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From: Sean Scheffelmaier on 30 Apr 2010 08:26
Spent the last eight hours trying to connect my W7 workstation to a fresh
install of SBS 2003 premium. When running http://server/connectcomputer/, I
would get as far as providing a username and password for setup when a popup
would inform me, "The list of users and computers could not be found. Make
sure that the Small Business Server network adapters are configured
correctly.". I have only one NIC, I can see the shared folders on my server
and even connect to them. My server is not running DHCP or DNS and I think
these might be my problem. I did run windows update and installed all the
updates. I am completely green when it comes to SBS. Should I set up DHCP
and DNS on my server or continue using my router? Any thoughts would be most
welcome and appreciated.

Sean

From: James Hurrell "j_a_hurrell at hotmail on 30 Apr 2010 08:43
On 30/04/2010 13:26, Sean Scheffelmaier wrote:
> Spent the last eight hours trying to connect my W7 workstation to a
> fresh install of SBS 2003 premium. When running
> http://server/connectcomputer/, I would get as far as providing a
> username and password for setup when a popup would inform me, "The list
> of users and computers could not be found. Make sure that the Small
> Business Server network adapters are configured correctly.". I have only
> one NIC, I can see the shared folders on my server and even connect to
> them. My server is not running DHCP or DNS and I think these might be my
> problem. I did run windows update and installed all the updates. I am
> completely green when it comes to SBS. Should I set up DHCP and DNS on
> my server or continue using my router? Any thoughts would be most
> welcome and appreciated.
>
> Sean

Someone else with more knowledge on W7 will come along and answer I'm
sure, but in SBS land, the SBS server must be the only DHCP server on
the network and must hand out itself to clients as the DNS server. Turn
off DHCP on the router...

A lot of problems will probably disappear once you do this.
From: Freaky on 30 Apr 2010 08:47
On 30-04-10 14:26, Sean Scheffelmaier wrote:
> Spent the last eight hours trying to connect my W7 workstation to a
> fresh install of SBS 2003 premium. When running
> http://server/connectcomputer/, I would get as far as providing a
> username and password for setup when a popup would inform me, "The list
> of users and computers could not be found. Make sure that the Small
> Business Server network adapters are configured correctly.". I have only
> one NIC, I can see the shared folders on my server and even connect to
> them. My server is not running DHCP or DNS and I think these might be my
> problem. I did run windows update and installed all the updates. I am
> completely green when it comes to SBS. Should I set up DHCP and DNS on
> my server or continue using my router? Any thoughts would be most
> welcome and appreciated.
>
> Sean


In a windows network you should always use the domain controller(s) as
DNS servers. Windows domains use DNS extensively to find domain
controllers and other services on the network.

You also need to configure the domainname for your network, say
contoso.local so that when your computer searches for servername it will
automatically append contoso.local.

It doesn't matter much where you run the DHCP, as long as you point to
the SBS server as DNS and supply the domainname.
From: Freaky on 30 Apr 2010 08:54
Also see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926505

On 30-04-10 14:26, Sean Scheffelmaier wrote:
> Spent the last eight hours trying to connect my W7 workstation to a
> fresh install of SBS 2003 premium. When running
> http://server/connectcomputer/, I would get as far as providing a
> username and password for setup when a popup would inform me, "The list
> of users and computers could not be found. Make sure that the Small
> Business Server network adapters are configured correctly.". I have only
> one NIC, I can see the shared folders on my server and even connect to
> them. My server is not running DHCP or DNS and I think these might be my
> problem. I did run windows update and installed all the updates. I am
> completely green when it comes to SBS. Should I set up DHCP and DNS on
> my server or continue using my router? Any thoughts would be most
> welcome and appreciated.
>
> Sean

From: Leythos on 30 Apr 2010 08:53
In article <82C2CB01-0431-473C-8D48-04F595224592(a)microsoft.com>,
seanscheffelmaier(a)hotmail.com says...
>
> Spent the last eight hours trying to connect my W7 workstation to a fresh
> install of SBS 2003 premium. When running http://server/connectcomputer/, I
> would get as far as providing a username and password for setup when a popup
> would inform me, "The list of users and computers could not be found. Make
> sure that the Small Business Server network adapters are configured
> correctly.". I have only one NIC, I can see the shared folders on my server
> and even connect to them. My server is not running DHCP or DNS and I think
> these might be my problem. I did run windows update and installed all the
> updates. I am completely green when it comes to SBS. Should I set up DHCP
> and DNS on my server or continue using my router? Any thoughts would be most
> welcome and appreciated.

If you are using SBS and you are NOT running DHCP/DNS on it you are
breaking SBS, and that means you didn't follow the install and setup
instructions properly.

SBS as well as most Domains want their own server to be in charge of
DHCP/DNS, so that all names are properly resolved by the servers DNS.

USE THE WIZARDS LUKE, THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THE WIZARDS, not using
the Wizards is something only done by the DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE. -
Please note the Star Wars bent there.

--
You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
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