RE: Help with Exchange...

[Brian Desmond]

That's really it...

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

c - 312.731.3132

From: Eustace "Doc" [mailto:mailed2thew...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Help with Exchange...

Good Day List Members,

I have been ask to determine if a users Exchange 2003 mailbox has been accessed 
by anyone other than the user. Other than checking the Event Logs and the 
Exchange Message Logs, what other areas or tools could I use to make this 
determination if it is at all possible?

Thanks in Advance,
Doc!






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RE: Keep your Qlogic HBA firmware up-to-date

[Brian Desmond]

Arbitrarily upgrading firmware/drivers on HBAs however is often a recipe for 
trouble too. The various storage vendors certify certain combinations and 
having a mix out there can also cause issues sometimes.

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

c - 312.731.3132

Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/
Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian

From: RM [mailto:r...@richardmay.net]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Keep your Qlogic HBA firmware up-to-date

...or when you hook up your 4+ year old HBA in an ESX box to a shiny new CX4, 
Very Bad Things Can Happen.

Just sayin'.

RM





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RE: Memory.dmp

[Ken Schaefer]

If Windows is no longer able to access certain files, then it will bugcheck the 
system.

Two common ones are KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR and PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. 
Both indicate that Windows is unable to bring in paged data from page file. 
There's also a bunch of bugcheck codes that can be raised by ntfs.sys and so on 
(INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE, NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM etc).

Easy to test - just setup a virtual machine on your laptop, and put the 
VHD/VMDK file on an external USB drive. Then pull the plug on the USB drive, 
and the VM will blue screen.

Cheers
Ken


From: Sam Cayze [sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Thursday, 9 April 2009 1:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp

Would a storage issue still BSOD?  I have confirmation from the data
center that there was certianly a blue screen on the screen for a while.



-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp

Generally for debugging a BSOD only kernel memory is important.

A kernel dump is usually around 800MB or so (max). You do not need a
full dump, nor do you need a 4GB page file. Just configure something
around the 1GB mark (for the purposes of capturing these dumps).

Only configure a full dump if you've got someone debugging these dumps
that requests it.

You should always be getting a minidump file (even if you have kernel or
full selected). If you are getting no minidump files then you have a
problem like storage controller driver problems (which prevent writing
to hard disk) or power issues (which would result in no dump files) etc.

Cheers
Ken


From: Kurt Buff [kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 9:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Memory.dmp

RAM plus, IIRC, 2mbytes, though it might be a bit more.

1.5xRAM is way safe.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:39, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that
> has to be larger than the RAM?
>
> Don't recall ever changing the page file settings on this box (or
> anywhere).  I'm not well versed in page file technology.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:32 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Memory.dmp
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sam Cayze 
> wrote:
>> I think the Page File might have been too small :(
>
>  That will do it.  To get a full memory dump, a page file has to be on

> the System Drive (the drive containing Windows), and that page file
> has to be at least the size of RAM plus a few MB extra for dump
metadata.
>
> -- Ben
>
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>
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>

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RE: Forefront?

[John Hornbuckle]

We use it, but I'm hardly an expert on it. To be honest, I don't mess with it 
much. Which I guess could be viewed as a good thing!  :)

I like that it's integrated with AD and WSUS-pushing it down to clients and 
keeping it updated is simple.

I don't really know how to judge its efficacy. We've not had any known malware 
infections while using it, but we also keep our workstations locked pretty 
tight (e.g., users don't have admin rights and with many accounts we restrict 
executables using GPO).

We like the pricing; as an educational entity, we get deep discounts from 
Microsoft.




John Hornbuckle
MIS Department
Taylor County School District
www.taylor.k12.fl.us



From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Forefront?

Hello all...

I'm tired of using multiple products to protect desktops and email from spam, 
viruses and spyware.  I've taken a look at the MS Forefront product line and it 
looks like a pretty good solution.  I have Exchange 2003 and XP clients.

Can anyone comment on its effectiveness, installation, management and use both 
at the admin and user levels?

Any other recommendations are welcome as well.

Thanks.

Bill Lambert
Windows System Administrator
Concuity
A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc.
Phone  847-941-9206
Fax  847-465-9147
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RE: Forefront?

[Terry Dickson]

Not too sure about forefront myself.  I do remember some talk a while back that 
it was possibly going away so I would verify that before I signed up with them. 
 That could have been just a rumor but check it out.



-Original Message-
From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Forefront?

No first-hand experience with Forefront, but from general reputation, I'd be 
wary.  I use two products from Sunbelt, Ninja for e-mail and Vipre for 
everything else.  No infections, reasonable ease of administration, and support 
is excellent.  OTOH, on my day job we run McAfee, and in just two months we've 
had three infections that in my view should have been stopped cold.
 
David


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Bill Lambert  wrote:


Hello all...

 

I'm tired of using multiple products to protect desktops and email from 
spam, viruses and spyware.  I've taken a look at the MS Forefront product line 
and it looks like a pretty good solution.  I have Exchange 2003 and XP clients. 
 

 

Can anyone comment on its effectiveness, installation, management and 
use both at the admin and user levels?

 

Any other recommendations are welcome as well.

 

Thanks.  

 

Bill Lambert

Windows System Administrator

Concuity

A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc.  

Phone  847-941-9206

Fax  847-465-9147



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Re: Forefront?

[David]

No first-hand experience with Forefront, but from general reputation, I'd be
wary.  I use two products from Sunbelt, Ninja for e-mail and Vipre for
everything else.  No infections, reasonable ease of administration, and
support is excellent.  OTOH, on my day job we run McAfee, and in just two
months we've had three infections that in my view should have been stopped
cold.

David

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Bill Lambert  wrote:

>  Hello all…
>
>
>
> I’m tired of using multiple products to protect desktops and email from
> spam, viruses and spyware.  I’ve taken a look at the MS Forefront product
> line and it looks like a pretty good solution.  I have Exchange 2003 and XP
> clients.
>
>
>
> Can anyone comment on its effectiveness, installation, management and use
> both at the admin and user levels?
>
>
>
> Any other recommendations are welcome as well.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> *Bill Lambert*
>
> *Windows System Administrator*
>
> *Concuity*
>
> *A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc.  *
>
> *Phone  847-941-9206*
>
> *Fax  847-465-9147*
>
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Help with Exchange...

[Eustace "Doc"]

Good Day List Members,

I have been ask to determine if a users Exchange 2003 mailbox has been
accessed by anyone other than the user. Other than checking the Event Logs
and the Exchange Message Logs, what other areas or tools could I use to make
this determination if it is at all possible?

Thanks in Advance,
Doc!

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Forefront?

[Bill Lambert]

Hello all...

 

I'm tired of using multiple products to protect desktops and email from
spam, viruses and spyware.  I've taken a look at the MS Forefront
product line and it looks like a pretty good solution.  I have Exchange
2003 and XP clients.  

 

Can anyone comment on its effectiveness, installation, management and
use both at the admin and user levels?

 

Any other recommendations are welcome as well.

 

Thanks.  

 

Bill Lambert

Windows System Administrator

Concuity

A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc.  

Phone  847-941-9206

Fax  847-465-9147

 

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Re: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Silvio L. Nisgoski]

They are already logging to some network, are they ?

So, if they are using the MS redirector, you would need them to create a share 
of the drive. But maybe they are using only NETBEUI/NETBIOS, and if your 
network runs on TCP, you could have some problem.


  - Original Message - 
  From: Roger Wright 
  To: NT System Admin Issues 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:10 PM
  Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?


  The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now.

   

  How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

   

  Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to access the 
C:\ drive from my Windows box?

   

   

   

  Roger Wright

  Network Administrator

  Evatone, Inc.

  727.572.7076  x388





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Re: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Jeff Bunting]

Ah, OK.  Thanks for setting me straight Ben.  Last time I monkeyed with this
it was like on Netware 3.x

Jeff

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Roger Wright  wrote:
> > How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?
>
>   You don't.  MS-DOS doesn't include a network server.  Neither do any
> of the LAN Manager clients (or their later incarnations of "Client for
> Microsoft Networks"), as far as I know.
>
>  MS-DOS is very primitive.  The resident OS did almost nothing beyond
> providing a filesystem driver.  I've heard it called a "non-reentrant
> interrupt handler"; that's fairly accurate.
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Jeff Bunting 
> wrote:
> > I thought you could NET USE, but you have to load SHARE.EXE in config.sys
> > first?
>
>   SHARE.EXE just gave the ability for an MS-DOS system to do file
> locking, so that more than one process could access the same file.  It
> didn't actually share anything over a network.
>
> -- Ben
>
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>

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Re: Keep your Qlogic HBA firmware up-to-date

[RM]

QLA2340 in an IBM x346 running ESX 3.5u3.  Connected to a
CX4-480.  It'll corrupt the datastore and cause all sort of wacky
errors when trying to manipulate files, use S-VMotion, etc.  What
accesses do work will happen at a glacial pace.  Old firmware was
1.25.  Latest is 1.54 and seems to fix the problem though I don't
yet know if it will help matters when accessing a datastore
that's been molested by the old firmware.  I'll know more soon.

This setup was working great for many months talking to an old
CX-500.

This kept me up 'til 2AM.  Grrr.

RM



On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:34 -0800, "Sean Martin"
 wrote:

Care to elaborate? What model HBA? What happened? We're a
Qlogic/EMC shop so I'm pretty curious.



- Sean


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:05 PM, RM <[1...@richardmay.net> wrote:

...or when you hook up your 4+ year old HBA in an ESX box to a
shiny new CX4, Very Bad Things Can Happen.

Just sayin'.

RM

References

1. mailto:r...@richardmay.net

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Re: Keep your Qlogic HBA firmware up-to-date

[Sean Martin]

Care to elaborate? What model HBA? What happened? We're a Qlogic/EMC shop so
I'm pretty curious.

- Sean

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:05 PM, RM  wrote:

>  ...or when you hook up your 4+ year old HBA in an ESX box to a shiny new
> CX4, Very Bad Things Can Happen.
>
> Just sayin'.
>
> RM
>
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: Partition manager applications for x64 2008?

[Rod Trent]

Paragon works well.

 

http://www.paragon-software.com/ 

 

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Partition manager applications for x64 2008?

 

Anyone else run into Acronis Disk Director Server not working with x64
versions of 2008? 

 

Just got off tech support with them and they say it is not a supported OS
and there are no immediate plans to support it. 

 

So we are looking for other options. Anyone have something they like? 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003

 

 

 
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Keep your Qlogic HBA firmware up-to-date

[RM]

...or when you hook up your 4+ year old HBA in an ESX box to a
shiny new CX4, Very Bad Things Can Happen.

Just sayin'.

RM

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Partition manager applications for x64 2008?

[Christopher Bodnar]

Anyone else run into Acronis Disk Director Server not working with x64
versions of 2008? 

 

Just got off tech support with them and they say it is not a supported OS
and there are no immediate plans to support it. 

 

So we are looking for other options. Anyone have something they like? 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003

 




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RE: drop.io

[Roger Wright]

I played with drop.io several weeks ago.  Looked good for personal use,
except for security, but I didn't think of it in terms of corporate use.

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

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From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: drop.io

 

Anyone using this - http://drop.io/?  One of our users sent this my way
to take a look at and wanted to get opinions on it.  I would think that
setting up SharePoint would be easier, not to mention better security.

 

_

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: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[Erik Goldoff]

I've got an old first generation SMC Barricade, didn't have DSL capability,
does the current version do that now ???
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

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From: Michael Ross [mailto:mr...@itwif.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem



SMC barricade

 

From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

 

 

I am looking for a ready device ! Something like Sonicwall + a DSL or HDSL
modem included

 

GuidoElia

HELPPC

 

 


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drop.io

[Cameron Cooper]

Anyone using this - http://drop.io/?  One of our users sent this my way
to take a look at and wanted to get opinions on it.  I would think that
setting up SharePoint would be easier, not to mention better security.

 

_

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: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Kurt Buff]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 09:10, Roger Wright  wrote:
> The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now…
>
> How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?
>
> Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to access
> the C:\ drive from my Windows box?
>

How about shipping them one of these?

http://www.provantage.com/lantronix-sls200ps20-01~7LANB01R.htm

Have them ship it back when done, of course...

Kurt

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Re: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Ben Scott]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Roger Wright  wrote:
> Yeah, TINY looks useful in this case, but I’d still have to get it on the
> machine and loaded as a TSR.

  TINY looks neat -- I remember using something like it back in the
day (might have been the TNE program the author describes).  But
according to the webpage, it won't work with the Microsoft IP stack
for MS-DOS.  If you're running the Microsoft client, I think you're
out-of-luck.

-- Ben

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Re: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Ben Scott]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Roger Wright  wrote:
> How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?

  You don't.  MS-DOS doesn't include a network server.  Neither do any
of the LAN Manager clients (or their later incarnations of "Client for
Microsoft Networks"), as far as I know.

  MS-DOS is very primitive.  The resident OS did almost nothing beyond
providing a filesystem driver.  I've heard it called a "non-reentrant
interrupt handler"; that's fairly accurate.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Jeff Bunting  wrote:
> I thought you could NET USE, but you have to load SHARE.EXE in config.sys
> first?

  SHARE.EXE just gave the ability for an MS-DOS system to do file
locking, so that more than one process could access the same file.  It
didn't actually share anything over a network.

-- Ben

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

RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[Michael Ross]

SMC barricade

 

From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

 

 

I am looking for a ready device ! Something like Sonicwall + a DSL or HDSL
modem included

 

GuidoElia

HELPPC

 

 

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Da: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:nisgo...@gmx.de] 
Inviato: mercoledì 8 aprile 2009 15.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Re: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

You could buy one from the shelf, and install a modified firmware in it. See
www.dd-wrt.com  or www.openwrt.org or www.routertech.org.

 

 

 

 

From: HELP_PC   

To: NT System Admin Issues   

Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:00 AM

Subject: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

 

 

Is there an affordable router  that can be used as single device to perform
all the functions ? 

TIA 

 

GuidoElia 
HELPPC 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Roger Wright]

Unfortunately, no.  But I could walk someone through copying the files
to a floppy disk.

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

I'm pretty sure unless it was configured for remote access, which it
probably wasn't, there is no way to do it without touching the machine
first. As mentioned, something like Tiny is your easiest way to go.
Don't suppose you have the SYSTEM.INI  or PROTOCOL.INI documented for
this system? 

 

Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003



From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

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RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Christopher Bodnar]

I'm pretty sure unless it was configured for remote access, which it
probably wasn't, there is no way to do it without touching the machine
first. As mentioned, something like Tiny is your easiest way to go. Don't
suppose you have the SYSTEM.INI  or PROTOCOL.INI documented for this
system? 

 

Chris Bodnar, MCSE
Sr. Systems Engineer
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Phone: 610-807-6459
Fax: 610-807-6003

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From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now.

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to access
the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

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Re: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Jeff Bunting]

I thought you could NET USE, but you have to load SHARE.EXE in config.sys
first?

Jeff


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Roger Wright  wrote:

>  Not really IN a domain, but users log in to it to access a couple domain
> resources.  There are some screwed up files on the box and I’d like to pull
> them down to my machine to look at them.  However, the system is in another
> state so I don’t have physical access to it.
>
>
>
> I was hoping for something like \\machinename\c$ but I guess that won’t
> work.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] *On Behalf Of
> *lists
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:15 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?
>
>
>
> A DOS box that’s in a domain?  Really?  Crosstalk (still available) can
> connect you to a DOS box. Has to be locally installed tho…
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Remotely Access a DOS Client?
>
>
>
> The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now…
>
>
>
> How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?
>
>
>
> Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to access
> the C:\ drive from my Windows box?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
>
>
> [image: ET E-mail Signature Logo]
>
> _
>
>
>
>
>
> "Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule
> for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Jeff Bunting]

I thought you could NET USE, but you have to load SHARE.EXE in config.sys
first?

Jeff


On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Roger Wright  wrote:

>  Not really IN a domain, but users log in to it to access a couple domain
> resources.  There are some screwed up files on the box and I’d like to pull
> them down to my machine to look at them.  However, the system is in another
> state so I don’t have physical access to it.
>
>
>
> I was hoping for something like \\machinename\c$ but I guess that won’t
> work.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] *On Behalf Of
> *lists
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:15 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?
>
>
>
> A DOS box that’s in a domain?  Really?  Crosstalk (still available) can
> connect you to a DOS box. Has to be locally installed tho…
>
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Remotely Access a DOS Client?
>
>
>
> The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now…
>
>
>
> How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?
>
>
>
> Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to access
> the C:\ drive from my Windows box?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
>
>
> [image: ET E-mail Signature Logo]
>
> _
>
>
>
>
>
> "Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule
> for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain
>
>
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>
>
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>
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RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[lists]

Wouldn't be too bad tho as you could send them a floppy or CD with the
TSR on it.

 

Cheers. 

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

Yeah, TINY looks useful in this case, but I'd still have to get it on
the machine and loaded as a TSR.

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

Ah.

Try this...

http://josh.com/tiny/

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

Not really IN a domain, but users log in to it to access a couple domain
resources.  There are some screwed up files on the box and I'd like to
pull them down to my machine to look at them.  However, the system is in
another state so I don't have physical access to it.

 

I was hoping for something like \\machinename\c$
  but I guess that won't work.  

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

A DOS box that's in a domain?  Really?  Crosstalk (still available) can
connect you to a DOS box. Has to be locally installed tho...

 

Cheers.

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

_

 

 

"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden
rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Roger Wright]

Yeah, TINY looks useful in this case, but I'd still have to get it on
the machine and loaded as a TSR.

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

Ah.

Try this...

http://josh.com/tiny/

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

Not really IN a domain, but users log in to it to access a couple domain
resources.  There are some screwed up files on the box and I'd like to
pull them down to my machine to look at them.  However, the system is in
another state so I don't have physical access to it.

 

I was hoping for something like \\machinename\c$
  but I guess that won't work.  

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

A DOS box that's in a domain?  Really?  Crosstalk (still available) can
connect you to a DOS box. Has to be locally installed tho...

 

Cheers.

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

_

 

 

"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden
rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[Erik Goldoff]

I know that Netopia used to have a combo DSL/Wireless/Firewall/Switch,
Bellsouth was issuing them on a business DSL install a few years back for a
company I used to work for.  I think the model was a Cayman
 

Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

 

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From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem




Is there an affordable router  that can be used as single device to perform
all the functions ? 

TIA 


GuidoElia 
HELPPC 

 


 


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

RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[lists]

Ah.

Try this...

http://josh.com/tiny/

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

Not really IN a domain, but users log in to it to access a couple domain
resources.  There are some screwed up files on the box and I'd like to
pull them down to my machine to look at them.  However, the system is in
another state so I don't have physical access to it.

 

I was hoping for something like \\machinename\c$
  but I guess that won't work.  

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

A DOS box that's in a domain?  Really?  Crosstalk (still available) can
connect you to a DOS box. Has to be locally installed tho...

 

Cheers.

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

_

 

 

"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden
rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Roger Wright]

Not really IN a domain, but users log in to it to access a couple domain
resources.  There are some screwed up files on the box and I'd like to
pull them down to my machine to look at them.  However, the system is in
another state so I don't have physical access to it.

 

I was hoping for something like \\machinename\c$
  but I guess that won't work.  

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of
lists
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

A DOS box that's in a domain?  Really?  Crosstalk (still available) can
connect you to a DOS box. Has to be locally installed tho...

 

Cheers.

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

_

 

 

"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden
rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain 

 

 

 

 

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~   ~<>

RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Steven Calvanese]

Check this out.
http://josh.com/tiny/
 

Overview


TINY is a set of programs that lets you control a DOS computer from any
Java-capable machine over a TCP/IP connection.  It is comparable to
programs like VNC, CarbonCopy, and GotoMyPC except that the host machine
is a DOS computer rather than a Windows one.

 
 
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[IT Support Technician] 
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From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?



The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

_

 



"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden
rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain 

 

 


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RE: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[lists]

A DOS box that's in a domain?  Really?  Crosstalk (still available) can
connect you to a DOS box. Has to be locally installed tho...

 

Cheers.

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remotely Access a DOS Client?

 

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

_

 

 

"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden
rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain 

 

 

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

Remotely Access a DOS Client?

[Roger Wright]

The cobwebs are pretty heavy in my head right now...

 

How can I remotely access the file system on a networked DOS machine?  

 

Does someone need to be logged in to the domain in order for me to
access the C:\ drive from my Windows box?

 

 

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

  

 

_

 



"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden
rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty." - Mark Twain 


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

R: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[HELP_PC]

Because I want just replace a cheap router like dg 834 with a more serious one 
but leaving the same unique IP address. Otherwise I have tochange many thing 
also in server configuration
 
GuidoElia
HELPPC
 

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Da: Jeremy Anderson [mailto:jer...@mapiadmin.net] 
Inviato: mercoledì 8 aprile 2009 17.08
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem



I am pretty sure they exist (netgear has one 
http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/WiredRouters/DG834.aspx), 
but can I ask your aversion to having a DSL modem separate from the firewall?  
I have done many setups with the cheap DSL company provided modem and robust 
firewalls behind them and it works like a champ. 

 

From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

 

 

I am looking for a ready device ! Something like Sonicwall + a DSL or HDSL 
modem included

 

GuidoElia

HELPPC

 

 

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Da: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:nisgo...@gmx.de] 
Inviato: mercoledì 8 aprile 2009 15.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Re: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

You could buy one from the shelf, and install a modified firmware in it. See 
www.dd-wrt.com  or www.openwrt.org or www.routertech.org.

 

 

 

 

From: HELP_PC   

To: NT System Admin Issues   

Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:00 AM

Subject: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

 

 

Is there an affordable router  that can be used as single device to perform all 
the functions ? 

TIA 

 

GuidoElia 
HELPPC 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


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

RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[Terry Dickson]

We used to do that with our Netscreen 5GT I think they have been replaced with 
the SSG line now.  However I do kind of like separating the devices.  When we 
started having problems it was much harder to troubleshoot since it was an all 
in one device.  Turns out DSL was still working but the device had lost one of 
the other ports and since we needed all 4 we replaced it.  Now we no longer use 
DSL so that is not a problem.  www.Juniper.net if you want to look through 
their line.

-Original Message-
From: Jeremy Anderson [mailto:jer...@mapiadmin.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

I am pretty sure they exist (netgear has one 
http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/WiredRouters/DG834.aspx), 
but can I ask your aversion to having a DSL modem separate from the firewall?  
I have done many setups with the cheap DSL company provided modem and robust 
firewalls behind them and it works like a champ. 

 

From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

 

 

I am looking for a ready device ! Something like Sonicwall + a DSL or HDSL 
modem included

 

GuidoElia

HELPPC

 

 



Da: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:nisgo...@gmx.de] 
Inviato: mercoledì 8 aprile 2009 15.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Re: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

You could buy one from the shelf, and install a modified firmware in it. See 
www.dd-wrt.com  or www.openwrt.org or www.routertech.org.

 

 

 

 

From: HELP_PC   

To: NT System Admin Issues 
  

Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:00 AM

Subject: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

 

 

Is there an affordable router  that can be used as single device to 
perform all the functions ? 

TIA 

 

GuidoElia 
HELPPC 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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

RE: Memory.dmp

[Sam Cayze]

Would a storage issue still BSOD?  I have confirmation from the data
center that there was certianly a blue screen on the screen for a while.

 

-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp

Generally for debugging a BSOD only kernel memory is important.

A kernel dump is usually around 800MB or so (max). You do not need a
full dump, nor do you need a 4GB page file. Just configure something
around the 1GB mark (for the purposes of capturing these dumps).

Only configure a full dump if you've got someone debugging these dumps
that requests it.

You should always be getting a minidump file (even if you have kernel or
full selected). If you are getting no minidump files then you have a
problem like storage controller driver problems (which prevent writing
to hard disk) or power issues (which would result in no dump files) etc.

Cheers
Ken


From: Kurt Buff [kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 9:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Memory.dmp

RAM plus, IIRC, 2mbytes, though it might be a bit more.

1.5xRAM is way safe.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:39, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that 
> has to be larger than the RAM?
>
> Don't recall ever changing the page file settings on this box (or 
> anywhere).  I'm not well versed in page file technology.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:32 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Memory.dmp
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sam Cayze 
> wrote:
>> I think the Page File might have been too small :(
>
>  That will do it.  To get a full memory dump, a page file has to be on

> the System Drive (the drive containing Windows), and that page file 
> has to be at least the size of RAM plus a few MB extra for dump
metadata.
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 
>   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 
>   ~
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
  ~ ~
Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
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Re: GPO oddities on XP

[Daniel Rodriguez]

And don't forget the doughnutsMM... Doughnuts purple :)

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Candee Vaglica  wrote:

> And coffee...
> you forgot coffee.
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Ben Scott  wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kennedy, Jim
> >  wrote:
> >> No event log errors. I will head over there later today and gpresult
> them, they
> >> are in a different building.
> >
> >  PSEXEC (from SysInternals on Microsoft.com) should be able to run
> > GPRESULT remotely, I think.
> >
> >  RSOP can be run remotely.  Fire up a new MMC session, add the RSOP
> > snap-in, then choose the "Generate RSOP data" from the "Actions" menu,
> > and the wizard will walk you through the process, including the option
> > to run it on a remote computer.
> >
> >  A good rule in the world of IT admin is: You shouldn't have to leave
> > your desk for anything other than a hardware fault or personal
> > interaction.  :-)
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ 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: GPO oddities on XP

[Candee Vaglica]

And coffee...
you forgot coffee.

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Ben Scott  wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kennedy, Jim
>  wrote:
>> No event log errors. I will head over there later today and gpresult them, 
>> they
>> are in a different building.
>
>  PSEXEC (from SysInternals on Microsoft.com) should be able to run
> GPRESULT remotely, I think.
>
>  RSOP can be run remotely.  Fire up a new MMC session, add the RSOP
> snap-in, then choose the "Generate RSOP data" from the "Actions" menu,
> and the wizard will walk you through the process, including the option
> to run it on a remote computer.
>
>  A good rule in the world of IT admin is: You shouldn't have to leave
> your desk for anything other than a hardware fault or personal
> interaction.  :-)
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[Jeremy Anderson]

I am pretty sure they exist (netgear has one 
http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/WiredRouters/DG834.aspx), 
but can I ask your aversion to having a DSL modem separate from the firewall?  
I have done many setups with the cheap DSL company provided modem and robust 
firewalls behind them and it works like a champ.

From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem


I am looking for a ready device ! Something like Sonicwall + a DSL or HDSL 
modem included

GuidoElia
HELPPC



Da: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:nisgo...@gmx.de]
Inviato: mercoledì 8 aprile 2009 15.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Re: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem
You could buy one from the shelf, and install a modified firmware in it. See 
www.dd-wrt.com  or 
www.openwrt.org or 
www.routertech.org.




From: HELP_PC
To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:00 AM
Subject: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem



Is there an affordable router  that can be used as single device to perform all 
the functions ?

TIA


GuidoElia
HELPPC













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~   ~

RE: GPO oddities on XP

[David Lum]

+1  Actual physical movement is for desktop support types :-)

David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: GPO oddities on XP

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kennedy, Jim
 wrote:
> No event log errors. I will head over there later today and gpresult them, 
> they
> are in a different building.

  PSEXEC (from SysInternals on Microsoft.com) should be able to run
GPRESULT remotely, I think.

  RSOP can be run remotely.  Fire up a new MMC session, add the RSOP
snap-in, then choose the "Generate RSOP data" from the "Actions" menu,
and the wizard will walk you through the process, including the option
to run it on a remote computer.

  A good rule in the world of IT admin is: You shouldn't have to leave
your desk for anything other than a hardware fault or personal
interaction.  :-)

-- Ben

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



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~   ~

RE: KDC event 11 errors

[Stefan Jafs]

Thanks I did find it and removed it from the Administrator, looks like it fixed 
it.
I don't know why it was on the Admin account in the first place, however we no 
longer use Microsoft CRM, went to Prophet about a year ago and people are a lot 
happier!

___
Stefan Jafs

From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: KDC event 11 errors

I'd guess the SPN should be removed from the administrator account, but, what 
context is the CRM service running in?

You can browse to the object you want to pull the SPN from and then drill down 
to the servicePrincipalName attribute.

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

c - 312.731.3132

Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/
Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: KDC event 11 errors

I'm getting the following error on my DC:

There are multiple accounts with name host/mscrm.amico.com of type 
DS_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME.

I have been able to dump this using LD=difde:

dn: CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=amico,DC=com
changetype: add
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/amico-bak.amico.com:1127
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/amico-wsus.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/ACSBV.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/accdata.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: {14E52635-0A95-4a5c-BDB1-E0D0C703B6C8}/DATA120
servicePrincipalName: {14E52635-0A95-4a5c-BDB1-E0D0C703B6C8}/data120.amico.com
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/amico-sql.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: HOST/MSCRM
servicePrincipalName: HOST/mscrm.amico.com

dn: CN=MSCRM,OU=Servers,OU=Resources,DC=amico,DC=com
changetype: add
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/mscrm.amico.com:2928
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/mscrm.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/mscrm
servicePrincipalName: SMTPSVC/MSCRM
servicePrincipalName: SMTPSVC/mscrm.amico.com
servicePrincipalName: HOST/MSCRM
servicePrincipalName: HOST/mscrm.amico.com

So it looks like MSCRM and mscrm.amico.com are duplicated, is this correct?

Using ADSI Edit where do I go to delete the duplicated?

___
Stefan Jafs


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RE: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[HELP_PC]

 
I am looking for a ready device ! Something like Sonicwall + a DSL or HDSL 
modem included
 
GuidoElia
HELPPC
 

  _  

Da: Silvio L. Nisgoski [mailto:nisgo...@gmx.de] 
Inviato: mercoledì 8 aprile 2009 15.49
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Re: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem


You could buy one from the shelf, and install a modified firmware in it. See 
www.dd-wrt.com  or www.openwrt.org or www.routertech.org.
 
 
 
 
From: HELP_PC   

To: NT System Admin Issues   
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:00 AM
Subject: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem



Is there an affordable router  that can be used as single device to perform all 
the functions ? 

TIA 


GuidoElia 
HELPPC 

 



 



 


 


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~   ~

RE: From managed SAV 10 client to unmanged SEP 11 (going nuts...)

[Jeremy Anderson]

I like the Windows Installer Clean Up Utility For this...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

-Original Message-
From: Jay Kulsh [mailto:a...@kulsh.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: From managed SAV 10 client to unmanged SEP 11 (going nuts...)

I have ungraded two W2K3 servers including a DC in this network from managed 
SAV 10 client to unmanaged SEP 11 client rather smoothly. But on this member 
server, which is running Blackberry Enterprise BTW, upgrade process gets 
aborted with the error "The SAVMain feature is must be installed with Symantec 
Antivirus. When using the ADDLOCAL property please include SAVMain in the list 
of features to install." Searching on Internet on this error produced very 
little.

I attempted to uninstall SAV10 from Add/Remove CPL as well as from setup.exe 
file of CLT-INST folder-share but get this same error each time. Also, followed 
lengthy instructions of Symantec doc ID 2005050210381448 to manually uninstall 
SAV10 (there was very little to clean) but it still won't go away from the 
programs list in CPL. After and before that, tried to install SEP11 from root 
setup.exe file of CD1 as well as from setup.exe in its SEP folder. Have 
rebooted this server after each operation -- about 8 times (during late night 
hours).

Thankfully only thing good is that I can still install back SAV10 client -- and 
Blackberry services are quietly chugging along during all this 
uninstall/reinstall mayhem.

Any idea on how to clean this server of SAV 10 client so SEP 11 can be put in 
place? Thanks.

Jay
_
Jay Kulsh
So. Pasadena, CA
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Re: Conference call hosting

[Jonathan Link]

Yes, it did.  He had been previously having them call the firm's number and
trying to conference them in with our phone system, which was antiquated
when it was purchased and doesn't handle more than three lines well.

My complaint is that the software installs to the profile and requires admin
rights to install, so I had some trouble installing it.  I don't understand
why it wouldn't install to the Program Files folder.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Roger Wright  wrote:

>  Jonathan,
>
>
>
> How did Yugma work out for your partner’s need?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger Wright
>
> Network Administrator
>
> Evatone, Inc.
>
> 727.572.7076  x388
>
> _
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 07, 2009 3:00 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Conference call hosting
>
>
>
> Thanks for the advice.  It appears that Yugma will meet the needs for this
> limited application.
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Gene Giannamore <
> gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com> wrote:
>
> +1
>
>
>
>
> Gene Giannamore
> Abide International Inc.
> Technical Support
> 561 1st Street West
> Sonoma,Ca.95476
> (707) 935-1577Office
> (707) 935-9387Fax
> (707) 766-4185Cell
> gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com
> www.abideinternational.com
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 8:27 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: RE: Conference call hosting
>
> We use Intercall. Just signed up with them for like 5¢/minute. That
> includes interactive desktop sharing, etc. You can share your entire
> desktop, or just one app. Very interesting. There's no monthly fee, however,
> it's 5¢/minute/user, so it can add up pretty fast.
>
>
>  John-AldrichTile-Tools
>
>
>
>
> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:55 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: Conference call hosting
>
>
>
> Partner came to me with a request to host a conference call with him and 5
> other people (tonight).  Has anyone worked with any hosting service to do
> this that you care to recommend?
>
>
>
> Google is singularly unsuited to this task due to the short time frame
> involved, and the high ad/to info ratio the search conference call hosting
> brings up.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Adding users as Admins

[Tom Miller]

I do this in a vbscript and that works for us.

>>> James Rankin  4/8/2009 3:07 AM >>>
use a startup script deployed via GPO to add the required users to the local 
administrators group. Problem is it won't overwrite entries that aren't 
supposed to be there.

There are many different flavours of script you could use but my personal 
favourite would be the old net localgroup Administrators username/groupname /add

2009/4/8 Joseph L. Casale 



I have a GPO that adds a group into the local admin group on every wkst.
Problem is that it overwrites any manual additions. Is there a way to control 
this behavior
or a better way to do this so that if a user for whatever reason has to be 
added, it can be
done at the wkst without risk of losing this?

Thanks!
jlc





 
 

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RE: Conference call hosting

[Roger Wright]

Jonathan,

 

How did Yugma work out for your partner's need?

 

   

 

Roger Wright

Network Administrator

Evatone, Inc.

727.572.7076  x388

_  

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 3:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Conference call hosting

 

Thanks for the advice.  It appears that Yugma will meet the needs for this 
limited application.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Gene Giannamore 
 wrote:

+1




Gene Giannamore
Abide International Inc.
Technical Support
561 1st Street West
Sonoma,Ca.95476
(707) 935-1577Office
(707) 935-9387Fax
(707) 766-4185Cell
gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com
www.abideinternational.com  




-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 8:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Conference call hosting

We use Intercall. Just signed up with them for like 5¢/minute. That includes 
interactive desktop sharing, etc. You can share your entire desktop, or just 
one app. Very interesting. There's no monthly fee, however, it's 
5¢/minute/user, so it can add up pretty fast.




John-AldrichTile-Tools




From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Conference call hosting



Partner came to me with a request to host a conference call with him and 5 
other people (tonight).  Has anyone worked with any hosting service to do this 
that you care to recommend?



Google is singularly unsuited to this task due to the short time frame 
involved, and the high ad/to info ratio the search conference call hosting 
brings up.



Thanks,

Jonathan






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RE: Memory.dmp

[Erik Goldoff]

"  I highly recommend setting the initial and max page file sizes to the
same value anyway.  Otherwise, the page file tends to become fragmented, and
that really drags down performance. "

I agree totally ! 
 I've long been a proponent of setting the page file minimum to whatever
value is expected for maximum at the time I first install the operating
system.  And depending on drive config, move the page to another drive
temporarily, defrag the target drive, and then move the page file back with
min=max , that way I'm virtually assured of a page file without any
fragmentation issues.




Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security 


-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Memory.dmp

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that 
> has to be larger than the RAM?

  I believe it's actually the size of the page file at the time of the
crash.  :)

  So, I'd set the initial page file size to RAM+extra.

  I highly recommend setting the initial and max page file sizes to the same
value anyway.  Otherwise, the page file tends to become fragmented, and that
really drags down performance.  Plus the system tends to waste time
constantly growing and shrinking[1] the page file, which also drags down
performance.

[1] Something in the back of my head says that some flavors of Windows only
grow during operation, and only shrink at boot, or something like that.
Whatever.  Some flavors did try to shrink during operation.

-- Ben

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


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~   ~

Re: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem

[Silvio L. Nisgoski]

Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modemYou could buy one from the shelf, and 
install a modified firmware in it. See www.dd-wrt.com  or www.openwrt.org or 
www.routertech.org.




From: HELP_PC 
  To: NT System Admin Issues 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:00 AM
  Subject: Router with Firewall and DSL or HDSL modem




  Is there an affordable router  that can be used as single device to perform 
all the functions ? 

  TIA 



  GuidoElia 
  HELPPC 




 

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

RE: GPO oddities on XP

[Ken Schaefer]

The only problem is router ACLs and firewalls and Security BUs that detect this 
activity and shut you down. PSEXEC requires RPC to install a remote service and 
some random port to talk back on. GPMC RSOP data requires that the remote RSOP 
service is running and can talk back to your MMC. I've had clients where this 
has been picked up and questions asked :-(

Cheers
Ken


From: Ben Scott [mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 11:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: GPO oddities on XP

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kennedy, Jim
 wrote:
> No event log errors. I will head over there later today and gpresult them, 
> they
> are in a different building.

  PSEXEC (from SysInternals on Microsoft.com) should be able to run
GPRESULT remotely, I think.

  RSOP can be run remotely.  Fire up a new MMC session, add the RSOP
snap-in, then choose the "Generate RSOP data" from the "Actions" menu,
and the wizard will walk you through the process, including the option
to run it on a remote computer.

  A good rule in the world of IT admin is: You shouldn't have to leave
your desk for anything other than a hardware fault or personal
interaction.  :-)

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

Re: GPO oddities on XP

[James Rankin]

Since the advent of DRAC and ILO, I rarely have to move at all. Coupled with
this 5kg tub of sweets, I am amazed I don't weigh twice as much as I do :-)

2009/4/8 Ben Scott 

> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kennedy, Jim
>  wrote:
> > No event log errors. I will head over there later today and gpresult
> them, they
> > are in a different building.
>
>   PSEXEC (from SysInternals on Microsoft.com) should be able to run
> GPRESULT remotely, I think.
>
>  RSOP can be run remotely.  Fire up a new MMC session, add the RSOP
> snap-in, then choose the "Generate RSOP data" from the "Actions" menu,
> and the wizard will walk you through the process, including the option
> to run it on a remote computer.
>
>  A good rule in the world of IT admin is: You shouldn't have to leave
> your desk for anything other than a hardware fault or personal
> interaction.  :-)
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

Re: GPO oddities on XP

[Ben Scott]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Kennedy, Jim
 wrote:
> No event log errors. I will head over there later today and gpresult them, 
> they
> are in a different building.

  PSEXEC (from SysInternals on Microsoft.com) should be able to run
GPRESULT remotely, I think.

  RSOP can be run remotely.  Fire up a new MMC session, add the RSOP
snap-in, then choose the "Generate RSOP data" from the "Actions" menu,
and the wizard will walk you through the process, including the option
to run it on a remote computer.

  A good rule in the world of IT admin is: You shouldn't have to leave
your desk for anything other than a hardware fault or personal
interaction.  :-)

-- Ben

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

Re: Adding users as Admins

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Joseph L. Casale
 wrote:
> Problem is that it overwrites any manual additions. Is there a way to
> control this behavior or a better way to do this so that if a user for 
> whatever
> reason has to be added, it can be done at the wkst without risk of losing 
> this?

  We use a PC startup script (VBS) to add a domain group to the local
"Administrators" group to each computer.  I've extracted the relevant
parts below.  Perhaps this will be of use to you.




Const OrgName = "CHANGEME"  ' e.g., "Foo Industries"
Const OrgNTDomain = "CHANGEME"  ' NTLM/NetBIOS domain name
Const OrgPCAdmins = "Workstation Admins"

Dim WshShell, WshNetwork
Set WshShell   = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")

Dim hostname
hostname = WshNetwork.ComputerName

' registry path we keep our "Done Yet?" flags in
Dim InitCompRegPath
InitCompRegPath = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\" & OrgName & "\ITAdmin\InitComp"

Const AddPCAdmins = "AddPCAdmins"
If NotDoneYet(AddPCAdmins) Then
Dim LocalGroup, DomainGroup
Set LocalGroup = Nothing
Set DomainGroup = Nothing
On Error Resume Next
Set LocalGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & hostname & "/Administrators,group")
Set DomainGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & OrgNTDomain & "/" &
OrgPCAdmins & ",group")
On Error GoTo 0
If Not ((DomainGroup Is Nothing) OR (LocalGroup Is Nothing)) Then
LocalGroup.Add (DomainGroup.ADsPath)
DoneNow AddPCAdmins
End If

Function NotDoneYet (itemName)
Dim itemPath, regval
itemPath = InitCompRegPath & "\" & itemName
On Error Resume Next
regval = WshShell.RegRead(itemPath)
On Error GoTo 0
If regval = 1 Then
NotDoneYet = False
Else
NotDoneYet = True
End If
End Function

Sub DoneNow (itemName)
Dim itemPath
itemPath = InitCompRegPath & "\" & itemName
WshShell.RegWrite itemPath, 1, strREG_DWORD
End Sub

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RE: GPO oddities on XP

[Kennedy, Jim]

No event log errors. I will head over there later today and gpresult them, they 
are in a different building. Forgot about that tool.




> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:55 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: GPO oddities on XP
> 
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Kennedy, Jim
>  wrote:
> > I should point out that
> > 'firewall on' is one gpo object and the exceptions are another. So it
> is
> > getting part of the group policies but not others.
> 
>   Does the Event Log show an errors about Group Policy?
> 
>   What do the GPRESULT (command line) and/or RSOP.MSC (GUI) tools tell
> you?
> 
> -- Ben
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~


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~   ~

RE: GPO oddities on XP

[Ken Schaefer]

Any GPO processing errors in the Event Log?

Cheers
Ken


From: Kennedy, Jim [kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 10:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: GPO oddities on XP

We recently turned XP’s Firewall back on via group policy. There is a very 
small set of exceptions in that policy. I have six or eight machines that did 
not pick up the exceptions, all in a lab and they are identical to the other 
machines in the lab both in hardware and the ghost image we use on them.

So I hit them with a gpupdate /force and boot. Still not there. Check their 
machine accounts and they all look good. So I manually removed them from the 
domain and renamed them. Then added them back into the domain and ran a 
gpupdate /force.  That worked and they were good to go.

Next day they have lost the settings again.  I should point out that ‘firewall 
on’ is one gpo object and the exceptions are another. So it is getting part of 
the group policies but not others.

It  is almost as if these machines have something on them that is resetting the 
firewall exceptions. None of the users are admin or power.

Any ideas gang? I am at a total loss.








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~   ~

Re: GPO oddities on XP

[Ben Scott]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Kennedy, Jim
 wrote:
> I should point out that
> ‘firewall on’ is one gpo object and the exceptions are another. So it is
> getting part of the group policies but not others.

  Does the Event Log show an errors about Group Policy?

  What do the GPRESULT (command line) and/or RSOP.MSC (GUI) tools tell you?

-- Ben

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~   ~

Re: Network Printer Drivers

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Joseph L. Casale
 wrote:
> CentOS 5 with Samba and Cups:)

  *Oh*.  I don't know how that will interact with Vista.  Vista
does a lot of things differently internally (for little apparent
gain).  I didn't even think Samba supported the necessary magic to
push printer drivers without admin rights on the client.  Last I
tried, it could offer the drivers via the PRINT$ share, but clients
would need to have admin rights to install them.

-- Ben

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~   ~

Re: Memory.dmp

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that has
> to be larger than the RAM?

  I believe it's actually the size of the page file at the time of the
crash.  :)

  So, I'd set the initial page file size to RAM+extra.

  I highly recommend setting the initial and max page file sizes to
the same value anyway.  Otherwise, the page file tends to become
fragmented, and that really drags down performance.  Plus the system
tends to waste time constantly growing and shrinking[1] the page file,
which also drags down performance.

[1] Something in the back of my head says that some flavors of Windows
only grow during operation, and only shrink at boot, or something like
that.  Whatever.  Some flavors did try to shrink during operation.

-- Ben

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

GPO oddities on XP

[Kennedy, Jim]

We recently turned XP's Firewall back on via group policy. There is a very 
small set of exceptions in that policy. I have six or eight machines that did 
not pick up the exceptions, all in a lab and they are identical to the other 
machines in the lab both in hardware and the ghost image we use on them.

So I hit them with a gpupdate /force and boot. Still not there. Check their 
machine accounts and they all look good. So I manually removed them from the 
domain and renamed them. Then added them back into the domain and ran a 
gpupdate /force.  That worked and they were good to go.

Next day they have lost the settings again.  I should point out that 'firewall 
on' is one gpo object and the exceptions are another. So it is getting part of 
the group policies but not others.

It  is almost as if these machines have something on them that is resetting the 
firewall exceptions. None of the users are admin or power.

Any ideas gang? I am at a total loss.




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~   ~

RE: Adding users as Admins

[Joseph L. Casale]

I have to test this more thoroughly (perhaps my understanding of the GPO method 
still needs improvement).
I cleared the top field and added what I needed to the bottom field and 
everything was purged except local admin?

jlc

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Adding users as Admins

use a startup script deployed via GPO to add the required users to the local 
administrators group. Problem is it won't overwrite entries that aren't 
supposed to be there.

There are many different flavours of script you could use but my personal 
favourite would be the old net localgroup Administrators username/groupname /add
2009/4/8 Joseph L. Casale 
mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>>

I have a GPO that adds a group into the local admin group on every wkst.

Problem is that it overwrites any manual additions. Is there a way to control 
this behavior

or a better way to do this so that if a user for whatever reason has to be 
added, it can be

done at the wkst without risk of losing this?



Thanks!
jlc










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~   ~

RE: Memory.dmp

[Ken Schaefer]

If something is paged out, it's not in memory, and it's not going to be in the 
dump file AFAIK.

A full dump will give you kernel mode data, and whatever user mode process are 
in RAM. But user mode process data is generally not that relevant to BSODs, and 
a lot more user mode code tends to be paged out making it more difficult to 
work out what's happening in that process.

Cheers
Ken


From: Brian Desmond [br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 5:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp

You need a full dump if something interesting w.r.t. the debug is paged out.

If something in memory gets corrupted enough that the dump data can't be 
written then you won't get one. Also if your I/O stack gets FUBAR'ed or you 
have a hardware issue that's another thing.

The way this happens is the dump is written during the crash into the page 
file. When the system boots, the  WinLogon process checks inside the page file 
and if it discovers the dump it moves it into that memory.dmp, produces the 
mini, etc.

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

c - 312.731.3132

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-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp

Generally for debugging a BSOD only kernel memory is important.

A kernel dump is usually around 800MB or so (max). You do not need a full dump, 
nor do you need a 4GB page file. Just configure something around the 1GB mark 
(for the purposes of capturing these dumps).

Only configure a full dump if you've got someone debugging these dumps that 
requests it.

You should always be getting a minidump file (even if you have kernel or full 
selected). If you are getting no minidump files then you have a problem like 
storage controller driver problems (which prevent writing to hard disk) or 
power issues (which would result in no dump files) etc.

Cheers
Ken


From: Kurt Buff [kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 9:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Memory.dmp

RAM plus, IIRC, 2mbytes, though it might be a bit more.

1.5xRAM is way safe.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:39, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that has
> to be larger than the RAM?
>
> Don't recall ever changing the page file settings on this box (or
> anywhere).  I'm not well versed in page file technology.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:32 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Memory.dmp
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sam Cayze 
> wrote:
>> I think the Page File might have been too small :(
>
>  That will do it.  To get a full memory dump, a page file has to be on
> the System Drive (the drive containing Windows), and that page file has
> to be at least the size of RAM plus a few MB extra for dump metadata.
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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~   ~
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~   ~


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~   ~
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~   ~

RE: Disk Config for Virtual File Server

[Brian Desmond]

I'd use separate VHDs just so that the data drive is portable. If you need to 
you can detach the data VHD and move it with no overhead really.

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

c - 312.731.3132

Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/
Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian


-Original Message-
From: Mark Milo [mailto:markmil...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Disk Config for Virtual File Server

Hi - Forgive the basic question but we are looking at building a file and print 
server using Windows 2008 on a virtual server (MS Hyper V). In the past I have 
typically mirrored the OS and used raid 5 for data (about  0.8 TB). Since all 
data will be on the one raid volume is there any point in having separate 
drives for OS and data ? Storage for the moment will be on internal raid 5 SAS 
disks - hopefully moving to SAN in the not too distant future.
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

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

RE: KDC event 11 errors

[Brian Desmond]

I'd guess the SPN should be removed from the administrator account, but, what 
context is the CRM service running in?

You can browse to the object you want to pull the SPN from and then drill down 
to the servicePrincipalName attribute.

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

c - 312.731.3132

Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/
Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: KDC event 11 errors

I'm getting the following error on my DC:

There are multiple accounts with name host/mscrm.amico.com of type 
DS_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME.

I have been able to dump this using LD=difde:

dn: CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=amico,DC=com
changetype: add
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/amico-bak.amico.com:1127
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/amico-wsus.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/ACSBV.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/accdata.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: {14E52635-0A95-4a5c-BDB1-E0D0C703B6C8}/DATA120
servicePrincipalName: {14E52635-0A95-4a5c-BDB1-E0D0C703B6C8}/data120.amico.com
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/amico-sql.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: HOST/MSCRM
servicePrincipalName: HOST/mscrm.amico.com

dn: CN=MSCRM,OU=Servers,OU=Resources,DC=amico,DC=com
changetype: add
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/mscrm.amico.com:2928
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/mscrm.amico.com:1433
servicePrincipalName: MSSQLSvc/mscrm
servicePrincipalName: SMTPSVC/MSCRM
servicePrincipalName: SMTPSVC/mscrm.amico.com
servicePrincipalName: HOST/MSCRM
servicePrincipalName: HOST/mscrm.amico.com

So it looks like MSCRM and mscrm.amico.com are duplicated, is this correct?

Using ADSI Edit where do I go to delete the duplicated?

___
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RE: Conference call hosting

[Brian Desmond]

I've been using a bridge from Onebox.com lately - seems to work, no idea on 
cost. Can't be much though.

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

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From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Conference call hosting

Just phone or is there any web stuff like PDF's or anything?

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Conference call hosting

Partner came to me with a request to host a conference call with him and 5 
other people (tonight).  Has anyone worked with any hosting service to do this 
that you care to recommend?

Google is singularly unsuited to this task due to the short time frame 
involved, and the high ad/to info ratio the search conference call hosting 
brings up.

Thanks,
Jonathan









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

RE: Memory.dmp

[Brian Desmond]

You need a full dump if something interesting w.r.t. the debug is paged out.

If something in memory gets corrupted enough that the dump data can't be 
written then you won't get one. Also if your I/O stack gets FUBAR'ed or you 
have a hardware issue that's another thing.

The way this happens is the dump is written during the crash into the page 
file. When the system boots, the  WinLogon process checks inside the page file 
and if it discovers the dump it moves it into that memory.dmp, produces the 
mini, etc.

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

c - 312.731.3132

Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/
Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian

-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Memory.dmp

Generally for debugging a BSOD only kernel memory is important.

A kernel dump is usually around 800MB or so (max). You do not need a full dump, 
nor do you need a 4GB page file. Just configure something around the 1GB mark 
(for the purposes of capturing these dumps).

Only configure a full dump if you've got someone debugging these dumps that 
requests it.

You should always be getting a minidump file (even if you have kernel or full 
selected). If you are getting no minidump files then you have a problem like 
storage controller driver problems (which prevent writing to hard disk) or 
power issues (which would result in no dump files) etc.

Cheers
Ken


From: Kurt Buff [kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 8 April 2009 9:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Memory.dmp

RAM plus, IIRC, 2mbytes, though it might be a bit more.

1.5xRAM is way safe.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:39, Sam Cayze  wrote:
> I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that has
> to be larger than the RAM?
>
> Don't recall ever changing the page file settings on this box (or
> anywhere).  I'm not well versed in page file technology.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:32 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Memory.dmp
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sam Cayze 
> wrote:
>> I think the Page File might have been too small :(
>
>  That will do it.  To get a full memory dump, a page file has to be on
> the System Drive (the drive containing Windows), and that page file has
> to be at least the size of RAM plus a few MB extra for dump metadata.
>
> -- Ben
>
> ~ 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: Adding users as Admins

[James Rankin]

use a startup script deployed via GPO to add the required users to the local
administrators group. Problem is it won't overwrite entries that aren't
supposed to be there.

There are many different flavours of script you could use but my personal
favourite would be the old *net localgroup Administrators username/groupname
/add*

2009/4/8 Joseph L. Casale 

>  I have a GPO that adds a group into the local admin group on every wkst.
>
> Problem is that it overwrites any manual additions. Is there a way to
> control this behavior
>
> or a better way to do this so that if a user for whatever reason has to be
> added, it can be
>
> done at the wkst without risk of losing this?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
> jlc
>
>
>
>
>
>

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~   ~