Re: Paranoid SBS2k3



In news:ADE1086C-B6EE-45DA-9039-625EC89FEADB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
reuben_oni <reubenoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
> Hi Lanwench,
>
> Thanks for your response. My workstation that is connected to the
> SBS2k3 now does not do automatic updates nor does the server even
> though I set both to do automatic updates.
>
> Ok, reading the comments of experts like you, it would appear that it
> would be wiser not to do automatic updates. However, my issue is that
> systems policies affecting my business are now being taken out of my
> hands without my prior knowledge and consent. What is worse is that I
> have no idea how to change the policies. When I go to Systems on the
> server, all the buttons are grayed out. Same is true about the
> workstation. I can't see how to do it in Group Policy Management nor
> ISA management either.
>
> I don't play any music on the server. The audio system on the server
> has never worked for reasons unknown to me but this was never a great
> loss to me. However, I do think that the workstations ought to have
> these functions enabled. Incidentally, the sound seems to have come
> back on for some unknown reasons. (All this just add to a sense of
> insecurity: things going on and off).
>
> However, I still cannot plug my external HD to either the workstation
> or the server.

Sounds like someone has played around with group policies. Not ISA. Any idea
what has been done?

Have you tried running rsop.msc on the server & workstations? This will tell
you what policies are in use and may help you figure out what's going on.

>
> Reuben
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In news:8E5C191D-6EED-4AB2-96C7-0322B5AFCF3A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> reuben_oni <reubenoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
>>> Help anyone!
>>>
>>> I have already posted another thread that I can't plug my external
>>> HD to SBS2k3 and I still don't have any resolution to that problem.
>>> All I've got so far is speculation that the driver(s) for my USB
>>> ports may be a problem.
>>>
>>> I came to work this morning and there was a message waiting for me
>>> that I needed to download and install a Windows update. I had set
>>> the server and clients to download and install automatically but
>>> ISA 2004 changed all that. Now both server and client promt me to
>>> download and install. I have no clue were to change this. This may
>>> not be a problem because some experts on the Newsgroup are saying
>>> that automatic updates are not recommended even though MS says
>>> otherwise.
>>
>> I don't know that MS says otherwise. I don't know any good admins
>> who want updates applied to their servers automatically - I sure
>> don't. Workstations are another story.
>>>
>>> The real problem is that after this morning's update, now the audio
>>> system on my client PC has been turned off. My speakers are now
>>> completely mute even though the system is not showing that there
>>> should be a problem.
>>
>> Event logs? Device manager? Were drivers downloaded via WU, for some
>> inexplicable reason? (don't ever do this).
>>>
>>> First SBS2k3 won't let me plug and external HD, now it won't let me
>>> play any music and it won't let me write onto my DVD drive. Even my
>>> backup now fails. I have to say that I hate the security clampdown
>>> being enforced by ISA 2004. I wouldn't mind so much if I only knew
>>> how to change these settings.
>>
>> I'm confused. Is this on the client, or server? Why on earth would
>> you be playing music on your server? Don't. Don't treat your server
>> like a workstation. I wouldn't even put an audio card in the
>> hardware running a server....
>> How do you write to your DVD burner?
>>>
>>> I really ought to be in control of this system. It shouldn't be
>>> doing things that I'm powerless to influence. I have looked all the
>>> ISA rules, I can't see anything that applies to anything that
>>> concerns me or what the rules meant! Can anyone help?
>>
>> I don't think ISA has anything to do with this....
>>
>>>
>>> Reuben


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