Re: Vipre not updating?

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 22 Mar 2010 at 13:37, Joe User  wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Anyone having Vipre update issues? 5968 here 3.19/7am

I have a number of stations which sometimes fail to update.  When I see this in 
the VIPRE control panel, I have been going to the station and stopping, then 
restarting the SBAM service.  I'll have to try 'psexec \\computername net stop 
SBAMsvc' followed by a pause and then 'psexec \\computername net start SBAMsvc' 
next time I see this to see if I can jump start 'em remotely.

Eh?

--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/





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RE: Problems importing printers from Win2003 to Win2008

[Michael B. Smith]

Using printmig 3.1 or the print console, I've been really successful with this 
process given that I have compatible drivers for the printer (i.e., a single 
version of the driver certified for both versions of the OS).

But in every migration, there will be certain printers that just don't come 
across.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Problems importing printers from Win2003 to Win2008

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Michael B. Smith  wrote:
> Pick one printer to start with.

OK ...

> Make sure that the driver you have installed for that printer on the 2003 
> server is ALSO compatible with 2008. Export it/import it. See if that works.

I've tried importing drivers from 4 different print servers now, and NONE of 
them worked. I would get some drivers imported, but no printers/print queues. 
They always complained that they couldn't find a driver ...

I will keep pounding at it ... I will try importing from a test machine with 
only one printer.

...

Nope; still didn't work. I have a Xerox Pro 123. I installed twice, on a 
Win2003 32bit test source; once using the PS driver (which does not list 
Win2008 as a supported OS, but which I need, since I need to be able to include 
an account code with every print job), and the PPD driver (which *does* list 
Win2003 and Win2008 [both 32bit and 64bit] as supported) on the Win2003 32bit 
source. Once again, the drivers imported; the printers themselves did not.

Granted, the PPD driver did not say Win2008 R2 64 bit as a supported OS, but 
still ...

So from what I see, the Win2008 R2 printer migration feature is a total failure 
so far. :-( It can't seem to import any printer definitions at all, or at least 
none of the 7 dozen printers I have tried to import. What's the point of 
migrating, if it can't read any existing printer definitions and drivers? I 
might as well just install all the printers from scratch, and add 32bit drivers 
to each one, since just about every client will be 32bit, for the foreseeable 
future.

I *must* be missing some simple concept, but I can't for the life of me figure 
out what 

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Re: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Richard Stovall  wrote:
> Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or
> experiences?

  I can't speak to the 50/10 service level, but we've had Comcast for
a few years here.  It's fine for what I call "disposable bandwidth" --
web browsing, downloads, etc.  Blazing fast and dirt cheap.  But I
would never put anything "mission critical" on it.  We have another
feed (fixed wireless, through a local ISP) for that.

  Comcast still basically sees everything as TV.  If TV is out, it's
an inconvenience, you have some upset customers, you maybe loose some
PPV dollars, but ultimately, it's just not that big a deal.  Their
phones and Internet are the same way.  They actually work okay most of
the time, but hey, if they go down, no big deal, right?

  Don't put a mail server on it.  Simply being on Comcast weighs
against you in many spam filters.

  Maybe 2 or 3 times per year, it flakes out.  We have to power off
the CPE, wait a minute, power on to get it to resume.

  Comcast is an HFC (hybrid fiber-coax) system.  HFC runs fiber to
"optical nodes", which are large boxes hung off utility poles.  Coax
runs from the nodes to your premises.  The nodes need elecricity and
are supplied by city power.  They might have batteries, but they don't
last very long.  No generators.  So if power is out in your area  for
more than an hour or two, you *will* go down, and you'll be out for
the duration.

  We've had two big storms in the past two years where Comcast was out
for days.  No power at the node, though we had power at our plant.
Our copper telephone lines never even flickered.  The telcos know how
to build a robust system, I'll give them that.  (Or they used to know
-- consumer FTTP is another story entirely.)

  Comcast's SLAs are a joke.  Their standard SLA says, "If you don't
like the service, you're free to cancel".  Their "Symmetric" SLA says
if it does down for long enough, you can get some money back, but it's
prorated down to the hour and *they* decide what "down" means.  So
packet loss is 30% and next-hop RTT is 300 ms might qualify as "up".

-- Ben

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RE: Vipre not updating?

[Stu Sjouwerman]

This is a better spot for questions like this actually:

http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com/

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


  


-Original Message-
From: Joe User [mailto:joeu...@chronic.org] 
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Vipre not updating?

Hello,

Anyone having Vipre update issues? 5968 here 3.19/7am

  

-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

"...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."


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Re: National broadband

[Jonathan Link]

Isn't that a contract?



On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:53 PM, N Parr  wrote:

>  My Business Class line from Comcast has an SLA on it.  Doesn't mean it's
> honored but there is one.
>
>  --
> *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:52 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: National broadband
>
>When I discuss this with clients that have replaced T1s and Frame-Relay
> with Broadband ( xDSL and Cable ) I tell them that ‘Up To’ begins with ZERO
> … and there is no SLA, no CIR like with Frame !
>
>
>
> *Erik Goldoff***
>
> *IT  Consultant*
>
> *Systems, Networks, & Security *
>
> '  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
>
> *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:29 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: National broadband
>
>
>
> True that “up to” often means “less than.” But I use Comcast, and sometimes
> I get more than the advertised speed due to their “burst” technology (which
> really does seem to work, according to the results I get from
> SpeedTest.net). I really can’t complain overall, although other ISPs—or even
> the same ISP but in other areas—may be worse.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> *From:* Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:21 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: National broadband
>
>
>
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/article/192128/the_real_truth_about_broadband_speeds.html
>
>
>
> *Jay Dale*
>
> I.T. Manager, 3GiG
>
> Mobile: 713.299.2541
>
> Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com 
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:21 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: National broadband
>
>
>
> I’m sure the telco had multiple reasons for going bankrupt, but losing
> customers to the cable company was probably a factor. Once the cable company
> started offering Internet, I contacted the telco before ditching DSL. I
> asked them if they planned on lowering their prices since I could now get
> much faster access for the same price from the cable company. They said no,
> and I immediately switched. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one.
>
>
>
> The telco had spent a fortune building little communication stations all
> over the county so that they’d have the infrastructure for DSL (since users
> can’t be more than whatever distance from that equipment for DSL to work).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:11 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: National broadband
>
>
>
> And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in AT&T and they are rolling out Uverse.
> As I understand it, since we have Comcast along with AT&T, FIOS will not be
> allowed in at this time!
>
>
>
> *MMF *
>
>
>
>
>  --
>
> *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: National broadband
>
> The telco—the ones who refused to lower their prices despite the change to
> the competitive landscape.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: National broadband
>
>
>
> Which one the telco or the cable company?  Most people will not change just
> because they can.  There has to be a difference greater than the pain to
> change will cause.  How many people like to notify all of their contants
> that their email address has changed?  I see it all the time but most will
> not change unless the pain to stay gets to be more than the pain to change.
>
>
>
> Jon
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hornbuckle <
> john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote:
>
> Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband
> option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the
> same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though?
> Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower
> speeds.
>
> They recently filed for bankruptcy protection.
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
>
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM
> To: NT Sy

RE: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or...

[Reimer, Mark]

You are correct. My question was more if 2008 or 2008 R2 was required
for Exchange 2010. Since only 2003 is required, and since my current
DC's are on 32 bit architecture, I would either move them up to 2008, or
get 64 bit architecture (which I need for Exchange 2010 anyway) and put
2008 R2 on it. A quick bit of googling indicates that both Hyper-V, and
ESXi will support 64 bit clients.

 

Looks like putting a DC (2008 R2) and Exchange server 2010 on the same
physical box (setting up the clients/guests as 64 bits) will work just
fine, and will probably be the way I'll go.

 

Thanks for all the help/input.

 

Mark

 

From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server
2008 R2 or...

 

Indeed it does.

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

 

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:39 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server
2008 R2 or...

 

I didn't see anyone else mention this, but my understanding is the
2008r2 *requires* x64 architecture, so if you only have 32 bit systems
in your environment, Windows 2008 would be your choice, *not* 2008r2 !

 



 

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Reimer, Mark 
wrote:

Here's my upcoming problem.

 

We currently have a Windows 2003 domain. All servers, including DC's are
Windows 2003 standard.

 

We will be replacing our Exchange server this summer, jumping from
Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. I'm planning on installing Windows 2008
R2 on it.

 

My current DC's are 32 bit, and almost 5 years old, and don't have 64
bit architecture. So ...

 

Should I upgrade my DC's to Windows 2008 32 bit?

Should I try to get upgraded hardware, and install Windows 2008 R2?

Should I not worry about it, put in the new Exchange server on my
Windows 2003 domain, and upgrade the DC's later?

 

I'm planning on using the standard version (vs. enterprise or
datacenter), unless I can get some beefy server, then I'll virtualize
one DC and some other physical servers on it.

 

I'm NOT going to put both DC's virtualized on one physical box.

 

My googling on this hasn't turned up any useful information. Maybe it's
Friday afternoon...

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

 

Mark Reimer,  A+, MCSA

Windows Servers & Networking

Prairie Bible Institute

Box 4000

Three Hills, AB  T0M-2N0

Canada

Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476

Fax: 403-443-5540

Email: mark.rei...@prairie.edu

www.prairie.edu  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: National broadband

[N Parr]

My Business Class line from Comcast has an SLA on it.  Doesn't mean it's
honored but there is one.  



From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband



When I discuss this with clients that have replaced T1s and Frame-Relay
with Broadband ( xDSL and Cable ) I tell them that 'Up To' begins with
ZERO ... and there is no SLA, no CIR like with Frame !

 

Erik Goldoff

IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '

From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

True that "up to" often means "less than." But I use Comcast, and
sometimes I get more than the advertised speed due to their "burst"
technology (which really does seem to work, according to the results I
get from SpeedTest.net). I really can't complain overall, although other
ISPs-or even the same ISP but in other areas-may be worse.

 

 

 

John

 

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/192128/the_real_truth_about_broadband_spe
eds.html

 

Jay Dale

I.T. Manager, 3GiG

Mobile: 713.299.2541

Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com   

 

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From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

I'm sure the telco had multiple reasons for going bankrupt, but losing
customers to the cable company was probably a factor. Once the cable
company started offering Internet, I contacted the telco before ditching
DSL. I asked them if they planned on lowering their prices since I could
now get much faster access for the same price from the cable company.
They said no, and I immediately switched. I'm sure I wasn't the only
one.

 

The telco had spent a fortune building little communication stations all
over the county so that they'd have the infrastructure for DSL (since
users can't be more than whatever distance from that equipment for DSL
to work). 

 

 

 

From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in AT&T and they are rolling out
Uverse. As I understand it, since we have Comcast along with AT&T, FIOS
will not be allowed in at this time!

 

MMF 

 

 



From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

The telco-the ones who refused to lower their prices despite the change
to the competitive landscape.

 

 

 

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: National broadband

 

Which one the telco or the cable company?  Most people will not change
just because they can.  There has to be a difference greater than the
pain to change will cause.  How many people like to notify all of their
contants that their email address has changed?  I see it all the time
but most will not change unless the pain to stay gets to be more than
the pain to change.

 

Jon

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hornbuckle
 wrote:

Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only
broadband option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster
access for the same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their
DSL rates, though? Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying
the same price for slower speeds.

They recently filed for bankruptcy protection.




-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]

Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same
price I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an
upgrade. :-)

-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National b

RE: National broadband

[Erik Goldoff]

When I discuss this with clients that have replaced T1s and Frame-Relay with
Broadband ( xDSL and Cable ) I tell them that ‘Up To’ begins with ZERO … and
there is no SLA, no CIR like with Frame !

 

Erik Goldoff

IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '

From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

True that “up to” often means “less than.” But I use Comcast, and sometimes
I get more than the advertised speed due to their “burst” technology (which
really does seem to work, according to the results I get from
SpeedTest.net). I really can’t complain overall, although other ISPs—or even
the same ISP but in other areas—may be worse.

 

 

 

John

 

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/192128/the_real_truth_about_broadband_speeds.
html

 

Jay Dale

I.T. Manager, 3GiG

Mobile: 713.299.2541

Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com   

 

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e-mail and delete all copies of this message.

 

 

From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

I’m sure the telco had multiple reasons for going bankrupt, but losing
customers to the cable company was probably a factor. Once the cable company
started offering Internet, I contacted the telco before ditching DSL. I
asked them if they planned on lowering their prices since I could now get
much faster access for the same price from the cable company. They said no,
and I immediately switched. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one.

 

The telco had spent a fortune building little communication stations all
over the county so that they’d have the infrastructure for DSL (since users
can’t be more than whatever distance from that equipment for DSL to work). 

 

 

 

From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

 

And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in AT&T and they are rolling out Uverse. As
I understand it, since we have Comcast along with AT&T, FIOS will not be
allowed in at this time!

 

MMF 

 

 

  _  

From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

The telco—the ones who refused to lower their prices despite the change to
the competitive landscape.

 

 

 

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: National broadband

 

Which one the telco or the cable company?  Most people will not change just
because they can.  There has to be a difference greater than the pain to
change will cause.  How many people like to notify all of their contants
that their email address has changed?  I see it all the time but most will
not change unless the pain to stay gets to be more than the pain to change.

 

Jon

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hornbuckle
 wrote:

Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband
option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the
same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though?
Nope. I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower
speeds.

They recently filed for bankruptcy protection.




-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]

Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same
price I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade.
:-)

-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a "true" 6 Mbit.
I don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP.



-Original Message-
From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

I alway

RE: Office install audit

[Garcia-Moran, Carlos]

You can also try Lansweeper, a little overkill but in case you need more
info about your PC's after the office keys it will help

 

From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 12:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Office install audit

 

Perfect, many thanks

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Joe Tinney  wrote:

ProduKey. Has command line parameters to generate different types of
files and can use a computer list or the entire domain.

 

From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Office install audit

 

Hi,

 

I need to run something at login that will interrogate a few PC's on a
domain, and return to me their Office serial number that they have
installed.

 

I realise that Jelly bean can get this off, but I could do with
something automated?

 

Ideas please?

-- 
Gavin Wilby,
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk  

 

 

 

 




-- 
Gavin Wilby,
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk

 

 

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RE: National broadband

[John Hornbuckle]

True that "up to" often means "less than." But I use Comcast, and sometimes I 
get more than the advertised speed due to their "burst" technology (which 
really does seem to work, according to the results I get from SpeedTest.net). I 
really can't complain overall, although other ISPs-or even the same ISP but in 
other areas-may be worse.



John

From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

http://www.pcworld.com/article/192128/the_real_truth_about_broadband_speeds.html

Jay Dale
I.T. Manager, 3GiG
Mobile: 713.299.2541
Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

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From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

I'm sure the telco had multiple reasons for going bankrupt, but losing 
customers to the cable company was probably a factor. Once the cable company 
started offering Internet, I contacted the telco before ditching DSL. I asked 
them if they planned on lowering their prices since I could now get much faster 
access for the same price from the cable company. They said no, and I 
immediately switched. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.

The telco had spent a fortune building little communication stations all over 
the county so that they'd have the infrastructure for DSL (since users can't be 
more than whatever distance from that equipment for DSL to work).



From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in AT&T and they are rolling out Uverse. As I 
understand it, since we have Comcast along with AT&T, FIOS will not be allowed 
in at this time!


MMF



From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband
The telco-the ones who refused to lower their prices despite the change to the 
competitive landscape.




From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: National broadband

Which one the telco or the cable company?  Most people will not change just 
because they can.  There has to be a difference greater than the pain to change 
will cause.  How many people like to notify all of their contants that their 
email address has changed?  I see it all the time but most will not change 
unless the pain to stay gets to be more than the pain to change.

Jon
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hornbuckle 
mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> 
wrote:
Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband 
option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the 
same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? Nope. 
I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower speeds.

They recently filed for bankruptcy protection.



-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband
Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price 
I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-)
-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a "true" 6 Mbit. I 
don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP.



-Original Message-
From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members that 
there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would save then 
$20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no noticeable 
difference.

Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a lot of 
folks.

-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mai

RE: National broadband

[Jay Dale]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/192128/the_real_truth_about_broadband_speeds.html

Jay Dale
I.T. Manager, 3GiG
Mobile: 713.299.2541
Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com

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From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

I'm sure the telco had multiple reasons for going bankrupt, but losing 
customers to the cable company was probably a factor. Once the cable company 
started offering Internet, I contacted the telco before ditching DSL. I asked 
them if they planned on lowering their prices since I could now get much faster 
access for the same price from the cable company. They said no, and I 
immediately switched. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.

The telco had spent a fortune building little communication stations all over 
the county so that they'd have the infrastructure for DSL (since users can't be 
more than whatever distance from that equipment for DSL to work).



From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

And the telco went bankrupt? I'm in AT&T and they are rolling out Uverse. As I 
understand it, since we have Comcast along with AT&T, FIOS will not be allowed 
in at this time!


MMF



From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband
The telco-the ones who refused to lower their prices despite the change to the 
competitive landscape.




From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: National broadband

Which one the telco or the cable company?  Most people will not change just 
because they can.  There has to be a difference greater than the pain to change 
will cause.  How many people like to notify all of their contants that their 
email address has changed?  I see it all the time but most will not change 
unless the pain to stay gets to be more than the pain to change.

Jon
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:50 AM, John Hornbuckle 
mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> 
wrote:
Talking about no-brainers... In my area, DSL used to be the only broadband 
option. Eventually, the cable company started offering faster access for the 
same price. Do you think the local telco lowered their DSL rates, though? Nope. 
I guess they figured folks would keep paying the same price for slower speeds.

They recently filed for bankruptcy protection.



-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband
Well, just checked and my ISP has 6 Mbit internet available for the same price 
I'm paying for 3 Mbit. No brainer here... I just ordered an upgrade. :-)

-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

Geez! I'd be more than happy with 10-15Mbit speed, or even a "true" 6 Mbit. I 
don't have that option, AFAIK, with my ISP.



-Original Message-
From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

I always wonder the same thing. I even mentioned to two family members that 
there was an even lower unpublished tier available that would save then 
$20/month and after they changed to it they mentioned there was no noticeable 
difference.

Always on, reasonably low latency and a couple Mb speed works for a lot of 
folks.

-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: National broadband

I agree John.  My big activities at home are playing MMOs, for the most part.  
My Comcast connection at 6-12 Mb is just fine for that.  I'm not running a 
business out of my home or anything.

What are people doing at home, for "personal" reasons, that would need 50 - 100 
Mbps down, and 50ish Mbps up?

>>> John Hornbuckle 
>>> mailto:j

Re: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Richard Stovall]

>From what I was told, yes.  At $189 per month per cable.  To recreate
the 64 I have now it would be almost the same monthly charge that I'm
paying for 10Mb fiber with a rock solid SLA.  Nevermind the potential
headache of managing all 5 of those modems (though the shiny new
SonicWalls do have 4 available interfaces each.)

It looks like it might be useful as a backup, but I don't know if
it'll work for primary.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Joseph Heaton  wrote:
> You should be able to pull in multiple cable connections to extend that 13 
> public IPs, though, right?
>
 Richard Stovall  3/23/2010 10:50 AM >>>
> Ditto.  If it's reliable it could save us a ton of money.  One
> downside I just discovered is that they will only allow '13' public
> IPs on one modem.
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Tim Evans  wrote:
>> Really? Yes, I'd like to hear more details. They are trying to get into one 
>> of our buildings and $190/mo for 50mb down/10mb up sounds like a pretty good 
>> deal. We'd be using it as a backup link and for local internet service.
>>
>> ...Tim
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:10 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0
>>
>> RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
>> It's horrid.  Made my home internet look business grade.
>> We ran back to fibre very quickly.
>>
>> I'll give more details if needed, but I'm trying to block that
>> experience out.
>> Sam
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:37 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0
>>
>> Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or
>> experiences?  I normally wouldn't think about Cable for work, but if
>> it's any good we could save ~$14,000 / year.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> RS
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>>   ~
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>> ~   ~
>>
>>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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

Re: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Joseph Heaton]

You should be able to pull in multiple cable connections to extend that 13 
public IPs, though, right?

>>> Richard Stovall  3/23/2010 10:50 AM >>>
Ditto.  If it's reliable it could save us a ton of money.  One
downside I just discovered is that they will only allow '13' public
IPs on one modem.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Tim Evans  wrote:
> Really? Yes, I'd like to hear more details. They are trying to get into one 
> of our buildings and $190/mo for 50mb down/10mb up sounds like a pretty good 
> deal. We'd be using it as a backup link and for local internet service.
>
> ...Tim
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:10 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0
>
> RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
> It's horrid.  Made my home internet look business grade.
> We ran back to fibre very quickly.
>
> I'll give more details if needed, but I'm trying to block that
> experience out.
> Sam
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:37 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0
>
> Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or
> experiences?  I normally wouldn't think about Cable for work, but if
> it's any good we could save ~$14,000 / year.
>
> Thanks,
> RS
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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



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

Re: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Richard Stovall]

Ditto.  If it's reliable it could save us a ton of money.  One
downside I just discovered is that they will only allow '13' public
IPs on one modem.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Tim Evans  wrote:
> Really? Yes, I'd like to hear more details. They are trying to get into one 
> of our buildings and $190/mo for 50mb down/10mb up sounds like a pretty good 
> deal. We'd be using it as a backup link and for local internet service.
>
> ...Tim
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:10 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0
>
> RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
> It's horrid.  Made my home internet look business grade.
> We ran back to fibre very quickly.
>
> I'll give more details if needed, but I'm trying to block that
> experience out.
> Sam
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:37 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0
>
> Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or
> experiences?  I normally wouldn't think about Cable for work, but if
> it's any good we could save ~$14,000 / year.
>
> Thanks,
> RS
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
>   ~
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>

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

RE: Backup to removable drives

[Joseph L. Casale]

>What should I do in term of a system to receive backups
>
>Freenas??

Not a fan of those "canned" solutions, just roll a rhel or centos
server out and configure anything to your heart's content. I use centos
for everything. If you are using the vpn, you can use an rsync daemon
to avoid the encryption overhead (as I do when feasible).

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

RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Tim Evans]

Really? Yes, I'd like to hear more details. They are trying to get into one of 
our buildings and $190/mo for 50mb down/10mb up sounds like a pretty good deal. 
We'd be using it as a backup link and for local internet service.

...Tim


-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
It's horrid.  Made my home internet look business grade.
We ran back to fibre very quickly.

I'll give more details if needed, but I'm trying to block that
experience out.
Sam 


-Original Message-
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or
experiences?  I normally wouldn't think about Cable for work, but if
it's any good we could save ~$14,000 / year.

Thanks,
RS

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

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


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

RE: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode

[Brian Desmond]

Dcpromo /forceremoval

Then do a metadata cleanup

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

c   - 312.731.3132

From: John Bowles [mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 9:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode

All-

I have a W2K3 DC that is currently sitting in AD recovery mode.  I want to 
demote this DC and get rid of this toaster, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 
I can't run DCPROMO on the box and remove it.  How would I get a server like 
that removed from DS?

Thank you,



John Bowles






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

RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Brian Desmond]

I'm sure it varies by market. I have had Comcast in my home office for 2 years 
now and I have had a total of two outages. One was intermittent for a week or 
two and they sent a guy out who did some work in the alley (my neighbors had 
problems too) and the other one lasted four or five hours. It typically goes 
faster than what I pay for and never slower - can't complain. 


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

c   - 312.731.3132


-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
It's horrid.  Made my home internet look business grade.
We ran back to fibre very quickly.

I'll give more details if needed, but I'm trying to block that experience out.
Sam 


-Original Message-
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or experiences?  I 
normally wouldn't think about Cable for work, but if it's any good we could 
save ~$14,000 / year.

Thanks,
RS

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

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



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

RE: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Sam Cayze]

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
It's horrid.  Made my home internet look business grade.
We ran back to fibre very quickly.

I'll give more details if needed, but I'm trying to block that
experience out.
Sam 


-Original Message-
From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or
experiences?  I normally wouldn't think about Cable for work, but if
it's any good we could save ~$14,000 / year.

Thanks,
RS

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

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

RE: dell rant [OT reply]

[Free, Bob]

Hopefully. Got the OK to put in the travel req.

 

Your presentation will be very topical, out Exchange team is working on
a 2K3 to 2010 upgrade as we speak.

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: dell rant [OT reply]

 

Yep. I'm giving one "from the field" presentation on 2003 -> 2010
upgrades and a pre-conference workshop on HA in 2010 for all server
roles (not just MB).

 

Gonna see you there?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 8:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: dell rant [OT reply]

 

Hey ...I used to make the 80 pound "motors" that drove the head
assembly on those washing machines J 

 

Actually the I made the coils that were part of the bobbins inside the
motors. Less skilled workers made the heavy parts...LOL

 

The engineers called them linear actuators and hated when someone
referred to them as motors so of course that's what we all called them.

 



 

You going to TEC LA this year?

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 10:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: dell rant [OT reply]

 



Shades of the mainframe!

 

WAY BACK when "Winchester" was the new SCSI disk technology, both IBM
and Unisys did this. Their "cheap SCSI" disk controllers were modified
so that you could only attach disk that the mainframe company provided.
Which they charged 10 times the going rate for.

 

Still, it was cheaper and faster than the old "washing machine"
removable disk drives.



 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 12:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: dell rant

 

Ive been a solid dell guy for years but this is about as aggravating as
it comes.

 

We have a new server that cannot get the 2.5 15k rpm drives for several
weeks due to manufacturing problems. We went and got drives from hp and
the drive caddys so everything is great right?

 

NOT, if you have a new Dell 700 raid controller you can only use Dell
certified drives, the drives are 'blocked' on the controller

 

>From the manual "troubleshooting"section:

Issue:

One or more physical disks is displayed as Blocked and can not be
configured.

 

Corrective Action

PERC H700 and PERC H800 cards support only Dell-certified SAS and SATA
hard drives and solid-state drives (SSD). If you are using a
Dell-certified drive but are still experiencing this problem, perform
the following actions:

 

1. Check the backplane for damage.

2. Check the SAS cables.

3. Reseat the physical disk.

4. Contact Dell Technical Support if the problem persists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Re: Office install audit

[Gavin Wilby]

Perfect, many thanks

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Joe Tinney  wrote:

>  ProduKey. Has command line parameters to generate different types of
> files and can use a computer list or the entire domain.
>
>
>
> *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:21 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Office install audit
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I need to run something at login that will interrogate a few PC's on a
> domain, and return to me their Office serial number that they have
> installed.
>
>
>
> I realise that Jelly bean can get this off, but I could do with something
> automated?
>
>
>
> Ideas please?
>
> --
> Gavin Wilby,
> Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
> GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Gavin Wilby,
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk

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

OT: Comcast Business Docsis 3.0

[Richard Stovall]

Anyone have the 50/10 service from Comcast?  Any thoughts or
experiences?  I normally wouldn't think about Cable for work, but if
it's any good we could save ~$14,000 / year.

Thanks,
RS

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

RE: Office install audit

[Joe Tinney]

ProduKey. Has command line parameters to generate different types of
files and can use a computer list or the entire domain.

 

From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Office install audit

 

Hi,

 

I need to run something at login that will interrogate a few PC's on a
domain, and return to me their Office serial number that they have
installed.

 

I realise that Jelly bean can get this off, but I could do with
something automated?

 

Ideas please?

-- 
Gavin Wilby,
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk

 

 

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

Office install audit

[Gavin Wilby]

Hi,

I need to run something at login that will interrogate a few PC's on a
domain, and return to me their Office serial number that they have
installed.

I realise that Jelly bean can get this off, but I could do with something
automated?

Ideas please?

-- 
Gavin Wilby,
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby
GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk

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

Re: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode

[Erik Goldoff]

this process can be used on systems that crash and won't boot, hence you can
no longer run dcpromo on it.  It's a bit brute force, but works fine, I've
used it on several client sites with no apparent issues.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:49 AM, John Bowles wrote:

>  But don’t I have to get it out of Restore Mode first before I can attempt
> to run DCPROMO?  I’ve seen the metadata cleanup article which has come in
> handy a few times J
>
>
>
> *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:44 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode
>
>
>
> you can run the process for removing a 'phantom' failed DC ...
>
> here's a pretty good link to describe the process :
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM, John Bowles 
> wrote:
>
> All-
>
>
>
> I have a W2K3 DC that is currently sitting in AD recovery mode.  I want to
> demote this DC and get rid of this toaster, I’m gonna go out on a limb and
> say I can’t run DCPROMO on the box and remove it.  How would I get a server
> like that removed from DS?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> John Bowles
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: dell rant

[Senter, John]

We had 2 Dell LTO drives and they worked fine with non-dell branded tapes.  The 
Dell tapes were Fuji at that time but we used Verbatim tapes.  We did have a 
issue with the very first LTO library they came out with years ago, but after 
working with them and the real manufacture it turned out to be a firmware issue 
that they corrected.

-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: dell rant

Wow! I'm glad that IBM isn't that picky. We're using whatever LTO cartridge
we can buy in our IBM tape drive for the AS/400. I've found that Amazon is a
great place to find low-cost tapes. :-)



-Original Message-
From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: dell rant

yeah, we usually avoid Dell, but we inherited a customer with an aging 
set of Dell servers and Dell LTO backup drive in a datacenter.  The tape 
drive would error out with any tape or cleaning cartridge that wasn't a 
Dell-branded cartridge.  ridiculous.

Bill


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

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

RE: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or...

[Malcolm Reitz]

Exchange 2010 requires DCs to be at least Server 2003 SP2 along with domain
and forest functional levels of at least Windows Server 2003, so Server 2008
DCs are not required. You could proceed with your Exchange upgrades and
leave the DCs alone until you can get updated hardware to replace them.
Putting Exchange and a DC on a Hyper-V virtual host is also a valid idea,
given sufficient hardware to handle the workload.

 

-Malcolm

 

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 09:39
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008
R2 or...

 

I didn't see anyone else mention this, but my understanding is the 2008r2
*requires* x64 architecture, so if you only have 32 bit systems in your
environment, Windows 2008 would be your choice, *not* 2008r2 !

 



 

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Reimer, Mark 
wrote:

Here's my upcoming problem.

 

We currently have a Windows 2003 domain. All servers, including DC's are
Windows 2003 standard.

 

We will be replacing our Exchange server this summer, jumping from Exchange
2003 to Exchange 2010. I'm planning on installing Windows 2008 R2 on it.

 

My current DC's are 32 bit, and almost 5 years old, and don't have 64 bit
architecture. So .

 

Should I upgrade my DC's to Windows 2008 32 bit?

Should I try to get upgraded hardware, and install Windows 2008 R2?

Should I not worry about it, put in the new Exchange server on my Windows
2003 domain, and upgrade the DC's later?

 

I'm planning on using the standard version (vs. enterprise or datacenter),
unless I can get some beefy server, then I'll virtualize one DC and some
other physical servers on it.

 

I'm NOT going to put both DC's virtualized on one physical box.

 

My googling on this hasn't turned up any useful information. Maybe it's
Friday afternoon.

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

 

Mark Reimer,  A+, MCSA

Windows Servers & Networking

Prairie Bible Institute

Box 4000

Three Hills, AB  T0M-2N0

Canada

Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476

Fax: 403-443-5540

Email: mark.rei...@prairie.edu

www.prairie.edu  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or...

[Don Guyer]

Indeed it does.

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com  

 

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:39 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server
2008 R2 or...

 

I didn't see anyone else mention this, but my understanding is the
2008r2 *requires* x64 architecture, so if you only have 32 bit systems
in your environment, Windows 2008 would be your choice, *not* 2008r2 !

 



 

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Reimer, Mark 
wrote:

Here's my upcoming problem.

 

We currently have a Windows 2003 domain. All servers, including DC's are
Windows 2003 standard.

 

We will be replacing our Exchange server this summer, jumping from
Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. I'm planning on installing Windows 2008
R2 on it.

 

My current DC's are 32 bit, and almost 5 years old, and don't have 64
bit architecture. So ...

 

Should I upgrade my DC's to Windows 2008 32 bit?

Should I try to get upgraded hardware, and install Windows 2008 R2?

Should I not worry about it, put in the new Exchange server on my
Windows 2003 domain, and upgrade the DC's later?

 

I'm planning on using the standard version (vs. enterprise or
datacenter), unless I can get some beefy server, then I'll virtualize
one DC and some other physical servers on it.

 

I'm NOT going to put both DC's virtualized on one physical box.

 

My googling on this hasn't turned up any useful information. Maybe it's
Friday afternoon...

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

 

Mark Reimer,  A+, MCSA

Windows Servers & Networking

Prairie Bible Institute

Box 4000

Three Hills, AB  T0M-2N0

Canada

Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476

Fax: 403-443-5540

Email: mark.rei...@prairie.edu

www.prairie.edu  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

RE: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode

[John Bowles]

But don't I have to get it out of Restore Mode first before I can attempt to 
run DCPROMO?  I've seen the metadata cleanup article which has come in handy a 
few times :)

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode

you can run the process for removing a 'phantom' failed DC ...
here's a pretty good link to describe the process :
http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM, John Bowles 
mailto:john.bow...@wlkmmas.org>> wrote:
All-

I have a W2K3 DC that is currently sitting in AD recovery mode.  I want to 
demote this DC and get rid of this toaster, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 
I can't run DCPROMO on the box and remove it.  How would I get a server like 
that removed from DS?

Thank you,



John Bowles











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

Re: Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode

[Erik Goldoff]

you can run the process for removing a 'phantom' failed DC ...
here's a pretty good link to describe the process :
http://www.petri.co.il/delete_failed_dcs_from_ad.htm

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM, John Bowles wrote:

>  All-
>
>
>
> I have a W2K3 DC that is currently sitting in AD recovery mode.  I want to
> demote this DC and get rid of this toaster, I’m gonna go out on a limb and
> say I can’t run DCPROMO on the box and remove it.  How would I get a server
> like that removed from DS?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> John Bowles
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

Re: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or...

[Erik Goldoff]

I didn't see anyone else mention this, but my understanding is the 2008r2
*requires* x64 architecture, so if you only have 32 bit systems in your
environment, Windows 2008 would be your choice, *not* 2008r2 !




On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Reimer, Mark wrote:

>  Here’s my upcoming problem.
>
>
>
> We currently have a Windows 2003 domain. All servers, including DC’s are
> Windows 2003 standard.
>
>
>
> We will be replacing our Exchange server this summer, jumping from Exchange
> 2003 to Exchange 2010. I’m planning on installing Windows 2008 R2 on it.
>
>
>
> My current DC’s are 32 bit, and almost 5 years old, and don’t have 64 bit
> architecture. So …
>
>
>
> Should I upgrade my DC’s to Windows 2008 32 bit?
>
> Should I try to get upgraded hardware, and install Windows 2008 R2?
>
> Should I not worry about it, put in the new Exchange server on my Windows
> 2003 domain, and upgrade the DC’s later?
>
>
>
> I’m planning on using the standard version (vs. enterprise or datacenter),
> unless I can get some beefy server, then I’ll virtualize one DC and some
> other physical servers on it.
>
>
>
> I’m NOT going to put both DC’s virtualized on one physical box.
>
>
>
> My googling on this hasn’t turned up any useful information. Maybe it’s
> Friday afternoon…
>
>
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
>
>
>
>
> Mark Reimer,  A+, MCSA
>
> Windows Servers & Networking
>
> Prairie Bible Institute
>
> Box 4000
>
> Three Hills, AB  T0M-2N0
>
> Canada
>
> Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476
>
> Fax: 403-443-5540
>
> Email: mark.rei...@prairie.edu
>
> www.prairie.edu
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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

RE: dell rant

[Steven M. Caesare]

Hmm, that seems _ODD_.. we have 2 Dell libraries we are putting in to
production, and in our testing thus far they haven't complained about
nin-dell media.

 

I wonder if that's something Dell tried for a moment and then backed
away from when the screaming started...

 

-sc

 

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: dell rant

 

+1  , always shopped around for DLT tapes for Compaq/HP branded drives,
never ordered from them for replacements.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, John Aldrich
 wrote:

Wow! I'm glad that IBM isn't that picky. We're using whatever LTO
cartridge
we can buy in our IBM tape drive for the AS/400. I've found that Amazon
is a
great place to find low-cost tapes. :-)




-Original Message-
From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: dell rant

yeah, we usually avoid Dell, but we inherited a customer with an aging
set of Dell servers and Dell LTO backup drive in a datacenter.  The tape
drive would error out with any tape or cleaning cartridge that wasn't a
Dell-branded cartridge.  ridiculous.

Bill



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

 

 

 

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

Win2K3 DC in Active Directory Recovery Mode

[John Bowles]

All-

I have a W2K3 DC that is currently sitting in AD recovery mode.  I want to 
demote this DC and get rid of this toaster, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 
I can't run DCPROMO on the box and remove it.  How would I get a server like 
that removed from DS?

Thank you,



John Bowles


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

Re: dell rant

[Erik Goldoff]

+1  , always shopped around for DLT tapes for Compaq/HP branded drives,
never ordered from them for replacements.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, John Aldrich  wrote:

> Wow! I'm glad that IBM isn't that picky. We're using whatever LTO cartridge
> we can buy in our IBM tape drive for the AS/400. I've found that Amazon is
> a
> great place to find low-cost tapes. :-)
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:06 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: dell rant
>
> yeah, we usually avoid Dell, but we inherited a customer with an aging
> set of Dell servers and Dell LTO backup drive in a datacenter.  The tape
> drive would error out with any tape or cleaning cartridge that wasn't a
> Dell-branded cartridge.  ridiculous.
>
> Bill
>
>
>  ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

RE: dell rant

[John Aldrich]

Wow! I'm glad that IBM isn't that picky. We're using whatever LTO cartridge
we can buy in our IBM tape drive for the AS/400. I've found that Amazon is a
great place to find low-cost tapes. :-)



-Original Message-
From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: dell rant

yeah, we usually avoid Dell, but we inherited a customer with an aging 
set of Dell servers and Dell LTO backup drive in a datacenter.  The tape 
drive would error out with any tape or cleaning cartridge that wasn't a 
Dell-branded cartridge.  ridiculous.

Bill


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

RE: iQSTOR?

[John Aldrich]

Thanks. I saw a webinar about them yesterday and they looked pretty good,
especially with some of the folks using their equipment (Loma Linda
University Medical Center, Georgia Tech, etc.)

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 5:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: iQSTOR?

 

I've heard of them, and I've heard relatively good things.


-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker



On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 3:03 PM, John Aldrich 
wrote:

Anyone know anything about a SAN manufacturer called iQstor? Got a
prospective vendor pitching them to me. Just thought I'd see if they have a
good reputation or not.

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Re: Problems importing printers from Win2003 to Win2008

[Michael Leone]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Michael B. Smith  wrote:
> Pick one printer to start with.

OK ...

> Make sure that the driver you have installed for that printer on the 2003 
> server is ALSO compatible with 2008. Export it/import it. See if that works.

I've tried importing drivers from 4 different print servers now, and
NONE of them worked. I would get some drivers imported, but no
printers/print queues. They always complained that they couldn't find
a driver ...

I will keep pounding at it ... I will try importing from a test
machine with only one printer.

...

Nope; still didn't work. I have a Xerox Pro 123. I installed twice, on
a Win2003 32bit test source; once using the PS driver (which does not
list Win2008 as a supported OS, but which I need, since I need to be
able to include an account code with every print job), and the PPD
driver (which *does* list Win2003 and Win2008 [both 32bit and 64bit]
as supported) on the Win2003 32bit source. Once again, the drivers
imported; the printers themselves did not.

Granted, the PPD driver did not say Win2008 R2 64 bit as a supported
OS, but still ...

So from what I see, the Win2008 R2 printer migration feature is a
total failure so far. :-( It can't seem to import any printer
definitions at all, or at least none of the 7 dozen printers I have
tried to import. What's the point of migrating, if it can't read any
existing printer definitions and drivers? I might as well just install
all the printers from scratch, and add 32bit drivers to each one,
since just about every client will be 32bit, for the foreseeable
future.

I *must* be missing some simple concept, but I can't for the life of
me figure out what 

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

Re: * Survey: Video Games In The Workplace

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 23 Mar 2010 at 13:04, Andrew Levicki  wrote:

> Happily the people with video game consoles in their office have time  
> to fill in such a survey!!

Note that Stu asked that the  survey only be taken by those who say "Yes" ;-)

> ===
> 
> Andrew Levicki MCSE MCITP CCNA ITIL
> 
> On 2010/03/23, at 12:55, "Angus Scott-Fleming"   
> wrote:
> 
> > On 18 Mar 2010 at 15:30, Stu Sjouwerman  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> * Survey: Video Games In The Workplace Are there video game  
> >> consoles in
> >> your workplace? If so, we want to hear from you! Would you mind  
> >> completing
> >> this short survey? It's 8 short multiple-choice questions - should  
> >> take less
> >> than one minute: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N5FZFB2
> >
> > Are you serious?  Not only NO but FSCK NO!
> >
> > --
> > Angus Scott-Fleming
> > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> > 1-520-290-5038
> > Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> 
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~


--
Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
1-520-290-5038
Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/





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

Re: Backup to removable drives

[jgarciaitlist]

What should I do in term of a system to receive backups

Freenas??
--Original Message--
From: Joseph L. Casale
To: NT System Admin Issues
ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup to removable drives
Sent: Mar 23, 2010 9:16 AM

>That end has a terra station nas

Don't know anything about those, but I do the same across multiple sites over 
vpn
with rsync using various switches for different needs.

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



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

Re: Backup to removable drives

[jgarciaitlist]

Terra station does not seem coporate grade or smb grade
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Link 
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:05:55 
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Backup to removable drives

I've not had good luck with terastations detecting diffs using robocopy.  I
have not tried it to rsync.  At the time, we used the terstation. I didn't
have a virtualized infrastructure or a spare machine to setup linux and test
it with rsync.  And I had read enough conflicting reports about rsync for
windows to steer me away from that solution.

I use rsync for our offsite backup now.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:35 AM,  wrote:

> That end has a terra station nas
>
> --Original Message--
> From: Joseph L. Casale
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Backup to removable drives
> Sent: Mar 23, 2010 7:55 AM
>
> >Any idea for offsite (remote backup), I need to offsite acronis backup and
> recovery (weekly) diff  backups and daily (inc) .
>
> What's your access to the remote destination and what resides on that end?
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

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

RE: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or...

[Reimer, Mark]

We have about 10 servers, including the 2 DC's. As noted below, our
Exchange box will be upgraded, and I'm thinking of putting Exchange and
one DC as virtual servers on the new physical box. Hyper-V will do 64
bit right? Up until now, I've just used ESXi on a couple of boxes and
put some very low traffic servers on them.

 

I don't have any SAN, just using disks that are on the boxes. I might be
able to get another box, and put some of the other servers on it,
virtualized, and free up some servers that are getting older.

 

Sorry for the delay in answering. 

 

Mark

 

From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 3:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server
2008 R2 or...

 

How many servers do you have in your environment?

 

Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
jra...@eaglemds.com mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> 
www.eaglemds.com http://www.eaglemds.com/>  



From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu] 
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 4:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: What are my options, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008
R2 or...

 

Here's my upcoming problem.

 

We currently have a Windows 2003 domain. All servers, including DC's are
Windows 2003 standard.

 

We will be replacing our Exchange server this summer, jumping from
Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. I'm planning on installing Windows 2008
R2 on it.

 

My current DC's are 32 bit, and almost 5 years old, and don't have 64
bit architecture. So ...

 

Should I upgrade my DC's to Windows 2008 32 bit?

Should I try to get upgraded hardware, and install Windows 2008 R2?

Should I not worry about it, put in the new Exchange server on my
Windows 2003 domain, and upgrade the DC's later?

 

I'm planning on using the standard version (vs. enterprise or
datacenter), unless I can get some beefy server, then I'll virtualize
one DC and some other physical servers on it.

 

I'm NOT going to put both DC's virtualized on one physical box.

 

My googling on this hasn't turned up any useful information. Maybe it's
Friday afternoon...

 

Thanks for any advice.

 

 

Mark Reimer,  A+, MCSA

Windows Servers & Networking

Prairie Bible Institute

Box 4000

Three Hills, AB  T0M-2N0

Canada

Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476

Fax: 403-443-5540

Email: mark.rei...@prairie.edu

www.prairie.edu

 

 

 

 

 



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~   ~

RE: Backup to removable drives

[Joseph L. Casale]

>That end has a terra station nas

Don't know anything about those, but I do the same across multiple sites over 
vpn
with rsync using various switches for different needs.

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

Re: Backup to removable drives

[Jonathan Link]

I've not had good luck with terastations detecting diffs using robocopy.  I
have not tried it to rsync.  At the time, we used the terstation. I didn't
have a virtualized infrastructure or a spare machine to setup linux and test
it with rsync.  And I had read enough conflicting reports about rsync for
windows to steer me away from that solution.

I use rsync for our offsite backup now.

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:35 AM,  wrote:

> That end has a terra station nas
>
> --Original Message--
> From: Joseph L. Casale
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Backup to removable drives
> Sent: Mar 23, 2010 7:55 AM
>
> >Any idea for offsite (remote backup), I need to offsite acronis backup and
> recovery (weekly) diff  backups and daily (inc) .
>
> What's your access to the remote destination and what resides on that end?
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>

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

Re: Backup to removable drives

[jgarciaitlist]

That end has a terra station nas

--Original Message--
From: Joseph L. Casale
To: NT System Admin Issues
ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup to removable drives
Sent: Mar 23, 2010 7:55 AM

>Any idea for offsite (remote backup), I need to offsite acronis backup and 
>recovery (weekly) diff  backups and daily (inc) .

What's your access to the remote destination and what resides on that end?


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



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

Re: dell rant

[Bill Humphries]

yeah, we usually avoid Dell, but we inherited a customer with an aging 
set of Dell servers and Dell LTO backup drive in a datacenter.  The tape 
drive would error out with any tape or cleaning cartridge that wasn't a 
Dell-branded cartridge.  ridiculous.


Bill

Ben Scott wrote:

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Richard Stovall  wrote:
  

Tis different, IMHO.  If I'm buying a low end server with SATA drives
I don't expect to have to pay Dell or HP for OEM drives with some
custom firmware, which is exactly what you're getting.



  As they saying goes, "+1".  If we got something for the money, it
would be one thing.  But Dell's drives are very generic -- often just
the OEM drive with a Dell P/N sticker slapped on it.  When I look for
hard disk firmware updates I'm given a list of *OEM part numbers*.  No
correlation to Dell P/N's.  In order to determine which files I should
get for my drives, I have to pull them out of the chassis and copy the
OEM P/N and compare to the Dell download list.  Where's the
"value-added engineering and support" in that??

  I don't expect Dell to support non-Dell drives.  If they want to put
some kind of warning in the firmware/driver/etc, so that I have to
click a "Warranty is Void" checkbox, okay, fine.  I pays my money, I
takes my chance.  But *enforcing* this is bogus.

  This is predominately a money-grab and customer lock-in technique.
It may have been exacerbated by compatibility problems (which we can
only suppose), but locking out everyone is a money grab.

  The fact that Dell isn't the first to do this doesn't make it right.

  The main reason I think this is so bogus is for contingency reasons.
 Let's say I have a server develop trouble in an unexpected way.
Thanks to this, I can only try parts from Dell.  If I want to try
something creative to get somebody out of a fix, I'm sunk.  Or what
happens when Dell discontinues all support, five years after sale?  If
I want to recycle an older server to less-important tasks, I'm sunk.

-- Ben

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Re: Backup to removable drives

[jgarciaitlist]

Both sides have fios bussiness the top ulimit$ste package thqat claims 50 down 
and 20 up

But connect eaxh other thru ipsec via ipcop.
--Original Message--
From: Joseph L. Casale
To: NT System Admin Issues
ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup to removable drives
Sent: Mar 23, 2010 7:55 AM

>Any idea for offsite (remote backup), I need to offsite acronis backup and 
>recovery (weekly) diff  backups and daily (inc) .

What's your access to the remote destination and what resides on that end?


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RE: Backup to removable drives

[Joseph L. Casale]

>Any idea for offsite (remote backup), I need to offsite acronis backup and 
>recovery (weekly) diff  backups and daily (inc) .

What's your access to the remote destination and what resides on that end?


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Autocomplete nightmares with Entourage

[Juma, Lumumba]

Hi All,

We have setup Entourage for our boss to Exchange 2007. Now he can share his 
inbox, calendar, contacts with his secretary, so far so good. However, whenever 
the secretary or himself types afew characters of an address when composing a 
new mail, it gives addresses that are not in the Exchange global address list.

Our Exchange naming convention is Lastname, Firstname. Autocomplete gives 
various options as follows "Firstname Lastname", "Lastname Firstname" and 
"Lastname, Firstname". This is very irritating.

Emails sent from internal users are displayed as "Firstname Lastname" even 
after changing the option in preferences to for Firstname to appear after 
Lastname. 

The feature is also disabled in preferences, Mail & News: Compose: Clear List 
button but nothing doing.

Any help?

Thanks,

Lumumba.


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RE: Problems importing printers from Win2003 to Win2008

[Michael B. Smith]

Pick one printer to start with. Make sure that the driver you have installed 
for that printer on the 2003 server is ALSO compatible with 2008. Export 
it/import it. See if that works.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 3:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Problems importing printers from Win2003 to Win2008

I'm having a problem migrating print servers. Current print server is
PRN002 (Win2003 STD, 32bit - a VM), which has 73 printers defined. All printers 
have 32bit drivers; a few have 64bit drivers, as well. I want to replace that 
VM with a Win2008 R2 STD VM.

So I created a new Win2008 R2 VM, called PRN003, and told it to migrate 
printers. I added PRN002 as a print server to the Printer Management console. I 
then exported all the printers from PRN002.
Since I wanted to test how it would work, I told PRN003 to import all printers 
from the file just created from PRN002, but *not* to list them in the 
directory. I wanted my application to test printing to the
Win2008 print server, before I turned it loose in production.

After importing, I had dozens of errors - "0x80070705. The printer driver is 
unknown". In fact, no printers came over. The Print Manager console shows no 
printers, but does show a number of print drivers
(30) instead of the 36 that it shows for PRN002. So I have some drivers, but no 
printers/printer queues.

So what did I do wrong?

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Re: Backup to removable drives

[jgarciaitlist]

Any idea for offsite (remote backup), I need to offsite acronis backup and 
recovery (weekly) diff  backups and daily (inc) .
--Original Message--
From: John Hornbuckle
To: NT System Admin Issues
Cc: hgedr...@myrealbox.com
ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup to removable drives
Sent: Mar 22, 2010 8:57 PM

I ran into this same problem. Couldn't figure out a fix. Could you share the 
script?



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






-Original Message-
From: hg [mailto:hgedr...@myrealbox.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup to removable drives

Client had an internal SATA version and it wouldn't allow you to eject a 
mounted cartridge with the button or under program control because Windows 
didn't really think it was a removable drive. After lots of tinkering I run a 
script after the backup to deactivate the drive so the user didn't need to log 
in to the server just to eject the cartridge. 





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