Re: Command line or otherwise purge memory ?
If after reading all the other replies you still want to clear the memory, try the clearmem utility from the resource kit. --Charles David N. Precht To: NT System Admin Issues dnpexchlist@[EMAIL PROTECTED] yahoo.com cc: Subject: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? 09/07/01 06:24 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues Do you guys (and gals) know of a good, clean to purge memory other than rebooting ? I have a stubborn Win2k Svr, 128 megs that spikes in memory usage and I have found that rebooting is my only recourse . Thanks in advance, Dave _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ?
Got it Charles, thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? If after reading all the other replies you still want to clear the memory, try the clearmem utility from the resource kit. --Charles David N. Precht To: NT System Admin Issues dnpexchlist@ [EMAIL PROTECTED] yahoo.com cc: Subject: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? 09/07/01 06:24 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues Do you guys (and gals) know of a good, clean to purge memory other than rebooting ? I have a stubborn Win2k Svr, 128 megs that spikes in memory usage and I have found that rebooting is my only recourse . Thanks in advance, Dave _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ?
Does the name Jared ring a bell? Greg -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 8:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? You mean my kid is going to eat more then he does now at 5??? He already eats more then I do/? Just had a full 12 subway sub. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? Its hungry like a 14 year old teenage boy. -Original Message- From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? FYI - Mine has 256 and uses 175, so step it up to 512. IMHO, it doesn't matter what you have for total amount, Windows is going to use as much of it as possible. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? what would u guys say for a file server like this .. not used too heavy (5-10 users) and nothing else running on it ? 256, or 512 ... I know its a cheap money issue , but what do you feel should be the bare necessity ? -Original Message- From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? It sounds like the memory allocation is pretty much even for the operating system. Nothing is using an abundant amount. I'd say it's just the minimal ram for Win2k Server which has been said a number of times already :oþ Regards, Sean Martin, MCSE Network Administrator Ribelin Lowell Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. 3111 C Street, Suite 300 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Ph: (907) 561-1250 Fax: (907) 561-4315 Cell: (907) 229-0885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? services.exe at 6.5megs -Original Message- From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? David, Plain and simple. Look at the task manager, sort the columns by memory usage, and write down the process that's using the most memory. Regards, Sean Martin, MCSE Network Administrator Ribelin Lowell Company Insurance Brokers, Inc. 3111 C Street, Suite 300 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 Ph: (907) 561-1250 Fax: (907) 561-4315 Cell: (907) 229-0885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? I have running (as Services ): Windows Mgmt Instrumentation Windows Mgmt Instrumentation Driver DHCP Client DNS Client App Mgmt Event Log Logical Disk Manager Network Connections Plug and Play PRint Spooler RPC Security Accounts Mgr -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? OK, so what's using the 90MB? That's what we and you want to know. Figure out who is gobbling up your RAM. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? My bad... 90megs on a system with 128megs -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? What did you try? 90K ain't nothin... -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? Tried that ... but no avail... Mem Usage still says 90k/133k ... hmmm -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? Taskmgr and look at what is sucking up the memory would be my start. -Original Message- From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Command line or otherwise purge memory ? Do you guys (and gals) know of a good, clean to purge memory other than rebooting ? I have a stubborn Win2k Svr, 128 megs that spikes in memory usage and
Add or replace drivers in cab files?
After installing the service packs to Win2k, the files SP1.cab and SP2.cab are in the Driver Cache folder along with driver.cab. When Windows discovers devices it looks in these cabs to locate drivers for the discovered devices.I have a bunch of IBM T21 and T22 laptops that dont install all the devices automatically, and I'd like to add the drivers from IBM to the cab files. Can I just extract all the files in the cab to a folder, add my drivers, and recreate the cab file? Has anyone already done this? I'm thinking there might be a stored checksum that needs to be updated also... Thanks - DR http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
Adding drivers to driver.cab part 2
Since I posted the first message, I discovered that the drivers are listed in a file called drvindex.inf which is in the inf folder. From looking at this file, it seems that Windows looks at this inf file first to see if the named driver is available, and which cab files to look in. So on my system which had sp1 applied and then later had sp2 applied, I have both Sp1.cab and sp2.cab. The drvindex.inf specifies sp2.cab and driver.cab. So I think I could delete sp1.cab.I havent found any reference to checksums anywhere so on Monday I'm going to try placing my ibm drivers in driver.cab and adding the names to drvindex.inf. That way if newer versions of those files show up in sp3.cab, Windows will get those newer ones instead of the ones that are in driver.cab. I'll post the results to the list on Monday, assuming I dont have a crisis to deal with. Thanks - DR http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Adding drivers to driver.cab part 2
Why not just put the needed information in the drvindex.inf file in your own section at the head of the file pointing to the location where the file is located. I think that might be easier. Are you sure you can add files to a cab file without altering the digital signature? Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 3:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adding drivers to driver.cab part 2 Since I posted the first message, I discovered that the drivers are listed in a file called drvindex.inf which is in the inf folder. From looking at this file, it seems that Windows looks at this inf file first to see if the named driver is available, and which cab files to look in. So on my system which had sp1 applied and then later had sp2 applied, I have both Sp1.cab and sp2.cab. The drvindex.inf specifies sp2.cab and driver.cab. So I think I could delete sp1.cab.I havent found any reference to checksums anywhere so on Monday I'm going to try placing my ibm drivers in driver.cab and adding the names to drvindex.inf. That way if newer versions of those files show up in sp3.cab, Windows will get those newer ones instead of the ones that are in driver.cab. I'll post the results to the list on Monday, assuming I dont have a crisis to deal with. Thanks - DR http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Adding drivers to driver.cab part 2
I have been reading up on that today and I think you are right - it will be easier to reference a separate cab file.The drvindex.inf file gets overwritten by new service packs so I'll have to leave ample documentation on what I did here. This will be a good way to include newer printer drivers etc also. Greg Page GPage@riptecTo: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] h.com cc: Subject: RE: Adding drivers to driver.cab part 2 09/08/2001 01:44 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues Why not just put the needed information in the drvindex.inf file in your own section at the head of the file pointing to the location where the file is located. I think that might be easier. Are you sure you can add files to a cab file without altering the digital signature? Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 3:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adding drivers to driver.cab part 2 Since I posted the first message, I discovered that the drivers are listed in a file called drvindex.inf which is in the inf folder. From looking at this file, it seems that Windows looks at this inf file first to see if the named driver is available, and which cab files to look in. So on my system which had sp1 applied and then later had sp2 applied, I have both Sp1.cab and sp2.cab. The drvindex.inf specifies sp2.cab and driver.cab. So I think I could delete sp1.cab.I havent found any reference to checksums anywhere so on Monday I'm going to try placing my ibm drivers in driver.cab and adding the names to drvindex.inf. That way if newer versions of those files show up in sp3.cab, Windows will get those newer ones instead of the ones that are in driver.cab. I'll post the results to the list on Monday, assuming I dont have a crisis to deal with. Thanks - DR http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: telnet client
Mmmmdon't see the point, really. SSH provides a shell that has all of the functionality and then some, why use telnet? Am I missing something? Michael -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: telnet client Something wrong with telnet over SSH? I wouldn't suggest anything less. William -Original Message- From: Michael L. Callahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 7:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: telnet client I would forgo telnet in favor of Secure Shell. http://www.ssh.com -Original Message- From: Jim Busick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 5:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: telnet client Any suggestions for an alternative telnet client for Win2k? http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
RE: Exchange 2000
William attacked your suggestions? My, aren't we a little over sensitive? If you feel that was being attacked, then I feel sorry for you. Active debate is what is going on here, nothing more. As for the Debate of Lotus V Exchange. There are arguments for both, but the trend is to go to MS platforms, as Novell and others are finding out. Exchange is a viable platform, and MS products perform better together than MS products supporting other platforms. That's been the case where ever I have been. Lastly, CAN WE PLEASE DROP THIS CRAP ABOUT LETTERS BEHIND NAMES AND PRODUCT LOYALTEES. It is childish, and serves no purpose other than for people who have ill informed opinions to spout them off when no one else is interested in hearing them. Can I go have my beer now? Clayton Doige IT Manager MCSE, MCP + I Gameday International N.V. Bound in a nutshell, King of infinite space... T: +5 999 736 0309 ext 4537 C: +5 999 563 1845 F: +5 999 733 1259 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Michael L. Callahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 sigh I guess I'll have to weigh inWilliam Lefkovics has been a valued poster for years and has proven his worth many times over. You have not. Lotus Notes has good collaborative features, but as a mail server/client, clearly is inferior to Exchange. I speak as one who has worked with both. Exchange is now catching on in the collaboration space, and I look for it to supplant Notes there as well - very soon. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 I never said he wasn't a constant source of outstanding information. William attacked my suggestions. Therefore, I attacked his inability to look anywhere but his own paycheck. What did I expect from a newsgroup called NT System Admin Issues? Well, I expected conversation relating to NT Systems. And last time I checked, Lotus Domino runs on NT Systems. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/07/2001 12:49:29 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 NATE: Boy are you EVER OUT OF LINE. William is a constant source of outstanding information, and has been for a long time. Secondly, he's not above looking at non-ms solutions, and has in fact spent a lot of time researching the possibility of implementing a totally non-MS dependent office. Finally, what kind of responses did you expect from a newsgroup called NT System Admin Isssues, or a subject called Exchange 2000. If you want to commiserate with all the other Lotus Notes folks that want to whine about their declining marketshare, go somewhere else. I'm sure you'll be missed terribly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 Billyboy- I did a little research on Holaday before I posted my comments. They have 100 employees in the heart of Minnesota, they manufacture printed circuit boards, and their web page was created using Microsoft Frontpage 4.0. I understand where your frustrated comments are coming from, because I understand where YOU are coming from as a systems administrator. However, I find it very difficult to take advice from someone whos very existence is dependant upon the particular company whose software they're pushing. In the high-glamour world of MCSEs, the needs or potential email usage patterns speech sounds great. In the real world, assumptions are made, budgets are undercut, and profits increase. This, Billy, is called business. And business is why you wake up in the morning. Now to someone with all those acronyms after their name, this might not make sense. You are also going to have to understand that whoever is in charge of the IT budget at this company is not about to shell out money for a new server to run Exchange when they can use the old one to run Domino. As to the people who prefer Outlook over Lotus Notes...where do I begin? I suppose I must start, again, with the acronyms following your name. Billy, if you had a Novell Certification, you'd be ranting and raving about Groupwise. Just because you went to 236 classes, read the whitepages, AND subscribe to TechNet does not mean that Exchange provides the best of anything. It just means that your job DEPENDS on it. Lefkovics, William [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/07/2001 12:14:46 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 How can you suggest that those hardware specs would be good for 100 users without knowing their company's needs or potential email usage patterns? Your word: perfect.
