I must say thought. Most of the users I have now with only a few trouble makers are more interested in getting their job done and don't want or care to look around much. I help them if they mess of their home systems and tell them what they do there is not my business so most take me at my word and do the experimenting at home now.
Jon On Feb 11, 2008 1:47 PM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got mine a little better trained I think. If they are getting those > they know they are doing something wrong or at least something that could > result in me coming to their work area asking why they are doing or trying > to do admin work on that machine. I make a lot of noise at those that fail > to learn and have been known or suspected of causing the user issues with > their shares. I usually don't, in fact never have had to, do anything. > They are much too busy doing their own damage for me to waste my time to do > it. Full scan of their shares with a report to their supervisor asking why > they need XXX MB or GB of .mpx files usually takes care of much of the > issues. That and knowing who is falsifying time sheets goes a long ways. > The best part is I don't have to do a thing to the user just the knowledge > that the logs are collected and stored in a safe location that they can not > get to takes a lot of the wind out of their sails. Fear, it is what keeps > State employees in line and in a job, never under estimate it. > > Jon > > On Feb 11, 2008 1:12 PM, Butts, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > CS2 stuff works ok for me but slow, slow, slow. I have to admit I hate > > the fact that I'm actually starting to like vista despite the speed issues > > and occasional hardware issue. That's with a 2.66 quad core and 4GB of > > memory. I did turn UAC off, man it's annoying. I tested it with some users > > and they just clicked regardless of what it was doing or would ring the > > helpdesk every time it came up. Education is the only thing that can save a > > mindless user…. > > > > > > > > Joseph Butts > > > > Systems Administrator - DBA - Webmaster - Exchange Admin - Technology & > > Systems Manager > > > > University of South Florida - Graduate School > > > > BEH 359, 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620-9951 > > > > Phone: 813-974-3586 > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > USF is classified as a Research (high activity) university by the > > Carnegie Foundation > > > > USF is One of Florida's Top Three Research Universities > > > > > > > > http://www.grad.usf.edu/ - USF Graduate School: Creating the Future One > > Student at a Time > > > > > > > > Quotes to remember: > > > > This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as > > a means of communications. - Western Union Internal memo, 1876 > > > > Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, > > Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 > > > > But ... what is it good for? - An engineer at IBM, commenting on the > > microchip in 1968 > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2008 11.42 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Vista SP1 Bug Already? > > > > > > > > You and me both. I have several users with Adobe CS 3 among other Adobe > > products that I am worried about considering the issue with Adobe software > > at the release of Vista. > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > On Feb 11, 2008 11:24 AM, Butts, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone loaded it yet? I curious if the kernal change will effect > > 3rd party software. > > > > Joseph Butts > > Systems Administrator - DBA - Webmaster - Exchange Admin - Technology & > > Systems Manager > > University of South Florida - Graduate School > > BEH 359, 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620-9951 > > Phone: 813-974-3586 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > USF is classified as a Research (high activity) university by the > > Carnegie Foundation > > USF is One of Florida's Top Three Research Universities > > > > http://www.grad.usf.edu/ - USF Graduate School: Creating the Future One > > Student at a Time > > > > Quotes to remember: > > This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as > > a means of communications. - Western Union Internal memo, 1876 > > Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, > > Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 > > But ... what is it good for? - An engineer at IBM, commenting on the > > microchip in 1968 > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11.22 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Vista SP1 Bug Already? > > > > It might not cause all that many problems. The copy of Vista Business > > I > > > > tried I wiped because, among other problems I could not seem to solve, > > it > > REFUSED to connect to MS Update... > > -------------------------------------- > > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > > ASPCA Knowledge Management > > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > > 217-337-9761 > > http://www.aspca.org > > > > > > "Jon Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/11/2008 10:18:54 AM: > > > > > Good to know thank you now to watch the fun. > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2008 11:15 AM, Michael B. Smith > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > > > SP1 went RTM last week. Enterprise/Select customers can get it > > today > > > (along with Connect and TAP customers). > > > > > > It'll make it into the rest of the channel over the next four to six > > weeks. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Michael B. Smith > > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > > > From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:10 AM > > > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: Vista SP1 Bug Already? > > > > > > Isn't this still listed as Beta or at least pre-release at this time? > > > > > > Jon > > > On Feb 11, 2008 11:02 AM, James Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Guess I should have changed the subject. Time to go get some more > > coffee. > > > > > > James > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "James Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:00 AM > > > Subject: Re: Vista SP1 Bug Already? > > > > > > > > > > If I run VSS on a volume that contains a VM Ware server, will it > > cause > > me > > > > problems? Will the virtual server be unresponsive while the VSS > > service is > > > > looking at it? Is it a bad idea to run VSS on a volume with a > > virtual > > > > server? 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