Re: Microsoft goes FAST
First you admit you have a problem. Then you purchase a solution. On Jan 8, 2008 11:00 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Too bad FAST hasn't been a viable web search tool for 5+ years. I used to love FAST, but they have definitely fallen behind Google. On Jan 8, 2008 1:07 PM, Carl Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://mediabiz.blogs.cnnmoney.cnn.com/2008/01/08/microsoft-enters-the-fast-lane/ Webster ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: AD Script
I think you can probably use cusrmgr.exe from the Win2k Resource Kit for free to accomplish this. Cusrmgr -u username -m \\name_of_PDC_Emulator file:///\\name_of_PDC_Emulator -h \\server2\home\username file:///\\server2\home\username . HTH Z CUsrMgr Ver 1.0 Jan98 by G.Zanzen (c) MCS Central Europe Sets a random password to a user usage: -u UserName [-m \\MachineName] \\ default LocalMachine Resetting Password Function -p Set to a random password -P xxx Sets password to xxx User Functions -r xxx Renames user to xxx -d xxx deletes user xxx Group Functions -rlg xxx yyy Renames local group xxx to yyy -rgg xxx yyy Renames global group xxx to yyy -alg xxx Add user (-u UserName) to local group xxx -agg xxx Add user (-u UserName) to global group xxx -dlg xxx deletes user (-u UserName) from local group xxx -dgg xxx deletes user (-u UserName) from global group xxx SetProperties Functions -c xxx sets Comment to xxx -f xxx sets Full Name to xxx -U xxx sets UserProfile to xxx -n xxx sets LogonScript to xxx -h xxx sets HomeDir to xxx -H x sets HomeDirDrive to x +s sets property -s resets property where can be any of the following properties: MustChangePassword CanNotChangePassword PasswordNeverExpires AccountDisabled AccountLockout RASUser returns 0 on success From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: AD Script I use Ad Infinitum, available from http://www.newfawm.com. I think it's $200 per domain. Saves me a ton of time. --Matt Ross From: Michael Adamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:41:00 -0800 Subject: AD Script Hi I need to change my AD users homes folders from \\server1\home\username\ file:///\\server1\home\username\ to \\server2\home\username file:///\\server2\home\username . Can someone share a script that can do this for me? Thanks Michael Michael Adamson | Network Analyst - Australia/NZ | Health World Ltd 741 Nudgee Rd Northgate 4013| Tel: +61 (7) 3117 3378 | Fax: +61 (7) 3117 3399 | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Website: www.healthworld.com.au Health World Ltd ABN: 73 010 636 165 741 Nudgee Rd Northgate QLD 4013 Ph: +61 7 3117 3300 Fax: +61 7 3117 3399 Visit us at: www.metagenics.com.au Disclaimer: This email message (and attachments) may contain information that is confidential to Health World Limited. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return email immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of Health World Limited are neither given nor endorsed by it. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS
Looks like I am using Enterprise Edition from now on to get the 4GB of memory or higher to show up. Guess STD with 4GB aint cutting it anymore. What a bugger :-) Z From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS The memory management whitepaper that I've posted explains all of this: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/kernel/mem-mgmt.mspx Pages 9-12 will give you lots of information on physical addressing, bus addressing, how devices can use addresses and so on. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Mike, I am seeing what you are saying. BIOS in the server I am seeing 3.7GIG only has a NIC card in it, and Dual P4 processors, a Smart Array 6i card. BIOS I am seeing 3.4 GIG has T1 Inte Dialogic Card, Dual NIC's Smart Array controller, Dual P4 Processors. So the more PCI Type devices it seems that are in the system the less physical memory you are going to have for Windows. NO server has Audio here, no need for it. All servers have CD/DVD drives and SAS or SCsi HD's. I have seen a system with 4GB of RAM show 3.4GB and a system with over 5GB of RAM show 3.7GB accordingly. So it looks like ordering Enterprise Edition is in the works, since a lot of our application probably aren't going to be supported on X64 edition by the vendors accordingly. Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS /PAE won't do anything with a computer that has only 4GB of mem with an OS that only supports that much memory which include XP and 2K3 STD. It enables extended (Physical Address Extension) address space beyond 4GB. What you're seeing right now is what you're supposed to be seeing. These other people that are seeing 4GB reported as available in the Windows Properties General tab on STD edition is what is perplexing to me. I would like to think they're just wrong on something but as I'm not there looking at what they're looking at, well... Maybe they could call up their MS person and tell them what they're seeing and ask why they're seeing it. Because every piece of documentation I've read says they shouldn't be able to do that. As for refuting the DEP thing, again, if these machines are running 2K3 STD and only have 4GB of mem installed then you shouldn't evar(tm) see 4GB of physical mem in the task manager or properties dialogue. Answer this. Your machine that shows 3.7GB. Does it have less installed in terms of components? Are more components disabled in the BIOS than other similar machines such as onboard audio, extra NIC's, or possibly no CD or hard drives? I would make sense if this is true. -- Mike Gill From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Thanks for the information, I have boxes that have DEP enabled, and don't have the /PAE in the boot.ini therefore DEP automatically enabling PAE doesn't seem to go hand in hand. I got 3 DL 380 G5 that will refute that. Again going to try the /PAE switch on a system and see if anything changes accordingly, as compared to a freshly built system with 4GB in it. I looked at a few other systems, and some of them have 5GB of memory but only Win2k3 STD shows 3.7GB on some and 3.4 on others. Its pretty weird, Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Intel machines running 32bit versions of Windows can address 4GB of memory, but not use it. PAE enables address space above 4GB. It's also required for DEP, and must also be supported by your hardware (e.g. chipset) and drivers. Why some people here are seeing all 4gb in the properties dialogue of 2K3 std, I don't get it. I thought I understood this issue, but obviously there are some real world experiences here showing otherwise. http://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/archive/2007/03/25/who-ate-my-memory.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352 (DEP) http://tinyurl.com/27obg7 (xp, but still relevant and excellent explanations) PAE on an OS that is limited to 4GB, is
RE: Password policy
You apply them at an OU level, it will apply to local accounts on computers within scope. It won't apply to domain accounts. Cheers Ken From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2008 10:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password policy Hi, In the dim and distant past I have a feeling that password policies (expiration, retenetion, complexity) have to be applied at the default domain level, and if you try and assign further permissions, say on an OU, they will get ignored. is this the case or am I way off the mark as usual? Happy new year BTW. Gavin. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Password policy
Cheers - thought so. FWIW I didnt try and create the policy, it was another admin that was convince itd work! On Jan 10, 2008 11:48 AM, Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You apply them at an OU level, it will apply to local accounts on computers within scope. It won't apply to domain accounts. Cheers Ken *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, 10 January 2008 10:23 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Password policy Hi, In the dim and distant past I have a feeling that password policies (expiration, retenetion, complexity) have to be applied at the default domain level, and if you try and assign further permissions, say on an OU, they will get ignored. is this the case or am I way off the mark as usual? Happy new year BTW. Gavin. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
Given the responses so far, I fear I may be accused of hijacking the thread by giving a direct answer... We have a Panasonic PT-LB60NTU in our training room (6 trainee desktops + a supervisor laptop hard-wired to the projector). It's a nice but bulky projector (almost double the size of the non-wireless Dell it replaced). It's kind-of a pain to set up a session as it requires admin rights to connect each student station to the projector. However, once up and running, the trainer has the ability to project any or all of the trainee desktops. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/09/2008 04:36:27 PM: Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don’t know crap about them. Recommendations rock. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
Oh, lord. here we go. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 06:25 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Then you woke up, you sick-o. Andy _ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors You're darn right I wore him out... Split him like Paul Bunyan splits some wood... On Jan 9, 2008 4:01 PM, Tim Vander Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shook says you wore him out Don, no more bones for anyone for a while. You know how those old guys are. ;-) From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors TVK wants a bone!!! On Jan 9, 2008 3:55 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was one of those throw me a bone messages. Ok, target has been sufficiently illuminated. Fire at will. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors ROFL With Super OT in the subject, this really couldnt be helped. On 1/9/08, Don Ely mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off = clean off On Jan 9, 2008 3:06 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clean = off *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:51 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I recommend you avoid Shook, Webster says he can suck a dog clean... On Jan 9, 2008 2:36 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinjacfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
Said Christopher's wife. Andy From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Oh, lord... here we go. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 06:25 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Then you woke up, you sick-o... Andy From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors You're darn right I wore him out... Split him like Paul Bunyan splits some wood... On Jan 9, 2008 4:01 PM, Tim Vander Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shook says you wore him out Don, no more bones for anyone for a while. You know how those old guys are. ;-) From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors TVK wants a bone!!! On Jan 9, 2008 3:55 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was one of those throw me a bone messages. Ok, target has been sufficiently illuminated. Fire at will. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors ROFL With Super OT in the subject, this really couldnt be helped. On 1/9/08, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off = clean off On Jan 9, 2008 3:06 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clean = off *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:51 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I recommend you avoid Shook, Webster says he can suck a dog clean... On Jan 9, 2008 2:36 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinjacfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
We had a look in to these a while back. They all seemed to use an applet on the client side that basically takes a snapshot of the screen, jpeg's it or whatever, uploads to the projector for display. Don't expect to run full motion video. Some projectors run a PCMCIA type wireless card in them, but only work with specific cards, don't expect to use just any PCMCIA card you have lying around. The problem we found is that if someone comes in to the office and wants to use the projector, you'd have to go and install the applet on their laptop before they can use it. We wanted to find some way of autoloading the necessary software on to the laptop without requiring IT helpdesk being involved, so we had a look and came across the Addlogix Echoview, which is a neat device you attach to any projector's DVI or VGA port. You scan for available wireless networks from your laptop and find the Echoview wifi network, connect to it, fire up IE and it immediately prompts to download and install the necessary software. Quite smart, much easier for visitors. Unfortunately you can't browse the web on your laptop via WIFI when using the WIFI on the projector. There's also the new support with Vista for Microsoft certifed wireless projectors, but didn't find any available at the time we were looking, so we plumped for the NEC LT380 which works quite nicely and is fully featured. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NT System Admin Issues; Steve Burkett Subject: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. === CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material?
Nearly impossible to enforce. There are a few different ways they could be doing this - title, file checksum, maybe even content sampling - and nearly all of them can be trivially defeated. I find it really hard to envision how an ISP is going to identify, say, a torrent of a video that has the title as a random string, has been re-encoded, RAR-compressed, and when the torrent client is using protocol encryption. They may take some steps such as trying to identify .torrent files originating from their own networks and so forth, but I can't see how it can be terribly effective. This is much more about the ISP's trying to ward off lawsuits from the content providers than it is about actual effective content filtering. They need to say they're doing *something* so they can wash their hands of the issue. -- Durf On Jan 10, 2008 9:00 AM, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw this and thought it was an interesting article. There isn't really any technical detail, but I thought some of you might find it interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole subject. If it starts here how long will it take to get out of control? Currently ISP's do some filtering, especially with consumer accounts (port 80 in to your home network etc.) I see some of that as a protection to their network though, especially when it comes to e-mail. I'm not sure if the same argument could be made for filtering out MP3's, MPG's, etc. I'd have to look more closely at the law I suppose. Anyway, here is the article. I'm curious to hear some of your responses: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getting-ready-to-filter/index.html -- -- Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute. But set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT - Another Projector question - Training room.
Sorry to hijack the thread. I am looking to set up a training room with a projector mounted to the ceiling. The laptop for the instructor has standard monitor output jacks, and also a super vga plug. The TV source has the component output jacks (2 RCA type) 1. Is there a cable converter to switch plug types between these? 2. If not, how long can a standard monitor and Super VGA cable be? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room.
You may also want to look into these, we have 2 of them http://www.svideo.com/video2vga.html and they work pretty flawlessly. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Steve, Check with Black Box on this; www.blackbox.com http://www.blackbox.com/ Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Sorry to hijack the thread. I am looking to set up a training room with a projector mounted to the ceiling. The laptop for the instructor has standard monitor output jacks, and also a super vga plug. The TV source has the component output jacks (2 RCA type) 1. Is there a cable converter to switch plug types between these? 2. If not, how long can a standard monitor and Super VGA cable be? CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material?
Agreed, Most usenet premium providers offer SSL now as an example. Futile!! jlc -Original Message- From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material? Nearly impossible to enforce. There are a few different ways they could be doing this - title, file checksum, maybe even content sampling - and nearly all of them can be trivially defeated. I find it really hard to envision how an ISP is going to identify, say, a torrent of a video that has the title as a random string, has been re-encoded, RAR-compressed, and when the torrent client is using protocol encryption. They may take some steps such as trying to identify .torrent files originating from their own networks and so forth, but I can't see how it can be terribly effective. This is much more about the ISP's trying to ward off lawsuits from the content providers than it is about actual effective content filtering. They need to say they're doing *something* so they can wash their hands of the issue. -- Durf On Jan 10, 2008 9:00 AM, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw this and thought it was an interesting article. There isn't really any technical detail, but I thought some of you might find it interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole subject. If it starts here how long will it take to get out of control? Currently ISP's do some filtering, especially with consumer accounts (port 80 in to your home network etc.) I see some of that as a protection to their network though, especially when it comes to e-mail. I'm not sure if the same argument could be made for filtering out MP3's, MPG's, etc. I'd have to look more closely at the law I suppose. Anyway, here is the article. I'm curious to hear some of your responses: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getting-ready-to-filter/index.html -- -- Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute. But set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Mass Import of Trusted Sites into Active Directory?
I use Internet Explorer security zones here to keep the users a little safer. I keep a list of 'trusted sites' that have normal level security. Every so often I audit users computers for what sites they've trusted on their own, and add those to the global list. Right now I have over 10,000 new sites to add. Is there an easier way than simply manually adding them. Is there a command I could script or something? Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material?
I saw this and thought it was an interesting article. There isn't really any technical detail, but I thought some of you might find it interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole subject. If it starts here how long will it take to get out of control? Currently ISP's do some filtering, especially with consumer accounts (port 80 in to your home network etc.) I see some of that as a protection to their network though, especially when it comes to e-mail. I'm not sure if the same argument could be made for filtering out MP3's, MPG's, etc. I'd have to look more closely at the law I suppose. Anyway, here is the article. I'm curious to hear some of your responses: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getting-ready-to-filter/index.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room.
Steve, Check with Black Box on this; www.blackbox.com http://www.blackbox.com/ Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Sorry to hijack the thread. I am looking to set up a training room with a projector mounted to the ceiling. The laptop for the instructor has standard monitor output jacks, and also a super vga plug. The TV source has the component output jacks (2 RCA type) 1. Is there a cable converter to switch plug types between these? 2. If not, how long can a standard monitor and Super VGA cable be? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room.
Agreed. Blackbox has a good selection of these kind of devices. _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Steve, Check with Black Box on this; www.blackbox.com http://www.blackbox.com/ Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook _ From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Sorry to hijack the thread. I am looking to set up a training room with a projector mounted to the ceiling. The laptop for the instructor has standard monitor output jacks, and also a super vga plug. The TV source has the component output jacks (2 RCA type) 1. Is there a cable converter to switch plug types between these? 2. If not, how long can a standard monitor and Super VGA cable be? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
I just ordered this http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1258727 just yesterday. It seems to do the same thing as the Addlogix device, but says that you can attach it to your network to give internet access. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors We had a look in to these a while back. They all seemed to use an applet on the client side that basically takes a snapshot of the screen, jpeg's it or whatever, uploads to the projector for display. Don't expect to run full motion video. Some projectors run a PCMCIA type wireless card in them, but only work with specific cards, don't expect to use just any PCMCIA card you have lying around. The problem we found is that if someone comes in to the office and wants to use the projector, you'd have to go and install the applet on their laptop before they can use it. We wanted to find some way of autoloading the necessary software on to the laptop without requiring IT helpdesk being involved, so we had a look and came across the Addlogix Echoview, which is a neat device you attach to any projector's DVI or VGA port. You scan for available wireless networks from your laptop and find the Echoview wifi network, connect to it, fire up IE and it immediately prompts to download and install the necessary software. Quite smart, much easier for visitors. Unfortunately you can't browse the web on your laptop via WIFI when using the WIFI on the projector. There's also the new support with Vista for Microsoft certifed wireless projectors, but didn't find any available at the time we were looking, so we plumped for the NEC LT380 which works quite nicely and is fully featured. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NT System Admin Issues; Steve Burkett Subject: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. === CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room.
Thanks. This is a big help! From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Agreed. Blackbox has a good selection of these kind of devices. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Steve, Check with Black Box on this; www.blackbox.com http://www.blackbox.com/ Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. Sorry to hijack the thread. I am looking to set up a training room with a projector mounted to the ceiling. The laptop for the instructor has standard monitor output jacks, and also a super vga plug. The TV source has the component output jacks (2 RCA type) 1. Is there a cable converter to switch plug types between these? 2. If not, how long can a standard monitor and Super VGA cable be? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT - Another Projector question - Training room.
This is our setup... I we bought a 50' VGA cable. It was annoying (after moving umpteen ceiling tiles) to find that, rather than having a male fitting on each end, the computer end had a female fitting. We hadda go find an adaptor. The long cable is sufficiently shielded that we have not noticed any interference on the image. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Steve Kelsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/10/2008 08:18:42 AM: Sorry to hijack the thread. I am looking to set up a training room with a projector mounted to the ceiling. The laptop for the instructor has standard monitor output jacks, and also a super vga plug. The TV source has the component output jacks (2 RCA type) 1. Is there a cable converter to switch plug types between these? 2. If not, how long can a standard monitor and Super VGA cable be? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material?
Yep, but usenet has always been under the radar, it's the easy stuff that reaches the masses like bit torrent and other p2p apps that they are worried about. But I also agree, I'm sure they will try, and I'm sure they will fail. I'm also sure they are going to piss off a lot more customers. That's all I got :) cb -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material? Agreed, Most usenet premium providers offer SSL now as an example. Futile!! jlc -Original Message- From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material? Nearly impossible to enforce. There are a few different ways they could be doing this - title, file checksum, maybe even content sampling - and nearly all of them can be trivially defeated. I find it really hard to envision how an ISP is going to identify, say, a torrent of a video that has the title as a random string, has been re-encoded, RAR-compressed, and when the torrent client is using protocol encryption. They may take some steps such as trying to identify .torrent files originating from their own networks and so forth, but I can't see how it can be terribly effective. This is much more about the ISP's trying to ward off lawsuits from the content providers than it is about actual effective content filtering. They need to say they're doing *something* so they can wash their hands of the issue. -- Durf On Jan 10, 2008 9:00 AM, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw this and thought it was an interesting article. There isn't really any technical detail, but I thought some of you might find it interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole subject. If it starts here how long will it take to get out of control? Currently ISP's do some filtering, especially with consumer accounts (port 80 in to your home network etc.) I see some of that as a protection to their network though, especially when it comes to e-mail. I'm not sure if the same argument could be made for filtering out MP3's, MPG's, etc. I'd have to look more closely at the law I suppose. Anyway, here is the article. I'm curious to hear some of your responses: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getti ng-ready-to-filter/index.html -- -- Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute. But set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Xen
Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of another OS. Is this correct? Mark From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xen Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Xen
I read somewhere yesterday in passing (and couldn't find it again when I tried later) that Oracle got into the VM market as well. Supposedly the product is free but they charge for yearly support, upgrades, etc. I haven't looked into it other than the article I read though. _ From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Xen Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of another OS. Is this correct? Mark _ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xen Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT - Another Projector question - Training room.
50 feet should be adequate for what I want to do. Thanks! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - Another Projector question - Training room. This is our setup... I we bought a 50' VGA cable. It was annoying (after moving umpteen ceiling tiles) to find that, rather than having a male fitting on each end, the computer end had a female fitting. We hadda go find an adaptor. The long cable is sufficiently shielded that we have not noticed any interference on the image. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Steve Kelsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/10/2008 08:18:42 AM: Sorry to hijack the thread. I am looking to set up a training room with a projector mounted to the ceiling. The laptop for the instructor has standard monitor output jacks, and also a super vga plug. The TV source has the component output jacks (2 RCA type) 1. Is there a cable converter to switch plug types between these? 2. If not, how long can a standard monitor and Super VGA cable be? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Xen
RM Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:05:38 -0700 RM From: Reimer, Mark RM Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory RM research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one RM that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of RM another OS. Is this correct? Xen dom0 runs on NetBSD or Linux. The underlying host OS provides services (e.g., VMM and scheduling) through an API to the domU OSes. Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mass Import of Trusted Sites into Active Directory?
Have you looked at the IEAK? Ive only used it a few times, not sure if its even still in existence. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jond Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mass Import of Trusted Sites into Active Directory? I use Internet Explorer security zones here to keep the users a little safer. I keep a list of 'trusted sites' that have normal level security. Every so often I audit users computers for what sites they've trusted on their own, and add those to the global list. Right now I have over 10,000 new sites to add. Is there an easier way than simply manually adding them. Is there a command I could script or something? Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Xen
Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
I know solid state disks are set to be the next big thing, but I didn't think they also doubled as a wireless connection for projectors! Ha ha! (Think the link got munged, takes me to a Transcend 2.5 Solid State Disk) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Steve Burkett Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I just ordered this http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1258727 just yesterday. It seems to do the same thing as the Addlogix device, but says that you can attach it to your network to give internet access. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors We had a look in to these a while back. They all seemed to use an applet on the client side that basically takes a snapshot of the screen, jpeg's it or whatever, uploads to the projector for display. Don't expect to run full motion video. Some projectors run a PCMCIA type wireless card in them, but only work with specific cards, don't expect to use just any PCMCIA card you have lying around. The problem we found is that if someone comes in to the office and wants to use the projector, you'd have to go and install the applet on their laptop before they can use it. We wanted to find some way of autoloading the necessary software on to the laptop without requiring IT helpdesk being involved, so we had a look and came across the Addlogix Echoview, which is a neat device you attach to any projector's DVI or VGA port. You scan for available wireless networks from your laptop and find the Echoview wifi network, connect to it, fire up IE and it immediately prompts to download and install the necessary software. Quite smart, much easier for visitors. Unfortunately you can't browse the web on your laptop via WIFI when using the WIFI on the projector. There's also the new support with Vista for Microsoft certifed wireless projectors, but didn't find any available at the time we were looking, so we plumped for the NEC LT380 which works quite nicely and is fully featured. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NT System Admin Issues; Steve Burkett Subject: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. === CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material?
Unbelievably under the radar. I have never been able to understand how they get away with it. If you pay for the right type of account, you can get any piece of software, movie, music you want. It's insane. On Jan 10, 2008 9:49 AM, Christopher Boggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, but usenet has always been under the radar, it's the easy stuff that reaches the masses like bit torrent and other p2p apps that they are worried about. But I also agree, I'm sure they will try, and I'm sure they will fail. I'm also sure they are going to piss off a lot more customers. That's all I got :) cb -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material? Agreed, Most usenet premium providers offer SSL now as an example. Futile!! jlc -Original Message- From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: ISPs to filter for copyrighted material? Nearly impossible to enforce. There are a few different ways they could be doing this - title, file checksum, maybe even content sampling - and nearly all of them can be trivially defeated. I find it really hard to envision how an ISP is going to identify, say, a torrent of a video that has the title as a random string, has been re-encoded, RAR-compressed, and when the torrent client is using protocol encryption. They may take some steps such as trying to identify .torrent files originating from their own networks and so forth, but I can't see how it can be terribly effective. This is much more about the ISP's trying to ward off lawsuits from the content providers than it is about actual effective content filtering. They need to say they're doing *something* so they can wash their hands of the issue. -- Durf On Jan 10, 2008 9:00 AM, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw this and thought it was an interesting article. There isn't really any technical detail, but I thought some of you might find it interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about the whole subject. If it starts here how long will it take to get out of control? Currently ISP's do some filtering, especially with consumer accounts (port 80 in to your home network etc.) I see some of that as a protection to their network though, especially when it comes to e-mail. I'm not sure if the same argument could be made for filtering out MP3's, MPG's, etc. I'd have to look more closely at the law I suppose. Anyway, here is the article. I'm curious to hear some of your responses: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getti ng-ready-to-filter/index.html -- -- Give a man a match, and he'll be warm for a minute. But set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Back Up Best Practices
Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/10/2008 10:41:13 AM: What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a bad full back up in an emergency. Many enterprise backup solutions support disk now. When I had Commvault, I did a full and all my incrementals to a big fat RAID array (simple Dell PowerVault) hanging off my media server (the Commvault piece that drove the tape library too). Once a week I would do what Commvault calls a synthetic full backup to tape for my weeklies. I kept four weeks of incrementals on disk. That gave me fast restores from the incremental backups since they were located on disk, but gave me complete sets of full backups on tape - best of both worlds. At the end of the fourth week, would have the backup on the disk recycle and start over. Dunno if other software can do that too - was a snap with Commvault. Synthetic full backups are backups that are created entirely inside of the backup system - Commvault would basically do a restore internally to the tape drive to create the full backups. You never touched the application servers to do these as they are done entirely inside the backup system, hence the term Synthetic. A nice way to do it since it doesn't put additional load on your production systems. You can also do backups (synthetic or otherwise) across the WAN for DR - we would just do perpetual incremental backups to remote sites, then at the remote site do synthetic fulls to get viable self-contained backups. If you have enough disk/tape you only have to reset your incremental backups quarterly or every six months - saves on WAN bandwidth. Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Xen
I haven't tried it, but Virtual Iron has a free version for smaller environments that runs on bare hardware. It needs a very recent processor with the virtualization extensions built in so it won't run on older hardware. It sounds promising. -Brian From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Xen Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of another OS. Is this correct? Mark From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xen Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Back Up Best Practices
What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a bad full back up in an emergency. -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: AD Script
Upgrade severs to 2003 R2, using FSRM (File Server Resource Manager) create DFS (Distributed File System) name for \\domain\home to point to the existing \\server1\home. Use FRS (File Replication Service) to replicate all data keeping all existing file ownership and security, then change the login script to \\domain\home\%username% then once all data is replicated to both servers add \\server2\home to the DFS as another namespace; then kill the \\home\server1 namespace at your leisure and lastly, kill the FRS before you kill the server1. I've been using DFS and FRS for years and it's been a wonderful way to standardize the login scripts, while providing server redundancy. I've yet to have a problem with it! *** READ THE WHITE PAPERS! FSRM FRS DFS *** == Stephen Wimberly == -Original Message- From: Michael Adamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: AD Script Hi I need to change my AD users homes folders from \\server1\home\username\ file:///\\server1\home\username\ to \\server2\home\username file:///\\server2\home\username . Can someone share a script that can do this for me? Thanks Michael Michael Adamson | Network Analyst - Australia/NZ | Health World Ltd 741 Nudgee Rd Northgate 4013| Tel: +61 (7) 3117 3378 | Fax: +61 (7) 3117 3399 | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Website: www.healthworld.com.au Health World Ltd ABN: 73 010 636 165 741 Nudgee Rd Northgate QLD 4013 Ph: +61 7 3117 3300 Fax: +61 7 3117 3399 Visit us at: www.metagenics.com.au Disclaimer: This email message (and attachments) may contain information that is confidential to Health World Limited. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return email immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of Health World Limited are neither given nor endorsed by it. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Back Up Best Practices
You should always verify and test your backups. (The voice of experience gained the hard way speaking here) ...Tim From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Back Up Best Practices What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a bad full back up in an emergency. -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Xen
You can drop VMware server on a really small Linux deployment, that would give you all free and on your o/s choice. Im not overly familiar with Xen and a couple of the others, but when you are looking at virtualization make sure you look at the ability to migrate, upgrade, recover, move, DR and all the tools involved with that. If you have a dead vmware server, for example, you could take VMware player, workstation, server, ESX, or any of the other products and copy in that vm and get back up and running. You can convert anything to esx,server,workstation,player using the free VMware convertor tool. So in a Xen scenario you would need two physical boxes, one for production and one 'hot' server in case of failure. You would want to maintain a hot copy of the server(s) that you could fire up. Unless you have another server already running one of the required o/s'es that you could put Xen on when failure occurs. Im sure other products offer similar functionality you just may want to see how it works and what your primary/secondary functions are for virtualization and how these needs are addressed. From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Xen Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of another OS. Is this correct? Mark _ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xen Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Xen
Well, they don't need to be identical, but yeah you need another server :) You still need another box for vmplayer if you had an esx tank. And BTW, running an esx vm on anything but esx causes all the hardware to be redetected. Blah. Xen can do all the stuff esx can now, it's crazy. I like Xen as it leverages all the neat stuff Linux has to offer like LVM etc. jlc From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Xen You can drop VMware server on a really small Linux deployment, that would give you all free and on your o/s choice. Im not overly familiar with Xen and a couple of the others, but when you are looking at virtualization make sure you look at the ability to migrate, upgrade, recover, move, DR and all the tools involved with that. If you have a dead vmware server, for example, you could take VMware player, workstation, server, ESX, or any of the other products and copy in that vm and get back up and running. You can convert anything to esx,server,workstation,player using the free VMware convertor tool. So in a Xen scenario you would need two physical boxes, one for production and one 'hot' server in case of failure. You would want to maintain a hot copy of the server(s) that you could fire up. Unless you have another server already running one of the required o/s'es that you could put Xen on when failure occurs. Im sure other products offer similar functionality you just may want to see how it works and what your primary/secondary functions are for virtualization and how these needs are addressed. From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Xen Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of another OS. Is this correct? Mark From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xen Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Xen
There are others but for Linux only. I think Xen has the best hvm support though (What you need for windows guests, since you don't get a paravirt kernel for it). The pci passthrough is so dope:) jlc From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Xen Along the same vein, I'm on a tight budget, and in my cursory research into virtual server programs, Xen was the only free one that ran on bare metal. The other free programs ran on top of another OS. Is this correct? Mark From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Xen Anyone using the open source Xen package to virtualize Windows guests with success here? Just curious if it has gained any real enterprise use yet. jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lost SBS Product Key
Problem is when we do a restore, it will not boot. We then have to do a repair install. When doing that we are forced to enter a alternate product id. I am going to try restoring to a different machine and see if I can get in and run magic jelly bean. I was looking for possibly just restoring specific part of the system state that would contain that info, but I do not know where that would be. _ From: Eric E Eskam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lost SBS Product Key David Minich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/09/2008 11:36:07 AM: Does anyone know of a way to recover the product key from a backup? This will work before the crash: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml Isn't the product key part of the system state? Were you able to restore the system state? Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Back Up Best Practices
For clients who don't have time, you should look at d2d2t which is disk to disk to tape You get disk to disk backups after hours, then you can let the tape run throughout the day without affecting files, bandwidth etc. I guess it depends on amount of data and speed of backup system. The LTO loader my client has does about 1gb/min. From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Back Up Best Practices What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a bad full back up in an emergency. -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
A. crap.. Now I'm a target. J From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 06:59 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Said Christopher's wife. Andy _ From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Oh, lord. here we go. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 06:25 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Then you woke up, you sick-o. Andy _ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors You're darn right I wore him out... Split him like Paul Bunyan splits some wood... On Jan 9, 2008 4:01 PM, Tim Vander Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shook says you wore him out Don, no more bones for anyone for a while. You know how those old guys are. ;-) From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors TVK wants a bone!!! On Jan 9, 2008 3:55 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was one of those throw me a bone messages. Ok, target has been sufficiently illuminated. Fire at will. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors ROFL With Super OT in the subject, this really couldnt be helped. On 1/9/08, Don Ely mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: off = clean off On Jan 9, 2008 3:06 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clean = off *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:51 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I recommend you avoid Shook, Webster says he can suck a dog clean.. On Jan 9, 2008 2:36 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinjacfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Administrative uninstall of Published Apps
I am wondering if there is a way to Administrative force uninstall of Published Apps. What I mean about this is I published Office 2003 and users installed it from Add/Remove programs (this was per user based). Now, I want to push out Office 2007 using SMS and it installs fine, but users who install 2003 from the Publised Apps, they still has Office 2003 icons. When they click those icons, Office 2003 is repairing itself. If they go to Add/Remove programs and remove Office 2003, then it will remove it cleanly. I have removed that Office 2003 published app from group policies, but left the option of let users use those software. Is there a way to install Office 2007 and administratively force removed published apps? Thanks, Myung ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Reset TS session
I was wondering where the setting for TS session is that when it is idle for X amount of time it will reset the session. Some of our users dont close the session properly and it ends up running on the server for a long time and I want to change that so if someone just closes there client their session will go bye bye in like 5 minutes. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Reset TS session
Hey James I think when you right click your server in the TS Manager...there are the options... Steve On Jan 10, 2008 10:33 AM, James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering where the setting for TS session is that when it is idle for X amount of time it will reset the session. Some of our users dont close the session properly and it ends up running on the server for a long time and I want to change that so if someone just closes there client their session will go bye bye in like 5 minutes. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Administrative uninstall of Published Apps
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8faae8a0-a12c-4f7b-83 9c-24a66a531bb51033.mspx#Remove_previous_installations Scroll down to the Remove Previous Installations part... It's actually default behavior for the setup program to remove previous versions of Office. It gets really hairy when you have multiple versions of Office on the same system, I ran into this trying to push out an Outlook 2003 package in a mixed Office 2000/2003 enviornment. It was hell... -Original Message- From: Myung Bang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Administrative uninstall of Published Apps I am wondering if there is a way to Administrative force uninstall of Published Apps. What I mean about this is I published Office 2003 and users installed it from Add/Remove programs (this was per user based). Now, I want to push out Office 2007 using SMS and it installs fine, but users who install 2003 from the Publised Apps, they still has Office 2003 icons. When they click those icons, Office 2003 is repairing itself. If they go to Add/Remove programs and remove Office 2003, then it will remove it cleanly. I have removed that Office 2003 published app from group policies, but left the option of let users use those software. Is there a way to install Office 2007 and administratively force removed published apps? Thanks, Myung ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Back Up Best Practices
We had BE 11D and an LTO3 autoloader. We do do some D2D prior to tape for our VM image back ups. We should look at possibly doing more of that. On Jan 10, 2008 10:21 AM, Benjamin Zachary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For clients who don't have time, you should look at d2d2t which is disk to disk to tape You get disk to disk backups after hours, then you can let the tape run throughout the day without affecting files, bandwidth etc. I guess it depends on amount of data and speed of backup system. The LTO loader my client has does about 1gb/min. *From:* Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Back Up Best Practices What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a bad full back up in an emergency. -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Administrative uninstall of Published Apps
Oops I just re-read and realized I'm probably not addressing your problem. Let me see what I can find, if I recall correctly there are some tools in the ORK that will help with getting rid of your 2003 remnants. cb -Original Message- From: Christopher Boggs Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:40 AM To: 'NT System Admin Issues' Subject: RE: Administrative uninstall of Published Apps http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8faae8a0-a12c-4f7b-83 9c-24a66a531bb51033.mspx#Remove_previous_installations Scroll down to the Remove Previous Installations part... It's actually default behavior for the setup program to remove previous versions of Office. It gets really hairy when you have multiple versions of Office on the same system, I ran into this trying to push out an Outlook 2003 package in a mixed Office 2000/2003 enviornment. It was hell... -Original Message- From: Myung Bang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Administrative uninstall of Published Apps I am wondering if there is a way to Administrative force uninstall of Published Apps. What I mean about this is I published Office 2003 and users installed it from Add/Remove programs (this was per user based). Now, I want to push out Office 2007 using SMS and it installs fine, but users who install 2003 from the Publised Apps, they still has Office 2003 icons. When they click those icons, Office 2003 is repairing itself. If they go to Add/Remove programs and remove Office 2003, then it will remove it cleanly. I have removed that Office 2003 published app from group policies, but left the option of let users use those software. Is there a way to install Office 2007 and administratively force removed published apps? Thanks, Myung ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Wmiprvse.exe network service 100 CPU
I have a client (XP Pro) that has this process running at 100 CPU. Googled it, and says this isn't that uncommon... but doesn't give any reason (or too many reasons) why? I can't end task on it, and nothing unusual is showing up in startup for this pc. Any suggestions? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lost SBS Product Key
I think it's all or nothing when restoring the system state. Dissimilar hardware I imagine? Did you exclude restoring the hal.dll, boot.ini, ntldr, and ntdetect files?You kinda want to keep those if you expect the machine to boot. You can also try to restore to a VMware server. Sometimes that's easier as the hardware it uses is pretty dumb and basic as far as drivers go. From: David Minich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lost SBS Product Key Problem is when we do a restore, it will not boot. We then have to do a repair install. When doing that we are forced to enter a alternate product id. I am going to try restoring to a different machine and see if I can get in and run magic jelly bean. I was looking for possibly just restoring specific part of the system state that would contain that info, but I do not know where that would be. From: Eric E Eskam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lost SBS Product Key David Minich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/09/2008 11:36:07 AM: Does anyone know of a way to recover the product key from a backup? This will work before the crash: http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml Isn't the product key part of the system state? Were you able to restore the system state? Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Terminal Services Warning - huh?
As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Reset TS session
TSCC.msc or Administrative Tools\Terminal Services Configuration\Connections. Look at the RDP-TCP connection's Properties|Sessions tab. Be sure to check Override user settings for session limits - By not checking this option, Terminal Services clients are able to set their own session limits This can also be set in a GPO, policy settings will override the individual server settings. If you have more than on server, GPO is the way to go From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Reset TS session I was wondering where the setting for TS session is that when it is idle for X amount of time it will reset the session. Some of our users dont close the session properly and it ends up running on the server for a long time and I want to change that so if someone just closes there client their session will go bye bye in like 5 minutes. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Sounds like it was installed as user mode instead of Administrator mode, or someone changed it. User license mode means you need a TS License server for it to see. Admin mode doesn't but limits you to a few admin connections at a time (5 IIRC). _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Terminal Services Warning - huh? As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
What was installed as user mode? How do I figure out if that's the case, and how do I change it back? Admin mode allows 2 connections at a time, which is why it is so important to actually log out from the connection, instead of just clicking the red box. Joe Heaton From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Sounds like it was installed as user mode instead of Administrator mode, or someone changed it. User license mode means you need a TS License server for it to see. Admin mode doesn't but limits you to a few admin connections at a time (5 IIRC). From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Terminal Services Warning - huh? As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Wmiprvse.exe network service 100 CPU
When I've seen that on my personal workstations it always came down to something to do with the SMS client. IIRC it was the ITMU process doing it's inventory thing... From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wmiprvse.exe network service 100 CPU I have a client (XP Pro) that has this process running at 100 CPU. Googled it, and says this isn't that uncommon... but doesn't give any reason (or too many reasons) why? I can't end task on it, and nothing unusual is showing up in startup for this pc. Any suggestions? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS… Joe Heaton -- *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Restricted Groups Admin Tools
Forgive me, but I am a GPO rookie and I am trying get restricted groups to work - actually, I thought I had it working. Basically, I am using restricted groups to maintain the list of domain accounts that should be added to the local admin group on workstations. All goes according to plan and I can verify that the domain group is added to the local group and all other accounts are removed *but* Administrative Tools shows up as being empty for anyone in that group. I can run the msc's that are supposed to be in Administrative Tools but it's like the shortcuts aren't there or don't recognize that the logged in user is part of the local admin group via the domain group. Again, I'm a rookie when it comes to this stuff so any light you can shed on this would be appreciated. This is the only GPO I have created besides the password policy at the domain level and an automatic update policy. - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Dug a bit deeper. We have TS services installed for our Citrix users. We publish a couple of apps atm, for our remote offices. The DC is acting as the license server for this. I looked inside there, and sure enough, my computer has been issued a temporary license. I don't want to uninstall TS if it's going to cause problems with the Citrix stuff... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Yes, see the reply to Don... Joe Heaton From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Do you have the TS License Manager enabled on your DC? From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS
Can someone with an affected system (4GB of physical RAM, 3.5GB showing, 2003 std) add the /PAE switch and reboot to see if it makes the rest of the RAM visible? If memory serves, Microsoft limits the *amount* of RAM in standard to 4GB, it does not limit the physical address to 0x and below. I think the /PAE switch will make the missing RAM show up, but I don't have a test server with 4GB of RAM and 2003 standard to test on at the time. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Looks like I am using Enterprise Edition from now on to get the 4GB of memory or higher to show up. Guess STD with 4GB aint cutting it anymore. What a bugger :-) Z From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS The memory management whitepaper that I've posted explains all of this: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/kernel/mem-mgmt.mspx Pages 9-12 will give you lots of information on physical addressing, bus addressing, how devices can use addresses and so on. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Mike, I am seeing what you are saying. BIOS in the server I am seeing 3.7GIG only has a NIC card in it, and Dual P4 processors, a Smart Array 6i card. BIOS I am seeing 3.4 GIG has T1 Inte Dialogic Card, Dual NIC's Smart Array controller, Dual P4 Processors. So the more PCI Type devices it seems that are in the system the less physical memory you are going to have for Windows. NO server has Audio here, no need for it. All servers have CD/DVD drives and SAS or SCsi HD's. I have seen a system with 4GB of RAM show 3.4GB and a system with over 5GB of RAM show 3.7GB accordingly. So it looks like ordering Enterprise Edition is in the works, since a lot of our application probably aren't going to be supported on X64 edition by the vendors accordingly. Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS /PAE won't do anything with a computer that has only 4GB of mem with an OS that only supports that much memory which include XP and 2K3 STD. It enables extended (Physical Address Extension) address space beyond 4GB. What you're seeing right now is what you're supposed to be seeing. These other people that are seeing 4GB reported as available in the Windows Properties General tab on STD edition is what is perplexing to me. I would like to think they're just wrong on something but as I'm not there looking at what they're looking at, well... Maybe they could call up their MS person and tell them what they're seeing and ask why they're seeing it. Because every piece of documentation I've read says they shouldn't be able to do that. As for refuting the DEP thing, again, if these machines are running 2K3 STD and only have 4GB of mem installed then you shouldn't evar(tm) see 4GB of physical mem in the task manager or properties dialogue. Answer this. Your machine that shows 3.7GB. Does it have less installed in terms of components? Are more components disabled in the BIOS than other similar machines such as onboard audio, extra NIC's, or possibly no CD or hard drives? I would make sense if this is true. -- Mike Gill From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Thanks for the information, I have boxes that have DEP enabled, and don't have the /PAE in the boot.ini therefore DEP automatically enabling PAE doesn't seem to go hand in hand. I got 3 DL 380 G5 that will refute that. Again going to try the /PAE switch on a system and see if anything changes accordingly, as compared to a freshly built system with 4GB in it. I looked at a few other systems, and some of them have 5GB of memory but only Win2k3 STD shows 3.7GB on some and 3.4 on others. Its pretty weird, Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Intel machines running 32bit versions of Windows can address 4GB of memory, but not use it. PAE enables address space above 4GB.
Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Yes, but you should not be seeing that message on your DC unless TS is installed. Your DC should be your license manager for the TS/Citrix server though. That said, if you open the license manager on the DC, do you have any valid TS licenses? Are they per user or per device? Sounds like a fuggled installation of TS/Citrix... On Jan 10, 2008 9:23 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, see the reply to Don… Joe Heaton -- *From:* Thomas Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Do you have the TS License Manager enabled on your DC? -- *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:12 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS… Joe Heaton -- *From:* Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Reset TS session
Excellent, thanks guys. I was looking in TS manager and thats why I didnt see that setting. James - Original Message - From: Free, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:00 PM Subject: RE: Reset TS session TSCC.msc or Administrative Tools\Terminal Services Configuration\Connections. Look at the RDP-TCP connection's Properties|Sessions tab. Be sure to check Override user settings for session limits - By not checking this option, Terminal Services clients are able to set their own session limits This can also be set in a GPO, policy settings will override the individual server settings. If you have more than on server, GPO is the way to go From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Reset TS session I was wondering where the setting for TS session is that when it is idle for X amount of time it will reset the session. Some of our users dont close the session properly and it ends up running on the server for a long time and I want to change that so if someone just closes there client their session will go bye bye in like 5 minutes. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Check out this doc http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/0a5f5ec3-fb7a-4d23-b27d-339a489e3ed01033.mspx?mfr=true Good licensing explanations. On Jan 10, 2008 10:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Wmiprvse.exe network service 100 CPU
I think I got it This guy sent thousands of pages to a color laserjet (he apparently forgot to mention that)... and that caused the problem. Bounced the spooler service and all is well. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Wmiprvse.exe network service 100 CPU I have a client (XP Pro) that has this process running at 100 CPU. Googled it, and says this isn't that uncommon... but doesn't give any reason (or too many reasons) why? I can't end task on it, and nothing unusual is showing up in startup for this pc. Any suggestions? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Do you have the TS License Manager enabled on your DC? From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
If that is the case then you need to activate the licensing service before the grace period ends or your Citrix client's will no longer be able to connect. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Dug a bit deeper. We have TS services installed for our Citrix users. We publish a couple of apps atm, for our remote offices. The DC is acting as the license server for this. I looked inside there, and sure enough, my computer has been issued a temporary license. I don't want to uninstall TS if it's going to cause problems with the Citrix stuff... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Don beat me to it. Yes, you need to remove TS from add/remove Windows components. James - Original Message - From: Don Ely To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:12 PM Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS… Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restricted Groups Admin Tools
I take that back - it's not just the restricted group. Any domain account that is manually added to the local administrators group doesn't get the Administrative Tools shortcuts, but any local accounts added to that group do. The domain accounts do actually have administrative access though - made system changes and such to verify. I'm at a loss... - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Wouldn't be surprised on the fuggled installation. It was done in-house, with no one having any real expertise on it. Now, on to your question: When I go into Terminal Services Licensing, on the DC, there are four lines: Existing Windows 2000 Server - Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Built-In Unlimited Temporary Licenses for Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per Device CAL Token TemporaryIssued 5 Windows 2000 Server - Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Volume License 25 Issued 1 Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per User CAL Token Volume License 20Avail 20 Issued N/A On a side note, if I go into TS Manager on the Citrix server, I can see the DC. If I go into TS Manager on the DC, I can NOT see the Citrix server. Yet another weird issue in this network I've inherited... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Yes, but you should not be seeing that message on your DC unless TS is installed. Your DC should be your license manager for the TS/Citrix server though. That said, if you open the license manager on the DC, do you have any valid TS licenses? Are they per user or per device? Sounds like a fuggled installation of TS/Citrix... On Jan 10, 2008 9:23 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, see the reply to Don... Joe Heaton From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Do you have the TS License Manager enabled on your DC? From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS... Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Reset TS session
You don't need psexec. Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/quot-query -session-quot-and-quot-reset-session-quot-on-windows-server-2000-remote-admi nistration.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reset TS session Can always do a script with psexec like the following Psexec \\servername query session Psexec \\servername reset (session) ( repeat accordingly) Z -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Reset TS session Excellent, thanks guys. I was looking in TS manager and thats why I didnt see that setting. James - Original Message - From: Free, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:00 PM Subject: RE: Reset TS session TSCC.msc or Administrative Tools\Terminal Services Configuration\Connections. Look at the RDP-TCP connection's Properties|Sessions tab. Be sure to check Override user settings for session limits - By not checking this option, Terminal Services clients are able to set their own session limits This can also be set in a GPO, policy settings will override the individual server settings. If you have more than on server, GPO is the way to go From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Reset TS session I was wondering where the setting for TS session is that when it is idle for X amount of time it will reset the session. Some of our users dont close the session properly and it ends up running on the server for a long time and I want to change that so if someone just closes there client their session will go bye bye in like 5 minutes. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Reset TS session
Forgot the darn /server command off query and reset. Shows ya how much I don't play in Terminal Services land anymore. Z -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reset TS session You don't need psexec. Wrappage: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/quot-q uery -session-quot-and-quot-reset-session-quot-on-windows-server-2000-remote- admi nistration.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Reset TS session Can always do a script with psexec like the following Psexec \\servername query session Psexec \\servername reset (session) ( repeat accordingly) Z -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Reset TS session Excellent, thanks guys. I was looking in TS manager and thats why I didnt see that setting. James - Original Message - From: Free, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:00 PM Subject: RE: Reset TS session TSCC.msc or Administrative Tools\Terminal Services Configuration\Connections. Look at the RDP-TCP connection's Properties|Sessions tab. Be sure to check Override user settings for session limits - By not checking this option, Terminal Services clients are able to set their own session limits This can also be set in a GPO, policy settings will override the individual server settings. If you have more than on server, GPO is the way to go From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Reset TS session I was wondering where the setting for TS session is that when it is idle for X amount of time it will reset the session. Some of our users dont close the session properly and it ends up running on the server for a long time and I want to change that so if someone just closes there client their session will go bye bye in like 5 minutes. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Stoopid Vista / UAC / group policy assigned user login scripts
Vista test station / 2003 native mode. A local admin does not get drive mappings via domain loginscript. Regular users do. Best write up on this: http://redmondmag.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=3604pn=1 The GPOGUY's write up: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/gpoguy/archive/2006/12/03/Follow-up-to-Vista-logon-script-issues.aspx MS's write up: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/5ae8da2a-878e-48db-a3c1-4be6ac7cf7631033.mspx?mfr=true Sections Entitled Group Policy Scripts can fail due to User Account Control So this is a common thing. Anyone else seen this? I have to run a script that uses task scheduler to run the logon script? Really? We dont have a lot of local admins, but this seems like a frikkin lame workaround to get drive mappings on vista. I suppose I can disable UAC, but that kills IE protected mode. Feeling much better now. Devin ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Reset TS session
Can always do a script with psexec like the following Psexec \\servername query session Psexec \\servername reset (session) ( repeat accordingly) Z -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Reset TS session Excellent, thanks guys. I was looking in TS manager and thats why I didnt see that setting. James - Original Message - From: Free, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:00 PM Subject: RE: Reset TS session TSCC.msc or Administrative Tools\Terminal Services Configuration\Connections. Look at the RDP-TCP connection's Properties|Sessions tab. Be sure to check Override user settings for session limits - By not checking this option, Terminal Services clients are able to set their own session limits This can also be set in a GPO, policy settings will override the individual server settings. If you have more than on server, GPO is the way to go From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Reset TS session I was wondering where the setting for TS session is that when it is idle for X amount of time it will reset the session. Some of our users dont close the session properly and it ends up running on the server for a long time and I want to change that so if someone just closes there client their session will go bye bye in like 5 minutes. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Back Up Best Practices
You could also look at san snapshots too , if you have an iscsi appliance or similar. You can get full snapshots in just a few minutes of terabytes, but then you still have to get that to tape. The way we used to do it before d2d2t was to put 2nd nics, and switch between the backup server and servers. On their own subnet and nic we could get full throughput and backup without affecting a lot of performance within the network. The i/o of the disks could usually handle it, and obviously sql/exchange aware backups can run in real time. From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Back Up Best Practices We had BE 11D and an LTO3 autoloader. We do do some D2D prior to tape for our VM image back ups. We should look at possibly doing more of that. On Jan 10, 2008 10:21 AM, Benjamin Zachary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For clients who don't have time, you should look at d2d2t which is disk to disk to tape You get disk to disk backups after hours, then you can let the tape run throughout the day without affecting files, bandwidth etc. I guess it depends on amount of data and speed of backup system. The LTO loader my client has does about 1gb/min. From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Back Up Best Practices What is the latest recommendation on back up processes? We have been small enough to do full back ups daily for some time, but now face time issues with that and need to move to a tiered option. Is F-I-I-I-I reasonable anymore or is it too risky? I do not want to be stuck with a bad full back up in an emergency. -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter -- http://www.otbdesign.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mqcarpenter ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restricted Groups Admin Tools
Hint- What you are looking at is start menu items, it has nothing to do with administrative rights :-) I was just going to post back that I found a fix to my problem, followed the steps here and all is well: http://www.technipages.com/fix-empty-administrative-tools-folder.html I didn't realize that Admin Tools was stored in the All Users start menu. - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Restricted Groups Admin Tools
Hint- What you are looking at is start menu items, it has nothing to do with administrative rights :-) -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Restricted Groups Admin Tools I take that back - it's not just the restricted group. Any domain account that is manually added to the local administrators group doesn't get the Administrative Tools shortcuts, but any local accounts added to that group do. The domain accounts do actually have administrative access though - made system changes and such to verify. I'm at a loss... - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
You should take the TS and point it to the DC for Licensing Server You should make sure to *remove* TS, and *keep* TS Licensing on the DC, and then enable remote admin From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Wouldn't be surprised on the fuggled installation. It was done in-house, with no one having any real expertise on it. Now, on to your question: When I go into Terminal Services Licensing, on the DC, there are four lines: Existing Windows 2000 Server - Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Built-In Unlimited Temporary Licenses for Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per Device CAL Token TemporaryIssued 5 Windows 2000 Server - Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Volume License 25 Issued 1 Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per User CAL Token Volume License 20Avail 20 Issued N/A On a side note, if I go into TS Manager on the Citrix server, I can see the DC. If I go into TS Manager on the DC, I can NOT see the Citrix server. Yet another weird issue in this network I've inherited. Joe Heaton _ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Yes, but you should not be seeing that message on your DC unless TS is installed. Your DC should be your license manager for the TS/Citrix server though. That said, if you open the license manager on the DC, do you have any valid TS licenses? Are they per user or per device? Sounds like a fuggled installation of TS/Citrix... On Jan 10, 2008 9:23 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, see the reply to Don. Joe Heaton _ From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Do you have the TS License Manager enabled on your DC? _ From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS. Joe Heaton _ From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
Or put the projector on its own subnet. From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:32 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Try this http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1096654. I got it today and it works the same way as the Addlogix, but I would never put it on my LAN because you can't put any security other than a password on the WIFI connection. Though if you want to live dangerously you can connect the device via a LAN port. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. _ From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I know solid state disks are set to be the next big thing, but I didn't think they also doubled as a wireless connection for projectors! Ha ha! (Think the link got munged, takes me to a Transcend 2.5 Solid State Disk) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Steve Burkett Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I just ordered this http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1258727 just yesterday. It seems to do the same thing as the Addlogix device, but says that you can attach it to your network to give internet access. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. _ From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors We had a look in to these a while back. They all seemed to use an applet on the client side that basically takes a snapshot of the screen, jpeg's it or whatever, uploads to the projector for display. Don't expect to run full motion video. Some projectors run a PCMCIA type wireless card in them, but only work with specific cards, don't expect to use just any PCMCIA card you have lying around. The problem we found is that if someone comes in to the office and wants to use the projector, you'd have to go and install the applet on their laptop before they can use it. We wanted to find some way of autoloading the necessary software on to the laptop without requiring IT helpdesk being involved, so we had a look and came across the Addlogix Echoview, which is a neat device you attach to any projector's DVI or VGA port. You scan for available wireless networks from your laptop and find the Echoview wifi network, connect to it, fire up IE and it immediately prompts to download and install the necessary software. Quite smart, much easier for visitors. Unfortunately you can't browse the web on your laptop via WIFI when using the WIFI on the projector. There's also the new support with Vista for Microsoft certifed wireless projectors, but didn't find any available at the time we were looking, so we plumped for the NEC LT380 which works quite nicely and is fully featured. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NT System Admin Issues; Steve Burkett Subject: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. === CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next
RE: Stoopid Vista / UAC / group policy assigned user login scripts
Welcome to Vista. -Original Message- From: Devin Meade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:56 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Stoopid Vista / UAC / group policy assigned user login scripts Vista test station / 2003 native mode. A local admin does not get drive mappings via domain loginscript. Regular users do. Best write up on this: http://redmondmag.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=3604pn=1 The GPOGUY's write up: http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/gpoguy/archive/2006/12/03/Follow-up-to-Vista- logon-script-issues.aspx MS's write up: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/5ae8da2a-878e-48db-a3c 1-4be6ac7cf7631033.mspx?mfr=true Sections Entitled Group Policy Scripts can fail due to User Account Control So this is a common thing. Anyone else seen this? I have to run a script that uses task scheduler to run the logon script? Really? We dont have a lot of local admins, but this seems like a frikkin lame workaround to get drive mappings on vista. I suppose I can disable UAC, but that kills IE protected mode. Feeling much better now. Devin ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
E-DISCOVERY
We're interested in E-Discovery as it relates to backup of electronic documents and email. I've done some research, but have been unable to determine what are actually the requirements because everything I've seen is in legaleze. Does anyone have something more definitive at this point? Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
Citrix has its own License Management Console. That console only shows licenses for Citrix products. In the TS Micense Mgr on all of your Citrix servers it should show that it is pointing to the DC that has your TS licenses. All of your Citrix servers should point to the Citrix license server for the Citrix product licenses. Most Citrix products are licensed for CCU but a few are based on named users. TS licenses are based on User or Devices. In 2000 2003 User based licenses cannot be tracked. That changes in Server 2008. Webster - Original Message From: Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Hmm, not sure how you mean that first statement. I’m assuming it’s setup that way, but when I go into TS Manager on the Citrix server, the only licenses shown are the Citrix licenses. Is there somewhere within TS on the Citrix server that I can see where TS is looking for licenses? Joe Heaton From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? You should take the TS and point it to the DC for Licensing Server You should make sure to *remove* TS, and *keep* TS Licensing on the DC, and then enable remote admin From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Wouldn’t be surprised on the “fuggled” installation. It was done in-house, with no one having any real expertise on it. Now, on to your question: When I go into Terminal Services Licensing, on the DC, there are four lines: Existing Windows 2000 Server – Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Built-In Unlimited Temporary Licenses for Windows Server 2003 – Terminal Server Per Device CAL Token TemporaryIssued 5 Windows 2000 Server – Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Volume License 25 Issued 1 Windows Server 2003 – Terminal Server Per User CAL Token Volume License 20Avail 20 Issued N/A On a side note, if I go into TS Manager on the Citrix server, I can see the DC. If I go into TS Manager on the DC, I can NOT see the Citrix server. Yet another weird issue in this network I’ve inherited… Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Yes, but you should not be seeing that message on your DC unless TS is installed. Your DC should be your license manager for the TS/Citrix server though. That said, if you open the license manager on the DC, do you have any valid TS licenses? Are they per user or per device? Sounds like a fuggled installation of TS/Citrix... On Jan 10, 2008 9:23 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, see the reply to Don… Joe Heaton From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Do you have the TS License Manager enabled on your DC? From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS… Joe Heaton From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas where to look for an answer? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: E-DISCOVERY
As I recall, the recent (last year) Federal Discovery Rule only related to email. Also as I recall, the only requirement was to produce those emails/attachments that are consistent within your established and documented policy (meaning you can change your policy to say 1 week retention just because you got served). This is a link that was given to me a while back. http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=1512Itemid= http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=1512Itemid=44 _ From: Murray Freeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: E-DISCOVERY We're interested in E-Discovery as it relates to backup of electronic documents and email. I've done some research, but have been unable to determine what are actually the requirements because everything I've seen is in legaleze. Does anyone have something more definitive at this point? Murray ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Network monitoring tools
OK - not in ports though. I'll download the .tgz and see how much trouble it gives me. On Jan 9, 2008 7:05 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main page is where I read it... Project Admins: dkarg, jcasal Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) License: BSD License Category: Security, Monitoring On Jan 9, 2008 6:31 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't read the FAQ yet and I may be wrong could have been something else I was reading on sourceforge... On Jan 9, 2008 5:27 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search on the site (which redirected me to a search page on their wiki) for FreeBSD, and it came up with a placeholder page. I haven't gotten to the docs yet, but the FAQ says nothing about BSD. On Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm DLing the VM. I believe I read in the docs in can be installed on the BSD's though... On Jan 9, 2008 5:16 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks really dang cool. No port for FreeBSD, though. Looks like the missing bit is spade. Doesn't look as if any of the BSDs have it. Well, I'm downloading the install ISO - I wonder what OS it installs. On Jan 9, 2008 3:57 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go have a look at OSSIM... ;o) It has EVERYTHING On Jan 9, 2008 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good tool for this kinda thing is ntop, but it must be positioned correctly - you will most likely need a SPAN/mirror port in your infrastructure, or else use the netflow or sflow plugins to get reports from your routers/switches. Either way, it's extremely useful, as it doesn't merely measure packets in/out of interfaces, it actually categorizes packets and keeps track of top talkers, etc. Excellent for tracking down who is downloading that huge iso file, and where it's coming from. Lets you ask more pointed questions, if nothing else. Differentiates between tcp/udp/etc., and puts up some nice RRD graphics. Kurt On Jan 9, 2008 2:28 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know we have these discussions every couple of months at least, but here goes: What are you guys using to monitor your networks so that you have an answer to the age-old user question of: Why is everything running so slow? I'm thinking of bandwidth usage first off, which I'm thinking PRTG to monitor that. I guess I could run a Wireshark capture, to see if there's a massive spike in weird packets. Anything else that you guys could suggest? I know someone had mentioned they use Nagios, but that would require me to setup a Linux box first, which isn't that big a deal, other than piecing a box together… Any other ideas? I'd like to do this without a lot of cost if possible, just because I hate spending money… ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Network monitoring tools
Has it's own ISO which I installed in a VM, will be looking at it more this afternoon... On Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - not in ports though. I'll download the .tgz and see how much trouble it gives me. On Jan 9, 2008 7:05 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main page is where I read it... Project Admins: dkarg, jcasal Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) License: BSD License Category: Security, Monitoring On Jan 9, 2008 6:31 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't read the FAQ yet and I may be wrong could have been something else I was reading on sourceforge... On Jan 9, 2008 5:27 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search on the site (which redirected me to a search page on their wiki) for FreeBSD, and it came up with a placeholder page. I haven't gotten to the docs yet, but the FAQ says nothing about BSD. On Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm DLing the VM. I believe I read in the docs in can be installed on the BSD's though... On Jan 9, 2008 5:16 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks really dang cool. No port for FreeBSD, though. Looks like the missing bit is spade. Doesn't look as if any of the BSDs have it. Well, I'm downloading the install ISO - I wonder what OS it installs. On Jan 9, 2008 3:57 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go have a look at OSSIM... ;o) It has EVERYTHING On Jan 9, 2008 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good tool for this kinda thing is ntop, but it must be positioned correctly - you will most likely need a SPAN/mirror port in your infrastructure, or else use the netflow or sflow plugins to get reports from your routers/switches. Either way, it's extremely useful, as it doesn't merely measure packets in/out of interfaces, it actually categorizes packets and keeps track of top talkers, etc. Excellent for tracking down who is downloading that huge iso file, and where it's coming from. Lets you ask more pointed questions, if nothing else. Differentiates between tcp/udp/etc., and puts up some nice RRD graphics. Kurt On Jan 9, 2008 2:28 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know we have these discussions every couple of months at least, but here goes: What are you guys using to monitor your networks so that you have an answer to the age-old user question of: Why is everything running so slow? I'm thinking of bandwidth usage first off, which I'm thinking PRTG to monitor that. I guess I could run a Wireshark capture, to see if there's a massive spike in weird packets. Anything else that you guys could suggest? I know someone had mentioned they use Nagios, but that would require me to setup a Linux box first, which isn't that big a deal, other than piecing a box together… Any other ideas? I'd like to do this without a lot of cost if possible, just because I hate spending money… ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring tools
I saw the link and grabbed the vm and ported it over to my esx box. Runs pretty well, the doc had an error that the file is /etc/network/interfaces not networking From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring tools Has it's own ISO which I installed in a VM, will be looking at it more this afternoon... On Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - not in ports though. I'll download the .tgz and see how much trouble it gives me. On Jan 9, 2008 7:05 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main page is where I read it... Project Admins: dkarg, jcasal Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) License: BSD License Category: Security, Monitoring On Jan 9, 2008 6:31 PM, Don Ely mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't read the FAQ yet and I may be wrong could have been something else I was reading on sourceforge... On Jan 9, 2008 5:27 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search on the site (which redirected me to a search page on their wiki) for FreeBSD, and it came up with a placeholder page. I haven't gotten to the docs yet, but the FAQ says nothing about BSD. On Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm DLing the VM. I believe I read in the docs in can be installed on the BSD's though... On Jan 9, 2008 5:16 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks really dang cool. No port for FreeBSD, though. Looks like the missing bit is spade. Doesn't look as if any of the BSDs have it. Well, I'm downloading the install ISO - I wonder what OS it installs. On Jan 9, 2008 3:57 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go have a look at OSSIM... ;o) It has EVERYTHING On Jan 9, 2008 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good tool for this kinda thing is ntop, but it must be positioned correctly - you will most likely need a SPAN/mirror port in your infrastructure, or else use the netflow or sflow plugins to get reports from your routers/switches. Either way, it's extremely useful, as it doesn't merely measure packets in/out of interfaces, it actually categorizes packets and keeps track of top talkers, etc. Excellent for tracking down who is downloading that huge iso file, and where it's coming from. Lets you ask more pointed questions, if nothing else. Differentiates between tcp/udp/etc., and puts up some nice RRD graphics. Kurt On Jan 9, 2008 2:28 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know we have these discussions every couple of months at least, but here goes: What are you guys using to monitor your networks so that you have an answer to the age-old user question of: Why is everything running so slow? I'm thinking of bandwidth usage first off, which I'm thinking PRTG to monitor that. I guess I could run a Wireshark capture, to see if there's a massive spike in weird packets. Anything else that you guys could suggest? I know someone had mentioned they use Nagios, but that would require me to setup a Linux box first, which isn't that big a deal, other than piecing a box together. Any other ideas? I'd like to do this without a lot of cost if possible, just because I hate spending money. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~
RE: DNS high memory issue
Are you at sp2? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Onur Altuntas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Onur Altuntas Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS high memory issue Hi. We're having an issue with our MS Server 2003 DNS servers. Sometimes, dns.exe uses too much memory and starts not answering queries. When i realize the DNS service failure, i logon to the server and see that dns.exe uses ~1.5GB memory, then i kill the process. Here is the event log: (also lots of event id 5501 records) Here is the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: DNS Event ID: 7502 Description: The DNS server was unable to service a client request due a shortage of available memory. Close any applications not in use or reboot the computer to free memory. Our DNS is open to recursive queries and use forwarders. 2gb memory is placed on server and we've been using these DNS servers for 2 years without problem. i've search google for memory leak problems but found nothing useful. Any ideas? Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring tools
What is the link again, if they got a VM for ESX I definitely want to try this out. Z From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring tools I saw the link and grabbed the vm and ported it over to my esx box. Runs pretty well, the doc had an error that the file is /etc/network/interfaces not networking From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring tools Has it's own ISO which I installed in a VM, will be looking at it more this afternoon... On Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - not in ports though. I'll download the .tgz and see how much trouble it gives me. On Jan 9, 2008 7:05 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main page is where I read it... Project Admins: dkarg, jcasal Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) License: BSD License Category: Security, Monitoring On Jan 9, 2008 6:31 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't read the FAQ yet and I may be wrong could have been something else I was reading on sourceforge... On Jan 9, 2008 5:27 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search on the site (which redirected me to a search page on their wiki) for FreeBSD, and it came up with a placeholder page. I haven't gotten to the docs yet, but the FAQ says nothing about BSD. On Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm DLing the VM. I believe I read in the docs in can be installed on the BSD's though... On Jan 9, 2008 5:16 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks really dang cool. No port for FreeBSD, though. Looks like the missing bit is spade. Doesn't look as if any of the BSDs have it. Well, I'm downloading the install ISO - I wonder what OS it installs. On Jan 9, 2008 3:57 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go have a look at OSSIM... ;o) It has EVERYTHING On Jan 9, 2008 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good tool for this kinda thing is ntop, but it must be positioned correctly - you will most likely need a SPAN/mirror port in your infrastructure, or else use the netflow or sflow plugins to get reports from your routers/switches. Either way, it's extremely useful, as it doesn't merely measure packets in/out of interfaces, it actually categorizes packets and keeps track of top talkers, etc. Excellent for tracking down who is downloading that huge iso file, and where it's coming from. Lets you ask more pointed questions, if nothing else. Differentiates between tcp/udp/etc., and puts up some nice RRD graphics. Kurt On Jan 9, 2008 2:28 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know we have these discussions every couple of months at least, but here goes: What are you guys using to monitor your networks so that you have an answer to the age-old user question of: Why is everything running so slow? I'm thinking of bandwidth usage first off, which I'm thinking PRTG to monitor that. I guess I could run a Wireshark capture, to see if there's a massive spike in weird packets. Anything else that you guys could suggest? I know someone had mentioned they use Nagios, but that would require me to setup a Linux box first, which isn't that big a deal, other than piecing a box together... Any other ideas? I'd like to do this without a lot of cost if possible, just because I hate spending money... ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~
Re: Network monitoring tools
http://www.ossim.net On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 PM, Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the link again, if they got a VM for ESX I definitely want to try this out. Z -- *From:* Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:26 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Network monitoring tools I saw the link and grabbed the vm and ported it over to my esx box. Runs pretty well, the doc had an error that the file is /etc/network/interfaces not networking *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:06 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Network monitoring tools Has it's own ISO which I installed in a VM, will be looking at it more this afternoon... On Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - not in ports though. I'll download the .tgz and see how much trouble it gives me. On Jan 9, 2008 7:05 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main page is where I read it... Project Admins: dkarg, jcasal Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) License: BSD License Category: Security, Monitoring On Jan 9, 2008 6:31 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't read the FAQ yet and I may be wrong could have been something else I was reading on sourceforge... On Jan 9, 2008 5:27 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search on the site (which redirected me to a search page on their wiki) for FreeBSD, and it came up with a placeholder page. I haven't gotten to the docs yet, but the FAQ says nothing about BSD. On Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm DLing the VM. I believe I read in the docs in can be installed on the BSD's though... On Jan 9, 2008 5:16 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks really dang cool. No port for FreeBSD, though. Looks like the missing bit is spade. Doesn't look as if any of the BSDs have it. Well, I'm downloading the install ISO - I wonder what OS it installs. On Jan 9, 2008 3:57 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go have a look at OSSIM... ;o) It has EVERYTHING On Jan 9, 2008 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good tool for this kinda thing is ntop, but it must be positioned correctly - you will most likely need a SPAN/mirror port in your infrastructure, or else use the netflow or sflow plugins to get reports from your routers/switches. Either way, it's extremely useful, as it doesn't merely measure packets in/out of interfaces, it actually categorizes packets and keeps track of top talkers, etc. Excellent for tracking down who is downloading that huge iso file, and where it's coming from. Lets you ask more pointed questions, if nothing else. Differentiates between tcp/udp/etc., and puts up some nice RRD graphics. Kurt On Jan 9, 2008 2:28 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know we have these discussions every couple of months at least, but here goes: What are you guys using to monitor your networks so that you have an answer to the age-old user question of: Why is everything running so slow? I'm thinking of bandwidth usage first off, which I'm thinking PRTG to monitor that. I guess I could run a Wireshark capture, to see if there's a massive spike in weird packets. Anything else that you guys could suggest? I know someone had mentioned they use Nagios, but that would require me to setup a Linux box first, which isn't that big a deal, other than piecing a box together… Any other ideas? I'd like to do this without a lot of cost if possible, just because I hate spending money… ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~
RE: DNS high memory issue
I know this is for Win2k8, but I am sure there is probably some similarities http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/43d9938d-6fef -4417-8314-6f42b7b81d1d1033.mspx?mfr=true Is there any other DNS related errors before the 7052, looks like a lot of 5051. Do you have Debug Logging turned on, is there anything in this debug log that might trip off what could be happening. Its either that or possibly recursive queries and/or abuse thereof. HTH Z From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS high memory issue Are you at sp2? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Onur Altuntas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Onur Altuntas Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS high memory issue Hi. We're having an issue with our MS Server 2003 DNS servers. Sometimes, dns.exe uses too much memory and starts not answering queries. When i realize the DNS service failure, i logon to the server and see that dns.exe uses ~1.5GB memory, then i kill the process. Here is the event log: (also lots of event id 5501 records) Here is the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: DNS Event ID: 7502 Description: The DNS server was unable to service a client request due a shortage of available memory. Close any applications not in use or reboot the computer to free memory. Our DNS is open to recursive queries and use forwarders. 2gb memory is placed on server and we've been using these DNS servers for 2 years without problem. i've search google for memory leak problems but found nothing useful. Any ideas? Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Network monitoring tools
Thanks, I didn't see the VM on the downloads page, is it in either the installer or the TGZ zipped file? I take its in the vmx format for ESX accordingly? Z From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring tools http://www.ossim.net http://www.ossim.net/ On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 PM, Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the link again, if they got a VM for ESX I definitely want to try this out. Z From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring tools I saw the link and grabbed the vm and ported it over to my esx box. Runs pretty well, the doc had an error that the file is /etc/network/interfaces not networking From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring tools Has it's own ISO which I installed in a VM, will be looking at it more this afternoon... On Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - not in ports though. I'll download the .tgz and see how much trouble it gives me. On Jan 9, 2008 7:05 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main page is where I read it... Project Admins: dkarg, jcasal Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) License: BSD License Category: Security, Monitoring On Jan 9, 2008 6:31 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't read the FAQ yet and I may be wrong could have been something else I was reading on sourceforge... On Jan 9, 2008 5:27 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search on the site (which redirected me to a search page on their wiki) for FreeBSD, and it came up with a placeholder page. I haven't gotten to the docs yet, but the FAQ says nothing about BSD. On Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm DLing the VM. I believe I read in the docs in can be installed on the BSD's though... On Jan 9, 2008 5:16 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks really dang cool. No port for FreeBSD, though. Looks like the missing bit is spade. Doesn't look as if any of the BSDs have it. Well, I'm downloading the install ISO - I wonder what OS it installs. On Jan 9, 2008 3:57 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go have a look at OSSIM... ;o) It has EVERYTHING On Jan 9, 2008 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good tool for this kinda thing is ntop, but it must be positioned correctly - you will most likely need a SPAN/mirror port in your infrastructure, or else use the netflow or sflow plugins to get reports from your routers/switches. Either way, it's extremely useful, as it doesn't merely measure packets in/out of interfaces, it actually categorizes packets and keeps track of top talkers, etc. Excellent for tracking down who is downloading that huge iso file, and where it's coming from. Lets you ask more pointed questions, if nothing else. Differentiates between tcp/udp/etc., and puts up some nice RRD graphics. Kurt On Jan 9, 2008 2:28 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know we have these discussions every couple of months at least, but here goes: What are you guys using to monitor your networks so that you have an answer to the age-old user question of: Why is everything running so slow? I'm thinking of bandwidth usage first off, which I'm thinking PRTG to monitor that. I guess I could run a Wireshark capture, to see if there's a massive spike in weird packets. Anything else that you guys could suggest? I know someone had mentioned they use Nagios, but that would require me to setup a Linux box first, which isn't that big a deal, other than piecing a box together... Any other ideas? I'd like to do this without a lot of cost if possible, just because I hate spending money... ~ Upgrade to Next
RE: Network monitoring tools
I got it, Thanks, didn't read far enough, they are providing an .ISO to host on the ESX host and point the Virtual machine too it. Z From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring tools Thanks, I didn't see the VM on the downloads page, is it in either the installer or the TGZ zipped file? I take its in the vmx format for ESX accordingly? Z From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring tools http://www.ossim.net http://www.ossim.net/ On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 PM, Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the link again, if they got a VM for ESX I definitely want to try this out. Z From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network monitoring tools I saw the link and grabbed the vm and ported it over to my esx box. Runs pretty well, the doc had an error that the file is /etc/network/interfaces not networking From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Network monitoring tools Has it's own ISO which I installed in a VM, will be looking at it more this afternoon... On Jan 10, 2008 11:50 AM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK - not in ports though. I'll download the .tgz and see how much trouble it gives me. On Jan 9, 2008 7:05 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Main page is where I read it... Project Admins: dkarg, jcasal Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes) License: BSD License Category: Security, Monitoring On Jan 9, 2008 6:31 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't read the FAQ yet and I may be wrong could have been something else I was reading on sourceforge... On Jan 9, 2008 5:27 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a search on the site (which redirected me to a search page on their wiki) for FreeBSD, and it came up with a placeholder page. I haven't gotten to the docs yet, but the FAQ says nothing about BSD. On Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm DLing the VM. I believe I read in the docs in can be installed on the BSD's though... On Jan 9, 2008 5:16 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks really dang cool. No port for FreeBSD, though. Looks like the missing bit is spade. Doesn't look as if any of the BSDs have it. Well, I'm downloading the install ISO - I wonder what OS it installs. On Jan 9, 2008 3:57 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Go have a look at OSSIM... ;o) It has EVERYTHING On Jan 9, 2008 3:54 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good tool for this kinda thing is ntop, but it must be positioned correctly - you will most likely need a SPAN/mirror port in your infrastructure, or else use the netflow or sflow plugins to get reports from your routers/switches. Either way, it's extremely useful, as it doesn't merely measure packets in/out of interfaces, it actually categorizes packets and keeps track of top talkers, etc. Excellent for tracking down who is downloading that huge iso file, and where it's coming from. Lets you ask more pointed questions, if nothing else. Differentiates between tcp/udp/etc., and puts up some nice RRD graphics. Kurt On Jan 9, 2008 2:28 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know we have these discussions every couple of months at least, but here goes: What are you guys using to monitor your networks so that you have an answer to the age-old user question of: Why is everything running so slow? I'm thinking of bandwidth usage first off, which I'm thinking PRTG to monitor that. I guess I could run a Wireshark capture, to see if there's a massive spike in weird packets. Anything else that you guys could suggest? I know someone had mentioned they use Nagios, but that would require me to setup a Linux box first, which isn't that big a deal, other than piecing a box together...
Citrix help needed
We are running PS 4.0 with 2 servers in our development farm. All published apps have been updated to run on newserver and everything is working fine. Today I powered down oldserver to check for any issues before I reuse it. When oldserver is powered off, none of the published apps work, even though they are configured to run on newserver only. As soon as I powered up oldserver the apps began working. The message we get is resource is not available. The only thing I see in the event log is that newserver has become the farm metric server. Where do I begin looking? Jon Bjerke Systems Administrator Communications Data Group 102 S Duncan Road Champaign, IL 61822-2818 217-355-8400 x322 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh?
You want to make sure you have Terminal Server Licensing installed on the TS (Add/Remove Windows components). When you fire that up it may auto find the DC and see the licenses or you may have to point it to the DC manually. I don't think you need to activate the license server, but I don't remember. This was messy with 2000/2003 when you had like a 2000 domain and 2003 ts etc so I always just put my licenses on the server itself. TS License Manager is not TS Configuration or TS Administrator There is a known registry fix if the TS errors that it cannot find the TS licensing server and licenses. So if you have that problem check mskb From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Hmm, not sure how you mean that first statement. I'm assuming it's setup that way, but when I go into TS Manager on the Citrix server, the only licenses shown are the Citrix licenses. Is there somewhere within TS on the Citrix server that I can see where TS is looking for licenses? Joe Heaton _ From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? You should take the TS and point it to the DC for Licensing Server You should make sure to *remove* TS, and *keep* TS Licensing on the DC, and then enable remote admin From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Wouldn't be surprised on the fuggled installation. It was done in-house, with no one having any real expertise on it. Now, on to your question: When I go into Terminal Services Licensing, on the DC, there are four lines: Existing Windows 2000 Server - Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Built-In Unlimited Temporary Licenses for Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per Device CAL Token TemporaryIssued 5 Windows 2000 Server - Terminal Services CAL Token (per device) Volume License 25 Issued 1 Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per User CAL Token Volume License 20Avail 20 Issued N/A On a side note, if I go into TS Manager on the Citrix server, I can see the DC. If I go into TS Manager on the DC, I can NOT see the Citrix server. Yet another weird issue in this network I've inherited. Joe Heaton _ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Yes, but you should not be seeing that message on your DC unless TS is installed. Your DC should be your license manager for the TS/Citrix server though. That said, if you open the license manager on the DC, do you have any valid TS licenses? Are they per user or per device? Sounds like a fuggled installation of TS/Citrix... On Jan 10, 2008 9:23 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, see the reply to Don. Joe Heaton _ From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Do you have the TS License Manager enabled on your DC? _ From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Uninstall TS from the server, 2003 uses Remote Desktop for admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 9:07 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2003 on the server, and XP on my desktop. Latest SPs on both. I looked at Licensing on all my servers, and no reference to TS. Joe Heaton _ From: Don Ely [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Services Warning - huh? Windows 2000 or 2003? If 2003, why is Terminal Services installed on a DC? If 2000, uninstall TS and resintall in Remote Admin mode... On Jan 10, 2008 8:57 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As most of us probably do, I use Remote Desktop to connect to my servers from my desk. Starting yesterday, when I do this to connect to my DC, I get the following message: Your terminal services temporary client license will expire in X days. Please contact your system administrator to get a permanent license. We're down to 3 days now, I'm the system administrator, and I have no idea why this is happening. We do have Terminal Server installed somewhere in the network, for Citrix users, but I didn't think that had anything to do with Remote Desktop, and this is only happening when I remote in to the DC, not any other servers. Any ideas
RE: Lost SBS Product Key
David Minich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/10/2008 11:19:38 AM: Problem is when we do a restore, it will not boot. We then have to do a repair install. When doing that we are forced to enter a alternate product id. After you get the system running with the alternate product ID, can't you do just a system state restore with your backup software? It's often a separate option. That should overwrite the temp key with your real key. Then, of course, backup your key with magic jellybean for the next time :-) Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Blackberry/Yahoo IM's
I have been asked to look into allowing Yahoo IM's on our Blackberry handhelds. We are using BES and in the IT policy this feature is available with a True/False option. It appears that the false option forces all IM's thru the BES server but True does not. Do any of you folks allow Yahoo IM's on your handhelds? Do you force them thru the BES? I'm willing to allow this to keep our people productive but I'm not sure how safe this is. Any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.gif
RE: Back Up Best Practices
Benjamin Zachary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/10/2008 01:10:36 PM: You could also look at san snapshots too , if you have an iscsi appliance or similar. You can get full snapshots in just a few minutes of terabytes, but then you still have to get that to tape. If your iSCSI device and your backup software supports VSS transportable snapshots, you can get them off the SAN at any time without having to burden your production server. Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Wmiprvse.exe network service 100 CPU
David Mazzaccaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/10/2008 11:53:48 AM: I have a client (XP Pro) that has this process running at 100 CPU. http://blogs.technet.com/smsandmom/archive/2007/05/17/sms-2003-sp3-clients-with-100-cpu-tied-to-hardware-inventory.aspx Try that... Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: DNS high memory issue
Yes SP2, patches are applied regularly. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DNS high memory issue Are you at sp2? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Onur Altuntas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Onur Altuntas Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DNS high memory issue Hi. We're having an issue with our MS Server 2003 DNS servers. Sometimes, dns.exe uses too much memory and starts not answering queries. When i realize the DNS service failure, i logon to the server and see that dns.exe uses ~1.5GB memory, then i kill the process. Here is the event log: (also lots of event id 5501 records) Here is the event log: Event Type: Error Event Source: DNS Event ID: 7502 Description: The DNS server was unable to service a client request due a shortage of available memory. Close any applications not in use or reboot the computer to free memory. Our DNS is open to recursive queries and use forwarders. 2gb memory is placed on server and we've been using these DNS servers for 2 years without problem. i've search google for memory leak problems but found nothing useful. Any ideas? Thanks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Citrix help needed
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX107402 Try that Jon!! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 4:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix help needed We are running PS 4.0 with 2 servers in our development farm. All published apps have been updated to run on newserver and everything is working fine. Today I powered down oldserver to check for any issues before I reuse it. When oldserver is powered off, none of the published apps work, even though they are configured to run on newserver only. As soon as I powered up oldserver the apps began working. The message we get is resource is not available. The only thing I see in the event log is that newserver has become the farm metric server. Where do I begin looking? Jon Bjerke Systems Administrator Communications Data Group 102 S Duncan Road Champaign, IL 61822-2818 217-355-8400 x322 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS
Here is a more complete document from HP. http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00883105dimid=1438676018dicid=alr_mar07jumpid=em_alerts/us/mar07/all/xbu/emailsubid/mrm/mcc/loc/rbu_category/alerts Regards, Greg Ken Schaefer The memory management whitepaper that I've posted explains all of this: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/kernel/mem-mgmt.mspx Pages 9-12 will give you lots of information on physical addressing, bus addressing, how devices can use addresses and so on. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Mike, I am seeing what you are saying. BIOS in the server I am seeing 3.7GIG only has a NIC card in it, and Dual P4 processors, a Smart Array 6i card. BIOS I am seeing 3.4 GIG has T1 Inte Dialogic Card, Dual NICs Smart Array controller, Dual P4 Processors. So the more PCI Type devices it seems that are in the system the less physical memory you are going to have for Windows. NO server has Audio here, no need for it. All servers have CD/DVD drives and SAS or SCsi HDs. I have seen a system with 4GB of RAM show 3.4GB and a system with over 5GB of RAM show 3.7GB accordingly. So it looks like ordering Enterprise Edition is in the works, since a lot of our application probably arent going to be supported on X64 edition by the vendors accordingly. Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS /PAE wont do anything with a computer that has only 4GB of mem with an OS that only supports that much memory which include XP and 2K3 STD. It enables extended (Physical Address Extension) address space beyond 4GB. What youre seeing right now is what youre supposed to be seeing. These other people that are seeing 4GB reported as available in the Windows Properties General tab on STD edition is what is perplexing to me. I would like to think theyre just wrong on something but as Im not there looking at what theyre looking at, well Maybe they could call up their MS person and tell them what theyre seeing and ask why theyre seeing it. Because every piece of documentation Ive read says they shouldnt be able to do that. As for refuting the DEP thing, again, if these machines are running 2K3 STD and only have 4GB of mem installed then you shouldnt evar see 4GB of physical mem in the task manager or properties dialogue. Answer this. Your machine that shows 3.7GB. Does it have less installed in terms of components? Are more components disabled in the BIOS than other similar machines such as onboard audio, extra NICs, or possibly no CD or hard drives? I would make sense if this is true. -- Mike Gill From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Thanks for the information, I have boxes that have DEP enabled, and dont have the /PAE in the boot.ini therefore DEP automatically enabling PAE doesnt seem to go hand in hand. I got 3 DL 380 G5 that will refute that. Again going to try the /PAE switch on a system and see if anything changes accordingly, as compared to a freshly built system with 4GB in it. I looked at a few other systems, and some of them have 5GB of memory but only Win2k3 STD shows 3.7GB on some and 3.4 on others. Its pretty weird, Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Intel machines running 32bit versions of Windows can address 4GB of memory, but not use it. PAE enables address space above 4GB. Its also required for DEP, and must also be supported by your hardware (e.g. chipset) and drivers. Why some people here are seeing all 4gb in the properties dialogue of 2K3 std, I dont get it. I thought I understood this issue, but obviously there are some real world experiences here showing otherwise. http://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/archive/2007/03/25/who-ate-my-memory.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352 (DEP) http://tinyurl.com/27obg7 (xp, but still relevant and excellent explanations) PAE on an OS that is limited to 4GB, is only because DEP requires it. Enabling DEP automatically enables PAE. Otherwise it (PAE) would be a useless feature on 2K/XP/2K3 std. The BIOS, video cards, memory, et al, all
RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS
Here is a more complete document from HP. http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00883105dimid=1438676018dicid=alr_mar07jumpid=em_alerts/us/mar07/all/xbu/emailsubid/mrm/mcc/loc/rbu_category/alerts Regards, Greg Ken Schaefer The memory management whitepaper that I've posted explains all of this: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/kernel/mem-mgmt.mspx Pages 9-12 will give you lots of information on physical addressing, bus addressing, how devices can use addresses and so on. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Mike, I am seeing what you are saying. BIOS in the server I am seeing 3.7GIG only has a NIC card in it, and Dual P4 processors, a Smart Array 6i card. BIOS I am seeing 3.4 GIG has T1 Inte Dialogic Card, Dual NICs Smart Array controller, Dual P4 Processors. So the more PCI Type devices it seems that are in the system the less physical memory you are going to have for Windows. NO server has Audio here, no need for it. All servers have CD/DVD drives and SAS or SCsi HDs. I have seen a system with 4GB of RAM show 3.4GB and a system with over 5GB of RAM show 3.7GB accordingly. So it looks like ordering Enterprise Edition is in the works, since a lot of our application probably arent going to be supported on X64 edition by the vendors accordingly. Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS /PAE wont do anything with a computer that has only 4GB of mem with an OS that only supports that much memory which include XP and 2K3 STD. It enables extended (Physical Address Extension) address space beyond 4GB. What youre seeing right now is what youre supposed to be seeing. These other people that are seeing 4GB reported as available in the Windows Properties General tab on STD edition is what is perplexing to me. I would like to think theyre just wrong on something but as Im not there looking at what theyre looking at, well Maybe they could call up their MS person and tell them what theyre seeing and ask why theyre seeing it. Because every piece of documentation Ive read says they shouldnt be able to do that. As for refuting the DEP thing, again, if these machines are running 2K3 STD and only have 4GB of mem installed then you shouldnt evar see 4GB of physical mem in the task manager or properties dialogue. Answer this. Your machine that shows 3.7GB. Does it have less installed in terms of components? Are more components disabled in the BIOS than other similar machines such as onboard audio, extra NICs, or possibly no CD or hard drives? I would make sense if this is true. -- Mike Gill From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Thanks for the information, I have boxes that have DEP enabled, and dont have the /PAE in the boot.ini therefore DEP automatically enabling PAE doesnt seem to go hand in hand. I got 3 DL 380 G5 that will refute that. Again going to try the /PAE switch on a system and see if anything changes accordingly, as compared to a freshly built system with 4GB in it. I looked at a few other systems, and some of them have 5GB of memory but only Win2k3 STD shows 3.7GB on some and 3.4 on others. Its pretty weird, Z From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Intel machines running 32bit versions of Windows can address 4GB of memory, but not use it. PAE enables address space above 4GB. Its also required for DEP, and must also be supported by your hardware (e.g. chipset) and drivers. Why some people here are seeing all 4gb in the properties dialogue of 2K3 std, I dont get it. I thought I understood this issue, but obviously there are some real world experiences here showing otherwise. http://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/archive/2007/03/25/who-ate-my-memory.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352 (DEP) http://tinyurl.com/27obg7 (xp, but still relevant and excellent explanations) PAE on an OS that is limited to 4GB, is only because DEP requires it. Enabling DEP automatically enables PAE. Otherwise it (PAE) would be a useless feature on 2K/XP/2K3 std. The BIOS, video cards, memory, et al, all
