RE: File Sharing from Client to SBS2003 Problem

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your reply.

As I know, after you install the Windows XP SP2 in your SBS 2k3 network,
you may need to install the Update for SBS 2k3 server first, please refer
to the following article.

872769 You cannot configure Windows Firewall settings or Security Center
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=872769

If you want to modify the Group Policy setting that is configured when you
installed the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Update for Windows XP SP2,
install the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge
Base article:

842933 "The following entry in the [strings] section is too long and has
been truncated" error message when you edit or view Group Policy in Windows
Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842933

After installing the above 2 hotfixes, please use the following steps to
edit the GPO and release the server restriction of firewall.

1. Start -> Administrative Tools -> Group Policy Management
2. Expand Domains -> Your Domain
3. Right click the Small Business Server Windows Firewall and click Edit
4. Computer configuration>Administrative templates>Network>Network
connections> Windows Firewall> Domain Profile;
5. In "Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections" should be set to
"Not Configured"
6. Run Gpupdate /force on your XP2 client
7. Logon and logoff your client and test your issue again.

Additional, the following white paper is for your reference to configure
the Windows XP SP2 firewall in SBS domain.

Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Small Business Server
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/deploy/sbs_xpsp2.mspx

If you have any questions or concerns related to this issue, please let me
know.

Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Crina Li (MSFT)

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| Thread-Topic: File Sharing from Client to SBS2003 Problem
| From: "=?Utf-8?B?RWQgRmFyYW5kYQ==?=" <EdFaranda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| Subject: RE: File Sharing from Client to SBS2003 Problem
| Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 07:51:08 -0700
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| |
| Just Call me Ed!! Don't have to be so formal!
|
|
| 1. Can you access these Shared/Files and Printers located on remote
client
| computer from the local client computer on SBS domain?
|
| No, I can not.
|
|
| 2. Can you access these Shared/Files and Printers located on remote
client
| computer from the other remote client computer?
|
| No, I can not.
|
| 3. If you disable firewall and Norton Security temporarily, does the
issue
| occur?
|
| I can disable Norton Security, which I did. Still doesn't work. But,
when
| I try and disable Window's Firewall, it is grey'ed out and won't let me
turn
| it off.
|
| 4. From the client IPconfig result, can you try to delete the DNS
4.2.2.2
| and try again?
|
| I did this, still the same problem.
|
|
| 5. Make sure that you have selected Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP and the
| Computer Browser service on the remote computer as following:
|
| It wasn't enabled on the client computer, therefore I enabled it. Still
| same results. It was already selected on the SBS2000.
|
|
| 6. Make sure the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service and the Server service
and
| the Workstation service are running on remote client. You may check them
| through running Services.msc.
|
| Yes, I verified this is running and setup to Automatically Start.
|
|
| 7. On the remote client, open the LAN connection properties and then
make
| sure that the Client for Microsoft Networks is selected.
|
| Yes, it is.
|
|
| 8. Please disable ICF in your remote client. To do so:
|
| I followed your instructions on this, and when I went to Advanced
Tab,
| it said "Window's Firewall" and had a "Settings" Click box. When I
clicked
| that, I went to the expections tab. I noticed that File and Printer
Sharing
| is disable, which is blocking ports 135-139 and 445. I was unable click
the
| button on this because it is grayed out and it says that it is a group
| policy. (I am thinking this maybe the problem.)
|
| One other thing. Don't know if it is realated or not. But, I had to
remove
| my logon script from my users because sometimes remote clients login's
would
| freeze. My network seems to be working fine without it. But, I thought
I
| heard something once that scripted used port 445.
|
| 9. Check if "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" is
installed
| on the remote client:
|
| Yes, it is installed.
|
|

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