
http://www.dynoplex.com/rimos.shtml
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: BES Server 4.5
It was supposed to be late April.
I k
>From a licensing cost perspective - I agree. But if an org already has the
>necessary CALs (or the cost of CAL isn't otherwise an issue) there is no
>/technical/ need for the transition pack - i.e. there is nothing special about
>AD or Exchange or WSS etc that is caused by the former presence o
Yup, that's how they sell it.they talk el crappo
The restrictions are built into the OS, not AD. It also leaves Exchange on a
DC which is not good.
S
From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Removing SBS
So why doesn't Microsoft remove the Windows Update version from Windows
Update? Gezzz.
From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
Had a couple family members call last night abo
Why SP's with M$ are always a wait and see, it usually never goes
smoothly.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:
I have to move or recreate from scratch users from a domain to a trusted
WAN domain.
But for a while they have to use the same mailbox on the first domain.
Where to give permissions ? And what to do if I create a new user on the
trusted domain (i have acces to the WAN DC but creating users I
It is an Odd number SP.
I should have known to tell the fam to wait a bit.
- Original Message -
From: Ziots, Edward
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
Why SP's with M$ are always a wait and see, it usual
Always go against the odds, with odd numbers :-)
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:21 AM
To: NT Sy
What is M$?
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
Why SP's with M$ are always a wait and see, it usually never goes smoothly.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifes
Ok Gents I bow to your knowledge.
Though I will continue to transition any customers SBS2003 server 1st before
migrating the roles etc to replacement hardware and seperating of Exchange
from the DC.
Graeme
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:57 PM, NTSysAdmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yup, that's how
Is that your Friday funny?
John W. Cook
System Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
315 SE 2nd Ave
Gainesville, Fl 32601
Office (352) 393-2741 x320
Cell (352) 215-6944
Fax (352) 393-2746
MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Frid
A pet peeve.
From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
Is that your Friday funny?
John W. Cook
System Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
315 SE 2nd Ave
Gainesville, F
Microsoft=M$
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:39 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WinXpS
We call it M€ !
GuidoElia
HELPPC
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Da: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Inviato: venerdì 9 maggio 2008 15.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
Is that your Friday funny?
John W. Cook
System Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
+1
On 5/9/08, Martin Blackstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A pet peeve.
>
>
>
> From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:49 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
>
>
>
> Is that your Friday funny?
>
>
>
> John W. Cook
>
> Sys
It is mega but micro
Best regards,
Anatoly Podgoretsky
- Original Message -
From: Martin Blackstone
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:39 PM
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
What is M$?
~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus wit
On 9 May 2008 at 8:14, David W. McSpadden wrote:
> Had a couple family members call last night about SP3 killing their
> machines. They use Windows Updates nightly and when they rebooted their
> machine it wouldn't come up. After many SafeMode boots I called TechSupport
> and they told me there i
I rolled it out on a couple of pcs at the office as a last ditch effort with
some .net35 issues and it actually worked and fixed my .net issue, yeah me!
-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Could you describe in greater detail how these systems, "wouldn't come up" ?
The only thing I have noticed with SP3 and other service packs, is
that there tends to be pre as well as post-login processes that occur
*without* any visual queues or information/dialogue boxes to let you
know whats happ
As opposed to Shook...who is Martin's pet monkey.
-Original Message-
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
+1
On 5/9/08, Martin Blackstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A
Ouch Cruel Cruel,
TVK you heading to Tech Ed next month?
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:17 AM
To: NT Sys
Absolutely! Wouldn't miss it for the world.
And we definitely need to get a bigger list group together to partake in frosty
beverages at some point during the week.
-Original Message-
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Iss
I agree, need to get contact info, send yours my to email, so I can give
you a ring when I am on ground, I will be in Saturday probably early,
since I got Sunday pre-training on hacking techniques and such.
John Cook you coming up, again pass me your info so I can input into the
crackly-berry..
Take off ,eh?
Shook
-Original Message-
From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
As opposed to Shook...who is Martin's pet monkey.
-Original Message-
From: Micheal Es
All right, you hoser!
- Original Message -
From: "Andy Shook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues"
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:42 AM
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
Take off ,eh?
Shook
-Original Message-
From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT
Hoser.
-Original Message-
From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
Take off ,eh?
Shook
-Original Message-
From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May
Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can detect
file/directory changes without doing a scheduled scan.
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Active Elk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have met up with the client today with the requirement on the desktop
> backup.
>
> His requi
And the steps are?
--
Mike Gill
From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
They seemed to know all about it because they stepped me through the correct
SafeMode fix for it.
~
I don't remember now.
It was 2 am my 15 month old was crying with a fever and I am generally
braindead.
I think someone else touched on it with the amd and intel power management
drivers though.
- Original Message -
From: Mike Gill
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Friday, May 0
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2008/05/08/does-your-amd-base
d-computer-boot-after-installing-xp-sp3.aspx
From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 2:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WinXpSP3 from Windows Updates
And the steps are?
epic fail.
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:08 PM, David W. McSpadden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't remember now.
> It was 2 am my 15 month old was crying with a fever and I am generally
> braindead.
> I think someone else touched on it with the amd and intel power management
> drivers though.
>
>
I thought at one point Sunbelt sponsored a SQL group - but it's not listed
here: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/Communities/ So if anyone knows what
happened to it, or can point me to a better place to post this question I
would appreciate it:
A customer came to me with the following problem:
Th
Do you have IP connectivity?
If so, it's pretty easy. What's it worth to you? :-)
Seriously, put it in a file.sql text file and ship it out with oSQL.exe. No
biggie at all.
I've never done this with 6,000 (!!) SQL servers, but I've done it with
several dozen.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exc
I mentioned in another thread that this summer I'm looking at migrating
our first servers from Server 2003 to Server 2008, migrating from
Exchange 2003 to 2007, and consolidating a couple of servers. Good
times.
I want to make use of server virtualization, which I've never played
with before. My v
What makes it strange is that you imagine with 6000 SQL servers, they would
be used to doing that kind of stuff.
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rolling out MS SQL Stored Proced
You have a SAN?
I'll wait until I hear the answer to that before commenting any anything
else.
-Original Message-
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:41 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Virtualization on Server 2008
I mentioned in another t
I'm a bit dense when it comes to SQL - what is oSQL.exe?
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rolling out MS SQL Stored Procedures
Do you have IP connectivity?
If so, it's pretty e
CLI interface that let's you run commands against SQL Server without going
through a full query editor.
On 5/9/08 11:45 AM, "Bryan Garmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm a bit dense when it comes to SQL - what is oSQL.exe?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL
It's a utility that comes with the client tools install.
You give it a server name, optional credentials, and a file of t-sql
commands to execute.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
6G in SQL servers, wows, do they go a dedicated SQL server every single
application they own?
Maybe scale out and up is better way I agree with Michael Smiths
approach with OSSQL.exe
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-350
http://www.king-designs.com/BurnSQLOverview.htm
Take a look at this one too.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008
We have a PowerVault attached to the PowerEdge 2600 server that
currently acts as our core server. I'll need to move that over to this
new server. It stores roaming profiles and redirected folders at this
point. Our Exchange 2003 data isn't on it; it's housed on the RAID array
that's built into tha
My thoughts also... Could be the NSA storing everything you could think of.
2 SQL servers in a cluster is more than enough to me!
-Original Message-
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rolling out
What would the proper Win32 modules be?
...Tim
> -Original Message-
> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 10:31 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Desktop Backup Con't
>
> Perl can do this with the proper Win32 modules. It can de
I am definitely in the wrong business.
A couple hundred lines of vbscript for $1,000 a copy!
Wow.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:24 PM
To: NT Sy
Dammit - I knew while I was typing that I was gonna have to answer
that question. And its a good question too. But I dont remember the
answer off-hand. :-/
But we (my Perl developer) did create a very similar routine in Perl a
few years back for a custom file-transfer back-end for an FTP site
Sweet. Thanks.
-Original Message-
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rolling out MS SQL Stored Procedures
http://www.king-designs.com/BurnSQLOverview.htm
Take a look at this one too.
Z
Edward E. Zi
Nod I got 4X SQL clusters, down from 240 single instances. Much more
manageable.
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:30 PM
At least you know Vbscript :)
Z
Edward E. Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA
Phone: 401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 3:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE:
How does it connect?
-Original Message-
From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Virtualization on Server 2008
We have a PowerVault attached to the PowerEdge 2600 server that
currently acts as our core se
Well I'm just starting to play with perl myself, and that seems like it
could be an interesting project to play with.
...Tim
> -Original Message-
> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 12:38 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Deskt
I'm still looking back at my notes.
A basic search via Google shows a few different modules that match the
search "perl module detect file changes", but I am still trying to
find information on the module that I/we specifically used.
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's going to have to be something that registers the NT FileChanged event.
If that helps.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:30 PM
To: NT System
Thanks - it probably will!
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Michael B. Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's going to have to be something that registers the NT FileChanged event.
> If that helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> MCSE/Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>
> -O
Hello all...
I have a custom screen saver deployed by Group Policy that works fine
when users are logged in. Is there a way using group policy to change
to the custom screen saver when users are logged out?
The environment is W3K3 AD, XP clients.
Thanks for any help/advice.
Bill
Background screen or screensaver?
Cant remember the background screen key off the top of my head but you can do
it.. as for screensaver try this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314493
Greg
From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, 10 May 2008 6:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issue
Thanks, Greg. I'm trying to change the login screen saver (as opposed
to the regular one that comes up after users are logged in) to a custom
one. I had seen that KB and actually used it to configure one PC as a
test which worked fine. Now I would like to deploy those setting
throughout the dom
You will likely need to create a custom .adm file to import your
registry changes into Group Policy. REG2ADM.EXE will help you do
this.
File deployments of .scr files, etc, will need to be done with custom
.msi packages or perhaps computer startup scripts.
Actually, it may be easier to just depl
What he said... I'd use reg2adm
-Original Message-
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, 10 May 2008 7:36 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Changing the logon screen saver
You will likely need to create a custom .adm file to import your
registry cha
Cool..thanks you guys
Bill Lambert
Concuity
847-941-9206
-Original Message-
From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Changing the logon screen saver
What he said... I'd use reg2adm
-Original Me
There are some issues with virtualising DCs (e.g. you ever restore them from a
snapshot) due to USN-rollback - something to consider.
Making the host OS part of the domain can assist with management (e.g. you can
manage it using System Center Virtual machine Manager 2008), but you'd then
need D
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