R: Acronis tech support?
I am sure Storagecraft is better GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Steve Pruitt [mailto:adminli...@bytampabay.com] Inviato: giovedì 8 gennaio 2009 0.12 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Re: Acronis tech support? Some of you may remember my struggle to get support from Acronis for a program bug I found the beginning of November. I finally got a response from them that I thought I should share: We apologize for the delay in response. As you have mentioned, that you were taking the back up of your system directly on DVDs, but it was not able to burn the last DVD. We would recommend you take the back up of your computer on your hard drive and split that back up and then burn that back up on the DVDs. Please make sure that the compression level of the back up is none. This would resolve your issue. However, if the issue still persists, please feel free to contact us. So, they're saying you can't back up to DVDs, even though we claim you can. Back up to your hard drive or a second one, then copy the files to DVDs. This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard from any tech support. I ended up buying Paragon Drive Backup. Their user interface could be better, but the program does everything I want it to and does it well. And I've seen in the past that they actually provide tech support. I know Acronis used to be generally regarded as the best, but I'm afraid those days are long gone. Steve - Original Message - From: Steve Pruitt mailto:adminli...@bytampabay.com To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:43 PM Subject: Acronis tech support? A month ago, based on recommendations here, I downloaded the Acronis evaluation. I quickly found an apparent program bug when backing up to DVDs. The system created files named MyBackup1.tib, MyBackup2.tib, etc. but after creating them it tried to open MyBackup.tib. I used the chat to report the problem, and also opened a ticket. A week ago, having heard nothing, I opened another ticket. Still no response. In the meantime I bought an external hard drive to use for backups, but of course the 15-day evaluation period was over by then. How long does it usually take them to respond? I have to say I'm not impressed. Steve ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: All AD Accounts getting gradually locked out
Ok - we are rolling out this patch to all PCs and servers now and expect it solve the problem (the description fits, etc). Typically we had just moved to WSUS and have been testing it on a control group for the last couple of months, meaning that we're short a few patches! I'll let you know how it goes. Cheers, Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: andy.crel...@lcdisability.org From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: 08 January 2009 17:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: All AD Accounts getting gradually locked out http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-257980.html?tag=nl.e539 John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Andy Crellin [mailto:andy.crel...@lcdisability.org] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: All AD Accounts getting gradually locked out OK, here's a teaser... All of our AD accounts are gradually being locked out. I have one guy searching for locked out accounts and unlocking them (and they do not get re-locked out) but with 2500 accounts this is more than a PITA. Now, this stinks of a brute force attack on an enumerated list of accounts on the network (we allow 10 attempts then lockout for 30mins), but we can't find _anything_ that looks like this. To compound matters, we have also had a small outbreak of WORM_DOWNAD.AD which has been contained and managed well, but I think this is a red herring as that worm's symptoms are nothing like what we are seeing (and there is no correlation). Does anyone know of a way to find out what processes are attempting to make a logon attempt (we have about 10 DCs spread about the place) to an account - bearing in mind it could be any one of 2500 accounts? Also, is it possible to find out where the logon attempt that caused an account lock came from? Cheers, and TIA, Andy. Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 Email: andy.crel...@lcdisability.org Change the way you see disability. Find out more at www.CreatureDiscomforts.org http://www.creaturediscomforts.org/ Our London Marathon places are almost sold out! Call 020 3242 0376 now to reserve one of the last few places available, or e-mail eve...@lcdisability.org 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: 66 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RL. This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. 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: 66 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RL. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Windows 7 isn't revolutionary, from what I can tell; it's Vista, tweaked. And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. I've been using it every day for two years now on my home desktop, my work desktop, and my laptop. I just don't have problems with it. The kicker is that Win7 won't make much difference in regards to two of the biggest complaints people had about Vista: application compatibility and driver compatibility. It may be a little better on the app front, but I don't expect anything radical. And as for drivers, I'm not aware of any difference at all in Win7 that would make older devices work better with it. If your device didn't work with Vista, it ain't gonna work with Win7. What has really disappointed me in the Vista fiasco was that IT professionals were just as guilty--maybe even more so--of spreading FUD about Vista as laypeople were. I would expect ordinary consumers to get confused, or the media to jump on a bandwagon without really understanding the subject. But IT pros should know better. Many of the rants I've seen have come from IT people who clearly hadn't really spent much time using Vista, or didn't really understand enough about how it worked to see its advantages over XP, or were just plain unwilling to learn something new. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Ok, since we are on the subject... This has been irking me lately, I need to get it off my chest! I have been highly skeptical of all the rave reviews of 7 so far. There seems to be this wonderful wave of hope around 7 in the blogosphere, touting 7 is better than Vista. But Vista kinda of had terrible press, and everyone was convinced it was the next ME. In actually, it wasn't. Vista is great. It had it SP0 bumps for sure, but Vista in general was much better that I think the press made it out to be. Everyone is jumping in joy that 7 boots faster than Vista, more stable, etc, etc. Big Whoop. IMO, IT BETTER be faster and more stable! This is not a feature, this is a EXPECTATION. Better stability? Again, not a bonus feature, it's an expectation. New versions should NEVER be slower, especially with the crazy pace of hardware advancements. All in all, I think Vista's bad rep is just paving the way for good reviews of 7. It's like when Steve Jobs put the 'improved' Audio Jack in his slide show for the Gen 2 iPhone. No, Steve, you can't do that. You *^cked up with Gen1 with the audio port, and you fixed it in Gen2. You cannot market it as a new feature. The fact that he had to market that and throw it in his slid show, just goes to show that there weren't enough other new features introduced to talk about. I don't no much about 7, I haven't tried it, I'm sure I will download it on Friday, and buy a copy on release. I just hope MS knows what they are doing forcing an OS out the door so quickly. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Since the other beta's are out... I really like the new task bar. I'm not sold on the new Start button. Otherwise - it's very much like Vista sp2. Except that it uses less memory. At idle, my Vista system uses about 850 MB. At idle (pretty much the same startup applications), Win7 uses 500 MB. Speed-wise - I don't detect any appreciable difference. But I've got pretty fast machines already. I have found a couple of pretty obvious bugs, so I don't consider it production-ready. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From what I've heard, Win7 isn't too frustrating--so I'm willing to give it a look. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now oh dear! Then how-ever will I frustrate myself with an unfinished beta product!? -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
VMware Workstation 6.5 sees Windows 7 as Vista and has no problems installing Win7. For x86 it wants a minimum partition size of 16GB and for x64 24GB. Webster From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From: Fred Sawyer [mailto:fr...@sunbelt-software.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Found Windows 7 loads on ESX like a champ. Has any one experienced issue's trying to load either the x32 or x64 version of Windows 7 on VMware Workstation 6.0.4. So far both disk's error out at the same point for me on different systems. Workstation 6.5 is what supports Vista and Server 2008. I'm downloading both x86 and x64 now to load. Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Yea. I installed it in ESX using Vista as the host type. No issues. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 5:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now VMware Workstation 6.5 sees Windows 7 as Vista and has no problems installing Win7. For x86 it wants a minimum partition size of 16GB and for x64 24GB. Webster From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From: Fred Sawyer [mailto:fr...@sunbelt-software.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Found Windows 7 loads on ESX like a champ. Has any one experienced issue's trying to load either the x32 or x64 version of Windows 7 on VMware Workstation 6.0.4. So far both disk's error out at the same point for me on different systems. Workstation 6.5 is what supports Vista and Server 2008. I'm downloading both x86 and x64 now to load. Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Its basically Vista SP3.. and you expected something different? Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: ezi...@lifespan.org Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Windows 7 isn't revolutionary, from what I can tell; it's Vista, tweaked. And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. I've been using it every day for two years now on my home desktop, my work desktop, and my laptop. I just don't have problems with it. The kicker is that Win7 won't make much difference in regards to two of the biggest complaints people had about Vista: application compatibility and driver compatibility. It may be a little better on the app front, but I don't expect anything radical. And as for drivers, I'm not aware of any difference at all in Win7 that would make older devices work better with it. If your device didn't work with Vista, it ain't gonna work with Win7. What has really disappointed me in the Vista fiasco was that IT professionals were just as guilty--maybe even more so--of spreading FUD about Vista as laypeople were. I would expect ordinary consumers to get confused, or the media to jump on a bandwagon without really understanding the subject. But IT pros should know better. Many of the rants I've seen have come from IT people who clearly hadn't really spent much time using Vista, or didn't really understand enough about how it worked to see its advantages over XP, or were just plain unwilling to learn something new. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Ok, since we are on the subject... This has been irking me lately, I need to get it off my chest! I have been highly skeptical of all the rave reviews of 7 so far. There seems to be this wonderful wave of hope around 7 in the blogosphere, touting 7 is better than Vista. But Vista kinda of had terrible press, and everyone was convinced it was the next ME. In actually, it wasn't. Vista is great. It had it SP0 bumps for sure, but Vista in general was much better that I think the press made it out to be. Everyone is jumping in joy that 7 boots faster than Vista, more stable, etc, etc. Big Whoop. IMO, IT BETTER be faster and more stable! This is not a feature, this is a EXPECTATION. Better stability? Again, not a bonus feature, it's an expectation. New versions should NEVER be slower, especially with the crazy pace of hardware advancements. All in all, I think Vista's bad rep is just paving the way for good reviews of 7. It's like when Steve Jobs put the 'improved' Audio Jack in his slide show for the Gen 2 iPhone. No, Steve, you can't do that. You *^cked up with Gen1 with the audio port, and you fixed it in Gen2. You cannot market it as a new feature. The fact that he had to market that and throw it in his slid show, just goes to show that there weren't enough other new features introduced to talk about. I don't no much about 7, I haven't tried it, I'm sure I will download it on Friday, and buy a copy on release. I just hope MS knows what they are doing forcing an OS out the door so quickly. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Since the other beta's are out... I really like the new task bar. I'm not sold on the new Start button. Otherwise - it's very much like Vista sp2. Except that it uses less memory. At idle, my Vista system uses about 850 MB. At idle (pretty much the same startup applications), Win7 uses 500 MB. Speed-wise - I don't detect any appreciable difference. But I've got pretty fast machines already. I have found a couple of pretty obvious bugs, so I don't consider it production-ready. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From what I've heard, Win7 isn't too frustrating--so I'm willing to give it a look. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009
RE: DumpSEC-ish tool
Bump From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DumpSEC-ish tool I need to dump security permissions for hundreds of folders. I have DumpSEC, but what I would like is something that shows me permissions differences from the directory directly above it, and if there is no difference (i.e, inheritance with no modifications) then show nothing, or no difference. DumpSEC can show me changes from the root, but if a folder 3 levels down has the same perms as 2 levels down, but 2 levels down is different than the root, DumpSEC shows me the full perm set for both folder 3 and folder 2. Example \Root : Permission set A \Root\RootPlus1 : list of permissions because they don't match Permission set A \Root\RootPlus1\Plus2 : Blank because the perms are same as \Root\RootPlus1 Currently, for \Root\RootPlus1\Plus2 DumpSEC lists all permissions because they don't match Permission set A, I'm just looking for the delta points from each other, not necessarily each folder different than the root folder. I hope that makes sense... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: WPAD Proxy Config
Do you have the Automatically detect settings box checked in the IE Connections / LAN Settings window? That's required for IE to pick up the DHCP setting. Malcolm -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, 08 January, 2009 15:45 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WPAD Proxy Config Well, my firefox clients pick up the settings but not ie7. I am using the dns (cname) / dhcp option 252 method. How are you doing it, and do you have it working with ie7? Thanks! jlc -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WPAD Proxy Config On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: Anyone here doing wpad in their org for configuring a proxy for borwsers? Yes. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ 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. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Annnd the Microsoft servers are down http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/01/07/information -on-downloading-and-installing-windows-7-beta.aspx -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: 09 January 2009 13:56 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Its basically Vista SP3.. and you expected something different? Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: ezi...@lifespan.org Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Windows 7 isn't revolutionary, from what I can tell; it's Vista, tweaked. And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. I've been using it every day for two years now on my home desktop, my work desktop, and my laptop. I just don't have problems with it. The kicker is that Win7 won't make much difference in regards to two of the biggest complaints people had about Vista: application compatibility and driver compatibility. It may be a little better on the app front, but I don't expect anything radical. And as for drivers, I'm not aware of any difference at all in Win7 that would make older devices work better with it. If your device didn't work with Vista, it ain't gonna work with Win7. What has really disappointed me in the Vista fiasco was that IT professionals were just as guilty--maybe even more so--of spreading FUD about Vista as laypeople were. I would expect ordinary consumers to get confused, or the media to jump on a bandwagon without really understanding the subject. But IT pros should know better. Many of the rants I've seen have come from IT people who clearly hadn't really spent much time using Vista, or didn't really understand enough about how it worked to see its advantages over XP, or were just plain unwilling to learn something new. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Ok, since we are on the subject... This has been irking me lately, I need to get it off my chest! I have been highly skeptical of all the rave reviews of 7 so far. There seems to be this wonderful wave of hope around 7 in the blogosphere, touting 7 is better than Vista. But Vista kinda of had terrible press, and everyone was convinced it was the next ME. In actually, it wasn't. Vista is great. It had it SP0 bumps for sure, but Vista in general was much better that I think the press made it out to be. Everyone is jumping in joy that 7 boots faster than Vista, more stable, etc, etc. Big Whoop. IMO, IT BETTER be faster and more stable! This is not a feature, this is a EXPECTATION. Better stability? Again, not a bonus feature, it's an expectation. New versions should NEVER be slower, especially with the crazy pace of hardware advancements. All in all, I think Vista's bad rep is just paving the way for good reviews of 7. It's like when Steve Jobs put the 'improved' Audio Jack in his slide show for the Gen 2 iPhone. No, Steve, you can't do that. You *^cked up with Gen1 with the audio port, and you fixed it in Gen2. You cannot market it as a new feature. The fact that he had to market that and throw it in his slid show, just goes to show that there weren't enough other new features introduced to talk about. I don't no much about 7, I haven't tried it, I'm sure I will download it on Friday, and buy a copy on release. I just hope MS knows what they are doing forcing an OS out the door so quickly. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Since the other beta's are out... I really like the new task bar. I'm not sold on the new Start button. Otherwise - it's very much like Vista sp2. Except that it uses less memory. At idle, my Vista system uses about 850 MB. At idle (pretty much the same startup applications), Win7 uses 500 MB. Speed-wise - I don't detect any appreciable difference. But I've got pretty fast machines already. I have found a couple of pretty obvious bugs, so I don't consider it production-ready. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009
RE: DumpSEC-ish tool
Don't know if you're looking for free, but Script Logic's Enterprise Security Explorer may do this. We use the non-Enterprise version for perm related tasks. The Enterprise version looks like it has pretty expansive reporting. Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com blocked::blocked::http://www.prufoxroach.com/ don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DumpSEC-ish tool Bump From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DumpSEC-ish tool I need to dump security permissions for hundreds of folders. I have DumpSEC, but what I would like is something that shows me permissions differences from the directory directly above it, and if there is no difference (i.e, inheritance with no modifications) then show nothing, or no difference. DumpSEC can show me changes from the root, but if a folder 3 levels down has the same perms as 2 levels down, but 2 levels down is different than the root, DumpSEC shows me the full perm set for both folder 3 and folder 2. Example \Root : Permission set A \Root\RootPlus1 : list of permissions because they don't match Permission set A \Root\RootPlus1\Plus2 : Blank because the perms are same as \Root\RootPlus1 Currently, for \Root\RootPlus1\Plus2 DumpSEC lists all permissions because they don't match Permission set A, I'm just looking for the delta points from each other, not necessarily each folder different than the root folder. I hope that makes sense... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Friday Funny
Speaking of Windows 7: http://xkcd.com/528/ ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: DumpSEC-ish tool
fileacl.exe Google it, download it, love it. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:17 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: I need to dump security permissions for hundreds of folders. I have DumpSEC, but what I would like is something that shows me permissions differences from the directory directly above it, and if there is no difference (i.e, inheritance with no modifications) then show nothing, or no difference. DumpSEC can show me changes from the root, but if a folder 3 levels down has the same perms as 2 levels down, but 2 levels down is different than the root, DumpSEC shows me the full perm set for both folder 3 and folder 2. Example \Root : Permission set A \Root\RootPlus1 : list of permissions because they don't match Permission set A \Root\RootPlus1\Plus2 : Blank because the perms are same as \Root\RootPlus1 Currently, for \Root\RootPlus1\Plus2 DumpSEC lists all permissions because they don't match Permission set A, I'm just looking for the delta points from each other, not necessarily each folder different than the root folder. I hope that makes sense… David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
No. But Vista's biggest critics seemed to. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Its basically Vista SP3.. and you expected something different? Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: ezi...@lifespan.org Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Windows 7 isn't revolutionary, from what I can tell; it's Vista, tweaked. And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. I've been using it every day for two years now on my home desktop, my work desktop, and my laptop. I just don't have problems with it. The kicker is that Win7 won't make much difference in regards to two of the biggest complaints people had about Vista: application compatibility and driver compatibility. It may be a little better on the app front, but I don't expect anything radical. And as for drivers, I'm not aware of any difference at all in Win7 that would make older devices work better with it. If your device didn't work with Vista, it ain't gonna work with Win7. What has really disappointed me in the Vista fiasco was that IT professionals were just as guilty--maybe even more so--of spreading FUD about Vista as laypeople were. I would expect ordinary consumers to get confused, or the media to jump on a bandwagon without really understanding the subject. But IT pros should know better. Many of the rants I've seen have come from IT people who clearly hadn't really spent much time using Vista, or didn't really understand enough about how it worked to see its advantages over XP, or were just plain unwilling to learn something new. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Ok, since we are on the subject... This has been irking me lately, I need to get it off my chest! I have been highly skeptical of all the rave reviews of 7 so far. There seems to be this wonderful wave of hope around 7 in the blogosphere, touting 7 is better than Vista. But Vista kinda of had terrible press, and everyone was convinced it was the next ME. In actually, it wasn't. Vista is great. It had it SP0 bumps for sure, but Vista in general was much better that I think the press made it out to be. Everyone is jumping in joy that 7 boots faster than Vista, more stable, etc, etc. Big Whoop. IMO, IT BETTER be faster and more stable! This is not a feature, this is a EXPECTATION. Better stability? Again, not a bonus feature, it's an expectation. New versions should NEVER be slower, especially with the crazy pace of hardware advancements. All in all, I think Vista's bad rep is just paving the way for good reviews of 7. It's like when Steve Jobs put the 'improved' Audio Jack in his slide show for the Gen 2 iPhone. No, Steve, you can't do that. You *^cked up with Gen1 with the audio port, and you fixed it in Gen2. You cannot market it as a new feature. The fact that he had to market that and throw it in his slid show, just goes to show that there weren't enough other new features introduced to talk about. I don't no much about 7, I haven't tried it, I'm sure I will download it on Friday, and buy a copy on release. I just hope MS knows what they are doing forcing an OS out the door so quickly. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Since the other beta's are out... I really like the new task bar. I'm not sold on the new Start button. Otherwise - it's very much like Vista sp2. Except that it uses less memory. At idle, my Vista system uses about 850 MB. At idle (pretty much the same startup applications), Win7 uses 500 MB. Speed-wise - I don't detect any appreciable difference. But I've got pretty fast machines already. I have found a couple of pretty obvious bugs, so I don't consider it production-ready. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From what I've heard, Win7 isn't too frustrating--so I'm willing to give it a look. John
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now VMware Workstation 6.5 sees Windows 7 as Vista and has no problems installing Win7. For x86 it wants a minimum partition size of 16GB and for x64 24GB. Of interest, I am sure, to no one but me but Win7 x86 x64 using IE8 works great with Citrix XenApp 5 on server 2003 2008 using client software 10.1 and 11.0 (PN, PNAgent and web client only). Webster The Accidental Citrix Admin http://carlwebster.com/ http://CarlWebster.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Yea I was pleasantly shocked at the fact that my F5 SSL VPN client worked on W7/IE8. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now VMware Workstation 6.5 sees Windows 7 as Vista and has no problems installing Win7. For x86 it wants a minimum partition size of 16GB and for x64 24GB. Of interest, I am sure, to no one but me but Win7 x86 x64 using IE8 works great with Citrix XenApp 5 on server 2003 2008 using client software 10.1 and 11.0 (PN, PNAgent and web client only). Webster The Accidental Citrix Admin http://CarlWebster.com http://carlwebster.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Is the public beta live now I cannot find it... On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I do not think it is live quite yet. It looks as though everyone keeps hitting Refresh on the page.. it is quite slow to come up. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ - it sounds like it will be posted here sometime this afternoon. Whether that be Redmond time or not, I do not know. Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: Phil Labonte [mailto:philfromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Is the public beta live now I cannot find it... On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Me neither - not on the main windows 7 page, where they said it would be . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Phil Labonte [mailto:philfromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Is the public beta live now I cannot find it... On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Has anyone found any apps that don't run on Win7 yet? Everything I have tried so far runs great as long as it was Vista-capable to begin with. TVK From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Yea I was pleasantly shocked at the fact that my F5 SSL VPN client worked on W7/IE8. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now VMware Workstation 6.5 sees Windows 7 as Vista and has no problems installing Win7. For x86 it wants a minimum partition size of 16GB and for x64 24GB. Of interest, I am sure, to no one but me but Win7 x86 x64 using IE8 works great with Citrix XenApp 5 on server 2003 2008 using client software 10.1 and 11.0 (PN, PNAgent and web client only). Webster The Accidental Citrix Admin http://CarlWebster.comhttp://carlwebster.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I believe it is supposed to be 12 PM PST On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:42 AM, James Winzenz james.winz...@pulte.comwrote: Me neither - not on the main windows 7 page, where they said it would be . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Phil Labonte [mailto:philfromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Is the public beta live now I cannot find it... On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Service Unavailable HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Looks like the site is down Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Makes me want to think about ponying up for a TechNet subscription . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Alex Carroll [mailto:acarr...@crabco.net] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I do not think it is live quite yet. It looks as though everyone keeps hitting Refresh on the page.. it is quite slow to come up. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ - it sounds like it will be posted here sometime this afternoon. Whether that be Redmond time or not, I do not know. Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: Phil Labonte [mailto:philfromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Is the public beta live now I cannot find it... On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Most of the incompatibilities I have seen have been related to IE8 - the Google Toolbar, for one. In all honestly I would focus on programs that needed to be updated to work with IE7 - if they are sensitive to the web browser release on the machine, and you're testing a newer OS with a newer web browser... Tim Vander Kooi wrote: Has anyone found any apps that don’t run on Win7 yet? Everything I have tried so far runs great as long as it was Vista-capable to begin with. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I haven't, nor have I heard of any. Because Win7 isn't fundamentally different from Vista, I'd be surprised if it broke apps that were Vista-compatible. Which is why people who are skipping Vista to wait for Win7 aren't going to see huge advantages to waiting, as far as I can tell. Although I suppose that those who have avoided Vista this long might as well wait a few more months. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Has anyone found any apps that don't run on Win7 yet? Everything I have tried so far runs great as long as it was Vista-capable to begin with. TVK ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
VMWare alarm question
Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
What version is the beta? Is it 7000, or whatever was leaked a week or two ago? From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I haven't, nor have I heard of any. Because Win7 isn't fundamentally different from Vista, I'd be surprised if it broke apps that were Vista-compatible. Which is why people who are skipping Vista to wait for Win7 aren't going to see huge advantages to waiting, as far as I can tell. Although I suppose that those who have avoided Vista this long might as well wait a few more months. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Has anyone found any apps that don't run on Win7 yet? Everything I have tried so far runs great as long as it was Vista-capable to begin with. TVK ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Yes, a couple. But they don't run on Server 2008 either (specific version checks in the installer code). Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Has anyone found any apps that don't run on Win7 yet? Everything I have tried so far runs great as long as it was Vista-capable to begin with. TVK From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Yea I was pleasantly shocked at the fact that my F5 SSL VPN client worked on W7/IE8. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now VMware Workstation 6.5 sees Windows 7 as Vista and has no problems installing Win7. For x86 it wants a minimum partition size of 16GB and for x64 24GB. Of interest, I am sure, to no one but me but Win7 x86 x64 using IE8 works great with Citrix XenApp 5 on server 2003 2008 using client software 10.1 and 11.0 (PN, PNAgent and web client only). Webster The Accidental Citrix Admin http://CarlWebster.com http://carlwebster.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Really? I still don't see a download link. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto:tgonza...@girlscouts-swtx.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:56 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now It's up, I just grabbed the key. -Original Message- From: Alex Carroll [mailto:acarr...@crabco.net] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Service Unavailable HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Looks like the site is down Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Makes me want to think about ponying up for a TechNet subscription . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Alex Carroll [mailto:acarr...@crabco.net] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I do not think it is live quite yet. It looks as though everyone keeps hitting Refresh on the page.. it is quite slow to come up. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ - it sounds like it will be posted here sometime this afternoon. Whether that be Redmond time or not, I do not know. Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: Phil Labonte [mailto:philfromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Is the public beta live now I cannot find it... On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Yessir Jason Gauthier wrote: What version is the beta? Is it 7000, or whatever was leaked a week or two ago? -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
If you have SA active on any license agreement, you already have one TechNet subscription. Otherwise it's only $470 per user for a 2 year Open Business Agreement--less per year if you do the 3 year Open Value Agreement. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Makes me want to think about ponying up for a TechNet subscription . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Alex Carroll [mailto:acarr...@crabco.net] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I do not think it is live quite yet. It looks as though everyone keeps hitting Refresh on the page.. it is quite slow to come up. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ - it sounds like it will be posted here sometime this afternoon. Whether that be Redmond time or not, I do not know. Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: Phil Labonte [mailto:philfromw...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Is the public beta live now I cannot find it... On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Public beta tomorrow. I'll have to wait as I don't have MSDN. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 08:17 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Enjoy Mike Mike Hoffman Drum Brae Solutions Ltd ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. Of course, neither is Linux. I must admit, the Linux fan in me is somewhat amused to see Microsoft falling victim to one of their own favorite tricks. I have a hard time dredging up any sympathy for Ballmer and company. Especially when they're obviously trying real hard to get people to move off XP to Vista/7, when many of their paying customers are apparently are saying we'd rather not. ... just plain unwilling to learn something new. A big part of my objection to Vista (as an IT management weenie) is that the apparent improvements don't warrant the apparent costs of the changes. The ROI just isn't there. Aside from the learning curve, there's lots of incompatibilities. Drivers. MSIE 7. Roaming profiles. UI. Sure, those incompatibilies only affect existing stuff -- guess what, we've got existing stuff we have to worry about. So does 99% of the rest of the world. If there were some radical improvements -- like there were with the 95/98/NT4 - 2000/XP switch -- it would be one thing. But I frankly just don't see it with XP - Vista. Image-based deployment? We've already invested time/effort/money in RIS here, and now we're supposed to invest in something different that does the same thing. BitLocker? Licensing issues make it non-viable for all but very large companies. Better GPOs? Don't help our 100 or so existing XP stations. It seems like the major added capabilities in Vista are Aero, DirectX 10, and home multimedia stuff. Fine for home users, I guess. But none are something I want in a business environment. Indeed, in business, *we want a consistent UI*. Otherwise support, training, and documentation all become more expensive. Likewise, a big part of the reason we haven't deployed Office 2007 anywhere is the radical UI change. Sure, people can get used to it. Sure, it's arguably an improvement in some ways. But guess what? Throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions for a very marginal improvement in usability is just plain not worth it. It's like the auto industry engineers who keep trying to replace the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement. Sure, it might be possible to do things a little better, but it's simply not worth the effort of teaching hundreds of millions of people how to drive all over again. Heck, the very thing that keeps many people on the Microsoft platform is that it isn't worth the pain and drawbacks of switching to something Linux or Mac. When it comes right down to it, a computer's pretty much a computer, regardless of the software you're using. All the various offerings have their strengths and weaknesses. But throwing out something that mostly-works just to replace it with something else that will mostly-work is a bad value proposition. So Vista isn't the train wreck some say it is, but it also didn't provide Microsoft a good ROI for the huge amount of time and money they spent making it. Maybe it will pay off eventually by making it easier to introduce improvements in future versions of Windows, but I kinda doubt it. In 50+ years of the IT industry history, such scenarios have rarely paid off. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: VMWare alarm question
Jeff, Put the host server in maintenance mode before you take it down. This tells VC that this server is being worked on so don't move any VMs to it and ignore connectivity issues. To put the host in maintenance mode, right click the host in VC and select...you guessed it...Maintenance Mode. HTH, Shook -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMWare alarm question
I'd have to look, but I am fairly sure if you put your host in maintenance mode that won't happen... On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Jeff Bunting bunting.j...@gmail.com wrote: Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Very well said. My sentiments exactly! Linda Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. Of course, neither is Linux. I must admit, the Linux fan in me is somewhat amused to see Microsoft falling victim to one of their own favorite tricks. I have a hard time dredging up any sympathy for Ballmer and company. Especially when they're obviously trying real hard to get people to move off XP to Vista/7, when many of their paying customers are apparently are saying we'd rather not. ... just plain unwilling to learn something new. A big part of my objection to Vista (as an IT management weenie) is that the apparent improvements don't warrant the apparent costs of the changes. The ROI just isn't there. Aside from the learning curve, there's lots of incompatibilities. Drivers. MSIE 7. Roaming profiles. UI. Sure, those incompatibilies only affect existing stuff -- guess what, we've got existing stuff we have to worry about. So does 99% of the rest of the world. If there were some radical improvements -- like there were with the 95/98/NT4 - 2000/XP switch -- it would be one thing. But I frankly just don't see it with XP - Vista. Image-based deployment? We've already invested time/effort/money in RIS here, and now we're supposed to invest in something different that does the same thing. BitLocker? Licensing issues make it non-viable for all but very large companies. Better GPOs? Don't help our 100 or so existing XP stations. It seems like the major added capabilities in Vista are Aero, DirectX 10, and home multimedia stuff. Fine for home users, I guess. But none are something I want in a business environment. Indeed, in business, *we want a consistent UI*. Otherwise support, training, and documentation all become more expensive. Likewise, a big part of the reason we haven't deployed Office 2007 anywhere is the radical UI change. Sure, people can get used to it. Sure, it's arguably an improvement in some ways. But guess what? Throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions for a very marginal improvement in usability is just plain not worth it. It's like the auto industry engineers who keep trying to replace the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement. Sure, it might be possible to do things a little better, but it's simply not worth the effort of teaching hundreds of millions of people how to drive all over again. Heck, the very thing that keeps many people on the Microsoft platform is that it isn't worth the pain and drawbacks of switching to something Linux or Mac. When it comes right down to it, a computer's pretty much a computer, regardless of the software you're using. All the various offerings have their strengths and weaknesses. But throwing out something that mostly-works just to replace it with something else that will mostly-work is a bad value proposition. So Vista isn't the train wreck some say it is, but it also didn't provide Microsoft a good ROI for the huge amount of time and money they spent making it. Maybe it will pay off eventually by making it easier to introduce improvements in future versions of Windows, but I kinda doubt it. In 50+ years of the IT industry history, such scenarios have rarely paid off. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Yes, great assessment Ben. -Original Message- From: Linda C Jones [mailto:newsrea...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Very well said. My sentiments exactly! Linda Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. Of course, neither is Linux. I must admit, the Linux fan in me is somewhat amused to see Microsoft falling victim to one of their own favorite tricks. I have a hard time dredging up any sympathy for Ballmer and company. Especially when they're obviously trying real hard to get people to move off XP to Vista/7, when many of their paying customers are apparently are saying we'd rather not. ... just plain unwilling to learn something new. A big part of my objection to Vista (as an IT management weenie) is that the apparent improvements don't warrant the apparent costs of the changes. The ROI just isn't there. Aside from the learning curve, there's lots of incompatibilities. Drivers. MSIE 7. Roaming profiles. UI. Sure, those incompatibilies only affect existing stuff -- guess what, we've got existing stuff we have to worry about. So does 99% of the rest of the world. If there were some radical improvements -- like there were with the 95/98/NT4 - 2000/XP switch -- it would be one thing. But I frankly just don't see it with XP - Vista. Image-based deployment? We've already invested time/effort/money in RIS here, and now we're supposed to invest in something different that does the same thing. BitLocker? Licensing issues make it non-viable for all but very large companies. Better GPOs? Don't help our 100 or so existing XP stations. It seems like the major added capabilities in Vista are Aero, DirectX 10, and home multimedia stuff. Fine for home users, I guess. But none are something I want in a business environment. Indeed, in business, *we want a consistent UI*. Otherwise support, training, and documentation all become more expensive. Likewise, a big part of the reason we haven't deployed Office 2007 anywhere is the radical UI change. Sure, people can get used to it. Sure, it's arguably an improvement in some ways. But guess what? Throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions for a very marginal improvement in usability is just plain not worth it. It's like the auto industry engineers who keep trying to replace the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement. Sure, it might be possible to do things a little better, but it's simply not worth the effort of teaching hundreds of millions of people how to drive all over again. Heck, the very thing that keeps many people on the Microsoft platform is that it isn't worth the pain and drawbacks of switching to something Linux or Mac. When it comes right down to it, a computer's pretty much a computer, regardless of the software you're using. All the various offerings have their strengths and weaknesses. But throwing out something that mostly-works just to replace it with something else that will mostly-work is a bad value proposition. So Vista isn't the train wreck some say it is, but it also didn't provide Microsoft a good ROI for the huge amount of time and money they spent making it. Maybe it will pay off eventually by making it easier to introduce improvements in future versions of Windows, but I kinda doubt it. In 50+ years of the IT industry history, such scenarios have rarely paid off. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OSSIM/Debian question
I have installed a second NIC card in the box I'm using to evaluate OSSIM. Anyone know how to make it use the second one for monitoring, and the primary to host the webstuff? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 jhea...@etp.ca.gov ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT:is microsoft getting hit HARD or what
I cannot get into the VM Lab site...anyone else seeing a Server Busy from the site? Thomas Gonzalez Technology Manager Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas 210.349.2404 phone 210.403.1586 DID 210.349.2666 fax www.girlscouts-swtx.org http://www.girlscouts-swtx.org/ tgonza...@girlscouts-swtx.org mailto:tgonza...@girlscouts-swtx.org This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMWare alarm question
Thanks for the suggestion; guess I should've mentioned that I did put the host in maintenance mode first to ensure no VMs were moved back to it while I was updating. All of the VMs on the host had already been migrated off of it. I didn't think an alarm should fire on something that was flagged as in maintenance; maybe it a just a glitch. I've got a couple more to update yet, so I'll give it another try. Thanks, Jeff On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Andy Shook andy.sh...@peak10.com wrote: Jeff, Put the host server in maintenance mode before you take it down. This tells VC that this server is being worked on so don't move any VMs to it and ignore connectivity issues. To put the host in maintenance mode, right click the host in VC and select...you guessed it...Maintenance Mode. HTH, Shook -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
CutePDF will not install. It complains about UAC even when I disable it. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Has anyone found any apps that don't run on Win7 yet? Everything I have tried so far runs great as long as it was Vista-capable to begin with. TVK From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Yea I was pleasantly shocked at the fact that my F5 SSL VPN client worked on W7/IE8. From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now VMware Workstation 6.5 sees Windows 7 as Vista and has no problems installing Win7. For x86 it wants a minimum partition size of 16GB and for x64 24GB. Of interest, I am sure, to no one but me but Win7 x86 x64 using IE8 works great with Citrix XenApp 5 on server 2003 2008 using client software 10.1 and 11.0 (PN, PNAgent and web client only). Webster The Accidental Citrix Admin http://CarlWebster.com http://carlwebster.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I have to completely disagree with your assessment of the Office 2007 changes. I, personally, have found them to be worth the short learning curve. On a podcast I heard a challenge for people complaining about the changes, have a regular user use Office 2007 for 4-6 weeks. Then tell them you are going to switch them back to the previous version. All of a sudden they don't want to complain anymore and want to tell you how great the 2007 series is and to go away and stop saying silly things. When I converted my dads non-profit over I certainly saw this. Change is sometimes inconvenient and has a cost, but the end result of change can far outweigh the transition costs. It's not 'throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions', it's applying the knowledge learned and gained to give people a significantly improved experience using the tools. I do not consider myself a 'power' office user and have definitely befitted from the greater accessibility of features. I do not see the changes as moving the position of the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement, I see them as changing the position of the radio controls (now more accessible on the steering wheel) and moving the on board GPS map so you can see it and reach the controls without moving out of your seat (not suction cup stickied to your windshield) and simplifying how you connect your blue tooth phone to play through your cars stereo system. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Yes, great assessment Ben. -Original Message- From: Linda C Jones [mailto:newsrea...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Very well said. My sentiments exactly! Linda Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. Of course, neither is Linux. I must admit, the Linux fan in me is somewhat amused to see Microsoft falling victim to one of their own favorite tricks. I have a hard time dredging up any sympathy for Ballmer and company. Especially when they're obviously trying real hard to get people to move off XP to Vista/7, when many of their paying customers are apparently are saying we'd rather not. ... just plain unwilling to learn something new. A big part of my objection to Vista (as an IT management weenie) is that the apparent improvements don't warrant the apparent costs of the changes. The ROI just isn't there. Aside from the learning curve, there's lots of incompatibilities. Drivers. MSIE 7. Roaming profiles. UI. Sure, those incompatibilies only affect existing stuff -- guess what, we've got existing stuff we have to worry about. So does 99% of the rest of the world. If there were some radical improvements -- like there were with the 95/98/NT4 - 2000/XP switch -- it would be one thing. But I frankly just don't see it with XP - Vista. Image-based deployment? We've already invested time/effort/money in RIS here, and now we're supposed to invest in something different that does the same thing. BitLocker? Licensing issues make it non-viable for all but very large companies. Better GPOs? Don't help our 100 or so existing XP stations. It seems like the major added capabilities in Vista are Aero, DirectX 10, and home multimedia stuff. Fine for home users, I guess. But none are something I want in a business environment. Indeed, in business, *we want a consistent UI*. Otherwise support, training, and documentation all become more expensive. Likewise, a big part of the reason we haven't deployed Office 2007 anywhere is the radical UI change. Sure, people can get used to it. Sure, it's arguably an improvement in some ways. But guess what? Throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions for a very marginal improvement in usability is just plain not worth it. It's like the auto industry engineers who keep trying to replace the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement. Sure, it might be possible to do things a little better, but it's simply not worth the effort of teaching hundreds of millions of people how to drive all over again. Heck, the very thing that keeps many people on the Microsoft platform is that it isn't worth the pain and drawbacks of switching to something Linux or Mac. When it comes right down to it, a computer's pretty much a computer, regardless of the software you're using. All the various offerings have their strengths and weaknesses. But throwing out something that mostly-works just to replace it with something else that will mostly-work is a bad value proposition. So Vista isn't the train wreck some say it is, but it also didn't provide Microsoft a good ROI for the huge amount of time and money they spent making it. Maybe
RE: VMWare alarm question
What if you put the host into Maintenance Mode? That should stop the alarm. -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
+1. We have particularly change averse users here, and it still took them less than 2 weeks to acclimate to the Office 2007 changes. Now when I talk with them they can't imagine having to go back to the old way. TVK -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I have to completely disagree with your assessment of the Office 2007 changes. I, personally, have found them to be worth the short learning curve. On a podcast I heard a challenge for people complaining about the changes, have a regular user use Office 2007 for 4-6 weeks. Then tell them you are going to switch them back to the previous version. All of a sudden they don't want to complain anymore and want to tell you how great the 2007 series is and to go away and stop saying silly things. When I converted my dads non-profit over I certainly saw this. Change is sometimes inconvenient and has a cost, but the end result of change can far outweigh the transition costs. It's not 'throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions', it's applying the knowledge learned and gained to give people a significantly improved experience using the tools. I do not consider myself a 'power' office user and have definitely befitted from the greater accessibility of features. I do not see the changes as moving the position of the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement, I see them as changing the position of the radio controls (now more accessible on the steering wheel) and moving the on board GPS map so you can see it and reach the controls without moving out of your seat (not suction cup stickied to your windshield) and simplifying how you connect your blue tooth phone to play through your cars stereo system. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Yes, great assessment Ben. -Original Message- From: Linda C Jones [mailto:newsrea...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Very well said. My sentiments exactly! Linda Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. Of course, neither is Linux. I must admit, the Linux fan in me is somewhat amused to see Microsoft falling victim to one of their own favorite tricks. I have a hard time dredging up any sympathy for Ballmer and company. Especially when they're obviously trying real hard to get people to move off XP to Vista/7, when many of their paying customers are apparently are saying we'd rather not. ... just plain unwilling to learn something new. A big part of my objection to Vista (as an IT management weenie) is that the apparent improvements don't warrant the apparent costs of the changes. The ROI just isn't there. Aside from the learning curve, there's lots of incompatibilities. Drivers. MSIE 7. Roaming profiles. UI. Sure, those incompatibilies only affect existing stuff -- guess what, we've got existing stuff we have to worry about. So does 99% of the rest of the world. If there were some radical improvements -- like there were with the 95/98/NT4 - 2000/XP switch -- it would be one thing. But I frankly just don't see it with XP - Vista. Image-based deployment? We've already invested time/effort/money in RIS here, and now we're supposed to invest in something different that does the same thing. BitLocker? Licensing issues make it non-viable for all but very large companies. Better GPOs? Don't help our 100 or so existing XP stations. It seems like the major added capabilities in Vista are Aero, DirectX 10, and home multimedia stuff. Fine for home users, I guess. But none are something I want in a business environment. Indeed, in business, *we want a consistent UI*. Otherwise support, training, and documentation all become more expensive. Likewise, a big part of the reason we haven't deployed Office 2007 anywhere is the radical UI change. Sure, people can get used to it. Sure, it's arguably an improvement in some ways. But guess what? Throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions for a very marginal improvement in usability is just plain not worth it. It's like the auto industry engineers who keep trying to replace the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement. Sure, it might be possible to do things a little better, but it's simply not worth the effort of teaching hundreds of millions of people how to drive all over again. Heck, the very thing that keeps many people on the Microsoft platform is that it isn't worth the pain and drawbacks of switching to something Linux or Mac. When it comes right down to it, a computer's pretty much a
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
It is version 7000. From: Jason Gauthier [mailto:jgauth...@lastar.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now What version is the beta? Is it 7000, or whatever was leaked a week or two ago? From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I haven't, nor have I heard of any. Because Win7 isn't fundamentally different from Vista, I'd be surprised if it broke apps that were Vista-compatible. Which is why people who are skipping Vista to wait for Win7 aren't going to see huge advantages to waiting, as far as I can tell. Although I suppose that those who have avoided Vista this long might as well wait a few more months. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Has anyone found any apps that don't run on Win7 yet? Everything I have tried so far runs great as long as it was Vista-capable to begin with. TVK ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
+2 I have O2k3 users that see what others can do with 07 and clamour for the upgrade. Of course many of them don't get it because 07 is a memory hog and kills our older equipments performance I just created a cheat sheet comparing the 2 and that seems to get them functioning pretty quickly. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now +1. We have particularly change averse users here, and it still took them less than 2 weeks to acclimate to the Office 2007 changes. Now when I talk with them they can't imagine having to go back to the old way. TVK -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I have to completely disagree with your assessment of the Office 2007 changes. I, personally, have found them to be worth the short learning curve. On a podcast I heard a challenge for people complaining about the changes, have a regular user use Office 2007 for 4-6 weeks. Then tell them you are going to switch them back to the previous version. All of a sudden they don't want to complain anymore and want to tell you how great the 2007 series is and to go away and stop saying silly things. When I converted my dads non-profit over I certainly saw this. Change is sometimes inconvenient and has a cost, but the end result of change can far outweigh the transition costs. It's not 'throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions', it's applying the knowledge learned and gained to give people a significantly improved experience using the tools. I do not consider myself a 'power' office user and have definitely befitted from the greater accessibility of features. I do not see the changes as moving the position of the steering-wheel/pedals/shifter arrangement, I see them as changing the position of the radio controls (now more accessible on the steering wheel) and moving the on board GPS map so you can see it and reach the controls without moving out of your seat (not suction cup stickied to your windshield) and simplifying how you connect your blue tooth phone to play through your cars stereo system. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Yes, great assessment Ben. -Original Message- From: Linda C Jones [mailto:newsrea...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Very well said. My sentiments exactly! Linda Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: And as you say, Vista isn't nearly as bad as the FUD-spreaders would have people believe. Of course, neither is Linux. I must admit, the Linux fan in me is somewhat amused to see Microsoft falling victim to one of their own favorite tricks. I have a hard time dredging up any sympathy for Ballmer and company. Especially when they're obviously trying real hard to get people to move off XP to Vista/7, when many of their paying customers are apparently are saying we'd rather not. ... just plain unwilling to learn something new. A big part of my objection to Vista (as an IT management weenie) is that the apparent improvements don't warrant the apparent costs of the changes. The ROI just isn't there. Aside from the learning curve, there's lots of incompatibilities. Drivers. MSIE 7. Roaming profiles. UI. Sure, those incompatibilies only affect existing stuff -- guess what, we've got existing stuff we have to worry about. So does 99% of the rest of the world. If there were some radical improvements -- like there were with the 95/98/NT4 - 2000/XP switch -- it would be one thing. But I frankly just don't see it with XP - Vista. Image-based deployment? We've already invested time/effort/money in RIS here, and now we're supposed to invest in something different that does the same thing. BitLocker? Licensing issues make it non-viable for all but very large companies. Better GPOs? Don't help our 100 or so existing XP stations. It seems like the major added capabilities in Vista are Aero, DirectX 10, and home multimedia stuff. Fine for home users, I guess. But none are something I want in a business environment. Indeed, in business, *we want a consistent UI*. Otherwise support, training, and documentation all become more expensive. Likewise, a big part of the reason we haven't deployed Office 2007 anywhere is the radical UI change. Sure, people can get used to
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: On a podcast I heard a challenge for people complaining about the changes, have a regular user use Office 2007 for 4-6 weeks. The thing I hate most about the Office 2007 discussion is some people inevitable come back with you'll get used to it in a few weeks. I know that. People can learn and/or get used to darn near anything. You can get used to daily beatings. Doesn't mean it's worth the pain. It's not just the retraining for users. We've got Office 2000, 2002, and 2003 deployed here. We can use the same documentation, training, procedures, simulations, and support questions for all of them. Likewise with XP and 2000 when we had both, because XP could be told to look just like Windows 2000 during the transition. Not so for Office 2007. So it's either any all-at-once-and-nothing-first migration, or dealing with the hassles of two concurrent UIs. I'm aware there is a third-party product that will add the old-style menus back into Office 2007. So, not only am I supposed to spend $400/seat upgrading an *office suite*, I'm now supposed to spend *extra money* just go get it to *look the way it does now*. Where exactly is the ROI on this? It's not 'throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions' Yes, it is. If it was just applying the knowledge learned they could have kept the pull-down menu system that *literally practically every other program on Earth uses*, but simply reorganized them into a more useful layout. I've long maintained that MS Office's pull-down menu layout is poor. One of my favorite word processors of old, GeoWrite, had a much better UI layout, but used the same pull-down menus everything else does. And to really add insult to injury, once you click the appropriate icon in the ribbon, the dialog box you get as a result is not uncommonly the same damn poorly-laid-out, poorly-documented, confusing dialog box you had in Office 2003. I'm not impressed. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Sweet. Thanks. Of course, it gives me a plain white Server is too busy page, but hey, it's progress. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Same here. And at my house. (TS'd to my box to see if it was just here.) Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:36 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Sweet. Thanks. Of course, it gives me a plain white Server is too busy page, but hey, it's progress. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Win2003 DNS DNS CName issue
May be of interest http://network-tools.com/ -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win2003 DNS DNS CName issue So there is an ISC Dig.exe for windows? Cool, I'll grab that for sure! http://members.shaw.ca/nicholas.fong/dig/ The instructions are a hoot /excerpt Click Start.. Run ... type CMD (a black screen pops up) cd c:\dig sha1 * You should see some SHA1 hashes (in here, SHA1 hash is used as an integrity check, similar to checksums). Compare your hashes with the following table. snip If your hashes are the same as the above table, then your files pass the integrity check. Type exit to close the black screen. I always wondered where those pesky black screens came from...lol -Original Message- From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win2003 DNS DNS CName issue Should have thought of that :) I have many Linux servers here and use dig on them, I could have just checked that way, sigh... So there is an ISC Dig.exe for windows? Cool, I'll grab that for sure! Thanks for the tip! jlc -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win2003 DNS DNS CName issue On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: Cripe sakes, I just recreated it and it worked? I did delete and recreate it the first time with no luck... You may want to grab a copy of ISC BIND. ISC provides official Windows builds these days. The dig tool that comes with it is much more useful than NSLOOKUP. NSLOOKUP has always been a little flaky, frequently gives wrong/misleading/no diagnostics, doesn't use a consistent output format, doesn't provide all information by default, etc., etc. I'm wondering if the DNS answer actually had more information, but NSLOOKUP didn't give it for some reason. https://www.isc.org/ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
You notice the resounding theme that all of this stuff was released in a period where MS was just pumping out half baked crap. Vista Office 2007 Some server products that will go unnamed. Most of it has been taken care of in subsequent service packs and for the most part are solid now. But something was going on in that period where MS lost focus on the products and was all about shoving stuff out the door as fast as possible. I think half baked is a good term. I do however think that MS has learned a serious lesson here and I suspect we will see the next versions of these products substantially improved upon even if the reality (IMO) is they will all be .5 releases regardless of what you call them. I'm looking forward to the next versions. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 10:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gone way OT: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: On a podcast I heard a challenge for people complaining about the changes, have a regular user use Office 2007 for 4-6 weeks. The thing I hate most about the Office 2007 discussion is some people inevitable come back with you'll get used to it in a few weeks. I know that. People can learn and/or get used to darn near anything. You can get used to daily beatings. Doesn't mean it's worth the pain. It's not just the retraining for users. We've got Office 2000, 2002, and 2003 deployed here. We can use the same documentation, training, procedures, simulations, and support questions for all of them. Likewise with XP and 2000 when we had both, because XP could be told to look just like Windows 2000 during the transition. Not so for Office 2007. So it's either any all-at-once-and-nothing-first migration, or dealing with the hassles of two concurrent UIs. I'm aware there is a third-party product that will add the old-style menus back into Office 2007. So, not only am I supposed to spend $400/seat upgrading an *office suite*, I'm now supposed to spend *extra money* just go get it to *look the way it does now*. Where exactly is the ROI on this? It's not 'throwing out 25 years of working UI conventions' Yes, it is. If it was just applying the knowledge learned they could have kept the pull-down menu system that *literally practically every other program on Earth uses*, but simply reorganized them into a more useful layout. I've long maintained that MS Office's pull-down menu layout is poor. One of my favorite word processors of old, GeoWrite, had a much better UI layout, but used the same pull-down menus everything else does. And to really add insult to injury, once you click the appropriate icon in the ribbon, the dialog box you get as a result is not uncommonly the same damn poorly-laid-out, poorly-documented, confusing dialog box you had in Office 2003. I'm not impressed. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
There *is* a huge advantage in waiting. Not paying for the OS twice... Going from XP to W7 make a lot of sense, especially if it's W7 SP1. Kurt On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:59 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: I haven't, nor have I heard of any. Because Win7 isn't fundamentally different from Vista, I'd be surprised if it broke apps that were Vista-compatible. Which is why people who are skipping Vista to wait for Win7 aren't going to see huge advantages to waiting, as far as I can tell. Although I suppose that those who have avoided Vista this long might as well wait a few more months. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: There *is* a huge advantage in waiting. Not paying for the OS twice... That's our plan here. We often skip alternating versions anyway. Keeping up with the Joneses costs a lot and rarely pays off. I basically see Windows 7 as a Service Pack for Vista with a end-of-life date further off in the future. It's not like we're talking about something radical here, either. It isn't like Office 2007 or Vista can do amazing new things, cutting-edge science. Windows runs programs, Word is a word processor, Excel is a spreadsheet. These are solved problems. Indeed, I think one of Microsoft's problems is that there's just not that much more to *add* to Word that's worth the cost. But stockholders expect perpetually increasing revenue, and Office is Microsoft's cash cow. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
+1 Just tried it at 2:30 EST Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Sweet. Thanks. Of course, it gives me a plain white Server is too busy page, but hey, it's progress. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
If you do a ver in Windows 7, it comes back as 6.1.7000 Whereas Vista SP1 is 6.0.6001 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: There *is* a huge advantage in waiting. Not paying for the OS twice... That's our plan here. We often skip alternating versions anyway. Keeping up with the Joneses costs a lot and rarely pays off. I basically see Windows 7 as a Service Pack for Vista with a end-of-life date further off in the future. It's not like we're talking about something radical here, either. It isn't like Office 2007 or Vista can do amazing new things, cutting-edge science. Windows runs programs, Word is a word processor, Excel is a spreadsheet. These are solved problems. Indeed, I think one of Microsoft's problems is that there's just not that much more to *add* to Word that's worth the cost. But stockholders expect perpetually increasing revenue, and Office is Microsoft's cash cow. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Cool trick...only 2:08 EST here now :) -Original Message- From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now +1 Just tried it at 2:30 EST Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Sweet. Thanks. Of course, it gives me a plain white Server is too busy page, but hey, it's progress. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.3/1877 - Release Date: 1/9/2009 8:38 AM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity
Hi folks, Just curious what people recommend as a reasonably cost effective hardware/software solution to have the ability to monitor a room's temperature and humidity over the course of a period of time (say every 5-15 minutes), and then, ideally, graph that data in a report so we can find peaks? Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
That it's really a . upgrade. :) I was expecting 6.5. -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Ok, and your point is? (not really meaning to be sarcastic with that, either) Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now If you do a ver in Windows 7, it comes back as 6.1.7000 Whereas Vista SP1 is 6.0.6001 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: There *is* a huge advantage in waiting. Not paying for the OS twice... That's our plan here. We often skip alternating versions anyway. Keeping up with the Joneses costs a lot and rarely pays off. I basically see Windows 7 as a Service Pack for Vista with a end-of-life date further off in the future. It's not like we're talking about something radical here, either. It isn't like Office 2007 or Vista can do amazing new things, cutting-edge science. Windows runs programs, Word is a word processor, Excel is a spreadsheet. These are solved problems. Indeed, I think one of Microsoft's problems is that there's just not that much more to *add* to Word that's worth the cost. But stockholders expect perpetually increasing revenue, and Office is Microsoft's cash cow. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity
Evan - search the archives, this has been discussed many times. Lots of valuable info. I use the products from ITWatchdogs http://www.itwatchdogs.com/ APC's Netbotz line is excellent as well, but a lot more money. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Evan Brastow ebras...@automatedemblem.comwrote: Hi folks, Just curious what people recommend as a reasonably cost effective hardware/software solution to have the ability to monitor a room's temperature and humidity over the course of a period of time (say every 5-15 minutes), and then, ideally, graph that data in a report so we can find peaks? Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity
http://preview.tinyurl.com/82mjwt Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity Hi folks, Just curious what people recommend as a reasonably cost effective hardware/software solution to have the ability to monitor a room's temperature and humidity over the course of a period of time (say every 5-15 minutes), and then, ideally, graph that data in a report so we can find peaks? Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Server 2008 and TCP Chimney
Anyone know if the TCP Chimney/RSS/etc issues that affected WS03 with SP2 or the SNP on SP1 are a problem on Server 2008? This talks about changing it, but not what the default status is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037 I have a few WS08 servers, but am just now installing the first one that might be affected by this issue (Dell 2950). Wasn't sure if this is off by default in '08, is not an issue, or what, and I'm not to the point yet to be able to look at it. Thanks, -Bonnie ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity
Well that's a neat device at a good prince. Not bad. And does SNMP. Me likey. -Original Message- From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity http://preview.tinyurl.com/82mjwt Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity Hi folks, Just curious what people recommend as a reasonably cost effective hardware/software solution to have the ability to monitor a room's temperature and humidity over the course of a period of time (say every 5-15 minutes), and then, ideally, graph that data in a report so we can find peaks? Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity
Get Goosed! Itwatchdogs.com -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity Hi folks, Just curious what people recommend as a reasonably cost effective hardware/software solution to have the ability to monitor a room's temperature and humidity over the course of a period of time (say every 5-15 minutes), and then, ideally, graph that data in a report so we can find peaks? Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately via e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake; then, delete this e-mail from your system. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney
Gotta be off by default, otherwise I would know. That one hit my DC's hard on 2003. Or maybe it actually works in 2008. Checking now...I'll be danged, it is enabled by default and not blowing up. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Anyone know if the TCP Chimney/RSS/etc issues that affected WS03 with SP2 or the SNP on SP1 are a problem on Server 2008? This talks about changing it, but not what the default status is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037 I have a few WS08 servers, but am just now installing the first one that might be affected by this issue (Dell 2950). Wasn't sure if this is off by default in '08, is not an issue, or what, and I'm not to the point yet to be able to look at it. Thanks, -Bonnie ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT:is microsoft getting hit HARD or what
I also had trouble downloading media from the eopen site, gave up for today. I wonder if Microsoft will take this to heart and see that there's demand for an OS from them, as long as it isn't Vista. And regardless of where you fall in the debate of like vista/hate vista, I think everyone can see that perception is reality for Vista, and Vista is dead to a lot of people. Vista has such baggage associated with it that many want to see whether the next version of Windows will be better. Saying that Windows 7 is an upgrade to Vista won't matter for the simple reason that it ISN'T Vista (or Mojave). -Jonathan On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Thomas Gonzalez tgonza...@girlscouts-swtx.org wrote: I cannot get into the VM Lab site…anyone else seeing a Server Busy from the site? Thomas Gonzalez Technology Manager Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas 210.349.2404 phone 210.403.1586 DID 210.349.2666 fax www.girlscouts-swtx.org tgonza...@girlscouts-swtx.org This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity
I also recommend the SuperGoose by IWatchDogs. Have worked with the SuperGoose for a number of years. Not reliant on a server as are some of the USB attached devices. Also has ports for remote sensors. Very simple interface. YMMV Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: Evan Brastow [mailto:ebras...@automatedemblem.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Monitoring/graphing room temperature and humidity Hi folks, Just curious what people recommend as a reasonably cost effective hardware/software solution to have the ability to monitor a room's temperature and humidity over the course of a period of time (say every 5-15 minutes), and then, ideally, graph that data in a report so we can find peaks? Thanks, Evan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney
Jim, Are you checking that at the OS level or on the properties of the NIC? I just checked my OS and it's off by default: C:\Users\adminnetsh int tcp show global Querying active state... TCP Global Parameters -- Receive-Side Scaling State : enabled Chimney Offload State : disabled Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level: normal Add-On Congestion Control Provider : ctcp ECN Capability : disabled RFC 1323 Timestamps : disabled Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _ From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Gotta be off by default, otherwise I would know. That one hit my DC's hard on 2003. Or maybe it actually works in 2008. Checking now...I'll be danged, it is enabled by default and not blowing up. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Anyone know if the TCP Chimney/RSS/etc issues that affected WS03 with SP2 or the SNP on SP1 are a problem on Server 2008? This talks about changing it, but not what the default status is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037 I have a few WS08 servers, but am just now installing the first one that might be affected by this issue (Dell 2950). Wasn't sure if this is off by default in '08, is not an issue, or what, and I'm not to the point yet to be able to look at it. Thanks, -Bonnie - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMWare alarm question
I just tried on another host which has never been in production and still got an alert email when I restarted it in maintenance mode. Just found this post: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119038 so guess this feature doesn't work (we have v2.5 running) On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: What if you put the host into Maintenance Mode? That should stop the alarm. -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
They did that so standard driver version checking wouldn't stop the drivers from loading and they could maintain complete driver compatibility. So they said. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now That it's really a . upgrade. :) I was expecting 6.5. -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Ok, and your point is? (not really meaning to be sarcastic with that, either) Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now If you do a ver in Windows 7, it comes back as 6.1.7000 Whereas Vista SP1 is 6.0.6001 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: There *is* a huge advantage in waiting. Not paying for the OS twice... That's our plan here. We often skip alternating versions anyway. Keeping up with the Joneses costs a lot and rarely pays off. I basically see Windows 7 as a Service Pack for Vista with a end-of-life date further off in the future. It's not like we're talking about something radical here, either. It isn't like Office 2007 or Vista can do amazing new things, cutting-edge science. Windows runs programs, Word is a word processor, Excel is a spreadsheet. These are solved problems. Indeed, I think one of Microsoft's problems is that there's just not that much more to *add* to Word that's worth the cost. But stockholders expect perpetually increasing revenue, and Office is Microsoft's cash cow. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney
Interesting, netsh shows it off and the NIC properties show it on. This was not an upgraded server, it was a bare bones fdisk. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Jim, Are you checking that at the OS level or on the properties of the NIC? I just checked my OS and it's off by default: C:\Users\adminnetsh int tcp show global Querying active state... TCP Global Parameters -- Receive-Side Scaling State : enabled Chimney Offload State : disabled Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level: normal Add-On Congestion Control Provider : ctcp ECN Capability : disabled RFC 1323 Timestamps : disabled Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Gotta be off by default, otherwise I would know. That one hit my DC's hard on 2003. Or maybe it actually works in 2008. Checking now...I'll be danged, it is enabled by default and not blowing up. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Anyone know if the TCP Chimney/RSS/etc issues that affected WS03 with SP2 or the SNP on SP1 are a problem on Server 2008? This talks about changing it, but not what the default status is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037 I have a few WS08 servers, but am just now installing the first one that might be affected by this issue (Dell 2950). Wasn't sure if this is off by default in '08, is not an issue, or what, and I'm not to the point yet to be able to look at it. Thanks, -Bonnie This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH syndrome a feature. a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. Any security analyst will tell you that you will *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
MSFT has its own technology for this Background Intelligent Transfer Service - BITS. It's how Windows Updates are delivered. More than likely, the assumption is that most folks are not going to want to wait for a couple of days while BITS transfers huge files in the background. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH syndrome a feature. a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. Any security analyst will tell you that you will *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Working link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD. ISO I'm getting 1100 KB/s on the whopping 3.2GB download. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH syndrome a feature. a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. Any security analyst will tell you that you will *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I was kinda wondering about the whole bits thing too... -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now MSFT has its own technology for this Background Intelligent Transfer Service - BITS. It's how Windows Updates are delivered. More than likely, the assumption is that most folks are not going to want to wait for a couple of days while BITS transfers huge files in the background. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH syndrome a feature. a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. Any security analyst will tell you that you will *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Not working for me . . . I get the file download popup, but when I save it, there's nothing in it. Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Working link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD. ISO I'm getting 1100 KB/s on the whopping 3.2GB download. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH syndrome a feature. a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. Any security analyst will tell you that you will *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE +1 I think I'll just stick with Windows for Workgroups...:) -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: 2009-01-09 3:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Not working for me . . . I get the file download popup, but when I save it, there's nothing in it. Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Working link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD. ISO I'm getting 1100 KB/s on the whopping 3.2GB download. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH syndrome a feature. a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. Any security analyst will tell you that you will *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: VMWare alarm question
i'd encourage you then to log it with vmware. this seems like something they should fix as it will continue to drive people crazy. Greg From: Jeff Bunting [bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 7:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare alarm question I just tried on another host which has never been in production and still got an alert email when I restarted it in maintenance mode. Just found this post: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119038 so guess this feature doesn't work (we have v2.5 running) On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: What if you put the host into Maintenance Mode? That should stop the alarm. -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
50 minutes remaining on the D/L for me using the link Sam providedof course I haven't seen it come up on the Windows 7 site yet so that I could get a key. I'm glad I'm ponying up for a Technet subscription. 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. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Todd Lemmiksoo tlemmik...@all-mode.comwrote: Now I get a page can not be found message during the download. OVERLOAD! :( -Original Message- From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Thank You! -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Working link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVDhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD . ISO I'm getting 1100 KB/s on the whopping 3.2GB download. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Just a guess, but: Microsoft, like a lot of companies, suffers from NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here). They don't have a BitTorrent client/server of their own. Until and unless that happens, they won't use it. Intel's the same way. Heck, look at Apple, they consider NIH syndrome a feature. a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. Product Activation is software trying to determine the trustworthiness of the operator while it's running on hardware the operator controls. Any security analyst will tell you that you will *ALWAYS* loose that battle. There isn't anything Microsoft can do about this. The failure of PA is one thing that's not Microsoft's fault. (The fact that they keep trying anyway *is*, of course.) (And actually, there is one thing Microsoft could do: Get the industry to adopt standard hardware-based controls (i.e., DRM) in the CPU and/or motherboard core logic. That's what TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is all about, and why there's so little interest in it outside of software publishers: It's all about making your computer into something that's not entirely yours anymore. It's like buying a car with a padlock on the hood, and only the dealer has the key.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
BITS can do peer-to-peer and I know it can do the multiple-master thing; but I can't claim to be anything close to an expert on it. I do know that it has mucho logic designed to not impact user experience while file transfers are ongoing. DFS R2 is a BITS server. It can be securely exposed (so say the white papers), but I've never done it. I'm not qualified to compare BITS to BT, but I think it's a neato technology to have built-in to Windows. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: MSFT has its own technology for this Background Intelligent Transfer Service - BITS. Oh! I forgot about BITS. And doesn't BITS in Vista SP1 have the capability of doing peer-to-peer file sharing, just like BitTorrent does? Microsoft could release a stand-alone BITS client to let people without Vista download big things like this Win 7 Beta. They could even offer a stand-alone BITS *server* for other companies to use. That would be downright useful. (Just to tie in to a previous topic in this thread: But instead of that, Vista gives us transparent window trim.) More than likely, the assumption is that most folks are not going to want to wait for a couple of days while BITS transfers huge files in the background. BitTorrent can generally deliver a 650 MB CD image in around ten minutes on my nuttin' special cable Internet feed. And unlike conventional file transfer methods, the more people downloading a torrent at once, the *faster* it goes. I dunno if BITS was intended for that kind of massive share swarm, high-speed transfer though. BitTorrent has caused a lot of cheap routers and network drivers to fail under the load it can generate. Trying to use BITS that way might violate the design assumption. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
I recall back in the day them providing a download manager for a ISO file off technet, or software assurance licensing portal or something. Not sure if it used bits or not... But it could resume, etc. logic designed to not impact user experience I think what they need here is something that does not impact datacenter experience and burstable bandwidth bills experience :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now BITS can do peer-to-peer and I know it can do the multiple-master thing; but I can't claim to be anything close to an expert on it. I do know that it has mucho logic designed to not impact user experience while file transfers are ongoing. DFS R2 is a BITS server. It can be securely exposed (so say the white papers), but I've never done it. I'm not qualified to compare BITS to BT, but I think it's a neato technology to have built-in to Windows. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: MSFT has its own technology for this Background Intelligent Transfer Service - BITS. Oh! I forgot about BITS. And doesn't BITS in Vista SP1 have the capability of doing peer-to-peer file sharing, just like BitTorrent does? Microsoft could release a stand-alone BITS client to let people without Vista download big things like this Win 7 Beta. They could even offer a stand-alone BITS *server* for other companies to use. That would be downright useful. (Just to tie in to a previous topic in this thread: But instead of that, Vista gives us transparent window trim.) More than likely, the assumption is that most folks are not going to want to wait for a couple of days while BITS transfers huge files in the background. BitTorrent can generally deliver a 650 MB CD image in around ten minutes on my nuttin' special cable Internet feed. And unlike conventional file transfer methods, the more people downloading a torrent at once, the *faster* it goes. I dunno if BITS was intended for that kind of massive share swarm, high-speed transfer though. BitTorrent has caused a lot of cheap routers and network drivers to fail under the load it can generate. Trying to use BITS that way might violate the design assumption. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
BTW, as soon as I put that URL into my download manager, it immediately started downloading. YAY! Now to just get a key . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I recall back in the day them providing a download manager for a ISO file off technet, or software assurance licensing portal or something. Not sure if it used bits or not... But it could resume, etc. logic designed to not impact user experience I think what they need here is something that does not impact datacenter experience and burstable bandwidth bills experience :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now BITS can do peer-to-peer and I know it can do the multiple-master thing; but I can't claim to be anything close to an expert on it. I do know that it has mucho logic designed to not impact user experience while file transfers are ongoing. DFS R2 is a BITS server. It can be securely exposed (so say the white papers), but I've never done it. I'm not qualified to compare BITS to BT, but I think it's a neato technology to have built-in to Windows. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: MSFT has its own technology for this Background Intelligent Transfer Service - BITS. Oh! I forgot about BITS. And doesn't BITS in Vista SP1 have the capability of doing peer-to-peer file sharing, just like BitTorrent does? Microsoft could release a stand-alone BITS client to let people without Vista download big things like this Win 7 Beta. They could even offer a stand-alone BITS *server* for other companies to use. That would be downright useful. (Just to tie in to a previous topic in this thread: But instead of that, Vista gives us transparent window trim.) More than likely, the assumption is that most folks are not going to want to wait for a couple of days while BITS transfers huge files in the background. BitTorrent can generally deliver a 650 MB CD image in around ten minutes on my nuttin' special cable Internet feed. And unlike conventional file transfer methods, the more people downloading a torrent at once, the *faster* it goes. I dunno if BITS was intended for that kind of massive share swarm, high-speed transfer though. BitTorrent has caused a lot of cheap routers and network drivers to fail under the load it can generate. Trying to use BITS that way might violate the design assumption. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Yeah I am in the same boat that you are. Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now BTW, as soon as I put that URL into my download manager, it immediately started downloading. YAY! Now to just get a key . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I recall back in the day them providing a download manager for a ISO file off technet, or software assurance licensing portal or something. Not sure if it used bits or not... But it could resume, etc. logic designed to not impact user experience I think what they need here is something that does not impact datacenter experience and burstable bandwidth bills experience :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now BITS can do peer-to-peer and I know it can do the multiple-master thing; but I can't claim to be anything close to an expert on it. I do know that it has mucho logic designed to not impact user experience while file transfers are ongoing. DFS R2 is a BITS server. It can be securely exposed (so say the white papers), but I've never done it. I'm not qualified to compare BITS to BT, but I think it's a neato technology to have built-in to Windows. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: MSFT has its own technology for this Background Intelligent Transfer Service - BITS. Oh! I forgot about BITS. And doesn't BITS in Vista SP1 have the capability of doing peer-to-peer file sharing, just like BitTorrent does? Microsoft could release a stand-alone BITS client to let people without Vista download big things like this Win 7 Beta. They could even offer a stand-alone BITS *server* for other companies to use. That would be downright useful. (Just to tie in to a previous topic in this thread: But instead of that, Vista gives us transparent window trim.) More than likely, the assumption is that most folks are not going to want to wait for a couple of days while BITS transfers huge files in the background. BitTorrent can generally deliver a 650 MB CD image in around ten minutes on my nuttin' special cable Internet feed. And unlike conventional file transfer methods, the more people downloading a torrent at once, the *faster* it goes. I dunno if BITS was intended for that kind of massive share swarm, high-speed transfer though. BitTorrent has caused a lot of cheap routers and network drivers to fail under the load it can generate. Trying to use BITS that way might violate the design assumption. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On 9 Jan 2009 at 13:35, Ben Scott wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Sweet. Thanks. Of course, it gives me a plain white Server is too busy page, but hey, it's progress. ;-) Here's what I get Windows 7 Beta coming soon!:: --- Included Stuff Follows --- Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Home Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Windows 7 Beta coming soon! Manage Your Profile | Contact Us | Newsletter (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement - Included Stuff Ends - Loaded in Firefox 3 with NoScript: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM, James Winzenz james.winz...@pulte.com wrote: BTW, as soon as I put that URL into my download manager, it immediately started downloading. Not me. :-( I get an HTTP 404. Between that and the suddenly mostly-blanked web page about the beta, I suspect some datacenter manager somewhere cried Uncle! and they yanked everything. From my Linux box at home, on a Comcast feed, in NH, US: blackfire$ wget -i win7 --16:19:11-- http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD = `7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD' Resolving download.microsoft.com... 65.54.81.52, 65.54.81.51 Connecting to download.microsoft.com|65.54.81.52|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 16:19:12 ERROR 404: Not Found. blackfire$ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Me too. I found the link on Lifehacker. You can skip the key entry still like Vista right? Just come back on get the key later, you have 30 days. Or are they only giving out a certain amount? -Original Message- From: Alex Carroll [mailto:acarr...@crabco.net] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Yeah I am in the same boat that you are. Alex Carroll Software Support Crabtree Companies, Inc. 651-688-2727 -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now BTW, as soon as I put that URL into my download manager, it immediately started downloading. YAY! Now to just get a key . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I recall back in the day them providing a download manager for a ISO file off technet, or software assurance licensing portal or something. Not sure if it used bits or not... But it could resume, etc. logic designed to not impact user experience I think what they need here is something that does not impact datacenter experience and burstable bandwidth bills experience :) -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now BITS can do peer-to-peer and I know it can do the multiple-master thing; but I can't claim to be anything close to an expert on it. I do know that it has mucho logic designed to not impact user experience while file transfers are ongoing. DFS R2 is a BITS server. It can be securely exposed (so say the white papers), but I've never done it. I'm not qualified to compare BITS to BT, but I think it's a neato technology to have built-in to Windows. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@theessentialexchange.com wrote: MSFT has its own technology for this Background Intelligent Transfer Service - BITS. Oh! I forgot about BITS. And doesn't BITS in Vista SP1 have the capability of doing peer-to-peer file sharing, just like BitTorrent does? Microsoft could release a stand-alone BITS client to let people without Vista download big things like this Win 7 Beta. They could even offer a stand-alone BITS *server* for other companies to use. That would be downright useful. (Just to tie in to a previous topic in this thread: But instead of that, Vista gives us transparent window trim.) More than likely, the assumption is that most folks are not going to want to wait for a couple of days while BITS transfers huge files in the background. BitTorrent can generally deliver a 650 MB CD image in around ten minutes on my nuttin' special cable Internet feed. And unlike conventional file transfer methods, the more people downloading a torrent at once, the *faster* it goes. I dunno if BITS was intended for that kind of massive share swarm, high-speed transfer though. BitTorrent has caused a lot of cheap routers and network drivers to fail under the load it can generate. Trying to use BITS that way might violate the design assumption. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
You're missing the .ISO at the end . . . Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM, James Winzenz james.winz...@pulte.com wrote: BTW, as soon as I put that URL into my download manager, it immediately started downloading. Not me. :-( I get an HTTP 404. Between that and the suddenly mostly-blanked web page about the beta, I suspect some datacenter manager somewhere cried Uncle! and they yanked everything. From my Linux box at home, on a Comcast feed, in NH, US: blackfire$ wget -i win7 --16:19:11-- http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD = `7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD' Resolving download.microsoft.com... 65.54.81.52, 65.54.81.51 Connecting to download.microsoft.com|65.54.81.52|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 16:19:12 ERROR 404: Not Found. blackfire$ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
After completing the download, it looks like it is the 64. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Klint Price - ArizonaITPro kpr...@arizonaitpro.com wrote: Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosakcbo...@vector-co.com cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM, James Winzenz james.winz...@pulte.com wrote: You're missing the .ISO at the end . . . D'oh! Yah, that fixed it, sure enough. Length: 3,387,009,024 (3.2G) [application/octet-stream] 1% [ ] 35,823,301 713.30K/sETA 52:29 -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMWare alarm question - SOLVED
I was poking around the support site and ran across a bulletin instructing you to disconnect the host to make a change to a configuration file on it. Checking VC help, it said: *Disconnecting a managed host does not remove it from the VirtualCenter inventory. It temporarily suspends all VirtualCenter monitoring activities. The managed host and its associated virtual machines remain in the VirtualCenter inventory.* So disconnecting the host from VC will suppress the alerts from being sent. Jeff On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Greg Mulholland g...@krystaltek.com wrote: i'd encourage you then to log it with vmware. this seems like something they should fix as it will continue to drive people crazy. Greg From: Jeff Bunting [bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 7:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare alarm question I just tried on another host which has never been in production and still got an alert email when I restarted it in maintenance mode. Just found this post: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119038 so guess this feature doesn't work (we have v2.5 running) On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: What if you put the host into Maintenance Mode? That should stop the alarm. -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Klint Price - ArizonaITPro kpr...@arizonaitpro.com wrote: Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? The ISO images for Vista I get with our Volume License include both, and let you pick during install. I was assuming this was the same way. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
X86. 64 bit is somewhere on lifehacker too. From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Here is 64 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD. ISO Again in case: 32 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0F DFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.i so From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now X86. 64 bit is somewhere on lifehacker too. From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: VMWare alarm question - SOLVED
Can you still run Update Manager against it in a disconnected state? From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare alarm question - SOLVED I was poking around the support site and ran across a bulletin instructing you to disconnect the host to make a change to a configuration file on it. Checking VC help, it said: Disconnecting a managed host does not remove it from the VirtualCenter inventory. It temporarily suspends all VirtualCenter monitoring activities. The managed host and its associated virtual machines remain in the VirtualCenter inventory. So disconnecting the host from VC will suppress the alerts from being sent. Jeff On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Greg Mulholland g...@krystaltek.com wrote: i'd encourage you then to log it with vmware. this seems like something they should fix as it will continue to drive people crazy. Greg From: Jeff Bunting [bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 7:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare alarm question I just tried on another host which has never been in production and still got an alert email when I restarted it in maintenance mode. Just found this post: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119038 so guess this feature doesn't work (we have v2.5 running) On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: What if you put the host into Maintenance Mode? That should stop the alarm. -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney
Same with my server. I'm guessing that for it to function it has to be enabled both in the OS and on the NIC. But how can you verify that? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _ From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Interesting, netsh shows it off and the NIC properties show it on. This was not an upgraded server, it was a bare bones fdisk. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Jim, Are you checking that at the OS level or on the properties of the NIC? I just checked my OS and it's off by default: C:\Users\adminnetsh int tcp show global Querying active state... TCP Global Parameters -- Receive-Side Scaling State : enabled Chimney Offload State : disabled Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level: normal Add-On Congestion Control Provider : ctcp ECN Capability : disabled RFC 1323 Timestamps : disabled Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _ From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Gotta be off by default, otherwise I would know. That one hit my DC's hard on 2003. Or maybe it actually works in 2008. Checking now...I'll be danged, it is enabled by default and not blowing up. From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 2008 and TCP Chimney Anyone know if the TCP Chimney/RSS/etc issues that affected WS03 with SP2 or the SNP on SP1 are a problem on Server 2008? This talks about changing it, but not what the default status is: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951037 I have a few WS08 servers, but am just now installing the first one that might be affected by this issue (Dell 2950). Wasn't sure if this is off by default in '08, is not an issue, or what, and I'm not to the point yet to be able to look at it. Thanks, -Bonnie _ This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Thanks Klint Sam Cayze wrote: Here is 64 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO Again in case: 32 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 3:36 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now X86. 64 bit is somewhere on lifehacker too. *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 3:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: FYI - Windows 7 Glitch that will damage your MP3's
This was included in the connect builds. Isn't it in the MSDN or Technet builds? Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 4:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FYI - Windows 7 Glitch that will damage your MP3's Microsoft releases fix for Windows 7 MP3 corruption issue http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2009/01/09/microsoft-releases- fix-for-windows-7-mp3-corruption-issue http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961367 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMWare alarm question - SOLVED
I don't know, I don't think we have Update Manager. I'm mounting a Dell disc to update the BIOS and firmware on the R900 itself. Jeff On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.comwrote: Can you still run Update Manager against it in a disconnected state? *From:* Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 1:35 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: VMWare alarm question - SOLVED I was poking around the support site and ran across a bulletin instructing you to disconnect the host to make a change to a configuration file on it. Checking VC help, it said: *Disconnecting a managed host does not remove it from the VirtualCenter inventory. It temporarily suspends all VirtualCenter monitoring activities. The managed host and its associated virtual machines remain in the VirtualCenter inventory.* So disconnecting the host from VC will suppress the alerts from being sent. Jeff On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Greg Mulholland g...@krystaltek.com wrote: i'd encourage you then to log it with vmware. this seems like something they should fix as it will continue to drive people crazy. Greg From: Jeff Bunting [bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 7:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMWare alarm question I just tried on another host which has never been in production and still got an alert email when I restarted it in maintenance mode. Just found this post: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/119038 so guess this feature doesn't work (we have v2.5 running) On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: What if you put the host into Maintenance Mode? That should stop the alarm. -Original Message- From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare alarm question Hoping one of you VMWare gurus can answer this I'm updating the firmware on some of our ESX servers. In virtual center, there is an alarm defined at the datacenter level to email an alert when a host loses connection to VC. Is there a way to disable this alarm when performing maintenance on an individual server? The host indicates the alarm is read only except at the top level, and I obviously don't want to disable all of the alarms. Creating an alarm for each host just to be able to this isn't a very good solution either. Is there a better way? Thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
