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This server upgrade has still not happened, we have a server issue with the original server which has still not been solved migrating a server with a server software issue makes no sense so it is delayed pending a fix. Notwithstanding that all good advice and I will post an update when it...

You may find this surprising but I have less concern about issues with Chipsets, Network Cards and Graphics cards as the boot disk will simply boot the server from the CD/DVD, I have successfully solved driver issues before so that should be less of an issue, I successfully did that this year...

I have a client that uses Openoffice exclusively, there were some usablility issues and some 'features' of Word have been difficult to reproduce, but it interfaces with MS Office seemlessly and does some things like tables a whole lot better. I wish that the learning curve for open office basic...

Hi our existing old and now nearly full HP Server is being replaced by a new HP ML350 with the Smart Array E200i/128 in a RAID 5 config with 250GB drives. The plan is to use Acronis Trueimage to take a snapshot of the current MS SBS 2003 Server with 73GB SCSI Array (split into two volumes and...

rewrote the code to ignore the bindingsource and use the datatable update method as you suggested. Hey Presto it works. But ignores the bindingsource. Wondering if I can use both as Binding source allows data validation out of box whereas I will now have to write validation code. So although...

Please can you elaborate? Do you mean that the value of the object is tableadaptor.update (which does not sound right unless I am missing something) or do you mean I should be using that method in preference to the bindingsource.insert?

I have written a Winforms app in C# on Visual Studio Express 2005 with a SQL Server 2005 database behind. If I can prove it works I will get VS 2005/8 Pro plus MSDN and lots of other useful dev apps. Most of the application deals with XML and I have dealt with that ok. But the base of the...

Hi I have a client that wants its employees to be able to replace hand written site notes with an application on a PDA. The application has to be held locally on the PDA and not run off a website. There is very little programming logic behind this application, it will collect data and send it...

I will check the GPOs, but when I logged that user into another PC it created a local profile ok, so it would tend to suggest the GPOs are ok. I have GPMC loaded so will try some modelling. I am still open to other suggestions.

That is an oddity it showed the user profile being present but with a large 775MB profile. This would mostly be accounted for by her .pst file which was 771MB.the type and status were both local, the AD default is for folder redirection not roaming profiles. Does this sound like a corrupt...

The Network consists of a Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium with 15 PCs running Windows XP Pro. After much troubleshooting on one of the PCs with many Blue Screens and no solution, we decided to replace a PC with a new one. This made sense since the user also needed a more powerful...

It is SBS premium so this a SQL server upgrade has been added to the SBS reconfig wishlist. Having an dedicated edge/router/vpn endpoint is general network best practice. I remain convinced that no version of ISA will ever outperform a dedicated firewall from sonicwall or checkpoint including...

Thanks for all your input. Although we now have quotations for the second server, I think the original server needs to be rebuilt. This was a client request, based on their experience. I took the request and drew up a document suggesting the second server as a way of alleviating problems with...

Why are you so keen on defending SBS, might that be because you have a vested interest in it. I have installed and supported Windows 2003 Server and it works reliably. I have installed Linux and it works reliably but I have two sites with SBS and both are in a mess and were installed that way...

The server has twin xeon processors and 2GB of memory, it still struggles. A look at the Task manager tells you why the processor is trying to do too much at one time the same rules apply to all servers whatever the platform, if there are too many queued processes it will struggle. It was badly...

The idea is partly the clients and partly mine. I have clients who use SBS and all have similar problems, the server is underpowered to achieve the kind of service it needs, it is unreliable and problematic. All the problems stem from someone following the Microsoft suggested approach and...

Thanks for the advice a star for you sir. I know my way round GPOs so will have no problem sorting that part out, in fact it only has the default policy so I need to set new policies and a complete security and admin setup. This won't be for a few weeks yet, but I am trying to plan everything...

I have a client with a SBS 2003 Server. I inherited this server and it is setup with all the roles set. Due to Network expansion including adding a proper hardware based Firewall router I wish to turn off certain roles. Not surprisingly this looks difficult. So I need to know how the following...

To explain in more layman terms (judging from the tone of the original entry) A simple windows Workgroup will try and elect one of the PCs as the master browser, the 'boss' of the network. The criteria for which PC it is can be convoluted, but once elected that PC should be left on 24/7 or...

My client has asked me to add a second server to the network, I am under explicit orders that it should be non microsoft, so I am thinking Linux/Unix/OS X running Samba with opendirectory and full AD compatibility (which I know works with Server 2003) the main reason is to take away some of the...