RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre
A guy I worked with up until about a year or two ago has one of those mega-honking dishes. His big complaint was trying to find a good UPS unit for it, since every time the power flickered and the UPS faltered, the dish had to scan the entire equator and they were down for 15-20 minutes. If I didn't live in a condo complex, I might dig something like that... Picking up HD Nasa TV and all sorts of bizarro things. The modern boxes have decoder cards so you can get pay-for things like HBO and stuff. But yeah you have to plan to watch TV. Probably part of that scanning sequence to build a guide. You cant channel surf with your channel up/down when it might take a minute to pick up another transponder. From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Possible false-positive for Vipre I bought a house in about 1994 that had one of those huge military grade parabolic dishes. Could pick up quite a few things, including a lot of the network feeds before they made it to the news, and some foreign broadcasts. No encryption at all, but it was difficult to 'plan' to watch anything in particular. On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.commailto:mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.commailto:michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, it was a point-to-point service (or something like that). You got a special directional antenna attached to your roof. Are you sure you're not thinking of old-fashioned satellite TV? Not the modern mini-dish stuff; I'm talking about the giant C-band dishes. They're used by TV networks to distribute their programming from central studios to local broadcast points and cable head-ends. The occasional home AV snob would have a receiver. The programming was all transmitted in the clear so there was nothing stopping people other than the (usually significant) expense of the equipment. Can anyone correct me if I am wrong? The always-reliable Wikipedia /irony says that HBO began as one of the first pay TV services using underground cable in Manhattan, and Manhattan only. It later added satellite distribution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- David _ A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. --Samuel Adams ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre
HBO, Star, then Showtime, Star channel would later help you get that great big dish in your side yard I think. _ From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Possible false-positive for Vipre Yep, it was a point-to-point service (or something like that). You got a special directional antenna attached to your roof. First was HBO from what I can recall. Second was, umm, the Star Channel? (not to be confused with the modern Stars network channel)... Can anyone correct me if I am wrong? -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: There was HBO before cable TV? Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Possible false-positive for Vipre HARDWARE WARS!!! Nice reference! I remember seeing that as a short on HBO, wy before cable TV... -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org wrote: Help me Augie Ben-Doggie; you're my only hope... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** -Original Message- From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan(Vipre Forum) has failed. I've placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion(your PC) into the memory systems of this R2 unit. ~ 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: Possible false-positive for Vipre
Here in Indianapolis we had a funky converter box and all we got was HBO. For about two years. Then a form of cable came in and we got some more channels. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Possible false-positive for Vipre On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, it was a point-to-point service (or something like that). You got a special directional antenna attached to your roof. Are you sure you're not thinking of old-fashioned satellite TV? Not the modern mini-dish stuff; I'm talking about the giant C-band dishes. They're used by TV networks to distribute their programming from central studios to local broadcast points and cable head-ends. The occasional home AV snob would have a receiver. The programming was all transmitted in the clear so there was nothing stopping people other than the (usually significant) expense of the equipment. Can anyone correct me if I am wrong? The always-reliable Wikipedia /irony says that HBO began as one of the first pay TV services using underground cable in Manhattan, and Manhattan only. It later added satellite distribution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? I have a PE840 with a SAS 5/iR card and SATA II drives. Looking at Dell's site they want $270 for a single 500GB SATA II, Newegg has a very similar 500GB (Western Digital, so same as in there now, same spindle speed and interface speeds) for $90/each, and I plan on buying two to make 'em RAID1. The currently installed 250GB drives are model WD2500YS, what I'm looking at at Newegg is WD5000ABYS, so I'm thinking quite similar drives. Also I don't know if I need a SATA-SAS cable or if a std SATA cable will work. The new drives will be Raid 1 all on their own and not added to the current logical drives. Anyone have experience here? 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: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
I would get in touch with someone in Dell's sales upgrades dept. Get the exact model number they would be sending you and see if you can source it elsewhere. PS I love newegg. Thanks, Jeff Cain Technical Support Analyst Sunbelt Software Email: supp...@sunbeltsoftware.commailto:supp...@sunbeltsoftware.com Voice: 1-877-673-1153 Fax: 1-727-562-5199 Web: http://www.sunbeltsoftware.comhttp://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/ Physical Address: 33 N Garden Ave Suite 1200 Clearwater, FL 33755 United States If you do not want further email from us, please forward this message to listmana...@sunbelt-software.commailto:listmana...@sunbelt-software.com with the word 'unsubscribe' in the subject of your email. Helpful Sunbelt Software Links: Knowledge Basehttp://support.sunbeltsoftware.com/ Open a New Support Tickethttp://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Support/Contact/ Sunbelt Software Product Support Communitieshttp://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/communities/ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? I have a PE840 with a SAS 5/iR card and SATA II drives. Looking at Dell's site they want $270 for a single 500GB SATA II, Newegg has a very similar 500GB (Western Digital, so same as in there now, same spindle speed and interface speeds) for $90/each, and I plan on buying two to make 'em RAID1. The currently installed 250GB drives are model WD2500YS, what I'm looking at at Newegg is WD5000ABYS, so I'm thinking quite similar drives. Also I don't know if I need a SATA-SAS cable or if a std SATA cable will work. The new drives will be Raid 1 all on their own and not added to the current logical drives. Anyone have experience here? 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: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices
Sean, I would appreciate a copy of that, please. TIA! 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 mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices First, thanks for all of the feedback. Some interesting opinions out there. I've always been open to change so it's good to hear all of the positives/negatives regarding which route to take. It sounds like DHCP would be the way to go with the majority of our servers, excluding the infrastructure servers. With that said, it's probably a change that will occur through attrition rather than changing our current method all at once. The main reason for that is our network services department wants us to change the subnets our servers currently reside on to further segment stuff. We've got way too much work on our plates to investigate changing the addresses on all of our servers so that will already be a slow transition. In the meantime, a co-worker and I put together what we hope is a functional VB script that will make the necessary changes to the existing WINs and DNS settings. If anyone's interested in seeing it (and maybe reviewing it for validity), I'd be happy to pass it along. - Sean On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: What are some of the pros/cons of using DHCP for servers...? For an environment like you describe, with hundreds of servers, I would recommend DHCP for all but critical network infrastructure servers. I'd use manual configuration for anything serving DHCP, DNS, WINS, or Active Directory. Everything else, DHCP, with reservations. Just to be clear: DHCP does not have to mean a dynamic IP address. You can statically assign an IP address via a DHCP reservation. And there are tools to help you do things like automatically provision the reservations, based on name or MAC address or whatever. I've heard mention of not using DHCP to prevent DHCP broadcasts but with a properly designed lease interval, I can't imagine the DHCP traffic being that much of burden on today's networks As ME2 says, it really depends on the environment, but I would generally agree. You'll already be needing infrastructure to support DNS, prolly Active Directory, possibly WINS, Window Updates, etc., etc. If DHCP is going to push you over the edge you're already way too close to the edge. :) The one thing you *may* notice is a surge in broadcast traffic after rebooting or starting a large group of servers -- say, after a software update, or a long power outage. In general, though, you're already going to be seeing that due to ARP and maybe NetBIOS registration. So again, if this is a problem you're likely already experiencing it. The usual solution is to stagger reboot/startup. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
If the Dell SATA drives are intended to work with the Dell RAID cards, then they likely have DELL oem’d firmware compared to consumer shelf drives. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? I have a PE840 with a SAS 5/iR card and SATA II drives. Looking at Dell’s site they want $270 for a single 500GB SATA II, Newegg has a very similar 500GB (Western Digital, so same as in there now, same spindle speed and interface speeds) for $90/each, and I plan on buying two to make ‘em RAID1. The currently installed 250GB drives are model WD2500YS, what I’m looking at at Newegg is WD5000ABYS, so I’m thinking quite similar drives. Also I don’t know if I need a SATA-SAS cable or if a std SATA cable will work. The new drives will be Raid 1 all on their own and not added to the current logical drives. Anyone have experience here? 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: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
Normal SATA II drives work fine with the SAS 5/IR Cheers Ken From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2010 10:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? If the Dell SATA drives are intended to work with the Dell RAID cards, then they likely have DELL oem'd firmware compared to consumer shelf drives. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? I have a PE840 with a SAS 5/iR card and SATA II drives. Looking at Dell's site they want $270 for a single 500GB SATA II, Newegg has a very similar 500GB (Western Digital, so same as in there now, same spindle speed and interface speeds) for $90/each, and I plan on buying two to make 'em RAID1. The currently installed 250GB drives are model WD2500YS, what I'm looking at at Newegg is WD5000ABYS, so I'm thinking quite similar drives. Also I don't know if I need a SATA-SAS cable or if a std SATA cable will work. The new drives will be Raid 1 all on their own and not added to the current logical drives. Anyone have experience here? 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: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
Thanks, I’d *heard* that Dell relaxed the requirement of using DELL oem’d drives on their newer servers, but still don’t know : 1) If consumer shelf drives work properly regardless of firmware levels ( are they upgradable too with the Dell firmware ? ) 2) If any RAID/Storage support issues arise, will Dell still support or require to change to Dell drives prior to any help ? Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? Normal SATA II drives work fine with the SAS 5/IR Cheers Ken From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 2010 10:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? If the Dell SATA drives are intended to work with the Dell RAID cards, then they likely have DELL oem’d firmware compared to consumer shelf drives. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? I have a PE840 with a SAS 5/iR card and SATA II drives. Looking at Dell’s site they want $270 for a single 500GB SATA II, Newegg has a very similar 500GB (Western Digital, so same as in there now, same spindle speed and interface speeds) for $90/each, and I plan on buying two to make ‘em RAID1. The currently installed 250GB drives are model WD2500YS, what I’m looking at at Newegg is WD5000ABYS, so I’m thinking quite similar drives. Also I don’t know if I need a SATA-SAS cable or if a std SATA cable will work. The new drives will be Raid 1 all on their own and not added to the current logical drives. Anyone have experience here? 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: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
I would not EVER use a normal consumer SATA drive in any sort of RAID array. The only SATA drives I would use are the ones intended for server storage - the Western Digital RE series or the Seagate Barracuda ES series. The Western Digital WD5002ABYS is an RE drive and should be fine. On 5/19/2010 9:51 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: Thanks, I’d **heard** that Dell relaxed the requirement of using DELL oem’d drives on their newer servers, but still don’t know : 1) If consumer shelf drives work properly regardless of firmware levels ( are they upgradable too with the Dell firmware ? ) -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
Because of these features, right? * Superior reliability - Designed and manufactured to provide server-class reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.2 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity drive. * RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) - Significantly reduces drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. Dave -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? I would not EVER use a normal consumer SATA drive in any sort of RAID array. The only SATA drives I would use are the ones intended for server storage - the Western Digital RE series or the Seagate Barracuda ES series. The Western Digital WD5002ABYS is an RE drive and should be fine. On 5/19/2010 9:51 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: Thanks, I'd **heard** that Dell relaxed the requirement of using DELL oem'd drives on their newer servers, but still don't know : 1) If consumer shelf drives work properly regardless of firmware levels ( are they upgradable too with the Dell firmware ? ) -- 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: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
Yessir The point is the biggest one. On 5/19/2010 10:21 AM, David Lum wrote: Because of these features, right? * Superior reliability - Designed and manufactured to provide server-class reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.2 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity drive. * RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) - Significantly reduces drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
Adding to my own noise, good reading as I'd never heard of these features. I learn hardware specs like this on as needed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-Limited_Error_Recovery Do many of you guys stay current on motherboards, HDD, RAM, vid card, etc technology? If so, what's your source for info? I dive in only when a task requires me to spec something out, so it can be months of nothing with bursts of an intense 12-14hrs of catching up with the times. Usually buying a new home PC involves a week of catching up on RAM, HDD, CPU and video card technology, I think last time I spent close to 30 hours all said and done. The CPU side nowadays is the worst! Dave -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? Because of these features, right? * Superior reliability - Designed and manufactured to provide server-class reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.2 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity drive. * RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) - Significantly reduces drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. Dave -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? I would not EVER use a normal consumer SATA drive in any sort of RAID array. The only SATA drives I would use are the ones intended for server storage - the Western Digital RE series or the Seagate Barracuda ES series. The Western Digital WD5002ABYS is an RE drive and should be fine. On 5/19/2010 9:51 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: Thanks, I'd **heard** that Dell relaxed the requirement of using DELL oem'd drives on their newer servers, but still don't know : 1) If consumer shelf drives work properly regardless of firmware levels ( are they upgradable too with the Dell firmware ? ) -- 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/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:27 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? Define special. The HDA (hard disk assembly) and PCB (printed circuit board) are almost certainly the same as you would get if you bought a similar spec'ed drive from Wal-Mart. Some Dell drives have firmware which identifies themselves as Dell, thus allowing them to work with Dell RAID controllers which refuse anything else. Some enterprise hard disk drives have tweaked firmware, supposedly to optimize them for enterprise usage. Exactly how much, if any, benefit there is to such tweaks is a subject of considerable debate. Firmware tweaks *can* make a difference. Examples: One of the reported problems in the infamous IBM DeathStar debacle was that the drives would idle the heads in a single track. Under typical home luser usage patterns, that wasn't a problem. For a PC left on all the time but largely idle, though, it could lead to wear on that one track. The fix was to tweak the firmware to occasionally move the actuator arm, even when idle. Some HDD models are marked for media use, like in DVRs. What they do is tweak the firmware to quickly give up on a read/write error. Typical hard drives will keep retrying, often for several seconds. For a Word document, that's what you want, but for streaming media, it's more important to keep the stream streaming. A single lost block will be a barely noticeable glitch in the audio or picture. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
Thanks Ben, good info. special = some configuration that means non-Dell sourced drives will not work in said server. Dave -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA? On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:27 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: IS there anything special about Dell-supplied SATA drives? Define special. The HDA (hard disk assembly) and PCB (printed circuit board) are almost certainly the same as you would get if you bought a similar spec'ed drive from Wal-Mart. Some Dell drives have firmware which identifies themselves as Dell, thus allowing them to work with Dell RAID controllers which refuse anything else. Some enterprise hard disk drives have tweaked firmware, supposedly to optimize them for enterprise usage. Exactly how much, if any, benefit there is to such tweaks is a subject of considerable debate. Firmware tweaks *can* make a difference. Examples: One of the reported problems in the infamous IBM DeathStar debacle was that the drives would idle the heads in a single track. Under typical home luser usage patterns, that wasn't a problem. For a PC left on all the time but largely idle, though, it could lead to wear on that one track. The fix was to tweak the firmware to occasionally move the actuator arm, even when idle. Some HDD models are marked for media use, like in DVRs. What they do is tweak the firmware to quickly give up on a read/write error. Typical hard drives will keep retrying, often for several seconds. For a Word document, that's what you want, but for streaming media, it's more important to keep the stream streaming. A single lost block will be a barely noticeable glitch in the audio or picture. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Dell PowerEdge 840 SATA?
Oh, and there's one that's not on this list: Enterprise-grade SATA drives report an SAS WWN. Plain consumer drives do not. It might sound like a minor thing, but any SAS storage array that uses an SAS expander chip will refuse to operate with plain consumer drives connected. On 5/19/2010 10:21 AM, David Lum wrote: Because of these features, right? * Superior reliability - Designed and manufactured to provide server-class reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.2 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity drive. * RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) - Significantly reduces drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
mid-tower cases
My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
Re: mid-tower cases
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. ... I think it’s time to get a new case that’s built for temperature control. http://tinyurl.com/27ezws -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: mid-tower cases
Have you blown the dust out of the case, and in particular the heat sink? Can you check on your CPU fan, either in the BIOS or with a 3rd party app, to see if it's turning at normal speed? On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: My current machine at home is running **very** hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That’s with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it’s time to get a new case that’s built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I’m not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I’d prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] -- David _ Are you better off than you were four trillion dollars ago? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image002.jpgimage001.jpg
Re: mid-tower cases
Nice. Though, I do remember seeing a video on the web of a guy who put his motherboard in canola oil. And it still ran! As long as he didn't put the power supply in, everything was fine. On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:26 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: ROFL! :-) That would most likely keep a system cool, all right! :-) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. ... I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. http://tinyurl.com/27ezws -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: mid-tower cases
We whitebox everything here and have been very satisfied with Coolermaster cases, in particular the Centurion series: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1689068 Loads of airflow, the entire front is a mesh, big 120mm fan on the back. Not loud. What kind of CPU are you running? Anything reasonably modern these days runs pretty darn cool, save the old 125 watt athlons. Throw one of these puppies on any scorcher and it'll cool down good (There is a larger model than this one, I'm suggesting modestly): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118003 Also maybe try some of the high-performance thermal goop, like Arctic Silver 5 or OCZ Freeze or whatnot. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mid-tower cases My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! :( [cid:image001.jpg@01CAF74F.5190C680][cid:image002@01caf74f.5190c680] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.jpginline: image002.jpg
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I’ve been pretty happy with a couple cases I got at Fry’s, one Antec with extra fans and rubber mounts for the hard drives (= quiet system ) and one Wind Storm, that case has 4 large fans, two vented through the perforated top of the case. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mid-tower cases My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That’s with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it’s time to get a new case that’s built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I’m not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I’d prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: mid-tower cases
Yes and yes. Currently running at about 1500 RPM. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Have you blown the dust out of the case, and in particular the heat sink? Can you check on your CPU fan, either in the BIOS or with a 3rd party app, to see if it's turning at normal speed? On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools -- David _ Are you better off than you were four trillion dollars ago? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
Re: mid-tower cases
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That’s with a couple 80mm fans in the back! That seems like it should be adequate for most anything but a moderately serious gaming rig. What have you got in there? What's ambient temperature? What's the airflow like? Ideally, you want a straight-through path, all front to back, with coverage from top to bottom, and no dead spaces which don't get airflow. Basically a big wind tunnel. You want vents which allow air in from selected locations, leading to good air flow across all components. I've seen a lot of cases where the vents seemed to be placed either (1) randomly or (2) for aesthetics. That can lead to situations where the airflow actually bypasses some components. One can often improve cooling by *blocking* vents in such cases. If you have both intake an exhaust fans, you want all the intakes on one side and all the exhaust fans on the other side. Otherwise you tend to get air current loops which leave dead spaces. And, of course, you can always hack in space for a new fan if that's what's needed. Before they started marketing cases with fan mounts in the side panels, I did that to a case I had, to keep the video card cool. Of course, due to limited space, the fan was mounted on the *outside* of the panel. :) You mentioned budget, so I figured a DIY approach might suit. :) If you want to buy new: For a vendor, NewEgg. For a case mfg brand, I like Antec. The good ones are expensive, though. Good cases usually are. :) I have an Antec Professional (no longer sold) full-tower at home. Six fan mounts, 5 5.25 bays, 2 3.5 bays, 6 internal 3.5 HDD bays, mostly no tools needed. Cost me around $200 though. Without PSU. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: mid-tower cases
This one might be a good starting point on the Fry’s site : http://www.frys.com/product/5520150?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mid-tower cases My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That’s with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it’s time to get a new case that’s built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I’m not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I’d prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
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Antec 900 best sub $100 case in the world. (no power supply) On the shelf at Fry's. From The Sunny Side Of The Street! Cliff P. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases I've been pretty happy with a couple cases I got at Fry's, one Antec with extra fans and rubber mounts for the hard drives (= quiet system ) and one Wind Storm, that case has 4 large fans, two vented through the perforated top of the case. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mid-tower cases My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
Re: mid-tower cases
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: We whitebox everything here and have been very satisfied with Coolermaster cases, in particular the Centurion series: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1689068 We have some of those cases here (that exact model, I believe) for some special PCs we needed. Overall, very nice. Quiet. Roomy. Looks good. Filter foam along the front mesh. Straight-through air flow path. My one serious complaint is the bezel has nubs where the 5.25 bays are. My minion says that's to help line up the front of the drives, so they're flush with the bezel, but as a consequence, you can't remove any of the 5.25 drives without removing the entire bezel. (Or was it the bezel without removing the drives?) In any event, that turned into a pain in the ass. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
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Yeah... part of the problem in my current case is there is nowhere to put an intake fan, so all I have is the passive intake at the front. I have a small, but powerful fan pointed at the CPU at an angle slightly off direct and that's helping keep it within reason. The ambient temp varies, as it's at home and I'm trying to keep from turning my power meter into a fan itself. :-) Typically, I set the thermostat for about 78 when we're leaving for the day and drop it down to about 72-73 when I get home. I did notice that when I have VNC Server running and am accessing the local console the CPU temp climbs, but if I shut down the VNC server it drops, or if I'm accessing the system from remote using VNC, the temp is good, but accessing the local console *while* VNC server is active (even if I'm not using it at the time) is a sure recipe for heat alarms! :-( -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! That seems like it should be adequate for most anything but a moderately serious gaming rig. What have you got in there? What's ambient temperature? What's the airflow like? Ideally, you want a straight-through path, all front to back, with coverage from top to bottom, and no dead spaces which don't get airflow. Basically a big wind tunnel. You want vents which allow air in from selected locations, leading to good air flow across all components. I've seen a lot of cases where the vents seemed to be placed either (1) randomly or (2) for aesthetics. That can lead to situations where the airflow actually bypasses some components. One can often improve cooling by *blocking* vents in such cases. If you have both intake an exhaust fans, you want all the intakes on one side and all the exhaust fans on the other side. Otherwise you tend to get air current loops which leave dead spaces. And, of course, you can always hack in space for a new fan if that's what's needed. Before they started marketing cases with fan mounts in the side panels, I did that to a case I had, to keep the video card cool. Of course, due to limited space, the fan was mounted on the *outside* of the panel. :) You mentioned budget, so I figured a DIY approach might suit. :) If you want to buy new: For a vendor, NewEgg. For a case mfg brand, I like Antec. The good ones are expensive, though. Good cases usually are. :) I have an Antec Professional (no longer sold) full-tower at home. Six fan mounts, 5 5.25 bays, 2 3.5 bays, 6 internal 3.5 HDD bays, mostly no tools needed. Cost me around $200 though. Without PSU. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: mid-tower cases
Sweet! I might just get that. I keep forgetting that Frys stocks parts, and not just systems. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases This one might be a good starting point on the Fry's site : http://www.frys.com/product/5520150?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mid-tower cases My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
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Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running **very** hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That’s with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it’s time to get a new case that’s built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I’m not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I’d prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L [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: mid-tower cases
The case isn't the problem - if your CPU fan is 80mm and only running 1500 RPM that's too slow for a busy CPU. 2500 RPM is typical for 80mm CPU fan. Either that or the heat sink isn't properly attached to the CPU itself - this can often happen with Intel style push pin fans if one of the legs comes loose. Carl From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Yes and yes. Currently running at about 1500 RPM. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Have you blown the dust out of the case, and in particular the heat sink? Can you check on your CPU fan, either in the BIOS or with a 3rd party app, to see if it's turning at normal speed? On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools -- David _ Are you better off than you were four trillion dollars ago? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
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CPU is AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ Just FWIW. J Oh, and I'm running Fedora 11 on there. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Matt Cross [mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
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Funny, I just picked up 3 Antec 900 cases for $15.00 from a local computer recycler. They we're going to throw them away. :) From: Matt Cross [mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.commailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.commailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! :( [cid:image001.jpg@01CAF73A.982A18E0][cid:image002@01caf73a.982a18e0] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.jpginline: image002.jpg
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Nahh. this is a clamp-down heatsink. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases The case isn't the problem - if your CPU fan is 80mm and only running 1500 RPM that's too slow for a busy CPU. 2500 RPM is typical for 80mm CPU fan. Either that or the heat sink isn't properly attached to the CPU itself - this can often happen with Intel style push pin fans if one of the legs comes loose. Carl From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Yes and yes. Currently running at about 1500 RPM. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Have you blown the dust out of the case, and in particular the heat sink? Can you check on your CPU fan, either in the BIOS or with a 3rd party app, to see if it's turning at normal speed? On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools -- David _ Are you better off than you were four trillion dollars ago? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: mid-tower cases
Hmm. where you at and do you want to sell one? J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Funny, I just picked up 3 Antec 900 cases for $15.00 from a local computer recycler. They we're going to throw them away. J From: Matt Cross [mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
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They have systems ??? grin Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Sweet! I might just get that. I keep forgetting that Frys stocks parts, and not just systems. J John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
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I just took 10 degrees C off my home PC with one of these aftermarket CPU fans: http://www.infotechnow.com/product_info.php?cPath=33_88products_id=7108 Bill On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Greg Olson gol...@markettools.com wrote: Funny, I just picked up 3 Antec 900 cases for $15.00 from a local computer recycler. They we’re going to throw them away. J *From:* Matt Cross [mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:55 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: mid-tower cases Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running **very** hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That’s with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it’s time to get a new case that’s built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I’m not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I’d prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: mid-tower cases
I'm in the Bay Area, but it's a good tip, if you have a local computer recycler, they often strip out the components and throw away cases, and are good places to stop by every once in awhile and look there there piles of stuff. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Hmm... where you at and do you want to sell one? :) [cid:image001.jpg@01CAF73C.91FD8590][cid:image002@01caf73c.91fd8590] From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Funny, I just picked up 3 Antec 900 cases for $15.00 from a local computer recycler. They we're going to throw them away. :) From: Matt Cross [mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.commailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.commailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! :( [cid:image001.jpg@01CAF73C.91FD8590][cid:image002@01caf73c.91fd8590] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.jpginline: image002.jpg
RE: mid-tower cases
I wish. L If there are any computer recyclers in my area, I don't know of any. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases I'm in the Bay Area, but it's a good tip, if you have a local computer recycler, they often strip out the components and throw away cases, and are good places to stop by every once in awhile and look there there piles of stuff. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Hmm. where you at and do you want to sell one? J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Funny, I just picked up 3 Antec 900 cases for $15.00 from a local computer recycler. They we're going to throw them away. J From: Matt Cross [mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
RE: mid-tower cases
Nah, the fans ALL blow inward, so they cancel each other out and just create a heat tornado in the case that never lets heat escape! -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mid-tower cases ROFL! :-) That would most likely keep a system cool, all right! :-) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. ... I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. http://tinyurl.com/27ezws -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
[LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre
Let's abandon this thread? Thanks! 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: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre Here in Indianapolis we had a funky converter box and all we got was HBO. For about two years. Then a form of cable came in and we got some more channels. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Possible false-positive for Vipre On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, it was a point-to-point service (or something like that). You got a special directional antenna attached to your roof. Are you sure you're not thinking of old-fashioned satellite TV? Not the modern mini-dish stuff; I'm talking about the giant C-band dishes. They're used by TV networks to distribute their programming from central studios to local broadcast points and cable head-ends. The occasional home AV snob would have a receiver. The programming was all transmitted in the clear so there was nothing stopping people other than the (usually significant) expense of the equipment. Can anyone correct me if I am wrong? The always-reliable Wikipedia /irony says that HBO began as one of the first pay TV services using underground cable in Manhattan, and Manhattan only. It later added satellite distribution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ .. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Need WS2008 book recommendation
I'm rather fond of Minasi's books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=minasi+2008+r2x=0y=0 Please be aware that 2008 and 2008 R2 are as different as Vista and Win7. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need WS2008 book recommendation Well, a couple of my clients are getting off the dime and replacing aging systems with Windows Server 2008, so it's time for me to get up to speed as fast as I can. Looking for recommendations on good books on WS 2008 R2. O'Reilly has one, and I like O'Reilly books: Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide - O'Reilly Media http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514112 but it's dated 2008 so it won't cover R2. Anyway, recommendations welcomed. TIA Angus -- 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! ~ ~ 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: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt
Oh, that's the Sunbelt Concrete Shoes Crew - (the gulf is 5 minutes away) 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 From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt Who's disposing of the bodies? -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Who's paying the airfare? On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 14:36, Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.commailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: Hat tip for Greg Sweers for organizing this, we are inviting a small group of admins to come to the Sunbelt offices in Clearwater, Florida to meet all Friday afternoon with the VIPRE Enterprise development team. The purpose will be to provide feedback and direction to our development team in making the next versions of VIPRE. We have a small group, but I'm opening it up to any others that might want to come. This will be a very direct, personal meeting with the dev team. If anyone on the list would like to come to the meeting, please contact me directly. Alex ~ 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: Need WS2008 book recommendation
Always look for books by Mark Russinovich http://www.amazon.com/Windows®-Internals-Including-Windows-PRO-Developer/dp/0735625301/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1http://www.amazon.com/Windows%C2%AE-Internals-Including-Windows-PRO-Developer/dp/0735625301/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1 -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.comwrote: Well, a couple of my clients are getting off the dime and replacing aging systems with Windows Server 2008, so it's time for me to get up to speed as fast as I can. Looking for recommendations on good books on WS 2008 R2. O'Reilly has one, and I like O'Reilly books: Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide - O'Reilly Media http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514112 but it's dated 2008 so it won't cover R2. Anyway, recommendations welcomed. TIA Angus -- 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! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Need WS2008 book recommendation
+1 -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: I'm rather fond of Minasi's books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=minasi+2008+r2x=0y=0 Please be aware that 2008 and 2008 R2 are as different as Vista and Win7. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need WS2008 book recommendation Well, a couple of my clients are getting off the dime and replacing aging systems with Windows Server 2008, so it's time for me to get up to speed as fast as I can. Looking for recommendations on good books on WS 2008 R2. O'Reilly has one, and I like O'Reilly books: Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide - O'Reilly Media http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514112 but it's dated 2008 so it won't cover R2. Anyway, recommendations welcomed. TIA Angus -- 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! ~ ~ 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: Weird folder redirection issue
Never seen that particular error, but we use a similar structure, except that the desktop and my documents both go to a non-shared area in the same subfolder. But we used to have a lot of issues with Desktop redirection if the user did not have full control over the folder. We finally pinned it down to the fact that the Desktop is really part of the profile, which requires full control. So for example, if the folder is redirected to \\stafffiles\stafffolder\file:///\\stafffiles\stafffolder\, it should create the desktop folder underneath. If either the share or NTFS permissions are not full control, it can't create the desktop folder or files within it and the entire redirection process fails. Just thinking this might be what is happening in your case. Maybe something specific to the permissions those users have? BTW, the above stuff for us is all XP and WS03-we'll have to test things out still with W7. -Bonnie From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Weird folder redirection issue I have configured Start Menu and Desktop redirection to a shared area on a fileserver via GPO. The idea is that the shortcuts for all our applications sit in this shared area, and the NTFS permissions on the shortcuts control what users can see/use. This seems to be working quite well - however, for one or two users, I get the error shown below when they log on [cid:image001.jpg@01CAF740.1565EF50] This only seems to happen on certain terminal servers (the users are logging in via Citrix XenApp), but whenever I try to recreate it with a test user, it works fine. Google is not showing me very many hints - has anyone seen this before, or have any idea what is causing it? Cheers, JRR -- 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/ ~inline: image001.jpg
RE: Need WS2008 book recommendation
Speaking of which, his latest is due next month: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Windows-Sysinternals-Administrators-Reference/Wes-Miller/e/9780735626614/?itm=4USRI=russinovich Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Need WS2008 book recommendation Always look for books by Mark Russinovich http://www.amazon.com/Windows(r)-Internals-Including-Windows-PRO-Developer/dp/0735625301/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1http://www.amazon.com/Windows%C2%AE-Internals-Including-Windows-PRO-Developer/dp/0735625301/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1 -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.commailto:angu...@geoapps.com wrote: Well, a couple of my clients are getting off the dime and replacing aging systems with Windows Server 2008, so it's time for me to get up to speed as fast as I can. Looking for recommendations on good books on WS 2008 R2. O'Reilly has one, and I like O'Reilly books: Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide - O'Reilly Media http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514112 but it's dated 2008 so it won't cover R2. Anyway, recommendations welcomed. TIA Angus -- 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! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt
You guys getting any oil yet, Stu? Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com 5/19/2010 10:34 AM Oh, that's the Sunbelt Concrete Shoes Crew - (the gulf is 5 minutes away) 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 From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt Who's disposing of the bodies? -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Who's paying the airfare? On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 14:36, Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.commailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: Hat tip for Greg Sweers for organizing this, we are inviting a small group of admins to come to the Sunbelt offices in Clearwater, Florida to meet all Friday afternoon with the VIPRE Enterprise development team. The purpose will be to provide feedback and direction to our development team in making the next versions of VIPRE. We have a small group, but I'm opening it up to any others that might want to come. This will be a very direct, personal meeting with the dev team. If anyone on the list would like to come to the meeting, please contact me directly. Alex ~ 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: mid-tower cases
I have an Antec 300 at home and its a really nice case also. You can stick 2 120mm fans on the front of it, I have fans in the back and top of it as well. The 120mm fans are nice because they move more air with much less noise then an 80. I think the fan on the top of the case is like 160mm. James - Original Message - From: Greg Olson To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:03 PM Subject: RE: mid-tower cases Funny, I just picked up 3 Antec 900 cases for $15.00 from a local computer recycler. They we're going to throw them away. J From: Matt Cross [mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases Antec 900 is my favorite case -- great airflow, quiet fans -- with all fans on low, have never had an i7 system overheat in it. Its little brother, the Antec 300, is pretty good, but does not come with the front fans -- still has good airflow. -- Matt Cross mailto:mrforkl...@gmail.com On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or anything, it just runs hot! I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! L ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image/jpegimage/jpeg
Get User with Group membership in a file.
I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CN's On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: Get User with Group membership in a file.
Dunno why it fails for you, but this is much easier: dsquery * forestroot -filter objectcategory=user -attr cn memberOf Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Get User with Group membership in a file. I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CN's On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. Please consider the environment before printing this email. [cid:image001.gif@01CAF75D.132D3730] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.gif
RE: Get User with Group membership in a file.
Ran from the DC? _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Get User with Group membership in a file. Dunno why it fails for you, but this is much easier: dsquery * forestroot -filter objectcategory=user -attr cn memberOf Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Get User with Group membership in a file. I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CN's On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
RE: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt
No oil but we did have the smell of burning oil a week and a half ago. That's about it for drama. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt You guys getting any oil yet, Stu? Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com 5/19/2010 10:34 AM Oh, that's the Sunbelt Concrete Shoes Crew - (the gulf is 5 minutes away) 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 From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt Who's disposing of the bodies? -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Who's paying the airfare? On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 14:36, Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.commailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: Hat tip for Greg Sweers for organizing this, we are inviting a small group of admins to come to the Sunbelt offices in Clearwater, Florida to meet all Friday afternoon with the VIPRE Enterprise development team. The purpose will be to provide feedback and direction to our development team in making the next versions of VIPRE. We have a small group, but I'm opening it up to any others that might want to come. This will be a very direct, personal meeting with the dev team. If anyone on the list would like to come to the meeting, please contact me directly. Alex ~ 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: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt
Wait for the first rainfall containing oil droplets... 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 -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt No oil but we did have the smell of burning oil a week and a half ago. That's about it for drama. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt You guys getting any oil yet, Stu? Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.com 5/19/2010 10:34 AM Oh, that's the Sunbelt Concrete Shoes Crew - (the gulf is 5 minutes away) 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 From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday Meet the developers at Sunbelt Who's disposing of the bodies? -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.commailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Who's paying the airfare? On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 14:36, Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.commailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: Hat tip for Greg Sweers for organizing this, we are inviting a small group of admins to come to the Sunbelt offices in Clearwater, Florida to meet all Friday afternoon with the VIPRE Enterprise development team. The purpose will be to provide feedback and direction to our development team in making the next versions of VIPRE. We have a small group, but I'm opening it up to any others that might want to come. This will be a very direct, personal meeting with the dev team. If anyone on the list would like to come to the meeting, please contact me directly. Alex ~ 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/ ~
RE: Get User with Group membership in a file.
Anywhere the ds* tools are installed... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Get User with Group membership in a file. Ran from the DC? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Get User with Group membership in a file. Dunno why it fails for you, but this is much easier: dsquery * forestroot -filter objectcategory=user -attr cn memberOf Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Get User with Group membership in a file. I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CN's On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. Please consider the environment before printing this email. [cid:image001.gif@01CAF75F.5EE63760] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~inline: image001.gif
RE: Get User with Group membership in a file.
Got it. Thansk _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Get User with Group membership in a file. Anywhere the ds* tools are installed. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Get User with Group membership in a file. Ran from the DC? _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Get User with Group membership in a file. Dunno why it fails for you, but this is much easier: dsquery * forestroot -filter objectcategory=user -attr cn memberOf Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Get User with Group membership in a file. I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CN's On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.gif
Re: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices
hic! thso fwaht?! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Script lush! On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Its always welcomed to share useful scripts! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.comwrote: First, thanks for all of the feedback. Some interesting opinions out there. I've always been open to change so it's good to hear all of the positives/negatives regarding which route to take. It sounds like DHCP would be the way to go with the majority of our servers, excluding the infrastructure servers. With that said, it's probably a change that will occur through attrition rather than changing our current method all at once. The main reason for that is our network services department wants us to change the subnets our servers currently reside on to further segment stuff. We've got way too much work on our plates to investigate changing the addresses on all of our servers so that will already be a slow transition. In the meantime, a co-worker and I put together what we hope is a functional VB script that will make the necessary changes to the existing WINs and DNS settings. If anyone's interested in seeing it (and maybe reviewing it for validity), I'd be happy to pass it along. - Sean On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: What are some of the pros/cons of using DHCP for servers...? For an environment like you describe, with hundreds of servers, I would recommend DHCP for all but critical network infrastructure servers. I'd use manual configuration for anything serving DHCP, DNS, WINS, or Active Directory. Everything else, DHCP, with reservations. Just to be clear: DHCP does not have to mean a dynamic IP address. You can statically assign an IP address via a DHCP reservation. And there are tools to help you do things like automatically provision the reservations, based on name or MAC address or whatever. I've heard mention of not using DHCP to prevent DHCP broadcasts but with a properly designed lease interval, I can't imagine the DHCP traffic being that much of burden on today's networks As ME2 says, it really depends on the environment, but I would generally agree. You'll already be needing infrastructure to support DNS, prolly Active Directory, possibly WINS, Window Updates, etc., etc. If DHCP is going to push you over the edge you're already way too close to the edge. :) The one thing you *may* notice is a surge in broadcast traffic after rebooting or starting a large group of servers -- say, after a software update, or a long power outage. In general, though, you're already going to be seeing that due to ARP and maybe NetBIOS registration. So again, if this is a problem you're likely already experiencing it. The usual solution is to stagger reboot/startup. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Symantec looking to nab Verisign
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title 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: Get User with Group membership in a file.
adfind -b ou=users,dc=imcu,dc=local -f objectcategory=person -csv -nodn displayname memberof out.txt On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:57, David McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CN’s On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. “Please consider the environment before printing this email.” ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Get User with Group membership in a file.
Thanks -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Get User with Group membership in a file. adfind -b ou=users,dc=imcu,dc=local -f objectcategory=person -csv -nodn displayname memberof out.txt On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:57, David McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CNs On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ~ 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: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:47, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title Yes, that's guaranteed to make all our lives better... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Get User with Group membership in a file.
I use a variant of that when terminating an employee to document the group memberships so that I can quickly populate the groups for the replacement: adfind -b dc=example,dc=com -f samaccountname=joeuser memberof out.txt On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:10, David W. McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: Thanks -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Get User with Group membership in a file. adfind -b ou=users,dc=imcu,dc=local -f objectcategory=person -csv -nodn displayname memberof out.txt On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:57, David McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: I have to get all my ad users and their group membership to a file and I have them in two CN’s On Error Resume Next Const E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND = h8000500D Set objOU = GetObject _ (LDAP://cn=Users,dc=imcu,dc=local) ObjOU.Filter= Array(user) For Each objUser in objOU WScript.Echo objUser.cn is a member of: WScript.Echo vbTab Primary Group ID: _ objUser.Get(primaryGroupID) arrMemberOf = objUser.GetEx(memberOf) If Err.Number E_ADS_PROPERTY_NOT_FOUND Then For Each Group in arrMemberOf WScript.Echo vbTab Group Next Else WScript.Echo vbTab memberOf attribute is not set Err.Clear End If Wscript.Echo Next I also have a Cn No ScreenSaver Personnel. But when I put it into the above I get 0. “Please consider the environment before printing this email.” ~ 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: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change? Maybe BP. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Symantec looking to nab Verisign http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title 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: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
You sir owe me a keyboard! On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change? Maybe BP. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:47 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Symantec looking to nab Verisign http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
I love your brand of sarcasm! -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:47, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title Yes, that's guaranteed to make all our lives better... ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices
As promised. IP addresses have been changed to protect the innocent. The script relies on a text file with server names. I'm sure there will be questions as to why it was written the way it was so I'll do my best to answer those as they come up. Option Explicit 'On Error Resume Next 'Variable Declarations Dim arrNewDNSServers,objWMIService,colNetCards,objNetCard,arrCurrentDNS,strWINSOne,strWINSTwo,strMACAdd Dim objFSO,objFileList,strLine,i,strWINSPrime,strWINSSec,strDNSPrime,strDNSSec strWINSPrime=10.10.10.10 strWINSSec=10.10.10.11 strDNSPrime=10.10.10.12 strDNSSec=10.10.10.13 Set objFSO=CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject) 'Create the FileSystemObject for accessing the filesystem on the local pc Set objFileList=objFSO.OpenTextFile(c:\Scripts\NICSettings\ServerList.txt,1) 'Open the list file ErrorTrap NULL,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Opening List File arrNewDNSServers = Array(strDNSPrime,strDNSSec) 'Array containing new DNS information 'Loop through the list file. Do Until objFileList.AtEndOfStream strLine = objFileList.ReadLine 'Read a line from the list file ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Reading List File Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\strLine\root\CIMV2)'Connect to the remote WMI ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Setting objWMIService Set colNetCards=objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration)'Query the remote network adapters ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Loading Network Cards For Each objNetCard in colNetCards 'Loop through each network adapter strMACAdd=objNetCard.MACAddress 'Load the remote MAC to a variable ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Loading MAC Address into variable arrCurrentDNS=objNetCard.DNSServerSearchOrder 'Load current DNS into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading DNS settings into an array strWINSOne=objNetCard.WINSPrimaryServer 'Load primary WINS server into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading primary WINS server into variable strWINSTwo=objNetCard.WINSSecondaryServer 'Load secondary WINS server into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading secondary WINS server into variable If objNetCard.DHCPEnabled=False Then 'Check if DHCP is enabled. If not, proceed. If Not IsNull(arrCurrentDNS) Then 'Check if there are currently any DNS settings For i = 0 to UBound(arrCurrentDNS) 'Cycle through DNS servers If (arrCurrentDNS(i)=20.20.20.20) Then 'Look for old DNS info, if found, proceed. objNetCard.SetDNSServerSearchOrder(arrNewDNSServers)'Set new DNS info ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Setting New DNS Settings 'Exit For End If Next End If If strWINSONE=20.20.20.20 or strWINSOne = 20.20.20.21 Then 'Check for old WINS info. If found, proceed. objNetCard.SetWINSServer strWINSPrime,strWINSSec ' Set new WINS info ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Setting new WINS settings End If End If 'MsgBox(strMACAdd,strWINSOne,strWINSTwo,strDNSSettings) Next Loop MsgBox(done) ' This is the error trapping subroutine. It is called after any code is executed with the exception of setting variables Sub ErrorTrap(strWSName,strMACInfo,errNum,errDesc,strComments) Dim objLogFile If Not objFSO.FileExists(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt) Then 'Check for the existence of a log file objFSO.CreateTextFile(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt) 'Create one if there is none End If Set objLogFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt,8) 'Open the logfile for appending objLogFile.WriteLine(Date Time: strWSName:strMACInfo - strComments, Error Number:errNum, Error Description: errDesc) 'Write error info err.Clear 'Clear the error number and allow script to continue objLogFile.Close 'Close the logfile End Sub On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: hic! thso fwaht?! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Script lush! On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Its always welcomed to share useful scripts! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.comwrote: First, thanks for all of the feedback. Some interesting opinions out there. I've always been open to change so it's good to hear all of the positives/negatives regarding which route to take. It sounds like DHCP would be the way to go with the majority of our servers, excluding the infrastructure servers. With that said, it's probably a change that will occur through attrition rather than changing our current method all at once. The main reason for that is our network services
Re: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices
By the way, I can't take any credit for this one. My co-worker put it together. - Sean On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.comwrote: As promised. IP addresses have been changed to protect the innocent. The script relies on a text file with server names. I'm sure there will be questions as to why it was written the way it was so I'll do my best to answer those as they come up. Option Explicit 'On Error Resume Next 'Variable Declarations Dim arrNewDNSServers,objWMIService,colNetCards,objNetCard,arrCurrentDNS,strWINSOne,strWINSTwo,strMACAdd Dim objFSO,objFileList,strLine,i,strWINSPrime,strWINSSec,strDNSPrime,strDNSSec strWINSPrime=10.10.10.10 strWINSSec=10.10.10.11 strDNSPrime=10.10.10.12 strDNSSec=10.10.10.13 Set objFSO=CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject) 'Create the FileSystemObject for accessing the filesystem on the local pc Set objFileList=objFSO.OpenTextFile(c:\Scripts\NICSettings\ServerList.txt,1) 'Open the list file ErrorTrap NULL,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Opening List File arrNewDNSServers = Array(strDNSPrime,strDNSSec) 'Array containing new DNS information 'Loop through the list file. Do Until objFileList.AtEndOfStream strLine = objFileList.ReadLine 'Read a line from the list file ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Reading List File Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\strLine\root\CIMV2)'Connect to the remote WMI ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Setting objWMIService Set colNetCards=objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration)'Query the remote network adapters ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Loading Network Cards For Each objNetCard in colNetCards 'Loop through each network adapter strMACAdd=objNetCard.MACAddress 'Load the remote MAC to a variable ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Loading MAC Address into variable arrCurrentDNS=objNetCard.DNSServerSearchOrder 'Load current DNS into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading DNS settings into an array strWINSOne=objNetCard.WINSPrimaryServer 'Load primary WINS server into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading primary WINS server into variable strWINSTwo=objNetCard.WINSSecondaryServer 'Load secondary WINS server into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading secondary WINS server into variable If objNetCard.DHCPEnabled=False Then 'Check if DHCP is enabled. If not, proceed. If Not IsNull(arrCurrentDNS) Then 'Check if there are currently any DNS settings For i = 0 to UBound(arrCurrentDNS) 'Cycle through DNS servers If (arrCurrentDNS(i)=20.20.20.20) Then 'Look for old DNS info, if found, proceed. objNetCard.SetDNSServerSearchOrder(arrNewDNSServers)'Set new DNS info ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Setting New DNS Settings 'Exit For End If Next End If If strWINSONE=20.20.20.20 or strWINSOne = 20.20.20.21 Then 'Check for old WINS info. If found, proceed. objNetCard.SetWINSServer strWINSPrime,strWINSSec ' Set new WINS info ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Setting new WINS settings End If End If 'MsgBox(strMACAdd,strWINSOne,strWINSTwo,strDNSSettings) Next Loop MsgBox(done) ' This is the error trapping subroutine. It is called after any code is executed with the exception of setting variables Sub ErrorTrap(strWSName,strMACInfo,errNum,errDesc,strComments) Dim objLogFile If Not objFSO.FileExists(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt) Then 'Check for the existence of a log file objFSO.CreateTextFile(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt) 'Create one if there is none End If Set objLogFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt,8) 'Open the logfile for appending objLogFile.WriteLine(Date Time: strWSName:strMACInfo - strComments, Error Number:errNum, Error Description: errDesc) 'Write error info err.Clear 'Clear the error number and allow script to continue objLogFile.Close 'Close the logfile End Sub On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: hic! thso fwaht?! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Script lush! On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Its always welcomed to share useful scripts! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.comwrote: First, thanks for all of the feedback. Some interesting opinions out there. I've always been open to change so it's good to hear all of the positives/negatives regarding which route to take. It sounds like DHCP would be
RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
If that happened, for once Symantec would run like a well oiled machine. Webster From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change? Maybe BP. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Subject: Symantec looking to nab Verisign http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: mid-tower cases
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Yeah... part of the problem in my current case is there is nowhere to put an intake fan, so all I have is the passive intake at the front. If you have a good spread of exhaust fans, the lack of intake fans won't matter. What's important is not the number of fans, but their placement. You want to maximize air change, and you want to make sure all the nooks and crannies get air change. Simply throwing fans at the problem won't help. Like someone else pointed out -- that case made entirely of fans would actually have horrible cooling, because they all point inwards. The theoretical ideal cooling design is probabbly a straight tube with a single giant intake fan at one end, no exhaust fan, a slight back-pressure, and a dust filter over the intake. That way the case runs at positive pressure and collects no dust. Oh, and no components to obstruct airflow. ;-) Typically, I set the thermostat for about 78 when we're leaving for the day and drop it down to about 72-73 when I get home. Temperature in a given room, or in front of the computer case, can vary quite a bit from thermostat nominal. You may want to get a thermometer with min/max feature and put it right in front of the PC to see what it says. I picked one up for like $3 at Wal-Mart once. I've used it to profile various facilities on the cheap. I've found up to 15 degrees difference between spots in some places. I did notice that when I have VNC Server running and am accessing the local console the CPU temp climbs, but if I shut down the VNC server it drops ... VNC can use a lot of CPU time, so that makes sense. The processor will reduce its power usage when its idle, so it produces less heat. If you're worried about CPU temperature in particular, try removing the heatsink, cleaning off the contact surface, applying a new coat of heatsink grease, and re-seating it. Sometimes the heatsink just isn't making good contact with the processor's heat spreader. If that doesn't work, investing in a better heatsink+fan is likely a good idea, as others have suggested. You don't need one of the expensive, overly-elaborate bling designs, just something that will make good contact and dissipate the heat well. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
That would be slick From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign If that happened, for once Symantec would run like a well oiled machine. Webster From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change? Maybe BP. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Subject: Symantec looking to nab Verisign http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
Installing new versions would be a (tar) ball! Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign That would be slick From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign If that happened, for once Symantec would run like a well oiled machine. Webster From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change? Maybe BP. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Subject: Symantec looking to nab Verisign http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: mid-tower cases
All good points. I just think that some of the more modern cases have better cooling opportunities, especially those with side-mounted exhaust fans. I think Antec (or maybe CoolerMaster) had a case with a chimney of sorts right over where the CPU was expected to be and a case fan on top of that. :-) Seriously... while more fans won't always help, they are unlikely to hurt as long as they are oriented properly. Especially some top-mounted ones (that's something I may have to try in my existing case!) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: mid-tower cases On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Yeah... part of the problem in my current case is there is nowhere to put an intake fan, so all I have is the passive intake at the front. If you have a good spread of exhaust fans, the lack of intake fans won't matter. What's important is not the number of fans, but their placement. You want to maximize air change, and you want to make sure all the nooks and crannies get air change. Simply throwing fans at the problem won't help. Like someone else pointed out -- that case made entirely of fans would actually have horrible cooling, because they all point inwards. The theoretical ideal cooling design is probabbly a straight tube with a single giant intake fan at one end, no exhaust fan, a slight back-pressure, and a dust filter over the intake. That way the case runs at positive pressure and collects no dust. Oh, and no components to obstruct airflow. ;-) Typically, I set the thermostat for about 78 when we're leaving for the day and drop it down to about 72-73 when I get home. Temperature in a given room, or in front of the computer case, can vary quite a bit from thermostat nominal. You may want to get a thermometer with min/max feature and put it right in front of the PC to see what it says. I picked one up for like $3 at Wal-Mart once. I've used it to profile various facilities on the cheap. I've found up to 15 degrees difference between spots in some places. I did notice that when I have VNC Server running and am accessing the local console the CPU temp climbs, but if I shut down the VNC server it drops ... VNC can use a lot of CPU time, so that makes sense. The processor will reduce its power usage when its idle, so it produces less heat. If you're worried about CPU temperature in particular, try removing the heatsink, cleaning off the contact surface, applying a new coat of heatsink grease, and re-seating it. Sometimes the heatsink just isn't making good contact with the processor's heat spreader. If that doesn't work, investing in a better heatsink+fan is likely a good idea, as others have suggested. You don't need one of the expensive, overly-elaborate bling designs, just something that will make good contact and dissipate the heat well. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
Start buying your Thawte stocks now - Sean On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Installing new versions would be a (tar) ball! Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ *From:* Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:39 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign That would be slick *From:* Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:33 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign If that happened, for once Symantec would run like a well oiled machine. Webster *From:* Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] *Subject:* RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change? Maybe BP. *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Subject:* Symantec looking to nab Verisign http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: mid-tower cases
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 4:44 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Seriously... while more fans won't always help, they are unlikely to hurt as long as they are oriented properly. True enough, but oriented properly is a big caveat. For example, if you have just two case fans, one intake, one exhaust, and the intake is blowing right at the exhaust, it's likely that all the airflow will be only between those two fans, and the rest of the case will be mostly dead air. You may think I'm belaboring the obvious, and maybe you're right, but I've seen several cases with just this sort of design stupidity, so apparently it needs to be belabored. :-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title That would be convenient. It would concentrate two of the industry leaders in incompetence and bad customer service into one company, making it easier to avoid them. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
Imagine the black hole that might form, and suck CA right in! Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Symantec looking to nab Verisign On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title That would be convenient. It would concentrate two of the industry leaders in incompetence and bad customer service into one company, making it easier to avoid them. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
Um.didn't Verisign buy Thawte a few years ago? From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Symantec looking to nab Verisign Start buying your Thawte stocks now - Sean On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.commailto:mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Installing new versions would be a (tar) ball! Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.comhttp://theessentialexchange.com/ From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.commailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign That would be slick From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.commailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign If that happened, for once Symantec would run like a well oiled machine. Webster From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.commailto:p...@psnet.com] Subject: RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change? Maybe BP. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.orgmailto:david@nwea.org] Subject: Symantec looking to nab Verisign http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Need WS2008 book recommendation
Hey, that's pretty neat how you can look inside the book on the Amazon site. CFee -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need WS2008 book recommendation I'm rather fond of Minasi's books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=minasi+2008+r2x=0y=0 Please be aware that 2008 and 2008 R2 are as different as Vista and Win7. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need WS2008 book recommendation Well, a couple of my clients are getting off the dime and replacing aging systems with Windows Server 2008, so it's time for me to get up to speed as fast as I can. Looking for recommendations on good books on WS 2008 R2. O'Reilly has one, and I like O'Reilly books: Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide - O'Reilly Media http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514112 but it's dated 2008 so it won't cover R2. Anyway, recommendations welcomed. TIA Angus -- 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! ~ ~ 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: Need WS2008 book recommendation
+10 Minasi does a great job. He even answers emails when he has the time. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Need WS2008 book recommendation I'm rather fond of Minasi's books: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=minasi+2008+r2x=0y=0 Please be aware that 2008 and 2008 R2 are as different as Vista and Win7. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Need WS2008 book recommendation Well, a couple of my clients are getting off the dime and replacing aging systems with Windows Server 2008, so it's time for me to get up to speed as fast as I can. Looking for recommendations on good books on WS 2008 R2. O'Reilly has one, and I like O'Reilly books: Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide - O'Reilly Media http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514112 but it's dated 2008 so it won't cover R2. Anyway, recommendations welcomed. TIA Angus -- 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! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices
Nice little script... On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 13:11, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: As promised. IP addresses have been changed to protect the innocent. The script relies on a text file with server names. I'm sure there will be questions as to why it was written the way it was so I'll do my best to answer those as they come up. Option Explicit 'On Error Resume Next 'Variable Declarations Dim arrNewDNSServers,objWMIService,colNetCards,objNetCard,arrCurrentDNS,strWINSOne,strWINSTwo,strMACAdd Dim objFSO,objFileList,strLine,i,strWINSPrime,strWINSSec,strDNSPrime,strDNSSec strWINSPrime=10.10.10.10 strWINSSec=10.10.10.11 strDNSPrime=10.10.10.12 strDNSSec=10.10.10.13 Set objFSO=CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject) 'Create the FileSystemObject for accessing the filesystem on the local pc Set objFileList=objFSO.OpenTextFile(c:\Scripts\NICSettings\ServerList.txt,1) 'Open the list file ErrorTrap NULL,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Opening List File arrNewDNSServers = Array(strDNSPrime,strDNSSec) 'Array containing new DNS information 'Loop through the list file. Do Until objFileList.AtEndOfStream strLine = objFileList.ReadLine 'Read a line from the list file ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Reading List File Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\strLine\root\CIMV2)'Connect to the remote WMI ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Setting objWMIService Set colNetCards=objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration)'Query the remote network adapters ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Loading Network Cards For Each objNetCard in colNetCards 'Loop through each network adapter strMACAdd=objNetCard.MACAddress 'Load the remote MAC to a variable ErrorTrap strLine,NULL,err.Number,err.Description,Loading MAC Address into variable arrCurrentDNS=objNetCard.DNSServerSearchOrder 'Load current DNS into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading DNS settings into an array strWINSOne=objNetCard.WINSPrimaryServer 'Load primary WINS server into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading primary WINS server into variable strWINSTwo=objNetCard.WINSSecondaryServer 'Load secondary WINS server into a variable ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Loading secondary WINS server into variable If objNetCard.DHCPEnabled=False Then 'Check if DHCP is enabled. If not, proceed. If Not IsNull(arrCurrentDNS) Then 'Check if there are currently any DNS settings For i = 0 to UBound(arrCurrentDNS) 'Cycle through DNS servers If (arrCurrentDNS(i)=20.20.20.20) Then 'Look for old DNS info, if found, proceed. objNetCard.SetDNSServerSearchOrder(arrNewDNSServers)'Set new DNS info ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Setting New DNS Settings 'Exit For End If Next End If If strWINSONE=20.20.20.20 or strWINSOne = 20.20.20.21 Then 'Check for old WINS info. If found, proceed. objNetCard.SetWINSServer strWINSPrime,strWINSSec ' Set new WINS info ErrorTrap strLine,strMACAdd,err.Number,err.Description,Setting new WINS settings End If End If 'MsgBox(strMACAdd,strWINSOne,strWINSTwo,strDNSSettings) Next Loop MsgBox(done) ' This is the error trapping subroutine. It is called after any code is executed with the exception of setting variables Sub ErrorTrap(strWSName,strMACInfo,errNum,errDesc,strComments) Dim objLogFile If Not objFSO.FileExists(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt) Then 'Check for the existence of a log file objFSO.CreateTextFile(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt) 'Create one if there is none End If Set objLogFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(C:\scripts\NICSettings\LogFile.txt,8) 'Open the logfile for appending objLogFile.WriteLine(Date Time: strWSName:strMACInfo - strComments, Error Number:errNum, Error Description: errDesc) 'Write error info err.Clear 'Clear the error number and allow script to continue objLogFile.Close 'Close the logfile End Sub On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: hic! thso fwaht?! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Script lush! On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Its always welcomed to share useful scripts! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: First, thanks for all of the feedback. Some interesting opinions out there. I've always been open to change so it's good to hear all of the positives/negatives regarding which route to take. It sounds like DHCP would be the way to go with the majority of our servers, excluding the infrastructure
RE: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices
Yes, it did. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Scripting IP Changes on remote devices So did the script I posted make it to the list? I'm starting to wonder if some filter may have blocked the e-mail since I just pasted the code in the body... - Sean On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.commailto:michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: hic! thso fwaht?! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.commailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: Script lush! On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.commailto:michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: Its always welcomed to share useful scripts! -- ME2 On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.commailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: First, thanks for all of the feedback. Some interesting opinions out there. I've always been open to change so it's good to hear all of the positives/negatives regarding which route to take. It sounds like DHCP would be the way to go with the majority of our servers, excluding the infrastructure servers. With that said, it's probably a change that will occur through attrition rather than changing our current method all at once. The main reason for that is our network services department wants us to change the subnets our servers currently reside on to further segment stuff. We've got way too much work on our plates to investigate changing the addresses on all of our servers so that will already be a slow transition. In the meantime, a co-worker and I put together what we hope is a functional VB script that will make the necessary changes to the existing WINs and DNS settings. If anyone's interested in seeing it (and maybe reviewing it for validity), I'd be happy to pass it along. - Sean On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.commailto:mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.commailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: What are some of the pros/cons of using DHCP for servers...? For an environment like you describe, with hundreds of servers, I would recommend DHCP for all but critical network infrastructure servers. I'd use manual configuration for anything serving DHCP, DNS, WINS, or Active Directory. Everything else, DHCP, with reservations. Just to be clear: DHCP does not have to mean a dynamic IP address. You can statically assign an IP address via a DHCP reservation. And there are tools to help you do things like automatically provision the reservations, based on name or MAC address or whatever. I've heard mention of not using DHCP to prevent DHCP broadcasts but with a properly designed lease interval, I can't imagine the DHCP traffic being that much of burden on today's networks As ME2 says, it really depends on the environment, but I would generally agree. You'll already be needing infrastructure to support DNS, prolly Active Directory, possibly WINS, Window Updates, etc., etc. If DHCP is going to push you over the edge you're already way too close to the edge. :) The one thing you *may* notice is a surge in broadcast traffic after rebooting or starting a large group of servers -- say, after a software update, or a long power outage. In general, though, you're already going to be seeing that due to ARP and maybe NetBIOS registration. So again, if this is a problem you're likely already experiencing it. The usual solution is to stagger reboot/startup. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Microsoft Security Advisory (2028859) : Is this someting to Worry aboutVulnerability in Canonical Display Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Is this something to worry about http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Microsoft Security Advisory (2028859) : Is this someting to Worry aboutVulnerability in Canonical Display Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Not so much, so far. http://secunia.com/advisories/39577/ Carl From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft Security Advisory (2028859) : Is this someting to Worry aboutVulnerability in Canonical Display Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution Is this something to worry about http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2028859.mspx -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
SBS 2008 + Redhat Desktop client
SBS 2008 + Redhat Desktop client how well would redhat desktop play with sbs 2008. I understand no exchange client, file sharing wold work, what other issue could arrise, or would be it doable?? -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
