Re: Poweredge server powering down by itself using SBS 2003
- From: <wedor>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:15:03 -0500
I was replaced at a company by the new admin, among other thngs he told them
was that there was no need for RAID since he has been around computers for
years and has never heard of a hard drive dying.
So if anyone starts such a blog I for one would be a contributor.
"James B" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]" <mariette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> In news:54DC7648-42DE-424C-ACD6-8E04603A1227@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Manny Chopra <MannyChopra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > The hardware person that installed the software for me suggested that
>> > we do not finalize the installation, because it tries to convert the
>> > server from a workstation to a domain controller? He suggested that
>> > we do not configure it as a domain controller, we are a small dental
>> > office and do not need those features in our network. Am I using the
>> > right software by using SBS 2003, or have we just configured it
>> > improperly? Also, how do we finish the installation without
>> > converting it to a domain contrller? Thanks.
>>
>> Manny,
>>
>> Please, kick out these so called 'specialist'. If they install SBS for
>> you
>> and do not know about this issue you can be sure they make a mess of your
>> server. Do not let them touch your server and get somebody else. I have
> seen
>> this happen over and over again.
>>
>> Don't pay the bill, kick them OUT. These kind of people make me rage.
>>
>> --
>> Mariëtte Knap
>> Microsoft SBS-MVP
>> One of the Magical M&M's
>> www.smallbizserver.net
>> Take part in SBS forum:
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>>
>
> Mariette,
>
> This is not uncommon though. Right now I can point to two "installers" who
> have told the customer they know what they are doing yet one of them has
> sold them on using WinXP Pro as a server (using a Celeron no less) with 11
> users (how's that gonna work!) while the other guy took over my job when I
> left this idiot of a boss and he can't figure out why the Pop connector is
> putting all the incoming email in the System folder. A third who signs his
> email as "Network Support" connected a Dlink router to a DSL modem and the
> lan side to the PC but then connected the USB cable to the modem and
> installed the dang PPOE software from Bellsouth and wondered why the
> router
> wasn't working.
>
> I think we have all seen out share of idiots who have built a PC or two
> and
> just because they know how to run a Quake server think they are Admins. In
> fact there's a great new Blog, Admin Idiot Stories....
>
>
>
>
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