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<a href="http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165" rel="ugc">http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165</a><br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/abouttn/flash/tips/tips_083105.mspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/technet/abouttn/flash/tips/tips_083105.mspx</a><br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490626.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490626.aspx</a><br />
<a href="http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Customizing-Windows-Firewall.html" rel="ugc">http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Customizing-Windows-Firewall.html</a>
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http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165 [http://www.bookpool.com/ct/165]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/abouttn/flash/tips/tips_083105.mspx [http://www.microsoft.com/technet/abouttn/flash/tips/tips_083105.mspx]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490626.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490626.aspx]
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Customizing-Windows-Firewall.html [http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Customizing-Windows-Firewall.html]

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Actually... File &amp;&nbsp;Print Sharing needs to be enabled on a workstation before you can join it to an SBS Domain using <a href="http://" rel="ugc nofollow">http://</a>&lt;servername&gt;/connectcomput<wbr />er.<br />
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If you didn't join the workstations in this manner you need to fix that by following the steps outlined in <a href="http://sbsurl.com/rejoin" rel="ugc">http://sbsurl.com/rejoin</a><br />
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TechSoEasy
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Actually... File & Print Sharing needs to be enabled on a workstation before you can join it to an SBS Domain using http:// [http://]<servername>/connectcomputer.

If you didn't join the workstations in this manner you need to fix that by following the steps outlined in http://sbsurl.com/rejoin [http://sbsurl.com/rejoin]

Jeff
TechSoEasy

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Well, I rebooted my server and wallah, another change in group &nbsp;policy. how this happens is beyond me. The issue is with the workstation domains, the users cannot ADD exeptions to the windows firewall (in this case, file and print sharing). I changed this on the server, did a gpupdate on the server, did a gpupdate /force AND then a reboot when that didn't work. What am i doing wrong
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Well, I rebooted my server and wallah, another change in group  policy. how this happens is beyond me. The issue is with the workstation domains, the users cannot ADD exeptions to the windows firewall (in this case, file and print sharing). I changed this on the server, did a gpupdate on the server, did a gpupdate /force AND then a reboot when that didn't work. What am i doing wrong

SBS 2003 Group Policy Windows Firewall, allow users to have firewall exceptions

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