<< SBS news for the week of February 1, 2004>>

From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 02/02/04

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Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 06:49:52 -0800

OT:It's Groundhog Day in the USA and Phil says 6 more weeks of winter
[sorry for you guys where there is snow]

http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm
http://www.groundhog.org/

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MyDoom/SCO Lessons learned
Well for one... don't open attachments
Review how you handle zip files
Ensure your A/V updates every hour on the hour
and the jury is still out whether it's SCO.com truly down or all the
ISPs blocking the traffic.
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>>>>>>>>LAST DAYS TO GET THE FREE SBS CALS<<<<<<
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/5CALOffer.mspx
February 5th is the cutoff date for free cals

Load disk one [grab a copy of VPC or vmware if you need to] click start,
control panel, system and get that product key and enter it in the web
site. Per the site, cals to be shipped in February

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US Government has started cyber alert mailings
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/index.html
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On 19 January 2004, Microsoft released The Microsoft® Baseline Security
Analyzer (MBSA) 1.2 to the public. This tool was posted to the Download
Center on 19 January 2004.

The Microsoft® Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is a tool that allows
users to scan one or more Windows®-based computers for common security
misconfigurations.
Microsoft has published information, that details the tool and instructs
customers how to use the tool:

  - Microsoft® Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) Home Page
  - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) Version 1.2 Is Available
(320454)
  - Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) Version 1.2 Q&A

MBSA 1.2 now includes new support for the following Products:
  - Exchange Server 2003
  - Microsoft Office (Note: MBSA can only be used for to perform a local
scans for Microsoft Office. Please see the above referenced documents for
more information).
  - Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8
  - Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
  - MSXML 2.5, 2.6, 3.0, and 4.0
  - BizTalk Server 2000, 2002, and 2004
  - Commerce Server 2000 and 2002
  - Content Management Server (CMS) 2001 and 2002
  - SNA Server 4.0, Host Integration Server (HIS) 2000 and 2004
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If your time service is disabled....

When you run CEICW, you need to select Broardband->a Direct broadband
connection instead of a local router device if you want to have Windows
Time service enable. For a router, it might be using ISDN or a modem.
To prevent dial-on-demand router from constantly dialing for time
updates, it is considered as a non-fulltime scenario during CEICW.

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Reward Offered to Capture Virus Designer
A quarter of a million dollar bounty is waiting for
anyone who helps law enforcers nab the designer of
another new computer virus. The award, put up Thursday
by Microsoft Corp., is the third so far as part of
a $5 million program the software giant announced
in early November to help identify the authors of
unusually damaging Internet infections that target
the company's products.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1212&e=2&u=/ap/20040130/ap_on_hi_te/internet_virus
http://www.startribune.com/stories/789/4348619.html

MyDoom Worm Spreads as Hunt for Author Intensifies
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4248978
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Mimail mutant maximises Mydoom misery
The devastation created by the Mydoom virus,
which is still spreading, has been compounded
by the detection of a previously unknown mutant
of the Mimail virus. One in every five emails
currently transmitted is thought to be carrying
Mydoom, with four million infected emails thought
to be in circulation.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1152401

Microsoft Prepares MyDoom Defense
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64292-2004Jan30.html
Mydoom virus really a spam tool?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4113278/
As victims clean up, Mydoom mail keeps coming
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,89624,00.html
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MS drop authentication technique to foil phishing
Microsoft has outlined plans to make phishing
attacks more difficult by dropping support for
a common Web authentication method. Redmond's
plans to remove support for handling user names
and passwords in HTTP or HTTPS URLs in IE are
designed to protect Web surfers from being lured
to malicious constructed or fraudulent sites.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/35253.html
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Make spammers pay, in money or time, to send bulk e-mails
Imagine a world where the government paid all the bills
for the postal service, and the cost of mailing a letter
was zero. We'd be drowning in junk mail, because marketers
could crank out postcards and fliers for a few cents each
and send them for free. The humble 37-cent stamp and its
bulk-rate cousins, in other words, are barriers preventing
abuse of an important public resource.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7833519.htm
http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1152407
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ID fraud preys on technology's immaturity
Some people get socks for Christmas. Others get
handkerchiefs. But not Jay Heiser. His wife gave
him a replica of a Mesopotamian clay tablet this
year. Why? Because the Mesopotamians used them as
receipts, an early form of security. "That receipt
lasted 6,000 years," said Heiser, chief analyst
at security risk management vendor TruSecure.
http://www.vnunet.com/Features/1152404
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Mainframe's midlife crisis: Security
Twenty years ago, mainframes sat in tight glass
houses, accessed by a limited list of select
employees. Today, mainframes remain a mainstay
of enterprise operations. All predictions of
the mainframe's imminent demise have disappeared
as quickly as those predicting the end of brick-
and-mortar retailing. In fact, industry sources
estimate that 30 billion Cobol transactions occur
daily; that's more than the number of Web page
hits in the same time period.
http://computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,89302,00.html

Articles and KB Oh My! Courtesy of
Marie McFadden, MCSE NT4/2000, MCSA
Microsoft Online Support Engineer

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

SBS
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829046 SMTP recipient policy changes after you change your Internet domain
name
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829046

829358 Overview of the Critical Update for SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829358

829033 There is a documentation error in the Configure E-mail and Internet
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829033

831747 Overview of the Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831747

829114 How to remove and how to install the Windows Small Business Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829114

829113 How to restore a Windows SharePoint Services CompanyWeb database
after
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829113

827701 How to perform a disaster recovery operation of SharePoint Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827701

829035 You cannot connect to a console session of a local computer by using
a
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829035

832919 New features and functionality in PortQry version 2.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832919

829039 Internal client computers cannot connect to the externally accessible
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829039

831747 Overview of the Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831747

828048 POP3 e-mail clients cannot send messages to remote domains
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828048

828056 A terminal server no longer runs in application mode after you
upgrade
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828056

829038 Users can still send and receive e-mail messages after you disable
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829038

829036 The Microsoft SharePoint Administrator option on the Administrative
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829036

828063 Configuration error when the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828063

832870 "Cannot find '::{e17d4fc0-5564-11d1-83f2-00a0c90dc849}'" error
message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832870

828054 You cannot contact a computer running Small Business Server from an
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828054

829045 Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition does not support
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829045

831664 "The requested media failed to mount" error message when you try to
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831664

829623 Default Services That Are Installed in Windows Small Business Server
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829623

For Windows 2000
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829155 Account lookup application programming interface's may not complete
on
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829155

828904 Web changes are not visible on the destination server in FrontPage
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828904

833556 Csvde.exe -u does not display Unicode characters in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833556

822720 "Stop 0x00000080" error message when you add or remove a hot swap
drive
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822720

830764 Print jobs from Macintosh client computers to a Windows 2000 Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830764

830711 DNS MMC may take a long time to populate the description pane when
you
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830711

829246 Event Logs Are Corrupted
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829246

832821 Error 161 occurs when you access Service Control Manager from
Terminal
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832821

830074 Error 4097 is recorded in the system log on your Windows 2000 server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830074

831877 Multiple memory leaks in the Remote Registry Service when you use
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831877

826955 Virus Alert About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826955

833154 You receive a "stop 0x00000050 (page fault in nonpaged area)" error
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833154

831754 You receive an error message when you try to print to a shared
network
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831754

816960 Server may stop responding if a Winsock program is under a heavy
load in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816960

833046 The Windows Backup utility does not report errors to the backup log
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833046

828531 Computer stops responding when you use a dial-up connection to log
on in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828531

827535 Dnsapi.dll memory leak
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827535

831646 Chkdsk incorrectly removes corrupted security descriptor information
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831646

826502 The server stops responding and you receive a "Stop 0x000000d1" error
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826502

825036 Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825036

832182 Windows 2000 SP3 may stop responding during shutdown
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832182

830075 Winmgmt.exe uses more CPU resources than you expect
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830075

830570 The Registry Repair Utility download for Windows 2000-based computers
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830570

831982 CPU usage in Lsass.exe increases to 99 percent when you try to
access a
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831982

Windows 2003
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830212 You receive an access violation error message when you print to a
local
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830212

830711 DNS MMC may take a long time to populate the description pane when
you
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830711

831666 Various printing issues in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831666

830746 Active Directory changes do not replicate in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830746

826955 Virus Alert About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826955

831754 You receive an error message when you try to print to a shared
network
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831754

828830 You receive an error message when you try to save a Network Monitor
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828830

832222 You cannot connect to a remote Windows Server 2003 domain controller
by
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832222

827537 Windows XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003 clients cannot connect to some
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827537

833374 Description of the groups that are displayed in the Member Of list in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833374

830750 Automatic Updates logs Event ID 16 in the application log
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830750

825036 Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825036

833375 You receive event ID 7000 even though Network Load Balancing is not
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833375

326216 HOW TO: Use the Backup Feature to Back Up and Restore Data in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326216

814583 HOW TO: Use Command Line Parameters with the Ntbackup Command in
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814583

Windows SharePoint Services
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834546 "Cannot complete this action" error message when you connect to a
portal
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=834546

831107 You receive the error "Can't move focus to the control" when you
approve
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831107

833183 "Cannot connect to configuration database" or "Unable to connect to
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833183

829358 Overview of the Critical Update for SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829358

833183 "Cannot connect to configuration database" or "Unable to connect to
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833183

830320 Comparison of features that are included in Windows SharePoint
Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830320

Exchange 2000
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831393 You receive error code 80090006 when the Exchange System Attendant
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831393

832599 How to obtain the Understanding and Deploying Exchange 2000 Active
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832599

832396 Outlook 2003 uses only TCP/IP or HTTP protocol bindings when Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832396

Exchange 2003
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833401 How to configure RPC over HTTP in Exchange Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833401

817543 "Setup is unable to determine the DNS name of this computer. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817543

828765 Permissions that you must have to install components in Exchange
Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828765

831394 You cannot connect to an Exchange Server 2003 computer by using
Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831394

821904 HOW TO: Create a Distribution List (Distribution Group) in Exchange
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821904

Windows XP
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822137 Desktop Icons Do No Appear Correctly When Moved
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822137

821160 Temporary hotfix installation files are not deleted in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821160

832656 You receive "IP General Failure" error messages during network
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832656

827090 "Unable to create or access your My Documents folder" error message
when
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827090

826955 Virus Alert About the Blaster Worm and Its Variants
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=826955

831429 Windows XP stops responding when you download updates from Windows
Update
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831429

834525 Wireless network connection for a preferred wireless access point is
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=834525

821979 Autodial starts each time a resource is not available in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821979

832577 The computer stops responding during startup
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832577

832246 Printer tray selections are ignored when you print to a PostScript
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832246

827537 Windows XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003 clients cannot connect to some
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=827537

832490 Security enhancements in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832490

Outlook
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833006 The settings that are contained in the Outlook Security Settings
public
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833006

831124 How to Force Outlook to Resolve Proxy Addresses and Custom
Properties in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831124

829918 How to create a new e-mail profile in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829918

831399 How to Use the Desktop Alerts Feature in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831399

831390 You may receive the "this operation has been cancelled" error message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831390

831606 How to organize your Outlook 2003 data with the Show in Groups
feature
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831606

829982 You Cannot Open Attachments in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829982

289987 How to Compact Outlook PST and OST Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289987

832396 Outlook 2003 uses only TCP/IP or HTTP protocol bindings when Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=832396

831747 Overview of the Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831747

830119 Overview of Archive and of AutoArchive in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830119

831402 How to troubleshoot Search Folders in Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831402

829699 You Receive an Error Message About Inadequate Hard Disk Drive Space
When
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829699

Internet Explorer
--------------------------------------------
833633 How to strengthen the security settings for the Local Machine zone in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833633

833786 Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=833786

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