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Adding on to APK's above statements You can also use the hidden switches in rundll32 as seen here http://www.myitforum.com/articles/15/view.asp?id=2427 Also, there is con2prt from the resource kits .... and if you would like a VBS script that mapps printers to PC netbios names, I have one at work. HTH

Quote: Anyone remember WHY Logical Block Addressing (LBA in BIOS) was introduced? It is a technique that permits a computer to manage a hard drive larger than 528MB. To do this, LBA uses a logical block address (a bit of code that maps to a dedicated cylinder-head destination on the hard drive). Twenty-eight bits of such code let the computer specify addresses on a hard drive of up to 8.4GB of data storage. LBA introduced a revolutionary way of addressing these sectors. Instead of referring to a cylinder, head, and sector number, each sector is designated with its own sector number. This sector number is sometimes referred to as a logical block number. LBA is used with either Automatic or Translation methods. These are two types of drive parameter tables, which define the way the hard drive processes information from a data file to the computer memory. The Automatic method is used for Novell NetWare and Unix systems and Translation is recommended for machines running the Windows OS (operating system). Hope that clarifies the need for LBA .... the last couple of posts to this thread have interested me.

Quote: I ran the IIS lockdown and followed the link you gave. It deleted all my OWA settings under IIS and I have no clue how to reset those back up. How do I manually add the right virtual folders and files for it to work right? I have not run into this, perhaps clutch has seen this before. What do your IIS logs show? The exchange virtual folder points to your "m:\domainname\MBX" folder The public virtual folder points to your "m:\domainname\public folders" Baring you didnt change the M drive letter. I hope you created backups of your system and metabase before doing all this.

Port 1701 for L2TP, which is all UDP based IIRC. I believe all you need to do is forward that port. Though if you are using IPSEC with L2TP, that may cause an issue if you use NAT. There is a proposed extension of IPSec that can traverse a NAT. The new behavior will be enabled whenever the client connects to a VPN server that also supports the proposed NAT-Traversal extensions for IPSec. You can read more about this down below. IETF IP Security Protocol Working Group http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ipsec-charter.html

Good deal clutch, that part had escaped me. Here is the link to correct IISlockdown and OWA. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309508

I ran into this awhile back Doing a START / RUN regsvr32 /u urlmon.dll regsvr32 urlmon.dll Fixed our issue, hope it does yours

1. Administrative Tools 2. Terminal Services Configuration 3. Connection - RDP-TCP 4. Right Click, Go To Properties 5. Permissions tab Heres a link for more clarity http://www.dabcc.com/win2k/docs/TSRemote.htm HTH

VPN with IPSec/L2TP: UDP 500 & 1701

Uninstall and reinstall IIS on the exchange server. Lemme know how that goes.

No Karen, It doesnt have anything to do with using XP Home edition. Hopefully the full installation of SP1 will correct any issues that you may have.

Lemme add a little more to the above post You can establish an OWA session using the "reach" interface ... in other words netscape and certain downlevel IE clients. To interact with the "rich" interface ..... you need IE 5.0 and higher. The rich client version of OWA takes advantage of the Microsoft XML control on the client side and makes custom HTTP-DAV requests to the server by using verbs such as SEARCH and PROPFIND. Some older proxy servers do not support these verbs and block requests, which results in the Web browser failing to access OWA. The reach client is not affected because it only uses standard HTTP verbs such as GET and POST. I believe you can create an ISAPI filter to force which OWA you get. Well that should cover all the bases, and hopefully, it will get you somewhere.

Im sure your router supports 10/100 as well So by what CUViper has brought up, you and your friend are transferring data at 100Megabit .... more then likely even full duplex.

Quote: WUSB11 wireless adapters USB NICs? I have never trusted nor supported them in wireless communication ...... since it appears to be hardware based, I would suggest in giving linksys a call.

Buy the CD? http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/ordercd.asp

1. What version of IE, the client OS, Exchange service pack level? 2. Have you cleared the IE cache? 3. Under Internet Options / Advanced / Security ... is Do not save encrypted files to disk UNchecked? 4. Event logs on both the exchange server and client? 5. IE Security set to all default levels? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315515 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328663 www.swynk.com www.slipstick.com www.exchangefaq.org Those should get you pointed in the right direction. Also a good list server is exchange2000@yahoogroups.com

The below is for 98/ME http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;230112&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH Straight from MS Help in XP Quote: Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection is enabled by default. Unless you clear the check box, control of the shared Internet connection is available to client computers. Other users on your network can disable or enable the current Internet connection for the entire network.

Quote: SQL and IIS could be other reasons In our educational environment, upper management does not see a need for 100% uptime on Web services .... and well with SQL ... budget constraints should suffice it Quote: then chances are your home broadband connection will die before your hardware will. No amount of clustering will protect you from a failed connection Anybody wanna donate to the "DS3circuit cluster services at home" fund?

Besides exchange 2000, I have yet to experience a need for such crucial uptime to warrant clustering. As long as you have the proper hardware to setup and run cluster services, I cannt see a reason why RRAS would be an issue for that setup. An active/cluster should be adequate for your needs.

Hardware specs of the NICs and the intermediary devices would be useful Most nics support 10/100 MegaBIT connections .... you guys still running ISA nics?

Additions to APK's suggestion include .... 1. System restore point to when the system didnt have this sympton 2. Reapply SP1 3. Start / Run / "sfc.exe /scannow" (without the quotes) 4. Event Viewer Logs 5. Running Regmon and Filemon to pinpoint the exact references of the files and registry keys called upon the right click to see if there is a corruption. 6. Tried a different mouse ? g'luck Wow ... the last time this happenned to me was when I upgraded a NT Server to 2000 .... PSS suggested for us to restore from backup.

I believe features such as these are part of OEM server / workstation software. If I am correct, it runs under the same principle of turning On and Off a PCI slot ... the hardware and software must be configured/built for this.

Quote: That would make installing a home LAN so much more fun... for all the wrong reasons... "Dad! How come you can use chat, but I can't?" "When you learn how to read an access list, you'll know why." "DAAAAAAAAAD!!!"

Quote: CLIs are stupid for domestic applications (I am assuming that DS3 was being sarcastic, or at least I hope so ). I can't stand them. Glad to see I am not the only one who appreciates a little bit of sarcasm

Then change the type of kernel you are using in Device Manager. If its ACPI Uniprocessor or just ACPI change to ACPI Multiprocessor. If you built your computer without power management, then select MPS Multiprocessor. Go into device manager, expand the computer category, double click on the computer type listed, then click driver tab. click update driver, click next , click "show all hardware of this device class", then select the appropriate computer type, hit next and hit finish. Lemme pull up a KB article for you as another alternative http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299340 HTH

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/critical/q323255/default.asp If its ME or XP, rollback using System Restore Points. If its 2000 or 98 ... you dont.