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Windows Small Business Server 2003 is the Microsoft operating system in the `SBS` line based on Windows Server 2003.

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Windows Server 2003 DC hangs after network drivers update

Earlier today, we attempted to update the Broadcom BCM5716C network drivers on a Windows Server 2003. (Dell PowerEdge T310, FWIW). Since then we have not been able to boot the server in any normal mode. Safe Mode works. Safe Mode with Networking and…
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How can you recover a different admin account password when the default Administrator account is disabled?

If I were to create a admin domain account on a remote Windows Small Business Server (SBS), copy all permissions from the current [default] Administrator account, and then disable the [default] administrator account, then How can I unlock the newer…
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What would cause this error nightly during NTBackup (SBS 2003)?

I am getting the following warning message on 510 different files (always the same ones) every night: WARNING: Portions of "[INSERT FILENAME HERE]" cannot be read. The backed up data is corrupt or incomplete. This file will not restore correctly.…
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iis6 domain name configuration

I have a website with a domain such as www.example.com and also example.com on iis6. The problem is that example.com goes to the sbs 3003 server welcome screen. I want example.com to be the same as www.example.com but I'm not sure how I can…
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IP setting for client computers accessing internet via a firewall/router

I am a bit of a noob, I have a sbs server and client computers connected to a switch that is then connected to a firewall/router. The sbs server creates private ip address for the client computers, my question is when the client computers connect to…
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Enabling Access 2010 macros via Group Policy (SBS 2003)

We get an error message every time staff open one of our database applications, due to the default settings in Access 2010 of prompting for approval every time a macro is run: "Disable all macros with notification". Is there any way, via Group…
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Mapping printers with SBS 2003 R1

We have an SBS 2003 R1 domain controller, and a mixture of Windows 7 and XP (domain-joined) workstations. There are 20 users, 20 PCs, and 5 printers. Printer drivers for all 5 printers are already installed on each of the 20 workstations, however…
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Security group membership makes it impossible to list network shares (very strange issue)

We are having a very unusual problem on our network. There are two sites: main office (1x SBS 2003 server and 20x PCs: a mixture of Win7 and XP) and a remote site connected via VPN (1x XP PC, also on the same domain as the PCs at the main…
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Is it possible to prevent DHCP service on SBS 2003 from shutting down due to rogue DHCP server?

We are using LogMeIn Hamachi to link two remote sites together by VPN. This is working perfectly, the only problem is that the DHCP service on our SBS 2003 server shuts itself down after an hour or so of Hamachi being enabled, as it identifies the…
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Network drives don't get mapped and desktop redirection stops working when domain user becomes a member of the Local Administrator group on their PC

We have a Small Business Server 2003 domain controller with Windows 7 workstations joined to the domain. I noticed recently that, if I make a user a local administrator on his computer, his redirected desktop and mapped network drives do not connect…
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Using desktop folder redirection but Offline Files is not working?

We are using Folder Redirection (for users' desktop and "My Documents" directories) with Windows 7 domain-joined workstations connecting to an SBS 2003 server. This folder redirection is to users' home drives on the server, and ensures nothing is…
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Is there a program/tool/script to monitor or view all recent *large* files created on Windows server?

I have been managing a modest SBS 2003 server for several years. Our network policy is setup to store user profiles and "My Documents" folder on the server. Recently the server disk has been getting full, and running WinDirStat every few weeks has…
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External DNS completely fails every once in a while

We have a problem that affects our entire local network where the external DNS completely fails for a minute or so a few times a day. I'm not sure if it happens on all computers at the same time or just on one at a time, but basically for a minute…
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LSASS.Exe using 100% CPU usage on SBS2003

LSASS.exe is using 100% CPU usage on my SBS2003 DC. For the life of me, I can't figure out what's causing it. I've checked the event logs and found a few things. I can't see if any of it is related. Nothing except ActiveSync errors (which started…
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Moving Windows Small Business Server 2003 to the new hardware

I have a Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 in the Intranet. It's contains a Domain Controller and MS Exchange. I need to move SBS to the new hardware and keep server name. What's the best practice to perform this operation? Thanks
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