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Error 404.2 when running Connect Computer on SBS 2008 / 2011 with Trend WFBS 8.0

Wayne Small — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

This issue has been reported recently in a few of my fellow MVP’s blogs. The issue is that after installing Trend Micro WFBS 8.0 onto SBS 2008 or SBS 2011 server, when you try to connect computers to the SBS server using the http://connect wizard, the Welcome Page displays, as below, but as soon as you select the “Start Connect Computer Program”, button, you get a 404 – File or directory not found error as you can see in the screens below.

Trend have investigate and found that their installation program incorrectly changes one of the IIS settings. They have documented the solution here

In essence however, you can fix it with the commands below (taken from the Trend KB article with my own modifications)

Fix the access policy permission of SBS Client Deployment Applications using command prompt:

Click Start > All Programs > Accessories.
Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
Run the following commands:

CD inetsrv

appcmd.exe set config "SBS Client Deployment Applications" /section:handlers /accessPolicy:None

appcmd.exe set config "SBS Client Deployment Applications" /section:handlers /accessPolicy:Read,Script

I have tried this on my own SBS server and it works fine.

Problems using the Windows 7 USB Download Tool

Wayne Small — Sun, 19 May 2013 02:14:01 +0000

I’m spending some time rebuilding my aging laptop with Windows 8. I’ve chosen to do a complete reformat and install using Windows 8 Enterprise. In order to install Win 8 Enterprise, I’m using the Windows 7 USB/Download Tool to create a bootable image from an ISO over to my USB stick.

This morning I’ve tried 4 different USB keys and all of them have failed to be able to create a Windows 8 bootable image. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool keeps telling me that there’s errors and problems creating the USB image.

In the end I figured out the issue – my Trend Micro WFBS 8.0 antivirus software was silently blocking the attempts of the USB download tool to create the bootable image. I temporarily unloaded (not uninstalled) the Trend WFBS Client Security Agent and now I’m creating the bootable USB without an issue. You might want to consider this yourself regardless of the Antivirus software you use as they can all block writes to USB if they have that capability.

Does WFBS 8.0 support Exchange 2010 SP3?

Wayne Small — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:30:00 +0000

I’ve seen this question asked a bit in the various mail lists and forums. The short answer is yes it does. Trend have documented here the supported Exchange versions for WFBS 8.0. This document was recently updated after they completed their testing using the final RTM version of Exchange 2010 Service Pack 3.

Surface Pro to be available in Australia from May 30

Wayne Small — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:25:42 +0000

I’ve had a Surface RT for 6 months or so now, and it’s pretty cool. My one big moan about it is that it cant run the full Office suite including Outlook which I need if I am to replace my laptop with some other device. Well news today is that Microsoft will release the SurfacePro devices here in Australia from May 30th. At last!!! Now I just need to figure out if I can justify the $1099 RRP for the 128GB model, and then fork out the extra $149.99 RRP for the Type Cover… decision, decisions, decisions…

Oh – I might have a SurfaceRT for sale soon too if anyone is interested

2 Patches you need on SBS 2011 Standard

Wayne Small — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

When you are deploying a new SBS 2011 Standard network, your server will need a number of patches. In amongst them are two key patches that you SHOULD deploy first and foremost before adding clients to the network. These patches are listed below.

Update Rollup 3 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard

Update for Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2

These two patches give the ability for SBS 2011 Standard to properly support Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 machines. The first patch ensures that the http://connect wizard works for Windows 8 clients. The second patch ensures that WSUS on SBS 2011 Standard can correctly support both Windows 8 clients and Windows Server 2012 clients.

Display Corruption on Windows 7 and Intel Express Chipset Family

Wayne Small — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

I’ve had problems with my Toshiba Portege R600 for a few months now where when using it the display will corrupt from time to time. You can see an example of it below.

I’ve been thinking that it had some major hardware issue and was about to replace it. I discovered however that there is a fix for it. Microsoft has documented here about how systems with certain Intel Express chipsets and memory configurations are not symmetric (ie 2 or 4GB of RAM) will have issues. The solution – very simple. Disable the Virtualisation option in the system BIOS and the problem is now gone!!!

Bringing SBS 2008 to patch Windows 8 and Window Server 2012

Wayne Small — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

I recently had to reinstall WSUS 3.0 SP2 onto an SBS 2008 server which became horribly messed up. I followed the SBS 2008 Repair guide and some notes of my own here and then applied WSUS 3.0 SP2 over the top of it. That was great, but then I had issues with the existing clients not being able to check in to the SBS 2008 server. They all gave error 800B0001 when you tried to do an update. That issue is covered of with a Microsoft Update available MS KB 2720211 here – but wait – don’t go downloading that just yet. You see – this SBS 2008 server now has a Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 machine in the network as well – so you will need to apply this update MS KB 2734608 you can download it here. Now THAT is the update you want to get as it includes the MS KB 2720211 as well.

Installing it is simple – apply MS KB 2734608 and reboot the server. Then you are good to go. If you have Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 servers that were reporting into the WSUS server BEFORE you installed the update then you will also need to do the following;

On the affected client, open cmd.exe in elevated mode
Type the following commands. Make sure that you press Enter after you type each command:
Net stop wuauserv
rd /s %windir%\softwaredistribution\
Net start wuauserv

User limits on Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Wayne Small — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0000

There’s more than a few questions about user limits, device limits and so on around Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Microsoft have a few blog posts, on this but are not really all that clear – so here’s my shot at answering those questions.

How many users can I run on my Windows Server 2012 Essentials server?

Windows Server 2012 Essentials comes with support out of the box for up to 25 users. You do not need to purchase additional CALS at that point – in fact there are no CALs that you can purchase for Windows Server 2012 Essentials at all. What you have when you purchase Windows Server 2012 Essentials is the right to create up to 25 users and allow them to access the server and it’s resources – note that I did not say that you have 25 CALs for users.

What if I want to have 26 or more users?

If you want more than 26 users, you can do that using the Transmog or inplace upgrade available from Microsoft. They describe it here. What you do here is basically get a Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition product key and enter that into your server – and after a couple of reboots, you have a Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition server with the Essentials bits still present and working. Two things you need to understand. Firstly – when you do this, you need to purchase Windows Server 2012 CALS for all users or devices that access this server – there is no limit to the number you can purchase – if you want you can put 500 users on your server now because it is basically a Windows Server 2012 Standard server now. The second thing you need to understand however is that the Windows Server 2012 Essentials features that were left on your server are only tested and supported for up to 75 users. So while you CAN have 500 users, Microsoft will tell you they only support up to 75 users as that is all they have tested and will guarantee. The article I linked to above will give you more information on that.

Boon Tee – fellow SBS MVP has a blog post here where he also summarises what Microsoft are trying to get across… should not be so hard should it?

What is the default password for Windows Server 2012 Essentials?

Wayne Small — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:48:41 +0000

I was installing Window Server 2012 Essentials today for a client, and had laid down the base operating system and then walked away from the computer for a while. When I came back, I found the screen was locked and I didn’t know the password. Some investigation found that the default Administrator password used during the setup of Windows Server 2012 Essentials is Admin@123 – Microsoft documented it here which is where I found it.

Note – this is not a major security issue, as this password is only used for the base Windows installation. Once you either finish the new server installation or server migration, the local administrator password is set to whatever you’ve told it to be set to for the Domain Administrator.

Geek Tracert

Wayne Small — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Someone has way too much time on their hands… I heard about this one on facebook.

Try doing a TRACERT 216.81.59.173 and see what it comes up with.

Now Tracert for those that don’t know is a tool used to trace the route information takes to get from you to a given point on the Internet. It does this by revealing the names of the various routers along the way and is used predominantly for diagnostic purposes.

Anyway – if you do a TRACERT –h 100 216.81.59.173 you get the full story… see below if you want.