Re: Poweredge server powering down by itself using SBS 2003

He also couldn't understand why I had the server controlling the printers,
he said it made more sense for the indvidual computers to do that.

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OCtjsbZXFHA.1508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My mate's 14yr old son has 'been around computers for years' and was
> peeved enough when the HDD on his home system died and lost his web
> development data that he now runs RAID, on his own inspiration I might
> add.
>
> <wedor> wrote in message news:eaQ8rYUXFHA.2348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>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
>> news:%23NvabdQXFHA.3840@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> "Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]" <mariette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:%23UqmuYLXFHA.3712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> 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:
>>>> http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=53
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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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