The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) component of Windows Server 2003 (This includes SBS 2003) coordinates the activities of providers, writers and requestors for creating and using shadow copies. During a backup operation the requestor uses VSS along...

These steps are to be followed if the Companyweb site has been upgraded to WSS 3.0. It is ok to install WSS 3.0 on SBS 2003, but must be installed using a "side by side" installation. For more information please refer to the SBS whitepaper http://www...

When selecting option for Reports within the SCOM Reporting Console - it returns the error: Login failed for user ' <Account name>'. Solution: Open the SCOM Console - Administration - Security - Run-As Accounts Data Warehouse SQL Server Authentication...

You may experience this error when installing the SCOM database to a SQL 2005 cluster. **Run the installation on the SQL node that hosts the Virtual Node** This error is caused when SQL 2005 is missing disk dependencies within the SQL 2005 Group. The...

After installing the WSS SharePoint Service Pack for Small Business Server 2003, Companyweb fails to open - it returns the error "Cannot connect to the Configuration Database" . After checking the SharePoint services, The Microsoft SP Timer service was...

What..........your "Internal" RDP connections are not working? Uhh-Oooh, everyone knows that if ISA's in the network and somethings not working correctly the problem has to be with ISA 2004....right? Not necessarily... Heres the problem. The CX...

Interesting scenario..... Administrators are able to logon to the RWW console without issue. However when a user account attempts to logon, they are able to enter their credentials, then it takes up to 15 minutes for the logon to successfully complete...

Interesting case..... any user that was created with a template through the SBS Add User Wizard would receive the following error when trying to use Active-sync, "Error 85010014". However if you created a user directly in AD Users and Computers, that...

Error's installing SCOM 2007 Agent on remote DC. The installation is returning the following errors: Event Type: Error Event Source: LoadPerf Event Category: None Event ID: 3013 Date: 7/7/2007 Time: 3:38:01 PM User: N/A Computer: <COMPUTERNAME>...

SharePoint Database Explorer This tool will help you export files from a corrupt .mdf database. In order for this to work you must be able to successfully mount the database either through OSQL or SQL. This tool should be used at your own risk....

So heres the deal. You have clients behind ISA 2004, trying to browse to a redirecting website. The site starts with an http connection, the user is prompted to logon, or the site redirects to a more secure connection <https>. The interesting thing...

Preliminaries Must be able to mount a new Companyweb site with empty databases. Kb 829114 - How to remove and how to install the Windows Small Business Server 2003 SharePoint Services companyweb Web site 3. Server must be fully patched...

SMS Service Pack 3 brings along a new "advanced" client that must be installed on each monitored client as well. If the "new" SP3 advanced client has not been installed/or fails to install, processor information is reported incorrectly. The correct Advanced...

This error can be triggered by several different issues: 1. The Client Firewall is enabled. Ports needed: TCP Ports: 8530, 8531, 5723, 51906, 135, 445, 139 UDP Ports: 137, 138. These ports are necessary for client installation and basic communication...

In this scenario the error is returned very early in the installation. After selecting the report server/instance the following error is returned: The selected SQL Reporting Server instance is not configured. To continue with setup, you must first configure...

Installing Audit Collection Reports Create: Create a folder on the server hosting Audit Reporting - C:\TOOLS\AUDIT REPORTS\ACS on the Operations Server (or the server that will be hosting the Audit Reporting) Copy: Uploadauditreports.cmd, Models Folder...

This post comes from: http://blogs.technet.com/cliveeastwood/archive/2007/09/28/system-center-essentials-post-rtm-hotfix-rollup-released-to-the-web.aspx Please visit the link for additional information and screen-shots.... Thanks Clive!!!!!!!!! In an...

1. Are you using etrust anti-virus? - Yes <See Below> 2. If you are NOT using etrust - Most likely LASSRV.B - http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-082409-3922-99&tabid=3 If the answer is yes to etrust, then...

A user called in with an interesting issue. She said; "When I attempt to access resources across a VPN connection with an Windows XP client it fails". She was connecting to a Small Business Server 2003 server......hmmmmm. She said it had been working...

Urban Legend... "Did you know that it is impossible to have additional Domain Controllers in a Small Business Server Domain?" This is in fact a myth as long as a few conditions are met. The SBS 2003 computer must be a domain controller that is...

"Not Enough Storage is Available to Process this Command", What.......??????? I have over 75gb free on this drive, what the heck is it talking about? ...Everything was fine until I installed Windows Server 2003 SP1, what did it break? Believe it or not...

When synchronizing your mobile device with Exchange 2003 you may see the following error: Error code: HTTP_500 Synchronization failed due to an error on the server. Try again. There is a good KB that covers this issue; KB886346 - "You receive an...

There have been several questions/calls concerning issues with opening the WSUS UI after downloading the last update. Here's the nitty... http://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2007/11/13/unexpected-ui-errors-in-wsus.aspx Unexpected UI errors in WSUS Hi...

You see the following error "Server Error in '/' Application. Access to the registry key 'Global' is denied" when opening the Web Console in SCOM 2007. This can also sometimes be seen with the word "Error" only. Symptoms: The console works initially,...

Here's the scenario; I am the Network Administrator and for whatever reason the remote desktop option has been disabled on the XP client I am trying to reach. It worked fine a couple of days ago, however I cannot connect to the client now. Is it possible...