How to restore windows sbs 2008 setup wizard
Hello,
I have installed windows SBS 2008 and while setup wizard the NIC was not installed. any after installing NIC driver and downloading some updates I did not find the "Continue Setup" icon on the desktop.
Can you tell me please how to contiune setup.
thank you in advance,
I have installed windows SBS 2008 and while setup wizard the NIC was not installed. any after installing NIC driver and downloading some updates I did not find the "Continue Setup" icon on the desktop.
Can you tell me please how to contiune setup.
thank you in advance,
I think your looking for the SBS console. it contains many of the wizards, etc that allow you to finish the setup of your environment.
If you coming from sbs 2k3 that explains it, as I remember it doing several reboots, and always re-running setup. 2k8 is not like this.
If you coming from sbs 2k3 that explains it, as I remember it doing several reboots, and always re-running setup. 2k8 is not like this.
My question is did you complete the SBS portion of the installation after the reboot or cancel it? In other words did it go through installing exchange and sharepoint and the like?
Also during the installation it should've asked you for the drivers for the network card?
You may have to rerun the installation with the NIC drivers available, usb, floppy, cd during the intial install. SBS 2008 must have a nic card to do the installation.
You may have to rerun the installation with the NIC drivers available, usb, floppy, cd during the intial install. SBS 2008 must have a nic card to do the installation.
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I tried but it did not work. I contacted HP to get the driver, any way it's a long story.
so right now no way to continue setup.
so right now no way to continue setup.
Bottom line either SBS will need to detect the driver or you will need to provide it. Don't see this often anymore, but it does happen. Sorry for your troubles, but I've been there :-).
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I already installed the driver for the NIC. Is it possible to continue setup that's all I need.
Then you would need to answer my prior question did it finish the installation of exchange and other sbs apps?
>>I tried but it did not work
I'm then confused about this comment?
>>I tried but it did not work
I'm then confused about this comment?
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no it did not
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not I did not try to reinstall.
Then if you have the correct nic drivers, the put them on usb, floppy, or cd and reinstall. If the installation can't detect the drivers then during the installation it will ask for them.
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let me try this right now
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thanks
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can you tell me please is it possible to change IP address. Because windows sbs 2008 already took an IP range same as my ADSL modem and I want to change that.
Yes it is and quite simple, here is a link from Mpecs blog that give you the blow by blow, hope this helps. Gla you got it working.
http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/03/sbs-2008-how-to-change-servers-ip.html
http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/03/sbs-2008-how-to-change-servers-ip.html
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Thank you so much.
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