Category Archives: SBS 2008

Cannot delete OU in SBS2008

When you attempt to delete an OU in Active Directory the system reports “this object is protected from accidental deletion”. 1. Start Active Directory Users and Computers 2. Click the View menu 3. Place a checkmark next to Advanced Features 4. Now right … Continue reading

If you have any folder’s setting that is not applied to windows 2000 GPO Error SBS2008

This error appears when you attempt to configure AppData folder redirection in the Redirected Folders GPO in SBS 2008 “if you have any folder’s setting that is not applied to windows 2000 …” Under the Settings Tab check Also apply redirection policy … Continue reading

Redirect Favorites Folder for XP using Windows 2008 GPO or SBS2008

The default GPO in SBS 2008 Small Business Server Folder Redirection will redirect teh Desktop, AppData and My Documents, but what about the Favorites folder, there is an option in the GPO to redirect the Favorites folder, but it does’nt … Continue reading

Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed via GPO

The following instructions allows you to create a GPO that enable the option for Empty Temporary Intenet files when browser is closed in Internet Explorer. This allows IE to clear the cache when the browser is closed. These instructions were written using … Continue reading

Display System Info on Users Desktop BGINFO

To display various system information on a users desktop, such as Computer Name, IP Address and host of other information, download sysinternal BgInfo from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx If you would like to Install/Configure BgInfo via a GPO take a look at … Continue reading

SBS2008 Losing Gateway Settings on Reboot – VMWARE ESXI Host

We encountered an issue where when a Windows Small Business Server 2008 was restarted the gateway setting would be missing from the TCP/IP parameters on the Network Card. This in turn would prevent anyone on the network from accessing the … Continue reading

The update cannot be started because the content sources cannot be accessed. Event ID: 2424

This error appeared in the Severs Application log every 5 minutes. In turn attempting to perform a search in the Companyweb reported an error. This is a brand new server installed with Small Business Server 2008, The Sharepoint database was … Continue reading

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID

ntroduction For some unknown reason the IIS WAMREG admin Service does not have the correct permissions in COM. The error message “The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID 61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1” appears in … Continue reading

The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: storflt

Running Windows Small Business Server 2008 SP2 as a ESXI v4 guest. This error appears after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows 2008. The error does not appear to cause any issues with the operation of the server. The following … Continue reading

Allow IIS7 to respond to mutiple domain

Let’s say for example that you have example.com and www.example.com. In IIS you create example.com. Attempting to browse to www.example.com will display the main IIS 7 webpage. This will occur even if you have your public DNS server point to the same … Continue reading