RE: AdminPak for Active Driectory use Windows7

[FHLS Techonolgy]

I need to check (reading group from home).  It's very old, likely 4 years old.  
Guess it's time to upgrade.

-Glen Spidal
Forest Hills Lutheran School
Network and Computer Support
technol...@fhls.org
School: 503-359-4853
Glen Direct: 503-459-3775


From: Andrew S. Baker [asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 7:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: AdminPak for Active Driectory use Windows7

Which version of Hyena are you using?

http://www.systemtools.com/hyena/hyena_new.htm


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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:42 PM, FHLS Techonolgy 
mailto:technol...@fhls.org>> wrote:
Hello,

I made the move to Windows7 from XP and want to continue using Hyena for 
managing avtive directory.  However, Hyena requires the AdminPak which I found 
out is not compatible with Windows7.  Any ideas?

-Glen Spidal


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RE: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a sounding board

[Ken Schaefer]

http://blogs.technet.com/b/perfguru/archive/2008/01/08/explanation-of-pagefile-usage-as-reported-in-the-task-manager.aspx
Well known problem with Task Manager up to XP and Win2k3 Server (it's changed 
in Vista/Win2k8 Server onwards)
PF Usage as reported in task manager in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 is 
actually the system commit total. This number represents potential page file 
usage, not actual page file usage. It is how much page file space would be used 
if all the private committed virtual memory in the system had to be paged out 
all at once.
Cheers
Ken

From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2010 1:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a 
sounding board

I am starting to get that feeling also,

Doing some more reading here: Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL 
Server 2005

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966540.aspx

It's just things aren't adding up, and I don't want folks bitching about 
performance and blaming it on memory pressure or something else when it isn't.

Z

Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
Cell:401-639-3505

From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a 
sounding board

SQL is funny with page files. What you are seeing is its potential use of the 
page file, not what it is actually using at that given moment.


From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a 
sounding board


I have a SQL 2005 32bit 2-node cluster, each server has 36GB of RAM and both 
servers are running Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition. On my primary node 
which is also holding the SQL Group ( SQL server) and its associated resources, 
the performance monitor is showing my Page-file at 30.8GB, but the page-file is 
only set to a 2GB minimum and a 4GB Maximum ( I know I know its supposed to be 
1.5X Memory and 2x Memory)

SO when I look at the following counters I see this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2267427/en-us

Memory_Committed Bytes: 31GB which is the same of what I am seeing in the Task 
Manager.
Process, Working Set, _Total: 817,385,472 ( So like 817MB)n which is basically 
a multiple of 4096 ( as expected, 199557 4096K pages)
Paging File, %Pagefile%^ Usage, in use: 25% ( so this doesn't jive with a 
reading of 31GB in Task manager, but does jive with a calculation from Process 
(combined processes, and there pagefile usage of 1.2GB)
Memory Pages/Sec: 0 ( basically was dead quiet)
Memory Pages Output/Sec: 0 (basically no pages going out to the disk, which is 
expected, since I shouldn't be seeing memory pressure with 32GB of RAM in the 
server)
Memory Pages Input/sec: .8 ( Again not many pages that needed taken from the 
disk to satisfy memory constrains.
Memory, Available Mbytes: 5.1GB ( which is about right, since we set the min 
and max of 0-32GB in SQL Server which leaves about 5GB for the OS)

>From the article:
Even if the Committed Bytes value is greater than the installed RAM, a Pages 
Output/sec value that is low or zero most of the time indicates that there is 
not a significant performance problem that is caused by not enough RAM.

The committed bytes is close to the physical ram, but the pages output/sec is 
virtually nil, therefore I don't see this as a memory constraint.

Also when I look at the Process Page File Bytes ( Total) I get 938MB, which is 
about 22-25% of the maximum of 4096 which is the maximum of the paging file.

So does anyone have an idea, why in the heck I would be seeing 31GB for PF 
usage in the Task Manager, when the Performance Monitor counters simply do not 
support that case?

TIA,
EZ

Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
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Re: Reinstall IIS on SBS 2003?

[Richard Stovall]

Have you tried the wizard (CEICW)?  If the reg entries for the services are
gone, then that's a horse of a different feather.

http://www.howtonetworking.com/sbs/ceicw1.htm



On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Neil Standley  wrote:

> Has anyone here ever had to reinstall IIS/Exchange on an SBS 2003 SP2 box?
> I’ve seen some sites that say you can do it and others that say don’t try
> it.
>
>
>
> The reason I ask is I have a new client with hosed up IIS and no backups.
> The IIS Admin and WWW services are completely missing from the services
> applet. They currently do not use Exchange but some of those services are
> not starting as well due to dependencies.
>
> Aside from that everything else (customer apps) **appear** to be working.
>
>
>
> Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
>
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Reinstall IIS on SBS 2003?

[Neil Standley]

Has anyone here ever had to reinstall IIS/Exchange on an SBS 2003 SP2 box? I’ve 
seen some sites that say you can do it and others that say don’t try it. 

 

The reason I ask is I have a new client with hosed up IIS and no backups. The 
IIS Admin and WWW services are completely missing from the services applet. 
They currently do not use Exchange but some of those services are not starting 
as well due to dependencies.

Aside from that everything else (customer apps) *appear* to be working. 

 

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

Thanks,

Neil

 


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RE: TechNet Pro

[James Hill]

I linked to the Standard subs but they have the Pro's as well.

From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2010 7:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: TechNet Pro

Very good pricing.  Thanks!

 - WJR

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 15:10, James Hill 
mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au>> wrote:
Not aware of any current promo codes but this site has good pricing:-

http://www.provantage.com/technet-2010-standard-subscriptions~220197622.htm


From: Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2010 5:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: TechNet Pro

Hello Everyone,
Hope you all had a great Christmas.
I'm looking to purchase a TechNet Pro subscription.
Does anyone know of any promo codes?

Thanks,
Mark

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Re: TechNet Pro

[William Robbins]

Very good pricing.  Thanks!

 - WJR


On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 15:10, James Hill wrote:

> Not aware of any current promo codes but this site has good pricing:-
>
>
>
> http://www.provantage.com/technet-2010-standard-subscriptions~220197622.htm
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 30 December 2010 5:42 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* OT: TechNet Pro
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Hope you all had a great Christmas.
>
> I'm looking to purchase a TechNet Pro subscription.
>
> Does anyone know of any promo codes?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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RE: TechNet Pro

[James Hill]

Not aware of any current promo codes but this site has good pricing:-

http://www.provantage.com/technet-2010-standard-subscriptions~220197622.htm


From: Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2010 5:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: TechNet Pro

Hello Everyone,
Hope you all had a great Christmas.
I'm looking to purchase a TechNet Pro subscription.
Does anyone know of any promo codes?

Thanks,
Mark

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Re: OT: TechNet Pro

[Mark Smith]

Very funny.
Been there done that.
Just thought someone on the list might have a better code than I could find
online.

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Sean Martin  wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/2768f9w
>
>
> - Sean
>
>   On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Mark Smith wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>> Hope you all had a great Christmas.
>> I'm looking to purchase a TechNet Pro subscription.
>> Does anyone know of any promo codes?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
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Re: OT: TechNet Pro

[Sean Martin]

http://tinyurl.com/2768f9w


- Sean

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Mark Smith  wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> Hope you all had a great Christmas.
> I'm looking to purchase a TechNet Pro subscription.
> Does anyone know of any promo codes?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
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Re: GoPro going 3D

[Sean Martin]

You are correct.

I don't have any of my ATV'ing vids uploaded, but here's a couple from
sledding last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Uay306cpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0EJqQZ8QKY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4JUqciwKl8


- Sean

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Don Guyer wrote:

>  Where are the vids?!
>
>
>
> J
>
>
>
> I would assume by “4 wheeling” you mean ATVs?
>
>
>
> Don Guyer
>
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
>
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
>
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
>
> Devon, PA 19333
>
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
>
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
>
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:24 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* OT: GoPro going 3D
>
>
>
> I know there are some camera enthusiasts on this list. I've had my GoPro
> Helmet cam for almost a year and can't say enough great things about it. I
> use it while snowmobiling and 4 wheeling.
>
>
>
> This just might be the excuse I need to buy a brand new 3D TV.
>
>
>
> http://www.goprocamera.com/ourheros
>
>
>
> - Sean
>
>
>
>
>
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OT: TechNet Pro

[Mark Smith]

Hello Everyone,
Hope you all had a great Christmas.
I'm looking to purchase a TechNet Pro subscription.
Does anyone know of any promo codes?

Thanks,
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RE: GoPro going 3D

[Don Guyer]

Where are the vids?!

 

J

 

I would assume by "4 wheeling" you mean ATVs?

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com  

 

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: GoPro going 3D

 

I know there are some camera enthusiasts on this list. I've had my GoPro
Helmet cam for almost a year and can't say enough great things about it.
I use it while snowmobiling and 4 wheeling.

 

This just might be the excuse I need to buy a brand new 3D TV.

 

http://www.goprocamera.com/ourheros

 

- Sean



 

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Re: OT: Problem loading W7 on new HD

[Cameron]

Just a thought...

Did you try changing the BIOS setting for SATA to ``compatibìlity`` mode.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Kramer, Jack wrote:

>   Drive formatted as MBR or GPT?
>
> 
> Jack Kramer
> Computer Systems Specialist
> University Relations, Michigan State University
> w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955
>
> From: Christopher Bodnar 
> Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:40:15 -0500
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Subject: OT: Problem loading W7 on new HD
>
>  Sorry for the OT, not doing a lot of hardware at the moment, and hoping
> those of you out there who are doing this everyday might be able to assist:
>
>
> OK, so I have got a frankenclone machine at home that I wanted to update
> with a larger HD and load Windows 7 on, currently has Vista Ultimate 64-bit.
> Basic specs:
>
> MSI P6NGM2-L Motherboard
> Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.5Ghz 2M
> 2G DDR2 RAM
> 300G WD HD
> DVD R/W drive
>
> So I order a new WD 1.5TB SATA HD, and swap out the old drive for the new
> one, then try to boot from the OS DVD.  BIOS sees the new drive,  but unable
> to load Windows 7 on it. Tried different media, different versions of ISO
> images, tried retail version DVD, tried a different DVD drive. Nothing
> works. I then tried loading an older OS (Windows Vista, Windows XP) all of
> which see the new HD, but when it reboots for the first time after
> formatting and copying files it continuously reboots. So it's not specific
> to W7.  Almost like something is screwedup with the MBR. Is there any kind
> of incompatibility that my current MB won’t support a newer drive of this
> size? Is there some kind of SATA compatibility I should be looking for on a
> new HD for a 2 year old MB (purchased in 2/2009)? I have checked and I do
> have the latest version of the BIOS. Not opposed to swapping out the MB, but
> would like a better idea of why it won’t work.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Bodnar, MCSE
> Systems Engineer
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> Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
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OT: GoPro going 3D

[Sean Martin]

I know there are some camera enthusiasts on this list. I've had my GoPro
Helmet cam for almost a year and can't say enough great things about it. I
use it while snowmobiling and 4 wheeling.

This just might be the excuse I need to buy a brand new 3D TV.

http://www.goprocamera.com/ourheros

- Sean

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Re: FEP 2010

[Joseph Heaton]

The EA part is what I meant.  Saw that it was RTM, and went to look for it on 
our EA.

>>> Anders Blomgren  12/29/2010 10:09 AM >>>
What do you mean by production release? It RTM'd a bit over a week
ago. Still not on EA though.

-Anders

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> Anyone know when the production release is going to be?
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Re: FEP 2010

[Anders Blomgren]

What do you mean by production release? It RTM'd a bit over a week
ago. Still not on EA though.

-Anders

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>
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[Joseph Heaton]

Anyone know when the production release is going to be?



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RE: Redirect folders to network

[Mike Gill]

But not offline.

 

-- 
Mike Gill

 

From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 6:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

Another option for laptop users would be a Sharepoint site.  This would
allow them to access the documents they would need while offsite.

 

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Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

 

Aurico

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

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com

 

 


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Re: Redirect folders to network

[Andrew S. Baker]

Both.

I've been doing it at home for 3 years (5 laptops currently), and we do it
at %work% with well over 40 laptops.

As an aside, I used to use roaming profiles at home, but moved to redirected
folders plus off-line folders only.


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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> Is this personal experience or supporitng many laptop users?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Andrew S. Baker wrote:
>
>> Offline synching has been great under Vista and Win7.  I use it with all
>> my laptops  (and even a couple desktops)
>>
>>
>>  *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) 
>> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...*
>> * *
>>
>>
>>
>>   On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Chris Blair > > wrote:
>>
>>>  What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge
>>> pain. But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while out
>>> of the office.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is offline syncing better in Win7?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is one reason why we don’t do offline files.
>>>
>>> With folder redirection, their “My Docs” will follow them without leaving
>>> anything on the client.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Since our users do not “roam”, we will probably stick with folder
>>> redirection.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable
>>> offline access. When offline access is enabled, and let’s say a person does
>>> sign into another computer, there information would be synced onto that
>>> computer. Is there a way to stop this? I don’t want an IT person’s documents
>>> being synced to every computer they sign into.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* Re: Redirect folders to network
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together,
>>> provide different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating
>>> environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to
>>> multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine
>>> to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to
>>> go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my
>>> documents and application data directories so that the contents of those
>>> aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save
>>> things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to
>>> ensure important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to
>>> be backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with
>>> redirecting the my documents folder.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> YMMV
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - Sean
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better
>>> fit.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are
>>> users, and they do not listen…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>>
>>> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for
>>> users?  Or instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on
>>> a server?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris
>>>
>>> VIPCS
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>
>>> *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* Redirect folders to network
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The
>>> main objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup.
>>> I did some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are
>>> storing documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be
>>> redirected as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in
>>> general?
>>>
>>>
>>

Re: Redirect folders to network

[Jonathan Link]

Is this personal experience or supporitng many laptop users?



On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Andrew S. Baker  wrote:

> Offline synching has been great under Vista and Win7.  I use it with all my
> laptops  (and even a couple desktops)
>
>
>  *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) 
> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...*
> * *
>
>
>
>   On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Chris Blair 
> wrote:
>
>>  What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge
>> pain. But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while out
>> of the office.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is offline syncing better in Win7?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>>
>>
>>
>> This is one reason why we don’t do offline files.
>>
>> With folder redirection, their “My Docs” will follow them without leaving
>> anything on the client.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>>
>>
>>
>> Since our users do not “roam”, we will probably stick with folder
>> redirection.
>>
>>
>>
>> Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable
>> offline access. When offline access is enabled, and let’s say a person does
>> sign into another computer, there information would be synced onto that
>> computer. Is there a way to stop this? I don’t want an IT person’s documents
>> being synced to every computer they sign into.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Redirect folders to network
>>
>>
>>
>> Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together,
>> provide different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating
>> environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to
>> multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine
>> to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to
>> go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my
>> documents and application data directories so that the contents of those
>> aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save
>> things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure
>> important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be
>> backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting
>> the my documents folder.
>>
>>
>>
>> YMMV
>>
>>
>>
>> - Sean
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are
>> users, and they do not listen…
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM
>>
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>
>> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>>
>>
>>
>> Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for
>> users?  Or instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on
>> a server?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris
>>
>> VIPCS
>>
>>
>>  --
>>
>> *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Redirect folders to network
>>
>>
>>
>> XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.
>>
>>
>>
>> We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The
>> main objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup.
>> I did some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are
>> storing documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be
>> redirected as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in
>> general?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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RE: Redirect folders to network

[Carl Houseman]

I don't know if I'd call it "better".  More like "different".  The big
missing feature is a "go online, dammit" button.  I have two drives mapped
to different shares on the same server, one of them my redirected My
Documents, the other a share where some things are available offline and
some things not.   Way too often, the My Documents drive is online but the
other share is not, when I want to get at a file that's not available
offline.  The fix is to try to access something on the share - I'll try both
things that are online and things that are available offline - not sure if
it makes a difference, but within a minute after the attempted access, the
drive goes online.

 

Carl

 

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge
pain. But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while out
of the office. 

 

Is offline syncing better in Win7?

 

 

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

This is one reason why we don't do offline files.

With folder redirection, their "My Docs" will follow them without leaving
anything on the client.

 

 

 

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

Since our users do not "roam", we will probably stick with folder
redirection. 

 

Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline
access. When offline access is enabled, and let's say a person does sign
into another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer.
Is there a way to stop this? I don't want an IT person's documents being
synced to every computer they sign into. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network

 

Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide
different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating
environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to
multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine
to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to
go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my
documents and application data directories so that the contents of those
aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save
things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.

 

Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure
important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be
backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting
the my documents folder. 

 

YMMV

 

- Sean

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair 
wrote:

I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit. 

 

We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are
users, and they do not listen.

 

 

From: VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network 

 

Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for users?
Or instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on a
server?

 

Sincerely,

 

Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris

VIPCS

 

  _  

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redirect folders to network

 

XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.

 

We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The main
objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup. I did
some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are storing
documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be redirected as
well. 

 

Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline?

 

Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in
general?

 

Thanks! 

 

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Re: Redirect folders to network

[Andrew S. Baker]

Offline synching has been great under Vista and Win7.  I use it with all my
laptops  (and even a couple desktops)


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*Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...*
* *



On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Chris Blair wrote:

> What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge
> pain. But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while out
> of the office.
>
>
>
> Is offline syncing better in Win7?
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>
>
>
> This is one reason why we don’t do offline files.
>
> With folder redirection, their “My Docs” will follow them without leaving
> anything on the client.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>
>
>
> Since our users do not “roam”, we will probably stick with folder
> redirection.
>
>
>
> Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline
> access. When offline access is enabled, and let’s say a person does sign
> into another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer.
> Is there a way to stop this? I don’t want an IT person’s documents being
> synced to every computer they sign into.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Redirect folders to network
>
>
>
> Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide
> different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating
> environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to
> multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine
> to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to
> go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my
> documents and application data directories so that the contents of those
> aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save
> things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.
>
>
>
> Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure
> important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be
> backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting
> the my documents folder.
>
>
>
> YMMV
>
>
>
> - Sean
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair 
> wrote:
>
> I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit.
>
>
>
> We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are
> users, and they do not listen…
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* RE: Redirect folders to network
>
>
>
> Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for
> users?  Or instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on
> a server?
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris
>
> VIPCS
>
>
> --
>
> *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Redirect folders to network
>
>
>
> XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.
>
>
>
> We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The main
> objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup. I did
> some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are storing
> documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be redirected as
> well.
>
>
>
> Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline?
>
>
>
> Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in
> general?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>

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RE: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a sounding board

[Ziots, Edward]

I am starting to get that feeling also, 

 

Doing some more reading here: Troubleshooting Performance Problems in
SQL Server 2005 

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966540.aspx

 

It's just things aren't adding up, and I don't want folks bitching about
performance and blaming it on memory pressure or something else when it
isn't. 

 

Z

 

Edward E. Ziots

CISSP, Network +, Security +

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

Email:ezi...@lifespan.org

Cell:401-639-3505

 

From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage.
Need a sounding board

 

SQL is funny with page files. What you are seeing is its potential use
of the page file, not what it is actually using at that given moment. 

 

 

From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage.
Need a sounding board

 

 

I have a SQL 2005 32bit 2-node cluster, each server has 36GB of RAM and
both servers are running Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition. On my
primary node which is also holding the SQL Group ( SQL server) and its
associated resources, the performance monitor is showing my Page-file at
30.8GB, but the page-file is only set to a 2GB minimum and a 4GB Maximum
( I know I know its supposed to be 1.5X Memory and 2x Memory) 

 

SO when I look at the following counters I see this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2267427/en-us

 

Memory_Committed Bytes: 31GB which is the same of what I am seeing in
the Task Manager. 

Process, Working Set, _Total: 817,385,472 ( So like 817MB)n which is
basically a multiple of 4096 ( as expected, 199557 4096K pages)

Paging File, %Pagefile%^ Usage, in use: 25% ( so this doesn't jive with
a reading of 31GB in Task manager, but does jive with a calculation from
Process (combined processes, and there pagefile usage of 1.2GB)

Memory Pages/Sec: 0 ( basically was dead quiet)

Memory Pages Output/Sec: 0 (basically no pages going out to the disk,
which is expected, since I shouldn't be seeing memory pressure with 32GB
of RAM in the server)

Memory Pages Input/sec: .8 ( Again not many pages that needed taken from
the disk to satisfy memory constrains.

Memory, Available Mbytes: 5.1GB ( which is about right, since we set the
min and max of 0-32GB in SQL Server which leaves about 5GB for the OS)

 

>From the article:

Even if the Committed Bytes value is greater than the installed RAM, a
Pages Output/sec value that is low or zero most of the time indicates
that there is not a significant performance problem that is caused by
not enough RAM.

 

The committed bytes is close to the physical ram, but the pages
output/sec is virtually nil, therefore I don't see this as a memory
constraint. 

 

Also when I look at the Process Page File Bytes ( Total) I get 938MB,
which is about 22-25% of the maximum of 4096 which is the maximum of the
paging file. 

 

So does anyone have an idea, why in the heck I would be seeing 31GB for
PF usage in the Task Manager, when the Performance Monitor counters
simply do not support that case? 

 

TIA,

EZ

 

Edward E. Ziots

CISSP, Network +, Security +

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

Email:ezi...@lifespan.org

Cell:401-639-3505

 

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Re: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010

[Eric Wittersheim]

I purchased DVDFab years ago and I have been extremely happy with them.
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Christopher Bodnar <
christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote:

> Been doing the same thing myself the last few days. Here are some of my
> thoughts. I really like the interface better on iMedia, but the quality of
> the output file seems to be drastically less, at least in my few attempts. I
> also downloaded DVDFab DVD Ripper. So far I like this the best out of all 3.
> Better user interface than WinX DVD, and the output is on par with WinX DVD.
> One complaint is that it doesn't allow you to break the output file into
> sections the same way that iMedia does, it has a Split option, but you can't
> specify by file size or time slices. That would have been nice.
>
> YMMV
>
>
> Chris Bodnar, MCSE
> Systems Engineer
> Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
> Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
> Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
> Phone: 610-807-6459
> Fax: 610-807-6003
>
>
>
> From:"N Parr" 
> To:"NT System Admin Issues"  >
> Date:12/28/2010 08:40 AM
> Subject:RE: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010
> --
>
>
>
> I did a comparison between WinX DVD and iMedia over the weekend.  Last week
> one of the deals was a software pack worth $200 or so including WinX DVD for
> only $20.  But it turns out I already had a free copy from when they were
> giving it away earlier in the year one day.
> With comparable settings I think the Divx I created looked better with
> WinX.  It has a tick box to use a "High Quality Engine" whatever that means.
>  Maybe it does a second pass or something.  I don't see any options like
> that in iMedia, the output was a little pixilated and I didn't get that with
> WinX.
>
> --
> *From:* Christopher Bodnar 
> [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
> *
> Sent:* Monday, December 27, 2010 3:42 PM*
> To:* NT System Admin Issues*
> Subject:* Re: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010
>
> I went home and installed it. Started a quick DVD rip to AVI file. Looks
> very nice right now based on my 5 minutes with it. I've been using WinX DVD
> Platinum which works, but I'm not crazy about. One feature right off the bat
> was the ability to set the job to break up by file size or time. Nice
> feature.
>
>
> Chris Bodnar, MCSE
> Systems Engineer
> Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
> Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
> Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
> Phone: 610-807-6459
> Fax: 610-807-6003
>
>
>
> From:Roger Wright 
> To:"NT System Admin Issues"  >
> Date:12/27/2010 02:51 PM
> Subject:Re: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010
> --
>
>
>
> I haven't, but here's a review: *
> **
> http://computersavvy.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/iskysofts-imedia-converter-for-windows-3-0-3-%E2%80%93-software-review/
> *
>
> I was most interested in the DRM removal for .WMA files and plan to test it
> tonight.
>
>
> Roger Wright
> ___
>
> "Never make hard what you can make easy." - Fred W. Frailey
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Christopher Bodnar <*
> christopher_bod...@glic.com* > wrote:
> Anyone use this software before? like it?
>
>
> Chris Bodnar, MCSE
> Systems Engineer
> Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
> Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
> Email: *christopher_bod...@glic.com* 
> Phone: 610-807-6459
> Fax: 610-807-6003
>
>
>
> From:Roger Wright <*rhw...@gmail.com* >
> To:"NT System Admin Issues" <*
> ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com*
> >
> Date:12/27/2010 01:12 PM
> Subject:iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010
> --
>
> *
>
> **http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20026495-58.html*
>
>
> Roger Wright
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>
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RE: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a sounding board

[Kennedy, Jim]

SQL is funny with page files. What you are seeing is its potential use of the 
page file, not what it is actually using at that given moment.


From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a 
sounding board


I have a SQL 2005 32bit 2-node cluster, each server has 36GB of RAM and both 
servers are running Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition. On my primary node 
which is also holding the SQL Group ( SQL server) and its associated resources, 
the performance monitor is showing my Page-file at 30.8GB, but the page-file is 
only set to a 2GB minimum and a 4GB Maximum ( I know I know its supposed to be 
1.5X Memory and 2x Memory)

SO when I look at the following counters I see this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2267427/en-us

Memory_Committed Bytes: 31GB which is the same of what I am seeing in the Task 
Manager.
Process, Working Set, _Total: 817,385,472 ( So like 817MB)n which is basically 
a multiple of 4096 ( as expected, 199557 4096K pages)
Paging File, %Pagefile%^ Usage, in use: 25% ( so this doesn't jive with a 
reading of 31GB in Task manager, but does jive with a calculation from Process 
(combined processes, and there pagefile usage of 1.2GB)
Memory Pages/Sec: 0 ( basically was dead quiet)
Memory Pages Output/Sec: 0 (basically no pages going out to the disk, which is 
expected, since I shouldn't be seeing memory pressure with 32GB of RAM in the 
server)
Memory Pages Input/sec: .8 ( Again not many pages that needed taken from the 
disk to satisfy memory constrains.
Memory, Available Mbytes: 5.1GB ( which is about right, since we set the min 
and max of 0-32GB in SQL Server which leaves about 5GB for the OS)

>From the article:
Even if the Committed Bytes value is greater than the installed RAM, a Pages 
Output/sec value that is low or zero most of the time indicates that there is 
not a significant performance problem that is caused by not enough RAM.

The committed bytes is close to the physical ram, but the pages output/sec is 
virtually nil, therefore I don't see this as a memory constraint.

Also when I look at the Process Page File Bytes ( Total) I get 938MB, which is 
about 22-25% of the maximum of 4096 which is the maximum of the paging file.

So does anyone have an idea, why in the heck I would be seeing 31GB for PF 
usage in the Task Manager, when the Performance Monitor counters simply do not 
support that case?

TIA,
EZ

Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
Cell:401-639-3505


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RE: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010

[Christopher Bodnar]

Been doing the same thing myself the last few days. Here are some of my 
thoughts. I really like the interface better on iMedia, but the quality of 
the output file seems to be drastically less, at least in my few attempts. 
I also downloaded DVDFab DVD Ripper. So far I like this the best out of 
all 3. Better user interface than WinX DVD, and the output is on par with 
WinX DVD. One complaint is that it doesn't allow you to break the output 
file into sections the same way that iMedia does, it has a Split option, 
but you can't specify by file size or time slices. That would have been 
nice.

YMMV


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



From:   "N Parr" 
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Date:   12/28/2010 08:40 AM
Subject:RE: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010



I did a comparison between WinX DVD and iMedia over the weekend.  Last 
week one of the deals was a software pack worth $200 or so including WinX 
DVD for only $20.  But it turns out I already had a free copy from when 
they were giving it away earlier in the year one day. 
With comparable settings I think the Divx I created looked better with 
WinX.  It has a tick box to use a "High Quality Engine" whatever that 
means.  Maybe it does a second pass or something.  I don't see any options 
like that in iMedia, the output was a little pixilated and I didn't get 
that with WinX.

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 3:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010

I went home and installed it. Started a quick DVD rip to AVI file. Looks 
very nice right now based on my 5 minutes with it. I've been using WinX 
DVD Platinum which works, but I'm not crazy about. One feature right off 
the bat was the ability to set the job to break up by file size or time. 
Nice feature. 


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



From:Roger Wright  
To:"NT System Admin Issues" 
 
Date:12/27/2010 02:51 PM 
Subject:Re: iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010 



I haven't, but here's a review: 
http://computersavvy.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/iskysofts-imedia-converter-for-windows-3-0-3-%E2%80%93-software-review/
 


I was most interested in the DRM removal for .WMA files and plan to test 
it tonight.


Roger Wright
___

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On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Christopher Bodnar <
christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: 
Anyone use this software before? like it? 


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



From:Roger Wright  
To:"NT System Admin Issues"  
Date:12/27/2010 01:12 PM 
Subject:iMedia Converter - FREE through 12/27/2010 



http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20026495-58.html


Roger Wright
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Brain teaser with SQL Server 2005 and high page file usage. Need a sounding board

[Ziots, Edward]

 

I have a SQL 2005 32bit 2-node cluster, each server has 36GB of RAM and
both servers are running Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition. On my
primary node which is also holding the SQL Group ( SQL server) and its
associated resources, the performance monitor is showing my Page-file at
30.8GB, but the page-file is only set to a 2GB minimum and a 4GB Maximum
( I know I know its supposed to be 1.5X Memory and 2x Memory) 

 

SO when I look at the following counters I see this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2267427/en-us

 

Memory_Committed Bytes: 31GB which is the same of what I am seeing in
the Task Manager. 

Process, Working Set, _Total: 817,385,472 ( So like 817MB)n which is
basically a multiple of 4096 ( as expected, 199557 4096K pages)

Paging File, %Pagefile%^ Usage, in use: 25% ( so this doesn't jive with
a reading of 31GB in Task manager, but does jive with a calculation from
Process (combined processes, and there pagefile usage of 1.2GB)

Memory Pages/Sec: 0 ( basically was dead quiet)

Memory Pages Output/Sec: 0 (basically no pages going out to the disk,
which is expected, since I shouldn't be seeing memory pressure with 32GB
of RAM in the server)

Memory Pages Input/sec: .8 ( Again not many pages that needed taken from
the disk to satisfy memory constrains.

Memory, Available Mbytes: 5.1GB ( which is about right, since we set the
min and max of 0-32GB in SQL Server which leaves about 5GB for the OS)

 

>From the article:

Even if the Committed Bytes value is greater than the installed RAM, a
Pages Output/sec value that is low or zero most of the time indicates
that there is not a significant performance problem that is caused by
not enough RAM.

 

The committed bytes is close to the physical ram, but the pages
output/sec is virtually nil, therefore I don't see this as a memory
constraint. 

 

Also when I look at the Process Page File Bytes ( Total) I get 938MB,
which is about 22-25% of the maximum of 4096 which is the maximum of the
paging file. 

 

So does anyone have an idea, why in the heck I would be seeing 31GB for
PF usage in the Task Manager, when the Performance Monitor counters
simply do not support that case? 

 

TIA,

EZ

 

Edward E. Ziots

CISSP, Network +, Security +

Network Engineer

Lifespan Organization

Email:ezi...@lifespan.org

Cell:401-639-3505

 


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RE: Redirect folders to network

[Kennedy, Jim]

Isolate your laptop users in their own OU and just have them sync. Don't 
generate more sync'ing and the related network traffic and support than you 
need to.

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge pain. 
But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while out of the 
office.

Is offline syncing better in Win7?


From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

This is one reason why we don't do offline files.
With folder redirection, their "My Docs" will follow them without leaving 
anything on the client.



From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

Since our users do not "roam", we will probably stick with folder redirection.

Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline 
access. When offline access is enabled, and let's say a person does sign into 
another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer. Is 
there a way to stop this? I don't want an IT person's documents being synced to 
every computer they sign into.

Thanks!


From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network

Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide 
different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating environment 
(application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to multiple 
machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine to machine. 
If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to go ahead and 
redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my documents and 
application data directories so that the contents of those aren't 
loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save things to 
their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.

Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure 
important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be backed 
up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting the my 
documents folder.

YMMV

- Sean
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair 
mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com>> wrote:
I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit.

We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are users, 
and they do not listen...


From: VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for users?  Or 
instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on a server?


Sincerely,



Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris

VIPCS


From: Chris Blair 
[mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redirect folders to network

XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.

We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The main 
objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup. I did 
some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are storing 
documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be redirected as well.

Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline?

Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in general?

Thanks!


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RE: Redirect folders to network

[Cameron Cooper]

Another option for laptop users would be a Sharepoint site.  This would
allow them to access the documents they would need while offsite.

 

_

Cameron Cooper

Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified

 

Aurico

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

ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com

 

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 7:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge
pain. But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while
out of the office. 

 

Is offline syncing better in Win7?

 

 

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

This is one reason why we don't do offline files.

With folder redirection, their "My Docs" will follow them without
leaving anything on the client.

 

 

 

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

Since our users do not "roam", we will probably stick with folder
redirection. 

 

Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable
offline access. When offline access is enabled, and let's say a person
does sign into another computer, there information would be synced onto
that computer. Is there a way to stop this? I don't want an IT person's
documents being synced to every computer they sign into. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network

 

Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together,
provide different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's
operating environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to
follow them to multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do
"roam" from machine to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it
would be a good idea to go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would
definitely redirect the my documents and application data directories so
that the contents of those aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user
logs in/out. If users like to save things to their desktop, it may be a
good idea to redirect those as well.

 

Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to
ensure important documents are saved to a central location, allowing
them to be backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned
with redirecting the my documents folder. 

 

YMMV

 

- Sean

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair
 wrote:

I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better
fit. 

 

We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are
users, and they do not listen...

 

 

From: VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network 

 

Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for
users?  Or instructing users to store their documents on a home
directory on a server?

 

Sincerely,

 

Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris

VIPCS

 



From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redirect folders to network

 

XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.

 

We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The
main objective is to capture important data on the workstations for
backup. I did some checks on workstations and found a good number of
people are storing documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this
can be redirected as well. 

 

Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available
offline?

 

Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in
general?

 

Thanks! 

 

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RE: AdminPak for Active Driectory use Windows7

[Don Guyer]

That's what I have on my Win 7 workstation (RSAT and Hyena v7.5b (yes I
know it's outdated)).

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com  

 

From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: AdminPak for Active Driectory use Windows7

 

Is Hyena compatible with Windows 7 for this purpose?  If so then it's
compatible with the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for
Windows 7 which is the new name for AdminPak in the present day.

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee449475(WS.10).aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656
b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en

 

Carl

 

 

From: FHLS Techonolgy [mailto:technol...@fhls.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: AdminPak for Active Driectory use Windows7

 

Hello,

 

I made the move to Windows7 from XP and want to continue using Hyena for
managing avtive directory.  However, Hyena requires the AdminPak which I
found out is not compatible with Windows7.  Any ideas?

 

-Glen Spidal

Forest Hills Lutheran School

Network and Computer Support

technol...@fhls.org

School: 503-359-4853

Glen Direct: 503-459-3775

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RE: Redirect folders to network

[David Mazzaccaro]

What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge
pain. 

YES it is, but sometimes you just have to deal w/ it.

 

Is offline syncing better in Win7?

YES. Much.

 

 

 

 

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge
pain. But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while
out of the office. 

 

Is offline syncing better in Win7?

 

 

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

This is one reason why we don't do offline files.

With folder redirection, their "My Docs" will follow them without
leaving anything on the client.

 

 

 

From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

Since our users do not "roam", we will probably stick with folder
redirection. 

 

Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable
offline access. When offline access is enabled, and let's say a person
does sign into another computer, there information would be synced onto
that computer. Is there a way to stop this? I don't want an IT person's
documents being synced to every computer they sign into. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network

 

Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together,
provide different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's
operating environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to
follow them to multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do
"roam" from machine to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it
would be a good idea to go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would
definitely redirect the my documents and application data directories so
that the contents of those aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user
logs in/out. If users like to save things to their desktop, it may be a
good idea to redirect those as well.

 

Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to
ensure important documents are saved to a central location, allowing
them to be backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned
with redirecting the my documents folder. 

 

YMMV

 

- Sean

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair
 wrote:

I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better
fit. 

 

We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are
users, and they do not listen...

 

 

From: VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network 

 

Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for
users?  Or instructing users to store their documents on a home
directory on a server?

 

Sincerely,

 

Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris

VIPCS

 



From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redirect folders to network

 

XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.

 

We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The
main objective is to capture important data on the workstations for
backup. I did some checks on workstations and found a good number of
people are storing documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this
can be redirected as well. 

 

Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available
offline?

 

Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in
general?

 

Thanks! 

 

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RE: Redirect folders to network

[Chris Blair]

What about laptop users? I have read that offline syncing can be a huge pain. 
But we want to capture that data, and also make it available while out of the 
office.

Is offline syncing better in Win7?


From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

This is one reason why we don't do offline files.
With folder redirection, their "My Docs" will follow them without leaving 
anything on the client.



From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

Since our users do not "roam", we will probably stick with folder redirection.

Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline 
access. When offline access is enabled, and let's say a person does sign into 
another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer. Is 
there a way to stop this? I don't want an IT person's documents being synced to 
every computer they sign into.

Thanks!


From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network

Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide 
different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating environment 
(application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to multiple 
machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine to machine. 
If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to go ahead and 
redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my documents and 
application data directories so that the contents of those aren't 
loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save things to 
their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.

Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure 
important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be backed 
up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting the my 
documents folder.

YMMV

- Sean
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair 
mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com>> wrote:
I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit.

We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are users, 
and they do not listen...


From: VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

Any particular reason you are not just creating roaming profiles for users?  Or 
instructing users to store their documents on a home directory on a server?


Sincerely,



Jeffrey and Mary Jane Harris

VIPCS


From: Chris Blair 
[mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Redirect folders to network

XP workstations, 2003 R2 Native AD.

We are testing redirecting the My Documents folder to the network. The main 
objective is to capture important data on the workstations for backup. I did 
some checks on workstations and found a good number of people are storing 
documents, in folders, on their desktop. I know this can be redirected as well.

Any pros/cons to redirecting the desktop and making it available offline?

Any other solutions I should look at instead of directing folders in general?

Thanks!


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RE: Redirect folders to network

[Ray]

We have a couple sites that use roaming profiles with no problems.  But it
does create unnecessary traffic, especially since we didn't take advantage
of redirection.  Those sites also have no real business case to use them.  

 

In previous positions we used roaming because we had 10 people sharing 4
workstations, or various people who covered the front desk and needed their
stuff regardless of where they were sitting.   

 

Our agency is planning on doing the redirection at some point.  But we need
to think about how it's implemented since it will obviously affect network
storage and backups. 

 

From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net]

Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Redirect folders to network

 

We have had horrid luck with Roaming Profiles.  Everything from software
that doesn't work as it should to profile corruption.  (Roxio, Adobe,
Certain plugins, LOB software)

 

We redirect the My Documents, and in some cases the Desktop depending upon
the client environment.  Write a script to copy the favorites folder to
their My Documents folder on login once a week and that's all I really care
about.  We have a few clients we copy the Outlook personalization files like
categories and .nk2 files.  As we move to Exchange 2010 those .nk2 files
become unnecessary. 

 

Only time I would consider Roaming Profiles  is a call center or VERY HIGHLY
standardized environment that does not see major changes and has a good lab
setup for testing.

 

Greg Sweers

CEO

  ACTS360.com

P.O. Box 1193

Brandon, FL  33509

813-657-0849 Office

813-758-6850 Cell

813-341-1270 Fax

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network

 

No, we don't use redirection.  We have a strict policy regarding our
document retention.  They know home drives are backed up, and then I make a
best effort on anything on C:.  Important work is managed with our
Engagement software, which synchronizes with other workstations or the
server.

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Chris Blair 
wrote:

Using alternative credentials for IT is going to be a must.

 

Do you just warn the other users about the sync happening everywhere they
login?

 

 

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:32 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network

 

I would ask why you don't have alternate credentials for IT staff.

 

I'm a one man shop, but I have three sets of credentials.  Normal user
account where I do a lot of work, get my mail.  Account which has
administrative access to my and other users' workstations, and then my
domain admin account.  In the two cases where I need elevated priveleges,
it's rare that I also need access to documents that are stored under my
normal user access.



 

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Chris Blair 
wrote:

Since our users do not "roam", we will probably stick with folder
redirection. 

 

Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline
access. When offline access is enabled, and let's say a person does sign
into another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer.
Is there a way to stop this? I don't want an IT person's documents being
synced to every computer they sign into. 

 

Thanks!

 

 

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network 

 

Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide
different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating
environment (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to
multiple machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine
to machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to
go ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my
documents and application data directories so that the contents of those
aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save
things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.

 

Redirecting folders without using roaming profiles is a good way to ensure
important documents are saved to a central location, allowing them to be
backed up easily. In this case, you may only be concerned with redirecting
the my documents folder. 

 

YMMV

 

- Sean

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Chris Blair 
wrote:

I have not used roaming profiles, but will to see if that is a better fit. 

 

We have asked users to store documents on their user drive, but they are
users, and they do not listen.

 

 

From: VIPCS [mailto:vi...@stny.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 2:34 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Redirect folders to net

Re: Redirect folders to network

[Sean Martin]

It's been my experience that most application issues in roaming profile 
environments are due to incorrect permissions, outside of those apps that just 
have issues with UNC paths. There's a Microsoft article that details the 
correct permission structure for roaming profile directories.

I'm curious why you would copy the user's Favorites rather than redirect them. 
For backup purposes?

I use an adm template that allows me to redirect pretty much any profile 
directory. We have a fairly good size Citrix environment and we've acheived 
decent gains in login performance by redirecting the favorites and the cookies 
directory along with the standard app data and my documents directories. 

The main requirements are file servers with adequate memory and disk 
performance. For W2K3 there are some recommended registry tweaks for max client 
connections, work items, etc., (lanman) depending on the size of your 
environment. Not sure if those same tweaks would be recommended or required for 
W2K8.

Of course the benefit (or necessity) of all this is probably only realized in a 
Terminal server/Citrix environment.

- Sean



On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:07 PM,  wrote:

> We have had horrid luck with Roaming Profiles.  Everything from software that 
> doesn’t work as it should to profile corruption.  (Roxio, Adobe, Certain 
> plugins,  LOB software)
> 
>  
> 
> We redirect the My Documents, and in some cases the Desktop depending upon 
> the client environment.  Write a script to copy the favorites folder to their 
> My Documents folder on login once a week and that’s all I really care about.  
> We have a few clients we copy the Outlook personalization files like 
> categories and .nk2 files.  As we move to Exchange 2010 those .nk2 files 
> become unnecessary.
> 
>  
> 
> Only time I would consider Roaming Profiles  is a call center or VERY HIGHLY 
> standardized environment that does not see major changes and has a good lab 
> setup for testing.
> 
>  
> 
> Greg Sweers
> 
> CEO
> 
> ACTS360.com
> 
> P.O. Box 1193
> 
> Brandon, FL  33509
> 
> 813-657-0849 Office
> 
> 813-758-6850 Cell
> 
> 813-341-1270 Fax
> 
>  
> 
> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:22 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network
> 
>  
> 
> No, we don't use redirection.  We have a strict policy regarding our document 
> retention.  They know home drives are backed up, and then I make a best 
> effort on anything on C:.  Important work is managed with our Engagement 
> software, which synchronizes with other workstations or the server.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Chris Blair  
> wrote:
> 
> Using alternative credentials for IT is going to be a must.
> 
>  
> 
> Do you just warn the other users about the sync happening everywhere they 
> login?
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:32 PM
> 
> 
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network
> 
>  
> 
> I would ask why you don't have alternate credentials for IT staff.
> 
>  
> 
> I'm a one man shop, but I have three sets of credentials.  Normal user 
> account where I do a lot of work, get my mail.  Account which has 
> administrative access to my and other users' workstations, and then my domain 
> admin account.  In the two cases where I need elevated priveleges, it's rare 
> that I also need access to documents that are stored under my normal user 
> access.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Chris Blair  
> wrote:
> 
> Since our users do not “roam”, we will probably stick with folder redirection.
> 
>  
> 
> Another question, once the folders are redirected, I want to enable offline 
> access. When offline access is enabled, and let’s say a person does sign into 
> another computer, there information would be synced onto that computer. Is 
> there a way to stop this? I don’t want an IT person’s documents being synced 
> to every computer they sign into.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:15 PM
> 
> 
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> 
> Subject: Re: Redirect folders to network
> 
>  
> 
> Roaming Profiles and Redirected Folders, while often used together, provide 
> different capabilities. Roaming profiles allow a user's operating environment 
> (application settings, customizations, etc) to follow them to multiple 
> machines. This is useful if your users truly do "roam" from machine to 
> machine. If Roaming Profiles are implemented, it would be a good idea to go 
> ahead and redirect certain folders. I would definitely redirect the my 
> documents and application data directories so that the contents of those 
> aren't loaded/unloaded each time the user logs in/out. If users like to save 
> things to their desktop, it may be a good idea to redirect those as well.
> 
>  
> 
> Redirecting folders w