SBS 2008 — Email & Internet Not Working After Power FailureAfter resuming from a power failure, workstations on a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 network may experience the following problems: - Microsoft Outlook shows “Folder last updated” rather than “All folders up to date”.
- Internet browsing does not work, cannot resolve websites;
- Inbound email does not arrive (if using the POP3 Downloader);
- Machines cannot be accessed via TeamViewer, but Remote Desktop access to the server is functioning; and
- VPN connections appear to work but are assigned APIPA (169.254.xxx.xxx) addresses and network resources are unavailable.
This may occur if the server booted before the network switch was powered-on. In this situation, some SBS services, assuming there is no network, do not start. To resolve: - Have all users log out from all workstations.
- On the server, open an elevated command prompt and enter:
net stop DNS /yes net start DNS net stop DHCPServer /yes net start DHCPServer net start "Microsoft Exchange Information Store" net start "Windows SBS POP3 Connector" net stop "Routing and Remote Access" /yes net start "Routing and Remote Access" - Users may now log in.
If normal operation does not resume, it may be best to reboot the server, or ideally, do a full shutdown and restart of all devices. See also SBS 2008 Sticks on “Applying Computer Settings”.
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