Roaming profiles are truly evil... especially when combined with rubbish software
On 17 April 2013 17:37, Kennedy, Jim <kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> wrote: > Excellent point. We don’t do roaming profiles here. I view them as evil > as Outlook cached mode, perhaps more so. J**** > > ** ** > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:34 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Endpoint backups**** > > ** ** > > "save their music and funny videos to the desktop"....till they drop a > 2.8GB movie into their roaming profile :-) **** > > On 17 April 2013 17:00, Kennedy, Jim <kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> wrote: > **** > > So the goal is to protect the orgs docs…not backup desktops. Backup > desktops is a method for getting to your goal.**** > > **** > > Most of us would argue that redirect my docs to a server and back that up > is a better way to get to that goal. Tell them anything on their desktop is > subject to instantaneous loss, or redirect their desktop to the server also. > **** > > **** > > I prefer to redirect my docs and put some controls on space and file type > on that share and let them save their music and funny videos to the > desktop. The users get that and like the compromise.**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:56 AM **** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Endpoint backups**** > > **** > > Files they keep on the desktop and “My Documents”.**** > > **** > > *From:* Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com <webs...@carlwebster.com>] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:49 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Endpoint backups**** > > **** > > What is there to backup that is not in a centralized location backed up by > a centralized backup system?**** > > **** > > Carl Webster**** > > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional**** > > http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/>**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org <david....@nwea.org>] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:57 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Endpoint backups**** > > **** > > Do any of you guys back up all your endpoints/PC’s? We’re trying to do > that via Tivoli but troubleshooting clients is a major PITA. It seems to be > ok 90% of the time, but the broken ones seem to take forever to find and > repair, and it’s not easy to automate resetting the password at the client > PC without interaction on the client/endpoint side.**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > > > > -- > *James Rankin* > Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) > http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- *James Rankin* Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS) http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
