Re: Do I need to reinstall SBS2k3?

What area are you in? There are SBS Groups worldwide.

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If you think installing patches and security updates is expensive, try not
installing them...
"jmillerWV" <jmillerWV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave, again thank you for your assistance. I will be doing the reboot this
weekend already made plans and the field people know. I just wish that
there
was training in our area, but there is not any for SBS2k3. Got several
books
but there not much help for problem solving. I will add to this post after
I
have done the reboot and rerun CEICW. Again thanks

jmillerwv

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

It sounds like you're working with an SBS that's generally functioning
well,
and that you'll have a lot of client PC issues if you reinstall
(especially
if you're supporting remote workers). I'd try the steps I suggested and
see
if you at least get any specific errors to use as a starting point for
troubleshooting.

Given the remote workers and the impact that down time seems to have in
your
network, I would most definitely call MS support before considering a
reinstall. I've got one of those situations too - people working from 7
am
until midnight or later 7 days a week - and I know a reinstall's got to
be a
major disruption.


"jmillerWV" <jmillerWV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you Mr. Nickason for your response. I didn't mean to sound
unappreciative with my remark about assistance, I am just getting
frustated
with this install, all the porblems I have had. I will attempt to do
the
reboot this weekend, only time I can do it. Server has to be on line
24hours
a day during the week I have a window of a few hours on the weekend if
I
let
my field people know in advance. Again thank you and all the people in
the
newsgroup for all the assistance and answers you give to us. I don't
really
want to reinstall again, done it once.

jmillerwv


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

I would always recommend against reinstalling except for a security
compromise or as a very last resort. However, in looking back at some
of
your previous posts, it looks like you're having quite a few issues
with
this install. Only you can make the judgment of whether you want to
throw
in the towel on this and start from scratch. The biggest issues I see
with
a scratch install are dealing with client PCs and dealing with
Exchange
Server data. The client PCs will be a very big pain point if you
reinstall,
to say the least.

I don't think anyone is declining to help you, but rather that they
don't
know what advice to give. That includes me, too, but here's a little
start
anyway.

This is what I would do in your situation:

1. Reboot the server. Look at the event logs to see if any errors
are
logged during the restart that may relate to your issues. If so,
troubleshoot right from those errors. Then, look in Services and make
sure
that all services set to automatic startup are running. If any are
not,
you'll need to troubleshoot that too - they will have logged errors
when
they failed.

2. See if you have normal network connectivity - in other words, can
the
client PCs access the server? Can the server access the Internet? If
no
to
either of those, please post the results of an ipconfig /all from the
server. I saw where a previous poster questioned your addressing
configuration, but just re-running the CEICW should fix that.
Incorrectly
configured addressing should not stop the CEICW from running in any
way I
can think of off the top of my head.

3. Assuming you don't see any deal-breaker errors logged after the
reboot,
all services start normally, and you have normal connectivity, try to
run
the CEICW again. This time, if it fails, please post back the exact
error
in the failure messages that pop up on the screen and in the event
logs.
Those 0x errors you posted below don't turn up much of value in a
google
search, so I'm hoping you can come up with something more.

If, after spending a few minutes on the above, you can't get the
wizard
to
run, I would consider calling Microsoft Support. You'll be able to
get
an
engineer who can stay on the phone with you until your problem is
resolved,
rather than getting a bunch of different suggestions from me and
others
in
the group who can't see your server and have not had the experience
you're
having. It'll cost a little money, but it'll be worth it if you can
button
up all your issues and get the server running as it should be.


"jmillerWV" <jmillerWV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Here is the porblem everytime CEICW is run I get failures when it
gets
to
the
"Firewall" and "Secure web site" configuration of the CEICW wizard.
I
have
posted this before and didn't get an answer. I need one ASAP. Set up
is
SBS2k3 sp1 premium, with all patches and fixes, ISA 2k4, 2 nics
external
nic
goes to a hub that goes to the router (hub there only in order to
connect
laptop to external nic. the external nic goes to the router. I have
looked
at
the icwlog.txt file and find several errors such as0xc0040391,
0x800700b7,
8000fff some are associated with UPNP some with web Listener. I have
looked
into the IIS manager and looked at the default website and found
that
"REMOTE" is stopped, when I try to start it it tells me "IIs is
unable
to
start the site. Another site may already be using the port you
configured
for
this site. Please select a unused port for this site." It can only
be
refering to port 443. the only other site is the default site that
shows
port
443. Please help me on this I am going crazy. I have other issues
but
lets
work on this first. If you choose not to help just let me know. I
will
understand.
jmillerwv








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