One of the killer features of Small Business Server 2003 is the Remote Web Workplace - RWW for short. Within it you can access many internal resources using nothing more than a simple web browser. One of the key features that most people use is the "Connect to my computer" feature - often in fact many people call THIS single feature RWW which only serves to confuse issues at … [Read more...]
Why do my Server Usage reports show large numbers of emails?
The SBS2003 Server Usage reports may show a large number of emails for a variety of reasons. 1. There is an acknowledge bug in SBS 2003 which is due to be fixed in SBS SP1 that can show this 2. The system may be being used as a SPAM relay host in which case 3, Your users may be actively involved in a number of online forums which communicate via email - Yahoogroups and … [Read more...]
Stopping Certain PCs from Appearing in the RWW Interface
By default, SBS 2003 shows all Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000/2003 Application Terminal Servers available for users to connect to in the RWW interface. You can stop specific PCs from appearing. This is a popular feature of SBS 2003 that is actually already available, just hidden under the covers. To implement it you will need to add a Registry key to the SBS server: … [Read more...]
Changing the Port for RWW to Something Other than 4125
In some circumstances we have changed the port that the RDP session runs over the internet to the SBS 2003 server from 4125 to something else to get around specific limitations of a firewall or other device. Altering the port number is quite simple: 1. Run Regedit. 2. Navigate down the tree to the following key: … [Read more...]
Modifying the Public Timeout Values for RWW
I mentioned earlier that the default of 20 minutes on a public computer is way too long. Therefore, I recommend that you change this value to 5 or 10 minutes to provide increased protection for your system in case a user walks away from a public kiosk without logging off. 1. Run Regedit. 2. Navigate down the tree to the following key: … [Read more...]