Category: Server 2003

I have posted a substantial update to my instructions for installing WSS 3.0 on SBS 2003 Standard. If anyone has time to double-check my work and fix any problems, I would greatly appreciate it.

Coming August 9, 2007. Check it out.

As you’ve probably realized, Windows SharePoint Services is the official SCHRAG Technology of the Week. If you’re a SharePoint wannabe too, here’s something you must add to your RSS list: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/default.aspx. If you don’t, how will you find out about things like this?

This is a pretty good example of what IT consultants do all day and why people are willing to pay us to do it for them. Goal: create a Windows SharePoint Services application via the Internet based on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Simple enough, right? Process: Start with basic procedure described here. From WSS home [...]

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on Small Business Server 2003 Standard: The Very Basics Version 5.1, updated June 24, 2008 Note for v.5.1: I have discovered a major potential problem with these instructions. By default, even when you move the WSS 3 database off the C: partition (step 13), you will still end up with a [...]

Anyone reading my meager bulletin for information about Small Business Server should already be a faithful reader of the Diva’s blog as well. In case there are a few of you out there who are missing the show, this post is an example of why Susan’s blog is required reading for all SBS administrators. Susan, [...]

Problem: Remote user reports he is unable to connect to shared network drive over PPTP VPN. Troubleshooting: Tried connecting to VPN from my computer. Could not connect. Conclusion: remote user is neither stupid nor crazy. Tried to telnet to server over port 1723. Could not connect. Checked firewall logs for dropped connections on port 1723. [...]

Warning: This is long. Really long. Like 17,000+ words / 30+ pages long. You might not be able to take it all in one sitting. But I thought it was important to consolidate a lot of information into a single post. Microsoft has a relatively new software bundle that they’re pushing hard. It’s called the [...]

I wrote earlier about problems I was having configuring Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager to use a database on my server rather than on my own workstation. Even after dealing with the typo in the instructions, I couldn’t get Outlook to detect the presence of my database on the server. I was really confused, [...]

I have a client who sometimes prints very large jobs. These jobs were consuming all the available space on the server’s C: drive, which is never a good thing. By default the server operating system uses a folder on the C: drive to store (“spool”) print jobs. But you can change this to minimize the [...]