OT: Critical Project Management Lessons fom Wile E. Coyote

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

Enjoy the old cartoons as part of your Friday research into IT and Project 
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RE: Site to Site VPN?

[Sam Cayze]

I am actually sitting down configuring it right now, so far I am VERY
impressed.  The interface, simplicity, features and DOCUMENTATION are
top-notch.
 
-Sam



From: Stringham, Steven [mailto:sstri...@lrlaw.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 5:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Cc: Sam Cayze
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


Best of luck. Let us know the results.



From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


Thanks Steven, I am very impressed so far.  Their documentation is top
notch, and I too was impressed with their web filtering.   I am in touch
with a rep and will probably proceed.
-Sam



From: Stringham, Steven [mailto:sstri...@lrlaw.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


There are a number of options - you will need to talk with a sales rep.
When I evaluated multiple different firewalls (sonicwall, fortinet,
firebox, etc) the FG came out on top.The FG folks got me a an eval unit,
and I fell in love by comparison. The cost for the threat/web filtering
is much less that using another product like websense. 
 
 


From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


Steve, the Fortinet 60B looks perfect, I like the PC Card for EVDO card
failover - which we will have avail and utililize.  Do you know if this
has to be purchased with a Threat DB subscription?



From: Stringham, Steven [mailto:sstri...@lrlaw.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


Try using Fortigate units (even the 60bs) from fortinet. I love them.
They work well, and the site to site is great. I am running a few
offices off of them. Including VoIP. Good stuff.
 
And the interface is pretty easy to use.
 



From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Site to Site VPN?


We may be needing a VPN connection to our remote data center in the near
future for a small office, about 20 users.  
 
Does anybody have any experience with the Cisco/Linksys RVS4000?  I
tried a SonicWall once, it was way over my head, and support was
horrendous.  
 
This will operate solely as 2 VPN endpoints to connect 2 LANs.  Users
needing remote access already have Win 2003 RRAS in place.
 
Thanks for any input, 

Sam
 

 

 
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RE: Site to Site VPN?

[Stringham, Steven]

Best of luck. Let us know the results.



From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


Thanks Steven, I am very impressed so far.  Their documentation is top
notch, and I too was impressed with their web filtering.   I am in touch
with a rep and will probably proceed.
-Sam



From: Stringham, Steven [mailto:sstri...@lrlaw.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


There are a number of options - you will need to talk with a sales rep.
When I evaluated multiple different firewalls (sonicwall, fortinet,
firebox, etc) the FG came out on top.The FG folks got me a an eval unit,
and I fell in love by comparison. The cost for the threat/web filtering
is much less that using another product like websense. 
 
 


From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


Steve, the Fortinet 60B looks perfect, I like the PC Card for EVDO card
failover - which we will have avail and utililize.  Do you know if this
has to be purchased with a Threat DB subscription?



From: Stringham, Steven [mailto:sstri...@lrlaw.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Site to Site VPN?


Try using Fortigate units (even the 60bs) from fortinet. I love them.
They work well, and the site to site is great. I am running a few
offices off of them. Including VoIP. Good stuff.
 
And the interface is pretty easy to use.
 



From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Site to Site VPN?


We may be needing a VPN connection to our remote data center in the near
future for a small office, about 20 users.  
 
Does anybody have any experience with the Cisco/Linksys RVS4000?  I
tried a SonicWall once, it was way over my head, and support was
horrendous.  
 
This will operate solely as 2 VPN endpoints to connect 2 LANs.  Users
needing remote access already have Win 2003 RRAS in place.
 
Thanks for any input, 

Sam
 

 

 
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eet_c78-496735.html


 

 



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RE: Vista Backup

[Sam Cayze]

Get her a Mozy account and never worry about it again ;)



From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Vista Backup



I helped a person purchase a Thinkpad SL500 after her el-cheapo HP
tossed its bits. This brought up the question of backing her stuff up,
so trying to offer her the easiest advice I could think of, mentioned
the built in backup Vista has. I copied over roughly 4.5g of stuff from
the old hard drive, so I know there isn't that much stuff on it. I
showed her how it worked and we attempted Files backup while at my desk,
but after 20 minutes of that, I had other things to do. I just canceled
it, told her it probably wouldn't take much longer overall and she could
do it at home. Well, she tried. After 7 hours or so it's still going on
one DVD.

 

I didn't see TONS of complaining online about the speed of Vista's
backup, but there isn't exactly a lot to configure here. Is this other
peoples experience?

 

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Vista Backup

[Mike Gill]

I helped a person purchase a Thinkpad SL500 after her el-cheapo HP tossed
its bits. This brought up the question of backing her stuff up, so trying to
offer her the easiest advice I could think of, mentioned the built in backup
Vista has. I copied over roughly 4.5g of stuff from the old hard drive, so I
know there isn't that much stuff on it. I showed her how it worked and we
attempted Files backup while at my desk, but after 20 minutes of that, I had
other things to do. I just canceled it, told her it probably wouldn't take
much longer overall and she could do it at home. Well, she tried. After 7
hours or so it's still going on one DVD.

 

I didn't see TONS of complaining online about the speed of Vista's backup,
but there isn't exactly a lot to configure here. Is this other peoples
experience?

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 


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RE: Windows Update settings

[Sam Cayze]

+1



From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows Update settings



I would think that once you change the GPO (before Thursday) that the
update would be downloaded on Saturday.

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Ine

Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com

 


 

 


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RE: Windows Update settings

[Cameron Cooper]

I would think that once you change the GPO (before Thursday) that the
update would be downloaded on Saturday.

 

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IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Ine

Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896

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RE: Userenv errors

[Craig Gauss]

When we assumed it was healthy 



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:41 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

At the same time you were journal wrapped or when FRS was assumed to be
healthy?

-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Actually I tried that a few different times and it never replicated
correctly. 



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

That's the way I learned to fix that from one of the DS MVPs, make a
tiny little insignificant change to a setting in the GPO that is
mismatched and save it. Once it has fully replicated, you just reverse
the change you made.

If you get a permissions mismatch error you can follow a similar
procedure with a little insignificant tweak to the GPO's ACL. 

GPOtool can actually act as a lazy-man's replication monitor to see when
a changed policy has fully replicated both the GPC and GPT components if
the environment isn't too big :-)

-Original Message-
From: Webb, Brian (Corp) [mailto:brian.w...@teldta.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Thanks from here too!

We have been seeing some weird stuff in Group Policy on and off for a
while including some userenv errors so I decided to run GPOTool in our
environment.  Found some GPOs with mismatches between the DS and SYSVOL.
I haven't tried to fix them yet (Change Control and all that), but at
least we have an idea of where some of these random errors might be
coming from.

According to our TAM (he happened to be here working on another issue)
we should be able to make a minor change to the affected GPO and let it
replicate which should overwrite the DS copy.


-Brian


-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Thanks for the GPOtool pointer.  Found an issue with one of our DCs.   


Craig Gauss,  Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital
Association
Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Fair chance you have inconsistent permissions on your sysvol or worse.
That error will show up if the computer accounts don't have proper
permissions.

Run GPOtool to check the GPOs in that domain, it will identify a lot of
problems right there without a lot of manual checking. There are a lot
of other things to check but start there.

Gpresult from an affected client can also be illuminating

-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Userenv errors

I have been searching Google for the past few days and havent really
found a good solution.  Wondering if anyone on the list has ever had
issues like this.  We have a large amount of workstations with the
following error:
 
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO The file must be present
at the location <>. (). Group Policy processing aborted.

Any ideas?


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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[Brian Desmond]

Wipe the box and do a metadata cleanup of it from the other DC.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

c - 312.731.3132

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Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC

ok - so this "server" is in worse shape than originally thought.
The hard drive won't stay spinning for more than 10 minutes
So do I dare try to run DCPROMO on it, or can I remove it from my other domain 
controller?
UGH


From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Removing a 2003 DC
Shouldn't even be a hiccup, so long as your count of DNS servers never reaches 
zero...but I'd recommend getting a secondary DNS server back up as soon as 
practical, sooner if possible.




On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM, David Mazzaccaro 
mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com>> wrote:
Everyone is using this as a secondary DNS server.
S if I am thinking correctly, it shouldn't be an issue when it is no longer 
there, as clients look to the first DNS server, well... first?




From: Christopher Bodnar 
[mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:05 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC

DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues.



Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might be the biggest 
hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have this machine 
configured as a DNS server.











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: David Mazzaccaro 
[mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC



I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I would 
like to decomission.
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server.

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls and is 
also a DNS server.

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server?
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then remove it 
from the domain?
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first, then 
demote it and remove it from the domain?
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain controller 
and DNS server.



Thanks














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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[David Mazzaccaro]

ok - so this "server" is in worse shape than originally thought.
The hard drive won't stay spinning for more than 10 minutes 
So do I dare try to run DCPROMO on it, or can I remove it from my other
domain controller?
UGH



From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Removing a 2003 DC


Shouldn't even be a hiccup, so long as your count of DNS servers never
reaches zero...but I'd recommend getting a secondary DNS server back up
as soon as practical, sooner if possible.
 


 
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM, David Mazzaccaro
 wrote:


Everyone is using this as a secondary DNS server.
S if I am thinking correctly, it shouldn't be an issue when
it is no longer there, as clients look to the first DNS server, well...
first?
 
 



From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:05 PM 

To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC



DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues. 

 

Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might
be the biggest hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have
this machine configured as a DNS server. 

 

 

 

 

 

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: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC

 

I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller
that I would like to decomission. 
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server. 

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all
FSMO rolls and is also a DNS server. 

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server? 
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server,
then remove it from the domain? 
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS
first, then demote it and remove it from the domain? 
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary
domain controller and DNS server. 

 

Thanks 

 

 

 


 


 









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GPO: Windows Update settings

[Christopher Bodnar]

Say a client machine downloads an update and schedules it according to the
GPO (i.e. next Thursday at 8pm). If I then modify the GPO and change the
setting to Saturday at 8pm, will the client reschedule the update that is
queued and change it to this Saturday? Or would that just be for any
subsequent updates it downloads? 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

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

 




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RE: ESXi and WIM files

[Jake Gardner]

Thanks.  I'll give it a go.
 
Thanks,
 
Jake Gardner
TTC Network Administrator
Ext. 246
 



From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ESXi and WIM files



I do this routinely. The wim is a compressed archive of the relevant
files/data off a partition.

Create a new vm, boot it off a winpe iso, then imagex your wim onto the
hard disc.

Reboot...

 

jlc

 

From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: ESXi and WIM files

 

Can anyone point me to some articles or something about converting WIMs
to something esxi can use?  Or can it use WIMs and I just havn't figured
out how yet?

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jake Gardner

TTC Network Administrator

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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[Miller Bonnie L .]

We had something similar when our primary WINS/DNS server IP changed.  I was 
able to change most of the non-DHCP clients with a startup script using netsh, 
since most machines used the default connection names.  If that works for you, 
try something like this.

I'm sure it can be cleaner, but here are my two sanitized cmd files, which 
check for 3 common interface names.  In our case, it got most of the machines, 
and the few that were left we fixed as found.  YMMV:

Rem Startup Script for Updating Static WINS and DNS configuration
Rem to point to new server addresses.  Copies Fixipcfg.cmd locally
Rem and runs from local computer.
Rem Last updated 2006-11-13 BLM

IF EXIST %systemroot%\FixIPCfg.txt goto end
xcopy /Q /H /R /K /Y "\\server\sharename\fixipcfg.cmd" "%systemroot%"
%systemroot%\fixipcfg.cmd

:end
exit


Calls the next file named fixipcfg.cmd



Rem Startup Script for Updating Static WINS and DNS configuration
Rem to point to new server addresses.
Rem Script copied locally and called by FixIPStf.cmd
Rem Last updated 2006-11-13 BLM

IF EXIST %systemroot%\FixIPCfg.txt goto end

:CheckLA1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip show address "Local Area Connection" | 
find /c /I "No"
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto wrLA1no
goto fixitLA1

:fixitLA1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip delete dns "Local Area Connection" all
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add dns "Local Area Connection" 
10.0.0.1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add dns "Local Area Connection" 
10.0.0.2
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip delete wins "Local Area Connection" all
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add wins "Local Area Connection" 
10.0.0.1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add wins "Local Area Connection" 
10.0.0.2
goto wrLA1yes

:wrLA1yes
echo Local Area Network Static IP configuration Updated Successfully! >> 
%systemroot%\FixIPCFG.txt
goto CheckLA2

:wrLA1no
echo DHCP or no IP configuration on Local Area Network. Update not required! >> 
%systemroot%\FixIPCFG.txt
goto CheckLA2

:CheckLA2
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip show address "Local Area Connection 
#2" | find /c /I "No"
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto wrLA2no
goto fixitLA2

:fixitLA2
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip delete dns "Local Area Connection #2" 
all
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add dns "Local Area Connection #2" 
10.0.0.1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add dns "Local Area Connection #2" 
10.0.02
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip delete wins "Local Area Connection #2" 
all
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add wins "Local Area Connection #2" 
10.0.0.1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add wins "Local Area Connection #2" 
10.0.0.2
goto wrLA2yes

:wrLA2yes
echo Local Area Network #2 Static IP configuration Updated Successfully! >> 
%systemroot%\FixIPCFG.txt
goto CheckWrs

:wrLA2no
echo DHCP or no IP configuration on Local Area Network #2. Update not required! 
>> %systemroot%\FixIPCFG.txt
goto CheckWrs

:CheckWrs
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip show address "Wireless Network 
Connection" | find /c /I "No"
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto wrWrsno
goto fixitWrs

:fixitWrs
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip delete dns "Wireless Network 
Connection" all
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add dns "Wireless Network Connection" 
10.0.0.1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add dns "Wireless Network Connection" 
10.0.0.2
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip delete wins "Wireless Network 
Connection" all
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add wins "Wireless Network Connection" 
10.0.0.1
%systemroot%\system32\netsh interface ip add wins "Wireless Network Connection" 
10.0.0.2
goto wrWrsyes

:wrWrsyes
echo Wireless Network Connection Static IP configuration Updated Successfully! 
>> %systemroot%\FixIPCFG.txt
goto end

:wrWrsno
echo DHCP or no IP configuration on Wireless Network Connection. Update not 
required! >> %systemroot%\FixIPCFG.txt
goto end

:end
exit



-Bonnie



From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 12:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC

DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues.

Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might be the biggest 
hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have this machine 
configured as a DNS server.






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: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC


I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I would 
like to decomission.
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server.

I have another 

Re: Removing a 2003 DC

[David]

Shouldn't even be a hiccup, so long as your count of DNS servers never
reaches zero...but I'd recommend getting a secondary DNS server back up as
soon as practical, sooner if possible.




On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM, David Mazzaccaro <
david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com> wrote:

>  Everyone is using this as a secondary DNS server.
> S if I am thinking correctly, it shouldn't be an issue when it is no
> longer there, as clients look to the first DNS server, well... first?
>
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2009 3:05 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Removing a 2003 DC
>
>DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues.
>
>
>
> Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might be the
> biggest hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have this
> machine configured as a DNS server.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Removing a 2003 DC
>
>
>
> I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I
> would like to decomission.
> It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server.
>
> I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls and
> is also a DNS server.
>
> What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server?
> Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then remove
> it from the domain?
> Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first, then
> demote it and remove it from the domain?
> It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain
> controller and DNS server.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[Christopher Bodnar]

Correct. As long as the first DNS server is up and available, there should
be no issues. Are you planning to replace this server? I would highly
recommend having a 2nd DC/GC/DNS server on the network. Any chance you can
hold off on removing this one,  until a replacement is available? The new
server could assume the IP address of the old server and no IP
configuration changes would be necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

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

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From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC

 

Everyone is using this as a secondary DNS server.

S if I am thinking correctly, it shouldn't be an issue when it is no
longer there, as clients look to the first DNS server, well... first?

 

 

 

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From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC

DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues. 

 

Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might be the
biggest hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have this
machine configured as a DNS server. 

 

 

 

 

 

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: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC

 

I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I
would like to decomission. 
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server. 

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls
and is also a DNS server. 

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server? 
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then remove
it from the domain? 
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first, then
demote it and remove it from the domain? 
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain
controller and DNS server. 

 

Thanks 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[David Mazzaccaro]

Everyone is using this as a secondary DNS server.
S if I am thinking correctly, it shouldn't be an issue when it is no
longer there, as clients look to the first DNS server, well... first?
 
 



From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removing a 2003 DC



DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues. 

 

Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might be the
biggest hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have this
machine configured as a DNS server. 

 

 

 

 

 

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: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC

 

I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I
would like to decomission. 
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server. 

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls
and is also a DNS server. 

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server? 
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then
remove it from the domain? 
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first,
then demote it and remove it from the domain? 
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain
controller and DNS server. 

 

Thanks 

 

 

 


 

 



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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[Christopher Bodnar]

DCPROMO should do what you want with no issues. 

 

Is anything pointing to this as a DNS server? I think that might be the
biggest hurdle. Changing the IP address of any machines that have this
machine configured as a DNS server. 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

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From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC

 

I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I
would like to decomission. 
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server. 

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls
and is also a DNS server. 

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server? 
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then remove
it from the domain? 
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first, then
demote it and remove it from the domain? 
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain
controller and DNS server. 

 

Thanks 

 

 

 



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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[Brian Desmond]

Just run dcpromo and then remove the computer account from the domain if you're 
done with it all together. You don't need to do anything with DNS other than 
repoint anything (clients, servers) using it as a DNS server.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

c - 312.731.3132

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC


I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I would 
like to decomission.
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server.

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls and is 
also a DNS server.

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server?
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then remove it 
from the domain?
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first, then 
demote it and remove it from the domain?
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain controller 
and DNS server.


Thanks






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RE: Removing a 2003 DC

[Steven Calvanese]

Yes dcpromo then remove it from the domain.  Make sure you don't select
it as the last dc in the domain.
I don't think it matters when DNS is uninstalled.
 
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From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removing a 2003 DC



I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I
would like to decomission. 
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server. 

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls
and is also a DNS server. 

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server? 
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then
remove it from the domain? 
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first,
then demote it and remove it from the domain? 
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain
controller and DNS server. 


Thanks 



 

 


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RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Brian Desmond]

OK so at this point this box needs to be wiped. 2000 can't be forcibly demoted 
without some funny business which I'm not going to document on this DL, so, 
wipe the box, and then do a metadata cleanup of the now wiped DC. You can 
repromote it after you rebuild it. This isn't a reparable situation...



Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

c - 312.731.3132

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-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Yea I started reading this thread did some quick math in my head and screaming 
to myself tombstone lifetime, don't let it replicate!

-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Um...296635 minutes is about 205 days, it's been broken a long, long time

-Original Message-
From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Darn it! I checked the NTDS setting and it's the 2000 server that is
the first server. So now I'm lost on who has lost contact with whome.

So to sum up at this point:

Server REMS...2003 that has the error in the event log is NOT the GC
for the domain
Server MAIN...2000 is the GC for the domain and is not getting
different items in the event log but no errors. Most relevant is this:

"The Directory Service consistency checker has noticed that 7405
successive replication attempts with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com
have failed over a period of 296635 minutes.  The connection object
for this server will be kept in place, and new temporary connections
will established to ensure that replication continues. The Directory
Service will continue to retry replication with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com;
once successful the temporary connection will be removed. ""



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
 wrote:
> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
> of the problem first happening.
>
> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>
> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
> dc.
>
> -Bonnie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>
>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> shows it as a member server.
>>
>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>
>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[James Kerr]

If you ever need help with anything related to that let me know off list. I 
shoot USPSA matches and I have a conceal carry permit. Florida is a shall 
issue state, meaning unless you are disqualified for some reason, they will 
issue you a permit, provided you jump through a few hoops.



- Original Message - 
From: "Micheal Espinola Jr" 

To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics


I recently found out how easy it is to get a gun down here, as well as
a permit to conceal carry (at least in contrast to MA).  And there are
a plethora of gun shops and small shooting ranges.

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:15 PM, James Kerr  wrote:

I thought that title belonged to Vermont. Florida is the Gunshine State.


- Original Message - From: "Roger Wright" 
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics


Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside. (I'm among
them...)


Roger Wright
Network Administrator
Evatone, Inc.
727.572.7076 x388
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-Original Message-
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009
11:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

More specifically, Florida!

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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Only because it is. ;-)

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
wrote:


It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us


Americans


who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.







Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076 x388

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Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics



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Removing a 2003 DC

[David Mazzaccaro]

I have a very old (white box) Windows 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that I
would like to decomission.
It does not hold any of the FSMO roles, but IS a DNS server.

I have another 2003 SP2 Domain Controller that DOES hold all FSMO rolls
and is also a DNS server.

What is the best (cleanest) way to remove the old server?
Run DCPROMO on the white box and demote it to a member server, then
remove it from the domain?
Any other steps?  What do I do about DNS?  Should I remove DNS first,
then demote it and remove it from the domain?
It isn't running any other services.   Just is a secondary domain
controller and DNS server.


Thanks



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Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Steven Peck]

Adding the ip of the ip phone to the 'dmz' strikes me as cheating and
not properly setting up allowed ports.  I wonder if the vendor even
knows the proper ports.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Sharie Breaux  wrote:
> I have talked to the vendor.  He says all that he ever does is add the
> IP of the IP phone to the DMZ and it should work.  No port forwarding
> is set up on the router.  Thanks for the information on the google
> search!
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Steven Peck  wrote:
>> and what does the hw vendor information for the ip phone itself say you need?
>>
>> You don't need QOS.  However, you may need to specify ports to the ip
>> assigned to the phone specifically.  One generic goolgle search turned
>> up this example
>> http://www.voipconfig.com/port_forwarding.htm
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Sharie Breaux  
>> wrote:
>>> Don't know if it is configured properly.  I am not that familier with
>>> the router which is why I am writing to all of you.  Don't know about
>>> the ports as well.  Someone else programmed the router and of course
>>> he says it is correct.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>>>  wrote:
 Oh lordy.  I think I'll go see an optometrist this afternoon.

 Again, QoS would be preferably on, but isnt a requirement for the VoIP
 protocols. Is the WRTG45 configured properly?  Is it routing the
 proper ports?

 --
 ME2



 On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sharie Breaux  
 wrote:
> I am not talking about an iPhone, I am talking about an IP Phone.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>  wrote:
>> You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
>> help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
>> condition), but its not a requirement.
>>
>> The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
>> passphrass.  Try this:
>>
>> 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
>> 2. Reset the phone.
>> 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.
>>
>> --
>> ME2
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
>>  wrote:
>>> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
>>> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you 
>>> need
>>> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you 
>>> might
>>> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to 
>>> bridge
>>>
>>> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
>>> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
>>> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
>>> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
>>> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>>>
>>> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>>>
>>> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
>>> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
>>> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
>>> the router and it still doesn't work.
>>>
>>> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
>>> the IP phone?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Sharie
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>>> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 
>>> 03/13/09
>>> 05:59:00
>>>
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
 ~   ~


>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~ 

RE: File Size Monitoring Software

[Miller Bonnie L .]

Prior to upgrading to R2 and using FSRM, we had Northern's Quota Server, and 
later the Storage Server products.  I'm not familiar with their current lineup, 
but you can check what they have at http://www.northern.net.  I'm sure there 
are probably other third-party products as well.

But, if you don't need all of the advanced reporting and other features, for 
the price, you might just want to buy a Windows upgrade for that one server.  
Assuming that might be possible, of course.

-Bonnie

From: Todd Arnett [mailto:tarn...@lastar.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: File Size Monitoring Software

Anders,

I was not familiar with FSRM, it looks like it does exactly what I'm looking 
for. Unfortunately, this server is pre R2 :(. Thanks for the info though!

From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: File Size Monitoring Software

Beyond what File Server Resource Manager in R2/2008 already does?

-Anders


On 3/12/09, Todd Arnett mailto:tarn...@lastar.com>> wrote:

I am in search of some type of file monitoring software. Ideally, this software 
would be able to journal file size and notify select recipients upon a certain 
percentage of growth, as well as do reporting.  Any thoughts,/suggestions?



Thanks,



Todd Arnett

IT System Administrator

Lastar Inc.

937.224.0639 x338

www.lastar.com




















~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Sharie Breaux]

I have talked to the vendor.  He says all that he ever does is add the
IP of the IP phone to the DMZ and it should work.  No port forwarding
is set up on the router.  Thanks for the information on the google
search!

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Steven Peck  wrote:
> and what does the hw vendor information for the ip phone itself say you need?
>
> You don't need QOS.  However, you may need to specify ports to the ip
> assigned to the phone specifically.  One generic goolgle search turned
> up this example
> http://www.voipconfig.com/port_forwarding.htm
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Sharie Breaux  
> wrote:
>> Don't know if it is configured properly.  I am not that familier with
>> the router which is why I am writing to all of you.  Don't know about
>> the ports as well.  Someone else programmed the router and of course
>> he says it is correct.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>>  wrote:
>>> Oh lordy.  I think I'll go see an optometrist this afternoon.
>>>
>>> Again, QoS would be preferably on, but isnt a requirement for the VoIP
>>> protocols. Is the WRTG45 configured properly?  Is it routing the
>>> proper ports?
>>>
>>> --
>>> ME2
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sharie Breaux  
>>> wrote:
 I am not talking about an iPhone, I am talking about an IP Phone.

 On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
  wrote:
> You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
> help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
> condition), but its not a requirement.
>
> The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
> passphrass.  Try this:
>
> 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
> 2. Reset the phone.
> 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
>  wrote:
>> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
>> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you 
>> need
>> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
>> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to 
>> bridge
>>
>> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
>> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
>> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
>> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
>> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>>
>> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>>
>> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
>> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
>> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
>> the router and it still doesn't work.
>>
>> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
>> the IP phone?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Sharie
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 
>> 03/13/09
>> 05:59:00
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
 ~   ~


>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: ESXi and WIM files

[Joseph L. Casale]

I do this routinely. The wim is a compressed archive of the relevant files/data 
off a partition.
Create a new vm, boot it off a winpe iso, then imagex your wim onto the hard 
disc.
Reboot...

jlc

From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 8:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: ESXi and WIM files

Can anyone point me to some articles or something about converting WIMs to 
something esxi can use?  Or can it use WIMs and I just havn't figured out how 
yet?



Thanks,

Jake Gardner
TTC Network Administrator
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Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Steven Peck]

and what does the hw vendor information for the ip phone itself say you need?

You don't need QOS.  However, you may need to specify ports to the ip
assigned to the phone specifically.  One generic goolgle search turned
up this example
http://www.voipconfig.com/port_forwarding.htm

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Sharie Breaux  wrote:
> Don't know if it is configured properly.  I am not that familier with
> the router which is why I am writing to all of you.  Don't know about
> the ports as well.  Someone else programmed the router and of course
> he says it is correct.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>  wrote:
>> Oh lordy.  I think I'll go see an optometrist this afternoon.
>>
>> Again, QoS would be preferably on, but isnt a requirement for the VoIP
>> protocols. Is the WRTG45 configured properly?  Is it routing the
>> proper ports?
>>
>> --
>> ME2
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sharie Breaux  
>> wrote:
>>> I am not talking about an iPhone, I am talking about an IP Phone.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>>>  wrote:
 You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
 help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
 condition), but its not a requirement.

 The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
 passphrass.  Try this:

 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
 2. Reset the phone.
 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.

 --
 ME2



 On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
  wrote:
> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you 
> need
> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
> -Original Message-
> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>
> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>
> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>
> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
> the router and it still doesn't work.
>
> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
> the IP phone?
>
> Thanks!
> Sharie
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
> 05:59:00
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
 ~   ~


>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Sharie Breaux]

Don't know if it is configured properly.  I am not that familier with
the router which is why I am writing to all of you.  Don't know about
the ports as well.  Someone else programmed the router and of course
he says it is correct.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
 wrote:
> Oh lordy.  I think I'll go see an optometrist this afternoon.
>
> Again, QoS would be preferably on, but isnt a requirement for the VoIP
> protocols. Is the WRTG45 configured properly?  Is it routing the
> proper ports?
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sharie Breaux  
> wrote:
>> I am not talking about an iPhone, I am talking about an IP Phone.
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>>  wrote:
>>> You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
>>> help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
>>> condition), but its not a requirement.
>>>
>>> The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
>>> passphrass.  Try this:
>>>
>>> 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
>>> 2. Reset the phone.
>>> 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.
>>>
>>> --
>>> ME2
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
>>>  wrote:
 I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
 told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you need
 to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
 need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
 -Original Message-
 From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

 We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
 Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
 router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
 office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
 Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.

 I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.

 She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
 laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
 work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
 the router and it still doesn't work.

 What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
 the IP phone?

 Thanks!
 Sharie

 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
 ~   ~

 No virus found in this incoming message.
 Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
 Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
 05:59:00


 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
 ~   ~

>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[John Cook]

Must be that Florida heat!

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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

Oh lordy.  I think I'll go see an optometrist this afternoon.

Again, QoS would be preferably on, but isnt a requirement for the VoIP
protocols. Is the WRTG45 configured properly?  Is it routing the
proper ports?

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sharie Breaux  wrote:
> I am not talking about an iPhone, I am talking about an IP Phone.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>  wrote:
>> You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
>> help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
>> condition), but its not a requirement.
>>
>> The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
>> passphrass.  Try this:
>>
>> 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
>> 2. Reset the phone.
>> 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.
>>
>> --
>> ME2
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
>>  wrote:
>>> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
>>> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you need
>>> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
>>> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>>>
>>> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
>>> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
>>> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
>>> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
>>> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>>>
>>> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>>>
>>> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
>>> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
>>> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
>>> the router and it still doesn't work.
>>>
>>> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
>>> the IP phone?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Sharie
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>>> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
>>> 05:59:00
>>>
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Sharie Breaux]

IP Phone - Toshiba, but I don't know the model off hand.  I will have
to look it up.  It came with our Toshiba Strata CIX or CTX system.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Martin Blackstone
 wrote:
> iPhone or IP phone?
> And what kind of IP phone? All phones are not created equal...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:09 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>
> You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
> help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
> condition), but its not a requirement.
>
> The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
> passphrass.  Try this:
>
> 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
> 2. Reset the phone.
> 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
>  wrote:
>> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
>> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you
> need
>> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
>> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>>
>> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
>> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
>> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
>> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
>> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>>
>> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>>
>> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
>> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
>> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
>> the router and it still doesn't work.
>>
>> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
>> the IP phone?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Sharie
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
>> 05:59:00
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

Oh lordy.  I think I'll go see an optometrist this afternoon.

Again, QoS would be preferably on, but isnt a requirement for the VoIP
protocols. Is the WRTG45 configured properly?  Is it routing the
proper ports?

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sharie Breaux  wrote:
> I am not talking about an iPhone, I am talking about an IP Phone.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>  wrote:
>> You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
>> help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
>> condition), but its not a requirement.
>>
>> The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
>> passphrass.  Try this:
>>
>> 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
>> 2. Reset the phone.
>> 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.
>>
>> --
>> ME2
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
>>  wrote:
>>> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
>>> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you need
>>> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
>>> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>>>
>>> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
>>> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
>>> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
>>> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
>>> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>>>
>>> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>>>
>>> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
>>> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
>>> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
>>> the router and it still doesn't work.
>>>
>>> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
>>> the IP phone?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Sharie
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>>> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
>>> 05:59:00
>>>
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[Ziots, Edward]

Shooks Birth place was in the closet, which he hasn't escaped yet...

Z

Edward Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
ezi...@lifespan.org
Phone:401-639-3505

-Original Message-
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Displaced Northerners - you can never escape your birthplace - just ask
Shook!

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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Its true!  Lots of ex-northerners here.

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:18 PM, John Cook  wrote:
> California is where the Kookies are, Florida is where all the frozen
northerners are wintering!
> John W. Cook
> Systems Administrator
> Partnership For Strong Families
>  Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud
>
> - Original Message -
> From: James Kerr 
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Sent: Fri Mar 13 12:15:12 2009
> Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> I thought that title belonged to Vermont. Florida is the Gunshine
State.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Roger Wright" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:23 AM
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
> Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside.  (I'm among
> them...)
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
> Network Administrator
> Evatone, Inc.
> 727.572.7076  x388
> _
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> More specifically, Florida!
>
> 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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> Only because it is.  ;-)
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
> wrote:
>> It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us
> Americans
>> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roger Wright
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Evatone, Inc.
>>
>> 727.572.7076  x388
>>
>> _
>>
>>
>>
>> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>>
>>
>>
>> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>
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> ~   ~
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Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Sharie Breaux]

I am not talking about an iPhone, I am talking about an IP Phone.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
 wrote:
> You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
> help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
> condition), but its not a requirement.
>
> The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
> passphrass.  Try this:
>
> 1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
> 2. Reset the phone.
> 3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
>  wrote:
>> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
>> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you need
>> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
>> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>>
>> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
>> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
>> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
>> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
>> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>>
>> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>>
>> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
>> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
>> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
>> the router and it still doesn't work.
>>
>> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
>> the IP phone?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Sharie
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
>> 05:59:00
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[John Cook]

Displaced Northerners - you can never escape your birthplace - just ask Shook!

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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Its true!  Lots of ex-northerners here.

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:18 PM, John Cook  wrote:
> California is where the Kookies are, Florida is where all the frozen 
> northerners are wintering!
> John W. Cook
> Systems Administrator
> Partnership For Strong Families
>  Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud
>
> - Original Message -
> From: James Kerr 
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Sent: Fri Mar 13 12:15:12 2009
> Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> I thought that title belonged to Vermont. Florida is the Gunshine State.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Roger Wright" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:23 AM
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
> Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside.  (I'm among
> them...)
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
> Network Administrator
> Evatone, Inc.
> 727.572.7076  x388
> _
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> More specifically, Florida!
>
> 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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> Only because it is.  ;-)
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
> wrote:
>> It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us
> Americans
>> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roger Wright
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Evatone, Inc.
>>
>> 727.572.7076  x388
>>
>> _
>>
>>
>>
>> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>>
>>
>>
>> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>
>> CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained
> or
>> attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or
> entity to
>> which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information
> (PHI),
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>> dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon
> this
>> information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient
> without
>> the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This
> information
>> may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and
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>> of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or
>> unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in
> civil
>> and/or criminal penalties.
>> Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you
> really
>> need to.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or
> attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or
> entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health
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> reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the
> intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are
> prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance
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> and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this
> information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties.
>  Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you
> really need to.
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
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>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ 

RE: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Martin Blackstone]

iPhone or IP phone?
And what kind of IP phone? All phones are not created equal...

-Original Message-
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
condition), but its not a requirement.

The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
passphrass.  Try this:

1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
2. Reset the phone.
3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
 wrote:
> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you
need
> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
> -Original Message-
> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>
> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>
> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>
> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
> the router and it still doesn't work.
>
> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
> the IP phone?
>
> Thanks!
> Sharie
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
> 05:59:00
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

You dont need to enable QoS to allow an iPhone to connect.  QoS will
help with streaming video (like in any streaming networking
condition), but its not a requirement.

The problem probably lies with the authentication method or
passphrass.  Try this:

1. Delete the WiFi network connection from the iPhone.
2. Reset the phone.
3. Rediscover and configure the network connection.

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, John Aldrich
 wrote:
> I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
> told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you need
> to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
> need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
> -Original Message-
> From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge
>
> We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
> Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
> router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
> office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
> Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.
>
> I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.
>
> She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
> laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
> work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
> the router and it still doesn't work.
>
> What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
> the IP phone?
>
> Thanks!
> Sharie
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
> 05:59:00
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[John Aldrich]

I am very new to IP phones, etc so I don't know much, however, I've been
told that QOS is very important to IP phones for them to work, and you need
to enable QOS for them to work. If your router does not do QOS, you might
need to scrap it and buy a new one that does work.
-Original Message-
From: Sharie Breaux [mailto:sharielbre...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.

I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.

She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
the router and it still doesn't work.

What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
the IP phone?

Thanks!
Sharie

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 
Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09
05:59:00


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

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[Sam Cayze]

Anyone know where Vista now stores all those hidden folders of uninstall
files for Updates and SPs?  
 

 

 

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Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

Its true!  Lots of ex-northerners here.

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:18 PM, John Cook  wrote:
> California is where the Kookies are, Florida is where all the frozen 
> northerners are wintering!
> John W. Cook
> Systems Administrator
> Partnership For Strong Families
>  Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud
>
> - Original Message -
> From: James Kerr 
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Sent: Fri Mar 13 12:15:12 2009
> Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> I thought that title belonged to Vermont. Florida is the Gunshine State.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Roger Wright" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:23 AM
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
> Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside.  (I'm among
> them...)
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
> Network Administrator
> Evatone, Inc.
> 727.572.7076  x388
> _
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> More specifically, Florida!
>
> 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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> Only because it is.  ;-)
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
> wrote:
>> It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us
> Americans
>> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roger Wright
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Evatone, Inc.
>>
>> 727.572.7076  x388
>>
>> _
>>
>>
>>
>> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>>
>>
>>
>> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>>
>> CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained
> or
>> attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or
> entity to
>> which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information
> (PHI),
>> confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission,
>> dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon
> this
>> information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient
> without
>> the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This
> information
>> may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and
> Accountability Act
>> of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or
>> unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in
> civil
>> and/or criminal penalties.
>> Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you
> really
>> need to.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or
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Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

I recently found out how easy it is to get a gun down here, as well as
a permit to conceal carry (at least in contrast to MA).  And there are
a plethora of gun shops and small shooting ranges.

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:15 PM, James Kerr  wrote:
> I thought that title belonged to Vermont. Florida is the Gunshine State.
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Roger Wright" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:23 AM
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
> Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside.  (I'm among
> them...)
>
>
> Roger Wright
> Network Administrator
> Evatone, Inc.
> 727.572.7076  x388
> _
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009
> 11:21 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> More specifically, Florida!
>
> 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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
> Only because it is.  ;-)
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
> wrote:
>>
>> It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us
>
> Americans
>>
>> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roger Wright
>>
>> Network Administrator
>>
>> Evatone, Inc.
>>
>> 727.572.7076  x388
>>
>> _
>>
>>
>>
>> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>>
>>
>>
>> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>>
>>
>>
>>
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OT: IP Phone with Linksys Router & Embarq DSL modem set to bridge

[Sharie Breaux]

We have an IP phone that used to work with our original setup in
Florida.  At the same time we had to replace the DSL modem and the
router.  Now we can't get the IP phone to work.  I am in our Ohio
office and can get to the settings of the router.  The router is a
Linksys WRT54G2 and it is in bridge mode.

I had the girl in the office take the IP phone home and it worked.

She is able to get out to the internet through the router with her
laptop, but when we plug the IP phone into the router, it doesn't
work.  We have added the IP address of the phone to the DMZ zone of
the router and it still doesn't work.

What other settings in the router do I need to check that would affect
the IP phone?

Thanks!
Sharie

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Userenv errors

[Free, Bob]

>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290762 

That is one of the first 2 articles I would have cited. Also if you are
only talking about SYSVOL and not another replica set, the exact
instructions are here in condensed form-
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc778345.aspx

 

Additionally http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292438  says in part:

To recover, the affected replica member will need to be reinitialized
with a non-authoritative restore (BURFLAGS=D2) where it will synchronize
files from an existing inbound partner. This re-initialization can be
time consuming for large replica sets. [1]
On computers that run either the Windows 2000 (2195 binary), Windows
2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1), or SP1 Hotfix (WINSE build 5298) versions of
the Ntfrs.exe file, the non-authoritative restore process must be
invoked manually by setting BURFLAGS=D2 in the Windows NT registry.
For Windows 2000 computers using Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2), or
the Windows 2000 SP2 hotfix (WINSE 11773), versions of the Ntfrs.exe
file, the service performs a programmatic non-authoritative restore when
the journal_wrap_error is detected.
By default, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3) and Windows 2000 SP3
hotfix versions of the Ntfrs.exe file do not perform an automatic
non-authoritative restore (for example, SP3 leaves content in place as
2195 and SP1 did) when journal wrap errors are detected. SP3 versions of
NTFRS may be configured to function like SP2 when the Enable journal
wrap automatic restore registry key is set to 1 in the following
registry key: 

HKLM\System\Ccs\Services\Ntfrs\Parameters 

 

Important Microsoft does not recommend that you use this registry
setting, and it should not be used post-Windows 2000 SP3.

 

 

[1] MS calls this a vVjoin and you have to be aware that it can take a
really long time depending on the size of the replica set involved and
could also fail. If it's a small set on a fast network it can take place
really quickly IME.

 

The 292438 KB article above also gives some advice on how to ascertain
possible causes and prescriptive guidance on how to rectify it. In the
cases I have encountered it has been fairly easy to determine the cause
but it did get me off my arse and watching that lab forest a little
closer with Ultrasound.

 

Some other good references-

 

A little old but has a great overview of how it works and the
terminology involved:

How FRS Works http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758169.aspx
A little old but has a great overview of how it works and the
terminology involved

 

MCP Mag article that gives a nice overview in a couple of pages, kind of
a Cliff's notes version-
http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=403

 

Great blog from the DS team on FRSDiag-
http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/05/30/how-to-get-the-most-fr
om-your-frsdiag.aspx

 

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Userenv errors

 

I have had to do both the D2 and D4 restores on occasion, and both got
me out of sticky situations :-) You are right about the event log
advice, it seems to do nada

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290762 

2009/3/12 Free, Bob 

That was one of my first guesses :-)

Did the event log tell you to "Enable Journal Wrap Automatic Restore"
registry parameter to 1 ?

If so that's not what the DS guys at MS will tell you to do today but I
don't know if the event log guidance ever got updated. Last time it
happened to me on 2K3SP1 the bogus advice was still in the event log
entry.

What they will tell you to do today is a non-authoritative SYSVOL
restore, AKA a D2 restore.

That is actually a "feature" that used to be the default behavior that
was disabled in W2KSP3 and W2KSP3 hotfix versions of Ntfrs.exe

I can dig up the details if it's of interest...





-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]

Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Yes



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Journal wrap hosing FRS replication?

-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Ran GPOTool and ended up finding replication was completely hosed on one
of our domain controllers.  Probably could have found the issue if I
would have looked at the event log on that server.  Followed the event
log suggestion and made the necessary registry changes. (Finally an
event log entry that helped for once)  Rebooted and the errors have
begun to go away.




-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Do share!

Dave

-Original Message-

Re: DPM - backup all protected groups to tape

[Ben Nordlander]

I tried searching for it and can't find where i saw it. i did see on the MS
site you can use a 3rd part backup software to backup DPM files.. so maybe i
am just plain wrong :)

-BenN

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Bob Fronk  wrote:

>  Do you know where you read that?
>
>
>
> *From:* Ben Nordlander [mailto:bennordlan...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:06 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: DPM - backup all protected groups to tape
>
>
>
> I remember reading that you need a 2nd dpm server to do that.
>
> On Mar 8, 2009 11:49 AM, "Bob Fronk"  wrote:
>
> I have multiple protected groups in DPM.  I would like to backup the all
> the groups in one job to a tape every day.  I cannot seem to figure out if
> this is possible.
>
>
>
> I know I can set a disk and tape protection for each group, but DPM wants
> too many tapes because it wants to put each group on its own tape.  I would
> like to set a daily job that would backup all the groups to span a couple of
> tapes for offsite storage daily.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Free, Bob]

The directory isn't replicating so fixing FRS isn't going to solve that.
When the OP said "Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated"
that's a gentle hint that the Domain partition ISN'T replicating. J 

 

FRS probably isn't replicating either but these tools aren't going to
help get directory replication going. Repadmin is your friend for
diagnosing the directory replication.

 

 If they haven't replicated for the period mentioned elsewhere in this
thread, it's time to step slowly back from the keyboard and do a
thorough  assessment of what is really going on before you even dream of
letting them replicate directories or OP could very well find himself in
a very untenable situation. AKA a Resume Generating Event. L

 

From: MarvinC [mailto:marv...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

 

Then I concur with Bonnie. Also download the FRSDiag and Ultrasound
tools from Microsoft. They're free and may be useful in helping to
diagnose replication issues. The FRSDiag tools will allow you to force
replication between two DC's and generate errors and information to help
troubleshoot the issue. 

 

FRSDiag
 

 

UltraSound
 

 

NTDSUtil will help to transfer roles, if necessary. Check the forest and
domain levels. Confirm the location of the FLSMO roles.

 

gl..

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Michael Reid 
wrote:

No Exchange servers and unfortunately and upgrade to solve this is out
of the budget right now. I'll need to beat on this for a bit.


On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:56 AM, MarvinC  wrote:
> Consider upgrading the 2000 server to 2003.
> Look at the forest and domain levels on both servers. Consider
upgrading the
> forest and domain levels to 2003.
> Is the domain in native mode?
> Check the FSMO roles as the schema master is only going to be on one
of the
> two servers.
>
> How many users, sites? Any exchange servers?
>
> gl..
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Michael Reid 
wrote:
>>

>> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
>> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
>> and they reset the computer account password and it started
>> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>>
>> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
>> didn't follow up with it.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum 
wrote:
>> > Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>> >
>> > Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> > Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>> >
>> > We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or
are
>> > suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> > server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> > shows it as a member server.
>> >
>> > on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>> >
>> > Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> > just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> > it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue
server
>> > I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the
GC)?
>> >
>> > Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> > 'preciate it.
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> > ~   ~
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

 

 

 

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~   ~

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Cameron Cooper]

Was there a server that wasn't properly demoted?  We had something like
this that happen years ago, before we integrated Exchange 03 into our
environment and had a W2000  and W2003 Std servers on our network.
Since replication had occurred within a certain time frame, we had to go
in thru Ldap to remove and garbaged items.

_
Cameron Cooper
IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Ine
Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Cameron Cooper]

+1 on the FRSDiag and Ultrasound from MS.  These will help you fight the
evil FRS monster that pops out every now and then.

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Ine

Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com

 


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~   ~

RE: Machine cloning app

[John Aldrich]

That's where the partition clone comes in, I think. I'm not real sure I
think that if you clone a *smaller* drive to a *larger* drive, it'll use
what it needs to for the image, and leave the rest untouched. Then you can
go in with some sort of partition management tool and expand the partition.
:-) There's a nifty freeware tool for that too The one I've used is the
GParted LiveCD. It's a linux CD that will allow you to resize partitions.




-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Machine cloning app

I haven't tried G4L, does it support different size target drives? (Aka,
Pulled a 10GB image from a 40GB harddrive, can I image it onto a 20GB HD or
even a 80GB HD?)


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: John Aldrich
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009
07:02:15 -0700
Subject: Machine cloning app


> I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before or
> after cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning app,
> and it's completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that you
> download, burn to a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to create
an
> image on a server (via FTP, by the way - no proprietary transport, but no
> multicast, either) or copy disk-to-disk.
> 
> It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to
create
> a whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a new
machine
> quickly, this is a darn nice tool.  It'll clone virtually any O/S or file
> system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It can also image up
just
> a partition. The ISOs can always be found on SourceForge, but here's a
link
> to the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> John-AldrichTile-Tools
> 
>  
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 
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05:59:00


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~   ~

Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[John Cook]

California is where the Kookies are, Florida is where all the frozen 
northerners are wintering!
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
 Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud

- Original Message -
From: James Kerr 
To: NT System Admin Issues 
Sent: Fri Mar 13 12:15:12 2009
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

I thought that title belonged to Vermont. Florida is the Gunshine State.


- Original Message -
From: "Roger Wright" 
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics


Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside.  (I'm among
them...)



Roger Wright
Network Administrator
Evatone, Inc.
727.572.7076  x388
_


-Original Message-
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

More specifically, Florida!

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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Only because it is.  ;-)

--
ME2



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
wrote:
> It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us
Americans
> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
>
> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>
>
>
>
>
>   
>
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CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or 
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Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[James Kerr]

I thought that title belonged to Vermont. Florida is the Gunshine State.


- Original Message - 
From: "Roger Wright" 

To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics


Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside.  (I'm among
them...)

  


Roger Wright
Network Administrator
Evatone, Inc.
727.572.7076  x388
_  



-Original Message-
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:21 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

More specifically, Florida!

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
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-Original Message-
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Only because it is.  ;-)

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
wrote:

It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us

Americans

who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.







Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_



From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics



This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY





  

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RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Free, Bob]

> To view the FSMO roles drop to a command prompt, type ntdsutil

Ewww, that's like using a hand grenade on an ant infestation. 

Netdom query fsmo from any client with an unprivileged account should do just 
fine



From: MarvinC [mailto:marv...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Open AD Domains & Trusts console. 
Right-click the domain and select Properties. Here you should see them both.
 
To view the FSMO roles drop to a command prompt, type ntdsutil and press Enter. 
From here type ? to see your options. Post back if unable to locate the correct 
options.
 
gl
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Michael Reid  wrote:
How am I determining this? And would this cause a change wy down the road?

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Cameron Cooper  wrote:
> Is your domain/forest functional levels set to Windows 2003?
>
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RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Free, Bob]

Yea I started reading this thread did some quick math in my head and screaming 
to myself tombstone lifetime, don't let it replicate!

-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Um...296635 minutes is about 205 days, it's been broken a long, long time

-Original Message-
From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Darn it! I checked the NTDS setting and it's the 2000 server that is
the first server. So now I'm lost on who has lost contact with whome.

So to sum up at this point:

Server REMS...2003 that has the error in the event log is NOT the GC
for the domain
Server MAIN...2000 is the GC for the domain and is not getting
different items in the event log but no errors. Most relevant is this:

"The Directory Service consistency checker has noticed that 7405
successive replication attempts with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com
have failed over a period of 296635 minutes.  The connection object
for this server will be kept in place, and new temporary connections
will established to ensure that replication continues. The Directory
Service will continue to retry replication with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com;
once successful the temporary connection will be removed. ""



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
 wrote:
> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
> of the problem first happening.
>
> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>
> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
> dc.
>
> -Bonnie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>
>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
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>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> shows it as a member server.
>>
>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>
>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
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Re: Machine cloning app

[Phil Brutsche]

Short answer: no.

Since it does a bit-by-bit copy of the partition, if you initial source
drive was 160GB you just dumped a 160GB disk image to your file server.

Consequently, you can not EVER put that image on anything smaller than a
160GB drive.

IMO smart cloning utilities - Ghost, Acronis, CloneZilla, etc are a much
better choice.

Matthew W. Ross wrote:
> I haven't tried G4L, does it support different size target drives?
> (Aka, Pulled a 10GB image from a 40GB harddrive, can I image it onto
> a 20GB HD or even a 80GB HD?)

-- 

Phil Brutsche
p...@optimumdata.com

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RE: Userenv errors

[Free, Bob]

At the same time you were journal wrapped or when FRS was assumed to be
healthy?

-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Actually I tried that a few different times and it never replicated
correctly. 



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

That's the way I learned to fix that from one of the DS MVPs, make a
tiny little insignificant change to a setting in the GPO that is
mismatched and save it. Once it has fully replicated, you just reverse
the change you made.

If you get a permissions mismatch error you can follow a similar
procedure with a little insignificant tweak to the GPO's ACL. 

GPOtool can actually act as a lazy-man's replication monitor to see when
a changed policy has fully replicated both the GPC and GPT components if
the environment isn't too big :-)

-Original Message-
From: Webb, Brian (Corp) [mailto:brian.w...@teldta.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Thanks from here too!

We have been seeing some weird stuff in Group Policy on and off for a
while including some userenv errors so I decided to run GPOTool in our
environment.  Found some GPOs with mismatches between the DS and SYSVOL.
I haven't tried to fix them yet (Change Control and all that), but at
least we have an idea of where some of these random errors might be
coming from.

According to our TAM (he happened to be here working on another issue)
we should be able to make a minor change to the affected GPO and let it
replicate which should overwrite the DS copy.


-Brian


-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Thanks for the GPOtool pointer.  Found an issue with one of our DCs.   


Craig Gauss,  Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital
Association
Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Fair chance you have inconsistent permissions on your sysvol or worse.
That error will show up if the computer accounts don't have proper
permissions.

Run GPOtool to check the GPOs in that domain, it will identify a lot of
problems right there without a lot of manual checking. There are a lot
of other things to check but start there.

Gpresult from an affected client can also be illuminating

-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Userenv errors

I have been searching Google for the past few days and havent really
found a good solution.  Wondering if anyone on the list has ever had
issues like this.  We have a large amount of workstations with the
following error:
 
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO The file must be present
at the location <>. (). Group Policy processing aborted.

Any ideas?


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RE: Machine cloning app

[Doige, Clayton]

Double Take are changing their delivery model. If you are looking for a
quick clone you can get a temporary license now which will provide you
with enough time to replicate the full machine image online, and then
fail it over. I have done this process and it is seamless, even over a
wan link.

Don't know pricing, as I have only just found out about their new
delivery model (gotta love marketing people) but it will certainly be
cheaper than buying the full product outright

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: 13 March 2009 15:29
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Machine cloning app

I haven't tried G4L, does it support different size target drives? (Aka,
Pulled a 10GB image from a 40GB harddrive, can I image it onto a 20GB HD
or even a 80GB HD?)


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: John Aldrich
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009
07:02:15 -0700
Subject: Machine cloning app


> I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before
or
> after cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning
app,
> and it's completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that you
> download, burn to a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to
create an
> image on a server (via FTP, by the way - no proprietary transport, but
no
> multicast, either) or copy disk-to-disk.
> 
> It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to
create
> a whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a new
machine
> quickly, this is a darn nice tool.  It'll clone virtually any O/S or
file
> system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It can also image
up just
> a partition. The ISOs can always be found on SourceForge, but here's a
link
> to the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> John-AldrichTile-Tools
> 
>  
> 
> 
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Re: Machine cloning app

[Matthew W. Ross]

I haven't tried G4L, does it support different size target drives? (Aka, Pulled 
a 10GB image from a 40GB harddrive, can I image it onto a 20GB HD or even a 
80GB HD?)


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: John Aldrich
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009
07:02:15 -0700
Subject: Machine cloning app


> I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before or
> after cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning app,
> and it's completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that you
> download, burn to a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to create an
> image on a server (via FTP, by the way - no proprietary transport, but no
> multicast, either) or copy disk-to-disk.
> 
> It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to create
> a whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a new machine
> quickly, this is a darn nice tool.  It'll clone virtually any O/S or file
> system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It can also image up just
> a partition. The ISOs can always be found on SourceForge, but here's a link
> to the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> John-AldrichTile-Tools
> 
>  
> 
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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RE: File Size Monitoring Software

[Todd Arnett]

Anders,

 

I was not familiar with FSRM, it looks like it does exactly what I'm
looking for. Unfortunately, this server is pre R2 L. Thanks for the info
though!

 

From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 2:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: File Size Monitoring Software

 

Beyond what File Server Resource Manager in R2/2008 already does?

 

-Anders

 

On 3/12/09, Todd Arnett  wrote: 

I am in search of some type of file monitoring software. Ideally, this
software would be able to journal file size and notify select recipients
upon a certain percentage of growth, as well as do reporting.  Any
thoughts,/suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

Todd Arnett

IT System Administrator

Lastar Inc.

937.224.0639 x338

www.lastar.com  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[Roger Wright]

Naw... Florida is just where the kookiest folks reside.  (I'm among
them...)

   

Roger Wright
Network Administrator
Evatone, Inc.
727.572.7076  x388
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-Original Message-
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

More specifically, Florida!

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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Only because it is.  ;-)

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright 
wrote:
> It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us
Americans
> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
>
> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[John Cook]

More specifically, Florida!

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: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

Only because it is.  ;-)

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright  wrote:
> It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us Americans
> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
>
> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>
>
>
>
>
>   
>
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Re: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

Only because it is.  ;-)

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Roger Wright  wrote:
> It’s always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us Americans
> who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics
>
>
>
> This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
>
>
>
>
>
>   
>
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>
>
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RE: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

[Roger Wright]

It's always good to keep things in perspective, especially for us
Americans who somehow think the US is the center of the universe.

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT Friday - mind boggling statistics

 

This just blew me away -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
  

 

 

    

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Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

Ah... Ok, so that does explain things.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> Um...296635 minutes is about 205 days, it's been broken a long, long time
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:38 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Darn it! I checked the NTDS setting and it's the 2000 server that is
> the first server. So now I'm lost on who has lost contact with whome.
>
> So to sum up at this point:
>
> Server REMS...2003 that has the error in the event log is NOT the GC
> for the domain
> Server MAIN...2000 is the GC for the domain and is not getting
> different items in the event log but no errors. Most relevant is this:
>
> "The Directory Service consistency checker has noticed that 7405
> successive replication attempts with CN=NTDS
> Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com
> have failed over a period of 296635 minutes.  The connection object
> for this server will be kept in place, and new temporary connections
> will established to ensure that replication continues. The Directory
> Service will continue to retry replication with CN=NTDS
> Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com;
> once successful the temporary connection will be removed. ""
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
>  wrote:
>> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
>> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
>> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 
>> days of the problem first happening.
>>
>> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
>> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>>
>> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
>> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
>> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
>> dc.
>>
>> -Bonnie
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
>> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
>> and they reset the computer account password and it started
>> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>>
>> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
>> didn't follow up with it.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>>
>>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>>
>>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>>> shows it as a member server.
>>>
>>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>>
>>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions?
>>>
>>> 'preciate it.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
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>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
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> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
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> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

I ran it on the MAIN (GC, 2000) server and got this back:

   DC: \\MAIN.crystalhomes.com
  Address: \\192.168.0.6
 Dom Guid: 3af919d9-a7b9-4e47-87f0-ccbdf30c1cbc
 Dom Name: crystalhomes.com
  Forest Name: crystalhomes.com
 Dc Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name
Our Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name
Flags: PDC GC DS LDAP KDC TIMESERV WRITABLE DNS_DC DNS_DOMAIN DNS_FOREST
 CLOSE_SITE
The command completed successfully


Ran it on the REMS (2003) server and received this:

   DC: \\REMS.crystalhomes.com
  Address: \\192.168.0.5
 Dom Guid: 3af919d9-a7b9-4e47-87f0-ccbdf30c1cbc
 Dom Name: crystalhomes.com
  Forest Name: crystalhomes.com
 Dc Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name
Our Site Name: Default-First-Site-Name
Flags: DS LDAP TIMESERV WRITABLE DNS_DC DNS_DOMAIN DNS_FOREST CLOSE_SITE




On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:39 AM, MarvinC  wrote:
> Here's the command line to do this from a DOS prompt:
>
> nltest /SERVER:servername /dsgetdc:domain.name
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM, MarvinC  wrote:
>>
>> Open AD Domains & Trusts console.
>> Right-click the domain and select Properties. Here you should see them
>> both.
>>
>> To view the FSMO roles drop to a command prompt, type ntdsutil and press
>> Enter. From here type ? to see your options. Post back if unable to locate
>> the correct options.
>>
>> gl
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Michael Reid  wrote:
>>>
>>> How am I determining this? And would this cause a change wy down the
>>> road?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Cameron Cooper 
>>> wrote:
>>> > Is your domain/forest functional levels set to Windows 2003?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > _
>>> >
>>> > Cameron Cooper
>>> >
>>> > IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
>>> >
>>> > Aurico Reports, Ine
>>> >
>>> > Phone: 847-890-4021    Fax: 847-255-1896
>>> >
>>> > ccoo...@aurico.com
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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RE: ESXi and WIM files

[Jake Gardner]

I'm just testing/practicing right now...
 
I have Dell PE2600 sitting cold so I thought I'd load up esxi and try
and load some vm's.  I have a wim of a generic server build I created
and I want to be lazy and not go through a server build up in a new vm.
I tried PXE booting the new vm and pulling the wim via BDD but that
didn't go so well.  I've pxe booted VirtualPC vm's to snag XP wim's, so
I know that it can work that way.
 
Also, the WIM was created from a baseline Win2k3r2 installed on the same
PE2600, I then blew out drives and PXE booted the win2k3r2 wim and was
back online.  Then I used the esxi ISO and installed it, ran the web
interface and created a VM.  I then attempted to PXE boot it with the
same WIM.  No joy, and now I forget what the problem was.  I'll try it
again next week.
 
 
Possible future use would be to image all of my servers and run them via
vm's.   Though, like most, my budget is for "absolute needs" right now.
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
Jake Gardner
TTC Network Administrator
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From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ESXi and WIM files



Can you give more detail on the situation and what you are trying to do?


 

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: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: ESXi and WIM files

 

Can anyone point me to some articles or something about converting WIMs
to something esxi can use?  Or can it use WIMs and I just havn't figured
out how yet?

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jake Gardner

TTC Network Administrator

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RE: Machine cloning app

[René de Haas]

There are several.

 

Clonezilla, which does do multicast now.

Ping

G4U (author actually claims G4L used his source and didn't respect his 
copyright)

Rÿÿé

 

From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Machine cloning app

 

I'll have to give G4L a shot, but I've been using a similar free tool that has 
worked extremely well for me.

 

I use a custom ISO created containing WinPE (from WDS I believe) and ImageX.   
You can use ImageX to then mount the Wim file as if it were local to your 
machine so you can modify the files contained within then commit the changes.  

 

I then use BDD to push the WIM out via PXE boot.  

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jake Gardner

TTC Network Administrator

Ext. 246

 

 



From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Machine cloning app

I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before or after 
cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning app, and it's 
completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that you download, burn to 
a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to create an image on a server 
(via FTP, by the way - no proprietary transport, but no multicast, either) or 
copy disk-to-disk.

It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to create a 
whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a new machine 
quickly, this is a darn nice tool.  It'll clone virtually any O/S or file 
system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It can also image up just a 
partition. The ISOs can always be found on SourceForge, but here's a link to 
the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: ESXi and WIM files

[John Cook]

I would think you could create a VM - point it to the Win PE boot disc you 
created with WDS and go from there. Never tried it but in theory...

John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership For Strong Families
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Gainesville, Fl 32601
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Fax (352) 393-2746
MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: ESXi and WIM files

Can you give more detail on the situation and what you are trying to do?


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: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: ESXi and WIM files

Can anyone point me to some articles or something about converting WIMs to 
something esxi can use?  Or can it use WIMs and I just havn't figured out how 
yet?



Thanks,

Jake Gardner
TTC Network Administrator
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RE: ESXi and WIM files

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Can you give more detail on the situation and what you are trying to do? 

 

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Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
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Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003

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From: Jake Gardner [mailto:jgard...@ttcdas.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: ESXi and WIM files

 

Can anyone point me to some articles or something about converting WIMs to
something esxi can use?  Or can it use WIMs and I just havn't figured out
how yet?

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jake Gardner

TTC Network Administrator

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RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[David Lum]

Um...296635 minutes is about 205 days, it's been broken a long, long time

-Original Message-
From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Darn it! I checked the NTDS setting and it's the 2000 server that is
the first server. So now I'm lost on who has lost contact with whome.

So to sum up at this point:

Server REMS...2003 that has the error in the event log is NOT the GC
for the domain
Server MAIN...2000 is the GC for the domain and is not getting
different items in the event log but no errors. Most relevant is this:

"The Directory Service consistency checker has noticed that 7405
successive replication attempts with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com
have failed over a period of 296635 minutes.  The connection object
for this server will be kept in place, and new temporary connections
will established to ensure that replication continues. The Directory
Service will continue to retry replication with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com;
once successful the temporary connection will be removed. ""



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
 wrote:
> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
> of the problem first happening.
>
> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>
> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
> dc.
>
> -Bonnie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>
>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> shows it as a member server.
>>
>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>
>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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ESXi and WIM files

[Jake Gardner]

Can anyone point me to some articles or something about converting WIMs
to something esxi can use?  Or can it use WIMs and I just havn't figured
out how yet?
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
Jake Gardner
TTC Network Administrator
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RE: Machine cloning app

[Jake Gardner]

I'll have to give G4L a shot, but I've been using a similar free tool
that has worked extremely well for me.
 
I use a custom ISO created containing WinPE (from WDS I believe) and
ImageX.   You can use ImageX to then mount the Wim file as if it were
local to your machine so you can modify the files contained within then
commit the changes.  
 
I then use BDD to push the WIM out via PXE boot.  
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
Jake Gardner
TTC Network Administrator
Ext. 246
 



From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Machine cloning app



I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before
or after cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning
app, and it's completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that
you download, burn to a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to
create an image on a server (via FTP, by the way - no proprietary
transport, but no multicast, either) or copy disk-to-disk.

It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to
create a whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a
new machine quickly, this is a darn nice tool.  It'll clone virtually
any O/S or file system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It
can also image up just a partition. The ISOs can always be found on
SourceForge, but here's a link to the project page: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l

 

 

  

 


 

 


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Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[MarvinC]

Here's the command line to do this from a DOS prompt:

nltest /SERVER:servername /dsgetdc:domain.name

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:37 AM, MarvinC  wrote:

> Open AD Domains & Trusts console.
> Right-click the domain and select Properties. Here you should see them
> both.
>
> To view the FSMO roles drop to a command prompt, type ntdsutil and press
> Enter. From here type ? to see your options. Post back if unable to locate
> the correct options.
>
> gl
>   On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Michael Reid wrote:
>
>> How am I determining this? And would this cause a change wy down the
>> road?
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Cameron Cooper 
>> wrote:
>> > Is your domain/forest functional levels set to Windows 2003?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _
>> >
>> > Cameron Cooper
>> >
>> > IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
>> >
>> > Aurico Reports, Ine
>> >
>> > Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
>> >
>> > ccoo...@aurico.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>  ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

Darn it! I checked the NTDS setting and it's the 2000 server that is
the first server. So now I'm lost on who has lost contact with whome.

So to sum up at this point:

Server REMS...2003 that has the error in the event log is NOT the GC
for the domain
Server MAIN...2000 is the GC for the domain and is not getting
different items in the event log but no errors. Most relevant is this:

"The Directory Service consistency checker has noticed that 7405
successive replication attempts with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com
have failed over a period of 296635 minutes.  The connection object
for this server will be kept in place, and new temporary connections
will established to ensure that replication continues. The Directory
Service will continue to retry replication with CN=NTDS
Settings,CN=REMS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=crystalhomes,DC=com;
once successful the temporary connection will be removed. ""



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
 wrote:
> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
> of the problem first happening.
>
> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>
> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
> dc.
>
> -Bonnie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>
>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> shows it as a member server.
>>
>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>
>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[MarvinC]

Open AD Domains & Trusts console.
Right-click the domain and select Properties. Here you should see them both.

To view the FSMO roles drop to a command prompt, type ntdsutil and press
Enter. From here type ? to see your options. Post back if unable to locate
the correct options.

gl
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Michael Reid  wrote:

> How am I determining this? And would this cause a change wy down the
> road?
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Cameron Cooper 
> wrote:
> > Is your domain/forest functional levels set to Windows 2003?
> >
> >
> >
> > _
> >
> > Cameron Cooper
> >
> > IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
> >
> > Aurico Reports, Ine
> >
> > Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
> >
> > ccoo...@aurico.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>  ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Miller Bonnie L .]

Boy, it's been a long time since I've had to do one of these, but I also 
remember the syntax is tricky.

>From cmd on the "bad" server, I *think* it's something like this:

Nltest /SERVER:servername /DCNAME:domainname /SC_RESET:domainname

Netdom RESET servername /Domain:domainname 
/Server:servertoresetagainstnotthebadserver /user0:usernametoauthenticatewith 
/Password0:*

You can run both with the /? To get more info.

-Bonnie

-Original Message-
From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 7:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Thanks Bonnie, I did do the netdom, but I'll do it again. Can anyone
give me a realworld example of the format? I was a little foggy on
what the Microsoft KB indicated was the proper format.

I'll do the Password thing shortly again and see what happens.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
 wrote:
> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
> of the problem first happening.
>
> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>
> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
> dc.
>
> -Bonnie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>
>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> shows it as a member server.
>>
>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>
>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

How am I determining this? And would this cause a change wy down the road?

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Cameron Cooper  wrote:
> Is your domain/forest functional levels set to Windows 2003?
>
>
>
> _
>
> Cameron Cooper
>
> IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
>
> Aurico Reports, Ine
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021    Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

I ran nltest on the one that is disconnected (not getting the error in
the event log), it's the 2000 server and got this:

Flags: 0
Connection Status = 0 0x0 NERR_Success
The command completed successfully

The MS KB says that nltest should be run on 2000. My other server is
2003, can I run it on that? I don't think the nltest was in the
resource kit, netdom wasn't.



On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
 wrote:
> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
> of the problem first happening.
>
> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>
> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
> dc.
>
> -Bonnie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>
>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> shows it as a member server.
>>
>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>
>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[MarvinC]

Then I concur with Bonnie. Also download the FRSDiag and Ultrasound tools
from Microsoft. They're free and may be useful in helping to diagnose
replication issues. The FRSDiag tools will allow you to force replication
between two DC's and generate errors and information to help troubleshoot
the issue.

FRSDiag

UltraSound

NTDSUtil will help to transfer roles, if necessary. Check the forest and
domain levels. Confirm the location of the FLSMO roles.

gl..

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Michael Reid  wrote:

> No Exchange servers and unfortunately and upgrade to solve this is out
> of the budget right now. I'll need to beat on this for a bit.
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:56 AM, MarvinC  wrote:
> > Consider upgrading the 2000 server to 2003.
> > Look at the forest and domain levels on both servers. Consider upgrading
> the
> > forest and domain levels to 2003.
> > Is the domain in native mode?
> > Check the FSMO roles as the schema master is only going to be on one of
> the
> > two servers.
> >
> > How many users, sites? Any exchange servers?
> >
> > gl..
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Michael Reid  wrote:
> >>
>  >> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> >> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> >> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> >> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
> >>
> >> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> >> didn't follow up with it.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> >> > Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
> >> >
> >> > Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
> >> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
> >> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> >> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> >> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
> >> > -Original Message-
> >> > From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> >> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
> >> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> >> > Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
> >> >
> >> > We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
> >> > suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
> >> > server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
> >> > shows it as a member server.
> >> >
> >> > on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
> >> >
> >> > Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
> >> > just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
> >> > it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
> >> > I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
> >> >
> >> > Any other suggestions?
> >> >
> >> > 'preciate it.
> >> >
> >> > Michael
> >> >
> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> >> > ~   ~
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> >> ~   ~
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Cameron Cooper]

Is your domain/forest functional levels set to Windows 2003?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Ine

Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896

ccoo...@aurico.com

 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

Thanks Bonnie, I did do the netdom, but I'll do it again. Can anyone
give me a realworld example of the format? I was a little foggy on
what the Microsoft KB indicated was the proper format.

I'll do the Password thing shortly again and see what happens.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Miller Bonnie L.
 wrote:
> It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
> "denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
> netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
> of the problem first happening.
>
> To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
> properties of the NTDS Settings.
>
> I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since 
> they already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account 
> doesn't work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem 
> dc.
>
> -Bonnie
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>>
>> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>>
>> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> shows it as a member server.
>>
>> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>>
>> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> 'preciate it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

No Exchange servers and unfortunately and upgrade to solve this is out
of the budget right now. I'll need to beat on this for a bit.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:56 AM, MarvinC  wrote:
> Consider upgrading the 2000 server to 2003.
> Look at the forest and domain levels on both servers. Consider upgrading the
> forest and domain levels to 2003.
> Is the domain in native mode?
> Check the FSMO roles as the schema master is only going to be on one of the
> two servers.
>
> How many users, sites? Any exchange servers?
>
> gl..
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Michael Reid  wrote:
>>
>> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
>> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
>> and they reset the computer account password and it started
>> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>>
>> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
>> didn't follow up with it.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> > Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>> >
>> > Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
>> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
>> > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> > Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>> >
>> > We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
>> > suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
>> > server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
>> > shows it as a member server.
>> >
>> > on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>> >
>> > Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
>> > just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
>> > it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
>> > I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>> >
>> > Any other suggestions?
>> >
>> > 'preciate it.
>> >
>> > Michael
>> >
>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> > ~   ~
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Machine cloning app

[John Aldrich]

I just thought with the discussion the past few days of Sysprep before or
after cloning, that I'd take a moment to jot down my favorite cloning app,
and it's completely free: G4L, AKA Ghost 4 Linux. It's an ISO that you
download, burn to a blank CD and then pop into a machine to use to create an
image on a server (via FTP, by the way - no proprietary transport, but no
multicast, either) or copy disk-to-disk.

It may not work as well as the paid-for product when you're trying to create
a whole office of cloned machines, but if you need to image up a new machine
quickly, this is a darn nice tool.  It'll clone virtually any O/S or file
system, as it does a bit-for-bit copy of the data. It can also image up just
a partition. The ISOs can always be found on SourceForge, but here's a link
to the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l

 

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~<><>

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Miller Bonnie L .]

It sounds like the computer account password on the dc that is getting the 
"denied" error is still out of sync--you might try re-syncing it again using 
netdom.exe and/or nltest.exe since it sounds like you're still within 60 days 
of the problem first happening.

To see who is a GC, open ADS&S, drill down to the server object, and get 
properties of the NTDS Settings.

I think you might have trouble with a straight DCpromo at this point since they 
already aren't talking to each other.  If re-syncing the DC account doesn't 
work, you'll need to look into using NTDSutil to remove the problem dc.

-Bonnie

-Original Message-
From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
and they reset the computer account password and it started
replicating again (didn't get more details than that).

I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
didn't follow up with it.


On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>
> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
> shows it as a member server.
>
> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>
> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> 'preciate it.
>
> Michael
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[MarvinC]

Consider upgrading the 2000 server to 2003.
Look at the forest and domain levels on both servers. Consider upgrading the
forest and domain levels to 2003.
Is the domain in native mode?
Check the FSMO roles as the schema master is only going to be on one of the
two servers.

How many users, sites? Any exchange servers?

gl..

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Michael Reid  wrote:

> Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
> month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
> and they reset the computer account password and it started
> replicating again (didn't get more details than that).
>
> I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
> didn't follow up with it.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> > Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
> >
> > Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
> >
> > We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
> > suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
> > server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
> > shows it as a member server.
> >
> > on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
> >
> > Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
> > just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
> > it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
> > I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > 'preciate it.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

Yes, these servers have been working fine for a year or so. Then a
month or so ago they got disconnected. Someone else dealt with that
and they reset the computer account password and it started
replicating again (didn't get more details than that).

I found that link too, but since that it wasn't a recent addition I
didn't follow up with it.


On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:44 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?
>
> Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860
> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?
>
> We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
> suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
> server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
> shows it as a member server.
>
> on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.
>
> Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
> just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
> it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
> I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> 'preciate it.
>
> Michael
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[David Lum]

Has replication ever worked? Is one of these a new DC?

Have you Googled that error message? First link takes you here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329860

David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
-Original Message-
From: Michael Reid [mailto:mike...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 6:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Replication stopped, how to get going again?

We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
shows it as a member server.

on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.

Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?

Any other suggestions?

'preciate it.

Michael

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~



~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server?

[Miller Bonnie L .]

LOL--I didn't say that, just not the biggest  =)

Seriously, the 6GB was for SUS.  WSUS recommends a minimum of 30GB:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/updatemanagement/bb245839.aspx

-B

-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server?


Dang. Even my disk size is inadequate.


From: Miller Bonnie L. [mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server?

Sorry Jim...

[cid:image001.png@01C9A31B.574BF510]



English only and I run cleanups on content a couple of times a year, but also 
only download approved updates.  We also get files for express installations.



-Bonnie



-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server?



Hah! I own the OP. 51.5 gigs in the WSUSContent folder. Only English.





> -Original Message-

> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]

> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:12 PM

> To: NT System Admin Issues

> Subject: Re: WSUS -- How many Gigs is your server?

>

> Thats waaay to big.  The catalog isnt nearly that large - unless

> perhaps you are downloading all the languages?

>

> --

> ME2

>

>

>

> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Jon D  wrote:

> > My 35gig drive just filled up on my WSUS SP1 box.

> > I tried running the WSUS cleanup wizard, and the disk cleanup wizard,

> > but they didn't free much at all.

> > I only have english selected, and I don't have products I don't use

> > selected. 35 Gigs just seems like a lot...

> >

> > How many gigs is everyone elses WSUS server?

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks in advance,

> > Jon

> >

> >

> >

> > .

> >

> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~

> > ~   ~

> >

>

> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~

> ~   ~





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~

~   ~









~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Replication stopped, how to get going again?

[Michael Reid]

We have a 2003 and a 2000 server. Both are Domain controllers (or are
suppose to be). When I go into AD users and computers, the second
server shows up as a DC. When I go into the first server (2003) it
shows it as a member server.

on the 2003 I get this error: 8453 Replication access was denied.

Passwords, expiries, etc aren't being replicated. I was thinking of
just re adding the second server to the domain again by DCPROMO'ing
it. However, this wouldn't go well if it's the global catalogue server
I'm assuming. How could I tell which server was made first (the GC)?

Any other suggestions?

'preciate it.

Michael

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Userenv errors

[Craig Gauss]

Actually I tried that a few different times and it never replicated
correctly. 



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

That's the way I learned to fix that from one of the DS MVPs, make a
tiny little insignificant change to a setting in the GPO that is
mismatched and save it. Once it has fully replicated, you just reverse
the change you made.

If you get a permissions mismatch error you can follow a similar
procedure with a little insignificant tweak to the GPO's ACL. 

GPOtool can actually act as a lazy-man's replication monitor to see when
a changed policy has fully replicated both the GPC and GPT components if
the environment isn't too big :-)

-Original Message-
From: Webb, Brian (Corp) [mailto:brian.w...@teldta.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Thanks from here too!

We have been seeing some weird stuff in Group Policy on and off for a
while including some userenv errors so I decided to run GPOTool in our
environment.  Found some GPOs with mismatches between the DS and SYSVOL.
I haven't tried to fix them yet (Change Control and all that), but at
least we have an idea of where some of these random errors might be
coming from.

According to our TAM (he happened to be here working on another issue)
we should be able to make a minor change to the affected GPO and let it
replicate which should overwrite the DS copy.


-Brian


-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Thanks for the GPOtool pointer.  Found an issue with one of our DCs.   


Craig Gauss,  Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital
Association
Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572



-Original Message-
From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Userenv errors

Fair chance you have inconsistent permissions on your sysvol or worse.
That error will show up if the computer accounts don't have proper
permissions.

Run GPOtool to check the GPOs in that domain, it will identify a lot of
problems right there without a lot of manual checking. There are a lot
of other things to check but start there.

Gpresult from an affected client can also be illuminating

-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Userenv errors

I have been searching Google for the past few days and havent really
found a good solution.  Wondering if anyone on the list has ever had
issues like this.  We have a large amount of workstations with the
following error:
 
Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO The file must be present
at the location <>. (). Group Policy processing aborted.

Any ideas?


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: File Size Monitoring Software

[Christopher Bodnar]

You could do something like this in VBScript:

 

Dim filesys, demofile, strFileSize

Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set demofile = filesys.GetFile("c:\TEMP\TEST1.TXT")

strFileSize = demofile.size

WScript.Echo strFileSize

 

 

This would get you the file size. Add code to do something if the file
size is above a certain threshold (e-mail, page, etc.). Then have it run
as a schedule task every few minutes. 

 

 

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: Todd Arnett [mailto:tarn...@lastar.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: File Size Monitoring Software

 

I am in search of some type of file monitoring software. Ideally, this
software would be able to journal file size and notify select recipients
upon a certain percentage of growth, as well as do reporting.  Any
thoughts,/suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

Todd Arnett

IT System Administrator

Lastar Inc.

937.224.0639 x338

www.lastar.com  

 

 

 

 

 



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Re: Userenv errors

[James Rankin]

I have had to do both the D2 and D4 restores on occasion, and both got me
out of sticky situations :-) You are right about the event log advice, it
seems to do nada

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290762

2009/3/12 Free, Bob 

> That was one of my first guesses :-)
>
> Did the event log tell you to "Enable Journal Wrap Automatic Restore"
> registry parameter to 1 ?
>
> If so that's not what the DS guys at MS will tell you to do today but I
> don't know if the event log guidance ever got updated. Last time it
> happened to me on 2K3SP1 the bogus advice was still in the event log
> entry.
>
> What they will tell you to do today is a non-authoritative SYSVOL
> restore, AKA a D2 restore.
>
> That is actually a "feature" that used to be the default behavior that
> was disabled in W2KSP3 and W2KSP3 hotfix versions of Ntfrs.exe
>
> I can dig up the details if it's of interest...
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:53 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Userenv errors
>
> Yes
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:35 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Userenv errors
>
> Journal wrap hosing FRS replication?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:22 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Userenv errors
>
> Ran GPOTool and ended up finding replication was completely hosed on one
> of our domain controllers.  Probably could have found the issue if I
> would have looked at the event log on that server.  Followed the event
> log suggestion and made the necessary registry changes. (Finally an
> event log entry that helped for once)  Rebooted and the errors have
> begun to go away.
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:57 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Userenv errors
>
> Do share!
>
> Dave
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:01 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Userenv errors
>
> Thanks for the GPOtool pointer.  Found an issue with one of our DCs.
>
>
> Craig Gauss,  Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital
> Association
> Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:23 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Userenv errors
>
> Fair chance you have inconsistent permissions on your sysvol or worse.
> That error will show up if the computer accounts don't have proper
> permissions.
>
> Run GPOtool to check the GPOs in that domain, it will identify a lot of
> problems right there without a lot of manual checking. There are a lot
> of other things to check but start there.
>
> Gpresult from an affected client can also be illuminating
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:45 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Userenv errors
>
> I have been searching Google for the past few days and havent really
> found a good solution.  Wondering if anyone on the list has ever had
> issues like this.  We have a large amount of workstations with the
> following error:
>
> Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO The file must be present
> at the location <>. (). Group Policy processing aborted.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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