RE: Thousands of Event 51 Logged
The original message mentioned paging operation. You don't have your page file on an external USB drive, do you? An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk3 during a paging operation -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: 06 January 2010 02:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Thousands of Event 51 Logged Hmmph. -sc This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England Wales: Company Number: 3796233) Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD http://www.qinetiq.com. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe
Sorry for the slight OT here. I am using oldcmp to do some analysis of user accounts on a large domain. I did a report on disabled users with password ages over 365 days. I note that many of the results come back as -1 for pwdage, as opposed to a number greater than 365, and I am wondering if any of you fine folks know how to interpret this value. Many thanks from snowy England. Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe
Means the password was never set Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.commailto:br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe Sorry for the slight OT here. I am using oldcmp to do some analysis of user accounts on a large domain. I did a report on disabled users with password ages over 365 days. I note that many of the results come back as -1 for pwdage, as opposed to a number greater than 365, and I am wondering if any of you fine folks know how to interpret this value. Many thanks from snowy England. Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe
Cool, thanks From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: 06 January 2010 12:47 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe Means the password was never set Thanks, Brian Desmond mailto:br...@briandesmond.com br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slightly OT question about oldcmp.exe Sorry for the slight OT here. I am using oldcmp to do some analysis of user accounts on a large domain. I did a report on disabled users with password ages over 365 days. I note that many of the results come back as -1 for pwdage, as opposed to a number greater than 365, and I am wondering if any of you fine folks know how to interpret this value. Many thanks from snowy England. Clayton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
How long to get a server?
So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise)
I have Vipre Enterprise and on one of the client machines the critical system file shdocvw.dll (Windows XP Pro) has disappeared twice after Vipre detects SearchMiracle.EliteBar. I'm not sure the two are related, but it's awfully suspicious to me that this is happening. The first time it happened, I was out of the office and couldn't get to the machine until the next day, so the user lost the use of his computer for half a day. The second time (yesterday afternoon) the user notified me just about quitting time that Vipre was telling him it needed to reboot to finish cleaning itself of an infestation. I told him to reboot and when we tried to log in after it came back up, the desktop was bare - not even a taskbar. Fortunately, CTL+ALT+DEL worked and I was able to pull up a command prompt and repair the damage (again.) Anyone seen this behavior? Is it a false positive? Should I put that file in the admin known good section on the server so Vipre will leave it alone? FWIW, I posted a similar topic on the Vipre Enterprise support forum. Just thought I'd post it here as well so anyone who has a similar problem can fix it like I did - I copied the relevant file off my desktop machine and put it on the affected machine, and miracle of miracles, I was able to launch Explorer.exe and the desktop reappeared. J John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: How long to get a server?
That is insane. Cancel them. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Generally the initial ~2 week estimate is what we've seen from Dell. That having been said, if there's a critical part shortage for something we've spec'ed ( a newly introduced drive, or high-density RAM), then delays as you mention have happened to us too. And we are a large gov agency. -sc From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
I am not married to Dell I just have more experience with them. After this experience though I'll be looking into HP. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff *IT Consultant* *Systems, Networks, Security * ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -- *From:* Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
I've always had good experiences with ProLiant in the past too, and available via multiple vendors if one hiccups Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _ From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
I would not put ordering new servers in a DR plan. Keep Cold/Warm spares, or have a DR contract with someone like SunGard who can offer cold spares in a matter of minutes at their location, or have them drop shipped to your location (They offer a 4 hour window). Sam Cayze Information Technology Administrator ROLLOUTS ONSITE * ON DEMAND LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/samcayze http://www.facebook.com/samcayze Do you have tech skills? Sign up at our site and become a Rollouts e-Technician: https://www.e-technicians.net/ https://www.e-technicians.net/ From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise)
John, I am going to assume that you are running XP SP3, what is the version of that shdocvw.dll? I have 6.0.2900.5580 Its SHA1 hash is the following: C:\WINDOWS\system32fsum -sha1 shdocvw.dll ; SlavaSoft Optimizing Checksum Utility - fsum 2.5 www.slavasoft.com ; ; Generated on 01/06/10 at 09:04:01 ; 557776093fc907a1efd708c5251969eec4a7d5d2 ?SHA1*shdocvw.dll Check the hash on your dll, and make sure it is the same. ( You will need a pristine system patched to the latest baseline) and verify it's the same. If it isn't, then something is going awry. The dll is the shell doc object and control library dll. Per the process explorer you can see which executables this dll is invoked in. By default its explorer.exe, Winword, outlook, mstsc ( remote desktop connection) I would also check these version and make sure they also hash the same way. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) I have Vipre Enterprise and on one of the client machines the critical system file shdocvw.dll (Windows XP Pro) has disappeared twice after Vipre detects SearchMiracle.EliteBar. I'm not sure the two are related, but it's awfully suspicious to me that this is happening. The first time it happened, I was out of the office and couldn't get to the machine until the next day, so the user lost the use of his computer for half a day. The second time (yesterday afternoon) the user notified me just about quitting time that Vipre was telling him it needed to reboot to finish cleaning itself of an infestation. I told him to reboot and when we tried to log in after it came back up, the desktop was bare - not even a taskbar. Fortunately, CTL+ALT+DEL worked and I was able to pull up a command prompt and repair the damage (again.) Anyone seen this behavior? Is it a false positive? Should I put that file in the admin known good section on the server so Vipre will leave it alone? FWIW, I posted a similar topic on the Vipre Enterprise support forum. Just thought I'd post it here as well so anyone who has a similar problem can fix it like I did - I copied the relevant file off my desktop machine and put it on the affected machine, and miracle of miracles, I was able to launch Explorer.exe and the desktop reappeared. :-) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image002.jpgimage001.jpg
Re: How long to get a server?
Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. -- *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff *IT Consultant* *Systems, Networks, Security * ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -- *From:* Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
How do you feel about bloatware?
Hi Guys! (This is one of Stu's '30-second' surveys...) How do you feel about bloatware? We're looking for a slogan of just a few words, remember the one we had for CounterSpy?: Hit Spyware Hard. Which phrase expresses best how you feel about bloatware? Feel free to use the textbox at the end if you think you have a better one. If that gets chosen, you'll get an exclusive VIPRE t-shirt with that slogan. Here is the link. Thanks so much in advance!!! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V8F2RN9 Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Yes - you can get them everywhere. I use a vendor now that offers free ground shipping on everything (no min). So even my heavy rack mount proliants are free (ground) shipping. I would take a serious look at (1) a different Dell vendor and (2) HP Proliants. Just my $.02 Good luck! Hope you get your new babies soon! From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? I've always had good experiences with ProLiant in the past too, and available via multiple vendors if one hiccups Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How do you feel about bloatware?
There are only three words that can explain how I hate bloatware and how to deal with it...Make Adobe Bankrupt 2010/1/6 Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com Hi Guys! (This is one of Stu's '30-second' surveys...) How do you feel about bloatware? We're looking for a slogan of just a few words, remember the one we had for CounterSpy?: Hit Spyware Hard. Which phrase expresses best how you feel about bloatware? Feel free to use the textbox at the end if you think you have a better one. If that gets chosen, you'll get an exclusive VIPRE t-shirt with that slogan. Here is the link. Thanks so much in advance!!! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V8F2RN9 Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
Unfortunately, at least in my country, Spain, Dell orders take forever too. Others manufacturers have the same issue. Although maybe not in this case (it's meant to be still under the building process) the overall situation quite related with the outsourcing thing. Support, maintenance and logistics are outsourced sometimes with more than one layer of subcontracting and sometimes things get forever to arrive. With some manufacturers even they send the technician and the piece of hardware separately and although the technician is on site, the spare isn't, ending up sometimes in the technician having to leave our site and rescheduling the downtime. Really bad! Regarding your DR thing, if you have more than one building might be a good idea of having spare machines, maybe without hard drives (and/or RAM)...Hard drives take less to arrive... If you haven't another building maybe you can ask for getting a safer somewhere outside your building and put there those spares... Just an idea... Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Matt Plahtinsky cbusitl...@gmail.com escribió: De: Matt Plahtinsky cbusitl...@gmail.com Asunto: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 08:49 So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
It's something specific in the build and they are letting you slip though the cracks. I'm assuming you don't have a dedicated rep because they would never let that happen. I usually have my 150lb freight shipped server here in 3-4 days. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise)
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. The version on my system (NOT the one having problems) is 6.0.2900.5512. I don't have the fsum app, so I can't say what the checksum is. Can you advise where to get that? John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) John, I am going to assume that you are running XP SP3, what is the version of that shdocvw.dll? I have 6.0.2900.5580 Its SHA1 hash is the following: C:\WINDOWS\system32fsum -sha1 shdocvw.dll ; SlavaSoft Optimizing Checksum Utility - fsum 2.5 www.slavasoft.com ; ; Generated on 01/06/10 at 09:04:01 ; 557776093fc907a1efd708c5251969eec4a7d5d2 ?SHA1*shdocvw.dll Check the hash on your dll, and make sure it is the same. ( You will need a pristine system patched to the latest baseline) and verify it's the same. If it isn't, then something is going awry. The dll is the shell doc object and control library dll. Per the process explorer you can see which executables this dll is invoked in. By default its explorer.exe, Winword, outlook, mstsc ( remote desktop connection) I would also check these version and make sure they also hash the same way. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 _ From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) I have Vipre Enterprise and on one of the client machines the critical system file shdocvw.dll (Windows XP Pro) has disappeared twice after Vipre detects SearchMiracle.EliteBar. I'm not sure the two are related, but it's awfully suspicious to me that this is happening. The first time it happened, I was out of the office and couldn't get to the machine until the next day, so the user lost the use of his computer for half a day. The second time (yesterday afternoon) the user notified me just about quitting time that Vipre was telling him it needed to reboot to finish cleaning itself of an infestation. I told him to reboot and when we tried to log in after it came back up, the desktop was bare - not even a taskbar. Fortunately, CTL+ALT+DEL worked and I was able to pull up a command prompt and repair the damage (again.) Anyone seen this behavior? Is it a false positive? Should I put that file in the admin known good section on the server so Vipre will leave it alone? FWIW, I posted a similar topic on the Vipre Enterprise support forum. Just thought I'd post it here as well so anyone who has a similar problem can fix it like I did - I copied the relevant file off my desktop machine and put it on the affected machine, and miracle of miracles, I was able to launch Explorer.exe and the desktop reappeared. J John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: How do you feel about bloatware?
And Java... From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How do you feel about bloatware? There are only three words that can explain how I hate bloatware and how to deal with it...Make Adobe Bankrupt 2010/1/6 Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.commailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com Hi Guys! (This is one of Stu's '30-second' surveys...) How do you feel about bloatware? We're looking for a slogan of just a few words, remember the one we had for CounterSpy?: Hit Spyware Hard. Which phrase expresses best how you feel about bloatware? Feel free to use the textbox at the end if you think you have a better one. If that gets chosen, you'll get an exclusive VIPRE t-shirt with that slogan. Here is the link. Thanks so much in advance!!! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V8F2RN9 Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.commailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
You have fewer options when you're buying direct... That's an excessive time to wait. I've waiting 20 days max, for a high-end server. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.org Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:49:42 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: How long to get a server? That is insane. Cancel them. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
My previous job was a Dell shop. 90% of the time items arrived in a timely manner. But we did experience issues like what you are running into on occasion. A good rep will be working with you on these issues and offering you alternatives. As others have mentioned, if your rep is not responsive, or unwilling to assist, you have options. Go to another rep, or switch to HP or IBM. You should be able to order equivalent HP servers and have them on site in a few days. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery 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: cbusitl...@gmail.com [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
+1 A client who recently ordered PC's (two weeks ago) just got notice that the desktops they ordered won't arrive until Jan 28th...over the last 9 years of them ordering from Dell this is only the second delay of over a week. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My previous job was a Dell shop. 90% of the time items arrived in a timely manner. But we did experience issues like what you are running into on occasion. A good rep will be working with you on these issues and offering you alternatives. As others have mentioned, if your rep is not responsive, or unwilling to assist, you have options. Go to another rep, or switch to HP or IBM. You should be able to order equivalent HP servers and have them on site in a few days. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: cbusitl...@gmail.com [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Sounds to me like you fell through a crack. I've got a great contact for HP equipment if you want me to send it to you off list. -Paul From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT-Any timeclock plus users out there?
I would like to ask some folks that are using this software some technical questions as we are about to purchase this software. Specifically, I am interested in hearing about the export/import function to move data between it and accounting software and other general opinions. Off list of course. Thanks, James ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
+1, and we are a fairly small shop. We don't order that many servers, but they generally come rather quickly (except for the time when we wanted the latest and greatest, and there was a supply problem which they told us about). I have fortunately needed to deal with HP Server support just once. (Fortunately refers to needing to deal with ANY server support and is not a comment on the quality of service.) Dell, on the other hand (also excellent service), has done a wonderful job of walking me through RAID re-builds a few times. One such event was a middle-of-the-night crash of a PE-2550 which had been out of warranty for like 4 years or more. That the machine was so far out-of-warranty was not an issue with my engineer. His only concern was that my machine would come back up along with its data. Some of the server management apps on the machine were out-of-date, and the updates which would work on that server were no longer publicly available. He dug through the archives and saw that I got them. Hopefully, you HP and IBM shops get the same level of service as well. (And again, I hope I am never in the situation of needing my HP servers brought back from the dead.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 01/06/2010 08:35:58 AM: +1 A client who recently ordered PC?s (two weeks ago) just got notice that the desktops they ordered won?t arrive until Jan 28th ?over the last 9 years of them ordering from Dell this is only the second delay of over a week. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My previous job was a Dell shop. 90% of the time items arrived in a timely manner. But we did experience issues like what you are running into on occasion. A good rep will be working with you on these issues and offering you alternatives. As others have mentioned, if your rep is not responsive, or unwilling to assist, you have options. Go to another rep, or switch to HP or IBM. You should be able to order equivalent HP servers and have them on site in a few days. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery 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: cbusitl...@gmail.com [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host
ASP.net or Classic ASP, what version of IIS? I ask because the scan may be referencing the option within IIS to send debugging info to the client. (In IIS6 it is controlled in the site's properties Home Directory tab Configuration under the Application settings Debugging tab) HTH. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host There are two sites- one web/external facing and a SharePoint site. I did a HDD-wide search for web.config and machine.config files and of the four found, only one had DEBUG= in it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
+1 on Dell, YMMV but if you're not ordering a fairly vanilla config, shiz happens with the supply chain sometimes. I've never had anything take more than a day or two longer than expected and that usually was with the carrier. 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? +1, and we are a fairly small shop. We don't order that many servers, but they generally come rather quickly (except for the time when we wanted the latest and greatest, and there was a supply problem which they told us about). I have fortunately needed to deal with HP Server support just once. (Fortunately refers to needing to deal with ANY server support and is not a comment on the quality of service.) Dell, on the other hand (also excellent service), has done a wonderful job of walking me through RAID re-builds a few times. One such event was a middle-of-the-night crash of a PE-2550 which had been out of warranty for like 4 years or more. That the machine was so far out-of-warranty was not an issue with my engineer. His only concern was that my machine would come back up along with its data. Some of the server management apps on the machine were out-of-date, and the updates which would work on that server were no longer publicly available. He dug through the archives and saw that I got them. Hopefully, you HP and IBM shops get the same level of service as well. (And again, I hope I am never in the situation of needing my HP servers brought back from the dead.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 01/06/2010 08:35:58 AM: +1 A client who recently ordered PC's (two weeks ago) just got notice that the desktops they ordered won't arrive until Jan 28th ...over the last 9 years of them ordering from Dell this is only the second delay of over a week. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My previous job was a Dell shop. 90% of the time items arrived in a timely manner. But we did experience issues like what you are running into on occasion. A good rep will be working with you on these issues and offering you alternatives. As others have mentioned, if your rep is not responsive, or unwilling to assist, you have options. Go to another rep, or switch to HP or IBM. You should be able to order equivalent HP servers and have them on site in a few days. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery 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: cbusitl...@gmail.com [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you.
RE: How long to get a server?
My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. This must be a YMMV situation, as I've experienced the exact opposite, support from HP was almost always immediate and stellar, and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our
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I know that now Dell have certain configurations of servers available in Europe with a much shorter lead time. We often get quotes for them, but getting HP next day every time usually wins. Sometime a particular HP part is not in stock, but at least you can get 90% of a server delivered and setup while you wait on a non-critical part. Mike From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: 06 January 2010 14:55 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? +1 on Dell, YMMV but if you're not ordering a fairly vanilla config, shiz happens with the supply chain sometimes. I've never had anything take more than a day or two longer than expected and that usually was with the carrier. 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? +1, and we are a fairly small shop. We don't order that many servers, but they generally come rather quickly (except for the time when we wanted the latest and greatest, and there was a supply problem which they told us about). I have fortunately needed to deal with HP Server support just once. (Fortunately refers to needing to deal with ANY server support and is not a comment on the quality of service.) Dell, on the other hand (also excellent service), has done a wonderful job of walking me through RAID re-builds a few times. One such event was a middle-of-the-night crash of a PE-2550 which had been out of warranty for like 4 years or more. That the machine was so far out-of-warranty was not an issue with my engineer. His only concern was that my machine would come back up along with its data. Some of the server management apps on the machine were out-of-date, and the updates which would work on that server were no longer publicly available. He dug through the archives and saw that I got them. Hopefully, you HP and IBM shops get the same level of service as well. (And again, I hope I am never in the situation of needing my HP servers brought back from the dead.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 David Lum david@nwea.org wrote on 01/06/2010 08:35:58 AM: +1 A client who recently ordered PC's (two weeks ago) just got notice that the desktops they ordered won't arrive until Jan 28th ...over the last 9 years of them ordering from Dell this is only the second delay of over a week. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My previous job was a Dell shop. 90% of the time items arrived in a timely manner. But we did experience issues like what you are running into on occasion. A good rep will be working with you on these issues and offering you alternatives. As others have mentioned, if your rep is not responsive, or unwilling to assist, you have options. Go to another rep, or switch to HP or IBM. You should be able to order equivalent HP servers and have them on site in a few days. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery 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: cbusitl...@gmail.com [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt This message,
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+1 Overall, I've had good and bad experiences with all of the major server vendors, and on the balance the good has outweighed the bad. But my best experiences are with HP/Compaq. Least hassle all the way around. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:57:26 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. This must be a YMMV situation, as I've experienced the exact opposite, support from HP was almost always immediate and stellar, and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting.
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I'm curious, when you phoned HP support you didn't have to go through several levels of support? I had even issues that the technician didn't confuse an all-in-one storage server with an all-in-one printer :) When you use the chat option in Dell you don't have to go those levels of support since you already say through the service tag which kind of machine you are trying to get support to. I second the person who has said that you get bad and good experiences with support companies. We all agree that companies are reluctant of sending a technician on site and try the approach of do-it-by-yourself-we-send-you-the-spare-part. However, adding those levels of complexity when getting support makes the overall support experience really bad. On the other hand I have to say that getting the salesman (an intermediate company that was our provider for all IT purchases) on the loop speed up the process and get HP (no contracting guys) technicians to try to solve the issue. However not being able to determine the cause of error sounds no good. My believe is that in the old times maintenance was much better and all companies have been through a deteriorated system and unhappy end users. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, asbz...@gmail.com asbz...@gmail.com escribió: De: asbz...@gmail.com asbz...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 10:01 +1 Overall, I've had good and bad experiences with all of the major server vendors, and on the balance the good has outweighed the bad. But my best experiences are with HP/Compaq. Least hassle all the way around. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:57:26 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. This must be a YMMV situation, as I've experienced the exact opposite, support from HP was almost always immediate and stellar, and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM,
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I have never had serious delays getting equipment from Dell. We have pretty much gone direct to Dell for everything we have bought from them, and had pretty good results. Saying that, our two Dell servers were bought from a reseller who came and set them up for us, and we had good results with that too. Our direct-from-Dell purchases have always been desktops, and normally I quoted them out on the Premier website and sent them to my sales rep who usually managed to tweak the numbers and get me a slight discount even on the Premier site. We have never had any delays, probably through building the quote myself. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
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and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. This must be a YMMV situation, as I've experienced the exact opposite, support from HP was almost always immediate and stellar, and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server,
RE: How long to get a server?
That is the same experience I have always had with Dell, and I have been working with them since the late 90's. I have never had a server take more than a week to arrive and the ones that take that long are due to my not paying the extra to get them overnight delivered. That said, your experience with Dell will only be as good as your rep (the same goes for any other server vendor), so if you are receiving bad service you should be emailing and calling Dell to get a new rep assigned to you. The people who are touting the greatness and ability of HP are not really talking about how great HP is, but rather their HP rep. (I have worked for both HP and IBM distributors over the years and know how these games work behind the scenes. Ironically I used Dell systems at both the IBM and HP shops due to the fact that I could get the Dell systems faster, cheaper and easier than from the company that I was a distributor for.) YMMV, Tim From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.commailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.commailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.commailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Win7 God mode?
IMO God Mode = The missing Control Panel. I remember when settings were so much easier to find... From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 God mode? Anyone? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host
ASP.NET and IIS6. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.net or Classic ASP, what version of IIS? I ask because the scan may be referencing the option within IIS to send debugging info to the client. (In IIS6 it is controlled in the site's properties Home Directory tab Configuration under the Application settings Debugging tab) HTH. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host There are two sites- one web/external facing and a SharePoint site. I did a HDD-wide search for web.config and machine.config files and of the four found, only one had DEBUG= in it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How do you feel about bloatware?
don't forget Symantec ...Tim From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How do you feel about bloatware? And Java... From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How do you feel about bloatware? There are only three words that can explain how I hate bloatware and how to deal with it...Make Adobe Bankrupt 2010/1/6 Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.commailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com Hi Guys! (This is one of Stu's '30-second' surveys...) How do you feel about bloatware? We're looking for a slogan of just a few words, remember the one we had for CounterSpy?: Hit Spyware Hard. Which phrase expresses best how you feel about bloatware? Feel free to use the textbox at the end if you think you have a better one. If that gets chosen, you'll get an exclusive VIPRE t-shirt with that slogan. Here is the link. Thanks so much in advance!!! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V8F2RN9 Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.commailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
I just got off the phone from my Dell rep after sending him a nice little polite email. ;) He said off the record that over all Dell has been taking quite a bit longer to get systems and parts out as of late and it is expected to continue for the next month. I don't know if that means it's an internal problem or a problem with their suppliers.. At least I should be getting one of the two servers sometime this week. As for the other one who knows. This problem has been escalated and I hope to hear more details by later today. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. This must be a YMMV situation, as I've experienced the exact opposite, support from HP was almost always immediate and stellar, and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to
RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host
Oh yeah, and all the debug check boxes are cleared on all the websites on that server. Dave -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.NET and IIS6. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.net or Classic ASP, what version of IIS? I ask because the scan may be referencing the option within IIS to send debugging info to the client. (In IIS6 it is controlled in the site's properties Home Directory tab Configuration under the Application settings Debugging tab) HTH. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host There are two sites- one web/external facing and a SharePoint site. I did a HDD-wide search for web.config and machine.config files and of the four found, only one had DEBUG= in it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Win7 God mode?
God Mode = How the Control Panel should have been from the start. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: IMO God Mode = The missing Control Panel. I remember when settings were so much easier to find... -- *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:43 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Win7 God mode? Anyone? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Win7 God mode?
Thanks - like it J From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: 06 January 2010 15:33 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 God mode? IMO God Mode = The missing Control Panel. I remember when settings were so much easier to find... _ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 God mode? Anyone? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Our most recent DL185 was nearly a month. Something about a part being out of stock. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt _ If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6MTAyODY3NzU0M DpwanBAcHNuZXQuY29t http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Good to know.. thanks for the follow-up. Could affect other vendors as well. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? I just got off the phone from my Dell rep after sending him a nice little polite email. ;) He said off the record that over all Dell has been taking quite a bit longer to get systems and parts out as of late and it is expected to continue for the next month. I don't know if that means it's an internal problem or a problem with their suppliers.. At least I should be getting one of the two servers sometime this week. As for the other one who knows. This problem has been escalated and I hope to hear more details by later today. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. This must be a YMMV situation, as I've experienced the exact opposite, support from HP was almost always immediate and stellar, and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in
RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host
Might also check the customErrors attribute in the web.config files and that the mode=Off - if memory serves mode=On or mode=RemoteOnly can send the debug information and stack trace to a remote client, whereas you'd normally only be able to view it while logged on locally. Might be worth a shot. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.NET and IIS6. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.net or Classic ASP, what version of IIS? I ask because the scan may be referencing the option within IIS to send debugging info to the client. (In IIS6 it is controlled in the site's properties Home Directory tab Configuration under the Application settings Debugging tab) HTH. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host There are two sites- one web/external facing and a SharePoint site. I did a HDD-wide search for web.config and machine.config files and of the four found, only one had DEBUG= in it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Win7 God mode?
Do you use the search box in control panel? I've never had any problems finding things in the new control panel layout with it, as opposed to trying to guess where Microsoft hid it. ...Tim From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win7 God mode? IMO God Mode = The missing Control Panel. I remember when settings were so much easier to find... From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 God mode? Anyone? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Like I said, this is a YMMV situation ... Bigger question is why no consistency ... I guess since we only had one rack with 6 servers ( 2 quads, 4 duals ) they only gave us the base support contacts ??? And we don't even want to start in on the Unisys contractors that provided their support, like the guy that kept yanking on a server to extend the rails for server removal without realizing he had to press two little releases, damn near tipped over the entire rack ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
I don't know if that means it's an internal problem or a problem with their suppliers Either is still a DELL problem to the customer !!! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _ From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? I just got off the phone from my Dell rep after sending him a nice little polite email. ;) He said off the record that over all Dell has been taking quite a bit longer to get systems and parts out as of late and it is expected to continue for the next month. I don't know if that means it's an internal problem or a problem with their suppliers.. At least I should be getting one of the two servers sometime this week. As for the other one who knows. This problem has been escalated and I hope to hear more details by later today. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
they only gave us the base support contacts? You choose what type of contract you get when you order the server... They don't choose them for you :) Or I am missing something? -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? Like I said, this is a YMMV situation ... Bigger question is why no consistency ... I guess since we only had one rack with 6 servers ( 2 quads, 4 duals ) they only gave us the base support contacts ??? And we don't even want to start in on the Unisys contractors that provided their support, like the guy that kept yanking on a server to extend the rails for server removal without realizing he had to press two little releases, damn near tipped over the entire rack ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
or Support and servers were purchased by previous manager whom I replaced, so I had no input, but regardless, with over $75,000 of servers, racks, licenses, etc on the purchase, there is NO REASON to have any server support go to script readers with next to zero knowledge of IT. I don't think it's proper to sell me enterprise equipment with shitty support, and then charge more for the support that should be provided in the first place ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? they only gave us the base support contacts? You choose what type of contract you get when you order the server... They don't choose them for you :) Or I am missing something? -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? Like I said, this is a YMMV situation ... Bigger question is why no consistency ... I guess since we only had one rack with 6 servers ( 2 quads, 4 duals ) they only gave us the base support contacts ??? And we don't even want to start in on the Unisys contractors that provided their support, like the guy that kept yanking on a server to extend the rails for server removal without realizing he had to press two little releases, damn near tipped over the entire rack ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Win7 God mode?
Dollars to donuts it’s the result of a developer who hated the new control panel in Vista and wrote his/her own hack to get everything in one place. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win7 God mode? God Mode = How the Control Panel should have been from the start. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: IMO God Mode = The missing Control Panel. I remember when settings were so much easier to find... From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 God mode? Anyone? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise)
http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/index.htm Z So basically you are going to have to know your patch level on that machine, and research the patches to see which one updates this DLL to 6.0.2900.5512 ( which you said yours is at) Then download that patch, extract the dll, and hash it and compare the hashes. If they are both the same then you know the file hasn't been modified, but if they aren't then you might be dealing with something rogue within the dll itself, which you would need visual studio/basic to disassemble the DLL and compare the guts of the DLL internals for both the downloaded dll and the system dll there to determine if there is some rogue code that is triggering it, or if it's a false positive by the Vipre. Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. The version on my system (NOT the one having problems) is 6.0.2900.5512. I don't have the fsum app, so I can't say what the checksum is. Can you advise where to get that? From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) John, I am going to assume that you are running XP SP3, what is the version of that shdocvw.dll? I have 6.0.2900.5580 Its SHA1 hash is the following: C:\WINDOWS\system32fsum -sha1 shdocvw.dll ; SlavaSoft Optimizing Checksum Utility - fsum 2.5 www.slavasoft.com ; ; Generated on 01/06/10 at 09:04:01 ; 557776093fc907a1efd708c5251969eec4a7d5d2 ?SHA1*shdocvw.dll Check the hash on your dll, and make sure it is the same. ( You will need a pristine system patched to the latest baseline) and verify it's the same. If it isn't, then something is going awry. The dll is the shell doc object and control library dll. Per the process explorer you can see which executables this dll is invoked in. By default its explorer.exe, Winword, outlook, mstsc ( remote desktop connection) I would also check these version and make sure they also hash the same way. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) I have Vipre Enterprise and on one of the client machines the critical system file shdocvw.dll (Windows XP Pro) has disappeared twice after Vipre detects SearchMiracle.EliteBar. I'm not sure the two are related, but it's awfully suspicious to me that this is happening. The first time it happened, I was out of the office and couldn't get to the machine until the next day, so the user lost the use of his computer for half a day. The second time (yesterday afternoon) the user notified me just about quitting time that Vipre was telling him it needed to reboot to finish cleaning itself of an infestation. I told him to reboot and when we tried to log in after it came back up, the desktop was bare - not even a taskbar. Fortunately, CTL+ALT+DEL worked and I was able to pull up a command prompt and repair the damage (again.) Anyone seen this behavior? Is it a false positive? Should I put that file in the admin known good section on the server so Vipre will leave it alone? FWIW, I posted a similar topic on the Vipre Enterprise support forum. Just thought I'd post it here as well so anyone who has a similar problem can fix it like I did - I copied the relevant file off my desktop machine and put it on the affected machine, and miracle of miracles, I was able to launch Explorer.exe and the desktop reappeared. :-) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: Windows Update failure
Thanks Martin.. that indeed did allow the system to use MS update. Now to figure out how to fix my broken/missing GPO files. Any thoughts as to how to replace the default GPO objects that should be there, such as default domain controller policy, etc...? -sc -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Oh, and you will probably need to restart the automatic updates service afterwards -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure You should be able to remove the offending entries from the registry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update] [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update\AU] -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Ya I think so. I killed the lnks to the offending GPO object, but now the DC's still have the settings lingering on them, and I don't see the WSUS stuff in the local policy MMC snap in. So I figured I'd edit the old WSUS policy GPO to turn all the settings back to off,... and that's when I found out that the polices don't seem to exist anywhere. I hear ya on the time at home thing as a matter of fact that's probably why the DC's hadn't been updated for a while and I really hadn't paid attention to the event logs. Bad home admin:( -sc -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Update failure No fun. Is this one of those situations where you have to create a GPO to unset some settings that some other settings set? (Sorry, my son has been playing with tongue twisters lately.) Regarding the home domain question, I guess I was thinking in the context of someone who doesn't run one. I can't tell you how many times I've almost set one up, but pulled the plug at the last minute after asking the question, Why? When I need/want to test/play with something I set up a virtual solution and tear it down when I'm done. I totally get the notion of a full-blown home domain, I just don't have time at home anymore (or maybe I just don't want to use it) for feeding/caring for yet another IT environment. I've got %dayjob%, inlaws, and a couple of non- profits that keep me more than adequately occupied. Maybe IT at home, for me, is what it is for others at the office. It should just be there and it should just work. The simpler the better. (Luckily I can fix things when they do go awry.) Good luck with it in any case. RS On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Well, Ken got me down the correct path, methinks. I had an old GPO still linked to the DC's OU that had a (long since decommissioned) WSUS server set up in it. I've removed those links. However, it appears that the actual GPO object itself is not anywhere in my SYSVOL. As a matter of fact, it appears that _ALL_ of my GPO's, even the standard ones like Default Domain Controller, don't exist as files. So this is now a much bigger problem: Why are they all missing... and what do I do about it? Reading up on how to troubleshoot this now. FWIW: I have a boatload of can't load policy errors in my event log. The SYSVOL share has only a single GUID in the policies folder... despite having 8-10 polices in the MMC snap in all of which barf when I try to view or edit them. sigh -sc PS- Aren't we all supposed to have multiple DC's for redundancy? :) I have most of my home infrastructure setup such that losing the domain would be a pain... file perms, SQL authentication, and the biggie: Exchange. I ran one for a long time, and had the root disk hiccup on me a couple of times, and it made me nervous. So when I virtualized the home environment, I put a DC on 2 of the ESXi severs I built up. -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows Update failure I have had somewhat similar problems in the past with Windows Update that were apparently caused by using OpenDNS for my external resolvers, and thereby receiving sub-optimal responses for Windows Update-related sites. update.microsoft.com is a small maze of distributed sites, and for a while earlier this year if I used OpenDNS at work it would
Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller?
Hey All; Anyone know of a phone Equipment reseller / buyer local to the New England Area that buys used equipment? We have replaced our system with a new Cisco VOIP and are looking to see the old Mitel equipment off Thx! Carlos _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller?
http://www.cxtec.com/ http://www.cxtec.com/ Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Hey All; Anyone know of a phone Equipment reseller / buyer local to the New England Area that buys used equipment? We have replaced our system with a new Cisco VOIP and are looking to see the old Mitel equipment off Thx! Carlos _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller?
Excellent thx! From: Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? http://www.cxtec.com/ http://www.cxtec.com/ Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Hey All; Anyone know of a phone Equipment reseller / buyer local to the New England Area that buys used equipment? We have replaced our system with a new Cisco VOIP and are looking to see the old Mitel equipment off Thx! Carlos _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
I'm sure your rep can work with you on this. If they can't, then you need a new rep... On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: or Support and servers were purchased by previous manager whom I replaced, so I had no input, but regardless, with over $75,000 of servers, racks, licenses, etc on the purchase, there is NO REASON to have any server support go to script readers with next to zero knowledge of IT. I don't think it's proper to sell me enterprise equipment with shitty support, and then charge more for the support that should be provided in the first place ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? they only gave us the base support contacts? You choose what type of contract you get when you order the server... They don't choose them for you :) Or I am missing something? -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? Like I said, this is a YMMV situation ... Bigger question is why no consistency ... I guess since we only had one rack with 6 servers ( 2 quads, 4 duals ) they only gave us the base support contacts ??? And we don't even want to start in on the Unisys contractors that provided their support, like the guy that kept yanking on a server to extend the rails for server removal without realizing he had to press two little releases, damn near tipped over the entire rack ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
at the time the rep's concern was selling NEW equipment, not making good on past purchases. I never bought another Dell Server after that personally. And that was fine with me, as I had previously been in a Compaq/HP shop or two and satisfied Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' _ From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? I'm sure your rep can work with you on this. If they can't, then you need a new rep... On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: or Support and servers were purchased by previous manager whom I replaced, so I had no input, but regardless, with over $75,000 of servers, racks, licenses, etc on the purchase, there is NO REASON to have any server support go to script readers with next to zero knowledge of IT. I don't think it's proper to sell me enterprise equipment with shitty support, and then charge more for the support that should be provided in the first place ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? they only gave us the base support contacts? You choose what type of contract you get when you order the server... They don't choose them for you :) Or I am missing something? -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? Like I said, this is a YMMV situation ... Bigger question is why no consistency ... I guess since we only had one rack with 6 servers ( 2 quads, 4 duals ) they only gave us the base support contacts ??? And we don't even want to start in on the Unisys contractors that provided their support, like the guy that kept yanking on a server to extend the rails for server removal without realizing he had to press two little releases, damn near tipped over the entire rack ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller?
+1 - Original Message - From: Walker, Michael To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:42 AM Subject: RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? http://www.cxtec.com/ Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org -- From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Hey All; Anyone know of a phone Equipment reseller / buyer local to the New England Area that buys used equipment? We have replaced our system with a new Cisco VOIP and are looking to see the old Mitel equipment off Thx! Carlos _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller?
Just hope you don't get on their call list. They will call you more than PCMall. From: Orland, Kathleen [mailto:korl...@rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? +1 - Original Message - From: Walker, Michaelmailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org To: NT System Admin Issuesmailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:42 AM Subject: RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? http://www.cxtec.com/ Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.orgmailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Hey All; Anyone know of a phone Equipment reseller / buyer local to the New England Area that buys used equipment? We have replaced our system with a new Cisco VOIP and are looking to see the old Mitel equipment off Thx! Carlos _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller?
This is true! Many phone calls and emails as well. I'm happy I have call display. - Original Message - From: Bob Fronk To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:17 PM Subject: RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Just hope you don't get on their call list. They will call you more than PCMall. From: Orland, Kathleen [mailto:korl...@rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? +1 - Original Message - From: Walker, Michael To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:42 AM Subject: RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? http://www.cxtec.com/ Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Hey All; Anyone know of a phone Equipment reseller / buyer local to the New England Area that buys used equipment? We have replaced our system with a new Cisco VOIP and are looking to see the old Mitel equipment off Thx! Carlos _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Dell has recently moved quite a bit of their manufacturing to lower-cost parts of the world. This is what happens. You can always ask your rep what is IN STOCK and available for shipment. That doesn't necessarily get you the least expensive price though. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller?
Haha no problem, with our new VOIP stuff we've setup some new call ID rules for our phones, People we don't want to bother us get routed to an auto attendant with a crazy tree of questions and answers, they quit before they finish From: Orland, Kathleen [mailto:korl...@rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? This is true! Many phone calls and emails as well. I'm happy I have call display. - Original Message - From: Bob Fronk mailto:b...@btrfronk.com To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:17 PM Subject: RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Just hope you don't get on their call list. They will call you more than PCMall. From: Orland, Kathleen [mailto:korl...@rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? +1 - Original Message - From: Walker, Michael mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:42 AM Subject: RE: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? http://www.cxtec.com/ http://www.cxtec.com/ Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.cvhp.org mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Phone Equipment Buyer/Reseller? Hey All; Anyone know of a phone Equipment reseller / buyer local to the New England Area that buys used equipment? We have replaced our system with a new Cisco VOIP and are looking to see the old Mitel equipment off Thx! Carlos _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host
Thanks, no dice here... Dave -Original Message- From: Andrew Greene [mailto:agre...@cityofanderson.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host Might also check the customErrors attribute in the web.config files and that the mode=Off - if memory serves mode=On or mode=RemoteOnly can send the debug information and stack trace to a remote client, whereas you'd normally only be able to view it while logged on locally. Might be worth a shot. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.NET and IIS6. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.net or Classic ASP, what version of IIS? I ask because the scan may be referencing the option within IIS to send debugging info to the client. (In IIS6 it is controlled in the site's properties Home Directory tab Configuration under the Application settings Debugging tab) HTH. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host There are two sites- one web/external facing and a SharePoint site. I did a HDD-wide search for web.config and machine.config files and of the four found, only one had DEBUG= in it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
We had Dell techs swap LABELED drive arrays so that server1's array was plugged into server2 and vice versa. -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? Like I said, this is a YMMV situation ... Bigger question is why no consistency ... I guess since we only had one rack with 6 servers ( 2 quads, 4 duals ) they only gave us the base support contacts ??? And we don't even want to start in on the Unisys contractors that provided their support, like the guy that kept yanking on a server to extend the rails for server removal without realizing he had to press two little releases, damn near tipped over the entire rack ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
HP 2430n printing issue
I have one of these amongst several that misses a repeatable pattern of gridlines when printing from excel. It's a perfect pattern that almost looks intentional but the same doc printed to the other prints them all. Firmware and driver are all the same, I'm lost where else to look? All the settings (though not likely relevant) in jetdirect webadmin are the same. Anyone seen this? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
X3 Usually I only have seen that if it's something new, or specific (2.93 proc on delay, but the 3.1 proc available now). Still your rep should of contacted you after the delay, given you the reason, and given options. That's one of the good reasons for having a good relationship with a vendor, and one of the reasons we go with HP. Dell always seemed to change reps and having to re-build the relationship every 3 months got old pretty quickly. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.commailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.commailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.commailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: How long to get a server?
Dell states the ship times/delay on each component you order - before you order. It's always been spot on for me. (I've ordered systems knowing of the delay in advance, and they always followed the schedule they told me). No calls to reps needed. From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? X3 Usually I only have seen that if it's something new, or specific (2.93 proc on delay, but the 3.1 proc available now). Still your rep should of contacted you after the delay, given you the reason, and given options. That's one of the good reasons for having a good relationship with a vendor, and one of the reasons we go with HP. Dell always seemed to change reps and having to re-build the relationship every 3 months got old pretty quickly. From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: HP Proliant shop here, going on 5+ years... and always within 7-14 days. So, no... given my experience, I would not consider that acceptable. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? first I'd have the rep find out WHY they are delayed ... maybe one component is constrained, maybe the specific CPU you ordered is not available but the next closest is shipping now ... and NO, that is NOT acceptable, if the rep said 7 to 14 days, I'd consider that a verbal contract, allowing some leeway for the market, but this sounds like false advertising to get your sale locked in. Are you married to Dell for servers, or can you also consider HP Proliants ? Might be a good time to put virtual servers into your plan ... ideally you can run your virtual servers on most any host running Virtual Server, Hyper V, or VMWare as long as your new host box is running the same Virtual Host system Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Vmware User Group meeting
Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Vmware User Group meeting
There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Vmware User Group meeting
This doesn't look like your normal monthly user group meeting. (I can't imagine too many user groups meet in a stadium. ;-) Good to know about the monthly meeting though. It is a shame that I'm too far north to attend. Know of any monthly meetings in southern NH? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven’t personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn’t catch me dead in Gillette Stadium… Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Vmware User Group meeting
It is on Jan 21.
I guess I will have to find ou if it is worth the trip or not. The
networking part is what caught my attention. The itinerary (
http://campaign.vmware.com/usergroup/invites/NewEngland_1-21-10.html ) looks
more like marketing than a tech conference but the last few hours are slated
for social networking. Social networking never hurts.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Eldridge, Dave d...@parkviewmc.com wrote:
Would it be this Saturday? J just kidding.
You’ll have to find out. There could be some tremendous amount of info and
networking you could end up with or not.
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*Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:31 PM
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*Subject:* Vmware User Group meeting
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I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium
in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going
to?
tia
Phil
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RE: Vmware User Group meeting
There are VMUGs all over the US, you can find the list here http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmug 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting This doesn't look like your normal monthly user group meeting. (I can't imagine too many user groups meet in a stadium. ;-) Good to know about the monthly meeting though. It is a shame that I'm too far north to attend. Know of any monthly meetings in southern NH? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.orgmailto:ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.orgmailto:ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.commailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Vmware User Group meeting
Cool! Thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: There are VMUGs all over the US, you can find the list here http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmug *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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4* *From:* Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:59 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Vmware User Group meeting This doesn't look like your normal monthly user group meeting. (I can't imagine too many user groups meet in a stadium. ;-) Good to know about the monthly meeting though. It is a shame that I'm too far north to attend. Know of any monthly meetings in southern NH? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven’t personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn’t catch me dead in Gillette Stadium… Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil -- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Early Friday funny
I am sorry but this is way too hilarious... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w14aCTMcrgQ Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting Cool! Thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: There are VMUGs all over the US, you can find the list here http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmug 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting This doesn't look like your normal monthly user group meeting. (I can't imagine too many user groups meet in a stadium. ;-) Good to know about the monthly meeting though. It is a shame that I'm too far north to attend. Know of any monthly meetings in southern NH? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Early Friday funny
-10,000 Not funny at all. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Early Friday funny I am sorry but this is way too hilarious... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w14aCTMcrgQ Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting Cool! Thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: There are VMUGs all over the US, you can find the list here http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmug 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting This doesn't look like your normal monthly user group meeting. (I can't imagine too many user groups meet in a stadium. ;-) Good to know about the monthly meeting though. It is a shame that I'm too far north to attend. Know of any monthly meetings in southern NH? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: HP 2430n printing issue
Could the driver perhaps be printing the document as an image, versus vectors? i.e., when something doesn't print correctly from Adobe Reader, you have an option to print as image which will rasterize all vectors/curves/fonts in the document. Perhaps its rasterizing with a nearest-neighbor resizing algorithm which would cause fine gridlines to disappear. I dunno, just an idea. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP 2430n printing issue I have one of these amongst several that misses a repeatable pattern of gridlines when printing from excel. It's a perfect pattern that almost looks intentional but the same doc printed to the other prints them all. Firmware and driver are all the same, I'm lost where else to look? All the settings (though not likely relevant) in jetdirect webadmin are the same. Anyone seen this? Thanks! jlc _ If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6MTAyODgzODcxN DpwanBAcHNuZXQuY29t http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpam THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Vmware User Group meeting
I've been to almost all of our local VMUG meetings in central IL. They have all been very good. From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Vmware User Group meeting
I'm from NH and mostly go to as many VMUG as I can, there's two types, The ones organized by VMware are about 3-4 a year, There's Vendor tables, breakout IT sessions, Networking and more. These I've found to be very useful since you get to talk with Admins like us that are in the field working with VM all the time and you can swap stories about equipment and such, All levels of expertise are welcome The other is monthly groups run locally where admins get together to exchange info and network about VMware in their environment. I'd recommend both, Sign up for the VMUG discussions for the area you live on to find info on upcoming events. From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware User Group meeting I've been to almost all of our local VMUG meetings in central IL. They have all been very good. From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Vmware User Group meeting (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Probably wouldn't catch you alive either, as the Steelers didn't make the playoffs! From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware User Group meeting There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: HP 2430n printing issue
Well, I can't argue against, but with excel open, when you toggle from this 2430n to another and print again, it works? There's no change from the user perspective of any settings and the conf pages printed to both are identical! Odd... jlc From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP 2430n printing issue Could the driver perhaps be printing the document as an image, versus vectors? i.e., when something doesn't print correctly from Adobe Reader, you have an option to print as image which will rasterize all vectors/curves/fonts in the document. Perhaps its rasterizing with a nearest-neighbor resizing algorithm which would cause fine gridlines to disappear. I dunno, just an idea. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP 2430n printing issue I have one of these amongst several that misses a repeatable pattern of gridlines when printing from excel. It's a perfect pattern that almost looks intentional but the same doc printed to the other prints them all. Firmware and driver are all the same, I'm lost where else to look? All the settings (though not likely relevant) in jetdirect webadmin are the same. Anyone seen this? Thanks! jlc If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpamhttp://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6MTAyODgzODcxNDpwanBAcHNuZXQuY29t THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Early Friday funny
Damn, thats harsh. - Original Message - From: Glen Johnson To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Early Friday funny -10,000 Not funny at all. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Early Friday funny I am sorry but this is way too hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w14aCTMcrgQ Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting Cool! Thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: There are VMUGs all over the US, you can find the list here http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmug 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting This doesn't look like your normal monthly user group meeting. (I can't imagine too many user groups meet in a stadium. ;-) Good to know about the monthly meeting though. It is a shame that I'm too far north to attend. Know of any monthly meetings in southern NH? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil -- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
HP Print Drivers
Anyone use something other than the UPD or the model specific drivers from HP that don't install services etc on the local wkst's? Not ever trying anything but the mfg supplied drivers, what kind of issues could I expect by using a driver from the OS like an hplj5 on various hp laserjets? The more I use them, the more I hate hp drivers. Their mfp drivers (err, suite's of chaos are horrible...) jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: HP Print Drivers
I consider the HP LaserJet 4 PostScript driver to be sufficiently generic that I use it for any HP BW laser that speaks postscript. Joseph L. Casale wrote: Anyone use something other than the UPD or the model specific drivers from HP that don’t install services etc on the local wkst’s? Not ever trying anything but the mfg supplied drivers, what kind of issues could I expect by using a driver from the OS like an hplj5 on various hp laserjets? The more I use them, the more I hate hp drivers. Their mfp drivers (err, suite’s of chaos are horrible…) jlc -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: HP Print Drivers
Honestly, If the HP driver has HPBPRO.exe or HPBOID.exe or dll in it, avoid it like the plague. It will serious ruin your print servers, and gum things up, these are very bad crappy HP drivers. Go with the UPD drivers or a simple PS, PCL or HP Lazerjet 4 driver. Z From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP Print Drivers Anyone use something other than the UPD or the model specific drivers from HP that don't install services etc on the local wkst's? Not ever trying anything but the mfg supplied drivers, what kind of issues could I expect by using a driver from the OS like an hplj5 on various hp laserjets? The more I use them, the more I hate hp drivers. Their mfp drivers (err, suite's of chaos are horrible...) jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Early Friday funny
What don't like Elmo going all Gangsta and stuff... I found it funny, sorry others didn't. Z From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Early Friday funny -10,000 Not funny at all. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Early Friday funny I am sorry but this is way too hilarious... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w14aCTMcrgQ Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting Cool! Thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: There are VMUGs all over the US, you can find the list here http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmug 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, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vmware User Group meeting This doesn't look like your normal monthly user group meeting. (I can't imagine too many user groups meet in a stadium. ;-) Good to know about the monthly meeting though. It is a shame that I'm too far north to attend. Know of any monthly meetings in southern NH? On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Vmware User Group meeting (UNCLASSIFIED)
Lol Neither did the Giants... but at least we went out winning, not getting there buts kicked by the Vikes... and every other team for that matter. Z From: Kent, Larry CTR USA [mailto:larry.k...@us.army.mil] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware User Group meeting (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Probably wouldn't catch you alive either, as the Steelers didn't make the playoffs! From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vmware User Group meeting There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven't personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn't catch me dead in Gillette Stadium... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: HP Print Drivers
I had to switch to the HP PS driver in order to get it my little 2200 to behave when printing to 4x6 cardstock. -sc -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: HP Print Drivers I consider the HP LaserJet 4 PostScript driver to be sufficiently generic that I use it for any HP BW laser that speaks postscript. Joseph L. Casale wrote: Anyone use something other than the UPD or the model specific drivers from HP that don't install services etc on the local wkst's? Not ever trying anything but the mfg supplied drivers, what kind of issues could I expect by using a driver from the OS like an hplj5 on various hp laserjets? The more I use them, the more I hate hp drivers. Their mfp drivers (err, suite's of chaos are horrible...) jlc -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Vmware User Group meeting (UNCLASSIFIED)
Going out winning is pretty meaningless if you didn't make the playoffs. At best it's a moral victory which is cold comfort to any fan. Of course, I say this being a Vikings fan with the full expectation that the Vikings will break my heart during the post season. Who knows, they might try and break the record with most Superbowl losses... On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: Lol Neither did the Giants… but at least we went out winning, not getting there buts kicked by the Vikes… and every other team for that matter. Z *From:* Kent, Larry CTR USA [mailto:larry.k...@us.army.mil] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:53 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Vmware User Group meeting (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Probably wouldn’t catch you alive either, as the Steelers didn’t make the playoffs! *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:36 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Vmware User Group meeting There is a usual Boston VM users group that meets monthly, either at Microsoft in Waltham. I haven’t personally been, but I heard the User groups was good. Of course as a Steelers fan, you wouldn’t catch me dead in Gillette Stadium… Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Vmware User Group meeting Hi, I just got an invitation to a VMware User Group meeting at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough MA. Has any here gone to one of these and was it worth going to? tia Phil Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
I agree with Jim. Push this up the chain at Dell they hate losing business and I suspect someone is trying to submarine the company from inside. Most of the servers I have ordered from them arrived before they were scheduled too. Jon On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: That is insane. Cancel them. *From:* Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* How long to get a server? So how long does it take to get a server after you order one? I ordered two servers (nothing special) from Dell for a small business that I am supporting. Rep said it would take 7-14 days max to build and would then overnight the servers to me. That was a month and a half ago. We have got 4 notices that the servers have been delayed. At this point they are 1 month late and we just got another delayed notice. Just checking to see if this is within what you all would consider a acceptable time frame for getting a servers. I have recently started on a Disaster Recovery plan that if our building should burn down or servers get stolen that we would order new ones from Dell, however if the business was down for a month and a half while we were waiting for servers I would be out of a job.. Going to have to rethink the DR plan for servers as I guess getting new ones in a day or two is out of the question I wander if I would get faster service if I was an Enterprise size company instead of an SMB Thanks Matt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise)
Since it is Vipre try submitting it to Sunbelt for testing evaluation. They seem to be quick and accurate with fixes. Jon On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/index.htm Z So basically you are going to have to know your patch level on that machine, and research the patches to see which one updates this DLL to 6.0.2900.5512 ( which you said yours is at) Then download that patch, extract the dll, and hash it and compare the hashes. If they are both the same then you know the file hasn’t been modified, but if they aren’t then you might be dealing with something rogue within the dll itself, which you would need visual studio/basic to disassemble the DLL and compare the guts of the DLL internals for both the downloaded dll and the system dll there to determine if there is some rogue code that is triggering it, or if it’s a false positive by the Vipre. Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:18 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll check it out. The version on my system (NOT the one having problems) is 6.0.2900.5512. I don’t have the fsum app, so I can’t say what the checksum is. Can you advise where to get that? [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:12 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) John, I am going to assume that you are running XP SP3, what is the version of that shdocvw.dll? I have 6.0.2900.5580 Its SHA1 hash is the following: C:\WINDOWS\system32fsum -sha1 shdocvw.dll ; SlavaSoft Optimizing Checksum Utility - fsum 2.5 www.slavasoft.com ; ; Generated on 01/06/10 at 09:04:01 ; 557776093fc907a1efd708c5251969eec4a7d5d2 ?SHA1*shdocvw.dll Check the hash on your dll, and make sure it is the same. ( You will need a pristine system patched to the latest baseline) and verify it’s the same. If it isn’t, then something is going awry. The dll is the shell doc object and control library dll. Per the process explorer you can see which executables this dll is invoked in. By default its explorer.exe, Winword, outlook, mstsc ( remote desktop connection) I would also check these version and make sure they also hash the same way. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* SHDOCVW.DLL disappearing from Windows XP Pro (Vipre Enterprise) I have Vipre Enterprise and on one of the client machines the critical system file shdocvw.dll (Windows XP Pro) has disappeared twice after Vipre detects SearchMiracle.EliteBar. I’m not sure the two are related, but it’s awfully suspicious to me that this is happening. The first time it happened, I was out of the office and couldn’t get to the machine until the next day, so the user lost the use of his computer for half a day. The second time (yesterday afternoon) the user notified me just about quitting time that Vipre was telling him it needed to reboot to finish cleaning itself of an infestation. I told him to reboot and when we tried to log in after it came back up, the desktop was bare – not even a taskbar. Fortunately, CTL+ALT+DEL worked and I was able to pull up a command prompt and repair the damage (again.) Anyone seen this behavior? Is it a false positive? Should I put that file in the “admin known good” section on the server so Vipre will leave it alone? FWIW, I posted a similar topic on the Vipre Enterprise support forum. Just thought I’d post it here as well so anyone who has a similar problem can fix it like I did – I copied the relevant file off my desktop machine and put it on the affected machine, and miracle of miracles, I was able to launch Explorer.exe and the desktop reappeared. J [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image002.jpgimage001.jpg
Re: HP 2430n printing issue
Have you tried checking that all the drivers are the same on the clients? I had one case where a driver change on one printer did not change the driver on another printer with both being the exact same model and firmware on the printers. Jon On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.comwrote: Well, I can’t argue against, but with excel open, when you toggle from this 2430n to another and print again, it works? There’s no change from the user perspective of any settings and the conf pages printed to both are identical! Odd… jlc *From:* Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:27 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: HP 2430n printing issue Could the driver perhaps be printing the document as an image, versus vectors? i.e., when something doesn’t print correctly from Adobe Reader, you have an option to “print as image” which will rasterize all vectors/curves/fonts in the document. Perhaps its rasterizing with a nearest-neighbor resizing algorithm which would cause fine gridlines to disappear. I dunno, just an idea. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:56 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* HP 2430n printing issue I have one of these amongst several that misses a repeatable pattern of gridlines when printing from excel. It’s a perfect pattern that almost looks intentional but the same doc printed to the other prints them all. Firmware and driver are all the same, I’m lost where else to look? All the settings (though not likely relevant) in jetdirect webadmin are the same. Anyone seen this? Thanks! jlc -- If this email is spam, report it here: http://www.OnlyMyEmail.com/ReportSpamhttp://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpamId=ODEzNjQ6MTAyODgzODcxNDpwanBAcHNuZXQuY29t THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How long to get a server?
Sorry but that still sounds like an unhappy Rep whether in-house or out trying to put a bad light on the company to cover for what he is doing. I can recommend several companies on this list that are Dell resellers and I doubt either of them would make you unhappy. Jon On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Matt Plahtinsky cbusitl...@gmail.comwrote: I just got off the phone from my Dell rep after sending him a nice little polite email. ;) He said off the record that over all Dell has been taking quite a bit longer to get systems and parts out as of late and it is expected to continue for the next month. I don't know if that means it's an internal problem or a problem with their suppliers.. At least I should be getting one of the two servers sometime this week. As for the other one who knows. This problem has been escalated and I hope to hear more details by later today. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.comwrote: and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... They have multiple levels of support. This sounds like the bottom tier. I have had great results, never offshore, never scripted. Friendly, and very fast. I can basically tell them what part is broken, and they ship it. If there is a problem with a server in my remote data center, they have someone onsite within 4 hours. (Sometimes as soon as an hour). Sam -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. This must be a YMMV situation, as I've experienced the exact opposite, support from HP was almost always immediate and stellar, and support from Dell was offshore, and based on script readers with no real experience. Like the Dell nog that would NOT ship a new PERC controller for my under warranty PowerEdge until I booted from DOS and read him the results of FDISK, even though I read him the POST code error from the screen explicitly stating the PERC error condition. And DUH! If the PERC controller fails and cannot see the drives, then FDISK won't either ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How long to get a server? My experience with HP support in the US was a nightmare. You go through all the globe to get a support, starting in India, then going through China and then to Costa Rica. The truth is that Dell support (specially online) is more serious. I can't say the same thing about Dell support in Spain (I lived in the US before) since support is on the phone and they go in circles until they send a techinician on site (and we are big company, in the US I worked for a SMB). In the SMB in the US, Once we bought apart of our proliants a new Storage All-in-one with SATA drives that was targeted to SMBs. The performance was no good and after troubleshooting they said they had to replace the battery of the RAID card. After replacing it some of the partitions disappeared. It took me days on the phone to get an HP technician (the previous one was just a contractor) and he admitted he had no idea what went wrong. He secretly admitted that HP was buying other companies cheap and re-brand their products (specially for SMB) with no heavy testing before going on production. They gave three firmware upgrades in a few months and still the machine was not stable. Miguel --- El mié, 6/1/10, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com escribió: De: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Asunto: Re: How long to get a server? Para: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Fecha: miércoles, 6 de enero, 2010 09:13 Ditto, only time we've ever had anything like this with HP is when there was a production delay in a component for the specific server we ordered, and we were notified by telephone by our HP rep, and given the option to select something that was available or wait and given an ETA on how long that would be. Not acceptable at all IMHO. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:06 AM, David Mazzaccaro
RE: Windows Update failure
Do you have a backup? You could restore that to another environment, then use GPMC to do an export and then import of your GPO objects. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2010 3:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Thanks Martin.. that indeed did allow the system to use MS update. Now to figure out how to fix my broken/missing GPO files. Any thoughts as to how to replace the default GPO objects that should be there, such as default domain controller policy, etc...? -sc -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Oh, and you will probably need to restart the automatic updates service afterwards -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure You should be able to remove the offending entries from the registry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update] [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update\AU] -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Ya I think so. I killed the lnks to the offending GPO object, but now the DC's still have the settings lingering on them, and I don't see the WSUS stuff in the local policy MMC snap in. So I figured I'd edit the old WSUS policy GPO to turn all the settings back to off,... and that's when I found out that the polices don't seem to exist anywhere. I hear ya on the time at home thing as a matter of fact that's probably why the DC's hadn't been updated for a while and I really hadn't paid attention to the event logs. Bad home admin:( ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows Update failure
Unfortunately, no... this is a home domain. I have my data dirs on the file server and my exchange server backed up, but haven't been backing up the DC's... I wonder if it's possible to export the GPO's from a new domain and import them in.. -sc -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Do you have a backup? You could restore that to another environment, then use GPMC to do an export and then import of your GPO objects. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2010 3:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Thanks Martin.. that indeed did allow the system to use MS update. Now to figure out how to fix my broken/missing GPO files. Any thoughts as to how to replace the default GPO objects that should be there, such as default domain controller policy, etc...? -sc -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Oh, and you will probably need to restart the automatic updates service afterwards -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure You should be able to remove the offending entries from the registry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update] [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update\AU] -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Ya I think so. I killed the lnks to the offending GPO object, but now the DC's still have the settings lingering on them, and I don't see the WSUS stuff in the local policy MMC snap in. So I figured I'd edit the old WSUS policy GPO to turn all the settings back to off,... and that's when I found out that the polices don't seem to exist anywhere. I hear ya on the time at home thing as a matter of fact that's probably why the DC's hadn't been updated for a while and I really hadn't paid attention to the event logs. Bad home admin:( ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Windows Update failure
You can do that, if you just want the original generic GPOs. You need to create a mapping table that maps the attributes of the source domain to the target domain. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2010 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Unfortunately, no... this is a home domain. I have my data dirs on the file server and my exchange server backed up, but haven't been backing up the DC's... I wonder if it's possible to export the GPO's from a new domain and import them in.. -sc -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Do you have a backup? You could restore that to another environment, then use GPMC to do an export and then import of your GPO objects. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2010 3:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Thanks Martin.. that indeed did allow the system to use MS update. Now to figure out how to fix my broken/missing GPO files. Any thoughts as to how to replace the default GPO objects that should be there, such as default domain controller policy, etc...? -sc -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Oh, and you will probably need to restart the automatic updates service afterwards -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure You should be able to remove the offending entries from the registry Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update] [- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update\AU] -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 6:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows Update failure Ya I think so. I killed the lnks to the offending GPO object, but now the DC's still have the settings lingering on them, and I don't see the WSUS stuff in the local policy MMC snap in. So I figured I'd edit the old WSUS policy GPO to turn all the settings back to off,... and that's when I found out that the polices don't seem to exist anywhere. I hear ya on the time at home thing as a matter of fact that's probably why the DC's hadn't been updated for a while and I really hadn't paid attention to the event logs. Bad home admin:( ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host
Web.config files and stuff like that is for ASP.NET The error you are getting from the tool looks like it's talking about ASP debugging. That's set in the metabase. As that can be set at any layer, you'd have to check at each node. Does the tool tell you what site, folder, whatever that this is set at? Is it enabled at a global level? Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, 7 January 2010 4:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host Thanks, no dice here... Dave -Original Message- From: Andrew Greene [mailto:agre...@cityofanderson.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 7:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host Might also check the customErrors attribute in the web.config files and that the mode=Off - if memory serves mode=On or mode=RemoteOnly can send the debug information and stack trace to a remote client, whereas you'd normally only be able to view it while logged on locally. Might be worth a shot. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.NET and IIS6. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host ASP.net or Classic ASP, what version of IIS? I ask because the scan may be referencing the option within IIS to send debugging info to the client. (In IIS6 it is controlled in the site's properties Home Directory tab Configuration under the Application settings Debugging tab) HTH. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Help with PCI compliance issue - DEBUG on remote host There are two sites- one web/external facing and a SharePoint site. I did a HDD-wide search for web.config and machine.config files and of the four found, only one had DEBUG= in it. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
