Maybe system restores? I don't know either I have seen that a couple of time but not as large.
Jon On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I never had any real complaints about Vista, but Win7 is definitely > an improvement. > > It's been running in my house for a while, but I finally did an in-place > upgrade over Vista on my laptop (a few weeks back) and on my desktop (last > night) and it is smoother than its predecessor. Noticeably so. > > And I recovered 50GB of disk space, although I'm not sure why. > > > -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker > Sent from my Verizon Smartphone > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Steven M. Caesare" <scaes...@caesare.com> > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:51:13 > To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Subject: RE: Quiz du jour > > Ditto... Win7 is VistaSPx reborn in a smoother package, but although I > didn't find any differences with it in terms of compatibility, I found it > clunky. > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:48 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Quiz du jour > > > > Agreed and agreed. > > > > Frankly, I ran Vista x64 for 3 years and I never had a problem with UAC, > even > > at max level. > > > > Much safer than the alternatives, too. > > > > > > -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker > > Sent from my Verizon Smartphone > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Michael B. Smith" <mich...@smithcons.com> > > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:03:44 > > To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > > Subject: RE: Quiz du jour > > > > For example, you are signed in with a domain admin account to your > > workstation and you want to edit your local hosts file. > > > > You can't, unless you start the editor with "run-as" (or start the editor > from > > an elevated command prompt). > > > > This is intentional behavior. (And I personally think a darn good one - > but if > > you hate it, you can disable UAC - which I regard as a mistake.) > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:52 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Quiz du jour > > > > Can you explain a little more what this scenario is? I don't have any > > experience yet with anything past WinXP/Win2k3. > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 07:50, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote: > > > Today I was asked: “What’s the point of NTFS ACLs if, when having full > > > control to a file I still have to run-as” > > > > > > > > > > > > I knew the answer once but a quick search comes up empty for me. > > Anyone? > > > > > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > > > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > > > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ > > Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
