Windows Small Business Server 2003 is the Microsoft operating system in the `SBS` line based on Windows Server 2003.
Questions tagged [windows-sbs-2003]
268 questions
0
votes
2 answers
SMTP, IMAP, and Web Issues on SBS 2003
We just started having issues as of last night. Basically, all was good until I tried to add a users account to someones phone. It wasn't working and then noticed some activesync errors on the box. Per a KB article, it mentioned to add some reserved…

Untalented
- 323
- 1
- 4
- 14
0
votes
1 answer
SBS2003 -> 2011 Migration - Some Sharepoint Calendar Items not Showing in Calendar View but Show in All/Current Events
Bascially I've followed the Microsoft guide on SBS 2003 -> 2011 Migration. Performed it over the weekend to try and give zero downtime for users. It's pretty much worked fine except this issue. (I haven't imported the users into 2011 console/format…

Robin Gill
- 2,513
- 14
- 13
0
votes
2 answers
Windows SBS 2003 file transfers hang on write
CPU usage is ideal... as is everything else.
It will start copying a file, say 700MB, then about 100MB in it will hang, and stop copying.
It hangs for everyone else trying to access files on the server too.
After about a minute it will come back to…

Mint
- 476
- 2
- 9
- 23
0
votes
1 answer
Restore SBS 2003 CompanyWeb calendar from flat files?
Ok so I have a job of recovering a calendar that was used for an event schedule. The situation is that there was never a backup done except for using Carbonite on the C drive. I have re-installed the server with the same server name and domain. I…

BrandonS
- 103
- 4
0
votes
1 answer
Exchange 2003 System Attendant mailbox gone
after moving the mailboxes from the old to the new server, the system attendant mailbox is gone.
The old server isn´t in network. So do you know a way to recover or renew the system attendant mailbox?
Thanks for help and sorry for my bad english.

pidecom
- 1
0
votes
1 answer
How do tape backups work?
We are backing up to tapes but more often then not the tape will be spat out and we will have an error like The requested media failed to mount. The operation was aborted. which from what I can tell could mean the drive is full (doesn't looks like…

Mint
- 476
- 2
- 9
- 23
0
votes
1 answer
activesync issue - port 443 not open on server
I have inherited a SBS2003 server, one of the users is attempting to set up his iphone on it. the server has been working fine for the past 5 yrs or so.
it is using a xxxx.dnsalias.com for a static ip, there were no server certificates created so I…

neal
- 13
- 1
- 4
0
votes
1 answer
Replacing ISA firewall, on SBS 2003, with hardware firewall and what to do with the redundant NIC
We currently have a SBS 2003 with 2 NICs - one LAN side, one WAN. The SBS has an ISA Firewall. We are replacing this server with new hardware and SBS 2011, in the near future.
As part of this change, I am putting in a Fortigate firewall. I would…

iWeasel
- 161
- 8
0
votes
1 answer
Demote SBS 2003 server, but keep authentication for shares available temporarily?
We have an old SBS 2003 server with a messed-up configuration, that I want to replace with a new SBS 2011 Standard installation. We're a small 20 user shop.
I don't have much faith in the 2003 AD setup, so I'd like to start from scratch with a fresh…

Martijn Heemels
- 7,728
- 7
- 40
- 64
0
votes
3 answers
SBS 2003 group policies
The SYSVOL folder has had the policies removing.
Anyone know how I can have them recreated with there defaults and not losing the AD users etc.
All policies have been deleted and I found dcgpofix to recreate the default policy and default domain…

Robert
- 1
0
votes
1 answer
Is it possible to configure WSS 2.0 in a way to access the wss 2.0 via the internet?
I'm trying to configure an old Windows Share Point Server 2.0 so that it will be reachable via internet or a least by a url other than http://companyweb/. Is this possible?
It is running on Windows Small Business Server 2003

David
- 1
- 2
0
votes
2 answers
How to configure exchange to not allow any stranger to send email?
Assume we have a user on our domain with an easy name (i.e. Joe) and an easy password (i.e. P@ssword123). Is it possible for a hacker to gain access to Exchange using that account (using a brute force attack) and send email as that person?
(I…

willem
- 145
- 5
0
votes
3 answers
SBS 2003 loses Connection to specific clients if not running Ping -t
I have inherited a client running SBS 2003 R2 and a mix of WinXP and Win7 clients. All machines have the latest updates.
I started getting complaints that 1 or more computers would 'drop off' the network and be unable to access the server (network…

Dom
- 741
- 1
- 8
- 19
0
votes
1 answer
ISA server 2004
I have a problem with setting up ISA 2004 on Windows SBS 2003. The problem is after setting up the deny and access rules: I added the group of users that I wanted to deny. It works but for everyone rather than the target user group. Hence, on…
0
votes
3 answers
SBS 2003 Back up solution
I have a single SBS 2003 that is a domain controller, and file server, MSSQL db's, and some other things. I am looking for a back up solution (local to external HDD) in the situation where the server crashes.
Is there a build in full system back up…

bMon
- 253
- 1
- 9