Re: NT4, SBS2K3, and me...

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On a workstation that logs into the SBS server, in the TCP/IP properties of
the NIC, enter just the IP address of the SBS server - no other DNS entries
(but write down whatever is in DNS before you make the change). Then reboot
the machine and log in as a user of the SBS 2003 server. Does the network
icon pop up saying saying it's still offline?

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Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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<daddepants@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> They aren't all logging into the SBS2k3 machine...there are 6 users on
> the NT4 machine and 5 users using SBS logins...but somehow they could
> see two shared folders on the SBS machine.
>
> 1. like i said 6 to the NT (domain name DOMAIN) and 5 to the SBS
> machine (havanagroup.local)
> 2. I don't understand the question. NT4 (DOMAIN) is running on a Sony
> Viao desktop from about 2 years ago...)
> 3. most users are using outlook 2000...I don't think I've seen an
> Outlook 2k3 yet...
> 4. they have their mailboxes set up somehow...there are individual
> lists for each user...(ex. carol@xxxxxxx, orders@xxxxxxx,
> questions@xxxxxxxxxx) but there are also two different address suffixes
> (abc.com and def.com)...I think that's part of the problem. I think I
> have a DNS issue and a routing issue (not physical) or maybe those are
> the same thing. Mail can go out from user computers...but the SBS2k3 PC
> is essentially invisible to everyone. The few computers that are
> supposed to sign on to it can log into windows under that Domain name,
> but as soon as the OS loads a little computer icon comes up in the task
> bar saying that "SERVER2 (which is the computer's name) is offline".
>


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