Re: OT Friday: Wilkinson Sword: Mow the Lawn

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

Racial stereotype in there?  I must have missed it within all that WIN.

--
ME2


On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:

> Seen online at the end of my Friday.  Probably SFW unless you have
> some radical FemiNazi types hanging around ...
>
> Seen on Instapundit http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/
>WOMEN’S RAZOR AD: Mow the Lawn.
>“This UK TV commercial for the Wilkinson
>Sword Quattro for Women Bikini razor would
>probably stir up some serious controversy in
>the US.” Really? Well, maybe for the racial
>stereotypes.
>
> TV commercial for a women's razor: "Mow the lawn!" - Boing Boing
> http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/02/tv-commercial-for-a.html
>
> Actual ad here:
> Wilkinson Sword: Mow the Lawn | Creativity Online
> http://creativity-online.com/work/view?seed=5284d9f5
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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

OT Friday: Wilkinson Sword: Mow the Lawn

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

Seen online at the end of my Friday.  Probably SFW unless you have
some radical FemiNazi types hanging around ...

Seen on Instapundit http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/
WOMEN’S RAZOR AD: Mow the Lawn.
“This UK TV commercial for the Wilkinson
Sword Quattro for Women Bikini razor would
probably stir up some serious controversy in
the US.” Really? Well, maybe for the racial
stereotypes.

TV commercial for a women's razor: "Mow the lawn!" - Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/02/tv-commercial-for-a.html

Actual ad here:
 Wilkinson Sword: Mow the Lawn | Creativity Online
 http://creativity-online.com/work/view?seed=5284d9f5

-- 
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona

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

RE: Redundant Print Servers

[Ken Schaefer]

Hi,

That was what the customer decided to do. The alternative was sticking print 
servers out in several hundred branch offices (to support 2-3 client PCs each). 
And in Australia a branch office can be a whole days drive there/back for a 
support technician - so they get quite expensive to maintain.

Also, from memory I think a lot of the applications used by these retail 
branches were thin-client (running off mid-range or mainframe in the DC) so the 
print jobs would go from the midrange system to the print server and then only 
the data necessary for the printer to print something was sent over the WAN link

Cheers
Ken


From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:malcolm.re...@live.com]
Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2009 2:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redundant Print Servers

Ken,

Did you guys take a look at the bandwidth utilization when sending all the 
remote site print jobs to the central print server and back to the local 
printers again? I can understand why you'd want to centralize the print 
sharing, but, admittedly without having really looked in to this, I'd be a bit 
concerned about burdening the remote site WAN links with print jobs.

-Malcolm

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redundant Print Servers

We had a 30-odd page detailed design, and a 30 page implementation guide, a DR 
guide, ops guides etc...

This was for a reasonably large organisation (around 10K users) who wanted to 
have a centralised print server cluster in one data center for all their small 
branch sites (several hundred of those), as well as a second print cluster in 
the DR data center. The failover was between these two data centers, as the 
customer didn't want to pay for a stretched cluster just for printing. And they 
wanted users to be able to search AD for printers. That last part was the 
kicker.

In a DR situation, the only thing that needed to be changed (IIRC) was the 
cluster that the DNS hostname was pointing to. The rest of the ops work (e.g. 
creating the print queue objects) was all handled by a little wizard based HTA 
application that we wrote (IIRC) and worked into the operations processes of 
the org.

Cheers
Ken


From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@owa.smithcons.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2009 11:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redundant Print Servers
Is that process written up anywhere?


From: Ken Schaefer [...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redundant Print Servers
What we did at one customer was:
a) disable printer publishing into AD
b) create custom printQueue objects in AD under a custom computer account 
(which is your print server alias)
c) disable print queue pruning

That way:
- users can still search AD for printers
- you still get the redundancy you want (whether by DNS failover, content 
switch load balancing or whatever)

Cheers
Ken





From: tony patton [tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2009 7:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redundant Print Servers

We have 2 print servers per site, an active and passive.
When we make a change to an active printserver, we do the same on the passive, 
or we're supposed to :-)

The way we handle redundancy is to use a dns alias, so we have 
srv-print01 and srv-print02 with the dns alias of 
srv-print

If the active server goes down, we just change the dns entry to point to the 
other server.

The only problem with this is that if the user goes to add a printer and 
selects the Find in directory, it lists the queues on the actual servers.
I've created a vbscript that checks the users printers and if its not connected 
to the alias, it deletes it and re-maps to the alias queue.
I can pass on the script if needed.

You also need to do the following reg edit otherwise you get a duplicate name 
error.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters]
"DisableStrictNameChecking"=dword:0001

Regards

Tony Patton
Desktop Operations Cavan
Ext 8078
Direct Dial 049 435 2878
email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com
"Michael B. Smith" 

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Redundant Print Servers







So...what is everyone doing for redundant print servers?

(That is, one server hosting all printers goes down, the other takes over; 
alternately, two servers share the load usually until one crashes and the other 
takes over?)

I can think of a couple of ways to handle this, but I'd like to know what 
"everyone else" is doing...

Regards,

Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP
My blog: 
http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael
Monitoring Exchange w/OpsMgr now available http://snurl.com/45ppf

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

[Ken Schaefer]

This isn't the project I'm working on, but I know we're pushing out Office 2007 
as a PoC right now via GPOs and SCCM 2007, so it's definitely possible to do. I 
can make some inquiries next week...

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 4:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM,   wrote:
>>   I haven't read the deployment docs for 2007 yet, but doesn't it
>> allow a manged install with MSI the way 2003 did?
>
> No, it does not.  One can make an "install file", but it only collects
> installation options.  It will not install Office.

  You gotta be kidding me.  Why the hell doesn't Microsoft support
their own methods for installing their own software?

-- Ben


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

RE: View PAE setting on W2K8

[Ken Schaefer]

Instead of two levels of page tables to navigate through, you have three. So 
effectively looking up where something is stored in memory is 50% longer for 
that phase. That said, looking up where something is in RAM is very fast. Most 
machines are bottlenecked somewhere else (e.g. waiting for user input, or disk 
I/O or similar).

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2009 5:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: View PAE setting on W2K8

Isn't PAE a non-trivial memory performance hit? Or perhaps it used to be 
non-trivial, but newer memory technologies are fast enough to make it trivial 
today?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott
Subject: Re: View PAE setting on W2K8


> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Juned Shaikh  wrote:
> > but I am wondering that why would you need to have PAE in win2k8? becuase
> > you have 32 bit installation or you need this on Win2k8-64 Bit for 32 bit
> enabled
> > applications?
> 
>   PAE will let some versions of 32-bit Windows use more than 4 GiB of
> RAM.  Individual processes are still limited to 2 GiB of userland
> address space (or 3 GiB with 4GT), but the system as a whole can use
> that much RAM.  You could, for example, have several processes, each
> using 2 GiB.
> 
>   PAE is also needed to get the NX bit (No Execute, i.e., what
> Microsoft calls Data Execution Protection).  So even 32-bit XP and
> Vista enable PAE for DEP.  They just ignore memory above 4 GiB.  Same
> for 2003 Server Standard.

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

RE: View PAE setting on W2K8

[Ken Schaefer]

On x86:
PAE is required for DEP (Data Execution Prevention) because the NX (No Execute) 
bit is stored in one of the extra bits that become available in the page table. 
Thus even if you don't have >4GB of physical RAM in your box, PAE will always 
be enabled on Vista/Windows Server 2008 for this security measure

For x64: PAE is not relevant.

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:jsha...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 4 April 2009 4:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: re: View PAE setting on W2K8

Thanks for the info.. 

but I am wondering that why would you need to have PAE in win2k8? becuase you 
have 32 bit installation or you need this on Win2k8-64 Bit for 32 bit enabled 
applications?

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

Re: R: Run As Command

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Ben Scott  wrote:

>  I never actually log on to the local admin account of the computer
> on my desk.  I just have a RUNAS'ed CMD prompt, and sometimes an
> Explorer window from it.

I use the MakeMeAdmin script from this page for this.

=
Aaron Margosis' "Non-Admin" WebLog : MakeMeAdmin

 The updated MakeMeAdmin.zip contains three script files:
 MakeMeAdmin.cmd ... temporarily elevates [the user] to admin

http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/03/11/394244.aspx
=

Works like a champ, except that Windows Updates won't install when
using this on an XP-Home machine.  On an XP-Pro machine WU runs fine
from MMA.  But I can run appwiz.cpl from the MakeMeAdmin cmd-window
and add/remove programs just fine.  Good stuff.

-- 
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-895-3270

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

Re: Run As Command

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Cameron Cooper  wrote:

> No, the users won’t have the local admin password.  We would like it to work
> this way…. User logs into the computer (with power user permissions) and
> then double clicks an icon on the desktop.  When the program loads it uses
> the local admin permissions without prompting the user for the local admin
> password.

Sounds like a job for CPAU http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/cpau/index.htm

"Command line tool for starting process in alternate security context.
Basically this is a runas replacement. Also allows you to create job
files and encode the id, password, and command line in a file so it
can be used by normal users. "


-- 
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-895-3270

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

Re: RE: What's the easiest way to migrate printer from one server to another?

[Chris Hamby]

I just used this yesterday to migrate 12 printers from one 2003 server to
another. Brought them all over except for one printer for some reason.

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

RE: R: Run As Command

[Cameron Cooper]

Oops Meant to say that all users are Standard Users and not Power
Users... Aye Saturday can't come soon enough!

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

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

ccoo...@aurico.com  

 

From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:mplahtin...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: R: Run As Command

 

That's good to know.  Thanks for that Tip

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM,   wrote:
> True!  That's why, once I did a total wipe on my desktop machine, I've
been
> running with lowest level rights.  The only "trick" I had to learn was
how
> to run an .MSI.  (Run a command console as a local admin, then do the
MSI by
> command line.)

 If you don't already know: Log on to the local admin account, do
Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View, and enable "Launch folder
windows in a separate process".  Once that's done, you can start an
elevated Explorer window from an elevated command prompt.

 I never actually log on to the local admin account of the computer
on my desk.  I just have a RUNAS'ed CMD prompt, and sometimes an
Explorer window from it.

-- Ben


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

 

 

 

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

Re: Run As Command

[Peter van Houten]

Ditto here with tools such as Total Commander. One caveat of course, is
that any userdata assigned (Documents and Settings\Username\Bla Bla)
during the RUNAS, will be for the Admin account.

--
Peter van Houten

On the 03/04/2009 20:38, Ben Scott wrote the following:

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM,  wrote:

True!  That's why, once I did a total wipe on my desktop machine, I've been
running with lowest level rights.  The only "trick" I had to learn was how
to run an .MSI.  (Run a command console as a local admin, then do the MSI by
command line.)


   If you don't already know: Log on to the local admin account, do
Control Panel ->  Folder Options ->  View, and enable "Launch folder
windows in a separate process".  Once that's done, you can start an
elevated Explorer window from an elevated command prompt.

   I never actually log on to the local admin account of the computer
on my desk.  I just have a RUNAS'ed CMD prompt, and sometimes an
Explorer window from it.

-- Ben


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

RE: Run As Command

[Cameron Cooper]

No, the users won't have the local admin password.  We would like it to work 
this way User logs into the computer (with power user permissions) and then 
double clicks an icon on the desktop.  When the program loads it uses the local 
admin permissions without prompting the user for the local admin password.

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

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

ccoo...@aurico.com  

 

From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: R: Run As Command

 

They shouldn't know local admin password

 

GuidoElia

HELPPC

 

 



Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Run As Command

We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our 
computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a program 
to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users permissions?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

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

ccoo...@aurico.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Re: R: Run As Command

[Matt Plahtinsky]

That's good to know.  Thanks for that Tip

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM,   wrote:
> > True!  That's why, once I did a total wipe on my desktop machine, I've
> been
> > running with lowest level rights.  The only "trick" I had to learn was
> how
> > to run an .MSI.  (Run a command console as a local admin, then do the MSI
> by
> > command line.)
>
>   If you don't already know: Log on to the local admin account, do
> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View, and enable "Launch folder
> windows in a separate process".  Once that's done, you can start an
> elevated Explorer window from an elevated command prompt.
>
>  I never actually log on to the local admin account of the computer
> on my desk.  I just have a RUNAS'ed CMD prompt, and sometimes an
> Explorer window from it.
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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

Re: View PAE setting on W2K8

[Matthew W. Ross]

Isn't PAE a non-trivial memory performance hit? Or perhaps it used to be 
non-trivial, but newer memory technologies are fast enough to make it trivial 
today?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott
Subject: Re: View PAE setting on W2K8


> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Juned Shaikh  wrote:
> > but I am wondering that why would you need to have PAE in win2k8? becuase
> > you have 32 bit installation or you need this on Win2k8-64 Bit for 32 bit
> enabled
> > applications?
> 
>   PAE will let some versions of 32-bit Windows use more than 4 GiB of
> RAM.  Individual processes are still limited to 2 GiB of userland
> address space (or 3 GiB with 4GT), but the system as a whole can use
> that much RAM.  You could, for example, have several processes, each
> using 2 GiB.
> 
>   PAE is also needed to get the NX bit (No Execute, i.e., what
> Microsoft calls Data Execution Protection).  So even 32-bit XP and
> Vista enable PAE for DEP.  They just ignore memory above 4 GiB.  Same
> for 2003 Server Standard.
> 

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

Re: R: Run As Command

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM,   wrote:
> True!  That's why, once I did a total wipe on my desktop machine, I've been
> running with lowest level rights.  The only "trick" I had to learn was how
> to run an .MSI.  (Run a command console as a local admin, then do the MSI by
> command line.)

  If you don't already know: Log on to the local admin account, do
Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View, and enable "Launch folder
windows in a separate process".  Once that's done, you can start an
elevated Explorer window from an elevated command prompt.

  I never actually log on to the local admin account of the computer
on my desk.  I just have a RUNAS'ed CMD prompt, and sometimes an
Explorer window from it.

-- Ben

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

Re: R: Run As Command

[RichardMcClary]

True!  That's why, once I did a total wipe on my desktop machine, I've 
been running with lowest level rights.  The only "trick" I had to learn 
was how to run an .MSI.  (Run a command console as a local admin, then do 
the MSI by command line.)
--
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ASPCA®
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Jonathan Link  wrote on 04/03/2009 01:20:33 PM:

> The hacker who just owned that machine with the user logged on certainly 
does.

> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:30 PM,  wrote:
> 
> But, only if they know they can do so!
> -- 
> Richard D. McClary 
> Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group 
>   
> ASPCA® 
> 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 
> Urbana, IL  61802 
>   
> richardmccl...@aspca.org 
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> Kevin Lundy  wrote on 04/03/2009 12:26:44 PM: 
> 
> 
> > Although when you really get down to it, there is no difference
> > between power user and admin.  Power user has the ability to add
> > accounts (including their own) the the local admin group.
> > 
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825069
> > 
> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM, HELP_PC  wrote:
> > > They shouldn't know local admin password
> > >
> > > GuidoElia
> > > HELPPC
> > >
> > > 
> > > Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> > > Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
> > > A: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Oggetto: Run As Command
> > >
> > > We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of 
our
> > > computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set 
a
> > > program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
> > > permissions?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _
> > >
> > > Cameron Cooper
> > >
> > > IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
> > >
> > > Aurico Reports, Inc
> > >
> > > Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
> > >
> > > ccoo...@aurico.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> > 
>  
>  
> 
> 
> 
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Re: View PAE setting on W2K8

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Juned Shaikh  wrote:
> but I am wondering that why would you need to have PAE in win2k8? becuase
> you have 32 bit installation or you need this on Win2k8-64 Bit for 32 bit 
> enabled
> applications?

  PAE will let some versions of 32-bit Windows use more than 4 GiB of
RAM.  Individual processes are still limited to 2 GiB of userland
address space (or 3 GiB with 4GT), but the system as a whole can use
that much RAM.  You could, for example, have several processes, each
using 2 GiB.

  PAE is also needed to get the NX bit (No Execute, i.e., what
Microsoft calls Data Execution Protection).  So even 32-bit XP and
Vista enable PAE for DEP.  They just ignore memory above 4 GiB.  Same
for 2003 Server Standard.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Michael B. Smith
 wrote:
> if you are running 32-bit or if you are running 32-bit emulation in 64-bit 
> (i.e.,
> running 32bit SQL server on 64bit windows).

  I don't think the concept of PAE exists in long mode.  The processor
and OS are already using a 64-bit word for both physical and virtual
addresses, so what's the point?  There are still only 36 address lines
coming out of the processor, of course, but that's an implementation
detail that's not visible to the software.

  Meanwhile, PAE never meant anything to 32-bit userland software.
Win32 processes were still limited to a 32-bit virtual address space.
Under Win64, they'll be given a 2 GiB userland by default, or 4 GiB if
they're LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE.  If they want to use AWE (Address
Windowing Extensions, Microsoft's name for bank switching), they can,
but AWE is an OS API feature, and doesn't affect the virtual address
space of the process.

-- Ben

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

Re: R: Run As Command

[Jonathan Link]

The hacker who just owned that machine with the user logged on certainly
does.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:30 PM,  wrote:

>
> But, only if they know they can do so!
> --
> 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* 
>
>
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> contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not
> the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any
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> this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and
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>
> Kevin Lundy  wrote on 04/03/2009 12:26:44 PM:
>
>
> > Although when you really get down to it, there is no difference
> > between power user and admin.  Power user has the ability to add
> > accounts (including their own) the the local admin group.
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825069
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM, HELP_PC  wrote:
> > > They shouldn't know local admin password
> > >
> > > GuidoElia
> > > HELPPC
> > >
> > > 
> > > Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> > > Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
> > > A: NT System Admin Issues
> > > Oggetto: Run As Command
> > >
> > > We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our
> > > computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a
> > > program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
> > > permissions?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _
> > >
> > > Cameron Cooper
> > >
> > > IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
> > >
> > > Aurico Reports, Inc
> > >
> > > Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
> > >
> > > ccoo...@aurico.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: RE: What's the easiest way to migrate printer from one server to another?

[Michael Ross]

Printmig.exe

-Original Message-
From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:jsha...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: RE: What's the easiest way to migrate printer from one server to 
another?

Check this link out:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722360.aspx


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



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~   ~

Re: Run As Command

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Cameron Cooper  wrote:
> We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our
> computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a
> program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
> permissions?

  Power User permissions aren't really that much different from full
local Admins.  Power User accounts can still damage the system easily
(by accident or intentionally), and can make themselves full local
Admins easily.  So you might as well just give them full local Admin
rights.

-- Ben

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

RE: Internet cafe setup

[Michael Ross]

I used deepfreeze at my last job.. also a school. 1500 machines all in the
domain, and worked GREAT

 

From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Internet cafe setup

 

We  used DeepFreeze for all of our classroom and lab machines at my last
job, also in a domain, and also worked quite well.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Glen Johnson  wrote:

Humm.

We have over 300 machines froze in our domain and they seem to work pretty
good.

What problems are you referring to?  Maybe the guy that manages them here
can offer a solution.

 

From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:34 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Internet cafe setup

 

There's also an app called "Deep Freeze" from Faronics. It's pretty good,
but doesn't work well in a domain situation. What it does is creates a
virtual disk that gets reset each time, unless the desktop is unlocked.

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: Fogarty, Richard R CTR USA USASOC [mailto:rick.foga...@us.army.mil] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Internet cafe setup

 

There is an administrative mode where one can apply the necessary patches
and virus defs.

 

From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] 
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 6:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Internet cafe setup

 

Will SteadyState restore to the original disk image?  Where I'm going is if
a user gets all infected and pwnd during their session, will it get
completely restored?  Then if so, how does it handle software patches?

 

Bill 

 

 

From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 3:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Internet cafe setup

 

Seconded for Steady State, I use it a lot for this.

 

Machine reboots at log off and resets itself - usually I just allow IE and
msn messenger and a 30 minutes timeout.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Ben Nordlander 
wrote:

You might take a look at microsoft steadystae too if u do go windows.

-BenN

On Mar 26, 2009 9:53 AM, "Ben Scott"  wrote:

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:07 AM, James Rankin 
wrote: > My initial idea, in ...

 I'd only use a VM if I wanted the users to be have relatively free
reign on the machine during their session -- that way I could roll it
back after.  If you just want a web browser, I think it's prolly
easier to just configure a restricted user.  That way they can't even
muck around with stuff *during* their session.

 I'd use something like LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) or
ThinStation.  I'd set-up one server to push DHCP, boot files, and (if
needed) network file systems out to the clients.

 I'd use a user account on the client's that's got a mostly read-only
user home directory.  (Unlike Windows, Unix will generally work even
if the user's home directory isn't owned or writable by them.)

 I think the only things that the user would *need* to be able to
write to would be /tmp/ and the browser cache directory (typically
something like $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/default/cache/).  I'd suggest
having them use USB flash drives if they want to be able to write or
save files.

 If you have to provide a writable directory, just grant write to
$HOME/Desktop or something like that.  And warn them their work won't
be saved between sessions.

 I'd configure conservative browser settings, and then lock them
against changes.  With Firefox, this is done by changing the
user_pref() or pref() directive to lock_pref().  Possibly use a kiosk
mode configuration.

 I'd mount the home and /tmp partitions with the "noexec" option, so
if the user did manage to download a program, the system would refuse
to execute it.  It should be possible to tell the auto-mounter to add
"noexec" to any USB drives as well.

-- Ben

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

 

 




-- 
Gavin Wilby,
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
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RE: View PAE setting on W2K8

[Michael B. Smith]

if you are running 32-bit or if you are running 32-bit emulation in 64-bit 
(i.e., running 32bit SQL server on 64bit windows).


From: Juned Shaikh [jsha...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: re: View PAE setting on W2K8

Thanks for the info..

but I am wondering that why would you need to have PAE in win2k8? becuase you 
have 32 bit installation or you need this on Win2k8-64 Bit for 32 bit enabled 
applications?


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~   ~

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re: View PAE setting on W2K8

[Juned Shaikh]

Thanks for the info.. 

but I am wondering that why would you need to have PAE in win2k8? becuase you 
have 32 bit installation or you need this on Win2k8-64 Bit for 32 bit enabled 
applications?


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~   ~

RE: Run As Command

[Hart, Robert]

Opps... I meant to say ChillkatSE and CPAU.  I used 7zip just to pack
the files

 

Bob

 

From: Hart, Robert [mailto:robert.h...@genexservices.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Run As Command

 

I have used ChilkatZipse with 7zip to create a package to install the
DST patch on some remote machines, that we posted on a website.  The
user just had to run the exe and it installed with admin rights.  I see
no reason why you could not use it to just run a program in admin mode.
You would have to mess around with it to see.

 

 

Bob

 

From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Run As Command

 

We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our
computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a
program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
permissions?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

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

ccoo...@aurico.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Re: Email List

[mse...@ont.com]

Oops! Did not read carefully. Thought this was addressed to me. Hey it's
friday everyone is entitled to little brain flatulance every now and then ;)

Original Message:
-
From: mse...@ont.com mse...@ont.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:02:14 -0400
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: Re: Email List


Wow! I don't have a Yahoo mailbox. My ISP is ont.com. That's strange.

Original Message:
-
From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:52:36 -0400
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: Re: Email List


TRULY!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Sherry Abercrombie
wrote:

> Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's,
> wow, that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link
wrote:
>
>> We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and
>> wondrous occurrence?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>>
>>> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>>>
 I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?

 Regards,

 Mike Semon

 Original Message:
 -
 From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
 Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
 Subject: RE: Email List


 Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone
ahead
 and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J



 --

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 Sunbelt Software

 (727) 562-0101 x291

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 From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
 Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Email List



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 ~   ~

 
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>>
>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: Run As Command

[Hart, Robert]

I have used ChilkatZipse with 7zip to create a package to install the
DST patch on some remote machines, that we posted on a website.  The
user just had to run the exe and it installed with admin rights.  I see
no reason why you could not use it to just run a program in admin mode.
You would have to mess around with it to see.

 

 

Bob

 

From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Run As Command

 

We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our
computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a
program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
permissions?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

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

ccoo...@aurico.com

 

 

 

 

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~   ~

RE: Run As Command

[Kennedy, Jim]

Never used it for day to day use but we use the below to put out shortcuts to 
installation programs we keep on shares for users.

http://www.wingnutsoftware.com/






Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Run As Command
We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our 
computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a program 
to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users permissions?

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












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

Re: R: Run As Command

[RichardMcClary]

But, only if they know they can do so!
--
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
 
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Kevin Lundy  wrote on 04/03/2009 12:26:44 PM:

> Although when you really get down to it, there is no difference
> between power user and admin.  Power user has the ability to add
> accounts (including their own) the the local admin group.
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825069
> 
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM, HELP_PC  wrote:
> > They shouldn't know local admin password
> >
> > GuidoElia
> > HELPPC
> >
> > 
> > Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> > Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
> > A: NT System Admin Issues
> > Oggetto: Run As Command
> >
> > We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our
> > computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a
> > program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
> > permissions?
> >
> >
> >
> > _
> >
> > Cameron Cooper
> >
> > IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
> >
> > Aurico Reports, Inc
> >
> > Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
> >
> > ccoo...@aurico.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
> 

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

Re: RE: What's the easiest way to migrate printer from one server to another?

[Juned Shaikh]

Check this link out:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722360.aspx


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

Re: R: Run As Command

[Kevin Lundy]

Although when you really get down to it, there is no difference
between power user and admin.  Power user has the ability to add
accounts (including their own) the the local admin group.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;825069

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM, HELP_PC  wrote:
> They shouldn't know local admin password
>
> GuidoElia
> HELPPC
>
> 
> Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
> A: NT System Admin Issues
> Oggetto: Run As Command
>
> We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our
> computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a
> program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
> permissions?
>
>
>
> _
>
> Cameron Cooper
>
> IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
>
> Aurico Reports, Inc
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021    Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

Re: R: Run As Command

[RichardMcClary]

So, if you set up your own machine and happen to be a domain administrator 
(but not logged in as one), do you have someone else enter the admin 
password so that you will not know it?

Not knowing passwords is one thing; not being logged in with elevated 
rights (ie, an admin) is something else...
--
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
 
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"HELP_PC"  wrote on 04/03/2009 12:20:33 PM:

> They shouldn't know local admin password
> 
> GuidoElia
> HELPPC
> 
> 
> Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
> Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
> A: NT System Admin Issues
> Oggetto: Run As Command

> We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of 
> our computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can
> set a program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power 
> Users permissions?
> 
> _
> Cameron Cooper
> IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
> Aurico Reports, Inc
> Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
> ccoo...@aurico.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Win 2003 R2 quotas

[Juned Shaikh]

You should be using the MMC for doing FSRM (File Server Resource management);

Ideally thsi is what you do:

With a faint idea about your environment, but since you said it is school - I 
would think in those lines.

You select entire volume (ie. D:\) and enable soft quota (Monitoring ONLY) - 
create standard alerts at 85% and 100% watermarks - point it to an email 
address for email alert.

Than, you create autoquota and set to hard limit of let's say 5 GB each. That 
ways 1) Existing folder and 2) ANY NEW folder(s)created will automatically 
inherit 5 GB quota. 

Thereafter you selectively assigned bigger quota(s) to individual folders - 
depending upon the folder usage or user request. 

dirquota is the commandline tool which can do this trick fairly easily. 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730873.aspx

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

Re: Run As Command

[RichardMcClary]

Don't know if this is what you are asking for, but for "Shortcut 
properties", Advanced, there is a "run with different credientials" check 
box.  You can continue to (try and) run as "Current user".  Or, you can 
select "The following user", fill in the name and password, and go.
--
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
 
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printout thereof.
 

"Cameron Cooper"  wrote on 04/03/2009 11:49:01 AM:

> We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of 
> our computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can
> set a program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power 
> Users permissions?
> 
> _
> Cameron Cooper
> IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified
> Aurico Reports, Inc
> Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
> ccoo...@aurico.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

R: Run As Command

[HELP_PC]

They shouldn't know local admin password
 
GuidoElia
HELPPC
 

  _  

Da: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Inviato: venerdì 3 aprile 2009 18.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Run As Command



We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our 
computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a program 
to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users permissions?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

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

ccoo...@aurico.com

 


 


 


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

Re: Internet cafe setup

[Rob Bonfiglio]

We  used DeepFreeze for all of our classroom and lab machines at my last
job, also in a domain, and also worked quite well.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Glen Johnson  wrote:

>  Humm.
>
> We have over 300 machines froze in our domain and they seem to work pretty
> good.
>
> What problems are you referring to?  Maybe the guy that manages them here
> can offer a solution.
>
>
>
> *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:34 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Internet cafe setup
>
>
>
> There’s also an app called “Deep Freeze” from Faronics. It’s pretty good,
> but doesn’t work well in a domain situation. What it does is creates a
> virtual disk that gets reset each time, unless the desktop is unlocked.
>
>
>
> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools]
>
>
>
> *From:* Fogarty, Richard R CTR USA USASOC [mailto:rick.foga...@us.army.mil]
>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:19 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Internet cafe setup
>
>
>
> There is an administrative mode where one can apply the necessary patches
> and virus defs…
>
>
>
> *From:* Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org]
> *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2009 6:09 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Internet cafe setup
>
>
>
> Will SteadyState restore to the original disk image?  Where I’m going is if
> a user gets all infected and pwnd during their session, will it get
> completely restored?  Then if so, how does it handle software patches?
>
>
>
> *Bill *
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 29, 2009 3:24 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Internet cafe setup
>
>
>
> Seconded for Steady State, I use it a lot for this.
>
>
>
> Machine reboots at log off and resets itself - usually I just allow IE and
> msn messenger and a 30 minutes timeout.
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Ben Nordlander 
> wrote:
>
> You might take a look at microsoft steadystae too if u do go windows.
>
> -BenN
>
> On Mar 26, 2009 9:53 AM, "Ben Scott"  wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:07 AM, James Rankin 
> wrote: > My initial idea, in ...
>
>  I'd only use a VM if I wanted the users to be have relatively free
> reign on the machine during their session -- that way I could roll it
> back after.  If you just want a web browser, I think it's prolly
> easier to just configure a restricted user.  That way they can't even
> muck around with stuff *during* their session.
>
>  I'd use something like LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project) or
> ThinStation.  I'd set-up one server to push DHCP, boot files, and (if
> needed) network file systems out to the clients.
>
>  I'd use a user account on the client's that's got a mostly read-only
> user home directory.  (Unlike Windows, Unix will generally work even
> if the user's home directory isn't owned or writable by them.)
>
>  I think the only things that the user would *need* to be able to
> write to would be /tmp/ and the browser cache directory (typically
> something like $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/default/cache/).  I'd suggest
> having them use USB flash drives if they want to be able to write or
> save files.
>
>  If you have to provide a writable directory, just grant write to
> $HOME/Desktop or something like that.  And warn them their work won't
> be saved between sessions.
>
>  I'd configure conservative browser settings, and then lock them
> against changes.  With Firefox, this is done by changing the
> user_pref() or pref() directive to lock_pref().  Possibly use a kiosk
> mode configuration.
>
>  I'd mount the home and /tmp partitions with the "noexec" option, so
> if the user did manage to download a program, the system would refuse
> to execute it.  It should be possible to tell the auto-mounter to add
> "noexec" to any USB drives as well.
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.co...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Gavin Wilby,
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
> GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.35/2034 - Release Date: 04/01/09
> 06:06:00
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

FYI: register.com is having a DNS issue. Hosted sites are effected.

[Micheal Espinola Jr]

--
ME2

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

Run As Command

[Cameron Cooper]

We have all our users setup with Power Users permissions on all of our
computers, and would like to know if there was a way that we can set a
program to run as an admin while the user still has the Power Users
permissions?

 

_

Cameron Cooper

IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified

Aurico Reports, Inc

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

ccoo...@aurico.com

 


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

Re: Email List

[edward]

Looks like the Ed's of the world are attaining their goal of world domination

Ed Flipsen
Manager
OLCN Network Services

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

-Original Message-
From: Rubens Almeida 

Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:27:16 
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Email List


I'm starting to be scarred... I think I'm the only Rubens on this list!!!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM, David Lum  wrote:
> OK Sherry yoÿ’re freaking me oÿÿ…
>
>
>
> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:44 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Email List
>
>
>
> Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's, wow,
> that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link 
> wrote:
>
> We had two Mike's on this listÿ  Who could imagine such a strange and
> wondrous occurrence?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>
> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>
> I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Semon
>
> Original Message:
> -
> From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: Email List
>
> Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
> and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J
>
>
>
> --
>
> Donald Bittenbender
>
> IT Developer/DBA
>
> Sunbelt Software
>
> (727) 562-0101 x291
>
> ---
>
> The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/
>
> --
>
> Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/
>
>
>
> From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Email List
>
>
>
> Please take me off of your Email List.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ..
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ 
> 
> mail2web - Check your email from the web at
> http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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


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

RE: Email List

[Jim Mediger]

You are now. I just changed my name from Rubens to Jim because there were too 
many Rubens on this list.

Jim

-Original Message-
From: Rubens Almeida [mailto:rubensalme...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Email List

I'm starting to be scarred... I think I'm the only Rubens on this list!!!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM, David Lum  wrote:
> OK Sherry you're freaking me out.
>
>
>
> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:44 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Email List
>
>
>
> Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's, wow,
> that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link 
> wrote:
>
> We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and
> wondrous occurrence?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>
> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>
> I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Semon
>
> Original Message:
> -
> From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: Email List
>
> Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
> and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J
>
>
>
> --
>
> Donald Bittenbender
>
> IT Developer/DBA
>
> Sunbelt Software
>
> (727) 562-0101 x291
>
> ---
>
> The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/
>
> --
>
> Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/
>
>
>
> From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Email List
>
>
>
> Please take me off of your Email List.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ..
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> 
> mail2web - Check your email from the web at
> http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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


Internal Virus Database is out of date.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com 
Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.12/1998 - Release Date: 03/12/09 
18:23:00

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

Re: Email List

[Rubens Almeida]

I'm starting to be scarred... I think I'm the only Rubens on this list!!!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM, David Lum  wrote:
> OK Sherry you’re freaking me out…
>
>
>
> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:44 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Email List
>
>
>
> Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's, wow,
> that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link 
> wrote:
>
> We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and
> wondrous occurrence?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>
> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>
> I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Semon
>
> Original Message:
> -
> From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: Email List
>
> Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
> and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J
>
>
>
> --
>
> Donald Bittenbender
>
> IT Developer/DBA
>
> Sunbelt Software
>
> (727) 562-0101 x291
>
> ---
>
> The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/
>
> --
>
> Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/
>
>
>
> From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Email List
>
>
>
> Please take me off of your Email List.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ..
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> 
> mail2web - Check your email from the web at
> http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: Email List

[David Lum]

OK Sherry you're freaking me out...

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Email List

Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's, wow, 
that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link 
mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>> wrote:
We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and wondrous 
occurrence?

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely 
mailto:don@gmail.com>> wrote:
Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com 
mailto:mse...@ont.com>> wrote:
I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?

Regards,

Mike Semon

Original Message:
-
From: Donald Bittenbender 
dona...@sunbelt-software.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
To: 
ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com,
 mwcj...@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Email List


Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J



--

Donald Bittenbender

IT Developer/DBA

Sunbelt Software

(727) 562-0101 x291

---

The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/

--

Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/



From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Email List



Please take me off of your Email List.








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


mail2web - Check your email from the web at
http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web



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













--
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
Sent from Haslet, TX, United States





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

Re: Email List

[mse...@ont.com]

Wow! I don't have a Yahoo mailbox. My ISP is ont.com. That's strange.

Original Message:
-
From: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:52:36 -0400
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: Re: Email List


TRULY!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Sherry Abercrombie
wrote:

> Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's,
> wow, that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link
wrote:
>
>> We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and
>> wondrous occurrence?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>>
>>> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>>>
 I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?

 Regards,

 Mike Semon

 Original Message:
 -
 From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
 Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
 Subject: RE: Email List


 Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone
ahead
 and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J



 --

 Donald Bittenbender

 IT Developer/DBA

 Sunbelt Software

 (727) 562-0101 x291

 ---

 The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
 http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/

 --

 Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
 http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/



 From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
 Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Email List



 Please take me off of your Email List.









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

 
 mail2web - Check your email from the web at
 http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web



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


>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
>
>
>
>
>
>

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


mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft®
Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail



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

Re: Whimsical query about battery backups on RAID cards

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Phillip Partipilo  wrote:
> Seriously, are they really relevant anymore?  What kind of idiotic firmware
> would hold any writable data in a cache memory, unwritten to disk, when it
> is completely idle ...

  I don't think any would.  The battery was always intended to protect
pending writes in cache if the system fails in the few seconds after a
write.

  Remember, some (most?) of those sort of cards will report that data
has been comitted to disk before it actually has been committed to
disk.  That violates the integrity assumptions most databases depend
on -- including the ones used for the Windows registry, Active
Directory, Exchange, etc.  They depend on writing a journal entry,
commiting that to disk, then updating the main table, commiting that
to disk, then check pointing, and committing that to disk.  A caching
controller has the option of delaying and/or reordering those
operations for performance.

> is it really worth the expense when your systems are protected by a UPS?

  There are other ways to loose cached pending writes beyond premises
power loss.  Someone could trip over the cord, or hit the power
switch, or the UPS could have a fault.  I know I've seen all of those.
 Or you could get a backplane fault that needs a power cycle to clear.

  How (or if) any of this fits into your risk analysis is, of course,
your decision.  These are the less common cases.

-- Ben

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

Re: Email List

[Jonathan Link]

TRULY!

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote:

> Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's,
> wow, that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:
>
>> We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and
>> wondrous occurrence?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>>
>>> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>>>
 I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?

 Regards,

 Mike Semon

 Original Message:
 -
 From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
 Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
 Subject: RE: Email List


 Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
 and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J



 --

 Donald Bittenbender

 IT Developer/DBA

 Sunbelt Software

 (727) 562-0101 x291

 ---

 The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
 http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/

 --

 Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
 http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/



 From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
 Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
 To: NT System Admin Issues
 Subject: Email List



 Please take me off of your Email List.









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

 
 mail2web - Check your email from the web at
 http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web



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


>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)

[Ziots, Edward]

I have tested the Mcafee Stinger/Conflicker tool it doesn't do that well at 
detection. 

EYE's is better. 

Z

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

-Original Message-
From: Rubens Almeida [mailto:rubensalme...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)

Not sure if you guys have this on your Conficker tool kit, but here's
the Stinger to detect it:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/conficker_stinger/Stinger_Coficker.exe

Funny thing is, it can't be found on the regular Stinger site :)

Regards,

RCAlmeida

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
> Thanks for that tidbit, between that and the conficker scanner that really
> works, ( as compared to Mcafee which isn't catching jack diddly) making my
> life a lot better.
>
>
>
> Z
>
>
>
> Edward Ziots
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Lifespan Organization
>
> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>
> ezi...@lifespan.org
>
> Phone:401-639-3505
>
> 
>
> From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:34 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)
>
>
>
> Man I love this list - it makes me look so involved in my job. You McAfee
> users see this one?
>
> http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ePOScanner.html
>
>
>
> Scans for vulnerabilities in the McAfee AGENT. Sweet! I had a couple...
>
> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:44 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>
>
>
> Hi Jenny!
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
>
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:06 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: Re: Conflicker detector
>
>
>
> Is yours the same as mine? 867-5309?
>
>
>
> Heh.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 07:14, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
>> Ditto on the email...
>
>>
>
>> I may have typo'd my phone # though... ;-)
>
>>
>
>> -sc
>
>>
>
>> -Original Message-
>
>> From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com]
>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:54 AM
>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>> Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>
>>
>
>> And I got 2 emails and a call from sales people minutes after
>
>> downloading
>
>> it.
>
>>
>
>>  - Andy O.
>
>>
>
>>>-Original Message-
>
>>>From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:52 AM
>
>>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>>>Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>eEye won't let you use your Gmail email address, Hm
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>Erik Goldoff
>
>>>IT  Consultant
>
>>>Systems, Networks, & Security
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>-Original Message-
>
>>>From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com]
>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:26 AM
>
>>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>>>Subject: Re: Conflicker detector
>
>>>
>
>>>FYI - eEye has a free conflicker scanner:
>
>>>"Conficker Worm Free Scanner
>
>>>This free scanner is designed to identify infected hosts remotely and
>
>>>anonymously without causing any disruption in business continuity."
>
>>>
>
>>>http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>Jon
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>.
>
>>>
>
>>>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>
>>>  ~
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
>>>~   ~
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
>> ~   ~
>
>>
>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
>> ~   ~
>
>>
>
>>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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


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

Re: Email List

[Sherry Abercrombie]

Wow, imagine if there were two Sherry's or two Jonathan's or two Don's, wow,
that would be absolutely an amazing thing wouldn't it?

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and
> wondrous occurrence?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>
>> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>>
>>> I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Mike Semon
>>>
>>> Original Message:
>>> -
>>> From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
>>> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
>>> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
>>> Subject: RE: Email List
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
>>> and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Donald Bittenbender
>>>
>>> IT Developer/DBA
>>>
>>> Sunbelt Software
>>>
>>> (727) 562-0101 x291
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
>>> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
>>> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: Email List
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please take me off of your Email List.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ..
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>> 
>>> mail2web - Check your email from the web at
>>> http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
Sent from Haslet, TX, United States

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

RE: Redundant Print Servers

[Malcolm Reitz]

Ken,

 

Did you guys take a look at the bandwidth utilization when sending all the
remote site print jobs to the central print server and back to the local
printers again? I can understand why you'd want to centralize the print
sharing, but, admittedly without having really looked in to this, I'd be a
bit concerned about burdening the remote site WAN links with print jobs.

 

-Malcolm

 

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redundant Print Servers

 

We had a 30-odd page detailed design, and a 30 page implementation guide, a
DR guide, ops guides etc...

 

This was for a reasonably large organisation (around 10K users) who wanted
to have a centralised print server cluster in one data center for all their
small branch sites (several hundred of those), as well as a second print
cluster in the DR data center. The failover was between these two data
centers, as the customer didn't want to pay for a stretched cluster just for
printing. And they wanted users to be able to search AD for printers. That
last part was the kicker.

 

In a DR situation, the only thing that needed to be changed (IIRC) was the
cluster that the DNS hostname was pointing to. The rest of the ops work
(e.g. creating the print queue objects) was all handled by a little wizard
based HTA application that we wrote (IIRC) and worked into the operations
processes of the org.

 

Cheers

Ken

 

  _  

From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@owa.smithcons.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2009 11:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redundant Print Servers

Is that process written up anywhere?

 

  _  

From: Ken Schaefer [...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redundant Print Servers

What we did at one customer was:

a) disable printer publishing into AD

b) create custom printQueue objects in AD under a custom computer account
(which is your print server alias)

c) disable print queue pruning

 

That way: 

- users can still search AD for printers

- you still get the redundancy you want (whether by DNS failover, content
switch load balancing or whatever)

 

Cheers

Ken

 

 

 

 

  _  

From: tony patton [tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 1 April 2009 7:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redundant Print Servers


We have 2 print servers per site, an active and passive. 
When we make a change to an active printserver, we do the same on the
passive, or we're supposed to :-) 

The way we handle redundancy is to use a dns alias, so we have
srv-print01 and srv-print02 with the dns alias of
srv-print 

If the active server goes down, we just change the dns entry to point to the
other server. 

The only problem with this is that if the user goes to add a printer and
selects the Find in directory, it lists the queues on the actual servers. 
I've created a vbscript that checks the users printers and if its not
connected to the alias, it deletes it and re-maps to the alias queue. 
I can pass on the script if needed. 

You also need to do the following reg edit otherwise you get a duplicate
name error. 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameter
s] 
"DisableStrictNameChecking"=dword:0001 

Regards

Tony Patton
Desktop Operations Cavan
Ext 8078
Direct Dial 049 435 2878
email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com 




"Michael B. Smith"  

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So.what is everyone doing for redundant print servers? 
  
(That is, one server hosting all printers goes down, the other takes over;
alternately, two servers share the load usually until one crashes and the
other takes over?) 
  
I can think of a couple of ways to handle this, but I'd like to know what
"everyone else" is doing. 
  
Regards, 
  
Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP 
My blog:  
http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael 
Monitoring Exchange w/OpsMgr now available  
http://snurl.com/45ppf 


  
  


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Re: Email List

[Jonathan Link]

We had two Mike's on this list?  Who could imagine such a strange and
wondrous occurrence?

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Don Ely  wrote:

> Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:
>
>> I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mike Semon
>>
>> Original Message:
>> -
>> From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
>> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
>> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
>> Subject: RE: Email List
>>
>>
>> Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
>> and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Donald Bittenbender
>>
>> IT Developer/DBA
>>
>> Sunbelt Software
>>
>> (727) 562-0101 x291
>>
>> ---
>>
>> The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
>> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/
>>
>> --
>>
>> Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
>> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Email List
>>
>>
>>
>> Please take me off of your Email List.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ..
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>> 
>> mail2web - Check your email from the web at
>> http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
>>
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>

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

Re: McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)

[Rubens Almeida]

Not sure if you guys have this on your Conficker tool kit, but here's
the Stinger to detect it:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/conficker_stinger/Stinger_Coficker.exe

Funny thing is, it can't be found on the regular Stinger site :)

Regards,

RCAlmeida

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
> Thanks for that tidbit, between that and the conficker scanner that really
> works, ( as compared to Mcafee which isn’t catching jack diddly) making my
> life a lot better.
>
>
>
> Z
>
>
>
> Edward Ziots
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Lifespan Organization
>
> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>
> ezi...@lifespan.org
>
> Phone:401-639-3505
>
> 
>
> From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:34 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)
>
>
>
> Man I love this list - it makes me look so involved in my job. You McAfee
> users see this one?
>
> http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ePOScanner.html
>
>
>
> Scans for vulnerabilities in the McAfee AGENT. Sweet! I had a couple...
>
> David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:44 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>
>
>
> Hi Jenny!
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
>
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:06 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: Re: Conflicker detector
>
>
>
> Is yours the same as mine? 867-5309?
>
>
>
> Heh.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 07:14, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
>> Ditto on the email...
>
>>
>
>> I may have typo'd my phone # though... ;-)
>
>>
>
>> -sc
>
>>
>
>> -Original Message-
>
>> From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com]
>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:54 AM
>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>> Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>
>>
>
>> And I got 2 emails and a call from sales people minutes after
>
>> downloading
>
>> it.
>
>>
>
>>  - Andy O.
>
>>
>
>>>-Original Message-
>
>>>From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:52 AM
>
>>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>>>Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>eEye won't let you use your Gmail email address, Hm
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>Erik Goldoff
>
>>>IT  Consultant
>
>>>Systems, Networks, & Security
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>-Original Message-
>
>>>From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com]
>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:26 AM
>
>>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>
>>>Subject: Re: Conflicker detector
>
>>>
>
>>>FYI - eEye has a free conflicker scanner:
>
>>>"Conficker Worm Free Scanner
>
>>>This free scanner is designed to identify infected hosts remotely and
>
>>>anonymously without causing any disruption in business continuity."
>
>>>
>
>>>http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>Jon
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>.
>
>>>
>
>>>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>
>>>  ~
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
>>>~   ~
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
>> ~   ~
>
>>
>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
>> ~   ~
>
>>
>
>>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>
> ~   ~
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

Re: Email List

[Don Ely]

Whomever now owns your Yahoo mailbox

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM, mse...@ont.com  wrote:

> I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Semon
>
> Original Message:
> -
> From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
> Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: Email List
>
>
> Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
> and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J
>
>
>
> --
>
> Donald Bittenbender
>
> IT Developer/DBA
>
> Sunbelt Software
>
> (727) 562-0101 x291
>
> ---
>
> The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/
>
> --
>
> Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/
>
>
>
> From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Email List
>
>
>
> Please take me off of your Email List.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ..
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
> 
> mail2web - Check your email from the web at
> http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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

RE: Email List

[mse...@ont.com]

I did not ask to be unsuscribed. Who emailed you to unsubscribe me?

Regards,

Mike Semon

Original Message:
-
From: Donald Bittenbender dona...@sunbelt-software.com
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:13:29 -0400
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com, mwcj...@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Email List


Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J

 

--

Donald Bittenbender

IT Developer/DBA

Sunbelt Software

(727) 562-0101 x291

---

The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/

--

Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/

 

From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Email List

 

Please take me off of your Email List.

 

 

 



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


mail2web - Check your email from the web at
http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web



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

RE: Email List

[Donald Bittenbender]

Hello Mike, you had signed up for the NTSysAdmin list. I have gone ahead
and manually unsubscribed you. You'll receive no further emails. J

 

--

Donald Bittenbender

IT Developer/DBA

Sunbelt Software

(727) 562-0101 x291

---

The end of bloated AntiVirus as you know it,
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Home-Home-Office/VIPRE/

--

Enterprise Spam + Virus Protection
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/Ninja-Email-Security/

 

From: Mike [mailto:mwcj...@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Email List

 

Please take me off of your Email List.

 

 

 



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

RE: McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)

[Ziots, Edward]

Thanks for that tidbit, between that and the conficker scanner that
really works, ( as compared to Mcafee which isn't catching jack diddly)
making my life a lot better. 

 

Z

 

Edward Ziots

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +

ezi...@lifespan.org

Phone:401-639-3505



From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)

 

Man I love this list - it makes me look so involved in my job. You
McAfee users see this one?

http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ePOScanner.html
 

 

Scans for vulnerabilities in the McAfee AGENT. Sweet! I had a couple...

David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER 
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764

-Original Message-
From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Conflicker detector

 

Hi Jenny!

 

-Original Message-

From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 

Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:06 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Conflicker detector

 

Is yours the same as mine? 867-5309?

 

Heh.

 

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 07:14, Steven M. Caesare 
wrote:

> Ditto on the email...

> 

> I may have typo'd my phone # though... ;-)

> 

> -sc

> 

> -Original Message-

> From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com]

> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:54 AM

> To: NT System Admin Issues

> Subject: RE: Conflicker detector

> 

> And I got 2 emails and a call from sales people minutes after

> downloading

> it.

> 

>  - Andy O.

> 

>>-Original Message-

>>From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]

>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:52 AM

>>To: NT System Admin Issues

>>Subject: RE: Conflicker detector

>> 

>> 

>>eEye won't let you use your Gmail email address, Hm

>> 

>> 

>>Erik Goldoff

>>IT  Consultant

>>Systems, Networks, & Security

>> 

>> 

>>-Original Message-

>>From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com]

>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:26 AM

>>To: NT System Admin Issues

>>Subject: Re: Conflicker detector

>> 

>>FYI - eEye has a free conflicker scanner:

>>"Conficker Worm Free Scanner

>>This free scanner is designed to identify infected hosts remotely and

>>anonymously without causing any disruption in business continuity."

>> 

>>http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html

>> 

>> 

>>Jon

>> 

>> 

>> 

>>.

>> 

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

>>  ~

>> 

>> 

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

>>~   ~

> 

> 

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

> ~   ~

> 

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

> ~   ~

> 

> 

 

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

~   ~

 

 

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

~   ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

[Art DeKneef]

In SBS2003 R2 Microsoft changed it so you didn't need to purchase extra CALs
if you added another Exchange or SQL Server. Prior to SBS2003 R2 if you
added another Exchange Server you needed to purchase CALs for the second
Exchange Server. You have never been able to move Exchange to another
server. SBS licensing doesn't allow that.

 

From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

 

No, a User cal covers all servers, Exchange Cals would cover the client,
same with SQL.

 

In R2, you were able to move Exchange and SQL to other servers without
having to buy a new server license.

Non R2 that is not allowed.

User CALS cover the users.

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

 

Did they change the licensing for SBS 2008?  With 2003, the CAL covered any
number of member servers so long as the server itself was licensed.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Art DeKneef  wrote:

I think Greg meant to say you will need to by CALs for the older servers to
legally use them in the SBS2008 domain.

Are you planning to do an upgrade or a new SBS2008 install? You cannot do a
direct upgrade from Server 2000 to SBS2008.

The second server in SBS 2008 Premium can be used for whatever you want. It
is just another 2008 server.

Art



-Original Message-
From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

I should say you have to buy Server licenses for those boxes as well.
Only the 2nd license is included in SBS Premium.

-Original Message-
From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

We're going to go SBS 2008 from regular 2000 server.  SBS 2008 just
looks
like it adds another Server 2008 license and SQL Server.  I doubt we'll
ever
use SQL server.  However, wanting redundancy, can we still keep our 2000
servers on-board, and upgrade the schema so they can stay in the
replication
loop?

If not, will that second Server 2008 in Premium keep a replica of the
AD?



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107





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Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Vicky Spelshaus]

I feel your pain  "Academic freedom" anyone?   And thanks to an ever
shrinking budget, I'm in charge of 11 servers and over 350 workstations.
I'm also the backup for the only other IT person on campus who is in charge
of the Distance Education classes.  So between two of us, we do all the
networking, PC hardware and software support, server support, compressed
video and conferencing support and proctoring for all the students on our
campus taking distance ed classes as well as the online only students local
to our area.  Oh - and did I mention we do the phones as well?

The only thing that keeps me going every day is I actually enjoy what I do
(if not the work environment) and locally we were at about 13% unemployment
last month with another huge layoff announced yesterday.  At least I have a
job.



On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Jon Harris  wrote:

> A State University but not on the main campus.  15 months and I am.
>
> Jon
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:01 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>
>>  What does your company do? Sounds like there’s enough waste that a
>> dedicated competitor could come in and undercut price and exceed on quality
>> quite easily.  15 dedicated workers will smoke 45 slackers every time.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyhow, sounds like a work environment I would leave at the first
>> opportunity. A CEO that doesn’t have a strong work ethic is a CEO I don’t
>> want to work for….
>>
>> *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 3:28 AM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>>
>>
>> "However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people
>> to come to work to work, not to do anything else.'
>>
>> Now that is a novel idea!  I wish ours did.  He is allowing staff to come
>> and go at will, not show up at all for days, and use "company" time to
>> browse the Internet without any controls.  I have one user that to put it
>> lightly likes young ladies but as long as no one see's it on any of his
>> systems no comment is made.  No it is not illegal what he is looking at but
>> there are limits to comments I have heard out of him.  All but a few of the
>> staff enjoy those perks.  Less than a third of the entire staff get quized
>> if we call in sick and as far as not showing they call us at home even on
>> vacations.  Sour grapes maybe but try being told to reschedule vacations and
>> doctors appointments because you are needed at the office only to show up
>> and maybe 2 or 3 others are here working the rest are out.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, James Rankin 
>> wrote:
>>
>> We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though,
>> which means users have no local storage. So their personal "dumping grounds"
>> cut across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's
>> perceptions of things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on
>> Citrix desktops to virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had
>> before, and they don't. Same way they can't understand why I am bothered
>> about them filling up their "My Documents" with junk, they seem to think it
>> is all stored on their monitor :-)
>>
>> I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries next
>> (cue evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he
>> likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.
>>
>> I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back
>> to the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 
>>
>> James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big
>> concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these guys
>> down to the 'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no IM,
>> OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in
>> alienating them.
>>
>>
>>
>> Curious, what size is your org?
>>
>>
>>
>> I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are
>> stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I back
>> up their machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.  If they
>> fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they
>> have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a
>> reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR drills).   I have
>> sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they use
>> our email for personal use]  The only thing that I am erked out about lately
>> is SMS usage.  Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided
>> cells for personal use.  The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is
>> started to take a toll.  We used to get it free from Sprint, but not any
>> more :(
>>
>>
>>
>> -Sam
>>

SV: New server

[Erik Fog-Morrissette]

Thanks for the tip unfortunately there was no change after the changes.

 

Fra: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sendt: 19. marts 2009 16:23
Til: NT System Admin Issues
Emne: 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 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."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

[Art DeKneef]

I don't think that licensing aspect has changed. I was replying to the part
about buying Server licenses for the boxes he already had. It wasn't clear
to me what he meant by that so by trying to clarify made it worse.  

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

 

Did they change the licensing for SBS 2008?  With 2003, the CAL covered any
number of member servers so long as the server itself was licensed.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Art DeKneef  wrote:

I think Greg meant to say you will need to by CALs for the older servers to
legally use them in the SBS2008 domain.

Are you planning to do an upgrade or a new SBS2008 install? You cannot do a
direct upgrade from Server 2000 to SBS2008.

The second server in SBS 2008 Premium can be used for whatever you want. It
is just another 2008 server.

Art



-Original Message-
From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

I should say you have to buy Server licenses for those boxes as well.
Only the 2nd license is included in SBS Premium.

-Original Message-
From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

We're going to go SBS 2008 from regular 2000 server.  SBS 2008 just
looks
like it adds another Server 2008 license and SQL Server.  I doubt we'll
ever
use SQL server.  However, wanting redundancy, can we still keep our 2000
servers on-board, and upgrade the schema so they can stay in the
replication
loop?

If not, will that second Server 2008 in Premium keep a replica of the
AD?



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107





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Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Jon Harris]

A State University but not on the main campus.  15 months and I am.

Jon

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:01 AM, David Lum  wrote:

>  What does your company do? Sounds like there’s enough waste that a
> dedicated competitor could come in and undercut price and exceed on quality
> quite easily.  15 dedicated workers will smoke 45 slackers every time.
>
>
>
> Anyhow, sounds like a work environment I would leave at the first
> opportunity. A CEO that doesn’t have a strong work ethic is a CEO I don’t
> want to work for….
>
> *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER
> NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
> (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764
>
>
>
> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 3:28 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
>
> "However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people to
> come to work to work, not to do anything else.'
>
> Now that is a novel idea!  I wish ours did.  He is allowing staff to come
> and go at will, not show up at all for days, and use "company" time to
> browse the Internet without any controls.  I have one user that to put it
> lightly likes young ladies but as long as no one see's it on any of his
> systems no comment is made.  No it is not illegal what he is looking at but
> there are limits to comments I have heard out of him.  All but a few of the
> staff enjoy those perks.  Less than a third of the entire staff get quized
> if we call in sick and as far as not showing they call us at home even on
> vacations.  Sour grapes maybe but try being told to reschedule vacations and
> doctors appointments because you are needed at the office only to show up
> and maybe 2 or 3 others are here working the rest are out.
>
>
>
> Jon
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, James Rankin 
> wrote:
>
> We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though,
> which means users have no local storage. So their personal "dumping grounds"
> cut across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's
> perceptions of things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on
> Citrix desktops to virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had
> before, and they don't. Same way they can't understand why I am bothered
> about them filling up their "My Documents" with junk, they seem to think it
> is all stored on their monitor :-)
>
> I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries next
> (cue evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he
> likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.
>
> I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back
> to the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-)
>
>
>
> 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 
>
> James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big
> concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these guys
> down to the 'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no IM,
> OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in
> alienating them.
>
>
>
> Curious, what size is your org?
>
>
>
> I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are
> stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I back
> up their machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.  If they
> fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they
> have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a
> reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR drills).   I have
> sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they use
> our email for personal use]  The only thing that I am erked out about lately
> is SMS usage.  Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided
> cells for personal use.  The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is
> started to take a toll.  We used to get it free from Sprint, but not any
> more :(
>
>
>
> -Sam
>
>
>
> PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;)  [Yeah, it snowed
> here yesterday - It's April].   I'm confident Rollouts will be alright
> through these tough times.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 3:45 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
>
> You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they did
> have access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs,
> they didn't reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook, I
> had customer service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they couldn't
> get on it. When I did an audit of our file servers, I found 85% of our
> storage space was cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of their
> friends, joke programs, etc. I hate to think how much of our email storage
> is also full of non-work-re

RE: Whimsical query about battery backups on RAID cards

[René de Haas]

Sometimes a UPS breaks.

Disable the write cache and see if you notice a difference.
Of course it will slow you down, but maybe it's OK for you.

Rene

-Original Message-
From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Whimsical query about battery backups on RAID cards

Seriously, are they really relevant anymore?  What kind of idiotic firmware
would hold any writable data in a cache memory, unwritten to disk, when it
is completely idle, which is pretty likely for many implementations of a
RAID (well at least for a small biz like us), is it really worth the expense
when your systems are protected by a UPS? 

 
Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 



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RE: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..

[Sam Cayze]

Andy, you rock.  I will contact you off list.
-Sam 

-Original Message-
From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..

Actually, what you're needing sounds useful so I think I might try to do it 
myself.  I'll keep you updated.  You need this right away?

 - Andy O.

>-Original Message-
>From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:57 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..
>
>I have done this before with MapPoint 2006 and 2009 and a customized 
>add-in I made from a code samples I found on the web.  My add-in just 
>does a single shaded circle around the points but its variable sized.  
>I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to customize the code to allow 
>multiple circles as long as the biggest one (150 mile) was laid down 
>first and then the others on top of it. It's pretty simple VB 6 so if 
>you have someone who can modify and compile it I can send it to you.
>
> - Andy O.
>
>From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:45 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..
>
>Alright, this is really pushing the confines of this list...  But I 
>recall a while back a great deal of Map Software knowledge many of you 
>had.
>
>I need to import a Excel/CSV of multiple cities into a map program, and 
>output shaded regions of with 3 shaded regions.  (50 Mile Radius, 100 
>Mile Radius, 150 Mile Radius).  Kinda like territories.
>
>I have tried MapPoint 2009, Google Earth Pro, Google Maps 
>hacks/mashups, all without luck.
>
>Any leads?
>
>TIA,
>
>-Sam
>
>
>
>
>
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RE: Time to relax content filters?

[John Cook]

Starts with a Z? Sending limits are your friend. Do you have a mail 
retention policy? Are you on Exchange?

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: Jeremy Anderson [mailto:jer...@mapiadmin.net]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 10:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?

I work for a large Internet Dot Com retailer, you would recognize the name, I 
guaranty it.  We are in the Fortune 500.

"We are a service company that just happens to sell.."

Culture is our number one focus and we are asked to bend over for our customers 
and as an extension for other employees.  Of course  social media is a giant 
part of our company and employees are encouraged to twitter what they are doing 
at any moment, Facebook groups exist for each department, and the employee 
parades exist on YouTube.

So the moral of this story is that slacking off at work does seem to pay off to 
a point, because sales are still going up.  We work hard and we play hard and 
all employees are expected to give 110%  24/7.

The call center is all Linux, but the rest of the company and the shipping 
warehouse is all Windows PC.  These machines are all locked down to varying 
degrees, overall no one has local admin rights.  I am surprised that we don't 
get more viruses than we do, but Symantec seems to keep us pretty well 
protected.  The Macs in the company are pretty unregulated, cause "Mac's don't 
get Viruses"

I am just waiting until the other shoe drops

My worst nightmare is email...  Holy Crap.  Managements attitude is "Gmail has 
500gb free storage per mailbox, we are a dot com, let our users have as much 
mail as they want, its only Disk Space"  I have users w/ 20+ GB Exchange 
mailboxes.  Over 2TB of mail for 450 or so users.  No size sending limits 
either.  I am constantly reminding people not to be emailing each other ISO's 
of movies.

I often wish I could lock it down more.  MP3's in your home drive = ehh not so 
Much.  Mail Box Limits, 2gb, lean to delete stuff, the new beta version of 
twitter in your task bar - how about NO"  The funny thing is overall, 
everything just works, the employees are happy, etc..  I bust my butt just to 
keep things working and I fear if I ever have to do a restore, but I am aware 
of the issues, and have made my management aware as well.

A testament I think goes mostly to removing local admin rights and the power of 
positive thinking..

I hope some of this made sense...

Jeremy

-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 5:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

Our users haven't had admin privs in about 6 years.  The whining never
completely stops.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
> I just tell them it isn't your computer as much as they want to think it is,
> it's a company asset, which means they don't need admin rights to do there
> work, nor are they getting them. I am still fighting this battle at my
> workplace with some, but its getting easier over time...
>
>
>
> Z
>
>
>
> Edward Ziots
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Lifespan Organization
>
> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>
> ezi...@lifespan.org
>
> Phone:401-639-3505
>
> 
>
> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:49 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Whimsical query about battery backups on RAID cards

[Phillip Partipilo]

Seriously, are they really relevant anymore?  What kind of idiotic firmware
would hold any writable data in a cache memory, unwritten to disk, when it
is completely idle, which is pretty likely for many implementations of a
RAID (well at least for a small biz like us), is it really worth the expense
when your systems are protected by a UPS? 

 
Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 



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RE: Time to relax content filters?

[Jeremy Anderson]

PS - After Reading David post.

Our work ethic is defiantly there, if you don't get your work done, you get 
axed.  But you are also allowed to shoot Nerf Darts at the next cube over while 
surfing Facebook, as long as you get your work done.

Do I think there are times that people should stop screwing around and do 
stuff?  Defiantly.  Have I ever gone to work on a project to find out the 
person I need to talk to is out Skydiving with the CEO?  Sure.  But overall, I 
think we get more done because of our attitude and going to work everyday is 
defiantly an adventure, instead of going to a Dilbert like cube farm.

J

-Original Message-
From: Jeremy Anderson [mailto:jer...@mapiadmin.net]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?

I work for a large Internet Dot Com retailer, you would recognize the name, I 
guaranty it.  We are in the Fortune 500.

"We are a service company that just happens to sell.."

Culture is our number one focus and we are asked to bend over for our customers 
and as an extension for other employees.  Of course  social media is a giant 
part of our company and employees are encouraged to twitter what they are doing 
at any moment, Facebook groups exist for each department, and the employee 
parades exist on YouTube.

So the moral of this story is that slacking off at work does seem to pay off to 
a point, because sales are still going up.  We work hard and we play hard and 
all employees are expected to give 110%  24/7.

The call center is all Linux, but the rest of the company and the shipping 
warehouse is all Windows PC.  These machines are all locked down to varying 
degrees, overall no one has local admin rights.  I am surprised that we don't 
get more viruses than we do, but Symantec seems to keep us pretty well 
protected.  The Macs in the company are pretty unregulated, cause "Mac's don't 
get Viruses"

I am just waiting until the other shoe drops

My worst nightmare is email...  Holy Crap.  Managements attitude is "Gmail has 
500gb free storage per mailbox, we are a dot com, let our users have as much 
mail as they want, its only Disk Space"  I have users w/ 20+ GB Exchange 
mailboxes.  Over 2TB of mail for 450 or so users.  No size sending limits 
either.  I am constantly reminding people not to be emailing each other ISO's 
of movies.

I often wish I could lock it down more.  MP3's in your home drive = ehh not so 
Much.  Mail Box Limits, 2gb, lean to delete stuff, the new beta version of 
twitter in your task bar - how about NO"  The funny thing is overall, 
everything just works, the employees are happy, etc..  I bust my butt just to 
keep things working and I fear if I ever have to do a restore, but I am aware 
of the issues, and have made my management aware as well.

A testament I think goes mostly to removing local admin rights and the power of 
positive thinking..

I hope some of this made sense...

Jeremy

-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 5:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

Our users haven't had admin privs in about 6 years.  The whining never
completely stops.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
> I just tell them it isn't your computer as much as they want to think it is,
> it's a company asset, which means they don't need admin rights to do there
> work, nor are they getting them. I am still fighting this battle at my
> workplace with some, but its getting easier over time...
>
>
>
> Z
>
>
>
> Edward Ziots
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Lifespan Organization
>
> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>
> ezi...@lifespan.org
>
> Phone:401-639-3505
>
> 
>
> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:49 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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


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


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

RE: Time to relax content filters?

[Jeremy Anderson]

I work for a large Internet Dot Com retailer, you would recognize the name, I 
guaranty it.  We are in the Fortune 500.

"We are a service company that just happens to sell.."

Culture is our number one focus and we are asked to bend over for our customers 
and as an extension for other employees.  Of course  social media is a giant 
part of our company and employees are encouraged to twitter what they are doing 
at any moment, Facebook groups exist for each department, and the employee 
parades exist on YouTube.

So the moral of this story is that slacking off at work does seem to pay off to 
a point, because sales are still going up.  We work hard and we play hard and 
all employees are expected to give 110%  24/7.

The call center is all Linux, but the rest of the company and the shipping 
warehouse is all Windows PC.  These machines are all locked down to varying 
degrees, overall no one has local admin rights.  I am surprised that we don't 
get more viruses than we do, but Symantec seems to keep us pretty well 
protected.  The Macs in the company are pretty unregulated, cause "Mac's don't 
get Viruses"

I am just waiting until the other shoe drops

My worst nightmare is email...  Holy Crap.  Managements attitude is "Gmail has 
500gb free storage per mailbox, we are a dot com, let our users have as much 
mail as they want, its only Disk Space"  I have users w/ 20+ GB Exchange 
mailboxes.  Over 2TB of mail for 450 or so users.  No size sending limits 
either.  I am constantly reminding people not to be emailing each other ISO's 
of movies.

I often wish I could lock it down more.  MP3's in your home drive = ehh not so 
Much.  Mail Box Limits, 2gb, lean to delete stuff, the new beta version of 
twitter in your task bar - how about NO"  The funny thing is overall, 
everything just works, the employees are happy, etc..  I bust my butt just to 
keep things working and I fear if I ever have to do a restore, but I am aware 
of the issues, and have made my management aware as well.

A testament I think goes mostly to removing local admin rights and the power of 
positive thinking..

I hope some of this made sense...

Jeremy

-Original Message-
From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 5:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

Our users haven't had admin privs in about 6 years.  The whining never
completely stops.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
> I just tell them it isn't your computer as much as they want to think it is,
> it's a company asset, which means they don't need admin rights to do there
> work, nor are they getting them. I am still fighting this battle at my
> workplace with some, but its getting easier over time...
>
>
>
> Z
>
>
>
> Edward Ziots
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Lifespan Organization
>
> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>
> ezi...@lifespan.org
>
> Phone:401-639-3505
>
> 
>
> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:49 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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


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~   ~

RE: Time to relax content filters?

[David Lum]

What does your company do? Sounds like there's enough waste that a dedicated 
competitor could come in and undercut price and exceed on quality quite easily. 
 15 dedicated workers will smoke 45 slackers every time.

Anyhow, sounds like a work environment I would leave at the first opportunity. 
A CEO that doesn't have a strong work ethic is a CEO I don't want to work 
for
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

"However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people to 
come to work to work, not to do anything else.'
Now that is a novel idea!  I wish ours did.  He is allowing staff to come and 
go at will, not show up at all for days, and use "company" time to browse the 
Internet without any controls.  I have one user that to put it lightly likes 
young ladies but as long as no one see's it on any of his systems no comment is 
made.  No it is not illegal what he is looking at but there are limits to 
comments I have heard out of him.  All but a few of the staff enjoy those 
perks.  Less than a third of the entire staff get quized if we call in sick and 
as far as not showing they call us at home even on vacations.  Sour grapes 
maybe but try being told to reschedule vacations and doctors appointments 
because you are needed at the office only to show up and maybe 2 or 3 others 
are here working the rest are out.

Jon
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, James Rankin 
mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>> wrote:
We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though, which 
means users have no local storage. So their personal "dumping grounds" cut 
across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's perceptions of 
things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on Citrix desktops to 
virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had before, and they don't. 
Same way they can't understand why I am bothered about them filling up their 
"My Documents" with junk, they seem to think it is all stored on their monitor 
:-)

I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries next (cue 
evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes 
people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.

I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back to 
the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-)

2009/4/3 Sam Cayze mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com>>
James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big concern 
for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these guys down to the 
'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no IM, OpenDNS block 
any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in alienating them.

Curious, what size is your org?

I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are stored 
locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I back up their 
machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.  If they fill up 
their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they have to trim 
down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a reason why I 
should be bothered by it (even after DR drills).   I have sifted through our 
email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they use our email for 
personal use]  The only thing that I am erked out about lately is SMS usage.  
Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided cells for personal 
use.  The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is started to take a toll.  We 
used to get it free from Sprint, but not any more :(

-Sam

PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;)  [Yeah, it snowed here 
yesterday - It's April].   I'm confident Rollouts will be alright through these 
tough times.




From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:45 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they did have 
access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs, they didn't 
reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook, I had customer 
service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they couldn't get on it. When I 
did an audit of our file servers, I found 85% of our storage space was 
cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of their friends, joke programs, 
etc. I hate to think how much of our email storage is also full of 
non-work-related crap.

our productivity is up massively since we went with thin clients, web filters, 
disk quotas and the like. We still allow quota time for Internet access to 
shopping and entertainment sites, etc. The environment is much more secure

RE: Friday Fun - Amazing Honda Commercial

[John Cook]

I have it as a test link on our Sharepoint site from a different link 
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda

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+

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Friday Fun - Amazing Honda Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcmd5AFIxZ0

I'm not including the text that was sent with this to me, because it's not 
entirely accurate, was mostly true according to Snopes.  This commercial was 
done in 2 shoots, with no CGI except for the lighting on the car doors at the 
end.  If you think dominoes falling is amazing, just wait til you see this.

--
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
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RE: Friday Fun - Amazing Honda Commercial

[David Lum]

I remember when this came out, it's AMAZING. Rube Goldberg eat your heart out!

Dave

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Friday Fun - Amazing Honda Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcmd5AFIxZ0

I'm not including the text that was sent with this to me, because it's not 
entirely accurate, was mostly true according to Snopes.  This commercial was 
done in 2 shoots, with no CGI except for the lighting on the car doors at the 
end.  If you think dominoes falling is amazing, just wait til you see this.

--
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
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McAfee ePO agent vuln scanner (was RE: Conficker detector)

[David Lum]

Man I love this list - it makes me look so involved in my job. You McAfee users 
see this one?
http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ePOScanner.html

Scans for vulnerabilities in the McAfee AGENT. Sweet! I had a couple...

David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
-Original Message-
From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Conflicker detector

Hi Jenny!

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Conflicker detector

Is yours the same as mine? 867-5309?

Heh.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 07:14, Steven M. Caesare  wrote:
> Ditto on the email...
>
> I may have typo'd my phone # though... ;-)
>
> -sc
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:54 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>
> And I got 2 emails and a call from sales people minutes after
> downloading
> it.
>
>  - Andy O.
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:52 AM
>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>>Subject: RE: Conflicker detector
>>
>>
>>eEye won't let you use your Gmail email address, Hm
>>
>>
>>Erik Goldoff
>>IT  Consultant
>>Systems, Networks, & Security
>>
>>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:26 AM
>>To: NT System Admin Issues
>>Subject: Re: Conflicker detector
>>
>>FYI - eEye has a free conflicker scanner:
>>"Conficker Worm Free Scanner
>>This free scanner is designed to identify infected hosts remotely and
>>anonymously without causing any disruption in business continuity."
>>
>>http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html
>>
>>
>>Jon
>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
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>>
>>
>>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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>
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> ~   ~
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> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
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>

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OT: Friday Fun - Amazing Honda Commercial

[Sherry Abercrombie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcmd5AFIxZ0

I'm not including the text that was sent with this to me, because it's not
entirely accurate, was mostly true according to Snopes.  This commercial was
done in 2 shoots, with no CGI except for the lighting on the car doors at
the end.  If you think dominoes falling is amazing, just wait til you see
this.

-- 
Sherry Abercrombie

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Arthur C. Clarke
Sent from Haslet, TX, United States

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

RE: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..

[Andy Ognenoff]

Actually, what you're needing sounds useful so I think I might try to do it
myself.  I'll keep you updated.  You need this right away?

 - Andy O.

>-Original Message-
>From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:57 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: RE: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..
>
>I have done this before with MapPoint 2006 and 2009 and a customized add-in
>I made from a code samples I found on the web.  My add-in just does a
>single
>shaded circle around the points but its variable sized.  I’m sure it
>wouldn’t be too difficult to customize the code to allow multiple circles
>as
>long as the biggest one (150 mile) was laid down first and then the others
>on top of it. It’s pretty simple VB 6 so if you have someone who can modify
>and compile it I can send it to you.
>
> - Andy O.
>
>From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:45 AM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..
>
>Alright, this is really pushing the confines of this list...  But I recall
>a
>while back a great deal of Map Software knowledge many of you had.
>
>I need to import a Excel/CSV of multiple cities into a map program, and
>output shaded regions of with 3 shaded regions.  (50 Mile Radius, 100 Mile
>Radius, 150 Mile Radius).  Kinda like territories.
>
>I have tried MapPoint 2009, Google Earth Pro, Google Maps hacks/mashups,
>all
>without luck.
>
>Any leads?
>
>TIA,
>
>-Sam
>
>
>
>
>
>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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RE: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..

[Andy Ognenoff]

I have done this before with MapPoint 2006 and 2009 and a customized add-in
I made from a code samples I found on the web.  My add-in just does a single
shaded circle around the points but its variable sized.  I’m sure it
wouldn’t be too difficult to customize the code to allow multiple circles as
long as the biggest one (150 mile) was laid down first and then the others
on top of it. It’s pretty simple VB 6 so if you have someone who can modify
and compile it I can send it to you.

 - Andy O. 

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..

Alright, this is really pushing the confines of this list...  But I recall a
while back a great deal of Map Software knowledge many of you had.
 
I need to import a Excel/CSV of multiple cities into a map program, and
output shaded regions of with 3 shaded regions.  (50 Mile Radius, 100 Mile
Radius, 150 Mile Radius).  Kinda like territories. 
 
I have tried MapPoint 2009, Google Earth Pro, Google Maps hacks/mashups, all
without luck.  
 
Any leads?
 
TIA,
 
-Sam

 
 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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Re: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium

[Jonathan Link]

Thanks!  That was my understanding, and I'm pricing out an upgrade to SBS
2008 based on some price savings I've realized, and hitting a gotcha like an
SBS User CAL limiting the number of servers it was good for would've been a
major hindrance.




On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:01 PM,  wrote:

>  No, a User cal covers all servers, Exchange Cals would cover the client,
> same with SQL.
>
>
>
> In R2, you were able to move Exchange and SQL to other servers without
> having to buy a new server license.
>
> Non R2 that is not allowed.
>
> User CALS cover the users.
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:40 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium
>
>
>
> Did they change the licensing for SBS 2008?  With 2003, the CAL covered any
> number of member servers so long as the server itself was licensed.
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Art DeKneef  wrote:
>
> I think Greg meant to say you will need to by CALs for the older servers to
> legally use them in the SBS2008 domain.
>
> Are you planning to do an upgrade or a new SBS2008 install? You cannot do a
> direct upgrade from Server 2000 to SBS2008.
>
> The second server in SBS 2008 Premium can be used for whatever you want. It
> is just another 2008 server.
>
> Art
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:08 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: RE: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium
>
> I should say you have to buy Server licenses for those boxes as well.
> Only the 2nd license is included in SBS Premium.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:27 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Quickie SBS 2008 question regarding std vs premium
>
> We're going to go SBS 2008 from regular 2000 server.  SBS 2008 just
> looks
> like it adds another Server 2008 license and SQL Server.  I doubt we'll
> ever
> use SQL server.  However, wanting redundancy, can we still keep our 2000
> servers on-board, and upgrade the schema so they can stay in the
> replication
> loop?
>
> If not, will that second Server 2008 in Premium keep a replica of the
> AD?
>
>
>
> Phillip Partipilo
> Parametric Solutions Inc.
> Jupiter, Florida
> (561) 747-6107
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Peter van Houten]

In bikinis there are no lies, only statistics.

--
Peter van Houten


From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

I thought the saying was, "There are lies, damned lies, and then there are 
statistics."

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:41 AM, René de Haas  wrote:

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they 
conceal is vital.
- Aaron Levenstein

J

Rene

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:47 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?


All surveys these days are loaded


79.89% of all statistics are made up ;)



From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]

Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:32 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

"Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation"

So basically they studied the most productive workers anyway. All surveys these 
days are loaded. I am currently collating WebSense data to be used as 
disciplinary material against our worst offenders in the web-browsing stakes. 
And our lot don't even get access to Facebook or Twitter - they can quite 
happily hand themselves with MSN

2009/4/2 Jonathan Link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342


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RE: Time to relax content filters?

[René de Haas]

Yes, but the other one I thought more funny.

Rene

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

 

I thought the saying was, "There are lies, damned lies, and then there are 
statistics."

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:41 AM, René de Haas  wrote:

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they 
conceal is vital. 
- Aaron Levenstein

 

J

Rene

 

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:47 AM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters? 

 

>>>All surveys these days are loaded

79.89% of all statistics are made up ;)

 



From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 

Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:32 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

"Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation" 



So basically they studied the most productive workers anyway. All surveys these 
days are loaded. I am currently collating WebSense data to be used as 
disciplinary material against our worst offenders in the web-browsing stakes. 
And our lot don't even get access to Facebook or Twitter - they can quite 
happily hand themselves with MSN

2009/4/2 Jonathan Link 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Jonathan Link]

I thought the saying was, "There are lies, damned lies, and then there are
statistics."

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:41 AM, René de Haas wrote:

>  Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what
> they conceal is vital.
> *- Aaron Levenstein*
>
> * *
>
> *J***
>
> Rene
>
>
>
> *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 9:47 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
>
> >>>All surveys these days are loaded
>
> 79.89% of all statistics are made up ;)
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 2:32 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
> "Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation"
>
> So basically they studied the most productive workers anyway. All surveys
> these days are loaded. I am currently collating WebSense data to be used as
> disciplinary material against our worst offenders in the web-browsing
> stakes. And our lot don't even get access to Facebook or Twitter - they can
> quite happily hand themselves with MSN
>
>  2009/4/2 Jonathan Link 
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342
>
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>
>
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~   ~

Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Jon Harris]

Yes and it does wear on the nerves over time, the dislike I just ignore.  I
have alot less work since I got most of them down to user.  I am still
fighting the Lab Manger but since he wants to upgrade his system I see the
light at the end of the tunnel on him.  He gets his upgrade and loses Admin
status.  Then he will have to justify all that garbage he downloads and
installs on his system.

Jon

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Kevin Lundy  wrote:

> Our users haven't had admin privs in about 6 years.  The whining never
> completely stops.
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
> > I just tell them it isn’t your computer as much as they want to think it
> is,
> > it’s a company asset, which means they don’t need admin rights to do
> there
> > work, nor are they getting them. I am still fighting this battle at my
> > workplace with some, but its getting easier over time…
> >
> >
> >
> > Z
> >
> >
> >
> > Edward Ziots
> >
> > Network Engineer
> >
> > Lifespan Organization
> >
> > MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
> >
> > ezi...@lifespan.org
> >
> > Phone:401-639-3505
> >
> > 
> >
> > From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:49 AM
> >
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>  ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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

Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Kevin Lundy]

Our users haven't had admin privs in about 6 years.  The whining never
completely stops.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
> I just tell them it isn’t your computer as much as they want to think it is,
> it’s a company asset, which means they don’t need admin rights to do there
> work, nor are they getting them. I am still fighting this battle at my
> workplace with some, but its getting easier over time…
>
>
>
> Z
>
>
>
> Edward Ziots
>
> Network Engineer
>
> Lifespan Organization
>
> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>
> ezi...@lifespan.org
>
> Phone:401-639-3505
>
> 
>
> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:49 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: Time to relax content filters?

[Ziots, Edward]

Must be nice to get a refund, I have owed the Gov the last two years. 

Silly tax man, stealing all my money. 

Z

Edward Ziots
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
ezi...@lifespan.org
Phone:401-639-3505
-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 4:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

Normally yes, but not in this case. The deductions are a one-time
thing - relating to the costs of the IVF procedure, which should give
us our child in about 6 months.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 14:49, James Kerr  wrote:
> Then they are taking too much from your paycheck. Change your W4 settings
> ;-)
>
> Seriously.. do it..IRS is not a bank.
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Kurt Buff" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
> I'm getting over $6k back, and I still haven't finished mine.
> Gathering data for the deductions...
>
> Kurt
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 14:01, Sam Cayze  wrote:
>>
>> I usually do mine in Feb, but this is the first year I have to pay :(
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>> From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:57 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>> Heck, I did mine over a month ago...
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:10 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>>
>>
>> Why aren't you waiting until the last minute? :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
>>
>> Exactly what's open in my browser right now :)
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:37 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>> Taxes??? Taxact.com
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
>>
>> Or, hire productive workers.
>>
>>
>>
>> We could care less about this stuff. If we banned personal stuff at the
>> office, our employees will quit doing their work-related stuff at home
>> after
>> hours.
>>
>> Our staff pretty much works 24/7, they do it damn well, and very hard. So
>> we need to cut them a break. If they want to take a break and put their
>> personally life in check, so be it. They are a lot happier and productive
>> due to this mindset, and would do anything for our company.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now, back to doing my taxes...
>>
>>
>>
>> -Sam
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:19 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>> I think not,
>>
>>
>>
>> Facebook is personal stuff not to be done on company time. Unless you like
>> paying people to work on there facebook page and talk with there friends,
>> etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to be doing and getting
>> paid
>> for.
>>
>>
>>
>> Z
>>
>>
>>
>> Edward Ziots
>>
>> Network Engineer
>>
>> Lifespan Organization
>>
>> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>>
>> ezi...@lifespan.org
>>
>> Phone:401-639-3505
>>
>> 
>>
>> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:55 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> Subject: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sherry Abercrombie
>>
>> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
>> Arthur C. Clarke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

RE: Time to relax content filters?

[Ziots, Edward]

I just tell them it isn't your computer as much as they want to think it
is, it's a company asset, which means they don't need admin rights to do
there work, nor are they getting them. I am still fighting this battle
at my workplace with some, but its getting easier over time... 

 

Z

 

Edward Ziots

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +

ezi...@lifespan.org

Phone:401-639-3505



From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

 

 

 

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~   ~

Re: Register.com suffers further DOS attack

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Peter van Houten  wrote:
> Conficker mischief?
> South Africa's Telkom also suffered a massive DNS outage on April 1st
> Register.com suffers further DOS attack - The Inquirer:
> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/638/1051638/register-com-suffers-dos-attack

  Someone on the NANOG list was saying that they saw a routing change
for Register.com about the time the trouble started.  Whether that was
response or cause, I have no idea.

-- Ben

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

Re: Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..

[Ben Scott]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> I need to import a Excel/CSV of multiple cities into a map program, and
> output shaded regions of with 3 shaded regions.  (50 Mile Radius, 100 Mile
> Radius, 150 Mile Radius).  Kinda like territories.

  You could probabbly do this by hacking at the OpenStreetMap renderer
software.  I saw a presentation on OSM about six months ago, and the
guy mentioned custom applications like that.  I have no idea how or
how hard, though.  There might be something already written, or it
might need customization of existing software.  But I figured I'd
mention it.

-- Ben

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

Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Jon Harris]

MUCH deeper ingrained.  I made total enemies of some staffers when I removed
Admin privileges from all but a couple several years ago.  I am down to only
2 with those privileges now one on a Mac the other the Laboratory Manager.
I am been told by my boss the leave the Mac user alone at all cost.  The
Laboratory Manager is operating on borrowed time.  The users that still talk
to me all come in do their job and are happy I removed those privileges
(well sort of) but at least they understand.  The rest would walk away from
me if I had a heart attack in front of them.  I am happily looking forward
to retirement in about 15 months.  I am sure my junior admin will have lots
of fun after the unhappy staffers get their admin privileges back.  Just as
an aside the Lab Manager wants to go back to Windows 98 SE.  He still has
one machine still running that in his office unattached to the network.

Jon

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:35 AM, James Rankin  wrote:

> I once worked for a company with a similarly lax attitude - till the
> Blaster virus disappeared up their backsides faster than a rat up a
> drainpipe, and their inbound sales center ground to a halt for a few days.
> After that, they became very security-conscious, and started paying a lot
> more attention to what their employees were doing with their time.
>
> Maybe you just need to let the Conficker loose on your network to get a bit
> of buy-in? :-0 Although the attitude you seem to have there is probably a
> lot more deeply ingrained
>
> 2009/4/3 Jon Harris 
>
>  "However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people
>> to come to work to work, not to do anything else.'
>> Now that is a novel idea!  I wish ours did.  He is allowing staff to come
>> and go at will, not show up at all for days, and use "company" time to
>> browse the Internet without any controls.  I have one user that to put it
>> lightly likes young ladies but as long as no one see's it on any of his
>> systems no comment is made.  No it is not illegal what he is looking at but
>> there are limits to comments I have heard out of him.  All but a few of the
>> staff enjoy those perks.  Less than a third of the entire staff get quized
>> if we call in sick and as far as not showing they call us at home even on
>> vacations.  Sour grapes maybe but try being told to reschedule vacations and
>> doctors appointments because you are needed at the office only to show up
>> and maybe 2 or 3 others are here working the rest are out.
>>
>> Jon
>>   On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, James Rankin wrote:
>>
>>> We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though,
>>> which means users have no local storage. So their personal "dumping grounds"
>>> cut across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's
>>> perceptions of things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on
>>> Citrix desktops to virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had
>>> before, and they don't. Same way they can't understand why I am bothered
>>> about them filling up their "My Documents" with junk, they seem to think it
>>> is all stored on their monitor :-)
>>>
>>> I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries
>>> next (cue evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the
>>> CEO, he likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.
>>>
>>> I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back
>>> to the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 
>>>
  James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big
 concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these guys
 down to the 'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no 
 IM,
 OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in
 alienating them.

 Curious, what size is your org?

 I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are
 stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I 
 back
 up their machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.  If 
 they
 fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they
 have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a
 reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR drills).   I have
 sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they 
 use
 our email for personal use]  The only thing that I am erked out about 
 lately
 is SMS usage.  Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided
 cells for personal use.  The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is
 started to take a toll.  We used to get it free from Sprint, but not any
 more :(

 -Sam

 PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;)  [Yeah, it snowed
 here yesterday - It's April].   I'm confide

Fwd: Register.com suffers further DOS attack

[Peter van Houten]

Conficker mischief?

South Africa's Telkom also suffered a massive DNS outage on April 1st

Forwarded from Shavlik:

 Original Message 
Subject: Register.com suffers further DOS attack
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:07:34 -0700
From: Susan Bradley 
Reply-To: Patch Management Mailing List 

To: Patch Management Mailing List 



Register.com suffers further DOS attack - The Inquirer:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/638/1051638/register-com-suffers-dos-attack

Not patching but in case you think it's patching related... it's not.

Link from Steve Comeau.

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Re: Time to relax content filters?

[James Rankin]

I once worked for a company with a similarly lax attitude - till the Blaster
virus disappeared up their backsides faster than a rat up a drainpipe, and
their inbound sales center ground to a halt for a few days. After that, they
became very security-conscious, and started paying a lot more attention to
what their employees were doing with their time.

Maybe you just need to let the Conficker loose on your network to get a bit
of buy-in? :-0 Although the attitude you seem to have there is probably a
lot more deeply ingrained

2009/4/3 Jon Harris 

> "However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people to
> come to work to work, not to do anything else.'
> Now that is a novel idea!  I wish ours did.  He is allowing staff to come
> and go at will, not show up at all for days, and use "company" time to
> browse the Internet without any controls.  I have one user that to put it
> lightly likes young ladies but as long as no one see's it on any of his
> systems no comment is made.  No it is not illegal what he is looking at but
> there are limits to comments I have heard out of him.  All but a few of the
> staff enjoy those perks.  Less than a third of the entire staff get quized
> if we call in sick and as far as not showing they call us at home even on
> vacations.  Sour grapes maybe but try being told to reschedule vacations and
> doctors appointments because you are needed at the office only to show up
> and maybe 2 or 3 others are here working the rest are out.
>
> Jon
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, James Rankin wrote:
>
>> We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though,
>> which means users have no local storage. So their personal "dumping grounds"
>> cut across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's
>> perceptions of things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on
>> Citrix desktops to virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had
>> before, and they don't. Same way they can't understand why I am bothered
>> about them filling up their "My Documents" with junk, they seem to think it
>> is all stored on their monitor :-)
>>
>> I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries next
>> (cue evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he
>> likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.
>>
>> I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back
>> to the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-)
>>
>>
>> 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 
>>
>>>  James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big
>>> concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these guys
>>> down to the 'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no IM,
>>> OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in
>>> alienating them.
>>>
>>> Curious, what size is your org?
>>>
>>> I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are
>>> stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I back
>>> up their machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.  If they
>>> fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they
>>> have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a
>>> reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR drills).   I have
>>> sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they use
>>> our email for personal use]  The only thing that I am erked out about lately
>>> is SMS usage.  Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided
>>> cells for personal use.  The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is
>>> started to take a toll.  We used to get it free from Sprint, but not any
>>> more :(
>>>
>>> -Sam
>>>
>>> PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;)  [Yeah, it snowed
>>> here yesterday - It's April].   I'm confident Rollouts will be alright
>>> through these tough times.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 3:45 AM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>>>
>>>   You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they
>>> did have access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs,
>>> they didn't reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook, I
>>> had customer service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they couldn't
>>> get on it. When I did an audit of our file servers, I found 85% of our
>>> storage space was cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of their
>>> friends, joke programs, etc. I hate to think how much of our email storage
>>> is also full of non-work-related crap.
>>>
>>> our productivity is up massively since we went with thin clients, web
>>> filters, disk quotas and the like. We still allow quota time for Internet
>>> access to shopping and entertai

Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Jon Harris]

"However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people to
come to work to work, not to do anything else.'
Now that is a novel idea!  I wish ours did.  He is allowing staff to come
and go at will, not show up at all for days, and use "company" time to
browse the Internet without any controls.  I have one user that to put it
lightly likes young ladies but as long as no one see's it on any of his
systems no comment is made.  No it is not illegal what he is looking at but
there are limits to comments I have heard out of him.  All but a few of the
staff enjoy those perks.  Less than a third of the entire staff get quized
if we call in sick and as far as not showing they call us at home even on
vacations.  Sour grapes maybe but try being told to reschedule vacations and
doctors appointments because you are needed at the office only to show up
and maybe 2 or 3 others are here working the rest are out.

Jon
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, James Rankin  wrote:

> We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though,
> which means users have no local storage. So their personal "dumping grounds"
> cut across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's
> perceptions of things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on
> Citrix desktops to virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had
> before, and they don't. Same way they can't understand why I am bothered
> about them filling up their "My Documents" with junk, they seem to think it
> is all stored on their monitor :-)
>
> I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries next
> (cue evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he
> likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.
>
> I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back
> to the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-)
>
>
> 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 
>
>>  James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big
>> concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these guys
>> down to the 'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no IM,
>> OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in
>> alienating them.
>>
>> Curious, what size is your org?
>>
>> I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are
>> stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I back
>> up their machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.  If they
>> fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they
>> have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a
>> reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR drills).   I have
>> sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they use
>> our email for personal use]  The only thing that I am erked out about lately
>> is SMS usage.  Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided
>> cells for personal use.  The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is
>> started to take a toll.  We used to get it free from Sprint, but not any
>> more :(
>>
>> -Sam
>>
>> PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;)  [Yeah, it snowed
>> here yesterday - It's April].   I'm confident Rollouts will be alright
>> through these tough times.
>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>>  *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 3:45 AM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>>   You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they
>> did have access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs,
>> they didn't reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook, I
>> had customer service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they couldn't
>> get on it. When I did an audit of our file servers, I found 85% of our
>> storage space was cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of their
>> friends, joke programs, etc. I hate to think how much of our email storage
>> is also full of non-work-related crap.
>>
>> our productivity is up massively since we went with thin clients, web
>> filters, disk quotas and the like. We still allow quota time for Internet
>> access to shopping and entertainment sites, etc. The environment is much
>> more secure. A few weeks ago an unregulated internet cafe went in at one of
>> our remote sites. The machines are now full of porn, so I have been tasked
>> to secure the place and replace the PCs with thin clients.
>>
>> However, it is always different at different places - do you have any
>> vacancies? :-)
>>
>> 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 
>>
>>>  Unless you like paying people to work on there Facebook page and
>>> talk with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to
>>> be doing and getting paid for.
>>>
>>> [With all due respect / not trying to start an argument here, I am jus

Re: Time to relax content filters?

[James Rankin]

We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though,
which means users have no local storage. So their personal "dumping grounds"
cut across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's
perceptions of things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on
Citrix desktops to virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had
before, and they don't. Same way they can't understand why I am bothered
about them filling up their "My Documents" with junk, they seem to think it
is all stored on their monitor :-)

I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries next
(cue evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he
likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.

I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back to
the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-)

2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 

>  James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big
> concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these guys
> down to the 'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no IM,
> OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in
> alienating them.
>
> Curious, what size is your org?
>
> I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are
> stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I back
> up their machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.  If they
> fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they
> have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a
> reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR drills).   I have
> sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they use
> our email for personal use]  The only thing that I am erked out about lately
> is SMS usage.  Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided
> cells for personal use.  The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is
> started to take a toll.  We used to get it free from Sprint, but not any
> more :(
>
> -Sam
>
> PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;)  [Yeah, it snowed
> here yesterday - It's April].   I'm confident Rollouts will be alright
> through these tough times.
>
>
>
>  --
>  *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 3:45 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
> You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they did
> have access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs,
> they didn't reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook, I
> had customer service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they couldn't
> get on it. When I did an audit of our file servers, I found 85% of our
> storage space was cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of their
> friends, joke programs, etc. I hate to think how much of our email storage
> is also full of non-work-related crap.
>
> our productivity is up massively since we went with thin clients, web
> filters, disk quotas and the like. We still allow quota time for Internet
> access to shopping and entertainment sites, etc. The environment is much
> more secure. A few weeks ago an unregulated internet cafe went in at one of
> our remote sites. The machines are now full of porn, so I have been tasked
> to secure the place and replace the PCs with thin clients.
>
> However, it is always different at different places - do you have any
> vacancies? :-)
>
> 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 
>
>>  Unless you like paying people to work on there Facebook page and
>> talk with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to
>> be doing and getting paid for.
>>
>> [With all due respect / not trying to start an argument here, I am just
>> passionate about this subject, and well, kinda enjoy it.  The point is very
>> valid, and I can see it's place at many organizations.  But not across the
>> boards...]
>>
>> Yeah, actually WE don't mind paying people to these things.  Like I said
>> before, our employees will bend over backwards for our company, 24/7/365.
>> We have a very grey line between company time and personal time.  The thing
>> is, we have a dedicated work force that is more than happy to compromise
>> their personal time after hours and help the company if needed.  Whether
>> they are at home after hours, on vaca, etc.  Therefore, I feel a need to
>> reciprocate the same treatment back to them during business hours.
>>
>> Treat your employees like humans, and they will give you amazing results.
>> Personal lives should NEVER go on hold.  Alienate your employees with
>> robotic mandates (In this context: Facebook filters), and they will quit
>> giving you 110%.
>>
>> iTunes on all machines, make your personal appointments on company time,
>> 8am sharp does not exist... I could go on, and

RE: Time to relax content filters?

[Sam Cayze]

James, I hear ya.  And glad to have the feedback.  Security is a big
concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use.  I still lock these
guys down to the 'T'.  No admin rights, no USB drives during virus
scares, no IM, OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still
done my fair share in alienating them.
 
Curious, what size is your org? 
 
I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned...  All photos are
stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I
back up their machines.  So it really takes up zero space on my servers.
If they fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens'
and they have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but
haven't found a reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR
drills).   I have sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work
related [yes, they use our email for personal use]  The only thing that
I am erked out about lately is SMS usage.  Yes, we also let our
employees use their company provided cells for personal use.  The
minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is started to take a toll.  We
used to get it free from Sprint, but not any more :(   
 
-Sam
 
PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;)  [Yeah, it snowed
here yesterday - It's April].   I'm confident Rollouts will be alright
through these tough times.
 
 
 


From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?


You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they did
have access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs,
they didn't reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook,
I had customer service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they
couldn't get on it. When I did an audit of our file servers, I found 85%
of our storage space was cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of
their friends, joke programs, etc. I hate to think how much of our email
storage is also full of non-work-related crap.

our productivity is up massively since we went with thin clients, web
filters, disk quotas and the like. We still allow quota time for
Internet access to shopping and entertainment sites, etc. The
environment is much more secure. A few weeks ago an unregulated internet
cafe went in at one of our remote sites. The machines are now full of
porn, so I have been tasked to secure the place and replace the PCs with
thin clients.

However, it is always different at different places - do you have any
vacancies? :-)


2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 


Unless you like paying people to work on there Facebook page
and talk with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are
supposed to be doing and getting paid for. 
 
[With all due respect / not trying to start an argument here, I
am just passionate about this subject, and well, kinda enjoy it.  The
point is very valid, and I can see it's place at many organizations.
But not across the boards...]
 
Yeah, actually WE don't mind paying people to these things.
Like I said before, our employees will bend over backwards for our
company, 24/7/365.  We have a very grey line between company time and
personal time.  The thing is, we have a dedicated work force that is
more than happy to compromise their personal time after hours and help
the company if needed.  Whether they are at home after hours, on vaca,
etc.  Therefore, I feel a need to reciprocate the same treatment back to
them during business hours.  
 
Treat your employees like humans, and they will give you amazing
results.  Personal lives should NEVER go on hold.  Alienate your
employees with robotic mandates (In this context: Facebook filters), and
they will quit giving you 110%.
 
iTunes on all machines, make your personal appointments on
company time, 8am sharp does not exist... I could go on, and it's
besides the point.  Yeah, the perks here are great, but the way our
workforce is whole heartily devoted to our company is priceless.  These
guys are great, and will do anything for us.  It's not through chance or
luck that we have great employees, it derives from the way we treat
them.
 
-Sam



From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:13 PM 

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?


Hold on, I'll answer you after I'm done updating my Twitter.


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Ziots, Edward
 wrote:


I think not, 

 

Facebook is personal stuff not to be done on company
time. Unless you like paying people to work on there facebook page and
talk with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed
to be d

Re: Time to relax content filters?

[James Rankin]

You must have fantastic employees. Ours are far from that. When they did
have access to every website on earth and could play music on their PCs,
they didn't reciprocate with utter devotion. When we did block Facebook, I
had customer service advisors phoning up at 8.05 asking why they couldn't
get on it. When I did an audit of our file servers, I found 85% of our
storage space was cluttered with mp3s, wedding photos, photos of their
friends, joke programs, etc. I hate to think how much of our email storage
is also full of non-work-related crap.

our productivity is up massively since we went with thin clients, web
filters, disk quotas and the like. We still allow quota time for Internet
access to shopping and entertainment sites, etc. The environment is much
more secure. A few weeks ago an unregulated internet cafe went in at one of
our remote sites. The machines are now full of porn, so I have been tasked
to secure the place and replace the PCs with thin clients.

However, it is always different at different places - do you have any
vacancies? :-)

2009/4/3 Sam Cayze 

>  Unless you like paying people to work on there Facebook page and talk
> with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to be
> doing and getting paid for.
>
> [With all due respect / not trying to start an argument here, I am just
> passionate about this subject, and well, kinda enjoy it.  The point is very
> valid, and I can see it's place at many organizations.  But not across the
> boards...]
>
> Yeah, actually WE don't mind paying people to these things.  Like I said
> before, our employees will bend over backwards for our company, 24/7/365.
> We have a very grey line between company time and personal time.  The thing
> is, we have a dedicated work force that is more than happy to compromise
> their personal time after hours and help the company if needed.  Whether
> they are at home after hours, on vaca, etc.  Therefore, I feel a need to
> reciprocate the same treatment back to them during business hours.
>
> Treat your employees like humans, and they will give you amazing results.
> Personal lives should NEVER go on hold.  Alienate your employees with
> robotic mandates (In this context: Facebook filters), and they will quit
> giving you 110%.
>
> iTunes on all machines, make your personal appointments on company time,
> 8am sharp does not exist... I could go on, and it's besides the point.
> Yeah, the perks here are great, but the way our workforce is whole heartily
> devoted to our company is priceless.  These guys are great, and will do
> anything for us.  It's not through chance or luck that we have great
> employees, it derives from the way we treat them.
>
> -Sam
>  --
> *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:13 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
> Hold on, I'll answer you after I'm done updating my Twitter.
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Ziots, Edward  wrote:
>
>>  I think not,
>>
>>
>>
>> Facebook is personal stuff not to be done on company time. Unless you like
>> paying people to work on there facebook page and talk with there friends,
>> etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to be doing and getting paid
>> for.
>>
>>
>>
>> Z
>>
>>
>>
>> Edward Ziots
>>
>> Network Engineer
>>
>> Lifespan Organization
>>
>> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>>
>> ezi...@lifespan.org
>>
>> Phone:401-639-3505
>>  --
>>
>> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:55 PM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Time to relax content filters?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: Time to relax content filters?

[René de Haas]

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they 
conceal is vital. 
- Aaron Levenstein

 

J

Rene

 

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?

 

>>>All surveys these days are loaded

79.89% of all statistics are made up ;)

 



From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?

"Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation"

So basically they studied the most productive workers anyway. All surveys these 
days are loaded. I am currently collating WebSense data to be used as 
disciplinary material against our worst offenders in the web-browsing stakes. 
And our lot don't even get access to Facebook or Twitter - they can quite 
happily hand themselves with MSN

2009/4/2 Jonathan Link 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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RE: Time to relax content filters?

[Sam Cayze]

Unless you like paying people to work on there Facebook page and
talk with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed
to be doing and getting paid for. 
 
[With all due respect / not trying to start an argument here, I am just
passionate about this subject, and well, kinda enjoy it.  The point is
very valid, and I can see it's place at many organizations.  But not
across the boards...]
 
Yeah, actually WE don't mind paying people to these things.  Like I said
before, our employees will bend over backwards for our company,
24/7/365.  We have a very grey line between company time and personal
time.  The thing is, we have a dedicated work force that is more than
happy to compromise their personal time after hours and help the company
if needed.  Whether they are at home after hours, on vaca, etc.
Therefore, I feel a need to reciprocate the same treatment back to them
during business hours.  
 
Treat your employees like humans, and they will give you amazing
results.  Personal lives should NEVER go on hold.  Alienate your
employees with robotic mandates (In this context: Facebook filters), and
they will quit giving you 110%.
 
iTunes on all machines, make your personal appointments on company time,
8am sharp does not exist... I could go on, and it's besides the point.
Yeah, the perks here are great, but the way our workforce is whole
heartily devoted to our company is priceless.  These guys are great, and
will do anything for us.  It's not through chance or luck that we have
great employees, it derives from the way we treat them.
 
-Sam



From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?


Hold on, I'll answer you after I'm done updating my Twitter.


On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Ziots, Edward 
wrote:


I think not, 

 

Facebook is personal stuff not to be done on company time.
Unless you like paying people to work on there facebook page and talk
with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to
be doing and getting paid for. 

 

Z

 

Edward Ziots

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +

ezi...@lifespan.org

Phone:401-639-3505





From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Time to relax content filters?

 

 

 


 


 






 

 


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

Re: Time to relax content filters?

[Kurt Buff]

Normally yes, but not in this case. The deductions are a one-time
thing - relating to the costs of the IVF procedure, which should give
us our child in about 6 months.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 14:49, James Kerr  wrote:
> Then they are taking too much from your paycheck. Change your W4 settings
> ;-)
>
> Seriously.. do it..IRS is not a bank.
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Kurt Buff" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>
>
> I'm getting over $6k back, and I still haven't finished mine.
> Gathering data for the deductions...
>
> Kurt
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 14:01, Sam Cayze  wrote:
>>
>> I usually do mine in Feb, but this is the first year I have to pay :(
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>> From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:57 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>> Heck, I did mine over a month ago…
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:10 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>>
>>
>> Why aren't you waiting until the last minute? :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
>>
>> Exactly what's open in my browser right now :)
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:37 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>> Taxes??? Taxact.com
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
>>
>> Or, hire productive workers.
>>
>>
>>
>> We could care less about this stuff. If we banned personal stuff at the
>> office, our employees will quit doing their work-related stuff at home
>> after
>> hours.
>>
>> Our staff pretty much works 24/7, they do it damn well, and very hard. So
>> we need to cut them a break. If they want to take a break and put their
>> personally life in check, so be it. They are a lot happier and productive
>> due to this mindset, and would do anything for our company.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now, back to doing my taxes...
>>
>>
>>
>> -Sam
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>> From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:19 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> Subject: RE: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>> I think not,
>>
>>
>>
>> Facebook is personal stuff not to be done on company time. Unless you like
>> paying people to work on there facebook page and talk with there friends,
>> etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to be doing and getting
>> paid
>> for.
>>
>>
>>
>> Z
>>
>>
>>
>> Edward Ziots
>>
>> Network Engineer
>>
>> Lifespan Organization
>>
>> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +
>>
>> ezi...@lifespan.org
>>
>> Phone:401-639-3505
>>
>> 
>>
>> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:55 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> Subject: Time to relax content filters?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sherry Abercrombie
>>
>> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
>> Arthur C. Clarke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

Re: Registry Cleaners

[James Rankin]

I find deleting HKLM makes it pretty much goosed in an instant. We honed
this skill on a member of our SMC team who was less dangerous with a
blue-screening machine than a functioning one. He reported successful
backups on servers that had been decommissioned years previously.

2009/4/2 Sean Martin 

> I remember quite awhile ago while I was taking some classes, we would play
> "registry roulette" with the lab PCs. We would just randomly delete registry
> keys until the machine puked
>
> - Sean
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Michael Hoffman wrote:
>
>>  The cleaner in spybot is slightly better, in that it asks for
>> confirmation before every change. After a virus removal and a major tidy
>> then we look at the results and usually run a single pass. I like to know
>> what each entry is and over time you learn what you can safely remove.
>> Occasionally this can have a major impact, especially if it’s a reference to
>> a deleted AV product, but you need to also check for where the bad reference
>> is. If it’s an uninstall or a start-up app then it should be ok to tidy, if
>> it’s a driver or a system hook then be careful, take a backup and test.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* 02 April 2009 01:27
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Registry Cleaners
>>
>>
>>
>> I worked on a system last week where the user had "cleaned" the registry
>> and the Windows folder so well much of his system was un-usable.  Since I
>> was not his IT guy I just sent him home to talk to the person that put all
>> that trash on his system in the first place.  I stopped counting when I hit
>> 6 different registry cleaners, 4 or 5 spyware checkers, and 2 antivirus
>> programs.  He said he was told to run certain programs daily to keep it
>> clean.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Steven Calvanese <
>> scalvan...@membersolutions.com> wrote:
>>
>> I use Your Uninstaller instead of Add/remove programs.  It removes the
>> program and all registry entries.
>>
>>
>> Steven Calvanese
>> [IT Support Technician]
>> MEMBER SOLUTIONS
>> [P]267.287.1023
>> [F]267.287.1033
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:25 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> Subject: RE: Registry Cleaners
>>
>> +1
>>
>> I stay very far away from cleaners...
>>
>> I'd rather re-image.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:12 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Registry Cleaners
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>> +1
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>> Don't massage the registry unless you know what you are doing.
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>> Registry Workshop has saved me many times and its powerful cumulative
>> search/search-replace function is brilliant:
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>> http://www.torchsoft.com/en/rw_information.html
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>> --
>> Peter van Houten
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>> On the 01/04/2009 23:41, Carl Houseman wrote the following:
>> > Don't fix what isn't broken,  If you use a reg cleaner every day
>> > sooner or later you will break something that was working.
>> >
>> > Carl
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>> > From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:mplahtin...@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:23 PM
>> > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> > Subject: Registry Cleaners
>> >
>> > I recently had a discussion about Registry Cleaners with a friend. I
>> have
>> > never used them before and my friend swears by them.   With a little
>> > research different products seem to do different things.  Some clean,
>> > some compact, and  some look for errors.
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>> > Just for fun I can the registry clean built into CCleaner it found a
>> > few hundred errors but I didn't seem to notice a difference after I
>> > ran it and rebooted.
>> >
>> > What are your thoughts on them.
>> >
>> > Matt
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RE: Time to relax content filters?

[Sam Cayze]

>>>All surveys these days are loaded
79.89% of all statistics are made up ;)




From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters?


"Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation"

So basically they studied the most productive workers anyway. All
surveys these days are loaded. I am currently collating WebSense data to
be used as disciplinary material against our worst offenders in the
web-browsing stakes. And our lot don't even get access to Facebook or
Twitter - they can quite happily hand themselves with MSN


2009/4/2 Jonathan Link 


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342
 

 



 


 

 


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Way OT: Calling all Map Gurus..

[Sam Cayze]

Alright, this is really pushing the confines of this list...  But I
recall a while back a great deal of Map Software knowledge many of you
had.
 
I need to import a Excel/CSV of multiple cities into a map program, and
output shaded regions of with 3 shaded regions.  (50 Mile Radius, 100
Mile Radius, 150 Mile Radius).  Kinda like territories. 
 
I have tried MapPoint 2009, Google Earth Pro, Google Maps hacks/mashups,
all without luck.  
 
Any leads?
 
TIA,
 
-Sam

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Re: Time to relax content filters?

[James Rankin]

That would be "hang themselves" :-)

2009/4/3 James Rankin 

> "Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation"
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> So basically they studied the most productive workers anyway. All surveys
> these days are loaded. I am currently collating WebSense data to be used as
> disciplinary material against our worst offenders in the web-browsing
> stakes. And our lot don't even get access to Facebook or Twitter - they can
> quite happily hand themselves with MSN
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> 2009/4/2 Jonathan Link 
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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Re: Time to relax content filters?

[James Rankin]

"Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation"

So basically they studied the most productive workers anyway. All surveys
these days are loaded. I am currently collating WebSense data to be used as
disciplinary material against our worst offenders in the web-browsing
stakes. And our lot don't even get access to Facebook or Twitter - they can
quite happily hand themselves with MSN

2009/4/2 Jonathan Link 

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342
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