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Default WSUS 3 groups for SBS 2003

Mark — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:57:04 +0000

I noticed after the WSUS server was upgraded on some of our servers the default groups seem to have disappeared here is a list of the default ones.

Unassigned Computers

Update Services Client Computers

Update Services Excluded Computers

Update Services Server Computers

SBS 2003 Console does not manage update after installing WSUS 3 SP1

Mark — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:38 +0000

If you make a change to WSUS administration console or update the software to WSUS 3 it will stop the SBS console reporting the status of updates on your network.

The following things can disable updates on the console

Under Automatic Approvals, the Default Automatic Approval Rule is enabled in Options.
Under Products and Classifications, All Microsoft Products is not selected in Options.
Under Synchronization Schedule, the Synchronize manually option is selected in Options.
Under Computers, the Use Group Policy or Registry settings on computers option is enabled in Options.
The Update Services service is stopped.

If these conditions do not apply, the Approve for Detection setting may have been disabled when you upgraded to WSUS 3.0 SP1. However, the option to change this is not available after you upgrade to WSUS 3.0 SP1. In this case, you must use a script to change the Approve for Detection setting.

Download the following file or copy and paste it into notepad and rename it to fixr2.sql Click here for fixr2 and copy to local c: then

Open a command prompt

Navigate to %programfiles% \Update Services\Setup

At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

executesql.exe -S MICROSOFT##SSEE -i C:\FixR2.SQL -l C:\Output.log
This was taken from Microsoft KB945985

FTP Problems on a client machine connected to SBS 2003 network

Mark — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:03:20 +0000

I have just come across a strange problem accessing ftp site via IE7 on a client machine on an SBS 2003 nework specifically the companies house website, when the client tried to right click and save as, they would get ‘ The connection the the server has been reset ‘ error message and the good old ‘ This page cannot be displayed ‘ when trying to browse the ftp site.

On their particular setup they have a adsl modem connected to the 2nd nic on the sbs server so all the internet traffic is routed via the server.

To cut a long story short the solution was to disable Receive Side Scaling on the Server (Broadcom) nic not the internet nic i right clicked the Local Area Connection and clicked properties, click configure next the to the network adaptor, click the advanced tab, choose Receive Side Scaling and set to disable, (Warning this temporarily disconnects the server from the network).

After a little bit more research on this problem i came across a KB article on the subject appearently it effects serveral versions of Windows server 2003 SP1 & SP2 and SBS 2003 & R2, in this article Microsoft suggest disabling RSS via a registry key although i have not tried this solution. KB927695

Shutdown is very slow in SBS 2003

Mark — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:02:47 +0000

A couple of our SBS servers were very slow to shutdown this was taken from the MS website KB827610 it is todo with the WaitToKillServiceTimeout registry entry not being set to two minutes. To do this, follow these steps.

Start Registry Editor. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
In the right pane, double-click the WaitToKillServiceTimeout value.
In the Value data box, type 120000, and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor, and then restart Windows Small Business Server 2003.

Accessing Companyweb from the Server Itself after 963027 or Windows 2008 SP 2

Mark — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:57:36 +0000

I came across an issue on SBS 2003 and SBS 2008 accessing http://companyweb on the server, after installing the cumulative security update for Internet Explorer (963027 or 969897) or Internet Explorer 8.0 or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.

To fix the problem

SBS2003

On an SBS 2003 server this issue can be fixed by applying update KB961143.

Note: You must have .NET Framework 2.0 installed before you apply this update.

SBS2008

On an SBS 2008 server this issue can be fixed by applying SBS 2008 Update Rollup 2 (960911). This update is now available on Microsoft Update and WSUS.

Or you can use this method KB963027

Unable to access ftp site from a client machine on an SBS 2003 network

Mark — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:07:44 +0000

I have just come across a strange problem accessing ftp site via ie7 on a client machine on an SBS 2003 nework specifically the companies house website, when the client right tried to right click and save as they would get ‘The connection the the server has been reset’ error message and the good old this page cannot be displayed when trying to browse the ftp site.

On their particular setup they have a adsl modem connected to the 2nd nic on the sbs server so all the internet traffic is routed via the server.

The solution was to disable Receive Side Scaling on the Server (Broadcom) nic not the internet nic i right clicked the Local Area Connection and clicked properties,click configure next the to the networ adaptor, click the advanced tab, choose Receive Side Scaling and set to disable, (Warning this temporarily disconnects the server from the network).