Indexing on SBS 2008

I have a client that is having some very odd issues with indexing on SBS 2008.
The primary concern is when they perform a search from a Windows 7 machine, all data being searched is in a network share on the sbs 2008 box, only some of the results are being shown. However if we manually navigate to the same directory the file
searched is clearly there. They have also noted that there are occasions where the search will say no results found - in this case we can also manually browse to the file with no issues.
At this time my leading theory is the size of the index is just too big for this sbs box to handle. So I would like to help them trim down the items being indexed. So the question is:
Will there be any adverse effects if we remove the exchange directory from the index? If so what are they potentially going to be?

Hi,
Regarding the current issue, please let me know if you have installed Windows Search service on SBS 2008? In addition, have you installed the Index Service on it? For details, please refer
to the following articles.
Find Items Faster with Windows Search and Libraries
https://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2010/04/05/find-items-faster-with-windows-search-and-libraries.aspx
How to install and configure the Indexing Service on a Windows Server 2008-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954822/en-us
Hope this helps.
Best Regards,
Andy Qi
Andy Qi
TechNet Community Support

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Is it possible to manually setup a Folder Redirection Policy on SBS 2008 for one user? Also are you able to set up folder redirection on a different server than you have SBS 2008 on?

I have a SBS 2008 DC I would like to be able to change the Folder Redirection to a different server. I also would like to be able to test with one user. I read on the forums that it is best to use the wizards for SBS2008. The only problem
I have with using the wizards is that I am unable to test and I am also unable to use a network share for my redirection location.

Hi,
I am sure you would get some help from :
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2010/10/08/folder-redirection-in-small-business-server-2008.aspx
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/448583ca-471e-4a0c-9d26-aa9181e73962/folder-redirection-changing-location?forum=smallbusinessserver
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Server 2012 std not able to see Domain, DC and DNS on Win SBS 2008 std Domain

Hi There
I have a HP ML 110 G5 SBS 2008 std server as my DC on my network. I recently added a HP Microserver running Server 2012 std (with no roles or features installed) to act solely as a file server for a 3rd party program as the program was not running efficiently
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Switching from Static IP to DHCP.
Re-adding the server to the domain.
Stopping and restarting DNS services on the DC.
Checking physical Network connections and routing.
Putting the 2012 server into the same Organizational Unit as the 2008 DC.
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Event viewer gives the following errors:
Group Policy Error:
Log Name: System
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Date: 2015-04-27 01:17:51 PM
Event ID: 1129
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords:
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Computer: [SERVERNAME].[DOMAIN].local
Description:
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successfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy" Guid="{AEA1B4FA-97D1-45F2-A64C-4D69FFFD92C9}" />
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<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-04-27T11:17:51.111942100Z" />
<EventRecordID>19056</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{C0CBAF2B-1E93-49C0-B910-069AE43F74B2}" />
<Execution ProcessID="732" ThreadID="1336" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>[SERVERNAME].[DOMAIN].local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
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<EventData>
<Data Name="SupportInfo1">1</Data>
<Data Name="SupportInfo2">1548</Data>
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<Data Name="ProcessingTimeInMilliseconds">0</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorCode">1222</Data>
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
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How can I edit the way autodiscover.xml behaves in SBS 2008 and 2011?

I have autodiscover working correctly on a few SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 servers. But, its doing its usual misbehaving. When setting up a new Outlook profile, the user enters their email address and password. Autodiscover is successful in creating all
the account settings, but at the end of the wizard a username and password window pops up with the users full email address incorrectly filled in as the username, which is why it didn't work.
This has always been so annoying about SBS. The user then has to be told to delete their email address in the username field, then fill in "domain\username" instead. Only then is the authentication successful.
I've read lots about people adding the external domain UPN Suffix to ADD&T, then manually changing ever users login to domain.com instead of domain.local.   Then you have to mess with the owa authentication settings in exchange to accept the
UPN.   Its all too ridiculous. There must be a simpler way.
I have read about how you can control how the autodiscover.xml behaves, and there are examples of how to do it in this document:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0jap1FNKgV0J:https://support.quest.com/Shared/Images/SOL51188_Outlook%2520Automatic%2520Account%2520Configuration.doc+&hl=pl&gl=pl&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjizUeFf-JYaM7ZdfIgUCKMMXtcCl0Y3pknFbuwd64GNHIEP1K8a_mpg2YIEisP6sz5DzbtVtdW4Pc42PE0Kjd6bz-3vXz0iaQm7FKi0AnwgvFG_41ZAkBLWynaJtf8s8xyi_d2&sig=AHIEtbSie1mEHTn8el4DPquNxrpovwknUQ
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OK, so my question is, how on earth do I edit these settings in SBS 2011? I can't find any articles that talk about how to edit autodiscover.
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Just to straighten out a few things;
1) This is NOT a bug, rather by design. Not every active directory has an exchange server in place, and MS is assuming you don't want to give your internal domain name out to people (which is why it doesn't default to domain\username)
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settings in the wizard is the UPN suffix and is easily changeable as long as you notate for the person creating the user to do it. (The problem here is if you're using the SBS Console instead of AD to setup the User in which case that's just an oversight
in design not a bug in the programming)
4) You can most certainly have a powershell script that changes the UPN suffix from A to B, let me know if you're interested I'll dig one up for you. That can be run on a scheduled task and will solve the remaining issues you have :)
I do see you mentioned it in number 3, I must have missed since I didn't re-read the OP before posting the article, however I just tested on several SBS 2011 machines and OWA authentication settings don't have to be changed at all, this worked immediately
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-GreenlightTech

Problem connecting to MS Exchange 2007 on SBS 2008

I am having problems connecting to Exchange via cfexchangeconnection. Our ColdFusion environment is CF9 Enterprise on Win 2008, and the Exchange host is Win SBS 2008 (which uses IIS7).
After having worked through the documentation and following all procedures outlined at
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec14f31 -7fed.html
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<cfexchangeconnection action="open"
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<cfdump var="#thisExchangeConnection#">
<cfexchangeconnection action="close"
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2) WebDav is on in IIS
3) there is no IWA and forms based authentication is on
4) certificates are installed correctly on both the CF and Exchange servers
5) the myUsernameaccount has correct permissions in iis/owa/exchange
Despite this, the net result is always
Access to the Exchange server denied.
Ensure that the user name and password are correct.
From research it seems that a lot of people have issues where the underlying problem is actually an Exchange 440 timeout error where the password in the IUSR_<servername> and IWAM_<servername> (IIS/Active Directory) is out of sync.
I was pinning my hopes on the above being the problem but now I find that in SBS 2008 there is no IWAM_<servername> server account.
All this leads me to ask is SBS 2008 actually compatible with the cfexchange tags in CF9? There is nothing in the documentation that I can find that syays that it isn't, but given the amount of time we've spent on what should be straightforward I am wondering if we are on a hiding to nothing. Anyone from Adobe care to comment?
If anyone has managed to get this to work specifically with SBS 2008, or has any advice I'd be grateful to here from you.

Hi,
As said by Sneff , I would also recommend to enable Logging to get more detailed information. Also follow
Configuration of POP/IMAP on SBS 2008 Refer to :
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2008/09/19/how-to-configure-sbs-2008-to-host-pop3-imap4.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2011/08/31/how-to-configure-outlook-for-pop3-imap-and-smtp-connectivity-in-sbs-2008-2011-standard.aspx
As per the error code, you need to follow
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813514/EN-US
I would also disable AV on both Client machine and TEST , including the Filters of AV.
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Issues After Disabling IPv6 on Your NIC on SBS 2008

If you uncheck the IPv6 protocol from your network interface card on your Windows SBS 2008 server you may see the following issues after a reboot:
Microsoft Exchange services fail to start
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– Error code=80040a01.
The Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service will continue starting with limited permissions.
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event ID: 2102
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Description:
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Source: MSExchange ADAccess
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Task Category: Topology
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Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event ID: 2114
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Description:
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Base article 218185, “Microsoft LDAP Error Codes.” Use the information in that article to learn more about the cause and resolution to this error. Use the Ping or PathPing command-line tools to test network connectivity to local domain controllers.
Source: MSExchangeFBPublish
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Task Category: General
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Source: MSExchangeTransportLogSearch
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Task Category: General
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Description:
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System Log Events
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7044
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Description:
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Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7022
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Transport service hung on starting.
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7024
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated with service-specific error 0 (0×0).

Hi,
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I'm trying to remove Exchange 2007 from an SBS 2008 server
(Server 2008 Standard FE). My ultimate goal is to completely remove the SBS 2008 Server from the network environment.
We have an Exchange 2010 Coexistence Scenario and Mailboxes/Public Folders/etc have been moved over to the 2010 mail server, on Server 2008 R2.
I have moved all Shares, FSMO roles, DHCP, DNS, etc over to their respective servers. We have two full blown DC's in the environment.
I'm ready to remove Exchange 2007 from SBS 2008 and DCPROMO the server. I can NOT seem to find a TechNet article that shows me how
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd728003(v=ws.10).aspx
This article references Disabling Mailboxes, Removing OAB, Removing Public Folder Databases, then uninstalling Exchange using the Setup Wizard.
When I go to Disable Mailboxes I get the following error:
Microsoft Exchange Error
Action 'Disable' could not be performed on object 'Username (edited)'.
Username (edited)
Failed
Error:
Object cannot be saved because its ExchangeVersion property is 0.10 (14.0.100.0), which is not supported by the current version 0.1 (8.0.535.0). You will need a later version of Exchange.
OK
I really don't see why I need to Disable Mailboxes, Remove OAB and Public Folder Databases since they have been moved to 2010. I just want
to remove Exchange 2007 and DCPROMO this server (actually I just want to remove any lingering Exchange AD Objects referring to the SBS 2008 Server, using the easiest and cleanest method possible).
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!

Hi,
Based on your description, it seems that you are in a migration process (migrate SBS 2008 to Windows Server
2008 R2). Now, you want to remove Exchange Server and demote server. If anything I misunderstand, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
On current situation, please refer to following articles and check if can help you.
Transition
from Small Business Server to Standard Windows Server
Removing SBS 2008 –
Step 1: Exchange 2007
Removing SBS 2008 – Step 2:
ADCS
Removing
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Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft
does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Hope this helps.
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Excessive downloads by an SBS 2008 client bogging down network

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The bottom line is my computer is downloading, continuously from the server at two different levels. One I have lived with for a long time, where I my computer uploads and downloads from the server at 1.5Mbps.
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I can't find any sign of malware on my client computer and scan regularly (with Kaspersky Small Office Security 3).
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Our network performance with the SBS 2008 file server is poor and I think this is contributing.
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I'm mostly getting these from WireShark:
258117
25.038883000
192.168.11.5
192.168.11.31
TCP
1514
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Error 0xE0000235 when trying to download a driver onto Windows SBS 2008 64-bit Standard FE.

Unfortunately, Error 0xE0000235 occurs when trying to download a driver onto Windows SBS 2008 64-bit Standard FE.
I am installing the GV 800 GeoVision 32/64Bit 16CH Video Capture Card onto the server.
Please urgently assist.
Answer in clear English. Cryptic answers not welcome. Yes...I know you are an intelligent, highly valuable expert on the world's leading edge technology.

Hi, I'd like to inform you that the error code 0xE0000235 refers to "Error in WOW64". This can be caused by corrupted or incompatible driver of the Video Capture Card. Similar issue may also occur on other driver on other operating system and I don't think
this can be caused by SBS2008 blocking the driver.
I suggest you contact with GeoVision Technical Support (http://www.geovision.com.tw/english/4_0.asp) and see if their driver should work on SBS2008 and make sure that you have downloaded
latest driver from their site:
http://www.geovision.com.tw/english/5_2.asp
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Migration from exchange SBS 2008 to Microsoft exchange 20013

i have started an upgrade of an SBS 2008 to an exchange 2013
i installed the 2 server in coexistence and moved all mailboxes as well as all public folders
what should i do next to be able to decommission the SBS and turn it off completely
PS: our company does use third party certificate as all the users are local users on TS server
much appreciate it

Please follow the Microsoft Exchange Server Deployment Assistant
which is web-based tool that asks you a few questions about your current environment and then generates a custom step-by-step checklist that will help you deploy different versions of Exchange Server for different types of scenarios.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/exchange/jj657516.aspx
Exchange Queries

SBS 2008 - SBS Console and AD errors after migration to new hardware

Hi there,
I'm trying to work out how to fix some of the errors and random behaviour I'm experiencing with the SBS 2008 console and AD related matters since I had to quickly migrate SBS 2008 to new hardware using Windows Server Backup after a failure of the old server.
In my haste to get our email and ftp services back up and running (which use Smartermail and Filezilla respectively instead of Exchange etc) I overlooked the fact that the new server had 3 NICs installed and not one and so restored SBS 2008 and loaded up new
drivers for those and other hardware that had changed (such as the graphics card and mobo. I have since removed the two additional NICs by disabling them on the mobo).
Whilst I got the server up and running again with email and ftp services, even though I currently don't use any AD related stuff directly I have since noted that if I try to say view a list of users that I had previously created via the SBS console, more often
than not it will show no users, and then randomly it will (but when you do see them you can't edit or delete them. I'm aware that I have probably broken a number of golden rules in doing this 'migration' but having a metaphorical gun to my head meant that
I rushed things out of desperation.
Common errors that I experience generally will say things like 'Current security connect is not associated with an Active Directory domain or forest' if I try to list users, or DC not found for domain "xyz.local' etc. I have been searching the net and
trying out some things to fix this but I'm like a dog chasing its tail as I'm not so clued up on server related issues as I am with workstation problems, so if anyone could at least point me in the right direction I would be very grateful. If you require any
info from me (eg diag logs etc) I will be happy to provide them!
Regards,
Dave

Hi Dave,
Based on current situation, please run SBS BPA and fix all that it can find, then monitor the result. For more details, please refer to the following KB.
Windows SBS Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)
Meanwhile, please refer to the following article and repair SBS console.
Repair the Windows SBS 2008 Console
By the way, I noticed that you had got some error messages (such as: “DC not found for domain” and so on). Would you please let me know complete error messages? In addition, when you migrate SBS 2008 to the new hardware, had you done any preparation for
that Source Server? For more details, please refer to the following article.
Migrate Windows Small Business Server 2008 to New Hardware
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
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SBS 2008 - 'Sites' Certificate Expired - How to find out where/service it's used - if at all

Greetings,
Is there a way to see what options or services might be using the default sites certificate on our sbs 2008 server?
PowerShell or Certificates MMC add-in?
We have a Go Daddy for email and remote - so I'm thinking this self-signed- expired certificate can be deleted.
Thank you
Thanks in advance

Hi,
As far as I know, we could only use Certificates console check the certificates for the logged on user, for the specific service account and for the specific computer account. It’s hard to
verify which option needs a specific certificate.
For details about Certificates Console, please refer to the following article.
Certificates Console
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962086.aspx
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How to create ADC in SBS 2008 64 bit Server for SBS 2003 32 bit Server?

Hi,
We have single windows SBS 2003 32 bit server with AD to run database as well as application of the Company. We are planning to add one more server to the network with SBS 2008 64 bit for load balancing. I just confused that two SBS servers are not compatible
in the SBS network. my requirement is to balance the database and application request load balancing along with fail over management with two Servers in the network.
Please let me know the procedure to add the SBS 2008 64 bit server as Additional Domain Controller to SBS 2003 32 bit PDC so that ADC to take role if PDC fails.
Any other ways to meet my requirement?

Hi Mallensh Patil,
Would you please let us know current situation of this issue?
I agree with Cliff. Just addition, please also refer to following article and check if can help you.
Debunking Myths About Additional Domain Controllers In SBS Domains
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Exchange server 2007 Service Pack problems SBS 2008

I am Running Exchange server 2007 on Small Business server 2008 (SBS 2008). I tried to install SP2 but it fails both windows update and manually. Can anyone first advise me what version I'm currently running?
Help / about form Exchange Management Console displays:
Version 08.01.0436.000
And running repair on Exchange server from programs and features displays 2007 SP1 setup. So I believe SP2 to be next I have also ran SP3 but this fails.
Here is the end lines from a log:
[03/05/2014 08:54:13] [0] Setup will run the task 'uninstall-msipackage'
[03/05/2014 08:54:13] [1] Setup launched task 'uninstall-msipackage -logfile 'C:\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.msilog' -ProductCode '24b2c164-de66-44fe-b468-a46d9d5e6b31' -PropertyValues 'BYPASS_CONFIGURED_CHECK=1 DEFAULTLANGUAGENAME=ENU''
[03/05/2014 08:54:13] [1] Beginning processing.
[03/05/2014 08:54:13] [1] Property 'PackageName' is 'EXCHANGESERVER.msi'.
[03/05/2014 08:54:13] [1] Removing MSI package with code '24b2c164-de66-44fe-b468-a46d9d5e6b31'.
[03/05/2014 09:09:01] [1] [ERROR] Unexpected Error
[03/05/2014 09:09:01] [1] [ERROR] Unable to remove product with code 24b2c164-de66-44fe-b468-a46d9d5e6b31. Fatal error during installation. Error code is 1603. Last error reported by the .msi package is 'Could not open key: UNKNOWN\Components\7ABFE44842C12B390AF18C3B9B1A1EE8\461C2B4266EDEF444B864AD6D9E5B613.
Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. '.
[03/05/2014 09:09:01] [1] [ERROR] Fatal error during installation
[03/05/2014 09:09:01] [1] Ending processing.
[07/05/2014 19:45:17] [0] End of Setup
There is a registry key to match this and The administrator account used for setup has access to it i believe??? What does this log mean?

Hi,
This error indicated that your account missed registry permissions on: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\ 7ABFE44842C12B390AF18C3B9B1A1EE8\461C2B4266EDEF444B864AD6D9E5B613
Please check whether you have permission. You can also check whether the key have permissions inherited from the Parent Key or not.
After changing the permission, please run the setup again.
Best Regards.

SBS 2008 STOP:c000021

I have found myself is a fairly irritating position.
My SBS 2008 server has failed and causing me a whole lot of pain in the process.
There was a fairly comprehensive backup plan in place, Acronis image (Daily), Windows image (Daily) and Bexec.
The last DA test we did worked fine and I was able to restore the acronis to a VM and boot.
Now we have actually had an error none of the backups work! All with the same error code on physical hardware and within a VM.
The error is:
Steps taken:
Restore to VM
Load SBS media to do system repair (It prompted for password for the user Administrator. Didnt know it as it was SBS with AD we used a different account.)
Load offline NT password, Enable Admin and blank password
Load SBS media to do system repair, sfc scan & chckdsk
Made some reg tweaks so it didnt restart when it BSOD (Still cant get it to make a memory dump though.)
All returned no errors and fine.
One restart the same error.
Tried all the F8 options, All with the same error. Even safe mode!
In safe mode it stalls at ClassPNP.sys and then straight to the BSOD screen.
This folder is empty:
C:\Windows\System32\catroot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\
& This one does not exsist:
C:\Windows\System32\
I copied these files from a PE environment to the C drive to at least try and get it to boot.
I have had to re-install the server from scratch to get it up and running but some settings I need fromthe VM as I just figured I would be able to restore from a previous backup.
Edit:
I change some config on the vm to a sata disk and got this error:
Rob

I am currently running chckdsk in a PE environment on the VMDK file.
The VMDK is located on a USB3 drive which has other VM's on and they work fine, should I chckdsk the USB3 drive as well?
This was a physical production server when it failed, I had an acronis backup which I restored to a VM and thus have what is in front of me. The server had a scheduled reboot when this happened so it didnt just crash randomly. (But it could have been a different
error to what im seeing now.)
So dont know if its just because im trying to start it as a VM or if the main issue has followed it.
I scanned with kaspersky rescue disk which found nothing.
Tried startrep.exe which didnt work & edited the registry to allow unsigned drivers.
Can I run:
bcdedit /deletevalue nointegritychecks
bcdedit /deletevalue testsigning From a Pe enviorment for the offline OS? When I try to start in safe mode it gets to CLASSPNP.sys then CRCDISK.sys then BSOD. If I disable CRCDISK.sys it just halts on CLASSPNP.sys then BSOD. If there anyway to sysprep it in its offline state? Re-install the OS but keep the settings or disable all the drivers apart from the standard sbs2008 ones? Rob

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