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From: Tim H on 23 Apr 2010 09:47
I suspected the same thing but none of the other 7 systems were affected.
Suppose that could mean they just have not received the update yet. :(

"SteveB" <newsgroup(a)public.lan> wrote in message
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> Could it be some additional issue arising from the recent McAfee debacle?
>
> "Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O1HE1kp4KHA.4520(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks Larry I will look into these items. However, while waiting for a
>> response to my post I went on site and looked into this and found that
>> 80% of the workstations services flagged for "automatic" start have been
>> stopped. One workstation I was able to start all necessary services with
>> the exception of one. "Windows firewall/ICS" would not start until I
>> removed the McAfee Enterprise from the computer. Once I removed it from
>> add remove programs I was able to start that service thus getting the
>> system back online.
>>
>> Strange thing is that the computer could ping the server and even bring
>> up a public shared folder but in the sbs console it showed offline.
>> There was no such luck for the second system. I could not get any of the
>> services started and I could not remove the McAfee software because the
>> "installer" service would not even start. I have that one back in my
>> office for further eval. Turned out there were only 2 not 3.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer(a)mis-wizards.com> wrote in
>> message news:4e683515ed1b8ccb068f0588676(a)news.microsoft.com...
>>> Hi Tim:
>>>
>>> Here are a few ideas:
>>>
>>> Time or time zone difference?
>>>
>>> Failed switch? Can you ping back and forth?
>>>
>>> DNS changed to that of the ISP or some other source?
>>>
>>> Bindings on the nic?
>>>
>>> AV scanning sysvol messing up AD?
>>>
>>> Post up the *unedited* results of
>>>
>>> ipconfig /all > c:\iptest.txt
>>>
>>> from both the server and a station, and tell us which is which.
>>>
>>> Errors in the event logs?
>>>
>>> dcdiag /fix
>>>
>>> netdiag /fix
>>>
>>> That should get you/us started.
>>>
>>> -
>>> Larry
>>> Please post the resolution to your
>>> issue so others may benefit
>>> -
>>> Get Your SBS Health Check at
>>> www.sbsbpa.com
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sorry I should have prefaced by saying they have been connected for
>>>> over a month but all of a sudden they were disconnected. Still joined
>>>> just not able to access server.
>>>>
>>>> "Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:O%23%23NGql4KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>> Sorry I don't have much to go on here but I have a customer who has
>>>>> chosen to manage their SBS 2008 themselves. Yesterday or the day
>>>>> before they called and told me that 3 computers are unable to connect
>>>>> to the server. I can't find anything wrong with the server. I ran
>>>>> the BPA but that only showed they need SP2 for Exchange and then a
>>>>> couple of informational things not related.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can login to all of the computers and they all show as though they
>>>>> are part of the domain even receive addresses from the server but
>>>>> they lost their ability to browse the server, no mapped drives and no
>>>>> files because the system won't synchronize with the server to
>>>>> retrieve them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas? Kind of tough because I don't know what they did leading
>>>>> up to this.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


From: Tim H on 23 Apr 2010 14:27
Well here is the fix so the rest of you don't have the same issues as this
customer...

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780

THANKS MCAFEE!!
(yes that is complete sarcasm you here in my voice!)


"Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:O%23%23NGql4KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Sorry I don't have much to go on here but I have a customer who has chosen
> to manage their SBS 2008 themselves. Yesterday or the day before they
> called and told me that 3 computers are unable to connect to the server.
> I can't find anything wrong with the server. I ran the BPA but that only
> showed they need SP2 for Exchange and then a couple of informational
> things not related.
>
> I can login to all of the computers and they all show as though they are
> part of the domain even receive addresses from the server but they lost
> their ability to browse the server, no mapped drives and no files because
> the system won't synchronize with the server to retrieve them.
>
> Any ideas? Kind of tough because I don't know what they did leading up to
> this.
>


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