Track regional settings change
Hi, How can we track who/when have changed Date/Time settings (Date format change / Date change / Time change etc) on windows 2003 server. Will it have any specific event ID / log file for these kind of changes. Dhiraj --- This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. - This mail is sent via Sony Asia Pacific Mail Gateway. --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Track regional settings change
I think there is an event log event written for this, it was something like 577 and 520 on NT, so may or may not have changed for 2003 server. It would probably be easier to restrict the ability to change the system time via a GPO though, at least then you will have a shorter list of suspects to start with, On 7 July 2011 10:03, Haritwal, Dhiraj dhiraj.harit...@ap.sony.com wrote: Hi, ** ** How can we track who/when have changed Date/Time settings (Date format change / Date change / Time change etc) on windows 2003 server. Will it have any specific event ID / log file for these kind of changes. ** ** ** ** Dhiraj ** ** ** ** -- This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. - This mail is sent via Sony Asia Pacific Mail Gateway. -- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- 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. ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide afterwards, but I am starting to digress.. * * The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding liability for transmission. * * In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought when you went to Pets** ** At Home yesterday. * * We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are running Exchange 5.5 and everyone knows how glitchy that can be. In the event that you do get this message then please note that we take no responsibility for that either. Nor will we accept any liability, tacit or implied, for any damage you may or may not incur as a result of receiving, or not, as the case may be, from time to time, notwithstanding all liabilities implied or otherwise, ummm, hell, where was I...umm, no matter what happens, it is NOT, and NEVER WILL BE, OUR FAULT! * * The comments and opinions expressed herein are my own and NOT those of my employer, who, if he knew I was sending emails and surfing the seamier side of the Internet, would cut off my manhood and feed it to me for afternoon tea. * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Track regional settings change
Those 520 and 577 events are logged in the Security log, IIRC On 7 July 2011 10:03, Haritwal, Dhiraj dhiraj.harit...@ap.sony.com wrote: Hi, ** ** How can we track who/when have changed Date/Time settings (Date format change / Date change / Time change etc) on windows 2003 server. Will it have any specific event ID / log file for these kind of changes. ** ** ** ** Dhiraj ** ** ** ** -- This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. - This mail is sent via Sony Asia Pacific Mail Gateway. -- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- 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. ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide afterwards, but I am starting to digress.. * * The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding liability for transmission. * * In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought when you went to Pets** ** At Home yesterday. * * We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are running Exchange 5.5 and everyone knows how glitchy that can be. In the event that you do get this message then please note that we take no responsibility for that either. Nor will we accept any liability, tacit or implied, for any damage you may or may not incur as a result of receiving, or not, as the case may be, from time to time, notwithstanding all liabilities implied or otherwise, ummm, hell, where was I...umm, no matter what happens, it is NOT, and NEVER WILL BE, OUR FAULT! * * The comments and opinions expressed herein are my own and NOT those of my employer, who, if he knew I was sending emails and surfing the seamier side of the Internet, would cut off my manhood and feed it to me for afternoon tea. * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
We're having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACL's in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic - which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1.Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2.From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA's in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. = Robert Jackson Phone: +44 (0) 141 332 7999 IT Manager Fax: +44 (0) 141 331 2820 Walker Martyn Ltd 1 Park Circus PlaceEmail: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Glasgow G3 6AH, Scotland Web: http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk/ = The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
What sort of VPN solution are you using? Don't you have a device (like a Citrix Access Gateway) sitting between your servers and the external world to facilitate secure connections? On 7 July 2011 10:30, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We’re having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. ** ** As of yet we do not have any ACL’s in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic – which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: **1.**Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. **2.**From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA’s in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. ** ** Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? ** ** ** ** Regards, Rab. = Robert Jackson Phone: +44 (0) 141 332 7999 IT Manager Fax: +44 (0) 141 331 2820 Walker Martyn Ltd 1 Park Circus PlaceEmail: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Glasgow G3 6AH, Scotland Web: http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk = ** ** The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk. Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. #13103f019546e035_ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- 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. ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide afterwards, but I am starting to digress.. * * The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding liability for transmission. * * In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought when you
RE: Track regional settings change
Thanks, I have enabled auditing on a test server with below article changed date to previous week. Now able to see Event ID 577 which is showing SeSystemtimePrivilege. Now I have changed date format from m/d/ to mm/dd/ got the same event ID with same details SeSystemtimePrivilege. Now how will we detect the changes. Whether it's date change or time change or date format change. There is no 520 Event captured on this windows 2003 SP2 server. http://www.stevebunting.org/udpd4n6/forensics/timechange.htm Dhiraj From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Track regional settings change Those 520 and 577 events are logged in the Security log, IIRC On 7 July 2011 10:03, Haritwal, Dhiraj dhiraj.harit...@ap.sony.com wrote: Hi, How can we track who/when have changed Date/Time settings (Date format change / Date change / Time change etc) on windows 2003 server. Will it have any specific event ID / log file for these kind of changes. Dhiraj This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email or telephone and destroy the original message. - This mail is sent via Sony Asia Pacific Mail Gateway. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- 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. * IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action, please contact us.. no, sorry, you can't use your computer, because you just destroyed it, and possibly also committed suicide afterwards, but I am starting to digress.. The originator of this email is not liable for the transmission of the information contained in this communication. Or are they? Either way it's a pretty dull legal query and frankly one I'm not going to dwell on. But should you have nothing better to do, please feel free to ruminate on it, and please pass on any concrete conclusions should you find them. However, if you pass them on via email, be sure to include a disclaimer regarding liability for transmission. In the event that the originator did not send this email to you, then please return it to us and attach a scanned-in picture of your mother's brother's wife wearing nothing but a kangaroo suit, and we will immediately refund you exactly half of what you paid for the can of Whiskas you bought when you went to Pets At Home yesterday. We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are running Exchange 5.5 and everyone knows how glitchy that can be. In the event that you do get this message then please note that we take no responsibility for that either. Nor will we accept any liability, tacit or implied, for any damage you may or may not incur as a result of receiving, or not, as the case may be, from time to time, notwithstanding all liabilities implied or otherwise, ummm, hell, where was I...umm, no matter what happens, it is NOT, and NEVER WILL BE, OUR FAULT! The comments and opinions expressed herein are my own and NOT those of my employer, who, if he knew I was sending emails and surfing the seamier side of the Internet, would cut off my manhood and feed it to me for afternoon tea. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin --- This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the
Re: Password management tool
I use Keepass at home work. I use an autoexec plugin to automatically open our contract databases after I open my own personal one. T Typed slowly on HTC Desire On 7 Jul 2011 04:12, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: I know this has been discussed but what are some good password management software? I did do a search of the archives but only found one by name and references to others by type. My first search was for password safe. My second was for password management. I have seen Keepass and found a BUNCH doing a Bing search but what do you guys use? I would prefer free with it kept on either a USB or maybe a SC card and not have to install in Windows. Bonus for being able to setup folders so I can keep client passwords separate from my personal ones Thanks a lot, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet - Found word(s) risk free in the Text body
Hi James, Sorry no gateway device in place. Just a basic IPsec VPN between our internal LAN and the network at our Data Centre. We operate 2 x GB-2500 firewalls from GTA, at our Data Centre we're using 2 x Cisco ASA 5520's for resilience. Regards, Rab. = Robert Jackson Phone: +44 (0) 141 332 7999 IT Manager Fax: +44 (0) 141 331 2820 Walker Martyn Ltd 1 Park Circus PlaceEmail: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Glasgow G3 6AH, Scotland Web: http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk/ = From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday 07 July 2011 10:43 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet - Found word(s) risk free in the Text body What sort of VPN solution are you using? Don't you have a device (like a Citrix Access Gateway) sitting between your servers and the external world to facilitate secure connections? On 7 July 2011 10:30, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We're having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACL's in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic - which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1.Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2.From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA's in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. = Robert Jackson Phone: +44 (0) 141 332 7999 IT Manager Fax: +44 (0) 141 331 2820 Walker Martyn Ltd 1 Park Circus PlaceEmail: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Glasgow G3 6AH, Scotland Web: http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk/ = The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk. Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- 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. * IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER * This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message it was obviously addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even it we didn't mean to send it to you. However, if the contents of this email make no sense whatsoever then you probably were not the intended recipient, or, alternatively, you are a mindless cretin; either way, you should immediately kill yourself and destroy your computer (not necessarily in that order). Once you have taken this action,
Remote Access Problem with HP Switch
Yesterday, I replaced an HP Procurve 2626 with an HP 2810-48G. Now I'm having issues accessing the switch. The switch is located at a remote facility that is on a 172.18.x.x subnet. My location is on a 172.16.x.x subnet. The two facilities are connected via wireless bridges and a pair of Cisco 2600 routers. Cisco 2600 (My Location) - Wireless Bridge (My Location) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Wireless Bridge (Remote Location) - Cisco 2600 (Remote Location) I manually set the IP address on the new switch to the same IP as the old switch. When I'm at the remote facility, I can access the new switch's web interface and can ping it from any PC. When I am at my location, I cannot ping or access the new switch. I can successfully ping the switch from the Cisco 2600 at the remote facility, but it fails on the Cisco 2600 at my location. My guess is there's some kind of table issue on the Cisco 2600 at my location. I installed the new switch yesterday so it's had plenty of time to update. Would restarting the router force a refresh? -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
In similar situations, we typically restrict by IP address for both corporate customers and their home networks. When you say under attack, what do you mean? It is easy enough to ensure that only the right ports and protocols are accessed on the Terminal Servers. An IPS device would be very helpful here. * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.ukwrote: We’re having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. ** ** As of yet we do not have any ACL’s in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic – which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: **1.**Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. **2.**From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA’s in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. ** ** Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? ** ** ** ** Regards, Rab. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
Our firewall has a built-in IPS (we use Fortinet devices). I see attempts at our various systems (lke Citrix) getting prevented all the time. As ABS said, these are very helpful. Does not directly answer your question, but provides an option. Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com 7/7/2011 7:43 AM In similar situations, we typically restrict by IP address for both corporate customers and their home networks. When you say under attack, what do you mean? It is easy enough to ensure that only the right ports and protocols are accessed on the Terminal Servers. An IPS device would be very helpful here. ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We’re having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACL’s in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic – which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1.Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2.From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA’s in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Valuation of hardware [OT]
On the contrary... In reality, there are a lot of people who go through life with fed info. It's sadly, a lot more like real life -- the way things have been shifted for a couple of decades, at least. * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com wrote: EVERY reality show is scripted. They're as far from reality as you can get! Roger Wright ___ Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. - J. Paul Getty On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I always thought he had extremely detailed knowledge about stuff that seemed out of character for him. Then this past season Corey (Cory?) starts spouting off like he does, and my bs detector whent from yellow to red alert and I felt pretty confident that they were being fed info. Even their delivery was the same. Like a script you might say. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: Well, Rod apparently found it very worthwhile. So… different strokes for different folks. ** ** In my case, in my opinion – it was a thin veneer hiding a whole lot of nothing. The shop itself is quite small. It’s old and worn down. Lots of careful photography during the show makes it appear much larger than it actually is. Probably 20% - 25% of the shop floor is given over to selling trinkets about the show itself (i.e., t-shirts, coffee mugs, water bottles, stickers, posters, etc. etc.). There are lots of items from various episodes arrayed around the shop, which is kinda neat – but it goes to show you that they don’t turn over much of the merchandise that they buy! I used to think that Rick must be a really smart guy – but it appears that he gets all that info fed to him instead, which makes him just a guy riding the wave of a reality show (I mean – great for him! It’s the American way). ** ** So… it took the shine off. Perhaps my expectations were too high. ** ** Regards, ** ** Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ** ** *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, July 06, 2011 1:32 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Valuation of hardware [OT] ** ** Is it like much of Vegas? A thin veneer hiding a whole lot? On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: Likewise. I have to admit - after visiting the shop and watching them film part of an episode - the show doesn't interest me much anymore. The visit took the shine off. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Valuation of hardware Dropped by there the last time I was in Vegas. Stood in line for about half hour to get in. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Valuation of hardware LOL! LOVE that show! :D -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Valuation of hardware Chumley may be your best bet. -Original Message- From: techconnect [mailto:techconn...@bellsouth.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Valuation of hardware See what a pawn shop would buy it for, then that's your real world low value. :) jason We are spinning off one of our divisions into a separate company and one of the company laptops is going into the new company. We need to charge the new company for the value of the laptop. How would one go about figuring the current retail value of a used laptop? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Password management tool
I like Password Corral. There's also LastPass.com * * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: I know this has been discussed but what are some good password management software? I did do a search of the archives but only found one by name and references to others by type. My first search was for password safe. My second was for password management. I have seen Keepass and found a BUNCH doing a Bing search but what do you guys use? I would prefer free with it kept on either a USB or maybe a SC card and not have to install in Windows. Bonus for being able to setup folders so I can keep client passwords separate from my personal ones Thanks a lot, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Password management tool
I've used both Keepass and Password Corral and prefer the latter. For online password management I've found LastPass indispensable (despite their recent issues). Roger Wright ___ Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. - J. Paul Getty On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: I know this has been discussed but what are some good password management software? I did do a search of the archives but only found one by name and references to others by type. My first search was for password safe. My second was for password management. I have seen Keepass and found a BUNCH doing a Bing search but what do you guys use? I would prefer free with it kept on either a USB or maybe a SC card and not have to install in Windows. Bonus for being able to setup folders so I can keep client passwords separate from my personal ones Thanks a lot, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
Many thanks for the feedback. In terms of the under attack, I was able to physically see an attempted connection (via Terminal Services Manager) every second or so, backed up by the server's security event logs. The source IP address was from India. We only allow port 3389, through the Cisco ASA's, inbound to the server from outside. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday 07 July 2011 12:43 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet In similar situations, we typically restrict by IP address for both corporate customers and their home networks. When you say under attack, what do you mean? It is easy enough to ensure that only the right ports and protocols are accessed on the Terminal Servers. An IPS device would be very helpful here. ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We're having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACL's in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic - which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1.Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2.From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA's in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Password management tool
Our team uses KeePass. Works well. Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III 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: Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 07/06/2011 11:12 PM Subject:Password management tool I know this has been discussed but what are some good password management software? I did do a search of the archives but only found one by name and references to others by type. My first search was for password safe. My second was for password management. I have seen Keepass and found a BUNCH doing a Bing search but what do you guys use? I would prefer free with it kept on either a USB or maybe a SC card and not have to install in Windows. Bonus for being able to setup folders so I can keep client passwords separate from my personal ones Thanks a lot, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
Where is your customer base? If it is UK only you can restrict to just UK IP addresses. Or maybe you can just allow the EU.I do that on our VPN and FTP because I know it is only our employees and a handful of vendors that will connect. So I block the whole world except the US. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.ukmailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We're having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACL's in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic - which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1.Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2.From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA's in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.ukmailto:administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk. Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
You might try limiting what IP groups you are willing to accept connections from..i.e. if you have no need to accept connections from China, Russia, Korea, etc you might just consider dropping all packets originating from IPs that are assigned to those countries. There are supposedly blocklists that exist showing those IP groups. I personally don't worry about it as we are not big enough to need it and have no real private data on anything internet-accessible. Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 5:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet Were having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACLs in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1. Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2. From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLAs in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. = Robert Jackson Phone: +44 (0) 141 332 7999 IT Manager Fax: +44 (0) 141 331 2820 Walker Martyn Ltd 1 Park Circus Place Email: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk Glasgow G3 6AH, Scotland Web: http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk = The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk. Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
Great minds, Jim... I just suggested that myself. :D From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet Where is your customer base? If it is UK only you can restrict to just UK IP addresses. Or maybe you can just allow the EU ..I do that on our VPN and FTP because I know it is only our employees and a handful of vendors that will connect. So I block the whole world except the US .. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: Were having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACLs in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1. Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2. From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLAs in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk. Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: creation of home folders in 2008 r2?
What's the share name? -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jul 6, 2011 3:35 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: Finding this strange... When creating a new user account in AD on my 2003 R2 server, and assigning a home folder to the user (H: as the drive and \\my2003R2server\users$\%username% as the path) the home folder gets created as expected (with proper permissions). When creating a new user account in AD on my 2008 R2 server, and assigning a home folder to the user (H: as the drive and \\my2008R2server\users$\%username% as the path) the home folder gets created as expected (with proper permissions) *AND* a share is automatically created for that folder. I don't want tons of shares being created, one for every darn user account I create. Is this something new to 2008 R2? I don't think I've seen this behaviour on 2008 R1 at all... Can anyone clarify? Is there a way to turn off this auto-sharing with new accounts in R2? GPO or something? Thanks J mail2web.com – What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch
How about the gateway and the subnet mask? What happens if you traceroute to the switch? -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jul 7, 2011 7:41 AM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
Ahhh, but can you prove you didn't just read my response and then reword it? :) -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet Great minds, Jim... I just suggested that myself. :D From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet Where is your customer base? If it is UK only you can restrict to just UK IP addresses. Or maybe you can just allow the EU...I do that on our VPN and FTP because I know it is only our employees and a handful of vendors that will connect. So I block the whole world except the US... On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We're having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. We have selectively been blocking the offending public addresses. However as you can imagine, this exclusion list will only continue to grow and become unmanageable. As of yet we do not have any ACL's in place that identify the our/customer traffic from non-customer traffic - which is pretty much the root cause of this issue. It is like this for a couple of reasons: 1. Some of our customer users have the ability to connect to these servers from their homes (i.e. access out with their parent company LAN) where their broadband connection would potentially have a dynamic IP address. 2. From our own perspective, if we were to lock down access to these servers by IP addresses, then we ourselves become at risk (in terms of not being able to provide customer support, especially since we have some pretty rigid SLA's in place). If the VPN to our Data Centre goes down, we would have to send people home to continue working. Therefore we have the same issue(s) as outlined in point 1. Above. Therefore I would be interested to know how other people are handling the same/similar situations and any recommendations you may have? Regards, Rab. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact administra...@walkermartyn.co.uk. Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
ex2k7 transport rule
What am I missing? I created a transport rule to send custom ndr and drop the message. I went and added a custom NDR 5.7.100 for both en\internal\5.7.100 and en\external\5.7.100 . However when the rule gets executed it always sends back the 5.7.0 default message. the custom text from the rule wizard does show up at the bottom of the message, but Im really trying to get the NDR to send back a fully customized message. Im wondering if I am just missing a step, I looked at several blogs and articles and everyone gave the same setup steps so seemed pretty straight forward. I also tried this by lowering the size limit of the mailboxes to 1k, but it would only work internally. externally i would get the default delivery failure not the custom text. Running exchange 2007sp3 with rollup 3. This is a single server running transport/client access/mailbox roles. Im wondering if this is the problem but I dont know why... Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Citrix/RDP Alternatives?
Agreed. Any cost savings will likely come from other areas than licensing... -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jul 6, 2011 3:57 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Another cool tool from MS coming...
Cool, GFis mail archiver product already has this and you can deploy it over the network. I think the free mail archiva has an import tool but not a discovery tool. GFi's was far the most advanced I had used of the few products. It would deploy an agent to the desktop scan the box for pst, report it back to the archiving server and then import it according to the rulesets. From: Sam Cayze [sca...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 2:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Another cool tool from MS coming... http://bink.nu/news/coming-soon-microsoft-pst-capture-tool.aspx?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+binkdotnu+%28Bink.nu%29 Be gone you horrid PSTs! Exchange Team Blog: We're excited to announce that later this year we'll be adding a new tool to our already rich portfolio of planning and deployment tools. This new tool, PST Capture, will be downloadable and free, and will enable you to discover .pst files on your network and then import them into both Exchange Online (in Office 365) and Exchange Server 2010 on-premises. PST Capture will be available later this year. It doesn’t replace the New-MailboxImportRequesthttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607310.aspx cmdlet that exists already for importing known .pst files into Exchange Server, but instead works in parallel to enable you to embark on a systematic search and destroy mission to rid yourself of the dreaded .pst scourge. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We’re having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. I strongly prefer wrapping RDP in a VPN of some kind, and then using strong authentication (public key cryptography AKA certificates) on the VPN. Then run your remote access protocols over the VPN. Note that VPN doesn't have to mean access to your entire corporate network (a popular misconception). Put access control on the VPN so that remote nodes can only use RDP to connect to your Terminal Server. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Fake sales confirmation
We have seen this stuff also, Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Fake sales confirmation Maybe he learned his lesson and we can stop sending it to his users? Wait did I say that out loud? From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Fake sales confirmation Sad state of affairs really. He has time to comment here and drink bad PA beers...but can spare time for his poor users. Sad. - WJR On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 14:23, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.com wrote: Indeed. He's probably doing something selfish like sitting at a bar somewhere in the Poconos drinking a beer instead of saving his users from certain doom. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 3:18 PM, William Robbins dangerw...@gmail.com wrote: Well, obviously, you need to stop your vacation and tend to this. :) - WJR On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 14:17, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: We are getting a lot of payment/ transaction cancelled spam. Unfortunately I am on vacation and have to rely on warnings I've emailed to staff! On Tuesday, June 28, 2011, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: You /are/ the weakest link... goodbye! j/k, but no, havent heard of this one so far... -- ME2 On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:46 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: We keep getting these fake sales confirmation emails. Anyone else seeing these or are my users the only ones getting targeted? :D ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadminimage001.jpg
Re: How To Stop/Limit Attempted Hacking Over The Internet
Yeah, we like using an inexpensive sonicwall sslvpn for stuff like this for some clients. Ben Scott wrote: On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Robert Jackson r...@walkermartyn.co.uk wrote: We’re having an issue at our Data Centre, where by our customer Internet facing Terminal Servers are under attack on a more frequent and sustained basis. I strongly prefer wrapping RDP in a VPN of some kind, and then using strong authentication (public key cryptography AKA certificates) on the VPN. Then run your remote access protocols over the VPN. Note that VPN doesn't have to mean access to your entire corporate network (a popular misconception). Put access control on the VPN so that remote nodes can only use RDP to connect to your Terminal Server. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
R: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
I think it is a matter of security. You have to trust the share in Adobe preferences Guido Elia HELPPC Da: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Inviato: giovedì 7 luglio 2011 18.30 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously) Got a Windows 7 64-bit user who has a perplexing issue opening PDF files: PDF files are correctly associated with Adobe Reader, and I've removed this and reassociated a couple times. When he double-clicks a local PDF file it opens and renders fine. When he double-clicks a PDF file on a mapped drive or non-local resource, Adobe Reader fails to open. If I right-click a PDF and choose Adobe Reader it fails to open. There are two Acro32* processes in Task Manager which have to be killed. However, I've been able to open PDFs on a network resource by opening Reader first and navigating to the file, or by right-clicking the file and browsing to Reader and setting it as the default program (it already is). Then the file opens fine. I I pinned Reader to his start menu and if he highlights it a menu of recent PDFs is displayed and he and he can select even a remote PDF and it opens fine. Obviously, he'd prefer to be able to to just double-click any PDF and have it open. FoxIT isn't an option because some of the PDFs he references are encrypted and require Adobe Reader. Any suggestions? Roger Wright ___ Never put a sock in a toaster. - Eddie Izzard ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
:) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
Some guff in the registry methinks. I might be able to provide a list of keys to check tomorrow for you. Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment -Original Message- From: Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 12:30:20 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.comSubject: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously) Got a Windows 7 64-bit user who has a perplexing issue opening PDF files: PDF files are correctly associated with Adobe Reader, and I've removed this and reassociated a couple times. When he double-clicks a local PDF file it opens and renders fine. When he double-clicks a PDF file on a mapped drive or non-local resource, Adobe Reader fails to open. If I right-click a PDF and choose Adobe Reader it fails to open. There are two Acro32* processes in Task Manager which have to be killed. However, I've been able to open PDFs on a network resource by opening Reader first and navigating to the file, or by right-clicking the file and browsing to Reader and setting it as the default program (it already is). Then the file opens fine. I I pinned Reader to his start menu and if he highlights it a menu of recent PDFs is displayed and he and he can select even a remote PDF and it opens fine. Obviously, he'd prefer to be able to to just double-click any PDF and have it open. FoxIT isn't an option because some of the PDFs he references are encrypted and require Adobe Reader. Any suggestions? Roger Wright ___ Never put a sock in a toaster. - Eddie Izzard ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
I tried adding the root network path to Reader's Advanced Security preferences but it didn't seem to help. Roger Wright ___ Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. - J. Paul Getty On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:48 PM, HELP_PC g...@enter.it wrote: ** I think it is a matter of security. You have to trust the share in Adobe preferences ** ** *Guido Elia*** *HELPPC*** -- *Da:* Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] *Inviato:* giovedì 7 luglio 2011 18.30 *A:* ** NT System Admin Issues** *Oggetto:* Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously) ** ** Got a Windows 7 64-bit user who has a perplexing issue opening PDF files: PDF files are correctly associated with Adobe Reader, and I've removed this and reassociated a couple times. ** ** When he double-clicks a local PDF file it opens and renders fine. ** ** When he double-clicks a PDF file on a mapped drive or non-local resource, Adobe Reader fails to open. If I right-click a PDF and choose Adobe Reader it fails to open. There are two Acro32* processes in Task Manager which have to be killed. ** ** However, I've been able to open PDFs on a network resource by opening Reader first and navigating to the file, or by right-clicking the file and browsing to Reader and setting it as the default program (it already is). Then the file opens fine. I ** ** I pinned Reader to his start menu and if he highlights it a menu of recent PDFs is displayed and he and he can select even a remote PDF and it opens fine. ** ** Obviously, he'd prefer to be able to to just double-click any PDF and have it open. ** ** FoxIT isn't an option because some of the PDFs he references are encrypted and require Adobe Reader. ** ** Any suggestions? ** ** Roger Wright ___ Never put a sock in a toaster. - Eddie Izzard ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
gmail outages
Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
I have no issue opening from network a Windows 7 64-bit via double click I
have enable protected mode at startup unchecked
And automatically trust sites frin my Win IS security zones checked
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
I tried adding the root network path to Reader's Advanced Security preferences
but it didn't seem to help.
Roger Wright
___
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. - J. Paul Getty
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:48 PM, HELP_PC g...@enter.it wrote:
I think it is a matter of security. You have to trust the share in Adobe
preferences
Guido Elia
HELPPC
Da: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Inviato: giovedì 7 luglio 2011 18.30
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
Got a Windows 7 64-bit user who has a perplexing issue opening PDF files: PDF
files are correctly associated with Adobe Reader, and I've removed this and
reassociated a couple times.
When he double-clicks a local PDF file it opens and renders fine.
When he double-clicks a PDF file on a mapped drive or non-local resource, Adobe
Reader fails to open. If I right-click a PDF and choose Adobe Reader it fails
to open. There are two Acro32* processes in Task Manager which have to be
killed.
However, I've been able to open PDFs on a network resource by opening Reader
first and navigating to the file, or by right-clicking the file and browsing to
Reader and setting it as the default program (it already is). Then the file
opens fine. I
I pinned Reader to his start menu and if he highlights it a menu of recent PDFs
is displayed and he and he can select even a remote PDF and it opens fine.
Obviously, he'd prefer to be able to to just double-click any PDF and have it
open.
FoxIT isn't an option because some of the PDFs he references are encrypted and
require Adobe Reader.
Any suggestions?
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RE: Password management tool
I use Password Corral. There is a free-standing version (non-installed), the data file (strongly encrypted) is separate from the app and can be exported in several ways, and it does separate folders. Plus, it's free (or was when I got it). Jim v. From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password management tool I know this has been discussed but what are some good password management software? I did do a search of the archives but only found one by name and references to others by type. My first search was for password safe. My second was for password management. I have seen Keepass and found a BUNCH doing a Bing search but what do you guys use? I would prefer free with it kept on either a USB or maybe a SC card and not have to install in Windows. Bonus for being able to setup folders so I can keep client passwords separate from my personal ones Thanks a lot, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: gmail outages
He's full of it :-) AFAIK --Original Message-- From: IS Technical To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: gmail outages Sent: 7 Jul 2011 18:07 Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Sent from my POS BlackBerry wireless device, which may wipe itself at any moment ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: gmail outages
It has been a little stiff the last few days - mostly when I clear out some large folders. But DOWN? No. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:07 PM, IS Technical ist...@intsolcan.com wrote: Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- G. Waleed Kavalec __ Remember when teachers, public employees, unions, npr, pbs, and planned parenthood crashed the stock market, took trillions in TARP money, spilled a crapload of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, wiped out half of our 401ks, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and payed no taxes? Yeah - me, neither. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: gmail outages
Haven't had any problems with my gmail account. -Original Message- From: IS Technical [mailto:ist...@intsolcan.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: gmail outages Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: gmail outages
I haven't had ANY problems. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM, IS Technical ist...@intsolcan.com wrote: Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
Same for me... I just have this one user with the issue. I've uninstalled
Reader and reinstalled - same issue. Must be something mucked up in the
registry. May have remove ALL Adobe products (they're malware anyway,
right?), scrub the registry and reinstall.
Roger Wright
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On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:13 PM, David L Herrick davidherr...@nincal.comwrote:
I have no issue opening from network a Windows 7 64-bit via double click
I have enable protected mode at startup unchecked
And automatically trust sites frin my Win IS security zones checked
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*Sent:* Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
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I tried adding the root network path to Reader's Advanced Security
preferences but it didn't seem to help.
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On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:48 PM, HELP_PC g...@enter.it wrote:
I think it is a matter of security. You have to trust the share in Adobe
preferences
*Guido Elia*
*HELPPC*
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*Da:* Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
*Inviato:* giovedì 7 luglio 2011 18.30
*A:* NT System Admin Issues
*Oggetto:* Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
Got a Windows 7 64-bit user who has a perplexing issue opening PDF files:
PDF files are correctly associated with Adobe Reader, and I've removed this
and reassociated a couple times.
When he double-clicks a local PDF file it opens and renders fine.
When he double-clicks a PDF file on a mapped drive or non-local resource,
Adobe Reader fails to open. If I right-click a PDF and choose Adobe Reader
it fails to open. There are two Acro32* processes in Task Manager which
have to be killed.
However, I've been able to open PDFs on a network resource by opening
Reader first and navigating to the file, or by right-clicking the file and
browsing to Reader and setting it as the default program (it already is).
Then the file opens fine. I
I pinned Reader to his start menu and if he highlights it a menu of recent
PDFs is displayed and he and he can select even a remote PDF and it opens
fine.
Obviously, he'd prefer to be able to to just double-click any PDF and have
it open.
FoxIT isn't an option because some of the PDFs he references are encrypted
and require Adobe Reader.
Any suggestions?
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RE: gmail outages
Negatory. -Original Message- From: IS Technical [mailto:ist...@intsolcan.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: gmail outages Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Overkill? No. A single site server can support 10's of thousands. However, you'll want to review the architecture docs for planning the implementation. You'll also want to get intimately comfortable with the important acronyms like BDP, DP, etc., etc. and how they work. Planning the right architecture is the key to a successful ConfigMgr implementation, particularly if you want Internet connected clients, or if clients connect across multiple speed links, etc. 3rd party Support is also key to a successful implementation. I'd suggest, even if you never participate, subscribing to the SCCM email discussion list. The valuable info that flows through there is enormous. Be forewarned that the list is just as active as this one. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: gmail outages
I haven't had ANY problems. Nothing Gmail related anyway... On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I haven't had ANY problems. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM, IS Technical ist...@intsolcan.com wrote: Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: gmail outages
Day0. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Don Ely don@gmail.com wrote: I haven't had ANY problems. Nothing Gmail related anyway... On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I haven't had ANY problems. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM, IS Technical ist...@intsolcan.comwrote: Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
+1 The primary issues I've had with the deployments of SCCM I've done are telecom related (poor WAN communications). But if the set-up is done properly, that just means things TAKE LONGER - not that they don't happen. SCCM business is booming. Right now, I'm doing more SCCM than I am Exchange. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint
Re: gmail outages
I don't think that means what you think it means... lol! On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: Day0. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Don Ely don@gmail.com wrote: I haven't had ANY problems. Nothing Gmail related anyway... On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: I haven't had ANY problems. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM, IS Technical ist...@intsolcan.comwrote: Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Once we fixed most the broken WMI stuff it was amazing how many other phantom problems went away in our server environment. We do have a few persistent 'special' servers but we just deal with them now. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: +1 The primary issues I've had with the deployments of SCCM I've done are telecom related (poor WAN communications). But if the set-up is done properly, that just means things TAKE LONGER - not that they don't happen. SCCM business is booming. Right now, I'm doing more SCCM than I am Exchange. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to
Re: gmail outages
http://www.google.com/appsstatus -- Espi On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:07 AM, IS Technical ist...@intsolcan.com wrote: Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: gmail outages
No issues. Been using gmail on my Android Phone and Dell Streak 7. Working fine. On Jul 7, 2011 1:08 PM, IS Technical ist...@intsolcan.com wrote: Can anyone tell me if there have been any major Gmail outages in the last week. One if my customers uses gmail on his home system and claims that service has been down or intermittent in the last week. I haven't seen any news confirming this on the usual websites I monitor for this kind of news. Thanks. Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
SCCM 2012 will help with the communication issues (links). But, if there are bandwidth issues now (and even after SCCM 2012 releases), 1E has their Nomad product. There's a company starting implementation in the Middle East right now (i.e., satellite links, etc.) and they couldn't deploy SCCM without it. And interesting tidbit -- ATT actually uses Nomad for deploying the iPhone updates to the various ATT stores around the US. Nomad pays for itself pretty quickly being able to intelligently manage distributions -- particularly Windows 7 deployments -- without additional hardware -- and in most cases, eliminating remote SCCM server (hardware costs). -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? +1 The primary issues I've had with the deployments of SCCM I've done are telecom related (poor WAN communications). But if the set-up is done properly, that just means things TAKE LONGER - not that they don't happen. SCCM business is booming. Right now, I'm doing more SCCM than I am Exchange. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To
RE: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
Nahh... Just nuke it from orbit, install Ubuntu and you're golden. ;D
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
Same for me... I just have this one user with the issue. I've uninstalled
Reader and reinstalled - same issue. Must be something mucked up in the
registry. May have remove ALL Adobe products (they're malware anyway,
right?), scrub the registry and reinstall.
Roger Wright
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On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:13 PM, David L Herrick davidherr...@nincal.com
wrote:
I have no issue opening from network a Windows 7 64-bit via double click I
have enable protected mode at startup unchecked
And automatically trust sites frin my Win IS security zones checked
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
I tried adding the root network path to Reader's Advanced Security
preferences but it didn't seem to help.
Roger Wright
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On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:48 PM, HELP_PC g...@enter.it wrote:
I think it is a matter of security. You have to trust the share in Adobe
preferences
Guido Elia
HELPPC
Da: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Inviato: giovedì 7 luglio 2011 18.30
A: NT System Admin Issues
Oggetto: Adobe Reader 10.1 Woes (9.4, previously)
Got a Windows 7 64-bit user who has a perplexing issue opening PDF files:
PDF files are correctly associated with Adobe Reader, and I've removed this
and reassociated a couple times.
When he double-clicks a local PDF file it opens and renders fine.
When he double-clicks a PDF file on a mapped drive or non-local resource,
Adobe Reader fails to open. If I right-click a PDF and choose Adobe Reader
it fails to open. There are two Acro32* processes in Task Manager which
have to be killed.
However, I've been able to open PDFs on a network resource by opening Reader
first and navigating to the file, or by right-clicking the file and browsing
to Reader and setting it as the default program (it already is). Then the
file opens fine. I
I pinned Reader to his start menu and if he highlights it a menu of recent
PDFs is displayed and he and he can select even a remote PDF and it opens
fine.
Obviously, he'd prefer to be able to to just double-click any PDF and have
it open.
FoxIT isn't an option because some of the PDFs he references are encrypted
and require Adobe Reader.
Any suggestions?
Roger Wright
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RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
You might be able to fix a lot of those issues *and* help the MS consultant by having the person dealing with ConfigMgr to jump out to myITforum. ConfigMgr is a piece of technology that will definitely let you know you have problems you didn't even know about or hadn't even considered. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
The guy who was handling the project spent a lot of time in MyITforum. No longer my problem. I'm in another part of the agency now. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? You might be able to fix a lot of those issues *and* help the MS consultant by having the person dealing with ConfigMgr to jump out to myITforum. ConfigMgr is a piece of technology that will definitely let you know you have problems you didn't even know about or hadn't even considered. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
I'd suggest, even if you never participate, subscribing to the SCCM email discussion list. The valuable info that flows through there is enormous. Be forewarned that the list is just as active as this one. Bah. I used to subscribe to the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Talk about a lot of email! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:32:30 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Overkill? No. A single site server can support 10's of thousands. However, you'll want to review the architecture docs for planning the implementation. You'll also want to get intimately comfortable with the important acronyms like BDP, DP, etc., etc. and how they work. Planning the right architecture is the key to a successful ConfigMgr implementation, particularly if you want Internet connected clients, or if clients connect across multiple speed links, etc. 3rd party Support is also key to a successful implementation. I'd suggest, even if you never participate, subscribing to the SCCM email discussion list. The valuable info that flows through there is enormous. Be forewarned that the list is just as active as this one. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to
Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Matt, As for diving into SCCM, I would highly recommend reading this at a bare minimum: http://www.amazon.com/System-Center-Configuration-Manager-Unleashed/dp/0672330237/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1310061524sr=8-1 If you have the resources, I suggest a 5 day course on the product. That should get you started. I'd also suggest setting up a test environment in VMWare if you have that available to you, to work out all the issues you may run into. Keep in mind that SCCM is a very complex tool with a large number of moving parts (i.e. OSD, DCM, NPS/NAP, etc.). You probably should outline how you want to approach this with a short list of items you want to rollout first (i.e. Software Updates, Application Deployment, Remote Control, etc...), then when the environment is stable and you are feeling more comfortable with the product, start looking at the other components and see if they are a good fit for your environment. Another point to keep in mind, as Rod pointed out, is SCCM 2012. I haven't touched it yet, but I believe that there is no direct upgrade path. You have to do a side by side migration. In a single server environment, that could be a big consideration. If you really like the feature set of SCCM 2012, you may want to wait and roll that out when it reaches RTM. Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III 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: Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 07/07/2011 12:50 PM Subject:New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it
Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
While Ray is not on the team he might want to pass this tool along onthe remote chance they are not aware of it http://sourceforge.net/projects/smsclictr/ Our SCCM guys used it to remiediate a lot of things in the earlier days. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Hugely valuable. A lot of folks use Web Essentials, too. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker/archive/tags/SMS+Web+Remote+Tool/d efault.aspx From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start? While Ray is not on the team he might want to pass this tool along onthe remote chance they are not aware of it http://sourceforge.net/projects/smsclictr/ Our SCCM guys used it to remiediate a lot of things in the earlier days. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
SCCM business is booming. Right now, I'm doing more SCCM than I am Exchange. We're seeing similar demand. FEP moving into the Core CAL (even previously as an eCAL product) is driving a good chunk of this too. The cost savings in rolling out FEP and dumping whatever incumbent you have (Symantec/McAfee/Trend/whatever) has been very significant for our customers. Some customers are seeing some significant savings either in hard costs (e.g. licenses) or if nothing else soft costs (e.g. labor) in rolling out OSD too. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? +1 The primary issues I've had with the deployments of SCCM I've done are telecom related (poor WAN communications). But if the set-up is done properly, that just means things TAKE LONGER - not that they don't happen. SCCM business is booming. Right now, I'm doing more SCCM than I am Exchange. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
LOL! No, I didn't start this thread. I'm sure Matt Ross is learning a few things. We were on Zenworks until dumping Novell. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 11:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Thanks. From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start? While Ray is not on the team he might want to pass this tool along onthe remote chance they are not aware of it http://sourceforge.net/projects/smsclictr/ Our SCCM guys used it to remiediate a lot of things in the earlier days. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky with various permissions. That being said, YMMV. If you've had better control of the PC's than we've had, you may not run into this kind of stuff. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07,
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Oh, no... Just saying I'm used to lots of email. I'm looking deeper into what we get with this new EES license: Win7Entperise upgrade Office Pro Plus 2010 and Office for the Mac 2011 Windows Server Standard CALs Right Management Services CALs Exchange Server Enterprise CALs Sharepoint Server Enterprise CALs Microsoft Lync Server Standard/Enterprise CALs System Center Client Management Suite* * (Which looks like Data Protection Manger, Operations Manager, and Service Manager) Forefront Protection Suite CALs and Forefront Unified Access Gateway CALs I'm just trying to digest what all of this is. It's a huge amount of information to absorb... to see what we actually get with this... what services these provide that we might want to utilize... what costs might be involved to implement... So, my original thought was to jump in with both feet into SCCM... but I'm not so sure anymore. Much more reading/training may be required, and I don't have a lot of time this summer with all my other duties before the start of school. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:51 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single server. Of course the specs are important as well as the links. SCCM has been a bit of a disappointment for our agency of about 5,000 workstations. We've had MS folks here multiple times trying to get it to work correctly. Some of it has been MS support not really knowing how some things were supposed to be set up (Site Codes for example), some of it has been our links, and some of it has been the lack of PC standards in our agency. SCCM seems to rely heavily on components like WMI that can be finicky
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
SCCM + FEP is now free for you. Even if you don't roll it out for any other reason. (SCCM consists of oh, a dozen or so modules. You don't have to implement every module, nor do the modules you DO choose to implement have to be done all at once.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Oh, no... Just saying I'm used to lots of email. I'm looking deeper into what we get with this new EES license: Win7Entperise upgrade Office Pro Plus 2010 and Office for the Mac 2011 Windows Server Standard CALs Right Management Services CALs Exchange Server Enterprise CALs Sharepoint Server Enterprise CALs Microsoft Lync Server Standard/Enterprise CALs System Center Client Management Suite* * (Which looks like Data Protection Manger, Operations Manager, and Service Manager) Forefront Protection Suite CALs and Forefront Unified Access Gateway CALs I'm just trying to digest what all of this is. It's a huge amount of information to absorb... to see what we actually get with this... what services these provide that we might want to utilize... what costs might be involved to implement... So, my original thought was to jump in with both feet into SCCM... but I'm not so sure anymore. Much more reading/training may be required, and I don't have a lot of time this summer with all my other duties before the start of school. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:51 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think
Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
GAH! So, pick a goal. Actually, pick 3 (not technologies, but goals). Then decide which one you want and start there. Depending on your skillset and current environment, some of those may be easier to initially implement. Some will certainly have more customer visibility but others may be more beneficial to your overall infrastructure. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Oh, no... Just saying I'm used to lots of email. I'm looking deeper into what we get with this new EES license: Win7Entperise upgrade Office Pro Plus 2010 and Office for the Mac 2011 Windows Server Standard CALs Right Management Services CALs Exchange Server Enterprise CALs Sharepoint Server Enterprise CALs Microsoft Lync Server Standard/Enterprise CALs System Center Client Management Suite* * (Which looks like Data Protection Manger, Operations Manager, and Service Manager) Forefront Protection Suite CALs and Forefront Unified Access Gateway CALs I'm just trying to digest what all of this is. It's a huge amount of information to absorb... to see what we actually get with this... what services these provide that we might want to utilize... what costs might be involved to implement... So, my original thought was to jump in with both feet into SCCM... but I'm not so sure anymore. Much more reading/training may be required, and I don't have a lot of time this summer with all my other duties before the start of school. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:51 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world relies on WMI... WMI can be finicky, but only when the repository becomes corrupted due to various means (like improper imaging). Have you consulted the 3rd party resources for SCCM? -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? I don't think 500 is too much for a single
Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
GAH! So, pick a goal. Actually, pick 3 (not technologies, but goals). Um... we already do some of these in different ways... (Opsview for network/server monitoring, WSUS for patch management, etc. Obviously the solutions available to me now _may_ be better at doing these things.) Okay, I'll choose two goals: Backups and Security. Our current backup solution could be greatly improved and we may be able to drop our current AV is Forefront can do it for free. Off to more reading... after lunch! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:56:25 -0700 Subject: Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start? GAH! So, pick a goal. Actually, pick 3 (not technologies, but goals). Then decide which one you want and start there. Depending on your skillset and current environment, some of those may be easier to initially implement. Some will certainly have more customer visibility but others may be more beneficial to your overall infrastructure. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Oh, no... Just saying I'm used to lots of email. I'm looking deeper into what we get with this new EES license: Win7Entperise upgrade Office Pro Plus 2010 and Office for the Mac 2011 Windows Server Standard CALs Right Management Services CALs Exchange Server Enterprise CALs Sharepoint Server Enterprise CALs Microsoft Lync Server Standard/Enterprise CALs System Center Client Management Suite* * (Which looks like Data Protection Manger, Operations Manager, and Service Manager) Forefront Protection Suite CALs and Forefront Unified Access Gateway CALs I'm just trying to digest what all of this is. It's a huge amount of information to absorb... to see what we actually get with this... what services these provide that we might want to utilize... what costs might be involved to implement... So, my original thought was to jump in with both feet into SCCM... but I'm not so sure anymore. Much more reading/training may be required, and I don't have a lot of time this summer with all my other duties before the start of school. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:51 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
And, all feedback on FEP with SCCM has been extremely positive. The recent FEP rollup (released last week) included a huge number of enhancements that folks were just starting to request. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? SCCM + FEP is now free for you. Even if you don't roll it out for any other reason. (SCCM consists of oh, a dozen or so modules. You don't have to implement every module, nor do the modules you DO choose to implement have to be done all at once.) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Oh, no... Just saying I'm used to lots of email. I'm looking deeper into what we get with this new EES license: Win7Entperise upgrade Office Pro Plus 2010 and Office for the Mac 2011 Windows Server Standard CALs Right Management Services CALs Exchange Server Enterprise CALs Sharepoint Server Enterprise CALs Microsoft Lync Server Standard/Enterprise CALs System Center Client Management Suite* * (Which looks like Data Protection Manger, Operations Manager, and Service Manager) Forefront Protection Suite CALs and Forefront Unified Access Gateway CALs I'm just trying to digest what all of this is. It's a huge amount of information to absorb... to see what we actually get with this... what services these provide that we might want to utilize... what costs might be involved to implement... So, my original thought was to jump in with both feet into SCCM... but I'm not so sure anymore. Much more reading/training may be required, and I don't have a lot of time this summer with all my other duties before the start of school. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:51 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent SCCM consultants, including SCCM MVPs, that are pretty bright too. :-) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Apparently everything in the MS world doesn't rely on WMI or we would've known we were going to have major issues. Yes, we looked at 3rd party resources. The project really wasn't mine, and now I have even less to do with it. I did hear, however, that they're bringing in another MS consultant via Premium Support. -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Everything in the Windows world
Windows 7 AQS syntax help
Does anyone know how to do the equivalent of this with Search in Windows 7? dir *.xls Similar to what you see if you do it from Start-Run Browse. The problem is that I can't find a way to limit it and not do recursion. I know I can just sort by folder after the fact, but often it's a lot quicker to do the search on the current folder without recursion. Thanks, Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III 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 - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch
Here's the trace route to the new switch's IP. tracert 172.18.1.51 Tracing route to 172.18.1.51 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 1 ms1 ms1 ms 172.16.254.254 --- My Location Main Cisco Router 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 172.16.254.253 --- My Location Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 3 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.168.100.2 --- Remote Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 4 *** Request timed out. 5 *** Request timed out. 6 *** Request timed out. 7 *** Request timed out. 8 *** Request timed out. 9 *** Request timed out. 10 *** Request timed out. Here's a trace route from the remote site to a switch at my location. tracert 172.16.1.51 Tracing route to 172.16.1.51 over a maximum of 30 hops R 11 ms1 ms1 ms 172.18.254.254 --- Remote Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 2 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 192.168.100.1 --- My Location Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 3 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 172.16.1.51 --- My Location HP Switch So the failure is happening in the Remote Cisco router, between the 192.168.100.x interface and the 172.18.x.x interface. I can successfully ping 172.18.1.51 from the Remote Cisco Router. If I look at the ARP table in the Remote Cisco Router, it shows the MAC address of the new switch associated with 172.18.1.51. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _ From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:12:31 -0500 Subject: Re: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch How about the gateway and the subnet mask? What happens if you traceroute to the switch? -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jul 7, 2011 7:41 AM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
jk I am surprised Citrix hasn't bought ZenWorks just to rename it XenWorks! :) /jk Thanks Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com (check out the changes coming to my website) -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? LOL! No, I didn't start this thread. I'm sure Matt Ross is learning a few things. We were on Zenworks until dumping Novell. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch
Missing a route somewhere? From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch Here's the trace route to the new switch's IP. tracert 172.18.1.51 Tracing route to 172.18.1.51 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 1 ms1 ms1 ms 172.16.254.254 --- My Location Main Cisco Router 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 172.16.254.253 --- My Location Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 3 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.168.100.2 --- Remote Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 4 *** Request timed out. 5 *** Request timed out. 6 *** Request timed out. 7 *** Request timed out. 8 *** Request timed out. 9 *** Request timed out. 10 *** Request timed out. Here's a trace route from the remote site to a switch at my location. tracert 172.16.1.51 Tracing route to 172.16.1.51 over a maximum of 30 hops R 11 ms1 ms1 ms 172.18.254.254 --- Remote Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 2 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 192.168.100.1 --- My Location Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 3 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 172.16.1.51 --- My Location HP Switch So the failure is happening in the Remote Cisco router, between the 192.168.100.x interface and the 172.18.x.x interface. I can successfully ping 172.18.1.51 from the Remote Cisco Router. If I look at the ARP table in the Remote Cisco Router, it shows the MAC address of the new switch associated with 172.18.1.51. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:12:31 -0500 Subject: Re: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch How about the gateway and the subnet mask? What happens if you traceroute to the switch? -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jul 7, 2011 7:41 AM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.commailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch
It's weird; prior to installing the new switch I was able to access the old switch at the remote location from my location. The only thing that has changed is that there's a new piece of hardware with the 172.18.1.51 IP address. I'm thinking there's an issue with 172.18.1.51 having a new MAC address associated with it but the Remote Cisco Router ARP table shows the new MAC address. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _ From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:41:51 -0500 Subject: RE: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch Missing a route somewhere? From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch Here's the trace route to the new switch's IP. tracert 172.18.1.51 Tracing route to 172.18.1.51 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 1 ms1 ms1 ms 172.16.254.254 --- My Location Main Cisco Router 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 172.16.254.253 --- My Location Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 3 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.168.100.2 --- Remote Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 4 *** Request timed out. 5 *** Request timed out. 6 *** Request timed out. 7 *** Request timed out. 8 *** Request timed out. 9 *** Request timed out. 10 *** Request timed out. Here's a trace route from the remote site to a switch at my location. tracert 172.16.1.51 Tracing route to 172.16.1.51 over a maximum of 30 hops R 11 ms1 ms1 ms 172.18.254.254 --- Remote Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 2 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 192.168.100.1 --- My Location Cisco Router that connects to wireless bridge 3 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 172.16.1.51 --- My Location HP Switch So the failure is happening in the Remote Cisco router, between the 192.168.100.x interface and the 172.18.x.x interface. I can successfully ping 172.18.1.51 from the Remote Cisco Router. If I look at the ARP table in the Remote Cisco Router, it shows the MAC address of the new switch associated with 172.18.1.51. -- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _ From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:12:31 -0500 Subject: Re: Remote Access Problem with HP Switch How about the gateway and the subnet mask? What happens if you traceroute to the switch? -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Jul 7, 2011 7:41 AM, Bob Hartung bhart...@wiscoind.com wrote: ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Windows 7 AQS syntax help
It's a system level option, not a search level option. [cid:image001.png@01CC3CC3.D922FD60] Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 AQS syntax help Does anyone know how to do the equivalent of this with Search in Windows 7? dir *.xls Similar to what you see if you do it from Start-Run Browse. The problem is that I can't find a way to limit it and not do recursion. I know I can just sort by folder after the fact, but often it's a lot quicker to do the search on the current folder without recursion. Thanks, Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.commailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmininline: image001.png
Password expirations
Any sort of a utility that can be run on a workstation to advise a user when their password has expired? Most of my users only shut down/log out once a week at most (Friday night) so they often go several days with an expired password and never know it until they try and access a network drive and are denied. I know, I could probably force the system to log them out every night at 7PM or something, but that's really more work than I want to do, among other things. :) Thanks Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Windows 7 AQS syntax help
I did see that, can't believe there is no way to limit it to a single
level. Also found that if you do it at the system level and save the
search, this gets added:
include nonRecursive=true
path=::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\H:\my documents
attributes=1887437183/
But there is no way to add that in the search field.
Thanks,
Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP
Technical Support III
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: Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.com
To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Date: 07/07/2011 04:35 PM
Subject:RE: Windows 7 AQS syntax help
It’s a system level option, not a search level option.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 7 AQS syntax help
Does anyone know how to do the equivalent of this with Search in Windows
7?
dir *.xls
Similar to what you see if you do it from Start-Run Browse.
The problem is that I can't find a way to limit it and not do recursion. I
know I can just sort by folder after the fact, but often it's a lot
quicker to do the search on the current folder without recursion.
Thanks,
Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP
Technical Support III
Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com
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RE: Password expirations
There are quite a few scripts out there that do this. Here was one I wrote a long time ago. I've updated it to PowerShell (and fixed a few bugs in the process), but never blogged the update. I'll do that one day. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/sending-an-e-mail-to-users-whose-password-is-about-to-expire.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password expirations Any sort of a utility that can be run on a workstation to advise a user when their password has expired? Most of my users only shut down/log out once a week at most (Friday night) so they often go several days with an expired password and never know it until they try and access a network drive and are denied. I know, I could probably force the system to log them out every night at 7PM or something, but that's really more work than I want to do, among other things. :) Thanks Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Password expirations
There are seldom technical solutions to behavioral problems You could set the domain security option via GPO that makes an unlock re-auth to the DC. That *may* give them another your password expires in X days message. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.447.6014 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password expirations Any sort of a utility that can be run on a workstation to advise a user when their password has expired? Most of my users only shut down/log out once a week at most (Friday night) so they often go several days with an expired password and never know it until they try and access a network drive and are denied. I know, I could probably force the system to log them out every night at 7PM or something, but that's really more work than I want to do, among other things. :) Thanks Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Password expirations
There is a free one that works pretty well. www.netwrix.com (check the freeware section). It actually emails the users to tell them...I think the default is 14 days before...it will also send you an email with all the passwords that are going to expire within that period. The only thing I had to do was block the website on our ISA server, because as much as I tell/email NOT to click on the link that the paid version enables they still do. Then I get an email from them saying hey..my password expired and the link doesn't work! So I forward off my latest email to them. HTH! Cameron On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Michael B. Smith mich...@smithcons.comwrote: There are quite a few scripts out there that do this. Here was one I wrote a long time ago. I've updated it to PowerShell (and fixed a few bugs in the process), but never blogged the update. I'll do that one day. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/sending-an-e-mail-to-users-whose-password-is-about-to-expire.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/ -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password expirations Any sort of a utility that can be run on a workstation to advise a user when their password has expired? Most of my users only shut down/log out once a week at most (Friday night) so they often go several days with an expired password and never know it until they try and access a network drive and are denied. I know, I could probably force the system to log them out every night at 7PM or something, but that's really more work than I want to do, among other things. :) Thanks Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Password expirations
Will this work if you don't have Exchange? We have our email hosted by our internet provider... -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password expirations There are quite a few scripts out there that do this. Here was one I wrote a long time ago. I've updated it to PowerShell (and fixed a few bugs in the process), but never blogged the update. I'll do that one day. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/sending-an- e-mail-to-users-whose-password-is-about-to-expire.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password expirations Any sort of a utility that can be run on a workstation to advise a user when their password has expired? Most of my users only shut down/log out once a week at most (Friday night) so they often go several days with an expired password and never know it until they try and access a network drive and are denied. I know, I could probably force the system to log them out every night at 7PM or something, but that's really more work than I want to do, among other things. :) Thanks Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Password expirations
Yes. you just need to point it to an SMTP server. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password expirations Will this work if you don't have Exchange? We have our email hosted by our internet provider... -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Password expirations There are quite a few scripts out there that do this. Here was one I wrote a long time ago. I've updated it to PowerShell (and fixed a few bugs in the process), but never blogged the update. I'll do that one day. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/sending-an- e-mail-to-users-whose-password-is-about-to-expire.aspx Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password expirations Any sort of a utility that can be run on a workstation to advise a user when their password has expired? Most of my users only shut down/log out once a week at most (Friday night) so they often go several days with an expired password and never know it until they try and access a network drive and are denied. I know, I could probably force the system to log them out every night at 7PM or something, but that's really more work than I want to do, among other things. :) Thanks Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Password expirations
We use Kix for our scripting of Logon scripts, but it can be run anytime so just create a script and schedule it and you are done. From: John Aldrich [jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Password expirations Any sort of a utility that can be run on a workstation to advise a user when their password has expired? Most of my users only shut down/log out once a week at most (Friday night) so they often go several days with an expired password and never know it until they try and access a network drive and are denied. I know, I could probably force the system to log them out every night at 7PM or something, but that's really more work than I want to do, among other things. :) Thanks Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you do not have permission to disclose, copy, distribute, or open any attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Well there's where to start, then. If you're looking for an end user experience win, Lync even just for IM/Presence tends to be a good move. That's a project, though. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start? GAH! So, pick a goal. Actually, pick 3 (not technologies, but goals). Um... we already do some of these in different ways... (Opsview for network/server monitoring, WSUS for patch management, etc. Obviously the solutions available to me now _may_ be better at doing these things.) Okay, I'll choose two goals: Backups and Security. Our current backup solution could be greatly improved and we may be able to drop our current AV is Forefront can do it for free. Off to more reading... after lunch! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:56:25 -0700 Subject: Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start? GAH! So, pick a goal. Actually, pick 3 (not technologies, but goals). Then decide which one you want and start there. Depending on your skillset and current environment, some of those may be easier to initially implement. Some will certainly have more customer visibility but others may be more beneficial to your overall infrastructure. On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Oh, no... Just saying I'm used to lots of email. I'm looking deeper into what we get with this new EES license: Win7Entperise upgrade Office Pro Plus 2010 and Office for the Mac 2011 Windows Server Standard CALs Right Management Services CALs Exchange Server Enterprise CALs Sharepoint Server Enterprise CALs Microsoft Lync Server Standard/Enterprise CALs System Center Client Management Suite* * (Which looks like Data Protection Manger, Operations Manager, and Service Manager) Forefront Protection Suite CALs and Forefront Unified Access Gateway CALs I'm just trying to digest what all of this is. It's a huge amount of information to absorb... to see what we actually get with this... what services these provide that we might want to utilize... what costs might be involved to implement... So, my original thought was to jump in with both feet into SCCM... but I'm not so sure anymore. Much more reading/training may be required, and I don't have a lot of time this summer with all my other duties before the start of school. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:31:51 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Is this a nice way of telling us to be quiet now? :) Incidentally -- remote control in SMS (2003 and below) was phenomenal. Microsoft made the mistake in ConfigMgr 2007 to eliminate an integrated RC component and rely more on Windows RDP. ConfigMgr 2012 brings back a full RC component. -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 2:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Like I said, we had lots of various WMI issues, but didn't know it until rolling out SCCM. I'm no longer on that team. I didn't even know they were still having a problem and bringing in MS again. Other than remote control, which is mediocre at best, I don't use it for anything. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? WMI is one of the key resources used just about everywhere within Windows. It may be hidden by lots of command line programs, but it's often the underlying technology they are using. Not always, but often. SCCM does use it heavily as well. In fact, current versions install a specific WMI provider that is used for querying and updating the SCCM DB. (I don't know what 2012 does - I haven't had time to do much with it besides read a couple of documents.) Microsoft does, of course, have some great SCCM people; and if you have premium support that's certainly the place to start. Both Avanade and Accenture have infrastructure groups that do nothing but System Center - and they have some FABULOUS people. And there are a fair number of independent
Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
If no one else says it get on the Rod Trents forum. There are a lot of smart people on it and they will help with questions. I think it www.MyITForum.com. Jon On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
powershell dns lookup
I need to look up a hostname through one specific server. Looking for a native
way shows that specifying the server is not trivial.
I found this snippet from
http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2007/04/10/add-extended-dns-support-to-powershell-in-5-minutes.aspx
:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile( 'D:\Bdev.Net.Dns.dll')
$r = new-Object Bdev.Net.Dns.Request
$q = new-Object Bdev.Net.Dns.Question(foo.example.com,'ANAME','in')
$r.AddQuestion($q)
[Bdev.Net.Dns.Resolver]::Lookup($r,'10.0.0.4') |% {$_.answers}
So what exactly is being output such that every attempt to filter/regex on just
the record and return only the ip address is failing?
Anyone know a simpler built in way in ps2?
I came across Michaels dns.ps1 from 2007 which is much the same really.
Thanks!
jlc
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RE: powershell dns lookup
Don't use PowerShell. Seriously.
Use nslookup.exe. Wrap it in PowerShell if you want to - but use nslookup
instead of the various DNS helper libraries.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
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-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 8:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: powershell dns lookup
I need to look up a hostname through one specific server. Looking for a native
way shows that specifying the server is not trivial.
I found this snippet from
http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2007/04/10/add-extended-dns-support-to-powershell-in-5-minutes.aspx
:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile( 'D:\Bdev.Net.Dns.dll')
$r = new-Object Bdev.Net.Dns.Request
$q = new-Object Bdev.Net.Dns.Question(foo.example.com,'ANAME','in')
$r.AddQuestion($q)
[Bdev.Net.Dns.Resolver]::Lookup($r,'10.0.0.4') |% {$_.answers}
So what exactly is being output such that every attempt to filter/regex on just
the record and return only the ip address is failing?
Anyone know a simpler built in way in ps2?
I came across Michaels dns.ps1 from 2007 which is much the same really.
Thanks!
jlc
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RE: Azure - Onsite?
I know there are Value Added Partners that will be selling white-box (i.e., self-branded) Azure. But I've not heard about it for anyone of a reasonable size. I'd recommend talking to your PAM or Regional AM. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 5:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Azure - Onsite? Has anyone had a conversation with Microsoft about deploying the Azure platform onsite? Cheers Ryan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.commailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: powershell dns lookup
At a PowerShell session with Don Jones (PowerShell MVP) he asked how we
would map a network drive using PowerShell. My head started spinning trying
to think of what I needed in PS to get the task done. The answer?
Net use x: \server\sharename
DOH!
KISS
Webster
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Subject: RE: powershell dns lookup
Don't use PowerShell. Seriously.
Use nslookup.exe. Wrap it in PowerShell if you want to - but use nslookup
instead of the various DNS helper libraries.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Subject: powershell dns lookup
I need to look up a hostname through one specific server. Looking for a
native way shows that specifying the server is not trivial.
I found this snippet from
http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2007/04/10/add-
extended-dns-support-to-powershell-in-5-minutes.aspx :
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile( 'D:\Bdev.Net.Dns.dll') $r = new-
Object Bdev.Net.Dns.Request $q = new-Object
Bdev.Net.Dns.Question(foo.example.com,'ANAME','in')
$r.AddQuestion($q)
[Bdev.Net.Dns.Resolver]::Lookup($r,'10.0.0.4') |% {$_.answers}
So what exactly is being output such that every attempt to filter/regex on
just the record and return only the ip address is failing?
Anyone know a simpler built in way in ps2?
I came across Michaels dns.ps1 from 2007 which is much the same really.
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RE: powershell dns lookup
@Michael,
Yeah it's just not very sexy, but it's seriously the easier way to do it...
@Webster,
Yeah, try entering a username/password, that was a mindfsck when I needed it
while remoting in once...
Thanks guys,
jlc
-Original Message-
From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 7:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: powershell dns lookup
At a PowerShell session with Don Jones (PowerShell MVP) he asked how we
would map a network drive using PowerShell. My head started spinning trying
to think of what I needed in PS to get the task done. The answer?
Net use x: \server\sharename
DOH!
KISS
Webster
-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Subject: RE: powershell dns lookup
Don't use PowerShell. Seriously.
Use nslookup.exe. Wrap it in PowerShell if you want to - but use nslookup
instead of the various DNS helper libraries.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Subject: powershell dns lookup
I need to look up a hostname through one specific server. Looking for a
native way shows that specifying the server is not trivial.
I found this snippet from
http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2007/04/10/add-
extended-dns-support-to-powershell-in-5-minutes.aspx :
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile( 'D:\Bdev.Net.Dns.dll') $r = new-
Object Bdev.Net.Dns.Request $q = new-Object
Bdev.Net.Dns.Question(foo.example.com,'ANAME','in')
$r.AddQuestion($q)
[Bdev.Net.Dns.Resolver]::Lookup($r,'10.0.0.4') |% {$_.answers}
So what exactly is being output such that every attempt to filter/regex on
just the record and return only the ip address is failing?
Anyone know a simpler built in way in ps2?
I came across Michaels dns.ps1 from 2007 which is much the same really.
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RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Now part of NetIQ Cheers Ryan -Original Message- From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? jk I am surprised Citrix hasn't bought ZenWorks just to rename it XenWorks! :) /jk Thanks Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com (check out the changes coming to my website) -Original Message- From: Ray [mailto:rz...@qwest.net] Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? LOL! No, I didn't start this thread. I'm sure Matt Ross is learning a few things. We were on Zenworks until dumping Novell. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
I love Rod's forum just wish they were in a mailing list format. Cheers Ryan From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 8:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start? If no one else says it get on the Rod Trents forum. There are a lot of smart people on it and they will help with questions. I think it www.MyITForum.com. Jon On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
I always see the focus on SCCM seems to be on desktops. Is it not as common to use it to manage servers? Cheers Ryan -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Overkill? No. A single site server can support 10's of thousands. However, you'll want to review the architecture docs for planning the implementation. You'll also want to get intimately comfortable with the important acronyms like BDP, DP, etc., etc. and how they work. Planning the right architecture is the key to a successful ConfigMgr implementation, particularly if you want Internet connected clients, or if clients connect across multiple speed links, etc. 3rd party Support is also key to a successful implementation. I'd suggest, even if you never participate, subscribing to the SCCM email discussion list. The valuable info that flows through there is enormous. Be forewarned that the list is just as active as this one. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: Azure - Onsite?
I have tried but as with most things Azure I do not get a straight answer J From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Azure - Onsite? I know there are Value Added Partners that will be selling white-box (i.e., self-branded) Azure. But I've not heard about it for anyone of a reasonable size. I'd recommend talking to your PAM or Regional AM. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 5:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Azure - Onsite? Has anyone had a conversation with Microsoft about deploying the Azure platform onsite? Cheers Ryan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
Its becoming more and more common. The issue in the past was that servers and desktops were managed by different groups...and the server folks didn't want anyone touching their stuff. ConfigMgr has come a long way, allowing a single implementation to be segmented and managed by different groups using special consold ACLs. Much easier to manage both securely and safely. -- Sent from my Motorola Xoom with K-9 Mail. Ryan Finnesey ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com wrote: I always see the focus on SCCM seems to be on desktops. Is it not as common to use it to manage servers? Cheers Ryan -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Overkill? No. A single site server can support 10's of thousands. However, you'll want to review the architecture docs for planning the implementation. You'll also want to get intimately comfortable with the important acronyms like BDP, DP, etc., etc. and how they work. Planning the right architecture is the key to a successful ConfigMgr implementation, particularly if you want Internet connected clients, or if clients connect across multiple speed links, etc. 3rd party Support is also key to a successful implementation. I'd suggest, even if you never participate, subscribing to the SCCM email discussion list. The valuable info that flows through there is enormous. Be forewarned that the list is just as active as this one. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Good question. Would I want to support every workstation in the district? (Aka, about 500 windows machines...) Or would that be overkill for a single server? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:01:28 -0700 Subject: RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start? :) Where to start...? How many clients will be supporting through ConfigMgr? -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: New to MS System Center, Where to start? Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/; ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/; ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/; ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/; ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/; ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here:
RE: New to MS System Center, Where to start?
There are mailing lists. -- Sent from my Motorola Xoom with K-9 Mail. Ryan Finnesey ryan.finne...@harrierinvestments.com wrote: I love Rod’s forum just wish they were in a mailing list format. Cheers Ryan From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 8:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: New to MS System Center, Where to start? If no one else says it get on the Rod Trents forum. There are a lot of smart people on it and they will help with questions. I think it www.MyITForum.com. Jon On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.org wrote: Hey everybody. I have a server which has been freed up from it's previous duty. Trying to find something productive for it's use, I'm looking at the possibility of running System Center on it. Now, I'm totally new to any of the System Center stuff, so I'm ignorant of much of it's uses. We at this school district will be subscribing to the MS EES program when it becomes available (October 1st). This program will allow all of our computers to run the most updated versions of Windows and Office, as well as provide the CALs for several programs we had not had the resources to purchase before. In particular, we will now have CALs for System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Client Management Suite. So, I'm diving in. I've just erased said spare server, installed Win2k8R2SP1 (Say that 5 times fast) and I'm about to try to install Configuration Manager 2007. Anything I should be aware of? Anything I should look out for? Thanks in advance. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
