server access Michael 12/30/2008 9:09:01 AM Our company is closed for the christmas vacation and I am trying to access the server (the route I do this is logmein to my desktop and then remote desktop to the server) - I have done this many times before without issue - but this week after the SP2 update I am unable to access the server with my usual credentials. I can ping the server I can browse the web BUT NOT the company web or anything on the server - A colleague (NON IT skills) went in and said that they could not log into the server as a basic user (no admin rights) - they have links in my network places to their folders - so childs play for them to find stuff and they were not able to. any ideas? thanks

Re: server access Jim Behning SBS MVP <jimbehning[ at ]doesthisblockpork.mindspring.com> 12/30/2008 12:24:13 PM Sometimes reboots do not happen after updates. Have you tried to reboot the server when someone is sitting in front of the server? I had to do this this past weekend as my remote reboot did not happen. On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:09:01 -0800, Michael <Michael[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Our company is closed for the christmas vacation and I am trying to access >the server (the route I do this is logmein to my desktop and then remote >desktop to the server) - I have done this many times before without issue - >but this week after the SP2 update I am unable to access the server with my >usual credentials. I can ping the server I can browse the web BUT NOT the >company web or anything on the server - > >A colleague (NON IT skills) went in and said that they could not log into >the server as a basic user (no admin rights) - they have links in my network >places to their folders - so childs play for them to find stuff and they were >not able to. > >any ideas? >thanks See what SBS support is working on http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/default.aspx Check your SBS with the SBS Best Practices Analyzer http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/tags/BPA/default.aspx

Re: server access "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport[ at ]no_spam_hotmail.com> 12/30/2008 1:06:53 PM As Jim says, you may need to reboot the server. To do a remote reboot of the server from the workstation, at a command prompt: shutdown \\<servername> /r /t:20 This command should restart the server after a wait of 20 seconds. Or maybe... An update to turn off default SNP features is available for Windows Server 2003-based and Small Business Server 2003-based computers http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948496/ Installing, updating and running a scan with the SBS 2003 BPA may point to things that need to be addressed: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3874527a-de19-49bb-800f-352f3b6f2922&displaylang=en Of course, either of these solutions is going to require access to the server. However, you may be able to to remotely access the server's registry and do the modifications described in KB 948496 (Method 3) above: Remote (Network) Registry Editing in Windows XP http://www.geocities.com/kilian0072002/registry/remote_reg.html After you've modified the registry of the server, you should be able to restart it from the workstation:: shutdown \\<servername> /r /t:20 -- Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] ============================ "Michael" <Michael[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC7DC5D9-FCB2-4D13-8AF7-55C1122122CC[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Our company is closed for the christmas vacation and I am trying to access > the server (the route I do this is logmein to my desktop and then remote > desktop to the server) - I have done this many times before without > issue - > but this week after the SP2 update I am unable to access the server with > my > usual credentials. I can ping the server I can browse the web BUT NOT the > company web or anything on the server - > > A colleague (NON IT skills) went in and said that they could not log into > the server as a basic user (no admin rights) - they have links in my > network > places to their folders - so childs play for them to find stuff and they > were > not able to. > > any ideas? > thanks

Re: server access "Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer[ at ]mis-wizards.com> 12/30/2008 2:10:59 PM Hi Michael: Question in line below: -- Larry Please post the resolution to your issue so that others may benefit. "Michael" <Michael[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CC7DC5D9-FCB2-4D13-8AF7-55C1122122CC[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Our company is closed for the christmas vacation and I am trying to access > the server (the route I do this is logmein to my desktop and then remote > desktop to the server) - If this is SBS 2003 have you tried RWW, and if so, why are you not still using it? If you have not tried it, you should find it both easier and cheaper than a paid third party subscription, particularly if, as it seems from your post, there are several of your co workers also with subscriptions. In this case it may or may not work depending on the present condition of the server, but we have found that for the most part one can RWW to ones desktop and to the repairs necessary without either being physically present or using a third party solution. Note that all of this depends on the present condition of the server. Your only solution might be to go physically to the server and press hard plastic buttons. I have done this many times before without issue - > but this week after the SP2 update I am unable to access the server with > my > usual credentials. I can ping the server I can browse the web BUT NOT the > company web or anything on the server - > > A colleague (NON IT skills) went in and said that they could not log into > the server as a basic user (no admin rights) - they have links in my > network > places to their folders - so childs play for them to find stuff and they > were > not able to. > > any ideas? > thanks