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SBS 2008 Links

This Mickyj.com page is a series of links and pointers I use at almost every SBS installation I do.
These are the tools, KB articles and references that I find invaluable.

I suspect you might also find these handy so I thought I would start a list for you.

If you are looking for SBS 2003 general information please refer to this page
 

	Windows Small Business Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Not available yet
	Email Tools None listed yet
	Testing Languard network security tester Superscan Port Scanner GRC Firewall Penetration testing Antirelay mail server test DNS reports for your domain Test your broadband speed
	Finding Faults Event ID lookup Trend Micro Housecall PortQry Port status tool Microsoft Sysinternals Here Article showing the use of PortQry pt1     Article showing the use of PortQry pt2 Built in tools (XP, 2003) "Nslookup.exe" for Domain DNS lookup "telnet.exe" for remote telnet into any listening service (e.g. port 25 for smtp) "netstat.exe" very useful with either the "-an", "-anob" or     "-aon | find ":portnumber"" parameters. Find listing ports "tasklist.exe" with the "/svc" command to look at running tasks "pathping.exe" Trace a ping path to your destination "tracert.exe" Trace the routes to your destination "netsh.exe" Trouble shoot your network connection. Very useful with "-diag"
	Recovery Bart's PE Builder CD GetDataBack File scavenger Workstation Migration - Email password revealer Workstation Migration - Dialup and VPN password revealer
	Handy tools Tree Size Microsoft Access 97 runtime. Look on the internet for a file called msart80/.zip/.exe Robust system copy (Robocopy) AIDA32 System information tool bginfo - Desktop Background information tool Microsoft Sysinternals Here Nullsoft netmon
	Third Party Download Trend Evaluation software (Unlock this with your purchased serial number)
	Solutions KB Number KB Description   Other   To disable opportunistic locking on an NT machine create the following registry entry- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentcontrolSet\Services\ LanmanServer\Parameters] "EnableOplocks"=dword:00000000 Download Server registry settings Download Workstation registry settings To avoid the open file security warning from a network share Open file - Security Warning appears when you run a file from network share Add the location of the sites (IP & NS name) to the Local Intranet Trusted Sites, Click OK, Reboot machine if required and check if the warning is gone
	Common SBS 2008 ports Port Description 25 SMTP in 80 WWW in (Not recommended) 443 SSL (https) in for OWA, OMA, RWW etc 987 Companyweb / Sharepoint 1723 VPN (PPTP) Private IP ranges Class A - Any addresses in 10.x.x.x Class B - Addresses in the range of 172.16.x.x-172.31.x.x Class C - Addresses in the range of 192.168.0.x-192.168.255.x
	Passwords Common router Passwords File containing Default hardware Passwords (CSV file)
	Asking for help www.Experts-Exchange.com groups.google.com or find a user group for SBS!

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