Re: Broadcom NIC problems?
Wow! I just had a chance to reboot the server after making these changes (I found that all three were enabled in the registry - I'm not sure why I thought TOE was disabled) and it's a night and day difference. Immensely faster. Thank you!! - Original Message - From: Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:21 PM Subject: RE: Broadcom NIC problems? This sounds a LOT like the strange issue we had with our 2950 running E2k7 (can't just wipe and install x32) where Outlook would hiccup and lose connections to the server. Server appeared hung, but once logged on, was fine and users could reconnect. Updated firmware, drivers, Windows, Exchange patches, etc, and could not find a source. On the verge of calling PSS, but tried the chimney stuff first, and voila, haven't seen the problem since. We've turned it off for now on all of our 2900s and 2950s, and have seen great improvements in several servers where we probably didn't realize there were issues. On ours, I'm importing a reg file with the following - Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] EnableTCPA=dword: EnableRSS=dword: EnableTCPChimney=dword: - And, I'm also setting RSS to disabled in the advanced properties of the Broadcom NIC (in device manager). A reboot after that and it's all off. Will probably try turning things back on one at a time when this issue seems to settle down more, but at this point, it still appears to be a problem for us on the latest drivers, etc. BTW--we have one 2900 server that was so bad we had to stuff an Intel NIC in the box after it continued to BSOD on Broadcom drivers and Dell had replaced all the hardware (we changed cables, ports, etc first). Has worked flawlessly since--hoping to try removing that NIC with the chimney off soon, but need to wait until mid-winter break when the kids are gone in case it doesn't work. Point being, it seems to rear its ugly head for us with the Broadcom NICs. YMMV -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Broadcom NIC problems? In the IP Chimney thread there was a link to an article that alluded to more general issues with Broadcom drivers in Win2k3. I'm seeing some issues with a Dell PE2950 that we recently put into service as a web server. I first set the sysetem up using Windows Server 2003 x64 and had serious network throughput problems. Even on the local network (100 Mbps switch) I was seeing no better than about 130 kbps throughput. This was (and still is) without the TOE enabled. I farked around with it, trying different drivers until I finally gave up and installed Win2k3 32-bit. Much better network speeds. But what I'm seeing is now is an occasional hiccup where a web page appears to take several seconds to load. This is actually a little reminiscent of the original problem, as it would appear that the network would experience varying speeds, with short periods of a couple seconds that were extremely slow. Looking at the page generation speeds, it's not the web or application server, as the pages take just a fraction of a second to generate. Everything points to continued networking problems. Web sites from other servers in the same web farm don't display this behavior, so it would seem to be something with the PE2950 and not the network itself. Anyone else seeing something similar? Suggestions for either a fix, or where to begin troubleshooting would be appreciated. ~ 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 ~
Anyone know of a tool/utility to report sizes of mount point volumes.
Hello, We have an EMC SAN presenting drives to 4 Windows Servers. Quite a number of these volumes do not have drive letters and are mount points under other drive letters. I am trying to do disk space monitoring of all volumes on these servers. I have a few reporting tools (ops manager and small util's), but these will only report back volumes with drive letters and not separately the mount point volumes. Does anyone know of a tool which will report them? Andrew Clague * This e-mail, (and any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It may be read, copied and used by the intended addressee only. If you have received this in error please contact BDP immediately. If you have any queries, please contact the sender. * Building Design Partnership Registered in England No 2207415: Registered Office: Building Design Partnership Ltd, Sunlight House, PO Box 85, Quay Street, Manchester, M60 3JA, http://www.bdp.co.uk * ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Copy local policy settings between computers
I am trying to copy local policy settings (LGPO), specifically the audit settings, between Windows 2000 Professional computers that are not joined to a domain. I have found the following article; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274478 This explains copying the contents of the \winnt\system32\grouppolicy folder to other systems. Uunfortunately, this seems to only copy those settings in Administrative Templates. Does anyone have a suggestion for copying these settings so we don't have to manually change the local policies on each system? Michael ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Anyone know of a tool/utility to report sizes of mount point volumes.
Diruse.exe ? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Clague, Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Anyone know of a tool/utility to report sizes of mount point volumes. Hello, We have an EMC SAN presenting drives to 4 Windows Servers. Quite a number of these volumes do not have drive letters and are mount points under other drive letters. I am trying to do disk space monitoring of all volumes on these servers. I have a few reporting tools (ops manager and small util's), but these will only report back volumes with drive letters and not separately the mount point volumes. Does anyone know of a tool which will report them? Andrew Clague * This e-mail, (and any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. It may be read, copied and used by the intended addressee only. If you have received this in error please contact BDP immediately. If you have any queries, please contact the sender. * Building Design Partnership Registered in England No 2207415: Registered Office: Building Design Partnership Ltd, Sunlight House, PO Box 85, Quay Street, Manchester, M60 3JA, http://www.bdp.co.uk * ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
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RE: Keeping track of all this IT stuff
That reminds me, I installed OSSIM on a test box from the ISO installer recently, and OCS Inventory integrated with it nicely, all you had to do was install the client which came in a nice pre-made package. It reported everything you could ever think of on the machine. Not sure if it (OCS, or OCS+OSSIM, for that matter) can do everything you want, as I've only played around with it a little, but it sure looks promising. cb -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Keeping track of all this IT stuff I'm looking at GLPI plus OCS-NG, when I have the time to implement it. OCS-NG is on sourceforge, and both are FOSS. On Jan 31, 2008 4:22 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering what software people use to keep track of all this IT stuff. Things like users, computers, patch panels and their jacks, switches and their ports. Most importantly, what is connected to what: User A has computer B plugged into jack C which is patched into port D of switch E. Asset management sort of fits this, but I also want to keep track of how the various assets fit together, not just that I have them. Change/trouble/request tracking would be nice, too, but is secondary. I've currently got a home-grown MS Access database that keeps getting features tacked on to it, but it suffers from lack of design and incomplete implementation, and is getting rather hairy. I'm trying to decide if it would be cheaper to buy something COTS vs DIY. -- Ben ~ 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 ~
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Re: Copy local policy settings between computers
This looks interesting. I will give it a try. Thank you! On Feb 1, 2008 10:26 AM, Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take a look at secedit. http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b1007de8-a11a-4d88-9370-25e2445605871033.mspx?mfr=true -Bonnie *From:* Michael Hauck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, February 01, 2008 7:22 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Copy local policy settings between computers I am trying to copy local policy settings (LGPO), specifically the audit settings, between Windows 2000 Professional computers that are not joined to a domain. I have found the following article; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274478 This explains copying the contents of the \winnt\system32\grouppolicy folder to other systems. Uunfortunately, this seems to only copy those settings in Administrative Templates. Does anyone have a suggestion for copying these settings so we don't have to manually change the local policies on each system? Michael ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Switch Purchase Question...
On Feb 1, 2008 9:48 AM, Chyka, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does HP have POE switches? Yup, several options, according to their catalog. Haven't used 'em myself. I am a big Cisco fan for their feature set etc. but im looking for cheaper alternatives ... Yah, the thing all us ProCurve fans are saying is that HP seems to offer most/all of the same features, for lower cost, with a better warranty. More features in some cases -- a nice web UI, for example, which isn't available on many Cisco models. Of course, I expect once you get into the *really* high end -- like the Cisco Nexus 7000 -- HP can't compete. And if you've got existing Cisco products, it of course makes sense to preserve that investment. Likewise if you're using Cisco Call Manager and it has special integration features that only work with their equipment. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Switch Purchase Question...
There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Ken, I have this exact setup on a 2824 with ports 1 and 2 trunked with LACP to an HP DL380 and I can confirm that power cycling does not reset it? My firmware is also ~6 months old! What switch specifically are you referring to? jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Switch Purchase Question...
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Dell in these discussions. I've used Dell switches in stacked and single deployments and have enjoyed great success with all the managed products. When I was running the IT department for that law firm (from Hell), I had a Cisco core and Dell in all my access-layer closets and all branch offices and it was a rock solid setup. My only beef with Dell is that the CLI is just different enough from Cisco to piss you off. Example, you can't just type 'sh run' you have to type show running-config. However, the web mgmt applet was easy-peasy to use. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Switch Purchase Question...
I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-29-08 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Price to functionality on the say 2800 series HP and equivalent Cisco you will get a better price/warranty from HP over Cisco any day. Cisco is good stuff, really good stuff.. but the cost of managing the Cisco, TAC agreement if you don't know, and the warranty as compared to HP, always = better value for our shop to go HP. I have had switches that are 6 years old have a bad port go bad and HP sends a refurb'd switch out next day. And you don't even have to buy a better warranty it comes with it. Unless you can show me a specific feature I need not available on HP, that would be my only reason for going Cisco at this time. Greg -Original Message- From: Edward B. DREGER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... MEJ Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:21 -0500 MEJ From: Micheal Espinola Jr MEJ Over Cisco? Can you give an example? See earlier posts. Again, we're talking low-end switches; I've not run the bigger HPs. HP: Never a problem with hardware or firmware over the years. Cisco: IIRC was slower to offer SSHv2. Cisco: Unless the 29xx now has things like 802.1x, HP gets the nod. Cisco: Wicked problems with 5500 (yes, a while back) and redundant FEC aggregates. Cisco: Some of my bias comes from nasty experiences on their router gear not living up to spec (think: special interim IOS release because of buggy MPLS code; not reaching near advertised forwarding rates with any real routing processes and ACLs) HP isn't perfect, though. I wish the 25xx allowed baby jumbograms for non-802.3ad ethertypes, such as MPLS. Can't recall if the lower-end Ciscos do, either, for that matter. (Yes, some of these experiences date back several years.) Eddy -- 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 ~ ~ 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: Broadcom NIC problems?
Good news! I must say, I don't know that I would have even looked closely at SNP and cleaning the chimney in the first place though if I hadn't seen several threads here posted or answered by Bob Fronk. Big thanks to Bob and others for the pains they went through in finding the resolution in the first place! I sure hope the vendors can get together and fix these remaining problems. It feels like such a waste having to turn off new features that could be beneficial. -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Broadcom NIC problems? Wow! I just had a chance to reboot the server after making these changes (I found that all three were enabled in the registry - I'm not sure why I thought TOE was disabled) and it's a night and day difference. Immensely faster. Thank you!! - Original Message - From: Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:21 PM Subject: RE: Broadcom NIC problems? This sounds a LOT like the strange issue we had with our 2950 running E2k7 (can't just wipe and install x32) where Outlook would hiccup and lose connections to the server. Server appeared hung, but once logged on, was fine and users could reconnect. Updated firmware, drivers, Windows, Exchange patches, etc, and could not find a source. On the verge of calling PSS, but tried the chimney stuff first, and voila, haven't seen the problem since. We've turned it off for now on all of our 2900s and 2950s, and have seen great improvements in several servers where we probably didn't realize there were issues. On ours, I'm importing a reg file with the following - Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] EnableTCPA=dword: EnableRSS=dword: EnableTCPChimney=dword: - And, I'm also setting RSS to disabled in the advanced properties of the Broadcom NIC (in device manager). A reboot after that and it's all off. Will probably try turning things back on one at a time when this issue seems to settle down more, but at this point, it still appears to be a problem for us on the latest drivers, etc. BTW--we have one 2900 server that was so bad we had to stuff an Intel NIC in the box after it continued to BSOD on Broadcom drivers and Dell had replaced all the hardware (we changed cables, ports, etc first). Has worked flawlessly since--hoping to try removing that NIC with the chimney off soon, but need to wait until mid-winter break when the kids are gone in case it doesn't work. Point being, it seems to rear its ugly head for us with the Broadcom NICs. YMMV -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Broadcom NIC problems? In the IP Chimney thread there was a link to an article that alluded to more general issues with Broadcom drivers in Win2k3. I'm seeing some issues with a Dell PE2950 that we recently put into service as a web server. I first set the sysetem up using Windows Server 2003 x64 and had serious network throughput problems. Even on the local network (100 Mbps switch) I was seeing no better than about 130 kbps throughput. This was (and still is) without the TOE enabled. I farked around with it, trying different drivers until I finally gave up and installed Win2k3 32-bit. Much better network speeds. But what I'm seeing is now is an occasional hiccup where a web page appears to take several seconds to load. This is actually a little reminiscent of the original problem, as it would appear that the network would experience varying speeds, with short periods of a couple seconds that were extremely slow. Looking at the page generation speeds, it's not the web or application server, as the pages take just a fraction of a second to generate. Everything points to continued networking problems. Web sites from other servers in the same web farm don't display this behavior, so it would seem to be something with the PE2950 and not the network itself. Anyone else seeing something similar? Suggestions for either a fix, or where to begin troubleshooting would be appreciated. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
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RE: FRIDAY FUNNY: So you think that you have seen everything
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RE: Switch Purchase Question...
Yup. If you are already in bed with Cisco for your phone system, you may as well go all the way. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... If you are using Call Manager stick with Cisco, the integration will be well worth the cost and trial of doing it any other way. -Original Message- From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Does HP have POE switches? We are rolling out Cisco Call Manager in the Fall so I would like to have POE switches if possible. I am a big Cisco fan for their feature set etc. but im looking for cheaper alternatives in case I get shot down for the Cisco pricing. Thanks.. -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-29-08 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Price to functionality on the say 2800 series HP and equivalent Cisco you will get a better price/warranty from HP over Cisco any day. Cisco is good stuff, really good stuff.. but the cost of managing the Cisco, TAC agreement if you don't know, and the warranty as compared to HP, always = better value for our shop to go HP. I have had switches that are 6 years old have a bad port go bad and HP sends a refurb'd switch out next day. And you don't even have to buy a better warranty it comes with it. Unless you can show me a specific feature I need not available on HP, that would be my only reason for going Cisco at this time. Greg -Original Message- From: Edward B. DREGER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... MEJ Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:21 -0500 MEJ From: Micheal Espinola Jr MEJ Over Cisco? Can you give an example? See earlier posts. Again, we're talking low-end switches; I've not run the bigger HPs. HP: Never a problem with hardware or firmware over the years. Cisco: IIRC was slower to offer SSHv2. Cisco: Unless the 29xx now has things like 802.1x, HP gets the nod. Cisco: Wicked problems with 5500 (yes, a while back) and redundant FEC aggregates. Cisco: Some of my bias comes from nasty experiences on their router gear not living up to spec (think: special interim IOS release because of buggy MPLS code; not reaching near advertised forwarding rates with any real routing processes and ACLs) HP isn't perfect, though. I wish the 25xx allowed baby jumbograms for non-802.3ad ethertypes, such as MPLS. Can't recall if the lower-end Ciscos do, either, for that matter. (Yes, some of these experiences date back several years.) Eddy -- 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!~ ~
Growing Old installing XP SP2
We have a number of XP pro systems still running SP1. WSUS has been busy keeping up with other updates, but we haven't pushed sp2 yet. So now as we start installing SP2, its taking a ridiculous amount of time (anywhere from 8 to 12 hours) to finish. It looks like the SP is backing out all of the post SP2 patches that have been applied before it actually installs. I've tried running it manually from a download, and also from Windows Update. Has anybody seen this? Is there a way to speed this up somehow (short of reloading the PC from scratch) ? Thanks all! *** John C. Kelsey DuBois Regional Medical Center (: 814.375.3073 2 : 814.375.4005 *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Switch Purchase Question...
Cisco = TVK and SHOOK (scratch for your phone system) -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Yup. If you are already in bed with Cisco for your phone system, you may as well go all the way. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... If you are using Call Manager stick with Cisco, the integration will be well worth the cost and trial of doing it any other way. -Original Message- From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Does HP have POE switches? We are rolling out Cisco Call Manager in the Fall so I would like to have POE switches if possible. I am a big Cisco fan for their feature set etc. but im looking for cheaper alternatives in case I get shot down for the Cisco pricing. Thanks.. -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-29-08 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Price to functionality on the say 2800 series HP and equivalent Cisco you will get a better price/warranty from HP over Cisco any day. Cisco is good stuff, really good stuff.. but the cost of managing the Cisco, TAC agreement if you don't know, and the warranty as compared to HP, always = better value for our shop to go HP. I have had switches that are 6 years old have a bad port go bad and HP sends a refurb'd switch out next day. And you don't even have to buy a better warranty it comes with it. Unless you can show me a specific feature I need not available on HP, that would be my only reason for going Cisco at this time. Greg -Original Message- From: Edward B. DREGER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... MEJ Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:21 -0500 MEJ From: Micheal Espinola Jr MEJ Over Cisco? Can you give an example? See earlier posts. Again, we're talking low-end switches; I've not run the bigger HPs. HP: Never a problem with hardware or firmware over the years. Cisco: IIRC was slower to offer SSHv2. Cisco: Unless the 29xx now has things like 802.1x, HP gets the nod. Cisco: Wicked problems with 5500 (yes, a while back) and redundant FEC aggregates. Cisco: Some of my bias comes from nasty experiences on their router gear not living up to spec (think: special interim IOS release because of buggy MPLS code; not reaching near advertised forwarding rates with any real routing processes and ACLs) HP isn't perfect, though. I wish the 25xx allowed baby jumbograms for non-802.3ad ethertypes, such as MPLS. Can't recall if the lower-end Ciscos do, either, for that matter. (Yes, some of these experiences date back several years.) Eddy -- 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
Re: Document management solutions - recommendations
You might want to consider SharePoint 2007. Lots of companies are creating Document Management solutions based on SharePoint document libraries, and custom policies etc. This would then give you a platform to provide other functionality (assuming you don't have SharePoint already) with minimal extra investment. C On 01/02/2008, Glen Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We've been using a system called DocStar for about 2 years and so far it has worked well, although I don't use it, just keep the server going and install the client when new workstations or deployed. *From:* Neil Standley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:40 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Document management solutions - recommendations My employer has asked me to investigate potential solutions for document management/archival/paperless, I've started googling for options but wanted to see what your recommendations, experiences are on this topic. Thanks, Neil -- Regards, Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alsipius.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Copy local policy settings between computers
Take a look at secedit. http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b1007de8-a11a-4d88-9370-25e2445605871033.mspx?mfr=true -Bonnie From: Michael Hauck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Copy local policy settings between computers I am trying to copy local policy settings (LGPO), specifically the audit settings, between Windows 2000 Professional computers that are not joined to a domain. I have found the following article; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274478 This explains copying the contents of the \winnt\system32\grouppolicy folder to other systems. Uunfortunately, this seems to only copy those settings in Administrative Templates. Does anyone have a suggestion for copying these settings so we don't have to manually change the local policies on each system? Michael ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
http://www.myITforum.com/absolutevc/?v=7 -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? Does nobody remember Windows Bob? 100% flop, 0.001% market penetration. /kenw -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-31-08 3:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? You're the first person I've ever heard say Win98 was a flop. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? InfoWorld is crazy. Windows98 or WindowsMe were the biggest Windows-related flops. ~ 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: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
Does nobody remember Windows Bob? 100% flop, 0.001% market penetration. /kenw -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-31-08 3:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? You're the first person I've ever heard say Win98 was a flop. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? InfoWorld is crazy. Windows98 or WindowsMe were the biggest Windows-related flops. ~ 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: Switch Purchase Question...
My only issues with the Dell switches is the warranty. You can only get 3 or 4 year and extend it to 5 years total last time I checked and the cost of expanding the warranty brings it easily to the cost of an HP from the get go. -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Dell in these discussions. I've used Dell switches in stacked and single deployments and have enjoyed great success with all the managed products. When I was running the IT department for that law firm (from Hell), I had a Cisco core and Dell in all my access-layer closets and all branch offices and it was a rock solid setup. My only beef with Dell is that the CLI is just different enough from Cisco to piss you off. Example, you can't just type 'sh run' you have to type show running-config. However, the web mgmt applet was easy-peasy to use. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw ~ 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: exponential-e in the UK
Have been using them for a little over 4 years Very responsive, good service, very satisfied, we just have a 10 meg connection on which we have delivered a 3 meg service, although it seems to run much quicker than 3 meg so I think they give us more bandwidth if available, throttling down to 3 meg if necessary. Don't know if their price is competitive today, it was when I first went with them. Staying with them because they are one of the few suppliers with who I have complete satisfaction My network support guys liked the service so much that they have become a reseller for exponential and again seem satisfied with the product the company I don't know if their service may vary across the country - my office is close to Heathrow exponential have some fairly major links in the city out to the west of London. So we are not far from one of their major arterial routes. If you have any more questions about them let me know Mike Smith From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 January 2008 14:53 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: exponential-e in the UK Hi all, anyone had any dealings with a company in the UK called Exponential-e? Got an advert in the post for their PowerNGN 100 internet connection (100 MB) and want to get a feel if anyone has had any bad experiences. Many thanks for any replies. Clayton Doige IT Project Manager CME Development Corporation T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED] W:www.cetv-net.com __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ Toshiba international (Europe) Ltd is a company registered in England Wales with company registration number 2243329 and VAT registration number GB 342 1463 85 Registered address 1 Little New Street London EC4 3TR Please send all commercial correspondence to the West Drayton or Durham Office address as appropriate ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Switch Purchase Question...
TMI Jonathan. I didn't need that scenario to think about on a Friday, Yuck! From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... Brings new meaning to the phrase knowledge dump. On Feb 1, 2008 11:20 AM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then you should have no trouble gaining some of that knowledge while you are there. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Don stores it all a lil farther south than his head Tom. From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Not everybody has a BIGHEAD like you Don to store all that information. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... GUI's are for the unskilled... On Feb 1, 2008 6:50 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Dell in these discussions. I've used Dell switches in stacked and single deployments and have enjoyed great success with all the managed products. When I was running the IT department for that law firm (from Hell), I had a Cisco core and Dell in all my access-layer closets and all branch offices and it was a rock solid setup. My only beef with Dell is that the CLI is just different enough from Cisco to piss you off. Example, you can't just type 'sh run' you have to type show running-config. However, the web mgmt applet was easy-peasy to use. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw ~ 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: Switch Purchase Question...
Very well played, Mr. Blackstone... Shook From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Then you should have no trouble gaining some of that knowledge while you are there. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Don stores it all a lil farther south than his head Tom. From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Not everybody has a BIGHEAD like you Don to store all that information. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... GUI's are for the unskilled... On Feb 1, 2008 6:50 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Dell in these discussions. I've used Dell switches in stacked and single deployments and have enjoyed great success with all the managed products. When I was running the IT department for that law firm (from Hell), I had a Cisco core and Dell in all my access-layer closets and all branch offices and it was a rock solid setup. My only beef with Dell is that the CLI is just different enough from Cisco to piss you off. Example, you can't just type 'sh run' you have to type show running-config. However, the web mgmt applet was easy-peasy to use. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw ~ 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: FYI (vLite)
We did it for years before slipstreaming. I'm sure they'll catch-up - but I'm surprised at this obvious step backward. On Feb 1, 2008 10:37 AM, Silvio L. Nisgoski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let´s wait to see what will be the MS-recommended way for it, but it doesn´t seem a nice thing when having to wait for the installation of Vista, then waiting for the installation of the service pack when building some new computers ... - Original Message - From: Amer Karim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:58 AM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) After Mike mentioned that, I decided to go look it up - from what I can gather, it's true: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/windows-vista-servi ce-pack-1-beta-whitepaper.aspx (scroll down to Evaluating SP1 section) - SP1 will change a significant number of files; customers cannot apply SP1 to offline Windows Vista images. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/05/slipstream-windows-vista-sp1-in to-dvd-iso-image-by-reverse-integration/ gives a possible method to do so (and also mentions vLite); will have to try it once the RTM SP1 is released officially http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1_inside.asp scroll down to the deploying windows vista SP1 section. Regards, Amer Karim Nautilis Information Systems -Original Message- From: Mark Boersma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31-Jan-08 10:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) Seriously? I hadn't heard that it couldn't be slipstreamed. Whose ba$$ackwards idea was that? Mark - Two rules to success in life: 1. Never tell people everything you know. -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 February 2008 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) You have heard that SP1 cannot be slipstreamed right? You will need to wait (which may not take long) for official SP1 integrated media from MS. Do you have a link for this? Cheers Ken ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ Please consider the environment before printing this email. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipients(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ 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: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
At the time, there were a lot of people that were scared of computers, so it was an honest attempt to make something extremely friendly to people with no concept of what they were doing. But gawd, it was awful. I dont know a single person that could stand to use it. Even those that found it amusing for the first 5 minutes became quickly sick of it. On Feb 1, 2008 10:31 AM, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OMG that was so painful to watch! I'm not sure if I'm proud or ashamed to say I got through 2/3 of it before I had to close it. I had never used Windows Bob...is that really what it was like?! Does it get better if you're tripping on acid? On Feb 1, 2008 9:55 AM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.myITforum.com/absolutevc/?v=7 -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? Does nobody remember Windows Bob? 100% flop, 0.001% market penetration. /kenw -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-31-08 3:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? You're the first person I've ever heard say Win98 was a flop. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? InfoWorld is crazy. Windows98 or WindowsMe were the biggest Windows-related flops. ~ 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: Tracking user logins
The problem I have seen is that the DC security logs do not show which workstation someone authenticated from. You should be able to find out when user x authenticated from the security logs (depending on your event log size as well as how fast logs are overwritten). You can use the filter view for the specific username IF said user actually logged onto and authenticated to your network. If someone decided to bring in a personal computer and just plugged in, well, that's a different story. How many computers at the remote site? Any chance of pulling a copy of their event logs and looking at them? Interactive logons are only logged on the machine that was logged on to, AFAIK. There are lots of options here, this is just a start. James Winzenz Infrastructure Engineer - Security Pulte Homes Information Services From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:44 AM Posted To: NTSysadmin Conversation: Tracking user logins Subject: Tracking user logins I would like to be able to see when User X logged into the network. I'd also like to see on Date Y, who logged into the network, and at what time. Here's what I'm looking at: I get automated router bandwidth reports from our ISP on a monthly basis. At one of our remote sites, there is a huge inbound traffic spike on a couple of weekend days. We don't work on the weekend, so I'd like to try to figure out where these spikes came from. I've looked at the Security log on my DC, but that's about as helpful as, well I'm Shook could come up with a funny line there... anyway, does the Security log track the information I'm looking for, and if so, how can I actually get to it? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Friday Funny?
Oh GOD, now I know why Shook needs so much deodorant. Call an ambulance someone, he's rotting as we speak -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday Funny? Indeed. A body could not sit in a temperate environment that long without exuding a serious stench. The human body does a number of diguesting things when it stops actively living. Not to mention that we are perpetually rotting while alive. On Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Melanie Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While funny, unfortunately this is not a true story. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/fivedays.asp mf On Feb 1, 2008 8:50 AM, Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FEELING UNAPPRECIATED AT WORK LATELY? -- ME2 ~ 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: Switch Purchase Question...
On Feb 1, 2008 10:43 AM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GUI's are for the unskilled... I prefer a CLI for most things, but the web GUI in the HP switches is useful for monitoring. It shows real-time port status and traffic utilization graphs. I sometimes have several browser windows open on one of my virtual desktops, each showing the switch status GUI. Lets me see the network's overall health at a glance. With a CLI only Catalyst, you *have* to run the separate management software to get that. (I dunno enough about Cisco's current product offerings to know if they offer web GUIs standard now, but they didn't use to.) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Tracking user logins
From what I remember: You need to enable auditing of account logon events for the DC, which will generate audit entries for any user account authenticated against the domain controller you set it up on, and it should show what workstation (or IP) they are logging in from. For a catch-all, audit logon events, which pretty much logs ALL logon attempts local to the machine (not just local as in Local accounts, but everything, even machine accounts) account logon events only grabs interactive or network logons. It's all configured in the Computer ConfigurationSecurity SettingsLocal PoliciesAudit Policy portion of Group Policy I could be wrong though, wouldn't be the first time. cb From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tracking user logins I would like to be able to see when User X logged into the network. I'd also like to see on Date Y, who logged into the network, and at what time. Here's what I'm looking at: I get automated router bandwidth reports from our ISP on a monthly basis. At one of our remote sites, there is a huge inbound traffic spike on a couple of weekend days. We don't work on the weekend, so I'd like to try to figure out where these spikes came from. I've looked at the Security log on my DC, but that's about as helpful as, well I'm Shook could come up with a funny line there... anyway, does the Security log track the information I'm looking for, and if so, how can I actually get to it? 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: Switch Purchase Question...
ROFL On Feb 1, 2008 11:20 AM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then you should have no trouble gaining some of that knowledge while you are there. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Don stores it all a lil farther south than his head Tom. From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Not everybody has a BIGHEAD like you Don to store all that information. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... GUI's are for the unskilled... On Feb 1, 2008 6:50 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Dell in these discussions. I've used Dell switches in stacked and single deployments and have enjoyed great success with all the managed products. When I was running the IT department for that law firm (from Hell), I had a Cisco core and Dell in all my access-layer closets and all branch offices and it was a rock solid setup. My only beef with Dell is that the CLI is just different enough from Cisco to piss you off. Example, you can't just type 'sh run' you have to type show running-config. However, the web mgmt applet was easy-peasy to use. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw ~ 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: Vista caching SMB permissions
And if he logs off and logs back on? -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez Castaños [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vista caching SMB permissions Hi, I've experiencing a weird issue with SMB shares permissions. I added a user to a user group and this person can't access like the others to the SMB share. From Windows XP machines get the right permissions using servername or FQDN. However, Vista only gets the right permissions using the IP address and not servername or FQDN. I guess for some reason is caching the previous permissions. Anyone has experienced this? If so, anyway to work around it? Googling didn't help me Thanks, Miguel ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ *** The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender by return e-mail delete this e-mail and refrain from any disclosure or action based on the information. *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
Sounds like Vista ;-) I wonder what Melinda Gates would say about Bob now? On the 01/02/2008 19:10, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote the following: At the time, there were a lot of people that were scared of computers, so it was an honest attempt to make something extremely friendly to people with no concept of what they were doing. But gawd, it was awful. I dont know a single person that could stand to use it. Even those that found it amusing for the first 5 minutes became quickly sick of it. On Feb 1, 2008 10:31 AM, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OMG that was so painful to watch! I'm not sure if I'm proud or ashamed to say I got through 2/3 of it before I had to close it. I had never used Windows Bob...is that really what it was like?! Does it get better if you're tripping on acid? On Feb 1, 2008 9:55 AM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.myITforum.com/absolutevc/?v=7 -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? Does nobody remember Windows Bob? 100% flop, 0.001% market penetration. /kenw -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-31-08 3:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? You're the first person I've ever heard say Win98 was a flop. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? InfoWorld is crazy. Windows98 or WindowsMe were the biggest Windows-related flops. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Friday Funny?
Indeed. A body could not sit in a temperate environment that long without exuding a serious stench. The human body does a number of diguesting things when it stops actively living. Not to mention that we are perpetually rotting while alive. On Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Melanie Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While funny, unfortunately this is not a true story. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/fivedays.asp mf On Feb 1, 2008 8:50 AM, Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FEELING UNAPPRECIATED AT WORK LATELY? -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
Dumbed down GUI app != OS, but yea, Bob was pretty horrible. 0-day or not, it was not traded with the regular warez. lol On Feb 1, 2008 9:48 AM, kenw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does nobody remember Windows Bob? 100% flop, 0.001% market penetration. /kenw -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-31-08 3:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? You're the first person I've ever heard say Win98 was a flop. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? InfoWorld is crazy. Windows98 or WindowsMe were the biggest Windows-related flops. ~ 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: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo
Microsoft Vista Search Provider Engine for Internet Explorer. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo hmm... MSY ? MSYahoo ? MSBoohoo ? MSPoopoo ? MSOyvey ! On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626 -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein -- ME2 ~ 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: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo
Live Yahoo -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Microsoft Vista Search Provider Engine for Internet Explorer. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo hmm... MSY ? MSYahoo ? MSBoohoo ? MSPoopoo ? MSOyvey ! On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626 -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein -- ME2 ~ 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: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo
Forget Frampton, Yahoo Comes Alive! Andrew Greene Webmaster City of Anderson 120 E Main St., Anderson, IN 46018 765-648-5947 -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Live Yahoo -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Microsoft Vista Search Provider Engine for Internet Explorer. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo hmm... MSY ? MSYahoo ? MSBoohoo ? MSPoopoo ? MSOyvey ! On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626 -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein -- ME2 ~ 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: Tracking user logins
Hey Joe, Can you add a line to the logon script of the users? echo %DATE% %TIME% %USERNAME% \\server\logon$\%COMPUTERNAME%.log Then you can just audit the log files generated.. On Feb 1, 2008 8:43 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to be able to see when User X logged into the network. I'd also like to see on Date Y, who logged into the network, and at what time. Here's what I'm looking at: I get automated router bandwidth reports from our ISP on a monthly basis. At one of our remote sites, there is a huge inbound traffic spike on a couple of weekend days. We don't work on the weekend, so I'd like to try to figure out where these spikes came from. I've looked at the Security log on my DC, but that's about as helpful as, well I'm Shook could come up with a funny line there… anyway, does the Security log track the information I'm looking for, and if so, how can I actually get to it? 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 ~
Home user forgot admin password
Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Home user forgot admin password
http://4sysops.com/archives/three-ways-to-reset-a-windows-vista-admin-pa ssword/ From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home user forgot admin password Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Home user forgot admin password
http://ubcd4win.com/ http://ubcd4win.com/ From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home user forgot admin password Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Megaraid CLI
Hey guys, Anyone got any experience with the Megaraid CLI? Is there any way to create a config using *all* the space in the discs? Is it simple enough to list the phys info and use the (coerced size)*n applying the right math for the applicable raid array? Also, what is wrong with this syntax: ./MegaCli64 -CfgLDAdd -R6 [252:0, 252:1, 252:2, 252:3] WT RA Direct NoCachedBadBBU -sz1 -strpsz64 Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
On Feb 1, 2008 12:10 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the time, there were a lot of people that were scared of computers, so it was an honest attempt to make something extremely friendly to people with no concept of what they were doing. The story I heard was that Melinda Gates likes (or liked) cutesy animated characters. That's why they keep popping up in MS products, despite being nearly universally loathed. The Bob fiasco, Clippy and friends in MS Office, and that stupid dog in MS Win XP's file search. I dunno if it's true or not, but it's Friday, and a good rumor should get everyone in the right mindset for the Superbowl(TM). ;-) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Vista caching SMB permissions
On Jan 31, 2008 6:38 PM, Miguel Gonzalez Castaños [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess for some reason is caching the previous permissions. Haven't tried Vista enough to notice anything like that, but maybe CSC (Client Side Caching, AKA Offline Files) has been tuned to be more aggressive? Try disabling CSC on the client, or checking the CSC settings on the server share. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users?
I've heard the same thing, she was always the one behind all the animated characters...and during her stint as project manager of Microsoft Bob, she was introduced to Bill and later became Mrs. Gates. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do Vista Users Need Fewer Security Patches Than XP Users? On Feb 1, 2008 12:10 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the time, there were a lot of people that were scared of computers, so it was an honest attempt to make something extremely friendly to people with no concept of what they were doing. The story I heard was that Melinda Gates likes (or liked) cutesy animated characters. That's why they keep popping up in MS products, despite being nearly universally loathed. The Bob fiasco, Clippy and friends in MS Office, and that stupid dog in MS Win XP's file search. I dunno if it's true or not, but it's Friday, and a good rumor should get everyone in the right mindset for the Superbowl(TM). ;-) -- Ben ~ 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 ~
XP Activation Wierdness
We had an issue this morning where about 90 workstations all came up with activation needed, you have 3 days. Most of these stations have been in place for well over a year and its completely random. No changes to HW, or GP in the last couple of weeks. Anyone have the slightest clue where to begin looking. We have had to walk around and manually reactivate them. They are OEM licenses, some are imaged and some are not which really makes it perplexing... Thanks Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Tracking user logins
We do something similar using vbscript and create a log file. It also includes some other data we use/track for first level diagnosis. Just have to keep an eye on the file size or it will eventually start slow down user logons while it writes to file. _ From: Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tracking user logins Hey Joe, Can you add a line to the logon script of the users? echo %DATE% %TIME% %USERNAME% \\server\logon$\%COMPUTERNAME%.log Then you can just audit the log files generated.. On Feb 1, 2008 8:43 AM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to be able to see when User X logged into the network. I'd also like to see on Date Y, who logged into the network, and at what time. Here's what I'm looking at: I get automated router bandwidth reports from our ISP on a monthly basis. At one of our remote sites, there is a huge inbound traffic spike on a couple of weekend days. We don't work on the weekend, so I'd like to try to figure out where these spikes came from. I've looked at the Security log on my DC, but that's about as helpful as, well I'm Shook could come up with a funny line there... anyway, does the Security log track the information I'm looking for, and if so, how can I actually get to it? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Home user forgot admin password
OOPS, XP Fix... http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home user forgot admin password Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo
Oh right... they gotta get the word Live in there somehow... yay. On Feb 1, 2008 12:15 PM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Live Yahoo -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Microsoft Vista Search Provider Engine for Internet Explorer. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo hmm... MSY ? MSYahoo ? MSBoohoo ? MSPoopoo ? MSOyvey ! On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626 -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein -- ME2 ~ 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: Home user forgot admin password
Google? I came across several this week, but EBCD (Emergency Boot CD) will set Administrator's password (and ahy other user's) to null. (EBCD is the one that worked; several others claimed to do so.) It will also unlock an account which may hve been locked out after too many failed login attempts. EBCD also recognizes RAIDs - great when, after we removed a PE-2650 from the domain, we discovered the local administrator's password had been corrupted somehow. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/01/2008 11:48:15 AM: Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Home user forgot admin password
If he's that big of a contact, you may want to just do this yourself (have him bring in the machine or go there). Depending on the tool used, he could totally hose the machine, then he's going to be looking for an answer as to why you didn't know his disk was encrypted (his kid thought it would be cool to do . . . Had one of those last year), or some other option he picked went awry. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home user forgot admin password Google? I came across several this week, but EBCD (Emergency Boot CD) will set Administrator's password (and ahy other user's) to null. (EBCD is the one that worked; several others claimed to do so.) It will also unlock an account which may hve been locked out after too many failed login attempts. EBCD also recognizes RAIDs - great when, after we removed a PE-2650 from the domain, we discovered the local administrator's password had been corrupted somehow. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/01/2008 11:48:15 AM: Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ 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: XP Activation Wierdness
I have seen the XP SP3 beta do this every time, so maybe you might look at any installed updates recently [that would be included in the SP3 update rollup]? *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, February 01, 2008 11:51 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* XP Activation Wierdness We had an issue this morning where about 90 workstations all came up with activation needed, you have 3 days. Most of these stations have been in place for well over a year and its completely random. No changes to HW, or GP in the last couple of weeks. Anyone have the slightest clue where to begin looking. We have had to walk around and manually reactivate them. They are OEM licenses, some are imaged and some are not which really makes it perplexing… Thanks Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Question on Account Management in AD
Folks, I have been asked to try and find who changed a password to a user account in AD. At the Domain Controllers Policy Level ( Account Management is Success and Failure) When I look at the accounts the auditing is for success and failure. Do I also need to enable this at the Default Domain Policy *( I don't think I do, but just need a quick sanity check) Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: FYI (vLite)
well, yes, but I for me found very good when the hability to streamline the spacks in the base install surged. Installing the XP service pack after the OS added like 50 min to the work... - Original Message - From: Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 2:29 PM Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) We did it for years before slipstreaming. I'm sure they'll catch-up - but I'm surprised at this obvious step backward. On Feb 1, 2008 10:37 AM, Silvio L. Nisgoski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let´s wait to see what will be the MS-recommended way for it, but it doesn´t seem a nice thing when having to wait for the installation of Vista, then waiting for the installation of the service pack when building some new computers ... - Original Message - From: Amer Karim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:58 AM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) After Mike mentioned that, I decided to go look it up - from what I can gather, it's true: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/windows-vista-servi ce-pack-1-beta-whitepaper.aspx (scroll down to Evaluating SP1 section) - SP1 will change a significant number of files; customers cannot apply SP1 to offline Windows Vista images. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/05/slipstream-windows-vista-sp1-in to-dvd-iso-image-by-reverse-integration/ gives a possible method to do so (and also mentions vLite); will have to try it once the RTM SP1 is released officially http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1_inside.asp scroll down to the deploying windows vista SP1 section. Regards, Amer Karim Nautilis Information Systems -Original Message- From: Mark Boersma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31-Jan-08 10:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) Seriously? I hadn't heard that it couldn't be slipstreamed. Whose ba$$ackwards idea was that? Mark - Two rules to success in life: 1. Never tell people everything you know. -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 1 February 2008 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) You have heard that SP1 cannot be slipstreamed right? You will need to wait (which may not take long) for official SP1 integrated media from MS. Do you have a link for this? Cheers Ken ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ Please consider the environment before printing this email. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipients(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Switch Purchase Question...
There's a GUI for everything these days though I wouldn't be caught dead using it. Primarily because I think I am too stupid to figure out how the damn thing works. As for the pretty graphs, that is what my monitoring system is for... On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 1, 2008 10:43 AM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GUI's are for the unskilled... I prefer a CLI for most things, but the web GUI in the HP switches is useful for monitoring. It shows real-time port status and traffic utilization graphs. I sometimes have several browser windows open on one of my virtual desktops, each showing the switch status GUI. Lets me see the network's overall health at a glance. With a CLI only Catalyst, you *have* to run the separate management software to get that. (I dunno enough about Cisco's current product offerings to know if they offer web GUIs standard now, but they didn't use to.) -- Ben ~ 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: Switch Purchase Question...
On Feb 1, 2008 1:35 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the pretty graphs, that is what my monitoring system is for... Point was, this doesn't even need a separate monitoring system. It's all built-in to the switch -- monitoring, logging, self-diagnosis and alerting. Especially for very small shops that only have one or two switches, that's a real nice thing to have. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Question on Account Management in AD
The weather = Blackstone I'd be incognito if I was there too. J From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on Account Management in AD Yeah thanks, been sick under the weather, incognito, needed a sanity check... TY Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on Account Management in AD Seems like that level of auditing should do the trick - you just need it enabled on your domain controllers. Default domain policy would set it on all computer in your domain (not necessarily a bad thing, but not necessary in this case). Filter for event ID 627 or 628 in your security logs for your domain controllers. James Winzenz Infrastructure Engineer - Security Pulte Homes Information Services From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:07 AM Posted To: NTSysadmin Conversation: Question on Account Management in AD Subject: Question on Account Management in AD Importance: High Folks, I have been asked to try and find who changed a password to a user account in AD. At the Domain Controllers Policy Level ( Account Management is Success and Failure) When I look at the accounts the auditing is for success and failure. Do I also need to enable this at the Default Domain Policy *( I don't think I do, but just need a quick sanity check) Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Switch Purchase Question...
I agree Don I love the CLI with IOS... what monitoring system do you use? Well I guess I don't love the CLI, but I prefer it over the GUI.. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... There's a GUI for everything these days though I wouldn't be caught dead using it. Primarily because I think I am too stupid to figure out how the damn thing works. As for the pretty graphs, that is what my monitoring system is for... On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 1, 2008 10:43 AM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GUI's are for the unskilled... I prefer a CLI for most things, but the web GUI in the HP switches is useful for monitoring. It shows real-time port status and traffic utilization graphs. I sometimes have several browser windows open on one of my virtual desktops, each showing the switch status GUI. Lets me see the network's overall health at a glance. With a CLI only Catalyst, you *have* to run the separate management software to get that. (I dunno enough about Cisco's current product offerings to know if they offer web GUIs standard now, but they didn't use to.) -- Ben ~ 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: L2TP vs. SSTP
I guess I missed the meeting ;-) - whats the primary device now? On Jan 31, 2008 10:21 AM, Eric E Eskam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/31/2008 09:42:14 AM: On Jan 31, 2008 8:51 AM, Eric E Eskam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Firewalls haven't been a primary security device for a few years now I guess I better take ours down then... ;-) :) I didn't say they weren't useful, just said they were no longer a primary security device - esp. for outbound... 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 -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Question on Account Management in AD
Yeah thanks, been sick under the weather, incognito, needed a sanity check... TY Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on Account Management in AD Seems like that level of auditing should do the trick - you just need it enabled on your domain controllers. Default domain policy would set it on all computer in your domain (not necessarily a bad thing, but not necessary in this case). Filter for event ID 627 or 628 in your security logs for your domain controllers. James Winzenz Infrastructure Engineer - Security Pulte Homes Information Services From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:07 AM Posted To: NTSysadmin Conversation: Question on Account Management in AD Subject: Question on Account Management in AD Importance: High Folks, I have been asked to try and find who changed a password to a user account in AD. At the Domain Controllers Policy Level ( Account Management is Success and Failure) When I look at the accounts the auditing is for success and failure. Do I also need to enable this at the Default Domain Policy *( I don't think I do, but just need a quick sanity check) Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Question on Account Management in AD
Seems like that level of auditing should do the trick - you just need it enabled on your domain controllers. Default domain policy would set it on all computer in your domain (not necessarily a bad thing, but not necessary in this case). Filter for event ID 627 or 628 in your security logs for your domain controllers. James Winzenz Infrastructure Engineer - Security Pulte Homes Information Services From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:07 AM Posted To: NTSysadmin Conversation: Question on Account Management in AD Subject: Question on Account Management in AD Importance: High Folks, I have been asked to try and find who changed a password to a user account in AD. At the Domain Controllers Policy Level ( Account Management is Success and Failure) When I look at the accounts the auditing is for success and failure. Do I also need to enable this at the Default Domain Policy *( I don't think I do, but just need a quick sanity check) Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking
How come nobody every talks about getting the MMSYMCK[1] anymore? [1] I'm sure I'm forgetting a few letters. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking I think the yada yada yada is a better one to pursue. Bob Fronk From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking I'm working on the Blah, blah, blah cert myself! 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking As an employer spending 25k on techs to get certified, you are darn straight I will be taking their certs and putting them on the wall and making one huge deal about their accomplishment. Nothing speaks validation like recognition, and I want to encourage them to continue getting educated..so they make the company more money and they get bigger bonuses. I'm sorry Ken that no one has encouraged you on your road to IT Stardom. That's an impressive list of credentials.. I hope to add that many initials to the end of my name, must have taken you a tremendous amount of time, you should be really proud of those accomplishments. I should really listen to you more often. J Greg From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking It's still a lot of work, and there's really no reason to downplay any accomplishment, regardless of what it's worth. Chris From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 07:22 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking Whilst MCSE is an achievement, it's probably no more than a baseline in the industry. Do you really want to put your MCSE cert on the wall or something? If you go to university and complete a 3-4 year degree - what do you get? A rolled up piece of paper (and your academic record). That's generally a lot more work, and you still get diddly-squat. Cheers Ken MCITP, MCTS, MCSE+Security, MCDBA, MCSA, MCP, blah, blah M.BT (UNSW), B.Com (UNSW) Microsoft MVP - Identity and Access Management (IIS) Blah, blah, blah From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2008 10:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking Yeah that would have been nice after all the work. Better than a cheap cert and nice magnetic pin I have to keep away from machines anyway. Jon On Jan 31, 2008 6:14 AM, Cliff Partlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Far be it from me to stir anything up but, Microsoft used to give us 1 free year to TechNet for new MCSE. From The Sunny Side Of The Street! Cliff P. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking Personally I had hoped for some free software for all the hard work to get the (*%^^%$ thing. I got pretty much the same thing that your did. Do you still get the magnetic pin? Jon On Jan 31, 2008 4:38 AM, Cliff Partlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is exactly what we were saying 10 years ago:-) From The Sunny Side Of The Street! Cliff P. -Original Message- From: WL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking They should just send you a .pdf file to print for yourself. Isn't it just a 'feel good' thing anyway? On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Phil Guevara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else think the MCP welcome kits got kinda cheap looking? When I first got my mcp, I got a pin, a nice certificate and it came in a secure box. Now when I received my mcse recently, the certificate changed and looks soo cheap. The seal of approval looks cheesy and it came in a flimsy carton that bends easily so the certificate arrives all bent up. I worked really hard for this, despite the many paper mcse's out there, and I just thought they should improve it instead of make it look worse. Anyone else feel the same way?? -Phil ~ 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: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking
Huh??? From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking How come nobody every talks about getting the MMSYMCK[1] anymore? [1] I'm sure I'm forgetting a few letters... From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking I think the yada yada yada is a better one to pursue. Bob Fronk From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking I'm working on the Blah, blah, blah cert myself! 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking As an employer spending 25k on techs to get certified, you are darn straight I will be taking their certs and putting them on the wall and making one huge deal about their accomplishment. Nothing speaks validation like recognition, and I want to encourage them to continue getting educated..so they make the company more money and they get bigger bonuses... I'm sorry Ken that no one has encouraged you on your road to IT Stardom. That's an impressive list of credentials.. I hope to add that many initials to the end of my name, must have taken you a tremendous amount of time, you should be really proud of those accomplishments. I should really listen to you more often. J Greg From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking It's still a lot of work, and there's really no reason to downplay any accomplishment, regardless of what it's worth. Chris From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 07:22 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking Whilst MCSE is an achievement, it's probably no more than a baseline in the industry. Do you really want to put your MCSE cert on the wall or something? If you go to university and complete a 3-4 year degree - what do you get? A rolled up piece of paper (and your academic record). That's generally a lot more work, and you still get diddly-squat. Cheers Ken MCITP, MCTS, MCSE+Security, MCDBA, MCSA, MCP, blah, blah M.BT (UNSW), B.Com (UNSW) Microsoft MVP - Identity and Access Management (IIS) Blah, blah, blah From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2008 10:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking Yeah that would have been nice after all the work. Better than a cheap cert and nice magnetic pin I have to keep away from machines anyway. Jon On Jan 31, 2008 6:14 AM, Cliff Partlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Far be it from me to stir anything up but, Microsoft used to give us 1 free year to TechNet for new MCSE. From The Sunny Side Of The Street! Cliff P. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 2:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking Personally I had hoped for some free software for all the hard work to get the (*%^^%$ thing. I got pretty much the same thing that your did. Do you still get the magnetic pin? Jon On Jan 31, 2008 4:38 AM, Cliff Partlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is exactly what we were saying 10 years ago:-) From The Sunny Side Of The Street! Cliff P. -Original Message- From: WL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MCP Welcome Kit - Cheap Looking They should just send you a .pdf file to print for yourself. Isn't it just a 'feel good' thing anyway? On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Phil Guevara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone else think the MCP welcome kits got kinda cheap looking? When I first got my mcp, I got a pin, a nice certificate and it came in a secure box. Now when I received my mcse recently, the certificate changed and looks soo cheap. The seal of approval looks cheesy and it came in a flimsy carton that bends easily so the certificate arrives all bent up. I worked really hard for this, despite the many paper mcse's out there, and I just thought they should improve it instead of make it look worse. Anyone else feel the same way?? -Phil ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation
Re: Switch Purchase Question...
That might work in a small shop, doesn't work in shops with 18 locations, 100's of server and 100's of network devices... On Feb 1, 2008 10:46 AM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 1, 2008 1:35 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the pretty graphs, that is what my monitoring system is for... Point was, this doesn't even need a separate monitoring system. It's all built-in to the switch -- monitoring, logging, self-diagnosis and alerting. Especially for very small shops that only have one or two switches, that's a real nice thing to have. -- Ben ~ 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: Switch Purchase Question...
You shouldn't give Martin a hard time just because he likes to cuddle. -Original Message- From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Cisco = TVK and SHOOK (scratch for your phone system) -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Yup. If you are already in bed with Cisco for your phone system, you may as well go all the way. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... If you are using Call Manager stick with Cisco, the integration will be well worth the cost and trial of doing it any other way. -Original Message- From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Does HP have POE switches? We are rolling out Cisco Call Manager in the Fall so I would like to have POE switches if possible. I am a big Cisco fan for their feature set etc. but im looking for cheaper alternatives in case I get shot down for the Cisco pricing. Thanks.. -Original Message- From: kenw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... I use HP nearly all the time now. While Cisco gear is good, unless you're doing a fairly large implementation, the time it can take to get them configured right can be expensive. I had a situation a while ago, due to Cisco's default configuration for bridge discovery, that caused a lot of hassle. An XP box behind another switch had defaulted to bridge mode, the Cisco saw it, panicked, and disconnected the port, causing a whole section of the network to go dark. Took a few times to figure out what was happening. My complaint is that neither Cisco nor Microsoft had any documented recognition of the issue, nor any recommendation on how to deal with it, and the support wasn't much help. A caution on the HPs, though: they've brought out some new, low-cost, semi-managed switches that I've put where I can't do anything else. They're still pretty green, don't cluster, and are generally feature-poor. There's an undocumented feature wherein if you use ports 1 and 2 for a trunk, and there's a power cycle, they will reset to factory defaults. Also, I'm seeing a lot of compatibility issues with low cost gigabit PC NICs, wherein they don't negotiate speed/duplex/etc. properly, and users with gigabit cards start running at 100MB with truly crappy performance. They seem to be happy with Intel NICs, FWIW. HP's bringing new firmware out for them fairly often. /kenw -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January-29-08 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Price to functionality on the say 2800 series HP and equivalent Cisco you will get a better price/warranty from HP over Cisco any day. Cisco is good stuff, really good stuff.. but the cost of managing the Cisco, TAC agreement if you don't know, and the warranty as compared to HP, always = better value for our shop to go HP. I have had switches that are 6 years old have a bad port go bad and HP sends a refurb'd switch out next day. And you don't even have to buy a better warranty it comes with it. Unless you can show me a specific feature I need not available on HP, that would be my only reason for going Cisco at this time. Greg -Original Message- From: Edward B. DREGER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... MEJ Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:21 -0500 MEJ From: Micheal Espinola Jr MEJ Over Cisco? Can you give an example? See earlier posts. Again, we're talking low-end switches; I've not run the bigger HPs. HP: Never a problem with hardware or firmware over the years. Cisco: IIRC was slower to offer SSHv2. Cisco: Unless the 29xx now has things like 802.1x, HP gets the nod. Cisco: Wicked problems with 5500 (yes, a while back) and redundant FEC aggregates. Cisco: Some of my bias comes from nasty experiences on their router gear not living up to spec (think: special interim IOS release because of buggy MPLS code; not reaching near advertised forwarding rates with any real routing processes and ACLs) HP isn't perfect, though. I wish the 25xx allowed baby jumbograms for non-802.3ad ethertypes, such as MPLS. Can't recall if the lower-end Ciscos do, either, for that matter. (Yes, some of these experiences date back several years.) Eddy -- Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and
RE: Slow network performance small files
googlefu = man-part Shook From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slow network performance small files My googlefu has failed me. I've searched for and tested several potential solutions to this problem. Perhaps someone out there can enlighten me. I have several Windows XP Pro SP2 computers on my network that have poor performance when copying small files, and normal performance when copying large files. When I say poor performance, I'm in a 100 Mb switched environment and I'm achieving 2 to 4 Mbits/sec copying small files. On other computers, I can copy the same set of files at about 20-30Mbits/second. Several is at least 11 out of 50. Two computers of the same make can perform differently. A wipe and reinstall on my computer brought the speed back to what I would expect, so it would seem to be a registry setting. I'm speculating, because our previous sysadmin had a penchant for mucking with the registry to fix any little problem and frequenty created more problems in the process. I've found this article from MS KB, but it didn't address the problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321098 Thanks, Jonathan ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Slow network performance small files
Sounds like difference in MTUs, or it could be auto negotiate settings on the NIC. I've had PCs where not forcing to 100-full gets you less; even on an autonegotiated switch. _ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slow network performance small files My googlefu has failed me. I've searched for and tested several potential solutions to this problem. Perhaps someone out there can enlighten me. I have several Windows XP Pro SP2 computers on my network that have poor performance when copying small files, and normal performance when copying large files. When I say poor performance, I'm in a 100 Mb switched environment and I'm achieving 2 to 4 Mbits/sec copying small files. On other computers, I can copy the same set of files at about 20-30Mbits/second. Several is at least 11 out of 50. Two computers of the same make can perform differently. A wipe and reinstall on my computer brought the speed back to what I would expect, so it would seem to be a registry setting. I'm speculating, because our previous sysadmin had a penchant for mucking with the registry to fix any little problem and frequenty created more problems in the process. I've found this article from MS KB, but it didn't address the problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321098 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321098 Thanks, Jonathan ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Slow network performance small files
On Feb 1, 2008 2:50 PM, Jonathan Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several Windows XP Pro SP2 computers on my network that have poor performance when copying small files, and normal performance when copying large files. Did you try running CHKDSK /F and then defragmenting? -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Switch Purchase Question...
On Feb 1, 2008 2:11 PM, Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That might work in a small shop, doesn't work in shops with 18 locations, 100's of server and 100's of network devices... Nope, it wouldn't. I never said it would. I said it was nice to have the feature for small shops. :-) HP does provide something called ProCurve Manager, which is some kind of big shop, Windows-based management server thing. There's a base version which is free, and a Plus version which costs extra. I haven't had need to try either yet. I've been content with the built-in stuff and MRTG so far. It's on my to-do list, but things go on to my to-do list faster than they come off. Near the top of my to-do list is hire more staff. :-) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Slow network performance small files
No, I hadn't, because I didn't believe it to be a problem with the disk/file system. My machine is defragged fairly regularly as a matter of course, because I have a tendency to move a lot on and off my computer. I'll attempt it when I've restored the image of my computer before the wipe/reinstall. On 2/1/08, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 1, 2008 2:50 PM, Jonathan Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have several Windows XP Pro SP2 computers on my network that have poor performance when copying small files, and normal performance when copying large files. Did you try running CHKDSK /F and then defragmenting? -- Ben ~ 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: L2TP vs. SSTP
Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/01/2008 02:02:39 PM: I guess I missed the meeting ;-) - whats the primary device now? There isn't one. Hasn't been for a long time now. Unfortunately you can't always convince some managers of that, even today. Still looking for that solution where they can just pay some money and have the problem go away'. Then again, I don't suppose I'm telling you anything new... 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: Slow network performance small files
Nicely done. On 2/1/08, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: googlefu = man-part Shook -- *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, February 01, 2008 2:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Slow network performance small files My googlefu has failed me. I've searched for and tested several potential solutions to this problem. Perhaps someone out there can enlighten me. I have several Windows XP Pro SP2 computers on my network that have poor performance when copying small files, and normal performance when copying large files. When I say poor performance, I'm in a 100 Mb switched environment and I'm achieving 2 to 4 Mbits/sec copying small files. On other computers, I can copy the same set of files at about 20-30Mbits/second. Several is at least 11 out of 50. Two computers of the same make can perform differently. A wipe and reinstall on my computer brought the speed back to what I would expect, so it would seem to be a registry setting. I'm speculating, because our previous sysadmin had a penchant for mucking with the registry to fix any little problem and frequenty created more problems in the process. I've found this article from MS KB, but it didn't address the problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321098 Thanks, Jonathan ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Slow network performance small files
Um, forcing host (router, server, desektop, whatever) to whatever-full but not the switch = very very bad If the switch can't detect the duplex mode supported by it's link partner it will fall back to half duplex. I may sound harsh when I say it, but I've told people that if they can't set the link speed and duplex on the switch they DO NOT *EVER* touch the speed and link duplex on the host. If you can't tell already, BTDTGTTS (Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt) Louis, Joe wrote: Sounds like difference in MTUs, or it could be auto negotiate settings on the NIC. I've had PCs where not forcing to 100-full gets you less; even on an autonegotiated switch. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Slow network performance small files
My googlefu has failed me. I've searched for and tested several potential solutions to this problem. Perhaps someone out there can enlighten me. I have several Windows XP Pro SP2 computers on my network that have poor performance when copying small files, and normal performance when copying large files. When I say poor performance, I'm in a 100 Mb switched environment and I'm achieving 2 to 4 Mbits/sec copying small files. On other computers, I can copy the same set of files at about 20-30Mbits/second. Several is at least 11 out of 50. Two computers of the same make can perform differently. A wipe and reinstall on my computer brought the speed back to what I would expect, so it would seem to be a registry setting. I'm speculating, because our previous sysadmin had a penchant for mucking with the registry to fix any little problem and frequenty created more problems in the process. I've found this article from MS KB, but it didn't address the problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321098 Thanks, Jonathan ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
JAVA refresh
Hi Folks: One of our applications uses java in many of it's screens. On some workstations we have a problem where a pop-up screen, once closed, leaves the screen behind it unrefreshed (color is lighter and some images/text are not clear). It does not seem to be related to PC model, amount of memory, screen resolution or refresh rate. On two PCs in front of me one has the problem and one does not. Same version of JAVA (old versions uninstalled), same memory, etc but different model PC. Not really sure if this is an application issue, JAVA issue, or workstation issue. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Slow network performance small files
Virus Scan can do that, especially when the files are getting scanned by both the server and workstation. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slow network performance small files My googlefu has failed me. I've searched for and tested several potential solutions to this problem. Perhaps someone out there can enlighten me. I have several Windows XP Pro SP2 computers on my network that have poor performance when copying small files, and normal performance when copying large files. When I say poor performance, I'm in a 100 Mb switched environment and I'm achieving 2 to 4 Mbits/sec copying small files. On other computers, I can copy the same set of files at about 20-30Mbits/second. Several is at least 11 out of 50. Two computers of the same make can perform differently. A wipe and reinstall on my computer brought the speed back to what I would expect, so it would seem to be a registry setting. I'm speculating, because our previous sysadmin had a penchant for mucking with the registry to fix any little problem and frequenty created more problems in the process. I've found this article from MS KB, but it didn't address the problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321098 Thanks, Jonathan ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo
Fark PS contest on this very subject: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3370651 should be full of win! -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Oh right... they gotta get the word Live in there somehow... yay. On Feb 1, 2008 12:15 PM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Live Yahoo -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Microsoft Vista Search Provider Engine for Internet Explorer. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo hmm... MSY ? MSYahoo ? MSBoohoo ? MSPoopoo ? MSOyvey ! On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626 -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein -- ME2 ~ 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Home user forgot admin password
Keyfinder resets passwords? I was pretty sure that it only displayed license keys. -Original Message- From: Terry Shull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home user forgot admin password I carry this on my USB stick. Works like a charm. http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -- -- avast! Antivirus http://www.avast.com: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080201-0, 02/01/2008 Tested on: 2/1/2008 11:54:38 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080201-1, 02/01/2008 Tested on: 2/1/2008 2:34:46 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ~ 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: Home user forgot admin password
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RE: FYI (vLite)
It's not hard to find this information. Normally I would reply with a link but if you would just search for a minute or two you will see countless stories on the topic. The very message you replied to contains the whitepaper which states you can only get slipstreamed media from MS for SP1. There is a little vagueness in the information but that's only if you're trying hard to find something thats not there. Lots of articles out there mentioning that SP2 will allow for slipstreaming by the end user. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Let´s wait to see what will be the MS-recommended way for it ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Home user forgot admin password
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RE: Home user forgot admin password
That's better :o) -Original Message- From: Terry Shull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home user forgot admin password Oops, actually I meant to send this link. My excuse is staying home and sleeping in because of the snow storm. :) http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. avast! Antivirus http://www.avast.com: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080201-0, 02/01/2008 Tested on: 2/1/2008 11:54:38 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080201-1, 02/01/2008 Tested on: 2/1/2008 2:44:00 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com ~ 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 ~
exchange db/restore Q
I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
increase server storage
I have an HP Proliant server w/ (4) 74GB SCSI drives in a RAID 5. This gives me a single 203 GB logical drive. I would like to increase storage on this server to as much as possible. I see that there are 300GB SCSI drives that are available for this server (about $1000 each). So my question is... what is the best way to do this? Remove the 4 74GB drives and replace them w/ 4 300GB drives in a new RAID 5 configuration? The current 1 logical drive is D: on Windows 2003 server, and only contains a single Firebird SQL database file. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: exchange db/restore Q
I remember, but I recall it being for defrags (plus good drive use measures). I'm moving to a new Exchange server in a couple weeks but I will be using 2x as a bare minimum. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: exchange db/restore Q I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ 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: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo
I wonder: Wonders if MSN/Live/Hotmail will get a decent burial, facelift, or tossed to the side. Wonders if they, Microsoft, feel as though they've done all they can with MSN/Live/Hotmail and figure it's best just to buy out the competition. Today Yahoo; tomorrow Google? On 2/1/08, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626 -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: exchange db/restore Q
it is needed if you want to do a manual defrag of the database and/or mount a recovery store. For a simple backup and restore it is not necessary. Klint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ 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: exchange db/restore Q
excellent. when i read that, the light bulb went off in my head... it's definitely the defrag i was thinking about as i have gone down that route a couple times in the past. thanks for the response. Original Message: - From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:09:01 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: exchange db/restore Q it is needed if you want to do a manual defrag of the database and/or mount a recovery store. For a simple backup and restore it is not necessary. Klint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ 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 ~ mail2web.com Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Home user forgot admin password -- easy way
Actually, there may be an easier way. Most home users use those little dummy icons to log in, and frequently never set the administrator password. If so, all you need to do is hit Ctrl-Alt-Del three times in a row so it gives you a text-mode logon prompt, then enter Administrator and no password, and presto you're in. It's worked for me a few times. /kenw From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: February-01-08 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Home user forgot admin password Hi Folks: One of our VIPs somehow forgot/lost his administrator password to him Windows XP Pro home PC. We don't normally support home PCs, but since this person is a VIP, I'm looking for tools he can use to reset/show him the administrator password. Suggestions? Thanks, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo
ROFL... People sure can be creative! On Feb 1, 2008 3:45 PM, Christopher Boggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fark PS contest on this very subject: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3370651 should be full of win! -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Oh right... they gotta get the word Live in there somehow... yay. On Feb 1, 2008 12:15 PM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Live Yahoo -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo Microsoft Vista Search Provider Engine for Internet Explorer. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Makes Bid to Buy Yahoo hmm... MSY ? MSYahoo ? MSBoohoo ? MSPoopoo ? MSOyvey ! On Feb 1, 2008 9:25 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22947626 -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein -- ME2 ~ 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 ~ ~ 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: FYI (vLite)
Okay, I can search for some minutes, or go to that link. But it doesn´t change the strangeness of the fact that MS changed something that worked quite well, and was good for many administrators. And if SP1 cannot be integrated, but SP2 can, then it sounds like they perceived people liked/wanted the feature, isn´t it? - Original Message - From: Mike Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) It's not hard to find this information. Normally I would reply with a link but if you would just search for a minute or two you will see countless stories on the topic. The very message you replied to contains the whitepaper which states you can only get slipstreamed media from MS for SP1. There is a little vagueness in the information but that's only if you're trying hard to find something that's not there. Lots of articles out there mentioning that SP2 will allow for slipstreaming by the end user. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Let´s wait to see what will be the MS-recommended way for it ~ 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: increase server storage
It depends... You can replace the drives one at a time, then extend the array and logical disk using the HP ACU. Once the array is extended, you can then use DISKPART to extend the disk. No down time required. If you do this, you are taking the chance that you won't lose another drive while the array is rebuilding each time you replace drive, but I have done it and it is pretty painless. The other way is to blow away the array, put your new drives in, create a new array, create a new disk, format and recover your files from backup. This way you know you will have down time and schedule it. -Brian From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: increase server storage I have an HP Proliant server w/ (4) 74GB SCSI drives in a RAID 5. This gives me a single 203 GB logical drive. I would like to increase storage on this server to as much as possible. I see that there are 300GB SCSI drives that are available for this server (about $1000 each). So my question is... what is the best way to do this? Remove the 4 74GB drives and replace them w/ 4 300GB drives in a new RAID 5 configuration? The current 1 logical drive is D: on Windows 2003 server, and only contains a single Firebird SQL database file. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: FYI (vLite)
Sp1 is basically Vista r2 - it brings Vista in line with Longhorn Server (ie, Windows Server 2008). It's huge. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Okay, I can search for some minutes, or go to that link. But it doesn´t change the strangeness of the fact that MS changed something that worked quite well, and was good for many administrators. And if SP1 cannot be integrated, but SP2 can, then it sounds like they perceived people liked/wanted the feature, isn´t it? - Original Message - From: Mike Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) It's not hard to find this information. Normally I would reply with a link but if you would just search for a minute or two you will see countless stories on the topic. The very message you replied to contains the whitepaper which states you can only get slipstreamed media from MS for SP1. There is a little vagueness in the information but that's only if you're trying hard to find something that's not there. Lots of articles out there mentioning that SP2 will allow for slipstreaming by the end user. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Let´s wait to see what will be the MS-recommended way for it ~ 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: exchange db/restore Q
110% of your largest database is recommended for defrags. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: exchange db/restore Q I remember, but I recall it being for defrags (plus good drive use measures). I'm moving to a new Exchange server in a couple weeks but I will be using 2x as a bare minimum. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: exchange db/restore Q I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ 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: exchange db/restore Q
We ended up with 400% free space but that's only because of the number if spindles we dedicated to Exchange stores. :) - Sean On 2/1/08, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 110% of your largest database is recommended for defrags. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: exchange db/restore Q I remember, but I recall it being for defrags (plus good drive use measures). I'm moving to a new Exchange server in a couple weeks but I will be using 2x as a bare minimum. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: exchange db/restore Q I vaguely recall a 'best practice' theory of making sure whatever drive (volume) your exchange databases are installed on that it's a good idea the drive space of that volume is at least 2x the size of your databases -- this is because of space needed for doing restores or something like that. For example. If my exchange dbs are on my e: drive and the exchange dbs are approximately 20gb, then i should make sure i have at least a 50gb e: drive to accommodate for space neccessary if I performed a complete exchange restore. Does this ring a bell or am I thinking of something else? J mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ 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: FYI (vLite)
Ok. Well, let´s wait and see how big will SP3 be... : ) - Original Message - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:40 PM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) Sp1 is basically Vista r2 - it brings Vista in line with Longhorn Server (ie, Windows Server 2008). It's huge. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Okay, I can search for some minutes, or go to that link. But it doesn´t change the strangeness of the fact that MS changed something that worked quite well, and was good for many administrators. And if SP1 cannot be integrated, but SP2 can, then it sounds like they perceived people liked/wanted the feature, isn´t it? - Original Message - From: Mike Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) It's not hard to find this information. Normally I would reply with a link but if you would just search for a minute or two you will see countless stories on the topic. The very message you replied to contains the whitepaper which states you can only get slipstreamed media from MS for SP1. There is a little vagueness in the information but that's only if you're trying hard to find something that's not there. Lots of articles out there mentioning that SP2 will allow for slipstreaming by the end user. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Let´s wait to see what will be the MS-recommended way for it ~ 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 ~
Vista SP1 WSUS (WAS - RE: FYI (vLite))
http://www.ditii.com/2008/01/28/wsus-windows-server-2003-fix-for-microsoft-windows-vista-sp1-download/ On this - does anyone know if distributing SP1 via WSUS will behave the same way as going via MU route, i.e. the stations will only download the bits they need, or is it going to be pushing the whole 1GB odd package out to each station? My Google-fu is currently just FU and getting me nowhere... Regards, Amer Karim Nautilis Information Systems -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 1-Feb-08 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Ok. Well, let´s wait and see how big will SP3 be... : ) - Original Message - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:40 PM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) Sp1 is basically Vista r2 - it brings Vista in line with Longhorn Server (ie, Windows Server 2008). It's huge. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Okay, I can search for some minutes, or go to that link. But it doesn´t change the strangeness of the fact that MS changed something that worked quite well, and was good for many administrators. And if SP1 cannot be integrated, but SP2 can, then it sounds like they perceived people liked/wanted the feature, isn´t it? - Original Message - From: Mike Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:40 PM Subject: RE: FYI (vLite) It's not hard to find this information. Normally I would reply with a link but if you would just search for a minute or two you will see countless stories on the topic. The very message you replied to contains the whitepaper which states you can only get slipstreamed media from MS for SP1. There is a little vagueness in the information but that's only if you're trying hard to find something that's not there. Lots of articles out there mentioning that SP2 will allow for slipstreaming by the end user. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI (vLite) Let´s wait to see what will be the MS-recommended way for it ~ 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 ~
