Let me just state what may be obvious. If one wants a good administration level Windows email list, one can just go to Google or Yahoo! or some other no cost group/email hosting service and create one. And then promote it among like minded people.
PLUG should not do a Windows list, IMO. But there is very little barrier to anyone who wants to start one. Alan On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Mark Phillips <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: > In the past, I have seen several requests for a good Windows adm list, and > not a lot of responses. If there is one, I would like to know about it for > the 2 (out of 10 Linux) windows machines I have to work on occasionally. I > have found lots of Windows lists, just nothing like the plug lists (not just > in Phoenix, but around the country I have have found Linux groups to be very > helpful and friendly. > > I am not sure what the cost is to administer a windows admin list.....but > would it be heresy for plug to set one up? There are a lot of really smart > cross platform folks on this list, and many have been helpful to me in the > past with the occasional OT request for windows help. Those of us who have a > need could subscribe, and the rest don't have to. I think that might be a > better idea than the OT or win tag....I can readily understand that many on > the list would not like to have the Linux stuff intermingled with Windows > stuff. > > Of course, if there is a good adm level windows list that is as friendly and > helpful as this list is for Linux folks, then no need for a new list. Just a > referral. > > Mark > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Ed <p...@0x1b.com> wrote: >> >> Mike, before any more flames break out, let me say I (some of my >> clients > me) feel your pain. Most are moving up to Win7 with few >> problems. >> do we want to ask that, like ot, widows posts to the list use a [win] >> prefix for those that may want to filter? >> >> >> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Bryan O'Neal >> <bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com> wrote: >> > Unlike some people on this list I too understand how you could associate >> > so >> > little with windows as to not have a support structure for it. Thus, >> > this >> > being your only geek forum, would ask a windows question here ;) >> > Especially >> > since there are a number of windows admins on the list. >> > >> > I recommend C Cleaner (As one of the few free, decent. ones out there) - >> > You >> > can see the Red Seven guys do a youtube vid on it here >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLRjpsrOIyQ >> > >> > Good luck :) >> > And if you have any more windows question feal free to ask me off list. >> > Or I >> > will just toss out there - >> > >> > Can any one recommend a good windows admin list? >> > - preferably an enterprise level one. >> > >> > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I got a big bad virus infestation and had to reinstall my xp system. >> >> BUMMER! Well, I need a registry cleaner and can't remember which one I >> >> had >> >> before. Could you all suggest one? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
