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by Andy Goodman If you follow my writing you know I have been a proponent of Diskeeper since its early days. It was the first certified utility for Windows 2000, but there were numerous problems when version 6.0 originally shipped. They were random (not easily reproducible) bugs, which is a software developer’s worst nightmare. My […]

by Andy Goodman Harry Brelsford ISBN: 1-883697-68-9 Andy Goodman’s latest article reviews an excellent resource on SBS 2000 that is a must have if you are new to the world of Small Business Server. I recently ran across a wonderful book on SBS2000. If you are new to the world of SmallBusinessServer this is a […]

By Andy Goodman What do you do when you already have the best disk defragmenter on the market and you’ve fixed all the bugs? This is the problem Executive Software was faced with. They wanted to release a new version, but what else can a defragmenter do? The answer? How about including remote installation in […]

by Andy Goodman This is the first of a series of articles on Microsoft Small Business Server 2000; the latest version of SBS. I had hoped to do this article on the process of an online upgrade from SBS 4.5 but I was never able to do a clean upgrade. So instead I will tell […]

by Andy Goodman Welcome to part two of my series on Microsoft Small Business Server 2000. Article One of the series covered the basics of installing SBS 2000, including planning the install and ensuring your hardware meets the basic requirements. Now that you have your hardware picked out, have decided how to partition your drives, […]

by Andy Goodman The third article in Andy Goodman’s Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 series covers a couple of installation issues, one being incorporating Windows XP boxes onto SBS networks and a second addressing problems with the client startup script. Welcome to part three of my series on Microsoft Small Business Server 2000. Article One […]

by Andy Goodman Well it is time to install the servers and, as promised earlier, detail how to transfer our data from the old SBS 4.5 System to the new SBS 2000 System. As mentioned in the first article of the series, don’t try to do an “In Place” upgrade of the SBS 4.x Server. […]

by Andy Goodman Public Folders for Receiving Mail The fifth article in Andy Goodman’s Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 series takes a quick look at using Public Folders in Outlook to share e-mail with all users in an SBS 2000 environment. A user in the MCP SBS Forum had an interesting question which I thought […]

by Andy Goodman SBS Service Pack One  The seventh article in Andy Goodman’s Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 series covers the first service pack released for Small Business Server 2000 and its various components. Microsoft recently released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Small Business Server 2000; you can order the CD or download the majority […]

by Andy Goodman SBS Partner Training Update  The latest article in Andy Goodman’s Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 series discusses a new partner training course offered by Microsoft and Asentus, and also covers the SBS Channel Program rebate in greater detail. Microsoft has partnered with Asentus to offer partner training in some cities across the […]

by Marcin Policht Even though it might sound like I’m getting a bit too personal, I am sure that after the recent events everyone knows that the topic will be VBScript based viruses.  Windows NT/2000 columnist Marcin Policht has come up with a very effective solution to combat *.vbs type viruses without using anti-virus software. You […]

by Marcin Policht Make sure that your planned cluster configuration is listed on Microsoft HCL. Verify that entire cluster, not just its components, are supported by Microsoft. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp for the latest version of HCL.  New Windows NT/2000 columnist Marcin Policht gives you some very practical advice on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 clustering. […]