RE: WAN / Application Optimizer
+1 We use Riverbeds extensively in our WAN environment and they make a big difference in performance for most applications. -Malcolm From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAN / Application Optimizer We are a Riverbed partner and use them as well. Very nice. People love em! From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WAN / Application Optimizer Hellos. Anyone out there using any type of WAN / Application Optimizer such as Riverbed? We are looking around and wanted some thoughts. Thanks. CAR _ This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RCN
Anyone use RCN as a business class Internet provider? If so please s h are your opinion and experiences . We are considering using them in the Boston area. Thanks . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
IE 8 today
FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Windows 2008 as a fileserver
I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg - 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don't know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn't experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that don't run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: WAN / Application Optimizer
MAPI and CIFS traffic kick a** over Riverbed! From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAN / Application Optimizer +1 We use Riverbeds extensively in our WAN environment and they make a big difference in performance for most applications. -Malcolm From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAN / Application Optimizer We are a Riverbed partner and use them as well. Very nice. People love em! From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WAN / Application Optimizer Hellos. Anyone out there using any type of WAN / Application Optimizer such as Riverbed? We are looking around and wanted some thoughts. Thanks. CAR _ This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Shareware Product
Hi everyone would anyone know of a shareware tool that will scan my file server and report on each folder and subfolder down to the file level permission access? I currently have a mixed mode of 2000 and 03 AD Thank You Dr ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying You have disabled Add-on message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don't wake us up. -Z.V. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.orgmailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.commailto:mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
dispiclable ??? My dictionary is not smart enough for this. Leif Wahlberg Admin by default From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 21:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org/ www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Shareware Product
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Dennis Rogov dennis_rogov2...@yahoo.com wrote: would anyone know of a shareware tool that will scan my file server and report on each folder and subfolder down to the file level permission access? SHOWACLS.EXE from the Windows Resource Kit will do that. It's not shareware, though. It's licensed as part of Windows; you've already paid for it. Sorry you can't pay more money for it. :) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
SMS Messaging
We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Agreed, but you COULD disable all that with a reg setting. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org/ www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
I'm sure he meant: despicable...honest mistake after a long day at work. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Leif Wahlberg lef...@gmail.com wrote: dispiclable ??? My dictionary is not smart enough for this. Leif Wahlberg Admin by default *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2009 21:00 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group *ASPCA®* 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
Correct on both counts - and it was still early in said day! -- Richard Rob Bonfiglio robbonfig...@gmail.com wrote on 03/19/2009 08:34:57 AM: I'm sure he meant: despicable...honest mistake after a long day at work. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Leif Wahlberg lef...@gmail.com wrote: dispiclable ??? My dictionary is not smart enough for this. Leif Wahlberg Admin by default From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 21:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Shareware Product
Dumpsec, free. Ren�� -Original Message- From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:dennis_rogov2...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Shareware Product Hi everyone would anyone know of a shareware tool that will scan my file server and report on each folder and subfolder down to the file level permission access? I currently have a mixed mode of 2000 and 03 AD Thank You Dr ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ *** The information in this e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the sender by return e-mail delete this e-mail and refrain from any disclosure or action based on the information. *** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying You have disabled Add-on message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don't wake us up. -Z.V. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org/ www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 _ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Not easy to get for us with English as a third language. Leif From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 21:35 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I'm sure he meant: despicable...honest mistake after a long day at work. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Leif Wahlberg lef...@gmail.com wrote: dispiclable ??? My dictionary is not smart enough for this. Leif Wahlberg Admin by default From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 21:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org/ www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SMS Messaging
Why not use the resources of another. Setup a company Twitter account. -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: SMS Messaging We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: SMS Messaging
What, you mean use a social networking site for business purposes??? Oh my, what a concept. (please note, extreme sarcasm above) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Why not use the resources of another. Setup a company Twitter account. -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: SMS Messaging We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SMS Messaging
Yep. No one has *ever* thought of that before.. Nothing like LinkedIn or anything. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SMS Messaging What, you mean use a social networking site for business purposes??? Oh my, what a concept. (please note, extreme sarcasm above) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Why not use the resources of another. Setup a company Twitter account. -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: SMS Messaging We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.11.19/2011 - Release Date: 03/19/09 07:05:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: SMS Messaging
Has your client looked at the costs of doing this? I have been asked before to do it and every time it has been dropped because of the costs. Here in the UK there are no free options, and unless you limit it heavily, the staff will abuse it. You will need to sign up with one of the bulk suppliers, but you will be looking at between 2.5 and 7p a message, depending on the volume. On bulk messaging 10,000 messages is not a lot, add another two zeros to get the best rates. At 10,000 pcm expect to pay around 4 or 5p a message - UK numbers only. Double it for international in most cases. As for how to do it, there are two ways. Hardware, where you have a SIM on a device connected to your network and software, where the message is sent to a service provider, usually using an API. The market is very competitive so have a good look round. If you can do it with hardware and your own systems then you can move between providers easily. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: si...@amset.co.uk w: www.amset.co.uk w: www.amset.info Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] Sent: 19 March 2009 13:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SMS Messaging We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Hope you never get this issue... No browser is allowed to download anything - even if you are running as a domain admin. As PDF files need to be downloaded and then opened by the add-in, this means they cannot be read. It also hoses MS Update as those are files downloaded and installed. It does not matter what browser you are using. All (IE7, FF, Chrome, and Opera) will give an error box stating that the security settings forbid downloading from that site (even your own internal web servers). So far, the only fix we've found is to get a copy of the IE7 installer on portable media and to re-install it on the afflicted machine. (One can install it from a network share, provided no browser is used to access the share.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 09:08:11 AM: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying ?You have disabled Add- on? message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don?t wake us up. -Z.V. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
local printers in TS
I set up a new Terminal Server and users are pulling their local/mapped printers to the TS. I know I can uncheck the printer box in Local Resources tab during login, but I have other Terminal Servers that don't show users local printers without unchecking that box. I can't remember what I did to keep this from happening, but probably a local or AD group policy somewhere. Can someone direct me where to look? Server 2003. Thanks, Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Center 239-791-1551 Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.org blocked::http://www.leementalhealth.org/ to learn more. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: WAN / Application Optimizer
How well do they fare in high-latency environments, such as between an office in Redmond and one on either the UK or AU? Kurt On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 05:53, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: MAPI and CIFS traffic kick a** over Riverbed! From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAN / Application Optimizer +1 We use Riverbeds extensively in our WAN environment and they make a big difference in performance for most applications. -Malcolm From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WAN / Application Optimizer We are a Riverbed partner and use them as well. Very nice. People love em! From: Cesare' A. Ramos [mailto:cra...@idfllc.com] Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WAN / Application Optimizer Hellos. Anyone out there using any type of WAN / Application Optimizer such as Riverbed? We are looking around and wanted some thoughts. Thanks. CAR This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Shareware Product
Fileacl.exe - it's free, too. One of the nicer features it has is that it has the ability to turn it's report into a batch file, so that you can come back to it later and re-do the permissions. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 06:10, Dennis Rogov dennis_rogov2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi everyone would anyone know of a shareware tool that will scan my file server and report on each folder and subfolder down to the file level permission access? I currently have a mixed mode of 2000 and 03 AD Thank You Dr ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
That sounds like what I see if IE7 enhanced security settings are enabled, which is changed via add/remove of all places... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Hope you never get this issue... No browser is allowed to download anything - even if you are running as a domain admin. As PDF files need to be downloaded and then opened by the add-in, this means they cannot be read. It also hoses MS Update as those are files downloaded and installed. It does not matter what browser you are using. All (IE7, FF, Chrome, and Opera) will give an error box stating that the security settings forbid downloading from that site (even your own internal web servers). So far, the only fix we've found is to get a copy of the IE7 installer on portable media and to re-install it on the afflicted machine. (One can install it from a network share, provided no browser is used to access the share.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.orghttp://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 09:08:11 AM: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying You have disabled Add- on message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don't wake us up. -Z.V. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).
RE: IE 8 today
Hmmm... We never thought to look there (yes, we know how it is done). The screwy thing is, the problem occurs suddenly on machines which had never had apparent problems. Does this enhanced security block all browers and not just IE? That's almost crossing the line into malware... -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 03/19/2009 09:43:03 AM: That sounds like what I see if IE7 ?enhanced security settings are enabled?, which is changed via add/remove of all places? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Hope you never get this issue... No browser is allowed to download anything - even if you are running as a domain admin. As PDF files need to be downloaded and then opened by the add-in, this means they cannot be read. It also hoses MS Update as those are files downloaded and installed. It does not matter what browser you are using. All (IE7, FF, Chrome, and Opera) will give an error box stating that the security settings forbid downloading from that site (even your own internal web servers). So far, the only fix we've found is to get a copy of the IE7 installer on portable media and to re-install it on the afflicted machine. (One can install it from a network share, provided no browser is used to access the share.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 09:08:11 AM: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying ?You have disabled Add- on? message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don?t wake us up. -Z.V. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI
RE: SMS Messaging
A lot of companies are doing this now for customer updates and alerting. -Original Message- From: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: SMS Messaging What, you mean use a social networking site for business purposes??? Oh my, what a concept. (please note, extreme sarcasm above) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Why not use the resources of another. Setup a company Twitter account. -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: SMS Messaging We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39825?netht=rn_031809nladname=031809 -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
And for managed environments the other options are what exactly? Firefox is not an option in many managed environments due to the lack of any sort of central configuration management. Yes, I'm aware of the Frontmotion stuff, but they do several things wrong: a) they bundle third plugins (flash, shockwave, etc) in their install package b) the group policy add-ins are incomplete at best. They're incomplete for a reason; there are many, many config options that, when set through group policy, are ignored. I'm specifically speaking of proxy settings here. Vue, Za wrote: Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying “You have disabled Add-on” message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don’t wake us up. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. Okay, I'll bite... :) It's been a long week; this will be refreshing... :) I like Firefox better. It's faster and more flexible. Firefox tends to work they way I want. I can make it do what I want more easily. There are more useful extensions for Firefox Firefox works on all my computers, not just XP and Vista. Yes, we still have Win 2000 in production at work. I've got Linux at home and on my laptop. Firefox runs everywhere.. Extensions to MSIE, like IE7Pro, let IE catch up to Firefox in many ways, but Firefox has been doing more of what I want out of the box for years and years, when MSFT was still leaving us languishing with MSIE 6. Why should I go through the pain and effort of switching back now? The development community responds better and faster than Microsoft. See above. In practice, I think Firefox is more secure than MSIE. Web developers wanting to target MSIE are encouraged to use ActiveX, and downloading native machine code over the Internet into a browser is horrible idea and always was. NoScript blocks even JavaScript-based attacks. Permit Cookies lets me manage cookie permission easily. The fact that some sites *still* don't work right with anything but MSIE 6, and the fact that Microsoft *still( makes it unreasonably hard to run multiple versions of their browser, means that I can't even really try seriously newer releases. With Firefox, I can simply install to a different directory. It takes all of five seconds. I have zero issues using IE7 ... Zero.. EXCEPT ... That word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it means. :) as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes ... Another thing I like about Firefox is that, since it hasn't been shoved into the OS core in an attempt to stifle competition (see Findings of Fact, US v. MSFT, 5 Nov 1999), I can easily shutdown, kill, and/or upgrade the browser without having to reboot my *entire computer*. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
Despicable? Wow... I cant imagine how you came to that comclusion. ;-) -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Rob Bonfiglio robbonfig...@gmail.comwrote: I'm sure he meant: despicable...honest mistake after a long day at work. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Leif Wahlberg lef...@gmail.com wrote: dispiclable ??? My dictionary is not smart enough for this. Leif Wahlberg Admin by default *From:* richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2009 21:00 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group *ASPCA®* 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®(ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: And for managed environments the other options are what exactly? You can have Firefox read additional config files from a network location. You can force it to do so. You can force config options in a config file, or just let them be defaults. It's not integrated with Group Policy, 'tis true, but on the other hand, this method works even if you've got a multi-platform environment. You can standard on one browser, with the same set of managed corporate config files, for Windows, Mac, and Linux. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Despicable? Wow... I cant imagine how you came to that comclusion. Sufferin' succotash! ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
In practice, I think Firefox is more secure than MSIE. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10190206-83.html It's patched faster, which might validate the in practice part of that statement. How do you manage patching Firefox in the enterprise? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. Okay, I'll bite... :) It's been a long week; this will be refreshing... :) I like Firefox better. It's faster and more flexible. Firefox tends to work they way I want. I can make it do what I want more easily. There are more useful extensions for Firefox Firefox works on all my computers, not just XP and Vista. Yes, we still have Win 2000 in production at work. I've got Linux at home and on my laptop. Firefox runs everywhere.. Extensions to MSIE, like IE7Pro, let IE catch up to Firefox in many ways, but Firefox has been doing more of what I want out of the box for years and years, when MSFT was still leaving us languishing with MSIE 6. Why should I go through the pain and effort of switching back now? The development community responds better and faster than Microsoft. See above. In practice, I think Firefox is more secure than MSIE. Web developers wanting to target MSIE are encouraged to use ActiveX, and downloading native machine code over the Internet into a browser is horrible idea and always was. NoScript blocks even JavaScript-based attacks. Permit Cookies lets me manage cookie permission easily. The fact that some sites *still* don't work right with anything but MSIE 6, and the fact that Microsoft *still( makes it unreasonably hard to run multiple versions of their browser, means that I can't even really try seriously newer releases. With Firefox, I can simply install to a different directory. It takes all of five seconds. I have zero issues using IE7 ... Zero.. EXCEPT ... That word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it means. :) as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes ... Another thing I like about Firefox is that, since it hasn't been shoved into the OS core in an attempt to stifle competition (see Findings of Fact, US v. MSFT, 5 Nov 1999), I can easily shutdown, kill, and/or upgrade the browser without having to reboot my *entire computer*. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39825?netht=rn_031809nladname=031809 Details are rather sketchy, but it does sound ominous. This caught my eye: ... privilege escalation from Ring 0 to the SMM ... Sounds like yet another reason to run as an regular user, not with administrator rights. (Ring 0 being supervisor mode on i386; Ring 3 is user mode, IIRC.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
I don't have an answer for you - I have only two 2008 Server deployed - but the speed between the Vista -- -- 2008 Server should be significantly faster than XP - 2008. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 5:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg - 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don't know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn't experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that don't run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: New server
If you can set the speed/duplex on the switch and the server then do it. If they are Broadcom nics make sure you disable the SNP, either by running, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950224 Or by going to cmd prompt and running, Netsh int ip set chimney DISABLED From: Erik Fog-Morrissette [mailto:e...@systek.dk] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New server Denne mail er blevet scannet af http://www.comendo.dk http://www.comendo.dk/ og indeholder ikke virus! Greetings I have set up a new server at a clients. An HP ML150G5 with Windows 2003 SBS with SQL 2005 Express We used to have Windows 2000 server with MSDE A job running from a workstation updating transactions on the SQL server is now running slower on the workstation. It processes 5-7 records then stops for a scond or 2 before continuing. If the same job is run on the server it runs smoothly. So I am thinking network. Any suggestions? Best regards SysTek Erik Fog-Morrissette Telefon 2094 8983 Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking I will just do this quickly. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Good point, unlikely if affects all browsers but depending on how that security is implemented under the hood ... I know Firefox 3.x introduced a feature where it honors certain settings from the MSIE Internet Options control panel, including the Allow file downloads setting. Not everybody was thrilled with this; I think the plan was to create an about:config setting to cause Firefox to go back to ignoring MSIE settings. I think I *might* have read in the bug report that Opera also honors these settings, but that might be a bogus memory on my part. (I gotta get myself an ECC brain.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
I make my own MSI installers. I don't like the Frontmotion stuff due to the bundling of third party plugins. David Lum wrote: How do you manage patching Firefox in the enterprise? -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
Ben Scott wrote: You can have Firefox read additional config files from a network location. You can force it to do so. You can force config options in a config file, or just let them be defaults. Except that makes the Firefox config all or nothing, and opposite of what management has mandated I need to do (students get a web proxy for content filtering that they can't turn off, staff and faculty do not). -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
ECC brain, I haven't heard that one before.+1!! -Dave -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Good point, unlikely if affects all browsers but depending on how that security is implemented under the hood ... I know Firefox 3.x introduced a feature where it honors certain settings from the MSIE Internet Options control panel, including the Allow file downloads setting. Not everybody was thrilled with this; I think the plan was to create an about:config setting to cause Firefox to go back to ignoring MSIE settings. I think I *might* have read in the bug report that Opera also honors these settings, but that might be a bogus memory on my part. (I gotta get myself an ECC brain.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SMS Messaging
Years ago I did it with a old Nokia phone plugged in to a charger, connected to an old laptop running a Psion Gold card and a third party tool. Things have moved on since then. You can get text machines, which is what most of the radio stations will be using. These are basically a form of mobile phone with a SIM inside them. However that will not give you the best rates because you will be using the mobile phone network's service and are best suited to inbound texts. Your best option is to look at SMS gateway APIs and run it over the internet. Tons of those around. Google SMS Gateway with the UK switch turned on and every link including the adverts will take you to something suitable. It all depends on what you can do with the service. Some offer Outlook plugins, or an Exchange plugin, as well as dedicated applications. It is one area where Europe leads the USA in software development, most of the good stuff is coming out of the UK and Germany. Simon. -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] Sent: 19 March 2009 14:48 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMS Messaging Hi Simon, Many thanks. All SMS messages will be to UK numbers and as you have suggested, I've seen the average price to be about 4 to 4.5p per message. Can you provide details of the hardware/software options you talk about or point me in the general direction thereof? TIA, Robert. -Original Message- From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@amset.co.uk] Sent: Thursday March 2009 14:36 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMS Messaging Has your client looked at the costs of doing this? I have been asked before to do it and every time it has been dropped because of the costs. Here in the UK there are no free options, and unless you limit it heavily, the staff will abuse it. You will need to sign up with one of the bulk suppliers, but you will be looking at between 2.5 and 7p a message, depending on the volume. On bulk messaging 10,000 messages is not a lot, add another two zeros to get the best rates. At 10,000 pcm expect to pay around 4 or 5p a message - UK numbers only. Double it for international in most cases. As for how to do it, there are two ways. Hardware, where you have a SIM on a device connected to your network and software, where the message is sent to a service provider, usually using an API. The market is very competitive so have a good look round. If you can do it with hardware and your own systems then you can move between providers easily. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: si...@amset.co.uk w: www.amset.co.uk w: www.amset.info Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] Sent: 19 March 2009 13:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SMS Messaging We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
Re: SMS Messaging
Even in South Africa, all the contests were run on SMSing. Basically nothing here iN Canada. (not that the kids here don't text...they do like crazy) But the companies haven't harnessed that power of texting. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Simon Butler si...@amset.co.uk wrote: Years ago I did it with a old Nokia phone plugged in to a charger, connected to an old laptop running a Psion Gold card and a third party tool. Things have moved on since then. You can get text machines, which is what most of the radio stations will be using. These are basically a form of mobile phone with a SIM inside them. However that will not give you the best rates because you will be using the mobile phone network's service and are best suited to inbound texts. Your best option is to look at SMS gateway APIs and run it over the internet. Tons of those around. Google SMS Gateway with the UK switch turned on and every link including the adverts will take you to something suitable. It all depends on what you can do with the service. Some offer Outlook plugins, or an Exchange plugin, as well as dedicated applications. It is one area where Europe leads the USA in software development, most of the good stuff is coming out of the UK and Germany. Simon. -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] Sent: 19 March 2009 14:48 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMS Messaging Hi Simon, Many thanks. All SMS messages will be to UK numbers and as you have suggested, I've seen the average price to be about 4 to 4.5p per message. Can you provide details of the hardware/software options you talk about or point me in the general direction thereof? TIA, Robert. -Original Message- From: Simon Butler [mailto:si...@amset.co.uk] Sent: Thursday March 2009 14:36 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SMS Messaging Has your client looked at the costs of doing this? I have been asked before to do it and every time it has been dropped because of the costs. Here in the UK there are no free options, and unless you limit it heavily, the staff will abuse it. You will need to sign up with one of the bulk suppliers, but you will be looking at between 2.5 and 7p a message, depending on the volume. On bulk messaging 10,000 messages is not a lot, add another two zeros to get the best rates. At 10,000 pcm expect to pay around 4 or 5p a message - UK numbers only. Double it for international in most cases. As for how to do it, there are two ways. Hardware, where you have a SIM on a device connected to your network and software, where the message is sent to a service provider, usually using an API. The market is very competitive so have a good look round. If you can do it with hardware and your own systems then you can move between providers easily. Simon. -- Simon Butler MVP: Exchange, MCSE Amset IT Solutions Ltd. e: si...@amset.co.uk w: www.amset.co.uk w: www.amset.info Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] Sent: 19 March 2009 13:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SMS Messaging We've had a requirement from one of our customers to provide a facility for SMS text messaging. Does anyone have a feeling as to whether we should do this ourselves by getting one or more SMS modems or using one of the many SMS services out there? Our application (to a backend database) has 2 methods of access:- a web interface used by call centres and various levels of stakeholders or a Terminal Services logon to access the client runtime (this method allows more functionality than the web interface). We're talking about sending/receiving roughly 10,000 SMS texts/month. Texts will be sent mainly from our web interface, but this facility could be opened up to Terminal Server users accessing the system/database. Does anyone have any recommendations? TIA. The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
Re: IE 8 today
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: Except that makes the Firefox config all or nothing, and opposite of what management has mandated I need to do (students get a web proxy for content filtering that they can't turn off, staff and faculty do not). Firefox config files are just JavaScript, and you're allowed to pull environment variables from the OS. I think you can put simple logic in the config file to determine things like that. Haven't done this myself. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
All good points.. really. However.. I disagree that it IS more secure.. For example.. a recent issue... http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. Okay, I'll bite... :) It's been a long week; this will be refreshing... :) I like Firefox better. It's faster and more flexible. Firefox tends to work they way I want. I can make it do what I want more easily. There are more useful extensions for Firefox Firefox works on all my computers, not just XP and Vista. Yes, we still have Win 2000 in production at work. I've got Linux at home and on my laptop. Firefox runs everywhere.. Extensions to MSIE, like IE7Pro, let IE catch up to Firefox in many ways, but Firefox has been doing more of what I want out of the box for years and years, when MSFT was still leaving us languishing with MSIE 6. Why should I go through the pain and effort of switching back now? The development community responds better and faster than Microsoft. See above. In practice, I think Firefox is more secure than MSIE. Web developers wanting to target MSIE are encouraged to use ActiveX, and downloading native machine code over the Internet into a browser is horrible idea and always was. NoScript blocks even JavaScript-based attacks. Permit Cookies lets me manage cookie permission easily. The fact that some sites *still* don't work right with anything but MSIE 6, and the fact that Microsoft *still( makes it unreasonably hard to run multiple versions of their browser, means that I can't even really try seriously newer releases. With Firefox, I can simply install to a different directory. It takes all of five seconds. I have zero issues using IE7 ... Zero.. EXCEPT ... That word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it means. :) as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes ... Another thing I like about Firefox is that, since it hasn't been shoved into the OS core in an attempt to stifle competition (see Findings of Fact, US v. MSFT, 5 Nov 1999), I can easily shutdown, kill, and/or upgrade the browser without having to reboot my *entire computer*. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
The article said this exploit is OS-independent, though, if I read it right. So regular user vs. admin wouldn't make a difference. Or am I totally confused? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39825?netht=rn_031809nladname=031809 Details are rather sketchy, but it does sound ominous. This caught my eye: ... privilege escalation from Ring 0 to the SMM ... Sounds like yet another reason to run as an regular user, not with administrator rights. (Ring 0 being supervisor mode on i386; Ring 3 is user mode, IIRC.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
That's how I interpreted it as well, but I dont know anything about SMM. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: The article said this exploit is OS-independent, though, if I read it right. So regular user vs. admin wouldn't make a difference. Or am I totally confused? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39825?netht=rn_031809nladname=031809 Details are rather sketchy, but it does sound ominous. This caught my eye: ... privilege escalation from Ring 0 to the SMM ... Sounds like yet another reason to run as an regular user, not with administrator rights. (Ring 0 being supervisor mode on i386; Ring 3 is user mode, IIRC.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Nope.. never had that issue. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Hope you never get this issue... No browser is allowed to download anything - even if you are running as a domain admin. As PDF files need to be downloaded and then opened by the add-in, this means they cannot be read. It also hoses MS Update as those are files downloaded and installed. It does not matter what browser you are using. All (IE7, FF, Chrome, and Opera) will give an error box stating that the security settings forbid downloading from that site (even your own internal web servers). So far, the only fix we've found is to get a copy of the IE7 installer on portable media and to re-install it on the afflicted machine. (One can install it from a network share, provided no browser is used to access the share.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org/ www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 09:08:11 AM: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying You have disabled Add- on message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don't wake us up. -Z.V. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today The question is, will one have to jump through a bunch of hoops before they can browse to their first page? That alone made IE7 rather dispiclable! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 07:44:32 AM: FYI http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318 This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
RE: IE 8 today
OK, conference call with New Yorkers is over, so in my dying moments I'll toss in a couple of comments... 1. Lots of time, energy, bandwidth, etc have been spent concerning IE vx FF as regards to which is more secure. Currently, I believe the consensus is that Safari is the worst. 2. I agree with another post, that is, right - a domain admin should not be downloading stuff. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote on 03/19/2009 11:26:34 AM: All good points.. really. However.. I disagree that it IS more secure.. For example.. a recent issue... http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. Okay, I'll bite... :) It's been a long week; this will be refreshing... :) I like Firefox better. It's faster and more flexible. Firefox tends to work they way I want. I can make it do what I want more easily. There are more useful extensions for Firefox Firefox works on all my computers, not just XP and Vista. Yes, we still have Win 2000 in production at work. I've got Linux at home and on my laptop. Firefox runs everywhere.. Extensions to MSIE, like IE7Pro, let IE catch up to Firefox in many ways, but Firefox has been doing more of what I want out of the box for years and years, when MSFT was still leaving us languishing with MSIE 6. Why should I go through the pain and effort of switching back now? The development community responds better and faster than Microsoft. See above. In practice, I think Firefox is more secure than MSIE. Web developers wanting to target MSIE are encouraged to use ActiveX, and downloading native machine code over the Internet into a browser is horrible idea and always was. NoScript blocks even JavaScript-based attacks. Permit Cookies lets me manage cookie permission easily. The fact that some sites *still* don't work right with anything but MSIE 6, and the fact that Microsoft *still( makes it unreasonably hard to run multiple versions of their browser, means that I can't even really try seriously newer releases. With Firefox, I can simply install to a different directory. It takes all of five seconds. I have zero issues using IE7 ... Zero.. EXCEPT ... That word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it means. :) as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes ... Another thing I like about Firefox is that, since it hasn't been shoved into the OS core in an attempt to stifle competition (see Findings of Fact, US v. MSFT, 5 Nov 1999), I can easily shutdown, kill, and/or upgrade the browser without having to reboot my *entire computer*. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
I became a fan and user of Firefox years ago when it was the only browser to offer tabbed browsing. Just because IE now offers that, I still see no reason to switch back. Ironically, at my work, we still haven't implemented IE7 because of two enterprise applications that have not been certified on IE7 by the software companies for use with there web based interfaces. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: All good points.. really. However.. I disagree that it IS more secure.. For example.. a recent issue... http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. Okay, I'll bite... :) It's been a long week; this will be refreshing... :) I like Firefox better. It's faster and more flexible. Firefox tends to work they way I want. I can make it do what I want more easily. There are more useful extensions for Firefox Firefox works on all my computers, not just XP and Vista. Yes, we still have Win 2000 in production at work. I've got Linux at home and on my laptop. Firefox runs everywhere.. Extensions to MSIE, like IE7Pro, let IE catch up to Firefox in many ways, but Firefox has been doing more of what I want out of the box for years and years, when MSFT was still leaving us languishing with MSIE 6. Why should I go through the pain and effort of switching back now? The development community responds better and faster than Microsoft. See above. In practice, I think Firefox is more secure than MSIE. Web developers wanting to target MSIE are encouraged to use ActiveX, and downloading native machine code over the Internet into a browser is horrible idea and always was. NoScript blocks even JavaScript-based attacks. Permit Cookies lets me manage cookie permission easily. The fact that some sites *still* don't work right with anything but MSIE 6, and the fact that Microsoft *still( makes it unreasonably hard to run multiple versions of their browser, means that I can't even really try seriously newer releases. With Firefox, I can simply install to a different directory. It takes all of five seconds. I have zero issues using IE7 ... Zero.. EXCEPT ... That word you keep using. I do not think it means what you think it means. :) as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes ... Another thing I like about Firefox is that, since it hasn't been shoved into the OS core in an attempt to stifle competition (see Findings of Fact, US v. MSFT, 5 Nov 1999), I can easily shutdown, kill, and/or upgrade the browser without having to reboot my *entire computer*. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
The article stated the security people find them and notify intel, but if intel doesn't act, then they (security people) notify the public. Now, here's my question, if there is a vulnerability as stated, how do you or should I say does intel go about resolving the issue? Do they fix it at the plant then send out a ridiculous amount of chips? As you said Michael, what is a SMM?! This is a whole new arena and I don't think I was even provide a preview ticket J From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09 That's how I interpreted it as well, but I dont know anything about SMM. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:31 PM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: The article said this exploit is OS-independent, though, if I read it right. So regular user vs. admin wouldn't make a difference. Or am I totally confused? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/ -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39825?netht=rn_031809nladnam e=031809 Details are rather sketchy, but it does sound ominous. This caught my eye: ... privilege escalation from Ring 0 to the SMM ... Sounds like yet another reason to run as an regular user, not with administrator rights. (Ring 0 being supervisor mode on i386; Ring 3 is user mode, IIRC.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
And their updates are always very late... -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today And for managed environments the other options are what exactly? Firefox is not an option in many managed environments due to the lack of any sort of central configuration management. Yes, I'm aware of the Frontmotion stuff, but they do several things wrong: a) they bundle third plugins (flash, shockwave, etc) in their install package b) the group policy add-ins are incomplete at best. They're incomplete for a reason; there are many, many config options that, when set through group policy, are ignored. I'm specifically speaking of proxy settings here. Vue, Za wrote: Another pointless MS browsers. Already annoyed the heck out of people. HTF do you get rid of the annoying You have disabled Add-on message on top when there is no disabled add-on? MS needs to dig itself out of the ActiveX hole it dug and partner with Mozilla or Mac and incorporate their browsers into Windows 7. Until then don't wake us up. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
Ben Scott wrote: Firefox config files are just JavaScript, and you're allowed to pull environment variables from the OS. I think you can put simple logic in the config file to determine things like that. Haven't done this myself. It's not the logic that's the problem, it's: a) I have to learn enough JS to do it b) I need to have the JS query a database of some kind to figure out what class the user is, therefore I need to learn whatever JS API Firefox has available for such things - if it exists - and hope it's sufficiently documented c) That I even need to go through that much trouble to begin with. We're talking about a management scheme that hasn't changed since Netscape 4. This isn't 1995 and these are't single-user Windows 95 machines! -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: However.. I disagree that it IS more secure.. When I say more secure in practice, I mean just that, not that Firefox is immune to vulnerabilities. Every major browser (and some minor ones) have had vulnerabilities. I just think Firefox is more secure out of the box, and easier to make still more secure. For example, since Firefox 1.x, I've long set all the options that prevent JavaScript from controlling window size, position, UI trim, etc. This means browser windows always look like browser windows, with scroll bars and status bars. They can't pretend to be OS windows. It also means JavaScript can't take over my right-click content menu. It's my computer, not the web author's. More recently, NoScript makes it even easier to prevent JavaScript from taking over my computer. I've seem the equivalent of a JavaScript fork bomb -- it just opened endless new windows. Disguised as a benign link in a web forum prank, this caused the entire Windows Explorer shell to crash with MSIE 6 for some people. In Firefox, it just showed me an empty page, and I wasn't about to blindly enable JavaScript at that point. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
Ever since the PIII Intel has included a microcode update mechanism. Not all processor errata are fixable though, and the microcode update needs to be applied on every boot. Microsoft has use it in the past to fix CPU specific reliability problems: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936357 Thomas Gonzalez wrote: Do they fix it at the plant then send out a ridiculous amount of chips? -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
Apparently at least one of these SMM rootkits has been around since May of last year: Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145703/hackers_find_a_new_pl ace_t o_hide_rootkits.html or here if the above wraps unusably: http://preview.tinyurl.com/4vfsce Scary stuff, since (a) it's at the hardware level; (b) it has been discussed publically by Intel in employee papers; (c) a PoC rootkit has been out for almost a year. Since it's at the hardware level, even booting off a cleanup CD won't be able to find it ... -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
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RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
I have to disagree with the second sentence:-) 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: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver T24gMTkgTWFyIDIwMDkgYXQgODowOSwgRGF2aWQgTHVtICB3cm90ZToNCg0KPiBJIGRv/7R0IGhh dmUgYW4gYW5zd2VyIGZvciB5b3UgLSBJIGhhdmUgb25seSB0d28gMjAwOCBTZXJ2ZXIgZGVwbG95 ZWQgLSBidXQNCj4gdGhlIHNwZWVkIGJldHdlZW4gdGhlIFZpc3Rh/98g4CAyMDA4IFNlcnZlciBz aG91bGQgYmUgc2lnbmlmaWNhbnRseSBmYXN0ZXINCj4gdGhhbiBYUCAtIDIwMDguIA0KDQpXaHkg aXMgdGhhdD8gIEkgaGF2ZSBhIGNsaWVudCB3aGVyZSB3ZSdsbCBwcm9iYWJseSBiZSBkZXBsb3lp bmcgV1MyMDA4IHNvb24sIA0KYnV0IHRoZXkncmUgZXhjbHVzaXZlbHkgWFAgd29ya3N0YXRpb25z Lg0KDQotLQ0KQW5ndXMgU2NvdHQtRmxlbWluZw0KR2VvQXBwcywgVHVjc29uLCBBcml6b25hDQox LTUyMC0yOTAtNTAzOA0KKy0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tKw0KDQoN Cg0KDQp+IEZpbmFsbHksIHBvd2VyZnVsIGVuZHBvaW50IHNlY3VyaXR5IHRoYXQgSVNOJ1QgYSBy ZXNvdXJjZSBob2chIH4NCn4gPGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuc3VuYmVsdHNvZnR3YXJlLmNvbS9CdXNpbmVz cy9WSVBSRS1FbnRlcnByaXNlLz4gIH4 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! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: a) I have to learn enough JS to do it Well, I've already had to do that to do things like configure our proxy auto-configure script, which MSIE uses as well. b) I need to have the JS query a database of some kind ... I know I've seen mention of LDAP. More simply, you could just look at an environment variable. For example: var foo = getenv(GROUP); if (foo == students) { lockPref (proxy.http, whatever.example.com); } else { ... } ... hope it's sufficiently documented Yah. I won't disagree that this stuff isn't as well documented as it could be. A lot of stuff is scattered about blogs and web forums and archives of lists like this one. c) That I even need to go through that much trouble to begin with. Well, it has to be done *somehow*. Group Policy didn't magically do anything for my network; I had to go through the trouble of learning, planning, configuring, documenting, and managing it. In particular, management of Group Policy is kind of a heavyweight problem. With plain old text files, I can use comments in the files, stick the files in RCS, and be done. So there's advantages and disadvantages to both approaches. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection
2WireXXX is the default name a vendor uses for its AP's, I can't remember what one. It's no different than seeing Linksys. The owners of the house aren't the ones to be worries about. It's their kids. You can't assume they are idiots. My wife's nephew is just going into college, and a few months ago I doubt he would know how to install Windows on his laptop. A couple weeks ago he mentions how he and his friends use Ubuntu now and get kicks out of looking for WEP networks to crack. I'm not saying he's suddenly a genius. I still doubt that he would be able to correctly install Windows and all the drivers on a modern laptop, but he knows how to install Ubuntu and the tools he needs to crack wireless networks where security was weak, and he knows how to do it well enough that people should care. -- Mike Gill From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection I'm well aware that someone with, as I said, wifi knowledge could see my router even with the radio broadcast turned off. But I get the distinct feeling that none of my neighbors has that kind of knowledge. I base that on the 2 neighbors who are using their family names, and the 4 neighbors who have 2wire as their network names, not to mention the poor idiot who is using the default settings that come up when you turn the router on the very first time. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
Are you suggesting that such a thing could survive a cold boot? The rootkit has to be stored somewhere it can execute from, and I don't think it'll have much success storing itself in the BIOS. Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: Since it's at the hardware level, even booting off a cleanup CD won't be able to find it ... -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
Ben Scott wrote: Sounds like yet another reason to run as an regular user, not with administrator rights. (Ring 0 being supervisor mode on i386; Ring 3 is user mode, IIRC.) In this case ring 0 is the kernel. All user level processes - regardless of whether the user is root or Administrator or john.smith - run in ring 3. From the CPU perspective administrative vs non-administrative processes are indistinguishable as they are an OS-specific construct. Based on the 4th paragraph in the article, it looks like it would primarily afflict CPUs that have hardware virtualization support (and said support turned on). One hypothetical exploit would be to bypass the hypervisor of, say, ESX and break out of the guest OS and take over the physical machine. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
IE8 Download...
Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: IE 8 today
Think aboot what? Its no different than saying firefox is fast with FastFox installed From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE8 Download...
Both the boss and I got it with no problems just a few minutes ago. Don't worry, it will be a critical security update on WSUS any second now I would assume. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 [cid:image001.gif@01C9A899.DAD25590] NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.gif
Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: In this case ring 0 is the kernel. All user level processes - regardless of whether the user is root or Administrator or john.smith - run in ring 3. Right, but administrators can do things like inject kernel code. Users can't. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
Can you say Blue Pill??? 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: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rut roh Raggy: Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09 Ben Scott wrote: Sounds like yet another reason to run as an regular user, not with administrator rights. (Ring 0 being supervisor mode on i386; Ring 3 is user mode, IIRC.) In this case ring 0 is the kernel. All user level processes - regardless of whether the user is root or Administrator or john.smith - run in ring 3. From the CPU perspective administrative vs non-administrative processes are indistinguishable as they are an OS-specific construct. Based on the 4th paragraph in the article, it looks like it would primarily afflict CPUs that have hardware virtualization support (and said support turned on). One hypothetical exploit would be to bypass the hypervisor of, say, ESX and break out of the guest OS and take over the physical machine. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ 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! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.com wrote: T24gMTkgTWFyIDIwMDkgYXQ ... Aw jeez, not this shit again. http://www.afunnystuff.com/pictures/Forum-pics/Aw-jeez-not-this-shit-again.html -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
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RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
On 19 Mar 2009 at 13:24, John Cook wrote: I have to disagree with the second sentence:-) @#...@#$%@#$% Lyris at Sunbelt, went through this a few weeks ago ... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
So can you elaborate on what slow performance means? When, where, what, etc... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg - 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don't know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn't experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that don't run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE8 Download...
Yep... installing now. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
Re: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: Am I the only one who thinks Sunbelt should consider an alternative? Everybody else: NO! :) -- B ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: Am I the only one who thinks Sunbelt should consider an alternative? Everybody else: NO! In case that wasn't clear: No, you're not the only one who thinks that. I really don't get why anyone uses Lyris for lists. The web UI is cumbersome, it's list archiving sucks, it's mail-based commands are primiative, it causes no end of weird problems with list mail, it can't seem to put footers with unsubscribe tips, and it hijacks messages with common keywords (which is ironic, given that it never seems to be able to intercept the *actual* Please unsubscribe me messages.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
Most people have psts on their home drives on the fileserver, (please don't blame me I hate PSTs), the XP machines will slow down to a crawl. Word docs, etc won't save, drives are disconnected and machines will freeze. Vista however still running. I'll have to reboot the server to cure the problem. Everyone is OK then something happens(Unknown) and it all happens again. This is the 3rd time it has happened. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver So can you elaborate on what slow performance means? When, where, what, etc... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg - 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don't know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn't experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that don't run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
I have done some googling, and have removed Symantec all together, and turned off power savings on the nic. I hate doing 2 things at once, but this is a main fileserver. From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver Most people have psts on their home drives on the fileserver, (please don't blame me I hate PSTs), the XP machines will slow down to a crawl. Word docs, etc won't save, drives are disconnected and machines will freeze. Vista however still running. I'll have to reboot the server to cure the problem. Everyone is OK then something happens(Unknown) and it all happens again. This is the 3rd time it has happened. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver So can you elaborate on what slow performance means? When, where, what, etc... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg - 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don't know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn't experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that don't run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying “firefox is fast with FastFox installed” From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today “I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured.” Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
Nobody but Angus seems to have this problem either. And he never used to have it before a few months ago, so something happened, something changed in his local configuration, it would appear, causing mail to go out as Base64 RTF for the text content. Carl -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 2008 as a fileserver Am I the only one who thinks Sunbelt should consider an alternative? Mailman lists don't have this problem. Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: @#...@#$%@#$% Lyris at Sunbelt, went through this a few weeks ago ... -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
Am I the only one who thinks Sunbelt should consider an alternative? Mailman lists don't have this problem. Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: @#...@#$%@#$% Lyris at Sunbelt, went through this a few weeks ago ... -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE 8 today
I can easily reproduce scenarios that make IE7 crash. IE7 eats waaay more memory and cant handle it. I'm running current versions, side-by-side, aaand I have 30+ extensions loaded into FF (while no add-ons with IE7). My most recently necessity has been to disabled Flash in IE7 because I can make it crash repeatedly when logged into Facebook. I can make this happen at work with XP and at home on Vista. Since there is very little tab-recovery support in IE7, it is currently at the bottom of my annoyances bin. I cant work with it for any information I need to retain. It simply cant be trusted. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying “firefox is fast with FastFox installed” From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today “I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured.” Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
Do the XP machines work until Outlook is opened? Some notes from MS about PSTs on network shares not being supported: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019 All operations take longer. Write operations can take approximately four times longer than read operations. - Andy O. From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver Most people have psts on their home drives on the fileserver, (please dont blame me I hate PSTs), the XP machines will slow down to a crawl. Word docs, etc wont save, drives are disconnected and machines will freeze. Vista however still running. Ill have to reboot the server to cure the problem. Everyone is OK then something happens(Unknown) and it all happens again. This is the 3rd time it has happened. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver So can you elaborate on what slow performance means? When, where, what, etc Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I dont know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesnt experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that dont run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE8 Download...
Im running it. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: IE 8 today
Can't remember the last time when IE7 just gave up and walked away. But I only' have 10-20 tabs open at any given time. My tab recovery support is via IE7Pro. Which brings up my next batch of questions, what is the recommended process for IE7Pro users to move to IE8? Remove IE7Pro before upgrading? Is tab recovery built-in to IE8? I'll go google those things now... J Carl From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I can easily reproduce scenarios that make IE7 crash. IE7 eats waaay more memory and cant handle it. I'm running current versions, side-by-side, aaand I have 30+ extensions loaded into FF (while no add-ons with IE7). My most recently necessity has been to disabled Flash in IE7 because I can make it crash repeatedly when logged into Facebook. I can make this happen at work with XP and at home on Vista. Since there is very little tab-recovery support in IE7, it is currently at the bottom of my annoyances bin. I cant work with it for any information I need to retain. It simply cant be trusted. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying firefox is fast with FastFox installed From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
I just did an in place upgrade to IE8 and my IEPro settings came over okay. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Can't remember the last time when IE7 just gave up and walked away. But I only' have 10-20 tabs open at any given time. My tab recovery support is via IE7Pro. Which brings up my next batch of questions, what is the recommended process for IE7Pro users to move to IE8? Remove IE7Pro before upgrading? Is tab recovery built-in to IE8? I'll go google those things now... J Carl From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I can easily reproduce scenarios that make IE7 crash. IE7 eats waaay more memory and cant handle it. I'm running current versions, side-by-side, aaand I have 30+ extensions loaded into FF (while no add-ons with IE7). My most recently necessity has been to disabled Flash in IE7 because I can make it crash repeatedly when logged into Facebook. I can make this happen at work with XP and at home on Vista. Since there is very little tab-recovery support in IE7, it is currently at the bottom of my annoyances bin. I cant work with it for any information I need to retain. It simply cant be trusted. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying firefox is fast with FastFox installed From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Yes tab recovery is built into IE8. TVK From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Can't remember the last time when IE7 just gave up and walked away. But I only' have 10-20 tabs open at any given time. My tab recovery support is via IE7Pro. Which brings up my next batch of questions, what is the recommended process for IE7Pro users to move to IE8? Remove IE7Pro before upgrading? Is tab recovery built-in to IE8? I'll go google those things now... :) Carl From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I can easily reproduce scenarios that make IE7 crash. IE7 eats waaay more memory and cant handle it. I'm running current versions, side-by-side, aaand I have 30+ extensions loaded into FF (while no add-ons with IE7). My most recently necessity has been to disabled Flash in IE7 because I can make it crash repeatedly when logged into Facebook. I can make this happen at work with XP and at home on Vista. Since there is very little tab-recovery support in IE7, it is currently at the bottom of my annoyances bin. I cant work with it for any information I need to retain. It simply cant be trusted. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.commailto:sep...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.commailto:mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying firefox is fast with FastFox installed From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.commailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.commailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE8 Download...
Anyone have an idea when IE 8 will be on WSUS? On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Scot Parsons spars...@scetv.org wrote: Me too. *From:* Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:45 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: IE8 Download... Im running it. *From:* Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:51 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. *Bill Lambert* *Windows System Administrator* *Concuity* *A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. * *Phone 847-941-9206* *Fax 847-465-9147* ** *NASDAQ: TTPA*** *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. *** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
Re: IE 8 today
I can make IE7 crash on fewer tabs, but it depends on the web sites open. As I see it, it has an issue with AJAX heavy sites. I'm not a web developer, so I could be misreading the issue. I'm not familiar with IE7Pro. I'm always open to re-evaluations. If you're using it, I'll take it would be worth my time to check it out as well. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Carl Houseman c.house...@gmail.com wrote: Can't remember the last time when IE7 just gave up and walked away. But I only' have 10-20 tabs open at any given time. My tab recovery support is via IE7Pro. Which brings up my next batch of questions, what is the recommended process for IE7Pro users to move to IE8? Remove IE7Pro before upgrading? Is tab recovery built-in to IE8? I'll go google those things now... J Carl *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:38 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IE 8 today I can easily reproduce scenarios that make IE7 crash. IE7 eats waaay more memory and cant handle it. I'm running current versions, side-by-side, aaand I have 30+ extensions loaded into FF (while no add-ons with IE7). My most recently necessity has been to disabled Flash in IE7 because I can make it crash repeatedly when logged into Facebook. I can make this happen at work with XP and at home on Vista. Since there is very little tab-recovery support in IE7, it is currently at the bottom of my annoyances bin. I cant work with it for any information I need to retain. It simply cant be trusted. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying “firefox is fast with FastFox installed” From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today “I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured.” Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE8 Download...
Hopefully not for a while. From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE8 Download... Anyone have an idea when IE 8 will be on WSUS? On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Scot Parsons spars...@scetv.org wrote: Me too. From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Im running it. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
Re: IE8 Download...
Not soon enough for some, to soon for others. :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: Hopefully not for a while. From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE8 Download... Anyone have an idea when IE 8 will be on WSUS? On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Scot Parsons spars...@scetv.org wrote: Me too. From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Im running it. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE8 Download...
Sheeshstill no joy...what am I, chopped liver?heh Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 From: Scot Parsons [mailto:spars...@scetv.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Me too. From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Im running it. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: IE8 Download...
www.microsoft.com/ie took me right to it. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Sheeshstill no joy...what am I, chopped liver?heh Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 From: Scot Parsons [mailto:spars...@scetv.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Me too. From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Im running it. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
That is your problem right there. PSTs on a file server is a MAJOR no-no. You will bring this server sooner or later down doing that. You are running out of probably nonpaged pool. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver Most people have psts on their home drives on the fileserver, (please don't blame me I hate PSTs), the XP machines will slow down to a crawl. Word docs, etc won't save, drives are disconnected and machines will freeze. Vista however still running. I'll have to reboot the server to cure the problem. Everyone is OK then something happens(Unknown) and it all happens again. This is the 3rd time it has happened. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver So can you elaborate on what slow performance means? When, where, what, etc... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg - 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don't know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn't experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that don't run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
If you're sticking with IE7 then IE7Pro (or Maxthon) is essential for full featured tabbed browsing. TBD on whether IE7Pro is really needed for tabbed browsing enhancement in IE8. Carl From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I can make IE7 crash on fewer tabs, but it depends on the web sites open. As I see it, it has an issue with AJAX heavy sites. I'm not a web developer, so I could be misreading the issue. I'm not familiar with IE7Pro. I'm always open to re-evaluations. If you're using it, I'll take it would be worth my time to check it out as well. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Carl Houseman c.house...@gmail.com wrote: Can't remember the last time when IE7 just gave up and walked away. But I only' have 10-20 tabs open at any given time. My tab recovery support is via IE7Pro. Which brings up my next batch of questions, what is the recommended process for IE7Pro users to move to IE8? Remove IE7Pro before upgrading? Is tab recovery built-in to IE8? I'll go google those things now... J Carl From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I can easily reproduce scenarios that make IE7 crash. IE7 eats waaay more memory and cant handle it. I'm running current versions, side-by-side, aaand I have 30+ extensions loaded into FF (while no add-ons with IE7). My most recently necessity has been to disabled Flash in IE7 because I can make it crash repeatedly when logged into Facebook. I can make this happen at work with XP and at home on Vista. Since there is very little tab-recovery support in IE7, it is currently at the bottom of my annoyances bin. I cant work with it for any information I need to retain. It simply cant be trusted. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying firefox is fast with FastFox installed From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: IE8 Download...
I got it... On 3/19/09, Bill Lambert blamb...@concuity.com wrote: Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sent from my mobile device ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
2008 TS RemoteApp
Anyone using this: http://www.tsfactory.com/pages/49/remoteapp-TS-Terminal-Services-users-gro ups-filter-avoid-block-/ Is MS going to make this functionality available in R2? Or is that not currently planned. 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 - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE 8 today
Yes me too, but the little blue symbol is no longer represented in the lower right corner. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I just did an in place upgrade to IE8 and my IEPro settings came over okay. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today Can't remember the last time when IE7 just gave up and walked away. But I only' have 10-20 tabs open at any given time. My tab recovery support is via IE7Pro. Which brings up my next batch of questions, what is the recommended process for IE7Pro users to move to IE8? Remove IE7Pro before upgrading? Is tab recovery built-in to IE8? I'll go google those things now... J Carl From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE 8 today I can easily reproduce scenarios that make IE7 crash. IE7 eats waaay more memory and cant handle it. I'm running current versions, side-by-side, aaand I have 30+ extensions loaded into FF (while no add-ons with IE7). My most recently necessity has been to disabled Flash in IE7 because I can make it crash repeatedly when logged into Facebook. I can make this happen at work with XP and at home on Vista. Since there is very little tab-recovery support in IE7, it is currently at the bottom of my annoyances bin. I cant work with it for any information I need to retain. It simply cant be trusted. -- ME2 On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of weird sites are you people going to? I have zero issues with IE7 standard. I use a combination of FF and IE7 on a variety of different boxes. I find on systems I have both installed, I tend to use IE7 because no matter what the FF folks tell you, overtime FF eats memory and kills your systems performance. (oh yes, they fixed the memory issue this time, for real this time, really it's not as bad as it used to be, honest). The FF people sound like Comcast support personal. I plan on switching over to IE8 at home as soon as is practical (whenever the download sites stop blowing up :) Steven On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Michael Ross mr...@itwif.com wrote: Think aboot what? Its no different than saying firefox is fast with FastFox installed From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Think about that for a second. -- Mike Gill From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE 8 today I dunno why.. but I disagree with statement touting that firefox is the top dog to work with or use.. I have zero issues using IE7, with IE7pro installed and configured. Zero.. EXCEPT a rare occasion when IE uses a lot of memory, or I get the sysfader error..the latter is an issue really with the OS its running on and not IE itself.. as far at the memory issue.. e I just reboot and in 1.5 minutes, the time it takes me to go get a pepsi.. im back up and no more memory problems. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IE8 Download...
Funny part is already been hacked by a drive-by-exploit from a hacker at CANSECWEST, so is IE8 really more secure. If they can use existing hacking techniques to root a box with it on, then your browsing experience may not be any more secure than it is with IE6.0 or 7. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 Download... Both the boss and I got it with no problems just a few minutes ago. Don't worry, it will be a critical security update on WSUS any second now I would assume. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 Download... Has anyone been able to DL it yet? Went to MS site and tried but no joy. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver
All that said if you're stuck with these things we can take a shot at tuning the box some. X64 is another option that will help drastically. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver This is an expressly unsupported scenario and is one of the first things I look at when I'm dealing with a file server perf issue. Here is an overview slide on this exact topic from a talk I am doing next week. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver Do the XP machines work until Outlook is opened? Some notes from MS about PSTs on network shares not being supported: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019 All operations take longer. Write operations can take approximately four times longer than read operations. - Andy O. From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver Most people have psts on their home drives on the fileserver, (please don't blame me I hate PSTs), the XP machines will slow down to a crawl. Word docs, etc won't save, drives are disconnected and machines will freeze.Vista however still running. I'll have to reboot the server to cure the problem. Everyone is OK then something happens(Unknown) and it all happens again. This is the 3rd time it has happened. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver So can you elaborate on what slow performance means? When, where, what, etc... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading drives. I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb installed and 700mg - 950 mg used). Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don't know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn't experience problems, but I only use it to run other admin tools that don't run on vista (phone system etc.) Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as vista is? Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~