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SBS2003 to SBS2008 Migration

Blue Sky IT — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:36 GMT

I'm hoping someone can answer this pretty quick. I have migrated SBS 2003 to SBS2008. What a long ordeal! A bit of a headache too but I'm finally to the last step where you have to demote the SBS2003 server.

My question is with the client machines. Right now they communicate on the network fine without me doing anything to them. Once the SBS2003 server is off the network, will I have to go through the Connect computer wizard on each PC for them to connect to the network? I have read that the connect computer wizard is required or else you will lose user profiles but I didn't know if that was on a fresh install only. Can someone let me know if that step is required when migrating? I really hope not.

FYI - I know Microsoft mentions that you can do this whole process while people are still on the network but I strongly suggest that you do it off hours and give yourself plenty of time. Plan to spend a full weekend at least. You can do it in phases but the initial steps require lots of time.

Undetified ICON - Apps is not on the Task Bar

jitsandhu — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:30:26 GMT

How do I get rid of an ICON that has appreared on my desktop, it's grey box with two rectangular button on top which are blue and white.

It appears on startup.

Dhcp client service not starting

kads — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:09:05 GMT

Hi ,

I have windows 2003 sp2 OS installed on my laptop.

I am unable to connect to internet ( automatically detect IP) , since my DHCP service is not starting.
error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion
I followed the below procedure but still not successful.
Please advise.

[Step I - Make sure that the three driver files are present
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to %Windir%\System32\Drivers folder. Make sure that the following files are present in the folder:
� afd.sys
� tcpip.sys
� netbt.sys
If one or more of the above driver files are missing, extract them from the Windows XP CD-ROM or from the ServicePackFiles\i386 folder, whichever is the latest version.
Step II - Verify the number of Dependencies
From other sources in the Web, I've found that installation of Norton Antivirus (NAV) adds an entry to the DHCP Service dependencies, and removing NAV does not remove the corresponding entry from the DHCP Dependencies.
To view the dependency services registered for DHCP Client Service, type the following command in Start, Run dialog:
CMD /K SC QC DHCP
Verify the output. It should be exactly as below:
[SC] GetServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: dhcp
TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START
ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL
BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : TDI
TAG : 0
DISPLAY_NAME : DHCP Client
DEPENDENCIES : Tcpip
: Afd
: NetBT
SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem
If additional entries are listed under DEPENDENCIES...
If any other additional drivers or Services are mentioned in the DEPENDENCIES section, you need to remove them via the registry. Follow these steps:
� Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe
� Navigate to the following branch:
� Backup the branch to a REG file
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Dhcp
� Double-click DependOnService value and set its data as follows:
Tcpip
Afd
NetBT
� Close Regedit.exe
Step III - Verify that the Dependency Service / components are running
Next step is to verify that the three dependency components are running. Follow the steps below:
� Click Start, Run and type DEVMGMT.MSC
� In the View menu, click Show hidden devices
� Double-click Non-Plug and Play drivers section
� Double-click the entry AFD, and click the Driver tab
� Set the Startup type to System.
� Start the service. Note down the error message if any.
� Similarly start the two other drivers namely:
� TCP/IP Protocol Driver
� NetBios over Tcpip ]

filescriptingobject.CopyFile login prob.

rokosz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:11:47 GMT

Hello all,

Ohhh its hair-pulling time again. Don't think this is the best forum for the issue. Apologies if its not, please direct me if not.

Server running W2003 R2. ASP app under IIS6 available. The server is an upgrade for hardware and R1->R2.

Some ASP have the following code:

Code:

var fso=new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

theFile=fso.CopyFile("C:\temp\remits.txt","\\\\servername\\Shares\\bc835.txt")

Trying to copy a local file (remits.txt) up the the Shares folder on servername

the CopyFile method fails for "unknown user name or bad password"

The only users configured on the server are Administrator and AppUser. Appuser is an anonymous user and member of servername\users with full control of the folder Shares.

On Monday I had a similar issue (it may or may not have been the same "login" issue) on one workstation -- fixed it and everything worked fine
On that station I did make the System->Computer Name->Workgroup identical to servername's workgroup. At the time that seemed to be the fix.

So, when the current login issue cropped up on a different machine I checked its workgroup, found it different, and made it the same. Still got the problem.

The XP user does not login to their machine as "AppUser". They use their personal login of eg. "Lisa". I would feel "Lisa" needs to be a member of Servername\Users but for the fact the other workstation worked fine on Monday and used an XP login of "Tony". Note: I didn't say today because I haven't had a chance to try the effort _again_ on the Mondaygood machine.

I might have better information if I could get the W3SVC log to tell me a log-in failed. I'll be posting a request here at TSF if I can find the right group.

thanks anybody!

sbs2003 server is dead

Barrybytes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:51:02 GMT

after 6 months of various "Pros" working on a sbs2003 server, passwords were changed without recording somewhere, server just quit. I have three client machines that need to have the logon removed so that they can be networked peer to peer. server is overkill for the business.
How do I get the clients to boot without logon?

Server 2003 Internet Sharing

omicronkappa278 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:13:15 GMT

I want to take my 2003 server and add 2 NICs into it (In addition to the current one) and share the internet across two private subnets.

In other words, I want to have a (example) 192.168.20.x from one NIC and a 192.168.30.x with the other... so basically I can have two separate networks which have nothing to do with each other except to share the internet and have the 2003 server act as the firewall.

What would be the best and easiest way to accomplish this?

Problem connecting to certain sites

TJBP — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:01:32 GMT

Hi. I hope this is the right forum for this. I have a single computer running Windows 2000. A few days ago, I started not being able to get certain sites on my computer (including my work website that I have a shortcut to and use everyday). When I search the internet, some sites will download and others won't. I have run Norton, flushed the DNS cache, and done ipconfig/all which comes back IP routing enabled/no and WinsProxy enabled/no. Could that have something to do with it? In case you can't tell-I have NO technological idea what I'm doing. I'm just trying to figure this out. Thank you

NETLOGON error (Event ID:5513)

Tekken_123 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:36:00 GMT

Hi,

I am new to this forum and i'm facing the below error, i see this error on one of our Domain controller.

The computer xxxxx tried to connect to the server XXXXXX using the trust relationship established by the XXXXXX domain. However, the computer lost the correct security identifier (SID) when the domain was reconfigured. Reestablish the trust relationship.
What does this error mean and how can this be fixed?

Network Printers Disappearing

kerrycorcoran — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:04:26 GMT

Windows Server 2003R2 w/ SP2 (Terminal Servers)

Basically a user can RDP into the server to start their session and all the session printers are available. Approximately 2 weeks ago I started to receive complaints that only the users default printer was displaying.

I noticed if I log out and back in all the printers may or may not appear. I don't see anything on the print server showing the problem and nothing appears on the terminal servers.

I have read the articles (links) about TS printing, etc but am really confused on where to start troubleshooting. It's as if they aren't getting mapped in the first place (when there is an issue).

Any insight or tools I could use to try and start narrowing this issue down?
Thanks,
Kerry

Terminal Session did not responds

deepak.s — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:06:31 GMT

Hello

I am facing this problem for quit long time, we have many Windows 2003 R2 servers, the problem is, After restarting Windows Server 2003, there Terminal Session did not responds, we can not take the remote session of these machine, although it continuously gives the ping responses.

These Server are at remote location, and SAP and Oracle application are installed in these server. Many times User need to reboot the server, they shut down there all application and reboot it. Server reboots but MSTSC doesn't works. Most of the times we need to ask some to hard boot the server.

At the time of these problem, we tried to login into remote management console of these server and checked all required services are running on these like RPC, Computer Browser, Terminal...

Once the server gets hard booted problem gets solved. But every time hard booting the server is not feasible solution to the problem.

Can some body help me on this and suggest me what could be the possible reason for this problem.

Copy Local users to another server

Aj_Revelino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:27:13 GMT

Hi,

We are in the process of migrating several folders and subfolders from one windows 2003 server to another. The folders have been created in the new server. The issue now is to migrate the users and their relevant permissions to the new server exactly the same way they were in the old server. Pls suggest. All these users are local users. Pls suggest a way to perform this.

Cheers!!

Aj

Information store/mailbox reconnect problem

Yanchri — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:48:20 GMT

Hi, new to these forums. Running SBS 2003 with Exchange 2003.

I'm having an interesting issue. Our server crashed a while ago, and we managed to recover the previous information store.

I have a 50gb information store, that i want to mount. I can successfully mount it, however when i try to reconnect a mailbox it doesn't pick up the user in active directory, or even any of the users. Rather it only picks up by the looks of it, local users on the server. It's as if the old information store does not detect the current active directory on the sbs 2003 server.

How can i rectify this problem by reconnecting to the current active directory users, since users want access to their old mails.

thanks for any assistance
Yanchri

Help 4 install Server 2k3 on Dell XPS 700

Burn3r — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:11:04 GMT

I have a Dell XPS 700. but I cant install server 2k3. some raid controller i need. it displayed no boot device press F3 to restart.
warranty has already finished.

Help on "Disable NetBIOS NULL Session"

samuel882 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:12:10 GMT

I have a DFS Server running Windows 2000 SP4, recently i apply changes ("Disable NetBIOS BULL Session" as per advised in here : http://www.security.ku.edu/docs/doc-viewer.jsp?id=27

After the changes being applied. ALL the shared folders could not be accessed
Anyone kind enough to let me know what is going on?
I've enabled the back the NetBIOS NULL Session on that server and ALL file sharing services are back to normal

cannot-connect-domain

xboy29 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:07:23 GMT

hiee... I can't form Server Client setup in my company..! I m a fresher workin in a small

company with 100 computers. Details: Server_OS- Win Ser 2003, Client_OS- XP(SP2).
I installed ADS, DNS but can't ping the domain in server.. If i tried to join my client(XP) in domain, i m gettin the followin error "cannot contact domain controller of the domain".. After many trials I tried it in VMWare with 1 server and 1 Client, it automatically took 2 IPs and got connected. So I tried that 2 IPs as my preffered and alternate DNS IP, then everythin got solved and got connected.. But i have to give the Router side configured DNS IPs to connect the internet.. So I tried other IP combinations withot DNS.. Suddenly it got connected in this config:
Server Side:
IP address: 192.168.1.30
Subnet:255.255.255.0
Gateway:192.168.1.1

Client Side:
IP address: 192.168.1.31
Subnet:255.255.255.0
Gateway:192.168.1.30

In this config it got connected.. I don know wats the prob.. And after some trials with other IP combinations This IP config also not workin.. don know the problem.. anyone help.