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Using Windows 7 BETA With SBS 2008

This article details the known issues with using Windows 7 BETA as a member of an SBS 2008 domain.  The steps in this article are for test purposes only.  If you are using Windows 7 BETA you may encounter the following issues:

  1. Cannot join Windows 7 client to the domain using http:\\connect.
  2. IE 8.0 cannot open links on the SBS gadget.
  3. Cannot connect to Windows 7 client using RWW.

Using http://connect with Windows 7 BETA.

  1. Make a backup copy of the following file: %programfiles%\Windows Small Business Server\Bin\webapp\ClientDeployment\packageFiles\supportedOS.xml.
  2. Create a new supportedOS.xml file with the content below. Make sure you include everything from <SupportedConfigurations>  to </SupportedConfigurations>.
  3. Open gpmc.msc on the SBS 2008 server box and navigate to the Domains>Domainname>MyBusiness>Computers?SBSComputers?Windows SBS Client Policy.  Select the Details tab and make a note of your GUID as seen below:
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  4. Open the following folder in explorer: \Windows\sysvol\domain\Policies\{YOUR GUID}\machine\SBS, where YOUR GUID is the one you found in step 3.
  5. Backup and then open the GP.XML file with administrative permissions in notepad.exe.
  6. You will see 3 WMI filters in the file. Change “'6.1.0000'&gt;Version” in all three filters to “'6.2.0000'&gt;Version”.
  7. Save the changes.
  8. Now you can join your Windows 7 Beta client to the domain using connect computer.

IE 8.0 cannot open links on the SBS gadget.

This is a known issue that will be fixed in IE 8.0 before it is officially released.  In the mean time please open the links from your IE favorites or type the URL directly in to the IE address bar.

Vista clients cannot connect to a Windows 7 client using RWW.

You must run IE as an administrator on Vista to be able to connect to a Windows 7 BETA client via RWW.

SupportedOS.xml File contents

<SupportedConfigurations>

  <SupportedOS>
    <!-- Name is not used by the code but might be helpful in identifying the OS that is described by these parameters -->
    <!-- ExcludedSuite, RequiredSuite, and RequiredProductType are the numbers as specified in the OSVERSIONINFOEX structure -->
    <!-- Architecture is the number as specified in the SYSTEM_INFO structure -->

    <OS id="1" Name="Windows XP SP2, x86" Major="5" Minor="1" Build="2600" SPMajor="2" SPMinor="" ExcludedSuite="512" RequiredSuite="" RequiredProductType="1" Architecture="0"/>
    <OS id="2" Name="Windows XP SP2, AMD64" Major="5" Minor="2" Build="3790" SPMajor="2" SPMinor="" ExcludedSuite="512" RequiredSuite="" RequiredProductType="1" Architecture="9"/>
    <OS id="3" Name="Windows Vista, x86" Major="6" Minor="0" Build="6000" SPMajor="" SPMinor="" ExcludedSuite="512" RequiredSuite="" RequiredProductType="1" Architecture="0"/>
    <OS id="4" Name="Windows Vista, AMD64" Major="6" Minor="0" Build="6000" SPMajor="" SPMinor="" ExcludedSuite="512" RequiredSuite="" RequiredProductType="1" Architecture="9"/>
    <OS id="5" Name="Windows 7, x86" Major="6" Minor="1" Build="7000" SPMajor="" SPMinor="" ExcludedSuite="512" RequiredSuite="" RequiredProductType="1" Architecture="0"/>
    <OS id="6" Name="Windows 7, AMD64" Major="6" Minor="1" Build="7000" SPMajor="" SPMinor="" ExcludedSuite="512" RequiredSuite="" RequiredProductType="1" Architecture="9"/>
  </SupportedOS>
</SupportedConfigurations>

 You can also download the file here:

Posted: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:19 PM by SBS Bloggers
Attachment(s): supportedOS.xml

Comments

The Official SBS Blog : Using Windows 7 BETA With SBS 2008 | helpfulnames.com said:

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# February 10, 2009 2:07 AM

Paul Thomas said:

I am also having problems connecting a Windows 7 PC to an SBS 2003 domain.

Is this likely to be the same problem?

# February 10, 2009 6:33 PM

UK SBSC said:

Evening all. We have had a huge number of people downloading Windows 7 beta, so I am sure some of you

# February 11, 2009 5:00 PM

Brent Ofenstein said:

I still have a problem.  "Connect" runs fine now, but I get a "The parameter is incorrect" error when the Windows 7 machine attempts to join the domain.  Any ideas?

# February 17, 2009 2:35 PM

scott said:

this worked well, but installing the certificate using the builtin exe wouldnt work.

# February 17, 2009 7:59 PM

KWSupport said:

I&#39;ve been testing out the Windows 7 beta on one of my laptops this week. And following my own best

# February 24, 2009 4:34 PM

SBS Bloggers said:

Paul Thomas - These steps won't work with SBS 2003. you will have to join the Win 7 client manually.

Brent Ofenstein - Can you tell us more about your Win 7 client and how you produced this error message?

Scott - You likely already had the certificate installed so you get an error when you attempted to install it a second time.

# February 25, 2009 10:31 AM

KWSupport said:

The SBS offical blog site has an excellent post on how to modify SBS 2008 so that a Windows 7 (Beta)

# February 25, 2009 5:35 PM

SBS开发团队中文博客 said:

在最近的SBS 官方博客上发布了一片关于如何在Windows SBS 2008服务器网络中使用Windows 7预览版的方式。简单的说你需要： 1. 替换supportedOS.xml文件。 2. 更改相关的组策略使得SBS的客户端部署功能能够在Windows

# March 15, 2009 8:50 AM
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