When building a brand new SBS 2003 you need to ensure that you install Exchange sp2 (or if you have R2 media, install that) as until you get to the “R2″ level of the box, merely running Microsoft update is not enough.

From the partner managed newsgroups: Hi Partners, Please notice that support for computers running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 ends on April 14th, 2009. After that point there will be no hotfixes, security updates, or support for computers that do not have SP2 installed. Partner Online Community will follow Microsoft support policy to stop providing support service to any computers running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 from today.

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“When you download a hotfix remember that we don’t regression test it, thus place it on a test system first” yadda yadda….

Hello Eldon, 2003 SP2 includes all previous patches before it was distributed. So a reinstall of earlier patches is not needed.

Top Platform issues for March from the Partner managed newsgroups . In this Issue: TOP SUPPORT ISSUES NEW & TOP DOWNLOADS TOP SUPPORT ISSUES =============== The following “hot topics” were posted and resolved during the month of February:  Issue1: =========================== Subject: ===== SCOM2007 operator console -> monitoring -> state view show computer correctly

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Hi everyone –   Thought I’d drop a line and remind you that we’re planning to release Windows Search 4.0 ( KB940157 ) via Windows Update sometime in late July.  Windows Search 4.0 updates previous versions of Search in Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP2 and Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Home Server.                                                       Windows XP users will see Windows Search 4.0 available as an Optional update, which means you must visit the Windows Update Web site to install it.  Windows Vista users with SP1 installed will see the update as a Recommended update.  This means that, if a Windows Vista user has set their machine to automatically install updates, Windows Search 4.0 will automatically install on PCs running Windows Vista SP1.  The release of Windows Search 4.0 to Windows Update will be gradual for these users.  If you’re running Windows Vista SP1, and you would like to install it right away, you can go to the Windows Update control panel and install it manually once it is made available

No problem. If you do try the fix, let me know how it goes as someone else seems to be in the same situation as you and would likely benefit from …