SBS 2008

Spahi77Spahi77 Brooklyn, NY
edited September 2009 in Science & Tech
I have a Dell D630 Laptop that i used http://connect to attach to my SBS 2008 network, and it has worked fine for two other computers.

I cannot log onto the Windows domain, and all my password information is correct, what coud be going wrong. I am very new to SBS, and was hoping for some feedback. If i cant get it to work, how can i get to the main screen, as i am frustrated. could it be encryption. Is there anyway of going back to the settings on this latop before i started the http:// connect process.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited September 2009
    1. What happens when you try to log on to the domain?
    2. When you get to the login screen, do you have a box under password where you could pull down and see options to either log on to the domain or log on to the local machine? If you don't, you aren't attached to the domain.
    3. Do you know how to attach to a domain by right clicking on My Computer, then Properties> Computer Name, then the Change button?
    4. And I gotta ask a dumb question, since it's a D630 it's probably XP....any chance its just Home and not Pro?
    5. Are there some static DNS servers configured on the D630 so that the SBS server isn't the first DNS server? The SBS has to be the first (and usually the only) DNS server.
  • Spahi77Spahi77 Brooklyn, NY
    edited September 2009
    mtrox wrote:
    1. What happens when you try to log on to the domain?
    2. When you get to the login screen, do you have a box under password where you could pull down and see options to either log on to the domain or log on to the local machine? If you don't, you aren't attached to the domain.
    3. Do you know how to attach to a domain by right clicking on My Computer, then Properties> Computer Name, then the Change button?
    4. And I gotta ask a dumb question, since it's a D630 it's probably XP....any chance its just Home and not Pro?
    5. Are there some static DNS servers configured on the D630 so that the SBS server isn't the first DNS server? The SBS has to be the first (and usually the only) DNS server.


    When i log into the domain it says the user name and passowrd are incorrect the pasword must be typed in the correct case.

    It wont let me log on the local machine i have called progressivelap or
    the server domain progressivegene.

    i cannot get passed the log on screen to access anything on my laptop and i had some important info on it.

    Its a Dell D630 and installed on it is XP pro from a clean install with all latest updates on it before i did http://connect

    To my knowlege on my network the only DHCP server is SBS 2008 as i havd to disable the one on router, and i got by those issues, but as far as DNS, i have no idea where to look or answer your question.

    Hope this helps, and thank you for your prompt reply as i am stuck with this laptop and wanna crush it :eek3:
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited September 2009
    So whether you log on to the local machine or the domain, it says the name and password are incorrect? Another dumb question....but sometimes these just slip by you. Any chance you just have the numlock on?

    If that's not it, and there is data at stake, you need to crack the administrative password and get in, back up your data, and reload on this whole thing. There are a number of password reset utilities out there. I've used this one....lots of times. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor Make sure you follow instructions all the way to the end. You have to save your changes once you blank the password. Then you just reboot and there is no administrative password.

    Then you can retrieve your data, rejoin a workgroup (to clean up the domain crap), then try to rejoin the domain.
  • Spahi77Spahi77 Brooklyn, NY
    edited September 2009
    mtrox wrote:
    So whether you log on to the local machine or the domain, it says the name and password are incorrect? Another dumb question....but sometimes these just slip by you. Any chance you just have the numlock on?

    If that's not it, and there is data at stake, you need to crack the administrative password and get in, back up your data, and reload on this whole thing. There are a number of password reset utilities out there. I've used this one....lots of times. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor Make sure you follow instructions all the way to the end. You have to save your changes once you blank the password. Then you just reboot and there is no administrative password.

    Then you can retrieve your data, rejoin a workgroup (to clean up the domain crap), then try to rejoin the domain.


    Yeah i tried that, num lock was off, and caps lock too!!! LOL

    well i will try this and see what happens....hey i posted another thread on how to increase e-mail size through POP email in exchange server in SBS 2008.....any suggestions.....?? cause any e-mail over 10MB gets stuck, and generates errors on server side....
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited September 2009
    Spahi77 wrote:
    hey i posted another thread on how to increase e-mail size through POP email in exchange server in SBS 2008.....any suggestions.....?? cause any e-mail over 10MB gets stuck, and generates errors on server side....

    Yea I saw it. I can tell you where it is in SBS 03, but SBS 08 uses Exchange 2007 and it's all different. I poked around one of my SBS 08's but couldn't see it. Google around, you'll find it.
  • Spahi77Spahi77 Brooklyn, NY
    edited September 2009
    mtrox wrote:
    Yea I saw it. I can tell you where it is in SBS 03, but SBS 08 uses Exchange 2007 and it's all different. I poked around one of my SBS 08's but couldn't see it. Google around, you'll find it.


    I will play around and get it eventually...thanks
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