Re: The list?

[Doug Hampshire]

My god!. It's full of stars


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> But it is webscale.
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, James Rankin wrote:
>
>> It's a new feature - manual mirroring.
>>
>> In that you post the same stuff to both.
>>
>>
>> On 30 April 2013 18:05, Stringham, Steven  wrote:
>>
>> **
>>
>> Yes, but does it automatic failover?  Is it load balanced?
>>
>>
>>  --
>> *From:* kz2...@googlemail.com [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2013 9:38 AM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: The list?
>>
>>  We now have list redundancy
>> Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email
>> RELIABLY
>> --
>> *From: *Ryan Finnesey 
>> *Date: *Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:29:46 +
>> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <
>> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
>> *Subject: *The list?
>>
>>  I hate to jinks it but it seem the list is still up and running?
>>
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Re: The list?

[Doug Hampshire]

Is Schrodenger's cat subscribed to the list?


On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Ryan Finnesey  wrote:
> > I hate to jinks it but it seem the list is still up and running?
>
>   No.  We're all a figment of your imagination.
>
> -- Ben
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Re: End of month plan B for list shutdown.

[Doug Hampshire]

So, we're just part of your dumping ground?


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Ben Scott  wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Kennedy, Jim
>  wrote:
> > The end of the month and allegedly the end of the list is tomorrow. We
> need a plan
> > B to get back in contact to get this going again if possible. Someone
> got a blog we
> > can bookmark for new/announcements that would be willing to post
> anything they hear?
>
>   Until something better comes along, I offer this:
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/mailvortex/ntsysadmin
>
>   I'll also update that after something better comes along.  This is
> intended to be a quick response, not a good one.  :-)
>
> -- Ben
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Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION

[Doug Hampshire]

Bottom posting: Something abandoned a long time ago by everyone except
Kurt. It's annoying as heck on a PC and makes reading threads on a mobile
device significantly more difficult. But then again it's a free country and
if Kurt wants to continue to write a paper check, make the entry into the
checkbook register, and update the running balance while five people stand
behind him in line at the grocery store so be it. But I also have the right
to glare at him and make snide comments about those fancy new debit cards
all the cool kids are using these days.


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:

> See response below...
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Rod Trent  wrote:
> > Every time I see your messages come through I almost delete it
> automatically, thinking someone accidentally hit Send too soon.  Then, I
> realize your response is *under* the original text.  Tricky.  Is that a
> Gmail thing?
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 4:13 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: ALERT : NTSYSADMIN LIST MIGRATION
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:44 AM,   wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> You are invited to the new NTSYSADMIN list hosted by KnowBe4.
> >>
> >> This replaces the Lyris list hosted by Sunbelt Software / GFI, which
> >> will shut down at the end of this month.
> >>
> >> GFI will confirm this with a separate message.
> >>
> >> I will continue to moderate the NTSYSADMIN list from KnowBe4.
> >>
> >> Warm regards,
> >>
> >> Stu
> >
> > Continuity? That is, will the archives migrate too?
> >
> > You say "invited" does this mean I have to do a new signup? If so,
> where's the subscription info?
> >
> > Can you ban the "indeed" when used as a single word response? :)
> >
> > Will you finally migrate to mailman so that we can have a sane list
> handler?
> >
> > Kurt
>
> No, it's called bottom posting, and I do it by deleting the to empty
> lines that gmail starts with, then CTRL-END to the bottom of the
> message and delete the cruft that the list software appends to each
> message.
>
> It's (IMNSHO) the better way of pursuing a conversation, for two reasons:
>
> o- It maintains a natural flow of reading - read the post all the way
> through, then read the reply all the way through, instead of read the
> reply, then bounce down and read the original post
>
> o- If you're doing in-line replies, it's also more natural, as it's
> easier to maintain conversation flow while responding to individual
> thoughts in the original post(s).
>
> Kurt
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Re: Server 2012 RC available

[Doug Hampshire]

Oh piss boy..

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Steve Ens  wrote:

> Cool, will give it a shake.
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Rod Trent  wrote:
>
>> The updated Windows 8 is, too…
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>
>> http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2012/05/31/windows-8-release-preview-is-now-available/
>> 
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2012 5:45 PM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Server 2012 RC available
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> it's up!
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx 
>>
>> ** **
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Re: BPOS to Exchange on-premise

[Doug Hampshire]

During this migration phase (Live to 365) you can pretty much migrate when
you want IIRC.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Daniel Chenault <
dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com> wrote:

>  Not an option. My customer wants to do this within four weeks at the
> most.
>
> ** **
>
> Daniel Chenault
>
> dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com
>
> [image: Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160]
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:06 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: BPOS to Exchange on-premise
>
>  ** **
>
> *If you wait to migrate the tenant to Office365, it will be easy to do
> with the in-box tools. ***
>
> * *
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Brian Desmond*
>
> *br...@briandesmond.com*
>
> * *
>
> *w – 312.625.1438 | c   – 312.731.3132*
>
> * *
>
> *From:* Daniel Chenault [mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 18, 2012 3:02 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* BPOS to Exchange on-premise
>
> ** **
>
> I have a found a wealth of information on moving FROM on-premise Exchange
> (and other systems) to BPOS but only one link about the reverse (from a
> company with a  product to sell). Is this because there just is no easy
> path or because the information is being hidden?
>
> ** **
>
> At this point all I can see is to manually recreate the user accounts
> (there is no export in the BPOS control panel that I can see) and have the
> users be sure all their mail is moved to a PST. Yech…
>
> ** **
>
> Anyone have a better idea or experience?
>
> ** **
>
> Daniel Chenault
>
> dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com
>
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Re: Worth some consideration...

[Doug Hampshire]

LastPass FTW!

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Kennedy, Jim
wrote:

> I would also say that the below is better than using the same password
> over and over all over the place.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 1:53 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Worth some consideration...
>
> Better the piece of paper in your wallet/purse than the piece of paper
> unattended somewhere near your computer.
>
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Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management list...

[Doug Hampshire]

I'm hoping I'll be able to automate the server portion of the
install/reboot steps with runbooks in System Center 2012.

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Matthew W. Ross
wrote:

> We do the same: WSUS automatic updates for desktops, Download but not
> installed for servers.
>
> It's just a pain when you have a lot of servers to hit. Even a command
> line way to do this would be an improvement... and I hope this becomes
> available with Windows 8 Server.
>
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Kennedy, Jim
> [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2012
> 09:23:06 -0700
> Subject: RE: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch
> Management list...
>
>
> > WSUS. Set to download but not install. Then I RDP and hit install. Saves
> > quite a bit of time since they are already downloaded. An improvement
> over
> > what you are doing, but still not perfect of course. But I am in full
> > control that way. We are smaller than many people here. About 40 servers.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 12:21 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management
> list...
> >
> > What do you guys use to patch servers? I'm still in the "RDP to the
> server
> > and run Windows Update" camp. I'd love a free solution to do this
> en-mass,
> > if somebody knows one.
> >
> >
> > --Matt Ross
> > Ephrata School District
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Kurt Buff
> > [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> > Sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2012
> > 08:03:50 -0700
> > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management
> list...
> >
> >
> > > Unfortunately, I can't move quite that fast. We're pretty much a 24x5
> > > shop, with offices overseas, and I have to give more notice than
> > > "patching now, please log off".  At least I have most weekends to do
> > > this kind of thing...
> > >
> > > Kurt
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:24, Kennedy, Jim
> > >  wrote:
> > > > I am all done!  Neeener neener.  :)
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> > > > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 10:24 AM
> > > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > > Subject: Re: In case anyone didn't see this on the Patch Management
> > > list...
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, I'm pushing this out as fast as I can - I'll be patching
> > > > servers
> > > tonight, and the rest of the workstations next week.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:14, James Rankin 
> > wrote:
> > > >> ...http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-RDP-Vulnerability-Exploit
> > > >> -Co
> > > >> de-Confirmed-259060.shtml
> > > >>
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Re: Worth some consideration...

[Doug Hampshire]

Are you sure about that? The vast majority of security incidents happen on
the inside of your network from known individuals. Also it was addressing
offline brute force attacks. Most online systems have lockout policies and
other countermeasures to limit exposure to brute force attacks.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Crawford, Scott wrote:

>  I'd rather have "good" passwords written down on a sticky note
> accessible only to a limited number of coworkers than "bad" passwords that
> can be exploited by any black-hat on the internet.
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
>  --
> From: Heaton, Joseph@DFG
> Sent: 3/15/2012 11:07 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Worth some consideration...
>
>
>  Wait… I’m NOT supposed to write my password on a sticky note?  How am I
> supposed to let my coworker use my login, then?
>
>
>
> Joe Heaton
>
> ITB – Windows Server Support
>
>
>
> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:49 AM
> *To:* Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Worth some consideration...
>
>
>
> That's an implementation problem.
>
>
>
> If I choose a passphrase of "Mary had a little lamb" then of course that
> will be relatively weak as passphrases go.  That that is not an inherent
> weakness of passphrases, but of people.
>
>
>
> Lots of things are undermined by poor choices.   Completely random 20
> character passwords with a unicode character set are undermined by having
> them posted on sticky notes.
>
>
>
> We didn't need a whole article to point that out.
>
>
>
> *ASB*
>
> *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker*
>
> *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…*
>
>
>
>  On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Kurt Buff  wrote:
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/passphrases-only-marginally-more-secure-than-passwords-because-of-poor-choices.ars
>
> By Dan Goodin
> Ars Technica
> March 14, 2012
>
> Passwords that contain multiple words aren't as resistant as some
> researchers expected to certain types of cracking attacks, mainly
> because users frequently pick phrases that occur regularly in everyday
> speech, a recently published paper concludes.
>
> Security managers have long regarded passphrases as an
> easy-to-remember way to pack dozens of characters into the string that
> must be entered to access online accounts or to unlock private
> encryption keys. The more characters, the thinking goes, the harder it
> is for attackers to guess or otherwise crack the code, since there are
> orders of magnitude more possible combinations.
>
> But a pair of computer scientists from Cambridge University has found
> that a significant percentage of passphrases used in a real-world
> scenario were easy to guess. Using a dictionary containing 20,656
> phrases of movie titles, sports team names, and other proper nouns,
> they were able to find about 8,000 passphrases chosen by users of
> Amazon's now-defunct PayPhrase system. That's an estimated 1.13
> percent of the available accounts. The promise of passphrases'
> increased entropy, it seems, was undone by many users' tendency to
> pick phrases that are staples of the everyday lexicon.
>
> "Our results suggest that users aren't able to choose phrases made of
> completely random words, but are influenced by the probability of a
> phrase occurring in natural language," researchers Joseph Bonneau and
> Ekaterina Shutova wrote in the paper (PDF), which is titled
> "Linguistic properties of multi-word passphrases." "Examining the
> surprisingly weak distribution of phrases in natural language, we can
> conclude that even 4-word phrases probably provide less than 30 bits
> of security which is insufficient against offline attack," the paper
> says.
>
> [...]
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Re: list delays

[Doug Hampshire]

Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future. The dark side clouds
everything. Impossible to see the light, the future is.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> A cynical person should've foreseen this occurring.
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Cynicalgeek wrote:
>
>> And now somebody is filling out forms in my name and having local
>> business call me for their services.
>>
>> Real pros on here.
>>
>> First porn, now you're making my phone ring with bogus requests.
>>
>> Real pros.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Doug Hampshire wrote:
>>
>>> Don't make me stop this car. Because I will and you can just sit there
>>> until you learn to behave.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jonathan Link 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aww, but dad, we were having so much fun!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Doug Hampshire 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association
>>>>> with this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list)
>>>>> I've found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost 
>>>>> all
>>>>> of those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages
>>>>> (and yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific
>>>>> brands of said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become
>>>>> lifelong friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. 
>>>>> Southworth).
>>>>> I've also worked with many of the same people either directly (various 
>>>>> list
>>>>> members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements.
>>>>>
>>>>> That being said, there are no "masters" here. There is no secret
>>>>> cabal. I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually
>>>>> good friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that
>>>>> person has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way 
>>>>> to
>>>>> get them to listen (most still don't).
>>>>>
>>>>> Being a "real" person here has had a significant impact on my personal
>>>>> and professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some 
>>>>> techie
>>>>> list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much
>>>>> everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists 
>>>>> (probably
>>>>> 50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation 
>>>>> is
>>>>> to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It 
>>>>> also
>>>>> helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For
>>>>> those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT
>>>>> speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I
>>>>> just happened to pick his message to reply to.)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking
>>>>>> anything beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> list being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed 
>>>>>> individual
>>>>>> usually then it help of some kind not attacks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think your moniker is well-deserved - "masters" of the list is
>>>>>>> very cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw 
>>>>>>> fit
>>>>>>> to speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail
>>>>>>> mail, I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with
>>>>>>> them. I come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone'

Re: list delays

[Doug Hampshire]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Cynicalgeek  wrote:

> And now somebody is filling out forms in my name and having local business
> call me for their services.
>
> Real pros on here.
>
> First porn, now you're making my phone ring with bogus requests.
>
> Real pros.
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Doug Hampshire wrote:
>
>> Don't make me stop this car. Because I will and you can just sit there
>> until you learn to behave.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jonathan Link 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Aww, but dad, we were having so much fun!
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Doug Hampshire wrote:
>>>
>>>> I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association
>>>> with this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list)
>>>> I've found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost all
>>>> of those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages
>>>> (and yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific
>>>> brands of said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become
>>>> lifelong friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. Southworth).
>>>> I've also worked with many of the same people either directly (various list
>>>> members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements.
>>>>
>>>> That being said, there are no "masters" here. There is no secret cabal.
>>>> I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually good
>>>> friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that person
>>>> has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way to get
>>>> them to listen (most still don't).
>>>>
>>>> Being a "real" person here has had a significant impact on my personal
>>>> and professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some techie
>>>> list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much
>>>> everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists (probably
>>>> 50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation is
>>>> to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It also
>>>> helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For
>>>> those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT
>>>> speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I
>>>> just happened to pick his message to reply to.)
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking
>>>>> anything beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on 
>>>>> the
>>>>> list being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed individual
>>>>> usually then it help of some kind not attacks.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jon
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think your moniker is well-deserved - "masters" of the list is very
>>>>>> cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw fit to
>>>>>> speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail mail,
>>>>>> I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with them. 
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone's out of order we tend 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> see nothing wrong with getting down on the cobbles, if necessary, and
>>>>>> sorting it out. Each to their own. I don't think anyone here would do 
>>>>>> that,
>>>>>> though. Maybe I'm "naive geek", but I'm not worrying about it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IMHO, YMMV, usual disclaimers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signature will soon be gone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JR
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14 March

Re: list delays

[Doug Hampshire]

Don't make me stop this car. Because I will and you can just sit there
until you learn to behave.

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> Aww, but dad, we were having so much fun!
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Doug Hampshire wrote:
>
>> I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association
>> with this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list)
>> I've found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost all
>> of those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages
>> (and yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific
>> brands of said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become
>> lifelong friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. Southworth).
>> I've also worked with many of the same people either directly (various list
>> members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements.
>>
>> That being said, there are no "masters" here. There is no secret cabal.
>> I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually good
>> friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that person
>> has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way to get
>> them to listen (most still don't).
>>
>> Being a "real" person here has had a significant impact on my personal
>> and professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some techie
>> list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much
>> everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists (probably
>> 50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation is
>> to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It also
>> helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For
>> those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT
>> speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I
>> just happened to pick his message to reply to.)
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris  wrote:
>>
>>> In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking
>>> anything beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on the
>>> list being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed individual
>>> usually then it help of some kind not attacks.
>>>
>>> BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think your moniker is well-deserved - "masters" of the list is very
>>>> cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw fit to
>>>> speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail mail,
>>>> I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with them. I
>>>> come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone's out of order we tend to
>>>> see nothing wrong with getting down on the cobbles, if necessary, and
>>>> sorting it out. Each to their own. I don't think anyone here would do that,
>>>> though. Maybe I'm "naive geek", but I'm not worrying about it.
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, YMMV, usual disclaimers.
>>>>
>>>> Signature will soon be gone.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> JR
>>>>
>>>> On 14 March 2012 15:53, Cynicalgeek  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it
>>>>> hundreds or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other
>>>>> people just doesn't make any sense to me.  Butwhatever.
>>>>>
>>>>> You know I've considered using my real name on here several times.
>>>>>  However, after seeing how a lot of the "masters" of this list treat the
>>>>> readers of the list, I'll never do it.  The "masters" find enjoyment in
>>>>> berating and personally attacking readers of the list.  I wouldn't put it
>>>>> past some or the "masters" to actually look somebody up and either A) call
>>>>> a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) 
>>>>> in
>>>>> real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc.
>>>>

Re: list delays

[Doug Hampshire]

I disconcur (unconcur, misconcur?) Over my also very long association with
this and other techie lists (especially Peter's old Exchange list) I've
found many, many things being taken offlist. Of course IIRC almost all of
those things have involved consuming copious amount of adult beverages (and
yes, we have actually caused certain bars to run out of specific brands of
said beverages). Some of those offlist contacts have become lifelong
friends (even unto death, RIP JRH, Mr. Houge, and Mr. Southworth). I've
also worked with many of the same people either directly (various list
members have worked for me before) or via various consulting arrangements.

That being said, there are no "masters" here. There is no secret cabal.
I've only seen personal types of comments when A) they are actually good
friends with the person and are just yanking their chain, or B) that person
has been such a douche bag that it appears that it's the only way to get
them to listen (most still don't).

Being a "real" person here has had a significant impact on my personal and
professional life. If you think how you conduct yourself on some techie
list doesn't matter, you are sadly mistaken. The good news is pretty much
everyone I've personally encountered here and on other tech lists (probably
50-75 people) are very forgiving and welcoming people. My recommendation is
to be a Real Person (tm) and consider the feedback people give you. It also
helps if you buy a round when you do meet list members in person. (For
those that are not adept at grasping the scope of my advice here, I'm NOT
speaking to Mr. Harris. I'm addressing multiple other offenders here. I
just happened to pick his message to reply to.)

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Jon Harris  wrote:

> In all my years on this list I have never heard of anyone taking anything
> beyond the list unless it was a comment that did not belong on the list
> being sent directly to the email address of the subscribed individual
> usually then it help of some kind not attacks.
>
> BTW I go back to about 97 or 98 so that is a LONG time.
>
> Jon
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:50 PM, James Rankin wrote:
>
>> I think your moniker is well-deserved - "masters" of the list is very
>> cynical. I don't see it that way. And if anyone from this list saw fit to
>> speak to my employer or attack me personally via telephone or snail mail,
>> I'd see fit to go over to knock on their door and have it out with them. I
>> come from a pretty grassroots place so if someone's out of order we tend to
>> see nothing wrong with getting down on the cobbles, if necessary, and
>> sorting it out. Each to their own. I don't think anyone here would do that,
>> though. Maybe I'm "naive geek", but I'm not worrying about it.
>>
>> IMHO, YMMV, usual disclaimers.
>>
>> Signature will soon be gone.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> JR
>>
>> On 14 March 2012 15:53, Cynicalgeek  wrote:
>>
>>> It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it
>>> hundreds or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other
>>> people just doesn't make any sense to me.  Butwhatever.
>>>
>>> You know I've considered using my real name on here several times.
>>>  However, after seeing how a lot of the "masters" of this list treat the
>>> readers of the list, I'll never do it.  The "masters" find enjoyment in
>>> berating and personally attacking readers of the list.  I wouldn't put it
>>> past some or the "masters" to actually look somebody up and either A) call
>>> a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) in
>>> real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc.
>>>
>>> This list is still useful but there is a lot of unprofessionalism that
>>> goes on that has nothing to do with my 'cynicalgeek' email address not
>>> using my real name.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Link >> > wrote:
>>>
  It's pretty easy to ignore a signature.  It's also funny, so I tend
 to give it a pass.  I've seen worse signatures with huge pictures, those
 are pretty objectionable.  The list members have come down hard on people
 with huge graphics and whatnot in their signature.  Is Mr Rankin's long?
 Yeah, but it's text and it doesn't stand out and cry for my attention,
 either.

 Turning this on its head.  If you expect the courtesy of Mr. Rankin
 trimming his signature,  why is it unreasonable for someone to ask you to
 use your real name?  Or at least use an alias that appears legitimate.

 Community is built when people "know" who their peers are.
 On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Cynicalgeek wrote:

> #1 I read nothing in the EULA about having to use my real first and
> last name.
>
> #2 I shouldn't have said that the LISTSERV should munge the long
> signature, I should have said that list owners should gently ask users not
> to use signatures that are incredibly long and useless.
>
> #3 I'm trying to make co

Re: FW: list delays

[Doug Hampshire]

NORM!

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Micheal Espinola Jr 
wrote:
> Jeesh - It's not like we are "Anonymous" or anything.  Its like guys
hanging out in a bar.  It almost always very friendly, but can occasionally
get demeaning when you deserve it.  ;-)
> A long time ago on the list that preceded this on - I didnt used to use
my real name either, and I got called-out on it :-)   The world has been
sorry ever since.
>
> --
> Espi
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Cynicalgeek 
wrote:
>
> It's pretty easy to ignore a signature, but to have to ignore it hundreds
or thousands of times when it's including in replies by other people just
doesn't make any sense to me.  Butwhatever.
> You know I've considered using my real name on here several times.
 However, after seeing how a lot of the "masters" of this list treat the
readers of the list, I'll never do it.  The "masters" find enjoyment in
berating and personally attacking readers of the list.  I wouldn't put it
past some or the "masters" to actually look somebody up and either A) call
a list member's employer to complain, or B) personally attack (verbally) in
real life over the phone, via snail mail, etc.
> This list is still useful but there is a lot of unprofessionalism that
goes on that has nothing to do with my 'cynicalgeek' email address not
using my real name.
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Link 
wrote:
>
> It's pretty easy to ignore a signature.  It's also funny, so I tend to
give it a pass.  I've seen worse signatures with huge pictures, those are
pretty objectionable.  The list members have come down hard on people with
huge graphics and whatnot in their signature.  Is Mr Rankin's long?  Yeah,
but it's text and it doesn't stand out and cry for my attention, either.
>
> Turning this on its head.  If you expect the courtesy of Mr. Rankin
trimming his signature,  why is it unreasonable for someone to ask you to
use your real name?  Or at least use an alias that appears legitimate.
>
> Community is built when people "know" who their peers are.
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Cynicalgeek 
wrote:
>
> #1 I read nothing in the EULA about having to use my real first and last
name.
> #2 I shouldn't have said that the LISTSERV should munge the long
signature, I should have said that list owners should gently ask users not
to use signatures that are incredibly long and useless.
> #3 I'm trying to make constructive suggestions that would help the
community of this list...solutions that would cost members of the list
NOTHING and improve the service of the list.
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>
> 1 demerit for you sir!
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Jon Harris  wrote:
>
> Now someone is either dreaming or you have had way too many beers tonight
sir.
>
> Jon
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Don Ely  wrote:
>
> And while were at it, posts will only accepted by the listserv provided
they contain the appropriate amount of research has been completed with
references included!
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Gary Slinger <
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Security and social media

[Doug Hampshire]

This article kicked off an interesting discussion on our IT management team
about security and social networks. Not just the social engineering hack
used here, but also monitoring for the impact of articles, comments, blog
posts, etc. on a company and its reputation. Some of the questions included;
Who's responsible for monitoring and reporting on this type of information?
IT, HR, Legal, and Marketing are certainly all stakeholders.
IT is clearly involved, but do they own the process?
What kind of tools, if any, exist to address these kinds of needs.
Can you roll your own toolset easily through Google searches that send
notifications, LinkedIn queries, Twitter searches, etc?

http://fox2now.com/2012/03/12/linkedin-is-a-hackers-dream-tool/

RSA has a couple of videos from last year about some of these issues.
(disclaimer, I haven't watched these yet but plan on doing so).
http://365.rsaconference.com/community/archive/usa/blog/tags/social_networks

Thoughts, comments and sly remarks all welcome, as are links to additional
information, videos, and seminars addressing these topics.

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Re: Backup Software

[Doug Hampshire]

ps. In all fairness they did give me a nice T-shirt. I still use it to this
day. I cut it intoseveral pieces and I use them to clean the toilet each
week at home. Thanks Commvault.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Doug Hampshire wrote:

> Commvault. Nice product, unless you actually want support that matters.
> They not only told me the wrong information during a critical restore which
> destroyed a weeks worth of data, they were unapologetic about it and
> refused to take responsibility for the actions of their support tech. Am I
> bitter about it 5 years later? Darn straight I am. I promised them I would
> continue to describe their horrific support and total lack of customer care
> for as long as they remained in business and I remained part of the IT
> community. And unlike them I keep my promise.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Paul Hutchings  > wrote:
>
>>  Thanks Bob.  I would suggest look at Commvault.  I say that simple
>> because we used to use ArcServe (admittedly we are talking some time back)
>> and switched to it and I've never looked back.
>>
>>  They do standard licensing and they also do a capacity license where
>> you license the amount of data you want to backup (frontend) and you can
>> use any mix of their agents to do it.
>>
>>  The dedupe works really well and is source side so you really cut down
>> on the amount of data going over the pipe to your HQ.  They also do some
>> rather funky synthetic full backups where you essentially do an initial
>> "proper" full backup, and from that point onwards you only ever run
>> incremental backups.
>>
>>  The downside is that I think you're going to be pushing it at that
>> budget, but end of year/quarter and the likes means you may be able do
>> something - I would certainly be asking the question of a reseller.
>>
>>  The bottom line is that dedupe and all the stuff to take away the
>> problems you're having isn't cheap.
>>
>>  Other vendors I'd look at would be HP Data Protector, DPM (no dedupe
>> but seems to fit very well in an MS shop), and if I were going out today
>> looking at backup software, I'd be really tempted to find out something
>> about Unitrends - they have some interesting looking pricing models.
>>
>>  --
>> *From:* Bob Hartung [bhart...@wiscoind.com]
>> *Sent:* 17 November 2011 7:28 PM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* RE: Backup Software
>>
>>  See below...
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bob Hartung
>> Dir of I.T.
>> 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:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:
>> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
>> *Sent:* Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:51:41 -0600
>> *Subject:* RE: Backup Software
>>
>> With respect, I'm still not clear what you're looking to backup.
>>
>> Server backups.
>>
>>
>>  Is it all of the data, is it the subset of the data that's at the
>> remote sites?
>>
>> I'd plan to back each server up to its local location and periodically
>> replicate. I'd replicate bidirectionally between the Main and Cross-Town
>> locations and replicate from the Out-of-State back to the Main location.
>> The plan is to only backup what's changed since the last backup. Most of
>> the backup solutions I've looked at have utilities to compress the
>> incremental backups into fewer files to reduce the total number of files.
>>
>>
>>  You have 3tb available in each location, is that 3tb you could backup
>> to, or are you saying it's 3tb of potential source data in each location?
>>
>> Just mentioning that to say my budget does not need to cover additional
>> storage space.
>>
>>
>>  Are the servers file servers, Exchange servers, SQL servers?  If so,
>> what is the data split?
>>
>> No Exchange but we do use MySQL which I run data dumps on daily.
>>
>>
>>  What do you do now for backup?
>>
>> Arcserve using disk-to-disk-to-tape.
>>
>>
>>  Generally, I'd suggest moving to d2d2t but use source side dedupe and
>> technologies like synthetic fulls to cut down your backup window.
>>  Personally I'm still a fan of tape for the "stick it in a safe" factor,
>> tape libraries (kind o

Re: Backup Software

[Doug Hampshire]

Commvault. Nice product, unless you actually want support that matters.
They not only told me the wrong information during a critical restore which
destroyed a weeks worth of data, they were unapologetic about it and
refused to take responsibility for the actions of their support tech. Am I
bitter about it 5 years later? Darn straight I am. I promised them I would
continue to describe their horrific support and total lack of customer care
for as long as they remained in business and I remained part of the IT
community. And unlike them I keep my promise.

On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Paul Hutchings
wrote:

>  Thanks Bob.  I would suggest look at Commvault.  I say that simple
> because we used to use ArcServe (admittedly we are talking some time back)
> and switched to it and I've never looked back.
>
>  They do standard licensing and they also do a capacity license where you
> license the amount of data you want to backup (frontend) and you can use
> any mix of their agents to do it.
>
>  The dedupe works really well and is source side so you really cut down
> on the amount of data going over the pipe to your HQ.  They also do some
> rather funky synthetic full backups where you essentially do an initial
> "proper" full backup, and from that point onwards you only ever run
> incremental backups.
>
>  The downside is that I think you're going to be pushing it at that
> budget, but end of year/quarter and the likes means you may be able do
> something - I would certainly be asking the question of a reseller.
>
>  The bottom line is that dedupe and all the stuff to take away the
> problems you're having isn't cheap.
>
>  Other vendors I'd look at would be HP Data Protector, DPM (no dedupe but
> seems to fit very well in an MS shop), and if I were going out today
> looking at backup software, I'd be really tempted to find out something
> about Unitrends - they have some interesting looking pricing models.
>
>  --
> *From:* Bob Hartung [bhart...@wiscoind.com]
> *Sent:* 17 November 2011 7:28 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Software
>
>  See below...
>
> --
>
> Bob Hartung
> Dir of I.T.
> 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:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
> ]
> *Sent:* Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:51:41 -0600
> *Subject:* RE: Backup Software
>
> With respect, I'm still not clear what you're looking to backup.
>
> Server backups.
>
>
>  Is it all of the data, is it the subset of the data that's at the remote
> sites?
>
> I'd plan to back each server up to its local location and periodically
> replicate. I'd replicate bidirectionally between the Main and Cross-Town
> locations and replicate from the Out-of-State back to the Main location.
> The plan is to only backup what's changed since the last backup. Most of
> the backup solutions I've looked at have utilities to compress the
> incremental backups into fewer files to reduce the total number of files.
>
>
>  You have 3tb available in each location, is that 3tb you could backup
> to, or are you saying it's 3tb of potential source data in each location?
>
> Just mentioning that to say my budget does not need to cover additional
> storage space.
>
>
>  Are the servers file servers, Exchange servers, SQL servers?  If so,
> what is the data split?
>
> No Exchange but we do use MySQL which I run data dumps on daily.
>
>
>  What do you do now for backup?
>
> Arcserve using disk-to-disk-to-tape.
>
>
>  Generally, I'd suggest moving to d2d2t but use source side dedupe and
> technologies like synthetic fulls to cut down your backup window.
>  Personally I'm still a fan of tape for the "stick it in a safe" factor,
> tape libraries (kind of) solve the "forgot to change the tape" thing, and
> if you're doing d2d2t having a tape in a library is less important as your
> backups will still run.
>
> I don't really have any archival requirements. My main concerns are being
> able to quickly restore downed servers, reduce or eliminate the backup
> window and reduce or eliminate the use of tapes and depending on people at
> the remote site to put the right tape in, if they remember to do it at all.
>
>
>   --
> *From:* Bob Hartung [bhart...@wiscoind.com]
> *Sent:* 17 November 2011 6:20 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Backup Software
>
>  We have 3 locations with 10 servers
>
> Main Location: (7) Windows 2003 and (1) Windows 2008 servers
>|  |
>|  |
> Wireless BridgeVPN
> (36Mb x 36MB) (3MB x 384K)
>| 

Re: Whitelisting Pros & Cons?

[Doug Hampshire]

Clearly these results are flawed if McAfee Anything gets higher than a -3
in any category. :-)

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Stu Sjouwerman
wrote:

> Thanks Micheal. Anyone experience with any of the Whitelisting products in
> this InfoWorld Review?
>
> ** **
>
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/test-center-review-whitelisting-security-offers-salvation-835?
> 
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *Bit9 Parity Suite 5.01*
>
> *10*
>
> *8*
>
> *9*
>
> *9*
>
> *10*
>
> *9.4*
>
> *EXCELLENT*
>
> *30%*
>
> *15%*
>
> *25%*
>
> *10%*
>
> *20%*
>
> *CoreTrace Bouncer 5*
>
> *9*
>
> *9*
>
> *9*
>
> *8*
>
> *9*
>
> *8.9*
>
> *VERY GOOD*
>
> *30%*
>
> *15%*
>
> *25%*
>
> *10%*
>
> *20%*
>
> *Lumension Application Control*
>
> *8*
>
> *9*
>
> *8*
>
> *9*
>
> *9*
>
> *8.5*
>
> *VERY GOOD*
>
> *30%*
>
> *15%*
>
> *25%*
>
> *10%*
>
> *20%*
>
> *McAfee Application Control 5.0*
>
> *9*
>
> *9*
>
> *9*
>
> *8*
>
> *8*
>
> *8.7*
>
> *VERY GOOD*
>
> *30%*
>
> *15%*
>
> *25%*
>
> *10%*
>
> *20%*
>
> *SignaCert Enterprise Trust Services 3.0*
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, November 14, 2011 5:10 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Whitelisting Pros & Cons?
>
> ** **
>
> Whitelisting is the future IMHO.  You cant trust anything anymore.  Faith
> doesnt cut it.  You have to protect yourself and your assets, and
> whitelisting is the best way to do it.
>
> --
> Espi
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
>
>
> 
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Stu Sjouwerman 
> wrote:
>
> I'm referring to Whitelisting in the context of security.  About 10 years
> ago, the ratio
> "Good code" versus malware was perhaps 90 good 10 bad.  In that scenario,
> it makes
> sense to keep the bad code out. But over the last 10 years, with automated
> malware
> variant generation, the tables have turned, and there is actually more
> malware than
> good code out there. So in -that- scenario it might make sense to only
> allow "good code"
> and implement application control. Only that which is allowed, will run.
>
> I'd like your feedback - input - discussion on this !
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Stu
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:22 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: Re: Whitelisting Pros & Cons?
>
> Are you asking about web content filtering, email filtering, or some other
> type of "whitelisting?"
>
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Stu Sjouwerman
> [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Mon, 14 Nov 2011
> 08:14:57 -0800
> Subject: Whitelisting Pros & Cons?
>
> 
>
> > Guys, I am writing an article for WServerNews, and would like your
> > public input.
> >
> > What is your experience with Whitelisting, which products you
> > tried/use, and what experience you are having with this, likes and hates
> are all welcome !!
> >
> > Warm regards,
> >
> > Stu
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Re: Dell PowerConnect & iSCSI

[Doug Hampshire]

Isn't germane one of the Jackson 5?

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

> Gotta give me points for at least trying to make it germane…
>
> ** **
>
> -sc
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 08, 2011 6:06 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Dell PowerConnect & iSCSI
>
> ** **
>
> That’s a stretch there Steve for not being way OT:  J
>
> ** **
>
> Wow do let us know how it goes. I don’t use power connect switches anymore
> but I have plenty of equallogics.
>
> Good luck.
>
> ** **
>
> dave
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, August 08, 2011 3:44 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Dell PowerConnect & iSCSI
>
> ** **
>
> Just to advise the list:
>
> ** **
>
> Dell has pulled their 4.x.x.x versions of firmware for their 10Gb
> PowerConnect switches. There are known issues with flow control, and they
> can fail under high load after having been in service for extended periods
> of time.
>
> ** **
>
> This is particularly triggered in iSCSI environments. In our case it was
> Dell’s own EqualLogic SAN’s that killed them for us. For some time the
> EqualLogic and PowerConnect groups disagreed on which firmware was “good”.
> We finally got them to talk and v3.1.4.16 has their blessing.
>
> ** **
>
> Of course, the syntax was changed significantly between v3.x.x.x and
> 4.x.x.x, thus if you are already at 4 you cannot export your current
> configuration and re-import on the downgraded v3 chassis. You must manually
> reconfigure.
>
> ** **
>
> Here’s pulling for a successful downgrade tonight…
>
> ** **
>
> -sc
>
> ** **
>
> PS- I claim this is NT related because we have NT boxen mounting iSCSI
> LUN’s via these switches J
>
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Re: Ted

[Doug Hampshire]

Quick, Send Amit in to clear the clogged Jeffries Tube!

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

> Hmm... attempting to RSS the entire interweb is failing. Must be a
> clogged tube.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 9:50 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Ted
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> >  wrote:
> > >>> Maybe ted needs to be unsubscribed from the list...
> > >>
> > >> s/list/Internet/
> > >
> > > Wait... there's a subscription service??
> >
> >   Net feeds ain't free.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
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Hosting Corporate Video

[Doug Hampshire]

I need to present possible solutions to provide the ability to stream
training and other corporate videos. Obviously I'm trying to avoid hosting
it internally. Any recommendations on hosting providers? I've already
identified Akamai and Amazon AWS as potential solutions. Any one with
experience with either of those?

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Re: OT: Promotional thumb drives

[Doug Hampshire]

These come highly recommended. *http://tinyurl.com/4lb5esy*

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:15 PM, John Aldrich
wrote:

> I found a thread awhile back about purchasing USB thumb drives for
> promotional purposes. There were two vendors recommended: buymemory.comand
> promolocker.com. Any other vendors y'all would recommend? I'm thinking we
> might want to get our logo printed on 'em and, even better would be if we
> could get 'em pre-loaded with like an HTML file promoting our latest
> products. :-)
>
> Anyway, I probably won't be the final decision maker, but I'd like to get
> recommendations from my peers of vendors they have worked with before on
> this sort of thing.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: QUICK question... A/C adapters

[Doug Hampshire]

It's not just his ego that's insufferable..

On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:06 PM, William Robbins wrote:

> Don't encourage -sc...his ego is insufferable as it is.  ;)
>
>  - WJR
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 15:51, Jonathan  wrote:
>
>> +1 SC is dead on here. Match the voltage (and the polarity, if DC), and
>> match or exceed the current rating (amps) or the power rating (watts) and
>> you'll be fine. Typically (for barrell connectors, anyway, you'll find that
>> the size of the connector has to do with the voltage and or amperage of the
>> supply.
>>
>> On a related note, I always appreciate when one of my computer geek
>> colleagues quotes Ohm's law.
>>
>> or Kirchhoff's law...
>>
>> The sum of the currents entering a circuit equal the sum of the currents
>> exiting the circuit.
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Steven M. Caesare 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  No, Ben is correct here.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The resistive load (simplifying, as most modern load have inductive or
>>> capacitive components in addition to purely resistive loads), is heat will
>>> determine how much he current draw will be.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ohms law tells us I = V/R
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I-current
>>>
>>> V=voltage
>>>
>>> R=resistance
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Therefore if your supply voltage(V) is 14 volts, and the load
>>> resistance(R) is 7 ohms, then the current draw (I) will be 2 amps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thus your power supply must be capable of supplying at LEAST 2 amps[1],
>>> it may be able to  supply more, but the system would simply never draw it. A
>>> 500A power supply would no more require the load to “dissipate more heat”
>>>  it than a 2A power supply would.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -sc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] And incidentally, power (W) = V*A. Therefore our theoretical power
>>> supply in this case would be supply  28W of power[2]. I not this because
>>> power supplies are often capable of varying voltage and/or are rated in
>>> watts.
>>>
>>> [2] Ignoring power efficiency factors for the moment.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2011 1:07 PM
>>>
>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>> *Subject:* Re: QUICK question... A/C adapters
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It would depend on whether you can trust the resistor to dissapate the
>>> extra heat generated by additional current.  It's not something I would do
>>> over the long term...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Jim Holmgren 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Matt,
>>> I believe you are correct.  Also not an EE, but in about 10 years of
>>> working for RadioShack, that was the mantra.
>>>
>>> The device will only draw the amperage it needs, but it must have the
>>> correct voltage.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Holmgren
>>> Senior Manager, Infrastructure Services
>>> XLHealth Corporation
>>> The Warehouse at Camden Yards
>>> 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100
>>> Baltimore, MD 21201
>>> 410.625.2200 (main)
>>> 443.524.8573 (direct)
>>> 443-506.2400 (cell)
>>> www.xlhealth.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
>>>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:49 PM
>>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters
>>>
>>> I am not an electrical engineer, so please do not take this as power
>>> supply advice:
>>>
>>> I have been told that as long as the voltage is correct, you can go over
>>> on the amperage with your PS. So, if you have something that requires
>>> 9V, 1 amp PS, and you have a 9 volt, 2 amp... you're good to go. The
>>> device will only pull as much amperage as it requires.
>>>
>>> Voltage is specific, as I'm told. Don't mess with it. AC and DC don't
>>> mix, etc, etc...
>>>
>>> Again, don't use this as any kind of real advice. Somebody with real
>>> electrical engineering experience can verify or tell me I've been told
>>> wrong. Sm:)e.
>>>
>>>
>>> --Matt Ross
>>> Ephrata School District
>>>
>>>
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: Maglinger, Paul
>>> [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
>>>  To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
>>> Sent: Fri, 25 Feb 2011
>>> 09:32:57 -0800
>>> Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters
>>>
>>>
>>> > I go with 3rd party when there is a significant cost savings.  Case in
>>> > point, we use a particular print server.  The power supplies are
>>> > notorious for going bad.  We cannot purchase the OEM power supplies
>>> > alone and the entire package runs about $120.  I found replacement
>>> power
>>> > supplies for $7.50 online.  Just make sure that the voltage, current,
>>> > polarity, and the connector size all match up!
>>> >
>>> > I have been known to go slightly higher in the current capacity so
>>> they
>>> > don't run as hot.  Note that I said "slightly".
>>> >
>>> > -Paul
>>> >
>>> > -Original Message-
>>> > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
>>> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:27 AM
>>> > To: NT S

Re: HP P1102

[Doug Hampshire]

Perhaps Mr Aldrich has a suggestion. John?

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> Yes.
> It leaves grey all over the page (two printers, three different
> cartridges).  HP's solution is to turn printer density down to its lowest
> setting (which I had already done).  It just makes the grey a little less
> noticeable.  I'm familiar with the root causes of this condition from my DP
> publishing days, and I'm just convinced that it is junk.
> The purpose of one of these was to print labels on binders which would be
> presented to clients, so clearly unacceptable for this application.  The
> other one is not an issue because it won't be used on deliverables.
>
> So, since I suck at selecting printers, anyone care to recommend a small
> footprint laser printer for printing labels, because one of these is going
> back.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Shauna Hensala  wrote:
>
>> POS?
>>
>> Shauna Hensala
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:54:07 -0500
>> Subject: HP P1102
>> From: jonathan.l...@gmail.com
>> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
>>
>>
>> 
>> Don't buy this printer.
>>
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Re: Today is the end of the line for me,

[Doug Hampshire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMmjSE_d6J0


On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:05 PM, William Robbins wrote:

> You owe me another monitor cleaning Doug.
>
>  - WJR
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 09:07, Doug Hampshire wrote:
>
>> Yeah, cut him some slack. It's not like he asked about PDF
>> readers..again, or something like that.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Jonathan  wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure if you're chiding him in fun or not, but if you aren't.Dude
>>> - he changed the subject line completely. He obviously had a bad day/week.
>>> Give the guy a break.
>>>
>>> So he forgot to delete the email below. There have been far worse things
>>> committed on this list.
>>>
>>> If you WERE chiding him in fun, well, put a smiley or something.
>>>
>>> In the voice of Napoleon Dynamite, "GOSH!" :-)
>>>
>>> Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really
>>> is) on the Verizon network.
>>> On Feb 17, 2011 11:22 PM, "Jim McAtee"  wrote:
>>>
>>> > A "security engineer" who doesn't even know how to start a new
>>> discussion
>>> > on an email list? Sure.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > - Original Message -
>>> > From: "Ziots, Edward" 
>>> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
>>>  > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:17 PM
>>> > Subject: Today is the end of the line for me,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move
>>> on,
>>> > if there is companies in the RI/MASS/CT area looking for a security
>>> > engineer, please contact me at the email below. If the distance is
>>> under
>>> > 1.5 hrs I am game.
>>> >
>>> > Z
>>> >
>>> > Edward E. Ziots
>>> > CISSP, Network +, Security +
>>> > Network Engineer
>>> > Lifespan Organization
>>> > Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
>>> > Cell:401-639-3505
>>> >
>>> > -Original Message-
>>> > From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
>>> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:50 PM
>>> > To: NT System Admin Issues
>>> > Subject: RE: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend
>>> >
>>> > Every SBS site I manage has two servers just to offload some of that
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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Re: Today is the end of the line for me,

[Doug Hampshire]

Yeah, cut him some slack. It's not like he asked about PDF
readers..again, or something like that.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Jonathan  wrote:

> Not sure if you're chiding him in fun or not, but if you aren't.Dude -
> he changed the subject line completely. He obviously had a bad day/week.
> Give the guy a break.
>
> So he forgot to delete the email below. There have been far worse things
> committed on this list.
>
> If you WERE chiding him in fun, well, put a smiley or something.
>
> In the voice of Napoleon Dynamite, "GOSH!" :-)
>
> Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is)
> on the Verizon network.
> On Feb 17, 2011 11:22 PM, "Jim McAtee"  wrote:
> > A "security engineer" who doesn't even know how to start a new discussion
>
> > on an email list? Sure.
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Ziots, Edward" 
> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:17 PM
> > Subject: Today is the end of the line for me,
> >
> >
> > I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move on,
> > if there is companies in the RI/MASS/CT area looking for a security
> > engineer, please contact me at the email below. If the distance is under
> > 1.5 hrs I am game.
> >
> > Z
> >
> > Edward E. Ziots
> > CISSP, Network +, Security +
> > Network Engineer
> > Lifespan Organization
> > Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
> > Cell:401-639-3505
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:50 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend
> >
> > Every SBS site I manage has two servers just to offload some of that
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~  ~
> >
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Re: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy

[Doug Hampshire]

Because if you don't, you'll end up asking endless questions about PDF
readers.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Sean Rector wrote:

> RTFM???  Why on earth would I want to do that???
>
>
>
> Sean Rector, MCSE
>
>
>
> *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:46 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> C:\Windows\System32\dcgpofix.exe
>
>
>
> READ THE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE YOU USE IT.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:44 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> I’d love a copy of those scripts – can you point us to them?  The DDP was
> modified before I got here.  I’ve been modifying GP using individual GPO’s
> but I’d really like to have DDP reset.
>
>
>
> Sean Rector, MCSE
>
>
>
> *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:41 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> Good plan. DDP should be left alone in my humble opinion. MS support has
> some scripts to reset it to default after you get done.
>
>
>
> *From:* Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:39 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> I agree. Reviewing that policy shows no settings regarding Proxy. There’s
> not a lot of settings in the DDP, so I’m going to push the idea of creating
> a smaller number of GPOs to replace it with.
>
>
>
> *Don Guyer*
>
> Windows Systems Engineer
>
> Datasafe Platform
>
> Fiserv Enterprise Technology
>
> *Fiserv*
>
> don.gu...@fiserv.com
>
> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673
>
> Fax: 610-293-4499
>
> www.fiserv.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:34 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> Then there has to be a setting in the DDP that is overwriting it.
>
>
>
> *From:* Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:32 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> Just did that. Proxy is there when denying DDP, not there after I took out
> the explicit deny.
>
>
>
>
>
> *Don Guyer*
>
> Windows Systems Engineer
>
> Datasafe Platform
>
> Fiserv Enterprise Technology
>
> *Fiserv*
>
> don.gu...@fiserv.com
>
> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673
>
> Fax: 610-293-4499
>
> www.fiserv.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:27 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> Can you get a machine in the remote location into a test OU and go from
> there?
>
>
>
> *From:* Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:25 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> Yes, I’m following.
>
>
>
> The issue we’re having is we’re trying to configure Internet proxy settings
> in one domain, where the physical hardware is at 2 different locations. The
> new GPOs for these Proxies are not working, at the OU level. There are no
> settings in the DDP for Proxy.
>
>
>
> I just explicitly denied my user account Read and Apply access to the DDP
> and the Proxy settings are there. That means that even though there are no
> proxy settings in the DDP, it is somehow overriding.
>
>
>
> Thx,
>
>
>
> *Don Guyer*
>
> Windows Systems Engineer
>
> Datasafe Platform
>
> Fiserv Enterprise Technology
>
> *Fiserv*
>
> don.gu...@fiserv.com
>
> Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673
>
> Fax: 610-293-4499
>
> www.fiserv.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 10:17 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: (un)Enforcing Default Domain Policy
>
>
>
> If you unenforce a GPO, subsequent GPO's can overwrite the settings.
> That's the actually meaning of enforced, not allowing settings to be
> overwritten by GPO's in OU's below the GPO which is enforced.
>
> Does that make sense?  It does to me, but I have a head cold and a lack of
> sleep trying to get something done...
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Guyer, Don  wrote:
>
> Everyone,
>
>
>
> We are troubleshooting a GPO issue and would like to remove
> the enforced setting on our Default Domain Policy GPO. I am just looking for
> assurance that this will not break anything, or remove it from being applied
> to OUs that it is currently applied to.
>
>
>
> Thx,
>
>
>
> *Don Guyer*
>
> Windows Systems Engineer
>
> Datasafe Platform
>
> Fiserv Enterprise Technology
>
> *Fiserv*
>
> don.gu...@fiserv.c

Re: free PDF "printer"

[Doug Hampshire]

But searching the archives would have revealed he already asked the same
question back in November. And how embarrassing would that be to discover
you're just repeating yourself and suffer from CRS[1]?

[1] Can't Remember .Stuff


On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <
michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Please apologize for wasting my time as well.  Thank you.
>
> If you want a consensus, next time try searching the archives first.
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:04 AM, John Aldrich <
> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
>
>> Well my *thought* was, I'd try the first thing I could find on
>> download.com
>> that had the highest rating and if that didn't work, I'd use whatever the
>> consensus of opinion on the list was. Sorry for bothering YOU, Erik.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:59 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> I'm amazed that you even bothered the list for something you needed an
>> immediate answer for, and  would not wait for even the quickest of replies
>> ...
>>
>>
>> Wolf !
>>
>> Wolf !
>>
>> Wolf !
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Erik Goldoff
>> IT  Consultant
>> Systems, Networks, & Security
>>
>> '  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:56 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> Yep. As I said, the user was completely down. Her email crashed as soon as
>> she opened it. According to Microsoft, the problem was an incompatibility
>> with Adobe Creator. So, I grabbed the highest rated (by both users and
>> CNET
>> editors) PDF creator app and installed it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:30 AM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> In the NINE minutes from when you posted your question to when I posted
>> the
>> link ???
>>
>> (sigh)
>>
>>
>> Erik Goldoff
>> IT  Consultant
>> Systems, Networks, & Security
>>
>> '  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:52 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> I'd already installed the other one... :-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:06 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> Hope what you found works for you, but I'm confused ...
>> It was quicker to go to search CNet than click the link for PDFCreator in
>> my
>> reply ?
>>
>>
>> Erik Goldoff
>> IT  Consultant
>> Systems, Networks, & Security
>>
>> '  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:10 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> Well I was in a hurry so I went to CNET Downloads and found PDF Redirect.
>> I'm gonna give that a shot and if it doesn't make the user happy, I'll try
>> PDF Creator. PDF Redirect had the best reviews for both CNET Editors and
>> end-users so hopefully it'll work ok.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:32 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: RE: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> +1 for PDF Creator.
>>
>>
>> Jim Holmgren
>> Senior Manager, Infrastructure Services
>> XLHealth Corporation
>> The Warehouse at Camden Yards
>> 351 West Camden Street, Suite 100
>> Baltimore, MD 21201
>> 410.625.2200 (main)
>> 443.524.8573 (direct)
>> 443-506.2400 (cell)
>> www.xlhealth.com
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 2:31 PM
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: free PDF "printer"
>>
>> I have been using PDF Creator with good success for some time now.
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:22 PM, John Aldrich <
>> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>
>> wrote:
>> What do you guys like for creating PDFs? ISTR that someone recommended
>> PrimoPDF. Is that still a good one or is there something better? It
>> appears
>> one of my users is having problems with incompatibility between her
>> Outlook
>> (2000) and Adobe Acrobat. WHY it's just now showing up is a mystery to me,
>> but it is Anyway, if ya'll could let me know what you think is the
>> best
>> FREE PDF maker, I'd appreciate it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> ~   ~
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Re: videos from hulu

[Doug Hampshire]

Seriously? Why not just point a video camera at the monitor?

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:23 PM, David Mazzaccaro <
david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com> wrote:

> You may have to get creative (microphone placed in front of speakers
> perhaps), but it can!
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:20 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: videos from hulu
>
> Snagit won't pick up the audio, will it?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:04 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: videos from hulu
>
> You can try the program "SnagIt" I've had reasonably good success with
> it.
> http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:30 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: videos from hulu
>
> So, there are some videos on hulu (Good Eats holiday recipes, actually,
> like
> http://www.hulu.com/watch/179670/good-eats-ultimate-mashed-potatoes) I'd
> like to get digitally and save. Any easy/reasonable way to do that?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>
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Re: Skype

[Doug Hampshire]

My top three security concerns.
1. Internet Explorer
2. Google Chrome
3. Firefox

and
4. Users
.and those are my top 4 security concerns on my network...


On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Andrew S. Baker  wrote:

> *>>**Does this (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_security#Flaws_and_potential_flaws) not
> give plenty for a reasonable person to worry about?*
>
>
> Some pause, sure.
>
>
> Plenty to worry about?  No, unless you also prohibit internet access for
> the folks in your organization, since some of these are generic to internet
> connectivity and standard web services use (xss flaws, etc)
>
> More importantly, none of the flaws outlined in the article are newer than
> 2008.  Not to say there aren't any new ones, but they've updated the list at
> least 3 times this year, but with flaws from 2008 or earlier.
>
> There are ways to mitigate supernode access, and some of the other
> functionality of Skype in an environment.
>
> Define the threat and determine if there is sufficient mitigation or
> workarounds available to handle it vs the benefits that might be derived
> from the tools usage.
>
>
> Back in 2006, we voted against its usage within our organization based on
> the proposed use case.  Today, the technology is far more robust (the recent
> meltdown notwithstanding) and the tools for mitigating VoIP risks in general
> are more prevalent and mature.
>
>
>
> *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) 
> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...*
> * *
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:
>
>> Among my concerns is that skype is a P2P technology - in itself not
>> such a big deal, normally - and that skype data transits all manner of
>> end-user machines not under anyone's control (certainly in many cases
>> not in the control of the putative owner). It also is intrusive in
>> that according to the EULA it basically owns your machine for its own
>> purposes, including auditing your hardware configuration and allowing
>> inbound network traffic that you don't control.
>>
>> All aspects of computer and network security for our company is my
>> focus, though it's not my full time job - or is that not the question
>> you were asking?
>>
>> Does this (
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_security#Flaws_and_potential_flaws)
>> not give plenty for a reasonable person to worry about?
>>
>>
>> Kurt
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:25, Andrew S. Baker  wrote:
>> > What's your main concern with Skype?
>> > What aspect of security is your focus?
>> >
>> > ASB (My XeeSM Profile)
>> > Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> This is pretty old, but I'm now being forced to allow skype on our
>> >> network, and I'm pretty unhappy about it..
>> >>
>> >> Ken, is your firm still allowing skype, and if so, can you speak to
>> >> what your security folks did to make themselves happy about allowing
>> >> skype?
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone else here done a security review that gave them a decision
>> >> one way or the other about allowing it?
>> >>
>> >> Kurt
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 08:12, Ken Cornetet 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > We are deploying it here to a few users.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I’m using group policy to turn off being a supernode, downloads,
>> >> > listening
>> >> > on tcp ports, and 3rd party access to the Skype API.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Our security folks reviewed it and are happy.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com]
>> >> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:01 AM
>> >> > To: NT System Admin Issues
>> >> > Subject: Skype
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Has anyone looked at Skype recently?  We’ve got a client that wants
>> us
>> >> > to
>> >> > use Skype for communications with them. I’ve always been a little
>> leery
>> >> > of
>> >> > using them in a business environment, but looking at it now, I see
>> they
>> >> > have
>> >> > a MSI download for easy deployment and a group policy template for
>> >> > central
>> >> > administration of settings. It all looks pretty cool. While the
>> security
>> >> > guy
>> >> > in me wants to say no, I’m having a hard time finding a reason not to
>> >> > say
>> >> > OK.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I’m curious what the members of this esteemed group think about it
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > …Tim
>> >> >
>>
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Re: OT: DataMax thermal printers

[Doug Hampshire]

Turns out that DataMax Thermal printers quickly wear out if they have to
print excessively large and annoying eMail signatures. Has anyone there been
doing this? If so I'd go for the large LCD screen then. Otherwise you won't
be able to see the entire sig.

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 3:14 PM, John Aldrich
wrote:

>  Hey, everyone…
>
> We have a DMX-600 here that the print head is going bad quickly. According
> to the manufacturer, that model is discontinued and parts aren’t even
> available for it any longer. According to our VAR, the replacement is an
> H-6308. There are apparently two configurations for this, one with a large
> vertical LCD panel and one with a smaller, horizontal LCD panel. I don’t
> know if there is any functional difference between the two versions. My
> guess is that there is not. Does anyone on this list have any experience
> with this printer? Feel free to email me off-list if you’d like.
>
>
>
> Our VAR says that the tall LCD version isn’t going to be available until
> the end of this month, but we can get the small-LCD version within a week. I
> just need to know if there is any real difference between the two besides
> the LCD size. J
>
>
>
> Thanks..
>
>
>
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>
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Re: Consultants

[Doug Hampshire]

Until it actually breaks and the CEO is screaming about it not being back up
and running.

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> I'll remind you that you said the CEO said you have a few days to restore
> data in the event of a disaster...  You don't have any requirement to ensure
> data is always available...
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM, John Aldrich <
> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
>
>> Because, as has been drilled into me on this list, I don’t really know
>> what I *need* from a D/R perspective. I'm looking to get an independent
>> consultant to help me figure that out. I know what I'd *like* and I think it
>> could do the job, but that may not be the most effective method of ensuring
>> the data is always available. :-)
>>
>> My original thinking was get 2 SANs and mirror them, but then I wasn't
>> sure that the bandwidth would be there, so after getting pummeled here
>> trying to get folks on this list to do the heavy lifting for me, I've
>> decided the proper thing to do is hire an independent 3rd party to come up
>> with a D/R plan.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:44 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>>   Subject: re: Consultants
>>
>> Not sure if it differs in the US but I'm a bit unsure why you're talking
>> about "hiring" consultants?
>>
>> Why not just invite in a bunch of VAR's, go through your needs and ask
>> them to quote on a solution?
>>
>> And to echo others thoughts, manufacturers will obviously have an agenda,
>> resellers will have an agenda (to sell you something just from a bit wider
>> pool), and even the best meaning consultant will have a certain bias based
>> off what they're familiar with (not to say it won't be a good solution, but
>> you take the point).
>>
>> I wouldn't expect you to have to be paying anyone a bean to get some
>> detailed options.
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Re: Calculating SAN TCO?

[Doug Hampshire]

She stole the idea from Sponge Bob.

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

> It’s in honor of Ms.Perry… whom, by the way, I think sings a dang catchy
> tune.
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
> *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:38 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Calculating SAN TCO?
>
>
>
> Is this misspelling of girls like when they change the spelling of crab to
> krab?  Cause I'm not big on imitation anything.  :)
>
>  - WJR
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:35, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
> California Gurls.
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
> *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:31 PM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: Calculating SAN TCO?
>
>
>
> They're squiggly gurls...
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM, John Hornbuckle <
> john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote:
>
> You make an excellent argument for EMC. But then again, they did cause the
> government of Virginia to shut down.
>
>
>
> So, those gurls had better be VERY special and VERY pretty.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> John Hornbuckle
>
> MIS Department
>
> Taylor County School District
>
> www.taylor.k12.fl.us
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Amit Hanji [mailto:amit.ha...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:20 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
>
>
> *Subject:* Re: Calculating SAN TCO?
>
>
>
> Hello my friend,
>
> I have to be having an most special method for the selecting of SAN's. And
> this method be working for most different IT things as well. Since TCO's
> from their selves are almost being wrong and lies, I buy from best vendor
> with most good swag. Golf and diiner eating are very special, but EMC is
> most best because if looking at Big Frame system, they send special pretty
> gurls to my room. Most excellant winning vendor.
>
>
>
> UR friend,
>
> Amit
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Paul Hutchings <
> paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I'll hold my hands up to being a techie and not good at this sort of stuff.
>
> I'm looking at different SAN vendors, all of whom will essentially do what
> we need.
>
> There are differences i.e. frame vs. node based, and of course each vendor
> can show me a presentation that shows they are cheaper than everyone else
> over X years.
>
> Does anyone have a spreadsheet or can share some fairly reliable means of
> working these claims out?
>
> I can sit down in front of Excel and try and come up with some numbers
> based on things such as cost per Tb but if anyone has been there and got the
> tee shirt and would be willing to share the base document I'd be very
> grateful.
>
> Thanks.
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Re: Calculating SAN TCO?

[Doug Hampshire]

Substance abuse?

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Don Ely  wrote:

> I try to provide substance every once in awhile...
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Jonathan Link 
> wrote:
>
>> What a mensch!
>>
>>  On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Don Ely  wrote:
>>
>>>  Oh good grief, here's a list for starters...
>>>
>>>
>>>- Look at inititial cost for the hardware, this part should be simple
>>>- The cost of support annually, you'll want annual maintenance and it
>>>would serve you well to know what those costs are long term
>>>- Scalability for your environment, since storage is tiered these
>>>days, you will want to know how well your chosen solution can scale for 
>>> the
>>>business needs
>>>- Life Cycle of the hardware, some vendors EOL their stuff pretty
>>>quickly forcing you into a hardware refresh or increased support costs, 
>>> see
>>>bullet #2 above
>>>- Ask for customer references, it's always nice to hear from others
>>>how they feel about their purchase, its usability and their regrets
>>>- And the hardest one of all...  Management of the SAN, some vendors
>>>will let you try before you buy...  And until you manage your own SAN, 
>>> you
>>>have no idea how easy or difficult it will be.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Paul Hutchings <
>>> paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
  Jonathan, relatively new yet but I know it's a bit of a sticking point
 and I've no intention of this being a "what SAN" thread, however the
 cheapest to buy isn't necessarily the cheapest over a longer term - that's
 what I'm asking, how the heck do you begin to try and work the long term
 costs out (money out the door, not talking things like my time).

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Re: Consultants

[Doug Hampshire]

Where Partners = EMC owns VMWare.

2010/9/29 Wilhelm, Scott 

> If you have have a VMware environment, EMC might be a good choice too since
> they are now partners.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Scott
>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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> Lombardi
>
>
>
> *From:* William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:09 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Consultants
>
>
>
> Or Dell/EMC for that matter.  They have lots of consultant expertise, as
> well as the hardware.
>
>  - WJR
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 13:06, Jonathan Link 
> wrote:
>
> Answering your question. have you considered Hitachi?
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Jonathan Link 
> wrote:
>
> Dude...
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:49 PM, John Aldrich <
> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
>
> I got a call from an IBM reseller in the region wanting to sell me a SAN. I
> advised that I had decided to step back and look for a consultant to help
> me
> figure out what my needs are. At that point the sales droid advised that
> they were also consultants. My first instinct is to tell them to go jump,
> as
> it seems like it would be a huge conflict of interest and they are probably
> going to tell me I need to buy a SAN, specifically an IBM SAN.
>
> What is the opinion of you folks on the list about hiring consultants? Do
> you worry about conflict of interest such as this or do you just hire
> someone? I'm tempted to just hire one of the fellow list members (assuming
> I
> can get authorization) who offered their services, as they seem to be
> *just*
> D/R consultants and are not going to have an axe to grind.
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Small server

[Doug Hampshire]

How very 2001 of them. Are they also unsure of those new fangled SAN's
everyone keeps talking about?

Actually I had one of the Development Manager here tell me that SQL Server
on a VM was 30% slower than on a comparable physical machine. I asked him to
provide supporting evidence of said statement. I'm still waiting for his
response a month later..

In the meantime I'm getting ready to move our SQL cluster off of a couple of
blades and into vSphere VMs.

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, David Lum  wrote:

>  +1
>
>
>
> We have developers HERE that insist on using physical machines because of
> the unknown a VM brings to them….is it really too much to ask for a
> programmer to understand the generalities of a VM?
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:45 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Small server
>
>
>
> Yep.  Because they are afraid of the implications.
>
>
>
> I've even had vendors tell me that when their internal tech folks are
> running the app in VMs.
>
>
>
> *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) 
> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...*
> * *
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jonathan Link 
> wrote:
>
> A lot of vendors say that about their apps.  Some of our apps aren't
> supported in VM's, either.  I still call them when I have problems, and they
> still fix the problems.  In no case has virtualization been a problem.  In
> one case, I had a rep remote into my session to assist, he never knew it was
> a VM.
>
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:11 AM, John Aldrich <
> jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote:
>
>  Ok. Back to the drawing board. I emailed Kronos support and they say that
> TKC is NOT supported on virtual server. :-( I suppose I could lie to them
> and create a virtual server and install it there anyway, but it may be
> better to just either switch to a different time and attendance product or
> buy a physical server. :-(
>
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:56 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: Re: Small server
>
> And why the hate for Software RAID? Let me be more specific: What is your
> definition of "Software RAID"?
>
> Window's built in RAID capabilities? (100% Software RAID)
> ...or...
> Inexpensive "Host RAID"? These are usually built into chipsets or cheap
> RAID
> cards. (Mostly software)
>
> If we're talking Window's built in software RAID, I would agree: Avoid at
> all costs. I have not had much experience with it, but the little I did
> have
> was disappointing... Not to mention the general dislike by the tech
> community of MS's RAIDs.
>
> The Host RAIDs are hit and miss, mostly miss. I have had good experience
> with Intel's RAID chipsets, but usually not for anything more than a RAID
> 1.
> The recent "Matrix RAID" chipsets from intel have been excellent. Also, the
> overhead from running a Host Raid is not as bad as it used to be. Hard
> drive
> speeds have increased, but not at the scale of CPU power. So for a "small
> server" like what John asked, I would definitely consider it.
>
> But if a real RAID solution was only $100 more, I'd skip Host RAID and go
> for it. But we all know most real hardware RAIDs are not that cheap. It all
> depends on what you're willing to spend.
>
> Now, if we were talking Linux, I'd be recommending software RAID over
> everything but the highest-end RAID controllers.
>
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Erik Goldoff
> [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Tue, 28 Sep 2010
> 07:19:00 -0700
> Subject: Re: Small server
>
>
> > curious, why do you shun SATA ?
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:14 AM, James Kerr 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Kind of important software. I would make sure the server was hardware
> > RAID1
> > > with 2 hot swap SAS drives NOT SATA at a minimum just for the
> redundancy.
> > No
> > > software RAID. Whats wrong with SCSI?
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > >
> > > - Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" <
> > > jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>
> > > To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:08 AM
> > > Subject: RE: Small server
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Sorry. I guess I should have specified this is for Kronos Time Keeper
> > > Central.
> > >
> > > Server hardware requirements are very basic. It has to be capable of
> > > running
> > > Windows 2000. It's not a very resource-intensive software. It's got a
> > small
> > > DB and has to be capable of allowing multiple people to access it over
> the
> > > network (via "client" software loaded on their machine) The machine
> that's
> > > currently running the time and attendance software is a P4 2.8Ghz with
> 2
> > > Gig
> > > of RAM running Windows 2000. My main problem is that it's runn

Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?

[Doug Hampshire]

I'm installing a 35 TB Lefthand (now HP) SAN in 3 weeks. Will that work?

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:20 AM, Ken Schaefer  wrote:

> What SAN are we going to store the signature on? Would we use a Cisco or HP
> switch?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 September 2010 10:53 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
>
>
>
> I thought Real Networks was in contention in that it was a “neutral” codec
> with no affiliation with either MS or Apple?
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:25 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
>
>
>
> I think we had established that Quicktime was the preferred solution at
> this stage.
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Jim McAtee  wrote:
>
> You're joking, right?  You had me going for a second there.
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Doug Hampshire" 
> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:40 AM
>
>
> Subject: Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
>
> Do any of these solutions have an option to insert excessively large
> eMails signatures into them automatically? I'm still looking for a solution
> that will attach a Flash based video to every eMail we send.
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?

[Doug Hampshire]

I'm still researching in all the In Flight magazines for the best solution.

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> I think we had established that Quicktime was the preferred solution at
> this stage.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Jim McAtee  wrote:
>
>> You're joking, right?  You had me going for a second there.
>>
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Doug Hampshire" > >
>> To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:40 AM
>>
>> Subject: Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
>>
>>
>> Do any of these solutions have an option to insert excessively large
>>> eMails signatures into them automatically? I'm still looking for a
>>> solution that will attach a Flash based video to every eMail we send.
>>>
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Re: Email retention

[Doug Hampshire]

Eleventyfour. Or whatever the Senior Management team decides. SOX does not
equal privately held company.

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:04 AM, John Aldrich  wrote:

> What's the standard for email retention for companies which are NOT
> publicly
> traded? What's the SOX rules on email retention? I just helped one of our
> managers open some Outlook data files dating back to 2007 which got me
> thinking about the wisdom of retaining information that long and I wasn't
> sure what the "norm" is for retaining that info.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Thanks,
> John Aldrich
> IT Manager,
> Blueridge Carpet
> 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233
>
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Re: Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?

[Doug Hampshire]

Do any of these solutions have an option to insert excessively large eMails
signatures into them automatically? I'm still looking for a solution that
will attach a Flash based video to every eMail we send.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:32 PM, John Aldrich  wrote:

>  How about HotPop.com? Or Google? Google will host your domain emails for
> you, I believe. Also, SpamCop.Net (webmail.spamcop.net) will host your
> email for about $25/year/mailbox, I think… including spam / virus filtering
> and spam reporting, if you like.
>
>
>
> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2]
>
>
>
> *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
> *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2010 11:04 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Cheap/Free POP3/SMTP Server?
>
>
>
> We have a few dozen domains that are non-critical that I don’t want to host
> on our internal Exchange system (mostly political some technical reasons
> i.e. I don’t want some of the users anywhere near my LAN).
>
>
>
> Most of them only have the need for abuse@ and postmaster@ to be
> configured, but a few of the domains have some aliases setup and a couple of
> them have some POP3 mailboxes.
>
>
>
> I’ve tried hmailserver and mailenable on one of our DMZ boxes and each does
> the job whilst each has its quirks (I’m leaning towards hmailserver right
> now).
>
>
>
> Any suggestions on anything else that is cheap/free and easy to configure?
>
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Re: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

[Doug Hampshire]

But does Open DNS have access to EVERY URLs in the world?

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Andrew S. Baker  wrote:

> OpenDNS is very fast.  Very distributed.
>
>
>
> *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) 
> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...*
> * *
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:
>
>> I've been using OpenDNS since the DNS poisoning problem was widely
>> reported...last year?  Year before?
>> Not only that, seems to be faster than our ISP's DNS servers.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Andrew S. Baker wrote:
>>
>>> OpenDNS provides similar benefits...
>>>
>>>
>>> *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) 
>>> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...*
>>> * *
>>>  On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Hornbuckle <
>>> john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote:
>>>
   Trying it now. Love the concept—let’s see if it helps.  :)







 *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]
 *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:58 PM

 *To:* NT System Admin Issues
 *Subject:* RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware



 Btw, we update the malware URLs of these rogues right into ClearCloud.



 Feel free to and the ClearCloud DNS server as a replacement to your
 existing DNS:



 http://clearclouddns.com/



 It’s still beta, but I think you’ll find it works quite well.  And it’s
 free.





 Alex







 *From:* Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]
 *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:55 PM

 *To:* NT System Admin Issues
 *Subject:* RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware



 http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/



 Free.  And the combination really works.



 *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
 *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:20 PM

 *To:* NT System Admin Issues
 *Subject:* #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware



 The “Security Tools” malware is about to drive me insane. My users keep
 managing to infect themselves with it, and we’re having trouble stopping 
 it.



 They don’t run with admin rights, so there’s no real damage done to
 their systems and we can clean it up in about two minutes. But the time 
 adds
 up, and I’m tired of my technicians having to waste time on it.



 Our antimalware software is Microsoft’s Forefront Client Security, and
 it’s having a tough time catching this. Every time I get infected, I send
 the EXE to Microsoft and they update their definitions—but the EXE’s used 
 by
 the malware apparently change rapidly, and seem to constantly be a step
 ahead of FCS’s definitions.



 I can think of a couple of options that I know would stop it, like
 blocking all EXE’s at our web filter or using group policy to limit the
 running of EXE’s—but this would also prevent users from doing things like
 installing safe plug-ins from websites, so it’s not a first resort.



 Suggestions?







 John Hornbuckle

 MIS Department

 Taylor County School District

 www.taylor.k12.fl.us




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Re: Assistance with eMail footers

[Doug Hampshire]

I'm deeply, deeply hurt by your manufactured lies and half truths. Why would
you falsely accuse me of such a terrible thing? I have many highly respected
personal references, among them Martin Blackstone, Max Tork, and Amit Hanji.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Crawford, Scott wrote:

>  Are you guys seriously still falling for this obvious troll?
>
>
>
> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:56 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I think you will find they are trying to help you say "No this is a very
> bad idea" to the bosses.  As at least one pointed out some companies will
> block or kill your emails as JUNK or SPAM when it comes in.  Others are
> pointing out that putting that stuff into email will require specific codecs
> or player to run.  Keep in mind by the end of the day like you their nerves
> are stretched to the breaking point due to ID10T issues caused but people
> much like your boss is trying to be.  Putting that kind of stuff into a
> footer will eat up disk space on the mail server and/or client machines and
> I could forsee most of it getting deleted very quickly for that reason only.
>
>
>
> Jon
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Doug Hampshire 
> wrote:
>
> Why have you all hijacked my thread? I was seeking some actual help with
> this. We are a company focused primarily on Merger and Acquisition
> activities and the owner wants to include a video (I recommended Flash but
> he insists it work on an iPad/iPhone) of the Viking Kittens. He thinks it
> portrays our core values somehow. I really need to find other gainful
> employment.
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, William J. Robbins 
> wrote:
>
>  Wait until the Captain hears about this!
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
>  --
>
> *From: *Steve Ens 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:05 -0500
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I think the Enterprise was retired after the The Next Generation
> started
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM, William J. Robbins 
> wrote:
>
>  Oh...my bad. I assumed he had the Enterprise kit.
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
>  --
>
> *From: *Jonathan Link 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:03:57 -0400
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> If you don't have the flux capacitor, you don't need as much.  IIRC, that
> option isn't available to most powershell developers.
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, William J. Robbins 
> wrote:
>
>   Depends on the size of your shell, and how many ohms your power supply
> produces in gigawatts. I think you'll need 1.21.
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
>  --
>
> *From: *Don Ely 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:43:26 -0700
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> How much power does powerscript require?
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Gasper, Rick 
> wrote:
>
>With Enterprise you can use a powerscript to add it to the outbound
> smtp connector. With standard, you would need to script it to add it to the
> email client. Both are simple and will accomplish the same thing.
>
>
>
> *From:* William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:22 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I have the white one!
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
>  --
>
> *From: *"Gasper, Rick" 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:46 -0400
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *RE: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> Is that Enterprise or standard?
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:27 AM
>
>
> *To:*

Re: Resume's

[Doug Hampshire]

Yes it does, and it rocks.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Eric Brouwer  wrote:

> Wii does stream netflix now!
>
> On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Jacob wrote:
>
> I wish we could stream on Wiis or playstations L
>
> *From:* John Hornbuckle 
> [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us
> ]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:14 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
> Totally veering OT, but I only became a Netflix customer a week or so ago.
> I did it mainly for their streaming library, which has grown considerably
> since the last time I had checked. The only DVDs we have sent to us are for
> content that isn’t available via streaming.
>
> And I have to say, I love it. LOVE IT! Seriously, this is how all content
> should be delivered. I have a Wii, so I get to Netflix that way. There’s a
> pretty big library, it couldn’t be easier to use, it’s cheap, and the
> quality is great. I love that I can access everything from my TV or my iPad
> or my laptop. And that if I pause a movie/show on one device, I can resume
> watching where I left off on another device.
>
> I’m actually scaling back my cable to basic because of this. Between the
> basic channels and online options, I have all the programming I need.
>
>
>
>

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Re: Resume's

[Doug Hampshire]

Big deal. Every thing on this list is cheap too.oh wait, that's not what
you meant.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:08 PM, John Hornbuckle <
john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote:

> I’m a member of a credit union—everything is cheap or free there.  :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:04 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
>
>
> Yeah, my bank offers online billpay and I use it for my business account,
> but my personal account would have to change to a different account type to
> get online billpay (I’ve had this account for 25 years) and I would lose
> some features I like having that they bank no longer offers to new
> accounts….the online billpay is one of the “change now!” enticements they
> offer to get people off the higher cost (to the bank) accounts…
>
>
>
> I guess I’m a luddite.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>
>
> *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:58 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
>
>
> I refuse. My bank has online billpay, which I use for vendors who don’t
> have an online system. The bank will either transfer the money to them (if
> they’re capable of receiving it electronically), or mail them a check—which
> costs me nothing.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:35 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
>
>
> I’m irritated that I still have to use the U.S. Mail to pay two of my
> monthly bills.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:32 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
>
>
> That happened probably 14 years ago, before “everybody” had email.  My
> resume bombings then consisted of dropping off a stack of envelopes at the
> post office.  Some of you still remember those places, right?  Tell me I’m
> not alone!
>
>
>
> *From:* Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:50 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
>
>
> Part of me thinks extra marks for effort – in a strange way it shows more
> time has gone into it than an email CV bombed to 20 different places.
>
>
>
> My own pet hate is people who send in Publisher documents.
>
>
>
> *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> *Sent:* 15 September 2010 15:48
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
>
>
> The most memorable resume I ever received was hand written on lined paper
> torn from a spiral bound notebook.  I still can’t believe we got it.
>
>
>
> -Paul
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:35 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Resume's
>
>
>
> Also a hiring manager (in fact I'm hiring someone this week):
>
> - Two pages max. Oh you can send me your 4 page resume, but I won't really
> ready past page two and I might just toss yours for being overly verbose. I
> am also a long-term, rabid follower of the www.manager-tools.com [1]
> podcasts/website, but I disagree with their 1 page resume for Technical
> positions.
> - For $diety's sake people Spel Chunk and profred your resume. Then have 3
> other people beside your mom/wife/girlfriend read it...outloud.
> - Don't put an objective on your resume. You're wasting valuable space and
> it means nothing.
> - For each position your bullet points should be accomplishment and results
> focused statements. Don't put "Managed Exchange stuff" on there. But rather
> reword it into something that shows you did something concrete for the
> company either through efficiencies, savings, improved productivity, etc.
> For example (and of course always tell the truth) "Designed and deployed
> Exchange messaging system that consistently provided 99.99% availability
> measured on an annual basis. Responded to all requests for
> adds/moves/changes for users at 100% within the defined SLA's"
> - Related to the point above If you

Re: Resume's

[Doug Hampshire]

Those are easy to deal with, one key stroke .

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Paul Hutchings
wrote:

> Part of me thinks extra marks for effort – in a strange way it shows more
> time has gone into it than an email CV bombed to 20 different places.
>
>
>
> My own pet hate is people who send in Publisher documents.
>
>
>
> *From:* Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
> *Sent:* 15 September 2010 15:48
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: Resume's
>
>
>
> The most memorable resume I ever received was hand written on lined paper
> torn from a spiral bound notebook.  I still can’t believe we got it.
>
>
>
> -Paul
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 8:35 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Resume's
>
>
>
> Also a hiring manager (in fact I'm hiring someone this week):
>
> - Two pages max. Oh you can send me your 4 page resume, but I won't really
> ready past page two and I might just toss yours for being overly verbose. I
> am also a long-term, rabid follower of the www.manager-tools.com [1]
> podcasts/website, but I disagree with their 1 page resume for Technical
> positions.
> - For $diety's sake people Spel Chunk and profred your resume. Then have 3
> other people beside your mom/wife/girlfriend read it...outloud.
> - Don't put an objective on your resume. You're wasting valuable space and
> it means nothing.
> - For each position your bullet points should be accomplishment and results
> focused statements. Don't put "Managed Exchange stuff" on there. But rather
> reword it into something that shows you did something concrete for the
> company either through efficiencies, savings, improved productivity, etc.
> For example (and of course always tell the truth) "Designed and deployed
> Exchange messaging system that consistently provided 99.99% availability
> measured on an annual basis. Responded to all requests for
> adds/moves/changes for users at 100% within the defined SLA's"
> - Related to the point above If you aren't measuring "stuff"
> (stuff=performance metrics, up-time, user help desk response rates/times,
> etc.) start measuring it. Even if your management team doesn't care about
> it, you measure it anyway.
> - Did I mention spel chunking and profreading yet?
> - Cover letter, yes you need one, no matter what. I get cover letters on
> maybe 20% of the resumes submitted. I read 100% of the ones with cover
> letters. Without a cover letter you might get as little as 15-20 seconds of
> me reading your resume.
> - While I personally applaud you for contributing to the community, I
> usually don't want to see that you were a "Northampton County Farm Safety
> Day Volunteer[2]". Now if you participate in something industry related, or
> it shows a very specific skill (for example you sit on the board of a local
> charity and are trying to show management skills).
> - If you want to include a Technical Skills section, please put it near the
> end, not at the beginning. And include only stuff that people have heard of.
> I don't care if you're proficient in some software package that manages
> crushed grape sugar levels unless I hiring you to work at a winery. And if
> you list it, you darn well better have at least an intermediate level of
> mastery of that Tech Skill. There WILL be a quiz. You watching Bob the
> Coworker install vSphere 4.0 does not count as a Technical Skill. Oh, and
> cut the stupid crap like listing NetBIOS and NeiBEUI. That means virtually
> nothing, and if I do decide to quiz you on that I bet you fail and roll over
> and wet yourself.
>
> I wrote a couple of Blog posts a few years ago on getting yourself hired
> (or not getting hired). Feel free to check them out here.
> http://hampshire.wordpress.com/category/jobs-and-hiring/
>
> Finally while these are thoughts that I've personally developed over the
> years, it turns out that a significant number of other IT Managers that I've
> shared these with all concur. YMMV.
>
> [1] Even if you not a technical manager, subscribe to their Podcasts. Your
> career will thank you.
> [2] This was an actual verbatim bullet point.
>
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Gary Slinger 
> wrote:
>
> Nope. The more senior the position, the shorter the actual resume gets.
>
> Oh, and FWIW - I'm a hiring manager. I won't read your 4 page resume. I
> might, at interview, but you'd never get that far.
> --
>
> *From: *"Sam Cayze" 
>
> *Date: *Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:23:23 -0500
>
> *T

Re: Resume's

[Doug Hampshire]

Also a hiring manager (in fact I'm hiring someone this week):

- Two pages max. Oh you can send me your 4 page resume, but I won't really
ready past page two and I might just toss yours for being overly verbose. I
am also a long-term, rabid follower of the www.manager-tools.com [1]
podcasts/website, but I disagree with their 1 page resume for Technical
positions.
- For $diety's sake people Spel Chunk and profred your resume. Then have 3
other people beside your mom/wife/girlfriend read it...outloud.
- Don't put an objective on your resume. You're wasting valuable space and
it means nothing.
- For each position your bullet points should be accomplishment and results
focused statements. Don't put "Managed Exchange stuff" on there. But rather
reword it into something that shows you did something concrete for the
company either through efficiencies, savings, improved productivity, etc.
For example (and of course always tell the truth) "Designed and deployed
Exchange messaging system that consistently provided 99.99% availability
measured on an annual basis. Responded to all requests for
adds/moves/changes for users at 100% within the defined SLA's"
- Related to the point above If you aren't measuring "stuff"
(stuff=performance metrics, up-time, user help desk response rates/times,
etc.) start measuring it. Even if your management team doesn't care about
it, you measure it anyway.
- Did I mention spel chunking and profreading yet?
- Cover letter, yes you need one, no matter what. I get cover letters on
maybe 20% of the resumes submitted. I read 100% of the ones with cover
letters. Without a cover letter you might get as little as 15-20 seconds of
me reading your resume.
- While I personally applaud you for contributing to the community, I
usually don't want to see that you were a "Northampton County Farm Safety
Day Volunteer[2]". Now if you participate in something industry related, or
it shows a very specific skill (for example you sit on the board of a local
charity and are trying to show management skills).
- If you want to include a Technical Skills section, please put it near the
end, not at the beginning. And include only stuff that people have heard of.
I don't care if you're proficient in some software package that manages
crushed grape sugar levels unless I hiring you to work at a winery. And if
you list it, you darn well better have at least an intermediate level of
mastery of that Tech Skill. There WILL be a quiz. You watching Bob the
Coworker install vSphere 4.0 does not count as a Technical Skill. Oh, and
cut the stupid crap like listing NetBIOS and NeiBEUI. That means virtually
nothing, and if I do decide to quiz you on that I bet you fail and roll over
and wet yourself.

I wrote a couple of Blog posts a few years ago on getting yourself hired (or
not getting hired). Feel free to check them out here.
http://hampshire.wordpress.com/category/jobs-and-hiring/

Finally while these are thoughts that I've personally developed over the
years, it turns out that a significant number of other IT Managers that I've
shared these with all concur. YMMV.

[1] Even if you not a technical manager, subscribe to their Podcasts. Your
career will thank you.
[2] This was an actual verbatim bullet point.



On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Gary Slinger wrote:

> Nope. The more senior the position, the shorter the actual resume gets.
>
> Oh, and FWIW - I'm a hiring manager. I won't read your 4 page resume. I
> might, at interview, but you'd never get that far.
> --
> *From: * "Sam Cayze" 
> *Date: *Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:23:23 -0500
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
> *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" <
> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
> *Subject: *RE: Resume's
>
>  At first I gawked when I read **9** page resume, but then read on, and
> agree with how you did it.  IMO (and many others) – *for sure have* that
> info avail, on request or as a separate attachment.  I would say: A cover
> letter, a 1-4 page resume *TOPS*, portfolio/addenda, which also includes
> letters of recommendation, documentation examples, references, etc…
>
>
>
> A nice portfolio like this, put together well, shows of your seriousness
> and organizational skills.  During an interview, it also gives the
> interviewer plenty of pieces of paper to fumble through while they awkwardly
> stumble for things to talk about…
>
>
>
> Any resumes themselves in the 3-4 page range should be for senior executive
> positions only.
>
>
>
> Sam
>
>
>
> *From:* MarvinC [mailto:marv...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:31 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Resume's
>
>
>
> One or two line summary followed by bullet points and everything should be
> in chronological order. IT resumes aren't that hard to read depending
> on the format used to describe your particular skillset and the job you're
> seeking. So I say don't pay anyone unless you're desperate. I suggest
> posting here first as I'm sure someone

Re: Assistance with eMail footers

[Doug Hampshire]

I'd rather not force people to install anything. Is there a way to just
imbed a link to a Webpage that contains all the data?

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Steven M. Caesare wrote:

> Sorry for any detours.
>
>
>
> Back to your issue…
>
>
>
> Have you considered perhaps compiling your messages as an executable to
> send, so that way the actual video player could be self-contained, and they
> could just double click it without having to separately download a player?
>
>
>
> -sc
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 11:29 AM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> Why have you all hijacked my thread? I was seeking some actual help with
> this. We are a company focused primarily on Merger and Acquisition
> activities and the owner wants to include a video (I recommended Flash but
> he insists it work on an iPad/iPhone) of the Viking Kittens. He thinks it
> portrays our core values somehow. I really need to find other gainful
> employment.
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, William J. Robbins 
> wrote:
>
> Wait until the Captain hears about this!
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
> --
>
> *From: *Steve Ens 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:05 -0500
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I think the Enterprise was retired after the The Next Generation
> started
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM, William J. Robbins 
> wrote:
>
> Oh...my bad. I assumed he had the Enterprise kit.
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
> --
>
> *From: *Jonathan Link 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:03:57 -0400
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> If you don't have the flux capacitor, you don't need as much.  IIRC, that
> option isn't available to most powershell developers.
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, William J. Robbins 
> wrote:
>
> Depends on the size of your shell, and how many ohms your power supply
> produces in gigawatts. I think you'll need 1.21.
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
> --
>
> *From: *Don Ely 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:43:26 -0700
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> How much power does powerscript require?
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Gasper, Rick 
> wrote:
>
> With Enterprise you can use a powerscript to add it to the outbound smtp
> connector. With standard, you would need to script it to add it to the email
> client. Both are simple and will accomplish the same thing.
>
>
>
> *From:* William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:22 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I have the white one!
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
> --
>
> *From: *"Gasper, Rick" 
>
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:46 -0400
>
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>
> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues"  >
>
> *Subject: *RE: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> Is that Enterprise or standard?
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:27 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I have Outlook Server 7.
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Martin Blackstone 
> wrote:
>
> Hey Doug!
>
> What version Exchange?
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:21 AM
>
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I need to include an excessively large eMail footer with every eMail,
> including all Replies and Forwards. In addition to the eMail footer, it
> needs to include

Re: Assistance with eMail footers

[Doug Hampshire]

Why have you all hijacked my thread? I was seeking some actual help with
this. We are a company focused primarily on Merger and Acquisition
activities and the owner wants to include a video (I recommended Flash but
he insists it work on an iPad/iPhone) of the Viking Kittens. He thinks it
portrays our core values somehow. I really need to find other gainful
employment.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, William J. Robbins
wrote:

> Wait until the Captain hears about this!
>
>
> WJR
> - from my Crackberry.
>
> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
> --
> *From: * Steve Ens 
> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:05 -0500
> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
> *ReplyTo: * "NT System Admin Issues" <
> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>
> I think the Enterprise was retired after the The Next Generation
> started
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM, William J. Robbins  > wrote:
>
>> Oh...my bad. I assumed he had the Enterprise kit.
>>
>>
>> WJR
>> - from my Crackberry.
>>
>> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
>> --
>>  *From: *Jonathan Link 
>> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:03:57 -0400
>>  *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <
>> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
>> *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>>
>> If you don't have the flux capacitor, you don't need as much.  IIRC, that
>> option isn't available to most powershell developers.
>>
>>  On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, William J. Robbins <
>> dangerw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Depends on the size of your shell, and how many ohms your power supply
>>> produces in gigawatts. I think you'll need 1.21.
>>>
>>>
>>> WJR
>>> - from my Crackberry.
>>>
>>> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
>>> --
>>>  *From: *Don Ely 
>>> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:43:26 -0700
>>>  *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>>> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <
>>> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
>>>  *Subject: *Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>>>
>>> How much power does powerscript require?
>>>
>>>  On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Gasper, Rick wrote:
>>>
>>>>   With Enterprise you can use a powerscript to add it to the outbound
>>>> smtp connector. With standard, you would need to script it to add it to the
>>>> email client. Both are simple and will accomplish the same thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:22 AM
>>>>
>>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>>> *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have the white one!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> WJR
>>>> - from my Crackberry.
>>>>
>>>> "If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."
>>>>  --
>>>>
>>>> *From: *"Gasper, Rick" 
>>>>
>>>> *Date: *Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:46 -0400
>>>>
>>>> *To: *NT System Admin Issues
>>>>
>>>> *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <
>>>> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
>>>>
>>>> *Subject: *RE: Assistance with eMail footers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is that Enterprise or standard?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:27 AM
>>>>
>>>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>>>>  *Subject:* Re: Assistance with eMail footers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have Outlook Server 7.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Martin Blackstone <
>>>> mblackst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey Doug!
>>>>
>>>> What version Exchange?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
>>>>  *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6

Re: Assistance with eMail footers

[Doug Hampshire]

I have Outlook Server 7.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Martin Blackstone wrote:

> Hey Doug!
>
> What version Exchange?
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:21 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Assistance with eMail footers
>
>
>
> I need to include an excessively large eMail footer with every eMail,
> including all Replies and Forwards. In addition to the eMail footer, it
> needs to include a Signature for every message (including Replies and
> Forwards). The Signature must include large graphics and preferably animated
> GIF files. Finally it should include some kind of sound file (preferably one
> requiring Apple Quicktime as a player).
>
> I did tell management that having a video play in each eMail was a bit
> excessive, but they did ask me to investigate this possibility as well.
>
> I've noticed a few of you seem to have expertise in this area and I'm
> hoping you can assist me in setting this up
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
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Assistance with eMail footers

[Doug Hampshire]

I need to include an excessively large eMail footer with every eMail,
including all Replies and Forwards. In addition to the eMail footer, it
needs to include a Signature for every message (including Replies and
Forwards). The Signature must include large graphics and preferably animated
GIF files. Finally it should include some kind of sound file (preferably one
requiring Apple Quicktime as a player).

I did tell management that having a video play in each eMail was a bit
excessive, but they did ask me to investigate this possibility as well.

I've noticed a few of you seem to have expertise in this area and I'm hoping
you can assist me in setting this up

Thanks!

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

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Re: OT: Completely off topic

[Doug Hampshire]

No, don't go to the San Diego Zoo. If you're going to be in the San Diego
area, go the the WIld Animal Park instead. It's run by the San Diego Zoo,
but the animals are in very large open spaces and (mostly) live together.
They do keep the lions out of the gazelle areas for obvious reasons.

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Brian Desmond wrote:

> *Add Hoover Dam to your Vegas list.*
>
> * *
>
> *Do you like good (like really good) food? That’s probably my favorite
> thing to do (and spend money on) in both of these places. If you want some
> food recommendations in LA let me know. I’d also look up when the Food
> Trucks are all out in Venice (it’s a couple days a month I think) as they’re
> a unique experience. *
>
> * *
>
> *In LA, I’d add The Getty, Venice, Santa Monica, possibly drive down to
> San Diego (spend a night or two there it’s really nice and totally different
> – only like 90 mins away). The USS Midway is fun in San Diego, you can
> actually take light rail to Tijuana also. Drive through like La Jolla and
> such along the coast. In general driving along the coast (PCH) is generally
> very pretty. Topanga Canyon north of LA is a fun drive. The San Diego Zoo is
> one of the top zoos out there (though I haven’t yet been). Legoland and
> Disneyland are nearby to both if you’re in to either of those things.
> Hollywood walk of fame of course. Personally I think you have too much time
> in both of these places. Are you open to customizing a bit? *
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *Thanks,*
>
> *Brian Desmond*
>
> *br...@briandesmond.com*
>
> * *
>
> *c - 312.731.3132*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *From:* James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:45 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* RE: OT: Completely off topic
>
>
>
> Haha.. ok on list it is.
>
>
>
> I’ll be on the West Coast.  Mainly after things to do in LA and Vegas.
> Have 4-6 days in LA and 5 in Vegas so not a lot of time.  Will have a car
> though.  After that I’m on a boat for 7 days down to Mexico and back.
>
>
>
> So far for LA:-
>
>
>
> ·Tar Pits
>
> ·Long Beach
>
> ·Universal Studios
>
> ·Eat something with cheese on it (I’ve heard it’s really hard to
> find in the U.S. J)
>
>
>
> Vegas:-
>
>
>
> ·Grand Canyon (of course)
>
> ·cirque du soleil
>
> ·Obvious stuff like walking the strip and checking out each of the
> big casinos
>
> ·Crazy as it sounds I’m more interested in the shows etc rather
> than the gambling.
>
>
>
> I’ll be sure to bring some koala toys (after I remove the made in china
> label).  I’ve heard I’ll have to talk slow so that you Yanks can understand
> me.
>
>
>
> As for the “crikey!” comment I actually don’t live that far from Australia
> Zoo which was built by Steve Irwin (which is one of the few people that ever
> uses that word these days)
>
>
>
> Wouldn’t mind jumping around like a fool in front of a Microsoft Kinect if
> I can find one.
>
>
>
> James.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, 9 September 2010 11:05 AM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>
> *Subject:* Re: OT: Completely off topic
>
>
>
> Crikey, mate!  If you want "some tips from some of the locals on this
> list", just ask.  We're already here!
>
>
>
> And since you asked, here are a few:
>
>
>
> 1) North America is really, really large.  (Maybe even larger than
> Australia!)  The farther north you go, the heavier clothing you'll need.
>
> 2) Always buy Americans a beer first.  After that they'll fall all over
> themselves to return the kindness for the rest of the night.  And to hear
> your funny accent.  Seriously.  You'll come out way ahead on this one, and
> save a tonne of money.
>
> 3) 2) Does not work on people from Canada or Mexico.
>
> 4) Tell them your great grandfather was a hardened, unrepentant criminal
> from England.  They expect to hear it anyway, even if he was a priest, or an
> Aborigine, or a Prime Minister.
>
> 5) Bring your a Koala with you as an ice breaker.  Everyone has one, right?
>
>
>
> If I've missed anything, just ask.
>
>
>
> Cheers, G'day, and all that stuff.
>
>
>
> RS
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:03 PM, James Hill 
> wrote:
>
> I’m holidaying in North America next month and would like to get some tips
> from some of the locals on this list.
>
>
>
> I believe there is a completely off topic list somewhere.  If someone would
> be kind enough to point me to it (off list of course) it would be
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> Unless of course it is like Fight Club.
>
>
>
> James.
>
>
>
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Re: Google and stupid background pictures

[Doug Hampshire]

Don't need to. We have PowerShell instead.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> I doubt any of the "geezers" here want to bring back DOS.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM, MarvinC  wrote:
>
>> All of this is "ok", I guess. Whether you, we, us, or anyone likes it, it
>> still represents "change". Good, bad, progressive or re-gressive is left to
>> individual interpretation. I for one don't have a problem with it because
>> again, I have the ability to not use the option. Therefore my little world
>> of searching isn't turned upside down because some college graduate
>> at Google suggested this feature as a way to appeal to a "younger and more
>> captive" audience. Thankfully the decision to implement didn't come down to
>> anyone from this list because most techies wanna get one fix in place and
>> keep it forever.while old tech geezers will always complain about "ANY" form
>> of change.
>> Bring back DOS!!!
>> Get off my lawn!!!
>>
>>  On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:
>>
>>>  On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 4:19 PM, MarvinC  wrote:
>>>  > Yes, normal people, outside of the
>>> > technical industry, make purchases based on the fancy images.
>>>
>>>  Sure.  And we all know how well that works out for them.
>>>
>>> > The search process is just that a simple query which
>>> > requires no effort.
>>>
>>>  Exactly.  So don't make it more complicated just for the sake of
>>> making it more complicated.
>>>
>>>  Simplicity has beauty in itself.
>>>
>>>  "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but
>>> when there is nothing left to remove."  -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
>>>
>>>  This is something a lot of computer industry types don't seem to
>>> understand.  They think the longer the feature list, the more
>>> bells-and-whistles, the more *things* a program has, the better it
>>> must be.  In practice, it's often the opposite that's true.  The more
>>> stuff they add, the slower it gets, the more bugs there are, the more
>>> security issues, the higher the support burden, the harder it is to
>>> learn.
>>>
>>> > So again why not add some life to it.
>>>
>>>  What you are calling "life" I would call "gaudiness".  Now, that's a
>>> purely personal, aesthetic thing.  But I've got just as much as right
>>> to call it "obnoxious" as you do to call the classic page "stale".
>>>
>>>  On a more practical note, it takes longer to load a giant background
>>> image, and consumes more system resources.  Individually, it's a drop
>>> in the bucket, but how many times per day does the Google home page
>>> get loaded across the world?
>>>
>>> > Not only is change good, it's also necessary.
>>>
>>>  Again: Change for the sake of change alone is not progress.
>>>
>>>   Let's tear down every building on the planet
>>> and build new ones out of paper mache.  Change is good and necessary,
>>> right?  
>>>
>>> -- Ben
>>>
>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
>>> ~   ~
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Re: Sometimes I can't believe my users

[Doug Hampshire]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> Really?  Because it's some arbitrary date?
> I get the joke, it's mildly funny.  I do play jokes on my users, selected
> users who'd get the joke, one of them being a senior owner, the other senior
> owner, not so much.  I also like to do it when they're not expecting it.
> The one's who would get the joke would be more on guard today, of all days.
>
>
> Pranking en masse is potentially unwise, given the range of users and where
> they might be in the corporate heirarchy.  The OP lamented that his users
> didn't get the joke.  I suggested why I don't prank everyone, and why most
> people may not get it, or even find it unfunny.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
> wrote:
>
>>  Lighten up, Francis.
>>
>>
>>
>> -sc
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:32 AM
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: Sometimes I can't believe my users
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't play tricks on my users (en masse) for this very reason.
>>
>>
>>
>> Consider, they're wrapped up in doing their jobs.  Most people, IT
>> included forget what it takes for someone else to do their job effectively.
>> We know they need a computer and a certain set of apps that perform in a
>> certain way, but beyond that, we're not doing their job, so we don't know
>> what their work actually entails.  Why would we expect our users to know
>> what is and is not possible to be done?
>>
>>
>>
>> Very often, I'm one of the very few in my office who knows what IT can do
>> (easily, with our resources).  For illustration, remember back to a time
>> when someone has asked you to do something they think should be easy for you
>> to do, but you know that it will be quite a challenging task which will
>> consume a lot of time.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Bill Lambert 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I sent this email this morning to all my users…being April Fool’s day and
>> all…
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all…
>>
>>
>>
>> For those of you that had your computers on overnight, a new security
>> system has been installed for restarting your computers.  This is a
>> hands-free method that was published some time ago by Microsoft.
>>
>>
>>
>> To restart your computer, say your name then say RESTART.  Direct your
>> voice towards your computer and it will reboot.
>>
>>
>>
>> For those who didn’t have their computers on overnight, this should work
>> once you log into the domain this morning.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please let me know if anyone has problems.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> I’ve heard at least three people trying it and, God as my witness, one of
>> our east Indian users came up to me and said “I think we have an accent
>> problem, Bill.  It’s not working for me!”
>>
>>
>>
>> Gotta love it!!
>>
>>
>>
>> *Bill Lambert*
>>
>> *Windows System Administrator*
>>
>> *Concuity*
>>
>> *Phone  847-941-9206*
>>
>> *Fax  847-465-9147*
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>> [image: ConcuityLogoSmall3-29-10]
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

[Doug Hampshire]

Um, unless you are replying to the wrong poster, NC has a Democrat for
Guv'ner. As was the previous onethat would be the one currently under
multiple indictments and investigations for vast array of illegal and shady
dealings.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Thomas W Shinder wrote:

>  The problem is that you have a Republican Governor.
>
>
>
> You need to get more Democrats in charge – they’ll fix things because they
> have a better understanding on how to create jobs.
>
>
>
> *From:* Doug Hampshire [mailto:dhampsh...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:11 PM
>
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance
>
>
>
> Ah yes, one of the reasons why I'm glad I left Kalifornia. The
> Raleigh/Triangle area is definitely picking up and lots of high tech
> companies continue to relocate/expand in the area[1]. It's not great here
> yet, but it is getting better.
>
> [1] The Sony-Ericsson closure announcement yesterday notwithstanding.
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Joseph Heaton 
> wrote:
>
> I wish things were picking up here.  They're talking about a $21Billion
> deficit for 2010-2011 budget here in California.  And, once more, how are
> they going to bridge it?  Smoke and mirrors, and layoffs of state workers.
>  Oh joy...
>
> I personally would love to relocate, but it is just sooo hard to do that
> when you're my age, with a family.  Very difficult to find a company that's
> willing to even interview over distance, much less help you move if you do
> get the job.
>
> Ah well, nose to the grindstone, I guess.  Don't forget, the recession is
> over *wink, wink*
>
> >>> "Andrew S. Baker"  11/19/2009 7:44 AM >>>
>
> I can't speak for all parts of the country, but in the NY/NJ metro area,
> things have started to pickup again on the recruitment front for IT
> opportunities.  And I get the impression that a few other metro areas are
> also recovering a little.
>
> There has been quite a bit of activity in the 4th quarter, and I expect to
> see even more after the holidays.  (Q1 should be a lot more like 2006 than
> we've seen in the past 18 or so months.)
>
> If you are looking, or preparing yourself for opportunities in any way, be
> sure to let me know.  Also, feel free to connect to me via LinkedIn.  I am
> receiving inquiries from recruiters almost daily at this point, for a
> variety of sysadmin and development roles in the North East US, and a few
> other parts of the country.
>
> I am more than happy to forward profiles of people I know who are looking,
> or do other things to facilitate connections to companies and
> opportunities.
>
> As long as I know, I can help.  Let's take advantage of technology to help
> each other out and get through these tough times.
>
> My LinkedIn profile can be accessed below...
>
> Thanks
>
> *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker>
> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership*
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
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> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance

[Doug Hampshire]

Ah yes, one of the reasons why I'm glad I left Kalifornia. The
Raleigh/Triangle area is definitely picking up and lots of high tech
companies continue to relocate/expand in the area[1]. It's not great here
yet, but it is getting better.

[1] The Sony-Ericsson closure announcement yesterday notwithstanding.

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Joseph Heaton  wrote:

> I wish things were picking up here.  They're talking about a $21Billion
> deficit for 2010-2011 budget here in California.  And, once more, how are
> they going to bridge it?  Smoke and mirrors, and layoffs of state workers.
>  Oh joy...
>
> I personally would love to relocate, but it is just sooo hard to do that
> when you're my age, with a family.  Very difficult to find a company that's
> willing to even interview over distance, much less help you move if you do
> get the job.
>
> Ah well, nose to the grindstone, I guess.  Don't forget, the recession is
> over *wink, wink*
>
> >>> "Andrew S. Baker"  11/19/2009 7:44 AM >>>
> I can't speak for all parts of the country, but in the NY/NJ metro area,
> things have started to pickup again on the recruitment front for IT
> opportunities.  And I get the impression that a few other metro areas are
> also recovering a little.
>
> There has been quite a bit of activity in the 4th quarter, and I expect to
> see even more after the holidays.  (Q1 should be a lot more like 2006 than
> we've seen in the past 18 or so months.)
>
> If you are looking, or preparing yourself for opportunities in any way, be
> sure to let me know.  Also, feel free to connect to me via LinkedIn.  I am
> receiving inquiries from recruiters almost daily at this point, for a
> variety of sysadmin and development roles in the North East US, and a few
> other parts of the country.
>
> I am more than happy to forward profiles of people I know who are looking,
> or do other things to facilitate connections to companies and
> opportunities.
>
> As long as I know, I can help.  Let's take advantage of technology to help
> each other out and get through these tough times.
>
> My LinkedIn profile can be accessed below...
>
> Thanks
>
> *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) 
> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership*
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
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Re: Windows Storage Server 2008

[Doug Hampshire]

Next you'll be say you don't know what missying or dr*wing are either.


On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Joseph L. Casale  wrote:

> >[deaned]
>
> yea, I can't follow those posts either:) But I have to ask, WTF does
> "deaned" mean?
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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Re: [OT] Bulky printer disposal

[Doug Hampshire]

Freecycle or Craigslist-free section.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Gene Giannamore <
gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com> wrote:

>  We have a large printer (to us at least), HP CLJ 5550DN (130lbs). I have
> spent several hours trying to find someone that will take this thing away
> (we are willing to pay). Local garbage company, local county, next county
> over, goodwill, officedepot, HP (no #), even some printer repair places, and
> toner recyclers. Apparently we are in the wrong city. If we were in the next
> county or near our counties main city, then no problem.
>
> Any ideas or phone numbers would be appreciated, I’m feeling a little brain
> dead and drained right now.
>
>
>
> TIA.
>
>
>
>
>
> Gene Giannamore
>
> Abide International Inc.
>
> Technical Support
>
> 561 1st Street West
>
> Sonoma,Ca.95476
>
> (707) 935-1577Office
>
> (707) 935-9387Fax
>
> (707) 766-4185Cell
>
> gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com
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Re: OT: Friday Funny

[Doug Hampshire]

Driving Miss Daisy.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Richard Stovall <
richard.stov...@researchdata.com> wrote:

>  Quick, name the movie ÿÿâÿœYou can't scare her, she's sleeping with
> Prince Valium tonight.ÿÿ
>
>
>
> No Googling or Binging allowed.
>
>
>
> *From:* Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2009 4:22 PM
> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> *Subject:* Re: OT: Friday Funny
>
>
>
> Am at home resting because I just had open heart surgery.
>
> Laughed a little to hard and now my chest hurts.
>
> Good thing I still have some oxycodone left. :)
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Andy Shook  wrote:
>
> TWO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THE OLD MAN
>
>
> Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man
> walking with his legs spread apart. He was stiff-legged and walking slowly.
>
> One student said to his friend: "I'm sure that poor old man has Peltry
> Syndrome. Those people walk just like that."
>
> The other student says: "No, I don't think so. The old man surely has
> Zovitzki Syndrome. He walks slowly and his legs are apart just as we learned
> in class."
>
> Since they couldn't agree they decided to ask the old man. They approached
> him and one of the students said to him: "We're medical students and
> couldn't help but notice the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the
> syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is?"
> The old man said, "I'll tell you, but first you tell me what you two fine
> medical students think."
>
> The first student said, "I think it's Peltry Syndrome."
>
> The old man said, "You thought But you are wrong."
> The other student said, "I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome."
>
> The old man said, "You thought... But you are wrong."
>
> So they asked him, "Well, old timer, what do you have?"
>
> The old man said, "I thought it was GAS..
> But I was wrong, too!"
>
>
>
> Shook
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Re: OT: Friday Funny

[Doug Hampshire]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Andy Shook  wrote:

>  TWO MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THE OLD MAN
>
>
> Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man
> walking with his legs spread apart. He was stiff-legged and walking slowly.
>
> One student said to his friend: "I'm sure that poor old man has Peltry
> Syndrome. Those people walk just like that."
>
> The other student says: "No, I don't think so. The old man surely has
> Zovitzki Syndrome. He walks slowly and his legs are apart just as we learned
> in class."
>
> Since they couldn't agree they decided to ask the old man. They approached
> him and one of the students said to him: "We're medical students and
> couldn't help but notice the way you walk, but we couldn't agree on the
> syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is?"
> The old man said, "I'll tell you, but first you tell me what you two fine
> medical students think."
>
> The first student said, "I think it's Peltry Syndrome."
>
> The old man said, "You thought But you are wrong."
> The other student said, "I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome."
>
> The old man said, "You thought... But you are wrong."
>
> So they asked him, "Well, old timer, what do you have?"
>
> The old man said, "I thought it was GAS..
> But I was wrong, too!"
>
>
>
> Shook
>
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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Re: OT: Obsolete TechS

[Doug Hampshire]

Oh look, an actual study that says just the opposite Mr. Scott-Fleming's
assertion.
http://www.ciozone.com/index.php/Outsourcing/IT-Outsourcing-May-Have-Peaked-CIOZone-Research.html


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Jonathan Link wrote:

> Bunk.
> No links to the study.  Keywords used to spread FUD: may, expect, data is a
> mega-trend (when no data is presented or cited).
> 80% of IT jobs may go overseases by the end of 2010.  I mean really,
> let's project that out and apply that metric to this list.  In 1.3 years,
> 80% of the people on this list will be gone (appologies to the international
> list members).
> Chicken little called, he wants to sue you for copyright infringement.
>
> Angus, not directing this to you, per se, but really to the esteemed Lionel
> Waxman.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming 
> wrote:
>
>>  Not good news for us ...
>>
>> --- Included Stuff Follows ---
>> Flashpoint! » Blog Archive » STUDY SHOWS JOBS RAPIDLY MOVING OFFSHORE
>>
>> Large firms have wasted no time reacting to the economic policies of
>> Barack Obama. According to a Miami-based consulting firm, The Hackett Group,
>> as many as a quarter of the IT jobs at the 1000 most major firms may be
>> moved offshore by the end of next year. They expect about 350,000 such jobs
>> to be moved. Chief research officer Michel Jenssen added that the data is a
>> confirmation of a "mega-trend" and by the end of 2010 as many as 80% of IT
>> jobs may go overseas.
>>
>> The typical company is realizing about $16 million each years in savings
>> from offshoring. "If you are sourcing all of your labor from high-cost
>> countries, you are not going to be in business [long]," he said.
>>
>> Some Americans may call offshoring businesses unpatriotic. But remaining
>> under adverse economic conditions until they go bankrupt doesn’t seem
>> particularly patriotic either. To the extent businesses do what they must to
>> survive, they are doing their best for the country under adverse
>> circumstances.
>>
>> - Included Stuff Ends -
>> Seen here, no links to original study unfortunately:
>>
>> http://www.waxmanmedia.com/2009/08/17/study-shows-jobs-rapidly-moving-offshore/
>>
>>
>> --
>> Angus Scott-Fleming
>> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
>> 1-520-895-3270
>> ~!
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Re: OT: Obsolete TechS

[Doug Hampshire]

In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
> Not good news for us ...
> --- Included Stuff Follows ---
> Flashpoint! » Blog Archive » STUDY SHOWS JOBS RAPIDLY MOVING OFFSHORE
> Large firms have wasted no time reacting to the economic policies of Barack
> Obama. According to a Miami-based consulting firm, The Hackett Group, as
> many as a quarter of the IT jobs at the 1000 most major firms may be moved
> offshore by the end of next year. They expect about 350,000 such jobs to be
> moved. Chief research officer Michel Jenssen added that the data is a
> confirmation of a "mega-trend" and by the end of 2010 as many as 80% of IT
> jobs may go overseas.
> The typical company is realizing about $16 million each years in savings
> from offshoring. "If you are sourcing all of your labor from high-cost
> countries, you are not going to be in business [long]," he said.
> Some Americans may call offshoring businesses unpatriotic. But remaining
> under adverse economic conditions until they go bankrupt doesn’t seem
> particularly patriotic either. To the extent businesses do what they must to
> survive, they are doing their best for the country under adverse
> circumstances.
> - Included Stuff Ends -
> Seen here, no links to original study unfortunately:
> http://www.waxmanmedia.com/2009/08/17/study-shows-jobs-rapidly-moving-offshore/
>
> --
> Angus Scott-Fleming
> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
> 1-520-895-3270
> ~!
>
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

Re: OT: Salary rant

[Doug Hampshire]

I'll trade you your 1% for my entire office closing Oct. 30.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM, James Kerr wrote:
> Guess I shouldn't complain about our 1% raise company wide.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Sam Cayze
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:49 PM
> Subject: RE: OT: Salary rant
> Well put, nice words Andy.  (And others).
>
> They might be lowballing to find someone serious about the position, not the
> paycheck.  If you bite, they may make it worth your while if you are
> committed.
> 
> From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:27 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT: Salary rant
>
> Chris,
>
> It’s tough out there no doubt and I feel your pain, many of us that are
> employed are right there with you.  Salary cuts, benefit cost increases,
> insurance coverage decreases, 401(k)s turning into 101(k)s, furloughs,
> FREAKIN’ COMISSION PLAN RESTRUCTURES (I fell better).  The cut sucks, I
> understand, but you’re standing there with an FULL TIME OFFER LETTER.  To
> many IT guys that are stupid smart are now bagging groceries…
>
>
>
> I encourage everyone in this situation to look long term; the here and now
> is not fun but it is temporary. “This too, shall pass”, wrote the psalmist.
> I would use the opportunity you have been given to rise above the morale,
> fear\doom & gloom and stand out; i.e. all of you be the rock star in your
> current position(s).  It’s a killer opportunity, as the fat has been trimmed
> and orgs are now focusing on everything & everyone with laser precision.
>
>
>
> Be the best… [1]
>
>
>
> Shook
>
> [1] This could be perceived as an unintentional Karate Kid reference
> (tournament music….You’re the best, around.  No one’s ever gunna beat you
> down) but that was not the intent. J
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Christopher Bodnar
>  wrote:
>
> I know I’m not going to get a any sympathy here, due to the unemployment
> rate, and the economy in general, but needed to vent a little. Was hired as
> a contract to hire position last year. Great company, close to home, good
> salary. 6 months in they cut my salary by 10% to the contracting company,
> which was then passed on to me. I was told at the time, that if/when I was
> offered full time employment, I would be brought on with the initial salary
> I had started at. Just go the official offer, and it’s 5% below that. I know
> I should be thankful I even have a job, which I am. But I still feel like
> they are low-balling me just because of the economy. If the economy would be
> better and more IT jobs out there, I’d tell them to take a hike and see what
> happens. Can’t afford to do that right now with a mortgage and 2 kids. For
> once I just wish someone would offer me what was promised. Sorry, not
> looking to offend anyone out there. Just blowing off some steam.
>
> Chris
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~   ~
>
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> --
> Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't
> handle stress and caffeine. - unknown
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Re: Video Conferencing

[Doug Hampshire]

H.323, H.324what ever it takes. 

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:31 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>  Whoops.  Yep, H.323.  Fingers working faster than the brain...
>
> Yes, this setup would greatly simplify things!
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:27 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Video Conferencing
>
> That would be H.323, I believe, and yes, you are correct.
>
> If it were me doing this (and it is, I just haven't gotten to it yet),
> I'd put the Polycom unit in a DMZ with it's own public IP address, and
> just open it up. Turn it off when not int use, and pay for the
> encryption license on both ends.
>
> Kurt
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > +1
> >
> > Unless you have a newer firewall that understands H.232 traffic, it will
> not
> > play nice with the newer Polycom stuff.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Mike French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:14 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Video Conferencing
> >
> > How about www.polycom.com
> >
> > Used them at a client site, had good results. Just make sure your
> firewall
> > will play nice with whatever you choose...
> >
> > 
> > From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:07 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Video Conferencing
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> > ~   ~
> >
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Re: OT: Five Things....

[Doug Hampshire]

How come these weren't on the list?

5. I didn't know we were supposed to use a different tape each day for the
backups.
4. I just completed a roll out of Plaxo on everyone's desktop
3. Oh, I was supposed to check with you first doing Project X?
2. I was just browsing through the CEO's eMail and you should see some of
the lists he subscribes to!

and the #1 thing you should never tell your boss

1. Boss, your wife and I need to tell you to go see this doctor at the
clinic for an STD test.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Five things you should never tell your boss
> *http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/*
>
>
> Thanks,
> *Tom Strader*
> *NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center*
> Server/Network Systems Administrator
> 130 N. Tryon St.
> Charlotte, NC 28202
> O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> "Action without intelligence is ignorance". But, Intelligence without
> appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man"
>
>

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