Re: old cars (was RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot)

2011-08-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > ... with megaphone pipes it sounded almost like a Real Bike. http://www.savagechickens.com/2006/07/people-i-hate.html -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Ben Schorr
Yes, though it's not specifically targeted at IT pros - more at end users/business folk. http://www.rolandschorr.com/blogs/index.php?blog=6 Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com b...@rolandschorr.com ---

Re: old cars (was RE: Vipre console hangs server on reboot)

2011-08-01 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 29 Jul 2011 at 9:10, Cameron wrote: > Since we've now hit a good direction... > > I've got 3 1984 Kawasaki 750 Turbos, with one being a toy and pulling > about 200hp at the rear wheel...once I get new injectors and a Power > Commander...should about 230hp (pretty good power to weight ratio

Re: File dropbox for an org

2011-08-01 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 1 Aug 2011 at 14:35, Sam Cayze wrote: > AllardSoft - Demo-ing it right now, looks VERY promising and priced > right! I saw today on LifeHacker that YouSendIt.com now has unlimited storage for $20/mo. How does AllardSoft compare? = Included Stuff Follows = The All N

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Jonathan Link
Maybe he has vera fides. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Gary Slinger wrote: > **That's funny, because I was thinking of saying the same thing to you. > > My bona fides are all over the net. WTF are you? > > I don't notice a denial that you're a dev. Are you? What, one, two years > in? > > -

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Gary Slinger
That's funny, because I was thinking of saying the same thing to you. My bona fides are all over the net. WTF are you? I don't notice a denial that you're a dev. Are you? What, one, two years in? -Original Message- From: Tigran K Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:00:56 To: NT System Admin I

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Tigran K
Let me know when you grow up. --T On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Gary Slinger wrote: > "Usually resorting to personal attacks means you have run out of arguments. > It's a form of fallacy.", no, it's a lack of tolerance for stupidity. > > "The example I gave was simplified for your benefit.".

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > I’ve worked with some *fantastic* PMs who really didn’t know diddly > about the actual subject matter of the project. They simply knew > how to pick out dependencies, risks, and actions related to the > subject matter and work with it. My

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Gary Slinger
"Usually resorting to personal attacks means you have run out of arguments. It's a form of fallacy.", no, it's a lack of tolerance for stupidity. "The example I gave was simplified for your benefit.". Case in point. You posted a moronic example without clarification. Therefore, I draw a fair an

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Tigran K
Just to reiterate. I'm not suggesting removing PM from the equation all together. I'm just saying give the tech lead guy a more overseer role than the PM. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Ken Schaefer wrote: > In small projects, the PM can be a bit superfluous. As budgets tend to be > small, sco

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Tigran K
Usually resorting to personal attacks means you have run out of arguments. It's a form of fallacy. The example I gave was simplified for your benefit. The example is based on multi-million project for a 3bl company. The model you layout is exactly the problem. Contract dev from anywhere who doesn

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Desmond
Eh - I'm not sure I totally agree with that. I've worked with some *fantastic* PMs who really didn't know diddly about the actual subject matter of the project. They simply knew how to pick out dependencies, risks, and actions related to the subject matter and work with it. Certainly they were

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
It is a PM's responsibility to make the projects conform - as much as is possible or reasonable - to PMBOK. I work daily with MOF (solutions - operations) and MSF (solutions - development) (Microsoft's views on PMBOK) and I can say that, while the PM must adjust to each individual project, the

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Ken Schaefer
I would say that some PMs make the effort to understand what they are managing. They tend to be the better ones. Once something's explained to them once (e.g. implications of making a particular change) they understand. Other PMs just think that every project is the same, no matter what the ind

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
No. If you want to take the MSFT example, you have a PM, a QA, and a Dev. This is a triangle that represents approximately equivalent effort for each person. WHEN PROPERLY DONE. Note that the Dev is responsible for establishing test harness code (call it whatever you want) as part of Dev. QA i

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
For a good PM. I will say that, in my experience, a PM with experience in the tech that they are doing PM for, is more effective than a PM who does NOT have that experience. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Gary Slinger [mailto:gary.sl

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
AHAHAHAHAHHA Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 8:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PMI PMP Certification btw once you pass PMP, go get the Microsoft

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Desmond
btw once you pass PMP, go get the Microsoft Office User Specialist cert - http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mos.aspx. Then you can be a MOUSe PiMP. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:j

Re: File dropbox for an org

2011-08-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > 2.  Organization.  There is no way to be able to sort the mass amounts of > docs we receive every day.  With something YouSendIt-ish that is email > based, the submitter is forced to create a useful description, making it > easier for us to determ

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Desmond
If that's your company's definition of a project manager then I'd suggest they need to have their titles adjusted to Project Assistant or Coordinator. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Tigran K [mailto:tigr...@gmail.com] Sent: M

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Gary Slinger
This I don't disagree with. Small project PM is easy - a whiteboard (can be electronic), with who does what by when listed. Done. A $17mill IT revamp from the ground-up for a $5bn company? There might be a PM or two involved... -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer Date: Tue, 2 A

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Ken Schaefer
In small projects, the PM can be a bit superfluous. As budgets tend to be small, scope is limited etc, a senior tech could run the project. On large projects, scope, budgets, scheduling, deliverable management, document control etc. all need to be handled. Not to mention endless amounts of dash

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Gary Slinger
You have no idea what you're talking about. PM, QA and imp team are all at corp HQ. Let's say it's in Houston. Dev's are outsourced. Tata, whatever. Pick one. They're in Mumbai. You really think that team is going to work for a lead 'developer"? A dev is still a dev. I can see a lim

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Tigran K
Easy 1 Lead Dev --T On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Gary Slinger wrote: > ** I'm going to go and get some popcorn... > > How do you think that will play out when it's one PM, five concurrent dev > teams, a QA team and production implementation and operations folks? > > (And that's before I take

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Gary Slinger
I'm going to go and get some popcorn... How do you think that will play out when it's one PM, five concurrent dev teams, a QA team and production implementation and operations folks? (And that's before I take 'PM' out of the 'just for IT' space). -Original Message- From: Tigran K Date

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Hornbuckle
That gets tricky... As it is, in the application process I'm documenting projects that are 5+ years old. If they audit me three years down the road, those projects will be 8+ years old. How much documentation will be available at that point? Hopefully it won't be an issue. Fingers crossed. J

Re: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Jeff Steward
http://safaribooksonline.com/sem/?cid=1010-sem-google-ppc-page 10 day free trial of safari books online. There are loads of free resources on the net. MSDN and TechNet websites have loads of good stuff. Go to MIT for free: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm A $200/year basic TechNet subscriptio

Re: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon August 1 2011, you wrote: > You aren't doing much between 1 to 4 AM are you? :) > Nope, just sleeping. :D -- Thanks, John Aldrich Blueridge Industries IT Manager ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Hornbuckle
On the whole, do you find that those project managers' projects are successful? Throughout the process of taking classes and studying for the exam, I've learned volumes about what SHOULD be happening with projects. I thought I knew a little something about managing projects to start with, but I

RE: USMT 4.0

2011-08-01 Thread Jimmy Tran
Thanks! Been pulling out my hair. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: USMT 4.0 It's there. C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\USMT Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange

Re: Training (was RE: Error message in logs)

2011-08-01 Thread Jonathan Link
"On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero." On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:26 PM, William Robbins wrote: > "It all comes down to this. They'll pay one way or the other. Either > indowntime due to mistakes, or in training." > > +11 to that! > > - WJR > > > > On Mon, Aug 1,

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
That works too! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Robert Cato To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Aug 01 18:18:26 2011 Subject: Re: PMI PMP Certification I thought it was 10,000... A good start. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5

Re: File dropbox for an org

2011-08-01 Thread Steven Peck
We have a group that uses MOVEit. http://www.ipswitchft.com/solutions/managecontrol.aspx?ps=1 It does work. I don't know much more about how we use it other then that. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > I've certainly thought about, my concerns: > 1. It would be a little toughe

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Webster
dabcc.com/Webster (which is moving back to carlwebster.com) is the "best" resource for getting started, IMNSHO! :) XenServer is free, just renew the license every year http://www.citrixcommunitylab.com/ http://www.citrix.com/tv/#tags/demo has a lot of videos Go to support.citrix.com, select a pr

Re: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread kz20fl
Plenty trial versions you can run on XenServer, VM appliances as well Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Steven Peck Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:28:14 To: NT System Admin Issues Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sub

RE: Error message in logs

2011-08-01 Thread Webster
Now write that up in a short article and you have your first blog post. Carpet Cleaning for I.T. Admins Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Subject: RE:

Re: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Steven Peck
Are there equivelent Citrix resources out there? On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Webster wrote: > You aren't doing much between 1 to 4 AM are you? :) > > Carl Webster > Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional > http://www.CarlWebster.com > > > > -Original Message- > > From: John Al

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Webster
You aren't doing much between 1 to 4 AM are you? :) Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Subject: RE: Lab Resources and other educational things > > Very go

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread kz20fl
All windows' fault. Makes it too easy for tinkerers. Scary command-line stuff sorts the wheat from the chaff :-) Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:10:42 To: NT System Admin Issu

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Robert Cato
I thought it was 10,000... A good start. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:57 PM, John Cook wrote: > What do you call 100 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership for Strong Families > > - Original Message - > From: Ben Scott > To: NT System A

RE: File dropbox for an org

2011-08-01 Thread Sam Cayze
I've certainly thought about, my concerns: 1. It would be a little tougher for techs. It shouldn't be, but I just know it will. They are independent; roughly 5000 of them. They shouldn't have to install something in order to send us pics/workorders/etc. 2. Organization. There is no way to be

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Kurt Buff
Concur... When I compare myself to most of the folks on this list and several others, I often feel outclassed. But when I compare myself to the folks I run into in meatspace, I feel like a freaking genius most of the time. And that's just sad... Kurt On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 14:36, Andrew S. Bak

Re: Weird robocopy /mir bug?

2011-08-01 Thread Kurt Buff
Nice detective work. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 13:26, Crawford, Scott wrote: > Yeah, it’s more general than just the copy command. It’s pervasive across > the whole OS. > > > > After re-reading the KB article, I realize that the fix described only > applied to explorer.exe.  And, in fact, W2K3’s ver

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
What do you call 100 lawyers on the bottom of the ocean? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message - From: Ben Scott To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Aug 01 17:54:35 2011 Subject: Re: PMI PMP Certification On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:42 P

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:42 PM, John Cook wrote: > You should NEVER use the words honest and lawyer in the same sentence! I thought lawyers were like politicians -- the ones on your payroll are the ones you like. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
Noted ;-) John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Andrew S. Baker To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Aug 01 17:45:09 2011 Subject: Re: PMI PMP Certification I did use a comma. Honest referred to me. I tried to put them as f

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
You should NEVER use the words honest and lawyer in the same sentence! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: Andrew S. Baker To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Aug 01 17:36:41 2011 Subject: Re: PMI PMP Certification True, but

Re: File dropbox for an org

2011-08-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > Like the recommendations here, been looking to implement an FTP replacement > system for quite a while.  My NDR/Too Big errors are happening more and more > lately with all the deliverables from our field techs. For your own field techs, why no

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Andrew S. Baker
True, but my real point was that just because you may appear to be surrounded by lots of ineffective **, it doesn't mean that your sample size was sufficient to judge the validity of the entire discipline. To be honest, I've even managed to meet a few good lawyers. (For the record, I'm aware of m

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Jacob
+1. I good project manager should be spending almost NO time using outlook, MS Project, etc. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: PMI PMP Certification You need to be working with better project a

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Jacob
When you submit your application, there is a chance you will get audited. It is possible you will get an email that says you can schedule the test immediately or you been selected for an audit. The audit can get a while as you have to send stuff to PMI and they have to verify with your supervisors

RE: USMT 4.0

2011-08-01 Thread Michael B. Smith
It's there. C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\USMT Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: USMT 4.0 Hi Guys, I'm having a brain

Re: OT: Computer Virus?

2011-08-01 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
LOL, is that for real? It looks pretty good to me up till the end. The inflection in her voice seemed off for the circumstance. -- Espi On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Free, Bob wrote: > > http://windowssecrets.com/wacky-web-week/add-an-armored-laptop-to-your-security-checklist/ > >

RE: Error message in logs

2011-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
For the record, I found the error with a little more searching. It turns out that I appear to have had a corrupted Local GPO Database, and simply renaming the old one and creating a new one fixed it. Thanks. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2

Re: Error message in logs

2011-08-01 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
You should verify that before making any assumptions. Are you familiar with the expressions that "assumptions make an ass out of you and me?" ( ass / u / me ) This is an expression that Systems Administrators live by. Learn it, live it, love it. Its bad ju-ju to come to a support list with

RE: Weird robocopy /mir bug?

2011-08-01 Thread Crawford, Scott
I'm up for that. Any idea how I can find one? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 3:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Weird robocopy /mir bug? I don't know any Windows File System MVPs, but I might suggest that you pass this along to t

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
I'll settle for a double digit number of competent ones. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Jos

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Joseph Heaton
Our job would be s much easier without those users... >>> John Cook 8/1/2011 1:32 PM >>> Isn't that kind of like saying "you need smarter users"? If only I could pick and choose John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 3260

RE: anyone have any experience with using Amazons EC2 Import Connector?

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
It actually says to check the firewall settings and confirm that the VCenter is running (duh!) so I turned off the firewall altogether as a test with no change. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell

RE: anyone have any experience with using Amazons EC2 Import Connector?

2011-08-01 Thread Davies, Matt
Have never tried it but have you confirmed all the different web applications for Virtual centre are working ? Eg Vsphere Web Access Web based datastore browser Vsphere sdk access Could it be a certificate problem ? Cheers Matt From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: 01 August

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
Isn't that kind of like saying "you need smarter users"? If only I could pick and choose John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4

OT: anyone have any experience with using Amazons EC2 Import Connector?

2011-08-01 Thread John Cook
Trying to push a VMWare guest to EC2 as a test and I keep getting "VCenter not responding on port 443". Their support (unless you get the Gold level) is useless TIA for any advice CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attac

RE: Weird robocopy /mir bug?

2011-08-01 Thread Crawford, Scott
Yeah, it's more general than just the copy command. It's pervasive across the whole OS. After re-reading the KB article, I realize that the fix described only applied to explorer.exe. And, in fact, W2K3's version of explorer is fixed. But, Win7 is (re)broken. You can see this by running the b

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread kz20fl
My sister is a project manager, or, as I call her, a mouse-pusher. Seriously, though, a good PM can make a hell of a difference. The fact that after 16 years in IT I only know three or four good ones speaks for itself. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any m

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
Very good stuff. Thanks, all! I will try to make time (between crises) to do some studying. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Andrew S. Baker
You need to be working with better project and program managers. * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Tigran K wrote: > The only thing I see project managers do is schedule meetings, take no

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Joseph Heaton
And while you're building/breaking stuff, the forums at Technet are an awesome resource. As here, just don't expect an answer in 5 minutes. >>> Tim Evans 8/1/2011 1:10 PM >>> Channel 9 has all (most) of the recent TechEd sessions on line - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/20

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Tim Evans
Channel 9 has all (most) of the recent TechEd sessions on line - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011 There are a lot of other videos on just about every subject you can think of there. Start at http://channel9.msdn.com/ Just about every MS Technology has a home page, like sa

RE: OT: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Hornbuckle
Thanks-and please thank your PMP friend for me. :-) John From: Shauna Hensala [mailto:she...@msn.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: PMI PMP Certification Contact a PMP friend - here's his take: PMI is in fact changing their exam on August 31

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread John Hornbuckle
I've got Rita's book, and am reading it for the second time around. I have the experience, and will have my app submitted today or tomorrow. I agree that the odds of it being approved in time to take the test on the 30th (the new test kicks in the 31st) are slim, but I'm going to give it a shot.

RE: OT: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Shauna Hensala
Contact a PMP friend - here's his take: PMI is in fact changing their exam on August 31st. As I recall, the professional and social responsibility piece will now be tested across all domains-so professional and social responsibility will now be integrated into every area and question. T

Re: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Tigran K
The only thing I see project managers do is schedule meetings, take notes that nobody will see and get in the way of good technical discussions. Can somebody tell me why they need a cert program to use outlook? --Tigran On Aug 1, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Jacob wrote: Know the input and outputs for e

RE: USMT 4.0

2011-08-01 Thread Tim Evans
You need to install the WAIK. You'll find USMT in the TOOLS\USMT subdirectory ...Tim From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: USMT 4.0 Hi Guys, I'm having a brain fart this morning. I'm trying install/load USMT 4.0.

RE: PMI PMP Certification

2011-08-01 Thread Jacob
Know the input and outputs for each process and the 30ish formulas. The exam is not easy. If you have not applied for the test, you better get on it. If you are lucky to get audited, I do not think you will be able to get it in by the 31st. You also have to document 4500 hours of project manage

Re: File dropbox for an org

2011-08-01 Thread Sam Cayze
My 2 cents: Like the recommendations here, been looking to implement an FTP replacement system for quite a while. My NDR/Too Big errors are happening more and more lately with all the deliverables from our field techs. Accellion - A little to pricey for us. ZendTo - Looks great, but requires som

Re: Training (was RE: Error message in logs)

2011-08-01 Thread William Robbins
"It all comes down to this. They'll pay one way or the other. Either indowntime due to mistakes, or in training." +11 to that! - WJR On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:19, Jon D wrote: > There's no excuse for a company not to pay for training for their IT staff. > Unless they make up for it in higher

RE: Determining cause of network traffic - wireshark

2011-08-01 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
I think I figured out what is causing this... the network trace is referring me to a log file generated by the application when i'm investigating. Original Message: - From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com jesse-r...@wi.rr.com Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:40:04 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-

Determining cause of network traffic - wireshark

2011-08-01 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
Hello. We have an application running on ServerA that is connecting to a SQL2005 database on ServerB. There is a constant (24x7x365) 30-50mb/s of network traffic generated between these two servers. Shutting down the application on ServerA causes ALL network traffic to cease. The vendor who su

Re: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Steven Peck
It's mainly there for PowerShell and some older VMware and Drupal stuff. Now that I am doing SCOM some of that may show up on it. www.blkmtn.org My best advice is decide who you are willing to write for up front. I write for myself and a few friends and co-workers. Myself - to remember things. F

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Rod Trent
Hosted on myITforum.com with a bunch of other geeks: http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/default.aspx -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do you have a IT blog? Nice Brian! Rod, wha

Re: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Bill Humphries
great idea! thanks. Steven Peck wrote: Let's start a new thread. Lab Resources and test environments. Microsoft has some nice stuff at their virtual labs. This is all free. It's not in depth but can often provide a nice overview 'this is how it looks like' environment before doing someth

Re: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Rubens Almeida
Sorry... here it's: http://rcalmeida.net On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Link? :) > > -Original Message- > From: Rubens Almeida [mailto:rubensalme...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 11:29 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Do you have a IT

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Sam Cayze
Looks nice, subscribed to the RSS feed, thanks! -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 12:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do you have a IT blog? www.briandesmond.com Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.co

Re: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Jon D
Nice Brian! Rod, what's the url of yours? On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Brian Desmond wrote: > www.briandesmond.com > > > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > br...@briandesmond.com > > c   - 312.731.3132 > > -Original Message- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] > Sent: Monday,

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Link? :) -Original Message- From: Rubens Almeida [mailto:rubensalme...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 11:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do you have a IT blog? I do. In Portuguese tho. I mostly post about powershell snippets, useful Virtualization stuff, and some

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Brian Desmond
www.briandesmond.com Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c   - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do you have a IT blog? Yes. -Original Message---

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Rod Trent
Yes. -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 1:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Do you have a IT blog? Just curious if anyone here has an IT related blog? I was thinking about starting one. Looking for inspiration. . ~ Fina

Re: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Rubens Almeida
I do. In Portuguese tho. I mostly post about powershell snippets, useful Virtualization stuff, and some cases I face on my %dayjob%. Like Joseph, I'm preparing a wiki session to cover some very specific matters that my students bring to class and the solution on a step-by-step model. On Mon, Aug 1

RE: Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Joseph L. Casale
While I don't publically blog, I have a private wiki I use for all my documentation etc. Every time I do something less than trivial or where a lookup on the net wouldn't be faster than logging in, I document it. I use Dokuwiki which keeps txt files as a backend and has a great code interpreter

Re: Training (was RE: Error message in logs)

2011-08-01 Thread Jon D
There's no excuse for a company not to pay for training for their IT staff. Unless they make up for it in higher than average pay, or lower than average responsibilities. Every job is different, but where I work, I have know master at least 50 different high level technologies, and stay up on them.

USMT 4.0

2011-08-01 Thread Jimmy Tran
Hi Guys, I'm having a brain fart this morning. I'm trying install/load USMT 4.0. >From everything I'm reading, it is supposed to be included in WAIK. We'll I have WAIK installed and cannot seem to find it anywhere. Can anyone give me any tips on how to find this tool? Thanks, Jimmy ~ Fin

Do you have a IT blog?

2011-08-01 Thread Jon D
Just curious if anyone here has an IT related blog? I was thinking about starting one. Looking for inspiration. . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http:/

Re: Training (was RE: Error message in logs)

2011-08-01 Thread Devin Meade
John, I can't follow this list like I used to...maybe this was suggested. A few years back I performed a DR test. I took a backup of one of our domain controllers restored it to a old PC on a single desktop switch. The dt switch never touched the real LAN. Then I deployed a workstation in the t

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Nice lists of resources Steven. I used the virtual labs myself to prepare for our Exchange 2010 migration. And virtual machines are a God-send for IS departments on a limited budget. -Paul From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 11:38 AM To: NT System Ad

Re: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Gary Slinger
/Software/ Startups. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Derek Johnson wrote: > Bizspark. Free Technet and MSDN for small business startups. > > Derek A Johnson > Sr. Systems Administrator > > National Association of Realtors > 430 N. Michigan Ave. > Chicago, IL 60611 > > Email: djohn...@realtors.or

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Unfortunately no not free but inexpensive. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lab Resources and other educational things Just confirming what I believe to be the case..

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Derek Johnson
Bizspark. Free Technet and MSDN for small business startups. Derek A Johnson Sr. Systems Administrator   National Association of Realtors 430 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611   Email: djohn...@realtors.org   Cell: 262.496.9201 Desk: 312.329.8618   SEIZE THE DAY - It's Your Time to Shine! www.R

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
Just confirming what I believe to be the case... Technet is a non-free resource, correct? If so, that's, unfortunately, something I, personally, can't afford at this time. If there's a way to get Technet for free, I'd certainly love to hear about it! From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Ziots, Edward
And this one. http://www.livecdlist.com/ Highly recommended, especially for learning, or day to day stuff. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi

RE: Lab Resources and other educational things

2011-08-01 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Good start. Technet. Gets you free "real" copies of every Microsoft software with no expiration. From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lab Resources and other educational things Let's start a new threa

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