RE: Virtualize Terminal Server or not?
Hi Phil, Yes - most use ADSL links so downstream (from user to TS) could be up to 8Mbps and upstream (TS to user) could be up to about 750Kbps. We also have a few on a 100Mbps WAN link who get a blinding performance of course :-) Cheers, Andy Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Phil Guevara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 February 2008 20:36 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtualize Terminal Server or not? Andy, Do your users access TS across the WAN? and if so, what type of bandwidth do you have? Thanks for your help. Best, Phil From: Andy Crellin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtualize Terminal Server or not? We are running TS virtualised on ESX with about 40 users and its running fine. They are reasonably well specified, with the 2 hosts being ProLiant DL380 64bit dual quad-core + 16Gb memory and each VM having 2Gb memory and a single core to play with. We also use 2X to load balance. I don't use the facility myself but my colleagues tell me that they and their users are happy with the response. Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Phil Guevara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 February 2008 00:34 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Virtualize Terminal Server or not? Anyone know if it makes sense to virtualize a core terminal server that will have about 50 concurrent users connecting to it? Or is it better to get a new server that will be dedicated for this purpose? Best Regards, Phil Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QD. Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QD. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration
I have one GPO for terminal server users. I glanced back at the settings yesterday and did not see it. I also downloaded Microsoft's white paper and sample admin template to turn it off and applied it. It still stubbornly refuses to go away. I guess I'll try Microsoft's first suggestion in one of their knowledge base articles: rebuild the box. Thanks for everyone's help. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Also if you have a Group Policy applied to Terminal Servers or users make sure it is not enabled in policy. -Original Message- From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Never actually installed it, but yes the checkbox is clear for both admins and users. I haven't cleared the cache, but I have logged off and back on between changes. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Did you uninstall it for Administrators and Users? Also try clearing IE Cache and deleting profile. -Original Message- From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Tried that first. The box is not checked indicating that it is not installed. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Its in add/remove windows components Christopher Boggs Security System Administrator Miltec Corporation office.256-428-1370 mobile.256-468-0922 fax.256-428-1461 Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry... - Original Message - From: Kyle Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed Feb 20 13:39:09 2008 Subject: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Any pointers on how to remove IE's Enhanced Security Configuration would be appreciated. I'm running TS on a W2K3 member server. When logged in as a regular user, IE's blasted enhanced security is supposedly installed and is preventing me from running one of my programs that has a web interface. It does not affect admin users. The enhanced security configuration is not installed (at least add/remove programs shows it is not installed). I have set the IEHarden registry value to 0 for each user. I have created a GPO using Microsoft's adm template specifically disabling the enhanced security. I have applied the GPO and forced a gpupdate. I still receive the enhanced security is installed dialog box. Short of rebuilding the server, anyone have experience with getting rid of this thing? Thanks in advance, Kyle B. Plummer This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. Norman, Jones, Enlow Co. - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the individuals or entities to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail and any file attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone toll-free at (866) 841-6888 or by reply e-mail to the sender. You must destroy the original transmission and its contents. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us. ~ 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
GPMC html errors
Hi all, Im having an issue with GPMC. I can view my policies and edit them without issue, but whenever I goto Modeling or Results and create it I will get error generating html report. I heard this was an IE7 issue (which we have across the board) but everyone was stating that when that happens nothing works (view policy etc). Nothing shows up in event logs. I tried exporting the report and the export is just the error message :-) Anyone else seen this? I have 2 2003sp2 DC's and 1 XPsp2 cd all happening. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Backup Exec 12
I'm still using 10D, because 11D did not solve the _one_ problem I'm having... I'm curious if 12 comes with a fix? When backing up a DFS share that is replicated via FSRM I get the error: A failure occurred accessing the object list and the job status reports failed. I have tried creating reports in the xml format and saving them to the local server, but this does not stop the error. Any idea if BE12 can backup a DFS share replicated via FSRM? What used to be FRS prior to R2. == Stephen Wimberly == -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 Just did the upgrade to BUE12. Now I have another 60 days to my trial. I'll pass on any issues I find after tonight's jobs run. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 An idle mind is worth two in the bush. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 Has it been released? I'm still in my trial for 11D. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. From: Stefan Jabs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Exec 12 Has anyone installed v12? Any problems? __ Stefan Jafs ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lenovo?
Ryan, In regards to your original question on the Lenovo rep, do you mean reseller or a Lenovo employee? To thread: I agree with what someone posted that pcs = problems but I would add a second part to that equation, users + pcs = problems. We have all encountered systems, whether they be servers / laptops / pcs / peripherals, that were crap to some and others believe they are the best thing next to whatever turns your noodle. Our experience from a support perspective, IBM and Lenovo blow Dell out of the water. But again that is our experience. My 2 cents. I step off the soap box and allow the next one on. CAR -Original Message- From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lenovo? Can also one recommend a good Lenovo rep? ~ 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: ntbackup scripts
How about a cut and paste over at pastebin.com ? Or do you actually want a file upload? -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ntbackup scripts On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Christopher Boggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rename it with a .txt extension :) Thought of that, but it might still run afoul of signature matching somewhere, plus it's just an ugly method. Surely there's gotta be a website somewhere that's appropriate to use to share this kind of stuff with? -- 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: Backup Exec 12
If it involves Symantec, expect several fixes, DOH!!! -Original Message- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 I'm still using 10D, because 11D did not solve the _one_ problem I'm having... I'm curious if 12 comes with a fix? When backing up a DFS share that is replicated via FSRM I get the error: A failure occurred accessing the object list and the job status reports failed. I have tried creating reports in the xml format and saving them to the local server, but this does not stop the error. Any idea if BE12 can backup a DFS share replicated via FSRM? What used to be FRS prior to R2. == Stephen Wimberly == -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 Just did the upgrade to BUE12. Now I have another 60 days to my trial. I'll pass on any issues I find after tonight's jobs run. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 An idle mind is worth two in the bush. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 Has it been released? I'm still in my trial for 11D. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. From: Stefan Jabs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Exec 12 Has anyone installed v12? Any problems? __ Stefan Jafs ~ 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 ~
Spacenavigator PE... Hardware licensing?
I noticed on buy.com you can get the SpaceNavigator PE for $40. This is the same thing that, a few years ago, our company bought for around $200 each. It says personal use license. WTF is that? You cannot license hardware, IIRC, if you buy it, it is yours to do with however you please... Don't they all use the same drivers? I can't see how they could have a legal foot to stand on using this thing in a commercial environment, but licensing experts please direct me otherwise if I am wrong here. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Ghost DHCP settings
By mistake yesterday, both of my DCs were down at the same time. Of course, the entire network croaked for a few minutes. But ever since then, several of my machines are picking up a weird DNS setting. Instead of 192.168.1.15 and .5, they are showing 192.168.1.1 for a DNS server, and therefore have great trouble seeing network resources. I've doublechecked the DHCP scope and server options, they're correct. I don't even have a 1.1 network address on my system. Where the heck is that coming from? I've even had a couple of machines pick it up again a couple of hours after I've done a /release and /renew. Thanks, David ___ The information contained in this E-mail message, including any attached files transmitted, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the sole use of the individual(s) named above. If you are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by state and federal privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute or forward this E-mail message. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your computer system. This message is provided for information purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments in any jurisdiction. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Lyris must be down
Looks like Lyris is acting up again. Jon ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: ntbackup scripts
This is most excellent.
Thanks very much!
Kurt
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Ken Cornetet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here's a script I use. It requires grep, blat and recode.
You will have to create your BKS file (it must be Unicode).
Watch for line wrap.
rem *
rem *
rem * Perform fullback to whatever tape is in the drive and email
rem * report
rem *
rem * Ken Cornetet - 06/10/2002
rem *
rem * Revision History
rem *
rem * WhenWhoWhat
rem * ---
rem * 06/10/2002 Ken Cornetet Original Issue
rem * 06/24/2002 Ken Cornetet Added RSM command per Q267574
rem *
rem *
rem * Requires external programs blat, grep, and recode
rem *
rem *
set [EMAIL PROTECTED]
set SMTP={Name of your SMTP relay host here}
set NAME=FULL BACKUP %DATE% %TIME%
set LOGS=%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data
c:
cd \backup
rem Delete any extraneous log files
del %LOGS%\backup*.log
rem
rem * Have removable storage management look at tape in drive
rem * (See Q267574 for details)
rem
start /wait rsm refresh /lfBNCHMARK DLT1 SCSI Sequential Device
c:\bin\sleep 30
rem
rem * Do Backup
rem
start /wait ntbackup backup @c:\backup\everything.bks /M normal /J
%NAME% /P DLT /N %NAME% /l:s /HC:on /UM /D %NAME%
rem
rem * find newest (should be only) log file
rem
dir /s /b /o-d %LOGS%\backup*.log c:\backup\backup.tmp
set /P FILE= c:\backup\backup.tmp
rem
rem * Make ASCII version of log file
rem
c:\bin\recode -f unicode..us %FILE% log.txt
rem
rem * Set subject for email
rem
set SUBJ=Backup ran OK
grep -v Error: You do not have permission log.txt log1.txt
findstr /i error: log1.txt
if not ERRORLEVEL 1 set SUBJ=Backup ran - FAILED
rem
rem * Send email
rem
c:\bin\blat log.txt -t %RECIPIENT% -subject %SUBJ% -server %SMTP% -f
%RECIPIENT%
rem
rem * Move log file to our directory
rem
move /Y %FILE% c:\backup
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: ntbackup scripts
Rename it with a .txt extension :)
Christopher Boggs
Security System Administrator
Miltec Corporation
office.256-428-1370
mobile.256-468-0922
fax.256-428-1461
Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry...
- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Sent: Wed Feb 20 13:12:58 2008
Subject: Re: ntbackup scripts
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone have any ntbackup scripts they'd care to share?
NTBACKUP is, in my experience, idiosyncratic and poorly-documented.
Reporting/logging is limited, and selective restores are somewhat
cumbersome. All that said, one you know what works and what doesn't,
it is very servicable. And, of course, you already paid for it, so it
doesn't cost extra. It use it on some servers here at %DAYJOB%.
The biggest limitation I find is that anything other than unmanaged
media mode (i.e., /UM switch) doesn't appear to work in any sane or
reliable fashion. There's some kind of drain bamage involved which
I've never figured out.
I've got a set of batch files that automate things reasonably well
for our purposes. Notable features include hands-off operation, tape
name reporting and preservation, and the ability to email the log
file. The design is basically put a tape in and it will run the
backup to it that night. If that tape is ejected the next morning, it
worked. Media rotation scheduling has to be handled manually, but I
use a basic daily/weekly/monthly scheme that makes that a no-brainer.
KISS.
I attempted to attach the scripts to this message, but Gmail refuses
NTBackup to 50 diskettes
I have a relative that used NTBackup wizard on XP to backup his My Documents. NTBackup put it on like 50 diskettes. Well PC died and he is trying to restore his files and disk 29 is bad so NTBackup fails. Anyone know of a way to get around this if disk 29 cannot be recovered/fixed? There has got be be some tool that can recover some of the data if only one of the disks are bad. My GoogleFU is failing me. Thanks Matt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mass Computer Rename
Do I need to reboot right away? None of these workstations have printer or file shares. I was hoping to rename the PC and just wait for the user to reboot to make it official. From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename If you have your workstations listed in a text file, then you just need a simple for /f command using NETDOM with the renamecomputer operator. The workstations have to be powered up and on the network first, and they will have to be rebooted after the change. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mass Computer Rename I need to rename all of our workstations to adhere to a new naming standard. These machines, for now, will remain in the same domain. I have found various scripts on Google, but I would like to hear from someone that has done this. Any pitfalls? Thanks This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: ntbackup scripts
1) It's Symantec - I'm prejudiced, and it's probably irrational, but there you have it. 2) If I want to get supported, I'll have to buy a copy after a while,and upgrade - see point one, above, plust is will cost. That's not going to be popular. Kurt On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed, why not BE? Backup Exec 11d has a built in media rotation policy for Grandfather, Father, Son that is customizable. I've actually been happy with Backup Exec since Symantec bought out Veritas, they haven't messed up the product, it's still a very good product. On Feb 20, 2008 11:08 AM, René de Haas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't you want to use Backup Exec? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ntbackup scripts I've got a nice shiny new LTO3 drive and 21 tapes for the UK office. It came with BE 11d, but I'd like to avoid that if possible. I want to use ntbackup to set up a parent/child/grandchild rotation, so that I can have them send tapes offsite - the capacity of the tape is more than sufficient for a full backup each day, but I want to make sure that I extend the functionality as long as possible, as I won't be back for quite some time. Anyone have any ntbackup scripts they'd care to share? We use Tivoli in the US office, so I haven't had to touch ntbackup in 6 years, and I've been frustrated by what I found on the web. Kurt ~ 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 ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration
As a last ditch, maybe try adding it (check the box, install the stuff, etc), and then remove it again afterwards? -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Tried that first. The box is not checked indicating that it is not installed. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Its in add/remove windows components Christopher Boggs Security System Administrator Miltec Corporation office.256-428-1370 mobile.256-468-0922 fax.256-428-1461 Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry... - Original Message - From: Kyle Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed Feb 20 13:39:09 2008 Subject: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Any pointers on how to remove IE's Enhanced Security Configuration would be appreciated. I'm running TS on a W2K3 member server. When logged in as a regular user, IE's blasted enhanced security is supposedly installed and is preventing me from running one of my programs that has a web interface. It does not affect admin users. The enhanced security configuration is not installed (at least add/remove programs shows it is not installed). I have set the IEHarden registry value to 0 for each user. I have created a GPO using Microsoft's adm template specifically disabling the enhanced security. I have applied the GPO and forced a gpupdate. I still receive the enhanced security is installed dialog box. Short of rebuilding the server, anyone have experience with getting rid of this thing? Thanks in advance, Kyle B. Plummer This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. Norman, Jones, Enlow Co. - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the individuals or entities to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail and any file attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone toll-free at (866) 841-6888 or by reply e-mail to the sender. You must destroy the original transmission and its contents. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us. ~ 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: TrackIT Issue
Much thanks Eric, will explore it. From: Eric E Eskam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2008 18:18 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: TrackIT Issue Lumumba, Juma \(ILRI-ICRAF\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/19/2008 07:51:43 AM: We use TrackIT for the Helpdesk software. Has anybody explored a feature whereby other than a technician closing a job or ticket as being done, the user can also comment if the job was done satisfactorily or can add comments? We want this feature as part of feedback from ou customers. We use: http://www.thinkhdi.com/services/csi.aspx http://www.thinkhdi.com/services/csi.aspx in conjunction with our ticketing software and really like it. Very flexible and the reporting is excellent. 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: NTBackup to 50 diskettes
How about some disk repair software, see if they can repair that disk or not. Also, make a copy of all the file into the hard drive. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Matt Plahtinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a relative that used NTBackup wizard on XP to backup his My Documents. NTBackup put it on like 50 diskettes. Well PC died and he is trying to restore his files and disk 29 is bad so NTBackup fails. Anyone know of a way to get around this if disk 29 cannot be recovered/fixed? There has got be be some tool that can recover some of the data if only one of the disks are bad. My GoogleFU is failing me. Thanks Matt ~ 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 ~
Cisco List
Good Afternoon, I am having some trouble with my Zone Based Policies between a couple Cisco VPN routers. Can anyone recommend a good resource or list that would be a better forum for this? Thanks JB ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Backup Exec 12
I'm clueless on this one... Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 Always do right: Gratify some and astonish the rest. -Original Message- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 I'm still using 10D, because 11D did not solve the _one_ problem I'm having... I'm curious if 12 comes with a fix? When backing up a DFS share that is replicated via FSRM I get the error: A failure occurred accessing the object list and the job status reports failed. I have tried creating reports in the xml format and saving them to the local server, but this does not stop the error. Any idea if BE12 can backup a DFS share replicated via FSRM? What used to be FRS prior to R2. == Stephen Wimberly == -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 Just did the upgrade to BUE12. Now I have another 60 days to my trial. I'll pass on any issues I find after tonight's jobs run. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 An idle mind is worth two in the bush. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 Has it been released? I'm still in my trial for 11D. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. From: Stefan Jabs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup Exec 12 Has anyone installed v12? Any problems? __ Stefan Jafs ~ 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: NTBackup to 50 diskettes
A couple of things I can think of: 1) Try to use diskcopy a: a: to copy disk 29 to another (good) disk. It might take a while, but you can try to use the copy if it works. 2) Chkdsk a: /r on disk 29 to see if it can recover. I wouldn't do this one until you are out of other options though. Of course, if sector 0 is toast, this won't help. -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTBackup to 50 diskettes I have a relative that used NTBackup wizard on XP to backup his My Documents. NTBackup put it on like 50 diskettes. Well PC died and he is trying to restore his files and disk 29 is bad so NTBackup fails. Anyone know of a way to get around this if disk 29 cannot be recovered/fixed? There has got be be some tool that can recover some of the data if only one of the disks are bad. My GoogleFU is failing me. Thanks Matt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Ghost DHCP settings
Make sure no one has plugged a home router (Linksys, Netgear, etc.) into your network that is now pumping out DHCP responses. -Brian -Original Message- From: David Florea, SysAdmin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Ghost DHCP settings By mistake yesterday, both of my DCs were down at the same time. Of course, the entire network croaked for a few minutes. But ever since then, several of my machines are picking up a weird DNS setting. Instead of 192.168.1.15 and .5, they are showing 192.168.1.1 for a DNS server, and therefore have great trouble seeing network resources. I've doublechecked the DHCP scope and server options, they're correct. I don't even have a 1.1 network address on my system. Where the heck is that coming from? I've even had a couple of machines pick it up again a couple of hours after I've done a /release and /renew. Thanks, David ___ The information contained in this E-mail message, including any attached files transmitted, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the sole use of the individual(s) named above. If you are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by state and federal privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute or forward this E-mail message. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your computer system. This message is provided for information purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments in any jurisdiction. ~ 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 ~
Determining Logon Location
What's the easiest method to tell which workstation a user is logged in at any given time? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 All things are difficult before they are easy. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mass Computer Rename
Nice. I do need to keep working at picking up Powershell...
Malcolm
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 21:18
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename
I just had to throw this in:
http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/02/04/Rename-
Reboot-with-Powershell.aspx
I needed to do this to a bunch of computers recently:
Get-Content Filename.csv |% { $ary = $_.Split(,); renameAndReboot
$ary[0] $ary[1]; }
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename
If you have your workstations listed in a text file, then you just need
a simple for /f command using NETDOM with the renamecomputer
operator. The workstations have to be powered up and on the network
first, and they will have to be rebooted after the change.
Malcolm
From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 13:01
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Mass Computer Rename
I need to rename all of our workstations to adhere to a new naming
standard. These machines, for now, will remain in the same domain. I
have found various scripts on Google, but I would like to hear from
someone that has done this. Any pitfalls?
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RE: Lenovo?
You never mentioned what type of support contracts you have from either vendor. For example, with Dell, you probably don't have the Gold support, which cost a whole $40 for new systems. Since you mentioned 'Return to Depot' - you obviously skimped on your Dell Support Contracts. They only do return to dept on their basic support plans. With Dell Gold support, just send a chat to Dell with the steps you took to troubleshot, and the parts you need to swap. If you need a tech onsite, you can request it. Part and tech will be there next day, no questions asked. I have replaced a lot of Mobos, parts, power supplies, etc this way. I've even replaced whole systems. It never takes me more than 5 minutes. -Original Message- From: Vincent Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? If you pay for the support contract you get support, that is exactly what you should expect from DELL. I find IBM backs their products without all the nonsense DELL puts you through. We support 3 networks totaling 100 + Desktops and 20 + Notebooks. IBM and DELL split 40/40 with clones making up the rest. In our shop as I type are: 1 - IBM NetFinity (Bad HD - IBM support called back within 15 min of support request and will be sending a replacement HD tomorrow) 1 - Samba (Clone) (Bad HD - In house repair) 1 - CPQ POS NB(Virus - In house repair) 1 - IBM T43 (User Dropped, Bad Mobo - Sending to Depot see If we get lucky - BTW called back in less than 15 min after requesting service online.) 2 - Dell Latitude (Bad Power Jack - Tech did not bring a mobo - Will return tomorrow, 2nd NB has Bad LCD - 30 min. on hold and will have a tech out by tomorrow) 1 - Dell OptiPlex (Bad Pwr Supply - 25 minutes on hold - got a moron on the phone and hung up on him. I called back a second time, 30 minutes on hold - got someone who was Good and is sending part + tech in the morning) 1 - IBM X61t - Bad Fingerprint reader (Sent on Fri to depot got it back Tuesday, good as new) 1 - Dell Server Dual Xeon (Bad Video - No Support Contract / Ran out - Need to send in, will not send part, Gonna live with it because it is running CentOS and we can access fine via SSH.) BTW they want to charge me $200 for the motherboard. Day in the trenches IBM by far makes my life easy! At least for now. ;) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Feb 19, 2008 10:34 AM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow... dell = problems. computers = problems (I can hear Shook already...) We use to use Dell as early as 1 year ago, their support is horrible. I find Dell support to be excellent. Quick to answer, speak English very well, eager and able to help. Of course, we're buying the business line (OptiPlex, Latitude) and with support contracts. If you're buying the $400 home machines, that may be a different story. With Dell, you always get what you pay for. If you want to go the cheap route, they are happy to sell you something cheap. I have never waited more than 3 days for a depot repair from IBM ... I've never done a depot repair with Dell. They always have parts, or parts and a technician, on-site the next business day. My anecdote can beat-up your anecdote! ;-) -- 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 ~
Re: Determining Logon Location
Option 1: send them an email and ask. :) Option 2: login script that logs the time, userid and computername to some central location Steve - Original Message - From: Roger Wright To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:31 PM Subject: Determining Logon Location What's the easiest method to tell which workstation a user is logged in at any given time? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 All things are difficult before they are easy. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Ghost DHCP settings
Got a rouge Linksys router on your network perhaps? Maybe it's handing out DHCP... Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 People are always available for work in the past tense. -Original Message- From: David Florea, SysAdmin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Ghost DHCP settings By mistake yesterday, both of my DCs were down at the same time. Of course, the entire network croaked for a few minutes. But ever since then, several of my machines are picking up a weird DNS setting. Instead of 192.168.1.15 and .5, they are showing 192.168.1.1 for a DNS server, and therefore have great trouble seeing network resources. I've doublechecked the DHCP scope and server options, they're correct. I don't even have a 1.1 network address on my system. Where the heck is that coming from? I've even had a couple of machines pick it up again a couple of hours after I've done a /release and /renew. Thanks, David ___ The information contained in this E-mail message, including any attached files transmitted, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the sole use of the individual(s) named above. If you are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by state and federal privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute or forward this E-mail message. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your computer system. This message is provided for information purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments in any jurisdiction. ~ 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: retry - ntbackup scripts
Nice to know. Thanks. On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Bill Songstad (WCUL) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use task scheduler to run this nightly. It does a full backup using whatever tape happens to be in the drive. Windows Help and Support has all the command line parameters for ntbackup.exe. C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe backup @C:\Documents and Settings\administrator.WCUL\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\Daily.bks /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:on /m normal /j Daily /l:f /p 4mm DDS /um Daily.bks is text file containing what you want backed up. In my case, the c drive, the e drive and the systemstate: C:\ E:\ SystemState On my exchange server it is a little different because you need to exclude some things: C:\ D:\ D:\WSUS\ /Exclude D:\rsgtemp\ /Exclude D:\Program Files\Sunbelt Software\ /Exclude D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\ D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA\ /Exclude JET MERCURY\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group\ SystemState Bill Songstad -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: retry - ntbackup scripts I didn't see this come back, so I'm trying again Kurt I've got a nice shiny new LTO3 drive and 21 tapes for the UK office. It came with BE 11d, but I'd like to avoid that if possible. I want to use ntbackup to set up a parent/child/grandchild rotation, so that I can have them send tapes offsite - the capacity of the tape is more than sufficient for a full backup each day, but I want to make sure that I extend the functionality as long as possible, as I won't be back for quite some time. Anyone have any ntbackup scripts they'd care to share? We use Tivoli in the US office, so I haven't had to touch ntbackup in 6 years, and I've been frustrated by what I found on the web. Kurt ~ 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: Lenovo?
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 - Dell Latitude (Bad Power Jack - Tech did not bring a mobo - Will return tomorrow, 2nd NB has Bad LCD - 30 min. on hold and will have a tech out by tomorrow) 1 - Dell OptiPlex (Bad Pwr Supply - 25 minutes on hold - got a moron on the phone and hung up on him. I called back a second time, 30 minutes on hold - got someone who was Good and is sending part + tech in the morning) Every time I've called the Gold Tech Support line provided with the service contract documentation Dell puts in the box, I've gotten to speak to a tech in well under five minutes, who has been eager to help, knowledgeable, and took my word for it if I already had a diagnosis. I've never had a field tech arrive without parts. Quality of the field techs does vary. Some are very good, most are competent but not outstanding. I did have one guy, once, who was kind of a moron. I called Dell and complained. Never saw him again. 1 - Dell Server Dual Xeon (Bad Video - No Support Contract / Ran out - Need to send in, will not send part, Gonna live with it because it is running CentOS and we can access fine via SSH.) BTW they want to charge me $200 for the motherboard. The nerve of Dell, not giving you free parts for an out-of-waranty system! Next you'll be telling me they didn't give you the server for free, either! FYI, you should be able to buy any Dell part you have a DP/N for by calling Dell Spare Parts at 800-357-3355. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mass Computer Rename
I'm not sure what will happen if you leave the workstations in a half-renamed state for a while though it sounds potentially problematic to me. Try it on a test box or two and let us know. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 February, 2008 08:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename Do I need to reboot right away? None of these workstations have printer or file shares. I was hoping to rename the PC and just wait for the user to reboot to make it official. From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename If you have your workstations listed in a text file, then you just need a simple for /f command using NETDOM with the renamecomputer operator. The workstations have to be powered up and on the network first, and they will have to be rebooted after the change. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mass Computer Rename I need to rename all of our workstations to adhere to a new naming standard. These machines, for now, will remain in the same domain. I have found various scripts on Google, but I would like to hear from someone that has done this. Any pitfalls? Thanks This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Lyris must be down
Is it acting up or down? :-) On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like Lyris is acting up again. Jon -- Mike Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: TrackIT Issue
We mark the tickets for follow up and then run a Crystal report weekly that tells us who needs follow up. The girls go into the ticket and add a private tech note about the response then move status from follow up to billable. Is that kinda what you are thinking? From: Lumumba, Juma (ILRI-ICRAF) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: TrackIT Issue Much thanks Eric, will explore it. From: Eric E Eskam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2008 18:18 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: TrackIT Issue Lumumba, Juma \(ILRI-ICRAF\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/19/2008 07:51:43 AM: We use TrackIT for the Helpdesk software. Has anybody explored a feature whereby other than a technician closing a job or ticket as being done, the user can also comment if the job was done satisfactorily or can add comments? We want this feature as part of feedback from ou customers. We use: http://www.thinkhdi.com/services/csi.aspx http://www.thinkhdi.com/services/csi.aspx in conjunction with our ticketing software and really like it. Very flexible and the reporting is excellent. 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: Determining Logon Location
Option 3: Make or find some kind of script that crawls the domain security logs and reports on interactive logon events, if you set up the auditing for it. From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Determining Logon Location Option 1: send them an email and ask. :) Option 2: login script that logs the time, userid and computername to some central location Steve - Original Message - From: Roger Wright mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:31 PM Subject: Determining Logon Location What's the easiest method to tell which workstation a user is logged in at any given time? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 All things are difficult before they are easy. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Mass Computer Rename
I didn't run into any problems when we did this about 3 months ago. Couple machines didn't get re-booted for about 2 days. From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename Do I need to reboot right away? None of these workstations have printer or file shares. I was hoping to rename the PC and just wait for the user to reboot to make it official. From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename If you have your workstations listed in a text file, then you just need a simple for /f command using NETDOM with the renamecomputer operator. The workstations have to be powered up and on the network first, and they will have to be rebooted after the change. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mass Computer Rename I need to rename all of our workstations to adhere to a new naming standard. These machines, for now, will remain in the same domain. I have found various scripts on Google, but I would like to hear from someone that has done this. Any pitfalls? Thanks This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Determining Logon Location
I use the script below to track when my users log off and when they log on. You can also enable auditing. Step 1: Create the following two files using Notepad or your favorite text editor: --logon.cmd echo logon %username% %computername% %date% %time% \\server\share\logon.log file:///\\server\share\logon.log -logoff.cmd- echo logoff %username% %computername% %date% %time% \\server\share\logon.log file:///\\server\share\logon.log Step 2: Update Group Policy to run the appropriate batch file. In Group Policy, go to: User Configuration- Windows Settings- Scripts (Logon/Logoff)- Logon Step 3: As users log on and off, your log file should look something like this: logon June VSXP Tue 22/02/2005 10:39:51.12 logoff June VSXP Tue 22/02/2005 10:41:08.45 logon MickM VSXP Tue 22/02/2005 10:42:01.07 logoff MickM VSXP Tue 22/02/2005 10:42:46.81 From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Determining Logon Location What's the easiest method to tell which workstation a user is logged in at any given time? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 All things are difficult before they are easy. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Spacenavigator PE... Hardware licensing?
I wouldn't say that you can't license hardware, there are quite a few manufactures that seem to think they can. See http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2008/1/24/94733/7581 and some of the links from there for examples. IANALE, but it seems that not much of this stuff has been hashed out in court, and it all boils down to what a judge decides you can do (how how good your lawyer is compared to theirs). ...Tim -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Spacenavigator PE... Hardware licensing? I noticed on buy.com you can get the SpaceNavigator PE for $40. This is the same thing that, a few years ago, our company bought for around $200 each. It says personal use license. WTF is that? You cannot license hardware, IIRC, if you buy it, it is yours to do with however you please... Don't they all use the same drivers? I can't see how they could have a legal foot to stand on using this thing in a commercial environment, but licensing experts please direct me otherwise if I am wrong here. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 ~ 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: Determining Logon Location
Use psloggedon against every workstation that is online (details from DHCP) Filter by target user _ From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 February 2008 19:55 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Determining Logon Location Option 1: send them an email and ask. :) Option 2: login script that logs the time, userid and computername to some central location Steve - Original Message - From: Roger Wright mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:31 PM Subject: Determining Logon Location WhatÂ’s the easiest method to tell which workstation a user is logged in at any given time? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 All things are difficult before they are easy. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Ghost DHCP settings
When ever I have to reboot the primary DNS server I always ask all the staff to reboot their systems. It usually saves me the trouble that comes from allowing the systems to re-find the domain and network resources. Jon On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM, David Florea, SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By mistake yesterday, both of my DCs were down at the same time. Of course, the entire network croaked for a few minutes. But ever since then, several of my machines are picking up a weird DNS setting. Instead of 192.168.1.15 and .5, they are showing 192.168.1.1 for a DNS server, and therefore have great trouble seeing network resources. I've doublechecked the DHCP scope and server options, they're correct. I don't even have a 1.1 network address on my system. Where the heck is that coming from? I've even had a couple of machines pick it up again a couple of hours after I've done a /release and /renew. Thanks, David ___ The information contained in this E-mail message, including any attached files transmitted, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the sole use of the individual(s) named above. If you are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by state and federal privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute or forward this E-mail message. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your computer system. This message is provided for information purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments in any jurisdiction. ~ 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: Ghost DHCP settings
I'd check your network for any rogue devices, especially wireless. Linksys uses 192.168.1.1 as a default address in a lot of their gear. HTH Joe On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM, David Florea, SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By mistake yesterday, both of my DCs were down at the same time. Of course, the entire network croaked for a few minutes. But ever since then, several of my machines are picking up a weird DNS setting. Instead of 192.168.1.15 and .5, they are showing 192.168.1.1 for a DNS server, and therefore have great trouble seeing network resources. I've doublechecked the DHCP scope and server options, they're correct. I don't even have a 1.1 network address on my system. Where the heck is that coming from? I've even had a couple of machines pick it up again a couple of hours after I've done a /release and /renew. Thanks, David ___ The information contained in this E-mail message, including any attached files transmitted, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the sole use of the individual(s) named above. If you are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by state and federal privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute or forward this E-mail message. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your computer system. This message is provided for information purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments in any jurisdiction. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender via telephone at 716-846-9308 or by return e-mail. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lenovo?
Just $200 for a server motherboard? We had IBM fix an out-of-warranty motherboard for an xSeries server last month ...the PART was $2300, labor to replace was cheap at $230... Lemme say that again...T W E N TY T H R E E H U N D R E D dollars for a motherboard. Still, that's cheaper than a single HDD for our SAN enclosures from what I understand. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands -Original Message- From: Vincent Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? If you pay for the support contract you get support, that is exactly what you should expect from DELL. I find IBM backs their products without all the nonsense DELL puts you through. We support 3 networks totaling 100 + Desktops and 20 + Notebooks. IBM and DELL split 40/40 with clones making up the rest. In our shop as I type are: 1 - IBM NetFinity (Bad HD - IBM support called back within 15 min of support request and will be sending a replacement HD tomorrow) 1 - Samba (Clone) (Bad HD - In house repair) 1 - CPQ POS NB(Virus - In house repair) 1 - IBM T43 (User Dropped, Bad Mobo - Sending to Depot see If we get lucky - BTW called back in less than 15 min after requesting service online.) 2 - Dell Latitude (Bad Power Jack - Tech did not bring a mobo - Will return tomorrow, 2nd NB has Bad LCD - 30 min. on hold and will have a tech out by tomorrow) 1 - Dell OptiPlex (Bad Pwr Supply - 25 minutes on hold - got a moron on the phone and hung up on him. I called back a second time, 30 minutes on hold - got someone who was Good and is sending part + tech in the morning) 1 - IBM X61t - Bad Fingerprint reader (Sent on Fri to depot got it back Tuesday, good as new) 1 - Dell Server Dual Xeon (Bad Video - No Support Contract / Ran out - Need to send in, will not send part, Gonna live with it because it is running CentOS and we can access fine via SSH.) BTW they want to charge me $200 for the motherboard. Day in the trenches IBM by far makes my life easy! At least for now. ;) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Feb 19, 2008 10:34 AM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow... dell = problems. computers = problems (I can hear Shook already...) We use to use Dell as early as 1 year ago, their support is horrible. I find Dell support to be excellent. Quick to answer, speak English very well, eager and able to help. Of course, we're buying the business line (OptiPlex, Latitude) and with support contracts. If you're buying the $400 home machines, that may be a different story. With Dell, you always get what you pay for. If you want to go the cheap route, they are happy to sell you something cheap. I have never waited more than 3 days for a depot repair from IBM ... I've never done a depot repair with Dell. They always have parts, or parts and a technician, on-site the next business day. My anecdote can beat-up your anecdote! ;-) -- 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 ~
RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration
I doubt it could hurt at this point. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks, Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration As a last ditch, maybe try adding it (check the box, install the stuff, etc), and then remove it again afterwards? -Bonnie -Original Message- From: Kyle Plummer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Tried that first. The box is not checked indicating that it is not installed. Kyle B. Plummer -Original Message- From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Its in add/remove windows components Christopher Boggs Security System Administrator Miltec Corporation office.256-428-1370 mobile.256-468-0922 fax.256-428-1461 Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry... - Original Message - From: Kyle Plummer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed Feb 20 13:39:09 2008 Subject: Terminal Server 2003 and IE's Enhanced Security Configuration Any pointers on how to remove IE's Enhanced Security Configuration would be appreciated. I'm running TS on a W2K3 member server. When logged in as a regular user, IE's blasted enhanced security is supposedly installed and is preventing me from running one of my programs that has a web interface. It does not affect admin users. The enhanced security configuration is not installed (at least add/remove programs shows it is not installed). I have set the IEHarden registry value to 0 for each user. I have created a GPO using Microsoft's adm template specifically disabling the enhanced security. I have applied the GPO and forced a gpupdate. I still receive the enhanced security is installed dialog box. Short of rebuilding the server, anyone have experience with getting rid of this thing? Thanks in advance, Kyle B. Plummer This written advice is not intended or written to be used, and can not be used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. Norman, Jones, Enlow Co. - CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. Sections 2510-2521, is confidential, and is intended solely for the use of the individuals or entities to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail and any file attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by telephone toll-free at (866) 841-6888 or by reply e-mail to the sender. You must destroy the original transmission and its contents. You will be reimbursed for reasonable costs incurred in notifying us. ~ 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: SCCM / SCOM..
I'm trying out SCOM now and if I could just get a client agent to talk to the server I'd be a happy man. I will get there, but I could do without all the hacking. Why don't things... just... work? BTW www.mms2008.com - This page is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com. -Original Message- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2008 17:23 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SCCM / SCOM.. We've moved to SCCM from SMS and we like it a lot. Some of the new features caused us some initial headaches (particularly the new patch management), but we've adapted. It does seem to be more powerful and robust than SMS. We haven't implemented SCOM outside our lab yet, though. Still running MOM 2005. If you want to learn about what you can do with either product, I'd recommend a trip to Microsoft Management Summit 2008. I've really learned a lot at the MMS events in past years. www.mms2008.com Malcolm -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 11:04 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SCCM / SCOM.. Does anyone here use either (or both) System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM...aka SMS) and/or SCOM (System Center Operations Manager...aka MOM)? We currently have SMS 2003 - albeit underutilized - and I'd like to know how people rate their experiences with these two applications. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this 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: Mass Computer Rename
I'd force a restart just to be on the safe side. From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 14:31 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename I'm not sure what will happen if you leave the workstations in a half-renamed state for a while though it sounds potentially problematic to me. Try it on a test box or two and let us know. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 February, 2008 08:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename Do I need to reboot right away? None of these workstations have printer or file shares. I was hoping to rename the PC and just wait for the user to reboot to make it official. _ From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mass Computer Rename If you have your workstations listed in a text file, then you just need a simple for /f command using NETDOM with the renamecomputer operator. The workstations have to be powered up and on the network first, and they will have to be rebooted after the change. Malcolm From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Mass Computer Rename I need to rename all of our workstations to adhere to a new naming standard. These machines, for now, will remain in the same domain. I have found various scripts on Google, but I would like to hear from someone that has done this.. Any pitfalls? Thanks This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. _ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, disclosure, copying, or use of this e-mail is prohibited. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Ghost DHCP settings
Good standard procedure. But I've had 2 of these machines just today that I renewed the DHCP lease early this morning, and by noon they had picked up that rogue DNS address. I don't have any wireless devices on the network. Is 192.168.1.1 a default for anything else?? David From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Ghost DHCP settings When ever I have to reboot the primary DNS server I always ask all the staff to reboot their systems. It usually saves me the trouble that comes from allowing the systems to re-find the domain and network resources. Jon On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM, David Florea, SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By mistake yesterday, both of my DCs were down at the same time. Of course, the entire network croaked for a few minutes. But ever since then, several of my machines are picking up a weird DNS setting. Instead of 192.168.1.15 http://192.168.1.15/ and .5, they are showing 192.168.1.1 http://192.168.1.1/ for a DNS server, and therefore have great trouble seeing network resources. I've doublechecked the DHCP scope and server options, they're correct. I don't even have a 1.1 network address on my system. Where the heck is that coming from? I've even had a couple of machines pick it up again a couple of hours after I've done a /release and /renew. Thanks, David ___ The information contained in this E-mail message, including any attached files transmitted, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the sole use of the individual(s) named above. If you are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by state and federal privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute or forward this E-mail message. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your computer system. This message is provided for information purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments in any jurisdiction. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ___ The information contained in this E-mail message, including any attached files transmitted, is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the sole use of the individual(s) named above. If you are the intended recipient, be aware that your use of any confidential or personal information may be restricted by state and federal privacy laws. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you should not further disseminate, distribute or forward this E-mail message. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the material from your computer system. This message is provided for information purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments in any jurisdiction. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Determining Logon Location
Or Sysinternals psloggedon ...Tim From: Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Determining Logon Location Option 1: send them an email and ask. :) Option 2: login script that logs the time, userid and computername to some central location Steve - Original Message - From: Roger Wright mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:31 PM Subject: Determining Logon Location What's the easiest method to tell which workstation a user is logged in at any given time? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 All things are difficult before they are easy. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: SCCM / SCOM..
www.mms-2008.com The MMS Wiki: http://www.myitforum.com/myITWiki/MMS.ashx -Original Message- From: Palmer, Neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SCCM / SCOM.. I'm trying out SCOM now and if I could just get a client agent to talk to the server I'd be a happy man. I will get there, but I could do without all the hacking. Why don't things... just... work? BTW www.mms2008.com - This page is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com. -Original Message- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2008 17:23 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SCCM / SCOM.. We've moved to SCCM from SMS and we like it a lot. Some of the new features caused us some initial headaches (particularly the new patch management), but we've adapted. It does seem to be more powerful and robust than SMS. We haven't implemented SCOM outside our lab yet, though. Still running MOM 2005. If you want to learn about what you can do with either product, I'd recommend a trip to Microsoft Management Summit 2008. I've really learned a lot at the MMS events in past years. www.mms2008.com Malcolm -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 11:04 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SCCM / SCOM.. Does anyone here use either (or both) System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM...aka SMS) and/or SCOM (System Center Operations Manager...aka MOM)? We currently have SMS 2003 - albeit underutilized - and I'd like to know how people rate their experiences with these two applications. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this 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 ~
Annoying Microsoft Home Pages
Anyone know how to stop those annoying Microsoft Default pages in IE7. Everytime we reset the Internet explorer settings for a user or a new user logs on to a new computer, they get this ridiculous download ie7 (which is already installed) or setup your search option and doesnt get directed to the gpo homepage. This plays havoc with our gpo settings and is a constant frustration for users, im looking for a way to kill them, anyone know? Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
TS Default Domain Login
Strange issue that I have not been able to resolve. After a period of time, usually occurs with Patch Tuesday during reboot. All TS users connect and the default logon is back to the computername not the domainname. I can go in to the DefaultLogonDomain and altlogondomain and change this each time and its fine. No reboot needed. Any idea why this gets cleared in the registry and how to keep it from occurring. Very annoying for my users. Is their a GP that I can enforce on the TS server? Thanks Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: SCCM / SCOM..
Great...Now we have Rod running around with his Wiki hanging out. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SCCM / SCOM.. www.mms-2008.com The MMS Wiki: http://www.myitforum.com/myITWiki/MMS.ashx -Original Message- From: Palmer, Neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SCCM / SCOM.. I'm trying out SCOM now and if I could just get a client agent to talk to the server I'd be a happy man. I will get there, but I could do without all the hacking. Why don't things... just... work? BTW www.mms2008.com - This page is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com. -Original Message- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 February 2008 17:23 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SCCM / SCOM.. We've moved to SCCM from SMS and we like it a lot. Some of the new features caused us some initial headaches (particularly the new patch management), but we've adapted. It does seem to be more powerful and robust than SMS. We haven't implemented SCOM outside our lab yet, though. Still running MOM 2005. If you want to learn about what you can do with either product, I'd recommend a trip to Microsoft Management Summit 2008. I've really learned a lot at the MMS events in past years. www.mms2008.com Malcolm -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 19 February, 2008 11:04 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SCCM / SCOM.. Does anyone here use either (or both) System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM...aka SMS) and/or SCOM (System Center Operations Manager...aka MOM)? We currently have SMS 2003 - albeit underutilized - and I'd like to know how people rate their experiences with these two applications. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages
I dont seem to have that setting. Im running 2k3 sp2. Did you install something extra? GPO. Computer Config Admin Templates Windows Components IE 'Prevent performance of first run customize settings' From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages Anyone know how to stop those annoying Microsoft Default pages in IE7. Everytime we reset the Internet explorer settings for a user or a new user logs on to a new computer, they get this ridiculous download ie7 (which is already installed) or setup your search option and doesnt get directed to the gpo homepage. This plays havoc with our gpo settings and is a constant frustration for users, im looking for a way to kill them, anyone know? Greg ~ 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: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages
What does this do to the settings: * Use default search engine * turn on/off phishing filter From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages GPO. Computer Config Admin Templates Windows Components IE 'Prevent performance of first run customize settings' From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages Anyone know how to stop those annoying Microsoft Default pages in IE7. Everytime we reset the Internet explorer settings for a user or a new user logs on to a new computer, they get this ridiculous download ie7 (which is already installed) or setup your search option and doesnt get directed to the gpo homepage. This plays havoc with our gpo settings and is a constant frustration for users, im looking for a way to kill them, anyone know? Greg ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Microsoft iSCSI ini
Does anyone if when you stop the ini's service if the file system is un-mounted cleanly? I would suspect as much, but am not sure. Thanks! jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages
If you have a GPO setup you can disable it under: User Config Admin Templates Windows Components Internet Explorer. On the right is Prevent performance of first run customize settings. There is also a setting on the right to control the phishing filter. Mike _ From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages
You probably need to adm files From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages I dont seem to have that setting. Im running 2k3 sp2. Did you install something extra? GPO. Computer Config Admin Templates Windows Components IE 'Prevent performance of first run customize settings' From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages Anyone know how to stop those annoying Microsoft Default pages in IE7. Everytime we reset the Internet explorer settings for a user or a new user logs on to a new computer, they get this ridiculous download ie7 (which is already installed) or setup your search option and doesnt get directed to the gpo homepage. This plays havoc with our gpo settings and is a constant frustration for users, im looking for a way to kill them, anyone know? Greg ~ 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: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages
Load the necessary ADM files Cheers Ken From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 22 February 2008 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages I dont seem to have that setting. Im running 2k3 sp2. Did you install something extra? GPO. Computer Config Admin Templates Windows Components IE 'Prevent performance of first run customize settings' From: Greg Mulholland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Annoying Microsoft Home Pages Anyone know how to stop those annoying Microsoft Default pages in IE7. Everytime we reset the Internet explorer settings for a user or a new user logs on to a new computer, they get this ridiculous download ie7 (which is already installed) or setup your search option and doesnt get directed to the gpo homepage. This plays havoc with our gpo settings and is a constant frustration for users, im looking for a way to kill them, anyone know? Greg ~ 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: Lyris must be down
We upgraded to a new version and it was a bad one. Tried to downgrade but that did not work because they made database changes. We have a few fixes now that promise some more stability... sigh. Warm regards, Stu From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lyris must be down Is it acting up or down? :-) On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like Lyris is acting up again. Jon -- Mike Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: NTBackup to 50 diskettes
I had great luck with Bad Copy Pro in a similar situation. If I remember correctly the free download only analyzes and reports what is recoverable, but at least I knew if it would recover what was needed before buying it. http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/ -- -Rick MP I have a relative that used NTBackup wizard on XP to backup his My MP Documents. NTBackup put it on like 50 diskettes. Well PC died and MP he is trying to restore his files and disk 29 is bad so NTBackup MP fails. Anyone know of a way to get around this if disk 29 cannot be MP recovered/fixed? MP There has got be be some tool that can recover some of the data if MP only one of the disks are bad. MP My GoogleFU is failing me. MP Thanks MP Matt MP ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ MP ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Wiki for Windows
Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-apache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Wiki for Windows
Exactly. Because no one uses Apache anymore! On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's like one of those classes you take in school that you know you'll never need in real life. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-a pache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on -Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- 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: Wiki for Windows
Yeah like that IBM Macro-assembler class. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wiki for Windows It's like one of those classes you take in school that you know you'll never need in real life. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-a pache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on -Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- 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: Wiki for Windows
To tell the truth, these days I tend to turn up lighttpd on my Unix/Linux hosts. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Exactly. Because no one uses Apache anymore! On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's like one of those classes you take in school that you know you'll never need in real life. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-a pache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on -Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Wiki for Windows
Apache runs fine on IIS? runs for cover Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-a pache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on -Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- 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: Wiki for Windows
Err, Apache on Windows with IIS. :-P I first did it maybe 2 years ago without any problems other than a learning curve. It was a great experience that helped make dealing with most web hosts a lot easier. I was surprised to see port25 put up this primer on doing it. But I guess why not: Someone else already laid down the ground work for doing it a long time ago. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apache runs fine on IIS? runs for cover Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-a pache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on -Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- 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: Lenovo?
Dell gold/enterprise support. Not a better tech group except Sunbelt maybe. Silver are good, but they are Gold in training basically. Anything else you are dealing with India and I just always deal with dell chat. Easy..Parts next day or same day with Enterprise..SonicAir baby.. Amen. Had to use Dell support today for a 4-port NIC replacement in a new Dell R900. Not sure what happened, but we called, had someone in about three minutes, and a new part on the way about five minutes after that (and two of those minutes were the rep getting a dispatch number for me). The tech was on site in two hours and the part had already arrived about 20 minutes earlier (SonicAir). We've had nothing but great support from Dell. Sprint and Symantec are on the opposite end of the spectrum. I love the Sprint EVDO coverage and our phones and plans... but the worst support ever by far. And 90 minutes on hold today with Symantec, for a 10 minute call about an error message repeating every two minutes in our Symantec Endpoint 11 Manager Console... turns out a patch was just released but hadn't yet made it onto LiveUpdate. Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/21/2008 04:48 PM Please respond to NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com To NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com cc Subject RE: Lenovo? We have a bunch of IBM Laptops, love them. Pricey compared to the equivalent Dell with Gold support though. We deal with over 150 clients with all ranges of HW from HP, IBM, Lenovo, Dell, and yes Acer.. By far Dell and Lenovo are the top of the line in terms of overall support from our perspective. Yes you get an occasional dummy who shows up, but that is the same for any company. They are all outsourced and none of them are perfect. With Dell we call and complain and the tech disappears or comes back retrained. With HP we have continually had to send the same stupid(inexperienced I should say) tech and just swap the parts ourselves. Dell gold/enterprise support. Not a better tech group except Sunbelt maybe. Silver are good, but they are Gold in training basically. Anything else you are dealing with India and I just always deal with dell chat. Easy..Parts next day or same day with Enterprise..SonicAir baby.. IBM - Tech support is good, never had to deal with hw onsite(Of course we only have 2 servers from IBM) Acer - Anyone got a nuke, I got GPS coordinates of their corporate office. Nough said. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? Just $200 for a server motherboard? We had IBM fix an out-of-warranty motherboard for an xSeries server last month ...the PART was $2300, labor to replace was cheap at $230... Lemme say that again...T W E N TY T H R E E H U N D R E D dollars for a motherboard. Still, that's cheaper than a single HDD for our SAN enclosures from what I understand. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands -Original Message- From: Vincent Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 9:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? If you pay for the support contract you get support, that is exactly what you should expect from DELL. I find IBM backs their products without all the nonsense DELL puts you through. We support 3 networks totaling 100 + Desktops and 20 + Notebooks. IBM and DELL split 40/40 with clones making up the rest. In our shop as I type are: 1 - IBM NetFinity (Bad HD - IBM support called back within 15 min of support request and will be sending a replacement HD tomorrow) 1 - Samba (Clone) (Bad HD - In house repair) 1 - CPQ POS NB(Virus - In house repair) 1 - IBM T43 (User Dropped, Bad Mobo - Sending to Depot see If we get lucky - BTW called back in less than 15 min after requesting service online.) 2 - Dell Latitude (Bad Power Jack - Tech did not bring a mobo - Will return tomorrow, 2nd NB has Bad LCD - 30 min. on hold and will have a tech out by tomorrow) 1 - Dell OptiPlex (Bad Pwr Supply - 25 minutes on hold - got a moron on the phone and hung up on him. I called back a second time, 30 minutes on hold - got someone who was Good and is sending part + tech in the morning) 1 - IBM X61t - Bad Fingerprint reader (Sent on Fri to depot got it back Tuesday, good as new) 1 - Dell Server Dual Xeon (Bad Video - No Support Contract / Ran out - Need to send in, will not send part, Gonna live with it because it is running CentOS and we can access fine via SSH.) BTW they want to charge me $200 for the motherboard. Day in the trenches IBM by far makes my life easy! At least for now. ;) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Feb 19, 2008 10:34 AM, Vincent
NSLookup - results are not as expected
I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? For example when I run nslookup against my AD Domain name, I receive the result: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.152, 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151 What I am expecting to see is this: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151, 169.254.0.152 How can the order be changed? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Wiki for Windows
What? Huh? 10 days later? The world changed while you were sleeping. Nothing less than TWiki functionality is acceptable. Wysisyg editing and such. It's being moved to a faster box. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-a pache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on -Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- 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: Wiki for Windows
Yea, I was away for a bit so I'm catching up. You can never have too much info - especially on this list when it comes to things non-Microsoft centric! ;-) TWiki is a great solution too. I'm certainly not knocking it. On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What? Huh? 10 days later? The world changed while you were sleeping. Nothing less than TWiki functionality is acceptable. Wysisyg editing and such. It's being moved to a faster box. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Wiki for Windows Sure, yes, and why not. Apache runs fine on IIS. http://port25.technet.com even has instructions on how to do it: http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/02/12/technical-analysis-installing-a pache-on-windows.aspx This might be a good exercise for you if you are unfamiliar with Apache. On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'm looking to break the good/fast/cheap rule. Here's the deal: Good in this case means runs on Windows without feature loss. The free Wiki from TWiki.org is written in Perl there's a ready-made Windows installer that includes both Perl and Apache. They also have a ready-made VM that runs Debian Linux. The ready-made TWiki VM version runs about 3x faster than the ready-made Windows version. This can be seen both in browser response time and CPU loading during simple operations. So I start googling for the answer to: Is there another Wiki that runs on Windows, for free and fast? I run into this web page: http://www.yafla.com/dennisforbes/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on -Windows/Many-Ways-to-Skin-a-Wiki-Hosting-a-Wiki-on-Windows.html which describes how to host MediaWiki on, of all things, IIS. Has anyone done that, and if so, do you like it? thanks, Carl -- 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: ntbackup scripts
Where can I get recode for Windows? Google was less than helpful.
Dave
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From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
Here's a script I use. It requires grep, blat and recode.
You will have to create your BKS file (it must be Unicode).
Watch for line wrap.
rem *
rem *
rem * Perform fullback to whatever tape is in the drive and email
rem * report
rem *
rem * Ken Cornetet - 06/10/2002
rem *
rem * Revision History
rem *
rem * WhenWhoWhat
rem * ---
rem * 06/10/2002 Ken Cornetet Original Issue
rem * 06/24/2002 Ken Cornetet Added RSM command per Q267574
rem *
rem *
rem * Requires external programs blat, grep, and recode
rem *
rem *
set [EMAIL PROTECTED]
set SMTP={Name of your SMTP relay host here}
set NAME=FULL BACKUP %DATE% %TIME%
set LOGS=%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data
c:
cd \backup
rem Delete any extraneous log files
del %LOGS%\backup*.log
rem
rem * Have removable storage management look at tape in drive
rem * (See Q267574 for details)
rem
start /wait rsm refresh /lfBNCHMARK DLT1 SCSI Sequential Device
c:\bin\sleep 30
rem
rem * Do Backup
rem
start /wait ntbackup backup @c:\backup\everything.bks /M normal /J
%NAME% /P DLT /N %NAME% /l:s /HC:on /UM /D %NAME%
rem
rem * find newest (should be only) log file
rem
dir /s /b /o-d %LOGS%\backup*.log c:\backup\backup.tmp
set /P FILE= c:\backup\backup.tmp
rem
rem * Make ASCII version of log file
rem
c:\bin\recode -f unicode..us %FILE% log.txt
rem
rem * Set subject for email
rem
set SUBJ=Backup ran OK
grep -v Error: You do not have permission log.txt log1.txt
findstr /i error: log1.txt
if not ERRORLEVEL 1 set SUBJ=Backup ran - FAILED
rem
rem * Send email
rem
c:\bin\blat log.txt -t %RECIPIENT% -subject %SUBJ% -server %SMTP% -f
%RECIPIENT%
rem
rem * Move log file to our directory
rem
move /Y %FILE% c:\backup
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: ntbackup scripts
Rename it with a .txt extension :)
Christopher Boggs
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- Original Message -
From:
RE: ntbackup scripts
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=windows+download+recode.exe
Four different versions on the first page. At least.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
Where can I get recode for Windows? Google was less than helpful.
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From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
Here's a script I use. It requires grep, blat and recode.
You will have to create your BKS file (it must be Unicode).
Watch for line wrap.
rem *
rem *
rem * Perform fullback to whatever tape is in the drive and email
rem * report
rem *
rem * Ken Cornetet - 06/10/2002
rem *
rem * Revision History
rem *
rem * WhenWhoWhat
rem * ---
rem * 06/10/2002 Ken Cornetet Original Issue
rem * 06/24/2002 Ken Cornetet Added RSM command per Q267574
rem *
rem *
rem * Requires external programs blat, grep, and recode
rem *
rem *
set [EMAIL PROTECTED]
set SMTP={Name of your SMTP relay host here}
set NAME=FULL BACKUP %DATE% %TIME%
set LOGS=%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data
c:
cd \backup
rem Delete any extraneous log files
del %LOGS%\backup*.log
rem
rem * Have removable storage management look at tape in drive
rem * (See Q267574 for details)
rem
start /wait rsm refresh /lfBNCHMARK DLT1 SCSI Sequential Device
c:\bin\sleep 30
rem
rem * Do Backup
rem
start /wait ntbackup backup @c:\backup\everything.bks /M normal /J
%NAME% /P DLT /N %NAME% /l:s /HC:on /UM /D %NAME%
rem
rem * find newest (should be only) log file
rem
dir /s /b /o-d %LOGS%\backup*.log c:\backup\backup.tmp
set /P FILE= c:\backup\backup.tmp
rem
rem * Make ASCII version of log file
rem
c:\bin\recode -f unicode..us %FILE% log.txt
rem
rem * Set subject for email
rem
set SUBJ=Backup ran OK
grep -v Error: You do not have permission log.txt log1.txt
findstr /i error: log1.txt
if not ERRORLEVEL 1 set SUBJ=Backup ran - FAILED
rem
rem * Send email
rem
c:\bin\blat log.txt -t %RECIPIENT% -subject %SUBJ% -server %SMTP% -f
%RECIPIENT%
rem
rem * Move log file to our directory
rem
move /Y %FILE% c:\backup
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From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re:
RE: ntbackup scripts
hanging head in shame
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-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=windows+download+recode.exe
Four different versions on the first page. At least.
Regards,
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MCSE/Exchange MVP
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Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
Where can I get recode for Windows? Google was less than helpful.
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-Original Message-
From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
Here's a script I use. It requires grep, blat and recode.
You will have to create your BKS file (it must be Unicode).
Watch for line wrap.
rem *
rem *
rem * Perform fullback to whatever tape is in the drive and email
rem * report
rem *
rem * Ken Cornetet - 06/10/2002
rem *
rem * Revision History
rem *
rem * WhenWhoWhat
rem * ---
rem * 06/10/2002 Ken Cornetet Original Issue
rem * 06/24/2002 Ken Cornetet Added RSM command per Q267574
rem *
rem *
rem * Requires external programs blat, grep, and recode
rem *
rem *
set [EMAIL PROTECTED]
set SMTP={Name of your SMTP relay host here}
set NAME=FULL BACKUP %DATE% %TIME%
set LOGS=%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data
c:
cd \backup
rem Delete any extraneous log files
del %LOGS%\backup*.log
rem
rem * Have removable storage management look at tape in drive
rem * (See Q267574 for details)
rem
start /wait rsm refresh /lfBNCHMARK DLT1 SCSI Sequential Device
c:\bin\sleep 30
rem
RE: ntbackup scripts
I had a devil of a time finding this one the first time, been using it for a
couple years now with no complaints.
http://recode.progiciels-bpi.ca/archives
(I don't remember if this is where I got it, but fc/b says this recode.exe
is identical to my copy.)
Carl
-Original Message-
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Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
Where can I get recode for Windows? Google was less than helpful.
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-Original Message-
From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ntbackup scripts
Here's a script I use. It requires grep, blat and recode.
You will have to create your BKS file (it must be Unicode).
Watch for line wrap.
rem *
rem *
rem * Perform fullback to whatever tape is in the drive and email
rem * report
rem *
rem * Ken Cornetet - 06/10/2002
rem *
rem * Revision History
rem *
rem * WhenWhoWhat
rem * ---
rem * 06/10/2002 Ken Cornetet Original Issue
rem * 06/24/2002 Ken Cornetet Added RSM command per Q267574
rem *
rem *
rem * Requires external programs blat, grep, and recode
rem *
rem *
set [EMAIL PROTECTED]
set SMTP={Name of your SMTP relay host here}
set NAME=FULL BACKUP %DATE% %TIME%
set LOGS=%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\NTBackup\data
c:
cd \backup
rem Delete any extraneous log files
del %LOGS%\backup*.log
rem
rem * Have removable storage management look at tape in drive
rem * (See Q267574 for details)
rem
start /wait rsm refresh /lfBNCHMARK DLT1 SCSI Sequential Device
c:\bin\sleep 30
rem
rem * Do Backup
rem
start /wait ntbackup backup @c:\backup\everything.bks /M normal /J
%NAME% /P DLT /N %NAME% /l:s /HC:on /UM /D %NAME%
rem
rem * find newest (should be only) log file
rem
dir /s /b /o-d %LOGS%\backup*.log c:\backup\backup.tmp
set /P FILE= c:\backup\backup.tmp
rem
rem * Make ASCII version of log file
rem
c:\bin\recode -f unicode..us %FILE% log.txt
rem
rem * Set subject for email
rem
set SUBJ=Backup ran OK
grep -v Error: You do not have permission log.txt log1.txt
findstr /i error: log1.txt
if not ERRORLEVEL 1 set SUBJ=Backup ran - FAILED
rem
rem * Send email
rem
c:\bin\blat log.txt -t %RECIPIENT% -subject %SUBJ% -server %SMTP% -f
%RECIPIENT%
rem
rem * Move log file to our directory
rem
move /Y %FILE% c:\backup
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday,
RE: NSLookup - results are not as expected
scratches head Why does it matter? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 9:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NSLookup - results are not as expected I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? For example when I run nslookup against my AD Domain name, I receive the result: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.152, 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151 What I am expecting to see is this: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151, 169.254.0.152 How can the order be changed? ~ 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: NSLookup - results are not as expected
That's not good. The 169.x.x.x address is coming from a Windows service called APIPA (Automatic Private IP-addressing). APIPA is a service to dynamically assign IP addresses to network clients when they can't reach the DHCP server. Mike -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NSLookup - results are not as expected I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? For example when I run nslookup against my AD Domain name, I receive the result: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.152, 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151 What I am expecting to see is this: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151, 169.254.0.152 How can the order be changed? ~ 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: Lenovo?
I do not have Dell's GOLD support status, so I would not know their support response times.. Is this something you must pay for or buy 1 million dollars worth of their crap in order to achieve. No thanks - I'd rather stay with a company that stands behind their standard warranty without paying for GOLD support.. Also... I thought I clearly indicated the server was out of warranty ... my point was their parts are overpriced. I can get dual Xeon Processor boards for well under $200.00. The Support call referred me to another number (spare parts replacement) which I waited another 20 minutes for someone to pickup. I guess you are used to mediocre support because a far as I am concerned Dell support is mediocre at best... There product is ok in most cases, but my experience with their support has been so negative I will not go there anymore. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 - Dell Latitude (Bad Power Jack - Tech did not bring a mobo - Will return tomorrow, 2nd NB has Bad LCD - 30 min. on hold and will have a tech out by tomorrow) 1 - Dell OptiPlex (Bad Pwr Supply - 25 minutes on hold - got a moron on the phone and hung up on him. I called back a second time, 30 minutes on hold - got someone who was Good and is sending part + tech in the morning) Every time I've called the Gold Tech Support line provided with the service contract documentation Dell puts in the box, I've gotten to speak to a tech in well under five minutes, who has been eager to help, knowledgeable, and took my word for it if I already had a diagnosis. I've never had a field tech arrive without parts. Quality of the field techs does vary. Some are very good, most are competent but not outstanding. I did have one guy, once, who was kind of a moron. I called Dell and complained. Never saw him again. 1 - Dell Server Dual Xeon (Bad Video - No Support Contract / Ran out - Need to send in, will not send part, Gonna live with it because it is running CentOS and we can access fine via SSH.) BTW they want to charge me $200 for the motherboard. The nerve of Dell, not giving you free parts for an out-of-waranty system! Next you'll be telling me they didn't give you the server for free, either! FYI, you should be able to buy any Dell part you have a DP/N for by calling Dell Spare Parts at 800-357-3355. -- 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: Lenovo?
Umm. No its just a level of support. Buy a server and you get 3 yr nbd as standard. Gold Support simply entitles you to 4 hr onsite same day support, and Enterprise support gets you a highly highly skilled technicians instead of simple level 1 and 2 script readers as well as access to SonicAir parts. Yes you pay for this, but that's on your level of service. For the dozen of calls we have done for every major vendor they all are imperfect. But with the sheer number of systems that Dell has out there and the quality of support they have for business grade machines at an awesome price point well if you still have an issue then its your perspective. There are plenty of people very happy with their support. Nothing wrong with Lenovo either, they are just pricier for our books. -Original Message- From: Vincent Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? I do not have Dell's GOLD support status, so I would not know their support response times.. Is this something you must pay for or buy 1 million dollars worth of their crap in order to achieve. No thanks - I'd rather stay with a company that stands behind their standard warranty without paying for GOLD support.. Also... I thought I clearly indicated the server was out of warranty ... my point was their parts are overpriced. I can get dual Xeon Processor boards for well under $200.00. The Support call referred me to another number (spare parts replacement) which I waited another 20 minutes for someone to pickup. I guess you are used to mediocre support because a far as I am concerned Dell support is mediocre at best... There product is ok in most cases, but my experience with their support has been so negative I will not go there anymore. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 - Dell Latitude (Bad Power Jack - Tech did not bring a mobo - Will return tomorrow, 2nd NB has Bad LCD - 30 min. on hold and will have a tech out by tomorrow) 1 - Dell OptiPlex (Bad Pwr Supply - 25 minutes on hold - got a moron on the phone and hung up on him. I called back a second time, 30 minutes on hold - got someone who was Good and is sending part + tech in the morning) Every time I've called the Gold Tech Support line provided with the service contract documentation Dell puts in the box, I've gotten to speak to a tech in well under five minutes, who has been eager to help, knowledgeable, and took my word for it if I already had a diagnosis. I've never had a field tech arrive without parts. Quality of the field techs does vary. Some are very good, most are competent but not outstanding. I did have one guy, once, who was kind of a moron. I called Dell and complained. Never saw him again. 1 - Dell Server Dual Xeon (Bad Video - No Support Contract / Ran out - Need to send in, will not send part, Gonna live with it because it is running CentOS and we can access fine via SSH.) BTW they want to charge me $200 for the motherboard. The nerve of Dell, not giving you free parts for an out-of-waranty system! Next you'll be telling me they didn't give you the server for free, either! FYI, you should be able to buy any Dell part you have a DP/N for by calling Dell Spare Parts at 800-357-3355. -- 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 ~
RE: Lenovo?
iirc Gold Support is another $38 for laptops. -Original Message- From: Vincent Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? I do not have Dell's GOLD support status, so I would not know their support response times.. Is this something you must pay for or buy 1 million dollars worth of their crap in order to achieve. No thanks - I'd rather stay with a company that stands behind their standard warranty without paying for GOLD support.. Also... I thought I clearly indicated the server was out of warranty ... my point was their parts are overpriced. I can get dual Xeon Processor boards for well under $200.00. The Support call referred me to another number (spare parts replacement) which I waited another 20 minutes for someone to pickup. I guess you are used to mediocre support because a far as I am concerned Dell support is mediocre at best... There product is ok in most cases, but my experience with their support has been so negative I will not go there anymore. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 - Dell Latitude (Bad Power Jack - Tech did not bring a mobo - Will return tomorrow, 2nd NB has Bad LCD - 30 min. on hold and will have a tech out by tomorrow) 1 - Dell OptiPlex (Bad Pwr Supply - 25 minutes on hold - got a moron on the phone and hung up on him. I called back a second time, 30 minutes on hold - got someone who was Good and is sending part + tech in the morning) Every time I've called the Gold Tech Support line provided with the service contract documentation Dell puts in the box, I've gotten to speak to a tech in well under five minutes, who has been eager to help, knowledgeable, and took my word for it if I already had a diagnosis. I've never had a field tech arrive without parts. Quality of the field techs does vary. Some are very good, most are competent but not outstanding. I did have one guy, once, who was kind of a moron. I called Dell and complained. Never saw him again. 1 - Dell Server Dual Xeon (Bad Video - No Support Contract / Ran out - Need to send in, will not send part, Gonna live with it because it is running CentOS and we can access fine via SSH.) BTW they want to charge me $200 for the motherboard. The nerve of Dell, not giving you free parts for an out-of-waranty system! Next you'll be telling me they didn't give you the server for free, either! FYI, you should be able to buy any Dell part you have a DP/N for by calling Dell Spare Parts at 800-357-3355. -- 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 ~
Re: NSLookup - results are not as expected
I think it's more likely he sanitized the output ;) Mike Semon wrote: That's not good. The 169.x.x.x address is coming from a Windows service called APIPA (Automatic Private IP-addressing). -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: NSLookup - results are not as expected
When you have multiple A resource records for a particular DNS name some DNS servers return the results in a random order. Microsoft's DNS service isn't one that randomizes the lookup results. This is something you typically see when the name server (or the caching name server) the client is pointing to is BIND on Linux/*BSD/some commercial UNIX. In the grand scheme of things it really doesn't make a difference. Bryan Garmon wrote: I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? For example when I run nslookup against my AD Domain name, I receive the result: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.152, 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151 What I am expecting to see is this: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151, 169.254.0.152 How can the order be changed? -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: NSLookup - results are not as expected
From memory lookups can appear in any order. I'm sure ive done lookups to the same domain and have a varying order of result. It shouldnt make any difference though. Greg I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? For example when I run nslookup against my AD Domain name, I receive the result: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.152, 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151 What I am expecting to see is this: Name: name.domain.com Addresses: 169.254.0.150, 169.254.0.151, 169.254.0.152 How can the order be changed? ~ 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: Lenovo?
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not have Dell's GOLD support status, so I would not know their support response times.. Is this something you must pay for or buy 1 million dollars worth of their crap in order to achieve. Gold Support is/was a line item on the Service and support page of their configurator. It's been renamed to ProSupport recently. Adding it to the standard 1-year warranty cost $50 for most user systems. I think it comes standard with servers. No thanks - I'd rather stay with a company that stands behind their standard warranty without paying for GOLD support.. As I mentioned, Dell is happy to sell you cheap crap if that's what you want.. It sounds like you went the cheap crap route, and got exactly what you paid for. Why is this a surprise to you? Also... I thought I clearly indicated the server was out of warranty ... You did. But your stated complaint was that Dell's support is inferior to IBM's. I fail to see how a refusal to send you a free part on an out-of-warranty system reflects poorly on Dell. I'm pretty sure IBM won't send you free parts on out-of-warranty system, either. my point was their parts are overpriced. I can get dual Xeon Processor boards for well under $200.00. Then why didn't you? Let me answer that for you: You wanted a board *for that server*. Most big-name servers use proprietary parts, which carry a higher price. As someone else noted, IBM server parts aren't cheap, either. And even generic server motherboards tend to be expensive. A quick spot check shows that the Tyan S5397 server board streets for around $500. So $200 is actually pretty cheap. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: NSLookup - results are not as expected
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Bryan Garmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm losing hair on my head trying to understand what determines the order of the IP addresses when they are listed in NSLookup? The DNS specification says that if multiple RRs (Resource Records) exist for a given domain name, they may be returned in any order. How can the order be changed? Short answer: It cannot. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Lyris must be down
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Stu Sjouwerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We upgraded to a new version and it was a bad one. Tried to downgrade but that did not work because they made database changes. We have a few fixes now that promise some more stability... sigh. I suggest this fix: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html Hee hee hee. ;-) -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Ghost DHCP settings
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:01 PM, David Florea, SysAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is 192.168.1.1 a default for anything else?? 192.168.1.1 is the default used by a *lot* of SOHO NAT equipment, not just LinkSys. Almost certainly, somebody has taken their bitty-box home router with the built-in four-port-switch, and plugged it into your LAN to get some extra ports, not even knowing they're screwing up your LAN in the process. Assign 192.168.1.42 as an IP address to a test machine, and ping 192.168.1.1 from the test box. Then check the ARP table to get the MAC address of the rogue device. The OUI part of the MAC address will tell you the brand of device. Then use your managed switches to track down the port the rogue device is connected to. If you don't have manged switches, use a non-Microsoft ping tool to flood ping the 192.168.1.1 device. Follow the spastic link lights to find the port. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Lenovo?
Wow, Is your real name Michael Dell? I am only stating my experience. Your statements will not change those facts. If you call spending 2795.00 on IBM x61t CHEAP tablets then... I guess you are right.. how about the 3 T61s for 2480.00 I ordered today.. are they cheap too? Tyan Boards are VERY expensive $500... Because it is a Quad core Xeon Main Board... I am talking about a Xeon Board that is almost 4 years old... Come on Michael... arghhh I Mean Ben. Don't get hurt feelings... I still recommend my cheapie clients to go to Walmart to buy their Dells. At least Walmart will take them back withing 30 days. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Lenovo? On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Vincent Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not have Dell's GOLD support status, so I would not know their support response times.. Is this something you must pay for or buy 1 million dollars worth of their crap in order to achieve. Gold Support is/was a line item on the Service and support page of their configurator. It's been renamed to ProSupport recently. Adding it to the standard 1-year warranty cost $50 for most user systems. I think it comes standard with servers. No thanks - I'd rather stay with a company that stands behind their standard warranty without paying for GOLD support.. As I mentioned, Dell is happy to sell you cheap crap if that's what you want.. It sounds like you went the cheap crap route, and got exactly what you paid for. Why is this a surprise to you? Also... I thought I clearly indicated the server was out of warranty ... You did. But your stated complaint was that Dell's support is inferior to IBM's. I fail to see how a refusal to send you a free part on an out-of-warranty system reflects poorly on Dell. I'm pretty sure IBM won't send you free parts on out-of-warranty system, either. my point was their parts are overpriced. I can get dual Xeon Processor boards for well under $200.00. Then why didn't you? Let me answer that for you: You wanted a board *for that server*. Most big-name servers use proprietary parts, which carry a higher price. As someone else noted, IBM server parts aren't cheap, either. And even generic server motherboards tend to be expensive. A quick spot check shows that the Tyan S5397 server board streets for around $500. So $200 is actually pretty cheap. -- 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 ~
