Re: My Tuesday Morning/Afternoon
Last time a former employer had a full black server room, 3 servers came back up with dead hard drives. One of those servers was my Exchange server and the raid-5 lost 2 of the 3 drives. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: So here's how my Tuesday morning/afternoon is going so far. Arrive shortly after 7AM CST, all is quiet and functioning normally. I proceed with taking care of some Heat tickets, monitoring stuff as normal via Nagios, checking on backups, etc etc. Send a few emails to this list about Citrix, blah blah blah, all rocking along nice and quiet like. 9AM - Generator testing, happens every Tuesday @ 9AM. 9:30AM - Generator shuts down, check on AC in server room to confirm it has made the switch from generator back to house power (doesn't always switch will not be cooling in that event.) All is normal. 10:25AM - Fire suppression system starts alerting with a very loud beeping noise, server room is locked down, we cannot access with our proximity badges. Fire suppression system continues to alert with a System Problem issue. 10:28AM - Gain entry into server room. AC unit is runningand that's the only thing that is running. Server room is black, no power. Now that the issue has been assessed, it has been determined that the UPS didn't make the switch from being on battery power for the generator test, back to house power. Batteries drained, when batteries drained completely power went down, fire suppression system performed like it was supposed to and locked everything down, shut the dampers on the vents etc, and went into almost there is a fire mode. Fortunately it didn't release since no fire or smoke was detected. Now 12:10PM and most everything is back on-line with the exception of 2 VMWare hosts that are not being cooperative and the Oracle databases. Sigh.Can I go home now? Oh, and the replacement parts are on order and should be here by in the morning, electrician says he can replace the parts with no disruption of service, and one minor detail, this could happen again before the parts get replaced tomorrow. Glad I'm not the on-call person this week!! -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Outlook does not recognize
Do you have 2 mailboxes with the same mailbox alias or LegacyExchangeDN. I get it quite often when there's a new hire with the same first initial last name combo. Two entries in our GAL their name would show, but their properties would be the legacy DN. We had to change our policy on building new mailboxes to use a different format. (Department+Firstname+lastName). To fix, you need to change one of the duplicate users Mailbox alias (ADUC) and MSExchangeLegacyDN (in ADSI Edit) to the new Alias. It should look something like: /o=site/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=alias On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Jay Dale jd...@xpresstel.com wrote: That did not help, so I’m Exmerging the mailbox and deleting/recreating the user account to see if that makes a difference. Interestingly, while doing Exmerge, the mailbox showed up as the wrong mailbox name, so that was probably the problem. Hopefully re-creation will fix it. Thanks, Jay *From:* Chris Orovet [mailto:coro...@atsi-inc.com] *Sent:* Monday, November 30, 2009 2:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Outlook does not recognize “C:\Documents and Settings\*your-profile*\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook” Delete or rename all **.nk2 *files at this location http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=287623 then search for the user and see if it comes up. Regards, Chris Orovet Technical Support [image: ATSI] O: (727)812-0276 Ext. 125 F: (727)812-0278 Email: *supp...@atsi-inc.com* Web: *http://www.atsi-inc.com* * * * * “Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.” ~Chopra Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain proprietary, confidential, trade secret or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited and may be a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this message to an intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message immediately. *From:* Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@xpresstel.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:25 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Outlook does not recognize I tried that, still came up. It brings up the Check Name, Microsoft Office does not recognize and then gives the person's name as an option to add. When I click on the name and choose Properties, it gives the following LDAP query: /ou=Domain/o=Netbios name/cn=Recipients/cn=jsmith jsmith is nowhere to be found on either DC, in AD Find or in adsiedit. So where does it keep bringing this up - in the OAB? Jay -- *From:* Benjamin Zachary - Lists *Sent:* Tue 11/24/2009 10:10 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Outlook does not recognize You may get this if you have hide the user from the organization checkbox because when you goto setup the account outlook cannot find the username in the GAL. What you can do is goto the user account, right click and exchange features and remove all exchange attributes, this will orphan the mailbox. Then go into exchange, drill down to mailboxes, do an update and you should see her mailbox with an X on it, then right click and re-associate it with the user ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpg
Re: Any suggestions for undeleting emails from a purged Outlook deleted items folder in a pst file?
Mail delivered to mailbox? Check recoverable deleted items. Mail delievered to a PST? Restore from backup?? I dunno On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Hilderbrand, Doug doug.hilderbr...@craneaerospace.com wrote: I was working for an afterhours customer and instinctively emptied their Outlook deleted items folder. What a mistake. They needed some of the files, they just wanted them out of the inbox. I gotta watch that itchy delete finger. Any ideas? I know that a pst is really a little database file and stuff doesn't get deleted until you compact it. But how do you surface the deleted files again? We value your opinion! How may we serve you better? Please click the survey link to tell us how we are doing: http://www.craneae.com/ContactUs/VoiceofCustomer.aspx Your feedback is of the utmost importance to us. Thank you for your time. Crane Aerospace Electronics Confidentiality Statement: The information contained in this email message may be privileged and is confidential information intended only for the use of the recipient, or any employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient. Any unauthorized use, distribution or copying of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and destroy the original message and all attachments from your electronic files. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: NETWORK RUNS SLOW AFTER 5PM
Last guy out the door at 5PM, starts up his torrent client? :) On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: Our backups start at 8:30PM. We do very few blast email internally. There might be some anti virus updates and I'm checking those out. Murray -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NETWORK RUNS SLOW AFTER 5PM Backups on your file or email servers? On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 15:01, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.org wrote: We have an AWS (alternate work schedule) whereby if you choose you can work longer days such that you get a Friday off every other week. So, while our regular working hours are 8:30AM to 5:00PM, there are always a small number of people left in the building and thus the network after 5PM. Of these people, a couple have complained that after 5PM thenetwork really slows down, or at least they have delays printing and opening documents. One individual has told me that precisely at 5:17PM each evening, her workstation virtually comes to a standstill for about 20 minutes, and then goes back to normal. I've checked the event logs on the servers, and snothing special is going on. I'm going to hang around this evening and take a look at the task manager on the one workstation to see if I can see if any process isusing up all the CPU resources. I'll check the event logs on the workstation as well. We're running Win XP and Windows Server 2003. I have suspicians about something sinister like someone using our machines as bots, but it's more than likely an internal issue. Any thouhgts would be appreciated. Murray ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Ammo for apple mac sales pitch
I don't know much myself about Mac's. From my off-hand experience trying to help wife (on her school provided machine), I've found that: 1. It appears that they don't logon to an AD domain. Maybe just the schools implementation of low bandwidth to schools. 2. Entourage (Mac Exchange client) uses ActiveSync so your users will need duel logon. 3. My wife's school district hasn't implemented password security, so she's had the same password since she started 7years ago. Guessing this is because she doesn't actually logon to AD, so she can't change it by herself? 4. Corporate experience - our Mac tech at a former employer would just wipe and rebuild the machines each time they had technical issues. Further, he'd ask for the mailbox to be rebuilt (delete/recreate on server) as it appeared Entourage would corrupt it (E2003). On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu wrote: Our boss wants my assistant and me to meet with a rep who wants us to put in some macs. We are a %100 windows shop, no mac experience and with only two of us, we really don’t want any more added to our overloaded plates. Other than the cost to train one or both of us, cost for some centralized patching, centralized management, what other reasons can yall recommend we use to prevent this from happening. I don’t want to be dishonest with him, but I would hate to see this dumped on us without us presenting all the valid reasons we can come up with. We have a windows 2008 domain and I think you have to turn on some less secure authentication in the domain to allow them to login. Anyone know if that is correct? What about centralized password policies, screen savers, and such? Thanks for any ammo anyone cares to provide. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: User who doesn't like logging off / shutting down
Sorry, can't help. I hate to logoff my pc because the security team has our AV do a full scan each time I logon. It takes a good 2 hours of 100% processing on my machine. The easy fix is to disable the AV, but... Maybe they just need to remove a few apps out of their startup, so it boots faster. On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Andrew Levicki and...@levicki.me.ukwrote: Hi, I've got a user who doesn't want to log off let alone shut down their computer. They claim that it takes too long and they haven't got time to wait to log on again or start up. They're important enough that I can't force them to do so, but I'm worried about possible problems. The only detrimental effects that I can think of are added power consumption and ticket expiration. Can anybody else think of any other pitfalls or even have any experience of this and how did you deal with it? Thanks, Andrew ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing.
Nah, you just have a BIG pst. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: Upgrading from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007. I went through the SP2 update, where it thrashes your PST file for a while, upgrading it to a newer format. Then upon opening each folder, it thrashed some more where it indexed the file. That's all fine and dandy. But as long as Outlook 2007 is open, the hard disk is being constantly thrashed. Filemon shows massive access to the PST, in little chunks, 512 bytes and 4096 bytes. Non-stop thrashing. Never did that in 2003. Sure my PST file is about 5 gigs, but 2003 never did this. Another beauty - sometimes, it just closes. No error thrown, no events logged, it's just not there anymore. Am I going insane here? Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: How to split a local distribution list :-)
Trying to fix a similar issue, but the recipient's mail server only accepts 20 concurrent recipients.. :( On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:32 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: In case anyone is wondering, if you’ve got a **local** distribution list that’s too big to go out through your ISP’s mail server (we had that problem) I figured out how to do it… J Step 1: Export the existing distribution list to an Access 97-2003 database Step 2: Re-import that to a new distribution list Step 3: Edit both distribution lists so that each one has approximately half the old distribution list. J That’s about the only thing I could figure to do. I tried to export to CSV and then re-import, but I couldn’t get it to work, so I took a shot in the dark and tried an Access database. It worked. J [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image002.jpgimage001.jpg
Re: Paging the Powershell gurus
Brian, may I suggest http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/winpsh/convert/default.mspx It was essential in my conversion from VBScript to Posh. On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Steven Peck sep...@gmail.com wrote: Late to the game but some additional resources http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=uAmYy9xq3BGHcV361fC6Jw and a very very nice online book. http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/default.aspx More specifically to your question, look at the chapter 10 Scripts, the section on passing arguments http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/archive/2009/03/30/chapter-10-scripts.aspx#passing-arguments-to-scripts Steven On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Brian Desmondbr...@briandesmond.com wrote: Not really. I just plug this stuff into Google when I need to– I’m not a big PowerShell guy at all – do everything in VBS. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Paging the Powershell gurus Thanks Brian, I should be able to do something with that :) Any reading recommends for this sort of stuff? Gavin. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com wrote: $server = Read-Host “Enter server name “ -- Gavin Wilby, Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Obsolete Tech
never had a phone installed in car, but work provided one of those brick sized cell phones that had the enormous black power cables. Didn't have a cig lighter in my first car, so couldn't charge it. laser disk - never owned, but the list says 'watched' and have done that. My wife's classroom actually had one installed up to 5years ago, when they finally got vhs/dvd combo players. Was the sysop for my own (wildcat?) bbs, ran it in the office, pre-ftp site. you'll need to download the MSMail remote client from the company BBS... :) On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: I'm pretty close. I'd say 38, but 2 only because I couldn't afford them when they came out: Phone installed in Car Laser Disk Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Obsolete Tech I must be obsolete, I'm 36-for-40: Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers - PC World http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,169863/printable.html I have done all of thes except I can't remember holding up a lighter at a concert (but I can't remember many concerts, either ;-)); I can't remember making a mix tape, and I never had a calculator watch (I pre-date that, can you say slide rule, boys and girls?); I never used a dedicated word processor (my first word processing experience was writing my MS thesis using TECO) ... Is anybody here 40-for-40? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Salary rant
So take it out of the pockets for all the employees for one of the largest employers in the state. In turn, we spend less, and contribute less to the sales tax base for everyone. Dominoe effect - We have small businesses that are forced to close because the state employees are not there 3 days a week (good bye local deli), less spending on luxury items (good bye furniture store) and less large item purchase (good bye car-dealer, see ya' next year new car). On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:49 PM, RAY ZORZ rz...@azcorrections.gov wrote: But clearly CA has serious budget issues. Something has to give. Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov 8/12/2009 1:32 PM Our republican governator has been fighting with our Democratic legislature, and using the state workers as pawns in his games. He threatened federal minimum wage late last year, and he may bring that back into the picture come May-June of next year, when they're trying to establish a budget for 2010/2011. I'm part of a union that came to an agreement on a contract in early Feb., and he had his Republican cronies squash the passing of the contract at that time, because it limited members to a single furlough day, and had unprecedented layoff protections in it. I hear that it may come back to the floor during their next session, but I honestly can't see it passing now either. It wouldn't be as bad if we didn't require a 2/3 majority for so many things, such as the budget, and the contract thing. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -Original Message- From: RAY ZORZ [mailto:rz...@azcorrections.gov] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary rant Our republican governor is still arguing with our republican congress about the budget. Some things aren't quite done yet. Some agencies, however, have taken big hits already. Vicky Spelshaus vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com 8/12/2009 1:09 PM Wisconsin isn't.. We were told 16 days - 8/year. The funny (?) part is that we aren't allowed to take more than one per pay period. Some of the workers would actually qualify for unemployment if they took more than 8 hrs per check. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM, RAY ZORZ rz...@azcorrections.gov wrote: Ours (AZ) is still up in the air on the furloughs. Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov 8/12/2009 12:21 PM I'm already hearing rumors that we could get a 4th, and even 5th furlough day, in the next few months. Depending on how much more the state's income drops off. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: J Kyo [mailto:jky...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary rant We just took a 14% pay cut (work for State of California). Yes, I do feel for you. Venting works wonders sometimes. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Carol Fee c...@massbar.org wrote: Do you have any idea how many people the world over are taking pay cuts these days ? CFee -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Salary rant 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! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
Re: Blackberry Server question.
BES also equals: - 1 Windows server, plus SQL or MSDE to support. If BES 4 (not 5), also one more server running the Exchange admin tools. - higher utilization on your Exchange server, 1 BB = 2.5 users - headache of having one more service account with god-level rights to every mailbox in your environment. - support calls, when your C_O doesn't get responses to messages sent from his/her BB message at midnight on Sunday while they are on vacation in Mexico. Not any different support model, but if you only have 20 users and a functioning OWA server, you may look into BIS. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.comwrote: No it doesn’t, but it is important to understand the costs of having an in-house (BES) system. You are going to have to buy the following Blackberry Enterprise Server User CAL’s T-Support (unless you want to fly with no support). Now this of course isn’t including the cost of a server and a Windows server license. I run mine in a VM but used to run it on a desktop class PC. Carriers charge for a BB Enterprise wireless plan as well and that’s needed to use BES. That’s probably where that $20 charge is coming from. I don’t think I have seen a carrier yet who doesn’t charge for the enterprise fee. If this is all cost prohibitive, you should change course to Windows Mobile for sure. *From:* Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2009 2:32 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Blackberry Server question. Our sales guys are getting new Nextel Blackberry's. I want to look into setting up our own Blackberry server. Nextel is telling us that it will cost $20/month per phone to use the phones with an in-house Blackberry server. Is this what you are paying also? Doesn't this make it cost prohibitive to have an in-house Blackberry server? Todd Lemmiksoo Network Administrator All-Mode Communications, Inc. 1725 Dryden Road Freeville, New York 13068 (607) 347-4164 x440 1-877-ALLMODE (toll free) http://www.all-mode.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Google Home Page Today
Check out the new themes though... http://www.google.com/help/ig/comicsthemes/ On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr michealespin...@gmail.com wrote: aye, for me too in the past hour. -- ME2 On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: Hmmm, it appears to have now reverted back to the normal Google logo. On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Jim Majorowicz jmajorow...@gmail.comwrote: I just see the normal Google logo… *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2009 10:22 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Google Home Page Today You see a normal Google logo, or just don't care for DC comics superheros? -- ME2 On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Jim Majorowicz jmajorow...@gmail.com wrote: I see nothing special. It must not think I’m cool or geeky enough. *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2009 7:15 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: Google Home Page Today Very cool Google home page today if you haven't seen it. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Azle, TX, United States -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Azle, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Remote Desktop server list reordering?
+1 for RoyalTS. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:07 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: RoyalTS. No way to do it with the built-in remote desktop tool as I know itthe reason I am testing MRemote is because I am trying to get past the limitations of RoyalTS 2009/7/23 Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com All the MRemote stuff reminded me of one of the major annoyances with Remote Desktop, which is the list of servers in the left hand pane. They remain in the order they’re added in, and to date, I’ve found no way to alphabetize them without deleting all of them and re-adding? I know you can sort them in the right-hand pane if you click “Remote Desktops” in the left pane, but I want the left list sorted. Anyone know how to accomplish that trick? Thanks, Kim -- On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 Pricing and Pre-order
pre-order on amazon now! http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_1_8?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=windows+7sprefix=windows+sprefix=windows + $49 - home $99 - pro $219 - ultimate On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/06/25/cnet.windows7.pricing.upgrade/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Scripting Games
The lack of 'competition' didn't spark my interest this year.. On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: Anyone submit? http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/2009%20Summer%20Scripting%20Games/default.aspx Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -- *This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Michael Jackson dead?
dead. Heart attack. Front page of CNN.com On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: I heard heart attack, that's all. -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Michael Jackson dead? Is this for real? What is US TV saying? -- Peter van Houten ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: PowerShell in Bellevue, WA
Great way to practice... Compete in the scripting games.. http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/06/14/hey-scripting-guy-2009-scripting-games-event-6-details-released-beginner-and-advanced-110-meter-hurdles.aspx On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: Just pick up the book and start practicing is the only way I have been learning lately, no Conferences and no training budget of course… Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2009 1:00 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: PowerShell in Bellevue, WA I wishhave a manager that doesn't believe in training classes, prefers conferences, and so far every request for a conference has been rejected. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:53 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Anyone from the list going to this PowerShell class? http://www.sqlsoft.com/Task/ClassInformation.aspx?ClassID=120093 *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Haslet, TX, United States ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Handy Gadget - Good Price
I picked up this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812161002 from Fry's for about the same price, and it includes PATA for those nasty laptop hard drive upgrades.. On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Roger Wright rwri...@evatone.com wrote: *http://preview.tinyurl.com/pbuj2y* Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 [image: ET E-mail Signature Logo] _ All those updates, and still imperfect. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image003.jpg
Re: BES 5?
We have it installed in the lab. Biggest changes that we are loving here... - Blackberry manager is a web page, instead of an application to be installed. No need for Exchange System Manager to be installed, it uses the MAPICDO package for connectivity. - You can create new admin roles than the predefined. - Groups can have admin roles assigned to them. We hope to farm out the device setup and configuration to each remote admin. - Built in redundancy, still testing this one. On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:49 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: OK Blackberry folks, those who have upgraded to BES 5... 1. What does it gain over 4.1.6 (I believe that's what had been current)? 2. Any problems with installation? 3. Does it use more or less server resources (or stay about the same)? We are a Lotus Notes shop, and I understand that can have performance, etc experiences vs the Exchange version of BES. Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group *ASPCA®* 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 *www.aspca.org* http://www.aspca.org/ The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Outlook 2007 Exchange status notifications
I thought Cached Mode hide most of those... On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:10 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Anyone know if you can disable the Exchange server status notifications in Outlook 2007? By that I mean the pop-ups that come up indicating that connection to Exchange has been lost/restored etc. I am sick of doing a quick restart of services and getting phone calls from users who obviously have nothing better to do than stare at the status indicator :-) GPO would be preferable but I have done a recce of the Office 2007 templates and can't find anything suitable... Cheers, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Annoying MS Access Error
I've had the same issue with VBScripts running across network shares. Had to start running them locally. Agreed I do believe it's an IE security setting, but haven't researched it enough to actually remove the issue. On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Tom Miller tmil...@hnncsb.org wrote: Hi Folks, MS Access Office XP on Windows XP SP3. Some users are now reporting the get an access denied error when attempting to open an access database on one of our shared folders (Netware drive, actually). I can't tell but I think one of the recent MS patches may have caused it. Here's the error: ** Microsoft Access cannot open this file. The file is located outside your intranet or on an untrusted site. Microsoft Access will not open the file due to potential security problems. If the user copies the file to his/her desktop, it opens fine. I've seen this before, but none of the suggestions via Google really fix the problem. Thinking it's related to IE, I reset the settings, but that has not changed. I don't have the error, and I think it's profile related (I can log onto the user's destop and open the file), but I hate to blow away a profile Suggestions? Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Rackable 'lights' etc
usb powered led lights. Plug them into the free slots and aim them at all the shiny things in the box.. plus no heat generation. On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists li...@levelfive.us wrote: I have a client that just purchased several 3u and 4u servers to go in a couple of cages. The guy asked me for some lights and action to put in to show investors and such. I was looking for maybe some rack mount environmental device monitor or something. Nothing too expensive its mostly just for show, but I figured there had to be some neat/stupid stuff out there, I just couldn’t think of anything. Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: anybody collect old processors ?
Actually, I'd be interested. I'll add it to my little display with a 386, 387 (mathco) and p4 processors. Contact me offlist. ericwoodford at gmail.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: I have some Pentium Pro 150/200s laying around also.. Any takers? ;-) *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: anybody collect old processors ? I've got an Intel DX4-100 chip in plastic that I got for an evaluation back in 1993 or so ... tried it once in a 486/25 system, and put it back in the box. Just found it again today. Anyone collect old processors that would want this for just shipping cost, or should I just trash it ??? Erik Goldoff *IT Consultant* *Systems, Networks, Security * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows Powershell - adds to start menu?!?!?!
remove the link from the %userprofile%\start menu\programs folder?? On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:14 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: Ok, anyone else have WSUS and push out the Windows Powershell 1.0 for Windows XP KB926139? I didn't realize that it adds itself the user's start menu… Is there an easy or pratical way to remove this from all users' start menus? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Running 32bit OS on 64bit hardware
Like John said, no problems, except for memory limitations. I have similar setup at home, but with the 32bit Vista Media Center release on my Quad core. Until all their home apps have 64bit versions, there's not a big advantage. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:39 AM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: I have an employee who is purchasing a new home computer at a local computer shop. He came to me and asked what I thought of this new system. He tells me that it has 6GB of RAM. Now, I stop him right there and ask him what operating system he is getting. He says Windows XP Professional (32 bit). I had him confirm with the store that he was getting the 32bit version. My questions are: Are there any ramifications with running XP 32bit on this 64bit hardware? Will he see any performance downgrade? Would he be better off with only 3GB of RAM? Will the OS or the RAM confuse each other? Since I'm not very familiar with 64bit software (or hardware) I am just looking for some insight. Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: DNS info
nwtools.com has most everything dnsStuff provided without cost. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: What do you guys use to check DNS reports? I used to go to dnsstuff.com, but they’re charging now. Anyone know of a good, free service out there? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 jhea...@etp.ca.gov ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: ADUC Query Question
Check out my blog post on a similar topic. Thanks to Google's Cached Pages, you can read the post even though the server is being rebuilt. http://tinyurl.com/cwj4zy On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: Being a small shop, I don't use ADUC queries very often--so forgive my ignorance! I need a query of all users who are NOT in a certain group. For the life of me, I can't quite figure out how to get that one. Can someone point me in the right direction? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Weird Windows icon
you replicating this folder to a network drive? On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:36 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Mornin’ all Over the last few weeks I have been seeing this icon on the Windows folder on my own PC Anyone have any idea what this means? My Google-fu reveals nothing :-( TIA, James Rankin *Network Administrator* Tel: 0191 3753696 Mobile: +44 7542 698 642 + james.ran...@4hg.co.uk -- IMPORTANT NOTICE This e-mail contains information which is confidential and may be privileged and is for the exclusive use of the recipient. If you are not the named recipient please contact the sender immediately and delete the communication from your system. You are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that this message and its attachments are virus free. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Company, its directors or officers unless otherwise specifically stated. The Company is not responsible for any reliance placed on the information contained herein and excludes all liability. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.png
Re: ADUC Query Question
You can't use the group name, but need to put the Distinguished name of the group into the query. The blog post simply says were to find and/or how to build it. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:13 PM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: That one doesn’t quite apply to what I’m looking for, unless I’m just misreading. Here’s what my query is looking like so far: (((|((objectCategory=person)(objectSid=*)(!samAccountType:1.2.840.113556.1.4.804:=3))((objectCategory=person)(!objectSid=*))((objectCategory=group)(groupType:1.2.840.113556.1.4.804:=14)))(objectCategory=user)(objectClass=user)(!memberOf=Some\Group))) Where “Some Group” is the group I’m looking at. But this query isn’t working; it’s giving me a list of all users rather than just the users who are not members of “Some Group.” *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:ericwoodf...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:18 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: ADUC Query Question Check out my blog post on a similar topic. Thanks to Google's Cached Pages, you can read the post even though the server is being rebuilt. http://tinyurl.com/cwj4zy On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: Being a small shop, I don't use ADUC queries very often--so forgive my ignorance! I need a query of all users who are NOT in a certain group. For the life of me, I can't quite figure out how to get that one. Can someone point me in the right direction? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Is it possible to pinpoint a WIFI connection
wireless laptop and software like netstumbler helped locate homes in my neighborhood. BTW, friend says he's got an open hotspot in his neighborhood called poopypants. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Mark A. Ross ma...@sdppayroll.com wrote: Does anyone know of a piece of hardware or software that will allow you to pinpoint a WIFI connection? In other words, you are in a public location and your laptop detects 5 unsecure WIFI hosts. How do you know which house is using the network name “Bongo” (Couldn’t think of a funnier name, sorry). Mark ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Free dvd/cd burning ware
+1 It's also great for creating the ISO's for later burning. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Joe Tinney jtin...@lastar.com wrote: IMGBurn works fine for me on Vista. It complains/won’t work if you have Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center open (by design). *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:05 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Free dvd/cd burning ware I have tried the usual suspects, deepburner, infrarecorder and had some issues on some HP wkst running Vista. Was isolated to the machine I was using or do you guys know of a free package that supports Vista properly? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Extract Email Addresses from AD
Powershell - with Quest Active Roles: get-qaduser -sizelimit 0 | select displayname, email | export-csv -patch c:\all-active-users.csv - with Exchange 2007: get-mailbox -resultsize unlimited | select displayname, primarysmtpaddress | export-csv -patch c:\all-active-users.csv On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Roger Wright rwri...@evatone.com wrote: I need to extract user names and email addresses from AD for about 250 account across multiple OUs. Is there a canned script or a free utility to do this? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 [image: ET E-mail Signature Logo] _ Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies. - Groucho Marx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image003.jpg
Re: Hiding words in an outlook form
Heck a white font on white body text has the same overall effect (as long as not viewed in plain-text mode). Former employer, had similr trick for encrypting messages leaving the domain. So most customer service simply put the encryption word in their signatures. On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Steven Calvanese scalvan...@membersolutions.com wrote: It is right after the firewall. We already have it configured to notify us about cc#, ss#s and select keywords. We want to prevent people from forwarding certain emails to the outside. So we were thinking that if we could hide a keyword in a custom form then we could catch this with the box. This custom form would only need to be used once or twice a month. Thanks -- *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:56 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Hiding words in an outlook form Now we’ve entered the application domain – and I don’t know. By default, encryption between the Outlook client and Exchange server is encrypted (starting with Wave 12, and configurable before then). Where does that box sit in the topology? *From:* Steven Calvanese [mailto:scalvan...@membersolutions.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Hiding words in an outlook form Would the word be picked up by a PacketSure Palisade box? We are trying to control the forwarding of confidential emails. -- *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:36 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Hiding words in an outlook form Sure. You can uncheck “Visible”. *From:* Steven Calvanese [mailto:scalvan...@membersolutions.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:23 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Hiding words in an outlook form Is there a way to add words into an outlook form that can not be seen or deleted by the user? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Viewing log files in realtime
The free Microsoft SMS Toolkit has a tool called Trace32 which is great. See any log files in real-time, it auto-highlights line containing the words error and warning and allows you to search the file. On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:05 AM, cs chr...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a tool that can can track ASCII-based log files in realtime? To add some context, I have a robocopy job that transfers a bunch of files from one server to another and would like to keep tabs on progress without tediously reopening the log file in Wordpad, i.e. after new transactions are added. I'm thinking maybe a more robust text editor will do the trick nicely. Hope that makes sense. Any thoughts? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Primary Group Membership
Powershell with the quest tools:
get-qaduser -sizelimit 0 | ?{$_.primarygroupid -ne 513}
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Jeremy Anderson jer...@mapiadmin.netwrote:
My google FU seems to be failing.
I need a quick n Dirty script to run against all users in the domain and
list their UPN and Primary Group membership. Or, even better, a list of any
user in the domain that has anything BESIDES 'domain users' as their primary
group.
TIA
Jeremy
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Re: Del *.bak after 7 days
Copy and paste the gibberish to a text file. Rename the extension to UUE. UUE opens in WinZip containing the contents of his email messages. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Eric Wittersheim eric.wittersh...@gmail.com wrote: I can't be the only one getting this gibberish can I? On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.comwrote: T24gMTEgRmViIDIwMDkgYXQgOTo1NSwgUm9nZXIgV3JpZ2h0ICB3cm90ZToNCg0KPiBZZXAuLi4g bG9va3MgbGlrZSB0aGF0tGxsIHdvcmsuDQoNCklmIHlvdSBoYXZlbid0IGJlZW4gZm9sbG93aW5n IHRoZSBjb252ZXJzYXRpb24gd2l0aCB0aGUgc3ViamVjdCBvZiAiUmU6IEFuZ3VzICANClNjb3R0 LUZsZW1pbmc6IFdoYXQncyB3aXRoIHRoZSBCQVNFNjQ/IiwgdGhpcyB3YXMgYSB0ZXN0IG1lc3Nh Z2UuICBTZWUgdGhhdCANCnRocmVhZCBpZiB5b3UncmUgYXQgYWxsIGludGVyZXN0ZWQsIGJ1dCBp dCBzZWVtcyB0aGF0IEx5cmlzIGlzIG1hbmdsaW5nIA0KKl9zb21lXyogb2YgbXkgbWVzc2FnZXMu DQoNCg0KLS0NCkFuZ3VzIFNjb3R0LUZsZW1pbmcNCkdlb0FwcHMsIFR1Y3NvbiwgQXJpem9uYQ0K MS01MjAtMjkwLTUwMzgNCistLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLSsNCg0K DQoNCg0KfiBGaW5hbGx5LCBwb3dlcmZ1bCBlbmRwb2ludCBzZWN1cml0eSB0aGF0IElTTidUIGEg cmVzb3VyY2UgaG9nISB+DQp+IDxodHRwOi8vd3d3LnN1bmJlbHRzb2Z0d2FyZS5jb20vQnVzaW5l c3MvVklQUkUtRW50ZXJwcmlzZS8+ICB+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Disable Wireless when LAN connected
Talk to the Admin at that location and suggest they lock it down. :) It would require visiting each machine, but I am fairly certain that there's a checkbox to not allow unsecured connections on my wireless adapter at home. On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Michael Tellson micha...@colonialsavings.com wrote: Does anyone know about any setting or software that will disable a wireless card when cabled to a LAN network? I have users in a field office where another building tenant has an unsecured wireless network. I am trying to prevent this wireless network from bridging onto my LAN using a laptop of one of my users. I don't want to prevent the users from using their wireless adaptors, only prevent them from doing so while connected to the LAN. Michael Tellson Network Engineer, Colonial Savings, F.A. 817-390-2016 micha...@colonialsavings.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Flash Mounts as Folder
Mine doesn't seem to recognize network drives, so I need to specifically map the flash to an unused drive letter. Typically I pick A or B since don't have floppy drives in these machines. On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: Whenever I've had that happen, it just doesn't show up at all under My Computer... Does this happen with other flash drives, or just this one? Could be some weird thing with that manufacturer... Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -Original Message- From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Flash Mounts as Folder It's trying to mount as a specific drive letter that's already in use? Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com don.gu...@prufoxroach.com -Original Message- From: James Edwards [mailto:jedwa...@mail.sdsu.edu] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 2:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Flash Mounts as Folder Recently, in one of our open Faculty labs, when a user inserts a flash drive and goes to My Computer, the flash mounts as a folder instead of a disk. If the user clicks on it, it either opens a dialog asking what program they would like to use to open it or an access denied dialog. Right clicking and choosing Explore does open it and it is usable. Windows XP-SP3. Any ideas what is going on? THANKS!! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: locating phish domains
I believe OPENDNS.com has a search engine.. Something like phishtank.com http://www.opendns.com/enterprise/solutions/anti-phishing/ On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:50 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: Can't you just use Google? Google supports use of the syntax inurl:joesfinancial - it may support wildcards 2008/12/11 Bill Songstad (WCUL) administra...@waleague.org Does anyone know of a tool or website that allows you to submit a search for domains with wildcards. I have a colleague that has some phishing sites popping up using related domain names. I was hoping to do some DNS queries to try and spot some other potential phish sites. Does anyone know a way to search for all active domains containing a particular string like ** joesfinancial**.com? Thanks for any insight *Bill * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT: Friday Humor - Doghouse
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Re: Fri OT
Driving by the auto-mail this morning, the large tele-prompter off the freeway had a C:\ prompt displayed. Wish I had my camera.. On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in California at a import automaker's head office in meetings with some folk from across the pond (I won't mention which asian country) when his laptop kept giving WGA warnings throughout the presentation. I can top that: At LinuxWorld 2006 in Boston, one of the display monitors embedded in a vendor's booth wall spent a few hours showing the Windows XP Enter product key screen. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Fri OT
Well, OK, sure. It didn't until recently (unemployed IT worker = free phone). Now I need to upgrade my data plan so I can email them, currently my phone camera pictures are no more than just backgrounds. On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: You mean your cell phone doesn't have a camera? On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Driving by the auto-mail this morning, the large tele-prompter off the freeway had a C:\ prompt displayed. Wish I had my camera.. On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in California at a import automaker's head office in meetings with some folk from across the pond (I won't mention which asian country) when his laptop kept giving WGA warnings throughout the presentation. I can top that: At LinuxWorld 2006 in Boston, one of the display monitors embedded in a vendor's booth wall spent a few hours showing the Windows XP Enter product key screen. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Earthquakes Hit Dallas/Fort Worth
As NorCal native, I'd say a 3.0 = my 6yo jumping on the bed then stopping really quick. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow! I've always wondered what that would be like... -- ME2 On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/30_Earthquake_Rattles_North_Texas.html So, for you Californians, not a big deal, but for this native Fort Worthian, it's a pretty major deal especially since I woke up at about 11:25 last night thinking I had heard something outside or that something had hit the house. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Going back to XP?
BTW, World of Warcraft runs wonderfully on Vista.
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Evan Brastow
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Thanks very much to everyone for all of the answers. It feels like I
should be able to call Microsoft and downgrade as long as a I have XP media
and as long as I check with Dell and be sure all of the hardware on the
system has XP drivers available. Thanks again to all J
Stephan, as for going back to XP, I think the issues with Vista have been
long and well documented in the press and on this list for quite a while.
For me personally, I run Vista Ultimate on my laptop at home and cannot
stand it. I felt the same – hey, why not try something new and spiffy? But
it's eye candy that is unstable and incompatible with certain old programs
I use for work. IE7 crashes constantly on my laptop and never on my XP
workstation at work.
But more so than that, it's the fact that I am not your typical corporate
user that runs a few apps like MS Office and nothing else. I run everything
from PowerBuilder to CorelDRAW to Adobe Illustrator to Remote Admin to
Crystal Reports to FolderSizes to the Websense management console to iTunes
to TrueCrypt to Peachtree. How can I be sure all of those things will run on
Vista reliably? Heck, even some games I run on weekends here may not run
(now THAT would be a tragedy!)
My point is that there is no **benefit** to me having Vista when XP works
perfectly for me, and there are many drawbacks, both in the unknowns and the
knowns.
Evan**
*From:* Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:09 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Going back to XP?
Out of curiosity why would you obviously want to go back to XP?
*___*
*Stefan Jafs*
*From:* Sean Rector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:58 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Going back to XP?
I've been buying my systems this year like this – you have to specify Vista
Business with the XP Downgrade option. If you don't, you can't downgrade.
Sean Rector, MCSE
*From:* Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:51 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Going back to XP?
Was this purchased through a business? Dell is still selling XP as a
downgrade if you ask for it.
I believe you have to have Vista Business or higher to downgrade and it has
to be valid XP software, meaning it can't be one you got with another
computer.
Phil
*From:* Evan Brastow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:47 AM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Going back to XP?
Because I don't feel anyone on this list has anything better to do than to
answer my silly questions… J
Just took delivery of my first Dell in years (I've been using HP
Workstations for about 6 years but wanted to give Dell a try again.)
It's one of their gaming systems, actually, but it will do well for my
graphics work. 3GHz Core2 Extreme processor overclocked to 3.67GHz, 4GB of
RAM, dual 750GB hard drives, dual 1024MB ATI Radeon graphics cards, etc…
etc…
Sounds nice, right?
Also comes with Windows Vista (there was, of course, no other option when
ordering.)
Great, so I feel like I bought a new Cadillac and the nav system is a
Lite-Brite with dysfunctional pegs.
So, what I'd like to do, obviously, is go back to XP. But I'm wondering if
there is any legal way to do so? I know I can't transfer an XP license from
my old system that had XP on it, and I don't think I can buy XP at stores
anymore.
Does Microsoft still allow you to downgrade (as if going from a Lite
Brite with dysfunctional pegs to a working Etch-A-Sketch is a downgrade)
from Vista to XP if you call them?
Thanks,
Evan
Information Technology Manager
Virginia Opera Association
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Re: Blackberry question
I personally don't like the pearl. Something about a roller ball on a handheld just doesn't work for me. I have an 8703 and it works beautifully. Yes, I have a wheel, but it makes sense. Handheld software can be downloaded from: http://vzw.smithmicro.com/blackberry/download.aspx?ct=corporate On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, looking like the arguments for not going BB aren't really valid arguments anymore. Our carrier is Verizon, and they offer the Pearl, Curve, the 8703e and the 8830 World Edition. Any recommendations as to model? Looking at the specs on Verizon's website, I'm only seeing the version of the desktop software. Is that the same as what will be on the phone? If so, the 8830 has 4.2, and the Curve has 4.3. Should I hold out to see if they can deliver 4.5? Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:25 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Blackberry question Yea, it's no problem. Even Office 2007 attachments work for me. Granted I'm running the 4.5 BB OS which is out for some carriers and in beta for others. I've been running it forever and it rocks. Between that and the latest BES version, they have made up for a lot of those functions that were lacking from BB but already in WM. 4.5 features. • BlackBerry Maps with Points of Interest (H) • Improved media player with playlist support and automatic playlist generation (H) • Voice note recording (H) • Video recording on Curve models (H) • Streaming support for YouTube and Sling Player (H) • Microsoft Office document editing with DocumentsToGo (H) • Native format attachment downloading (S) • HTML e-mails (S) • Over-the-air device upgrades (S) • Free/busy calendar lookup (S) • Searching the server for old e-mail messages (S) *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:14 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Blackberry question Is there ever an issue with e-mail attachments? For instance, someone sends you a word document. Can you open that on your BB? My understanding was that there was no native support for Office docs. How about PDFs? Again, I'm not trying to flame here, just trying to get a better understanding of what the real truth is. Thanks, Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:01 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Blackberry question This was something I posted on another list and I admit I may be off base on some of it. The device: Frequent OS updates. RIM makes OS updates available and free. Whereas with WM, you are pretty much stuck with the version that came on your phone. I'm not saying it's impossible to get updated WM versions, just that it's not a given like it is on BB. While my WM5 users are still on WM5, my BB users have gone from 3.x to 4.x, and 4.5 coming soon. Each of those offers a slew of new or upgraded features. To me that has to be one of the best parts of the whole system. Sure some WM users get upgrades, but you are at the mercy of the provider and not all of them are so generous. Battery life rocks. I can go days and days and days without a recharge. Sure, some WM devices do that too, but not all. Since RIM not only builds the OS, but the phones, there are no issues with underpowered CPU's / hardware. Some WM devices are just damn slow. That's because the OS and device are not designed together. BES: I don't have to upgrade my whole Exchange environment to get new server side features. Just my BES server which takes about 30 minutes and is free as long as I have a valid support contract which isn't too expensive at all. Centrally managed. I can view all users, all user statistics, etc in one screen. Right now I'm looking at all my users and their PIN's. Plus their status, last contact date and time, sent / received messages and the times, filtered messages, pending one. I can create filters for my users on the fly if need be. I can set policies and deploy software. In the next version of BES I will be able to do OTA OS upgrades of devices. I can enable / disable PIM sync data from the server side at a fairly granular level if I wished. I can see what the users device is and all the specs on the device. Model, OS version, hardware, software, applications. For example from the BES server, I can see that I have Gmail, Google Maps, Jewel Rumble, and Live Search installed on my BB. Nobody can connect a device to my BES without getting an account setup by me. No rogue phones, etc. *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:51 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Blackberry question Martin, Sounds like you prefer
Re: Force expire of passwords
what if you check the user must change password at next logon (or have a script do it) for all your users? On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Gavin Wilby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Windows 2003 server, sinngle domain. I want to expire everyones password tonight, so they are all forced to change it tommorow morning at login. Whats the accepted way of achiveing this easily? I think its been covered before, but can find it. Gavin. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Vbscript being dumb?
Some things are just easier in DOS/CMD. DEL %TEMP%\*.* /Y should do the same thing, and never ask for permission.. Well, unless you don't have it, like the application has the file open (Word temp file, etc.) On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Damien Solodow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to make a simple script to delete all files in the users %temp% directory. Here's what I've got: *Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject(WScript.Shell)* *strTempPath = objShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(%TEMP%)* *strPath = strTempPath \*.** * * *Set objFSO = CreateObject(Scripting.FileSystemObject)* *objFSO.DeleteFile(strPath)* * * When I run the script, it returns (6, 1) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Permission denied If I change the *.* to say *.txt it works fine. What gives? Note: I'm not really a VBscript person, but I'd rather find a way to make this work so the scripts use the same language then I would to rip them all out and redo them in Kixtart.. *Damien Solodow* Senior System Administrator Infrastructure Services Group Information Services Indiana Business College [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct - (317) 217-6881 *We are the Foundation of how Business Gets Done!* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Win2k VB script
Can you update your WMI on the 2K machine? On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know a Win2k friendly way of doing this: Set colNetwork = WMICompSystem.ExecQuery _ (Select * from Win32_Printer Where Network = 'True') It looks like the Network filter isn't available on Win2k and I need to leverage this. Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Export Global Address List?
If they are on your network, they should be able to configure LDAP queries against your AD. On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Webb, Brian (Corp) [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: You could create an ADAM instance and load the GAL data in it - then point Windows Address Book (or some other LDAP client) at the ADAM instance. -Brian -- *From:* Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:15 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Export Global Address List? Ok, I figured out how to export the GAL entries I want. Now I need to find a way to make a shared copy of all these contacts available to everyone. We're using a mixed bag of Outlook and Apple Mail clients. Any way to create global address book outside of Exchange to be used by multiple clients? Thanks again! -- *From:* Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:08 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Export Global Address List? Good afternoon everyone, We are migrating from an Exchange 5.5 server (yes, it's still running) to a hosted IMAP solution. Is there any way to export the GAL to populate contacts for all employees in their new contact folders? Does that make sense? Is this possible? Thanks, Eric ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Export Global Address List?
(IIRC) Search Base would be the path to the user container. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Eric Brouwer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are on the network. I am totally new to LDAP. Can you provide some direction on how to do this? To I just set up a directory service in Outlook and point to server.domain.com and use port 389? What would the search base be, or how would I determine that? -- *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:44 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Export Global Address List? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Export Global Address List?
BTW, In Outlook 2003, it's add new LDAP directory then enter server name (restart Outlook). On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Eric Brouwer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are on the network. I am totally new to LDAP. Can you provide some direction on how to do this? To I just set up a directory service in Outlook and point to server.domain.com and use port 389? What would the search base be, or how would I determine that? -- *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:44 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Export Global Address List? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Win2k VB script
I've got a script that uses an LDAP query to pull the info. It uses WMI to get port information, but you should be able to edit around it. http://www.ericwoodford.com/query-ad-*printer*-info On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure, but I don't know of an update for Win2k? Searching the web didn't yield anything? jlc *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:37 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Win2k VB script Can you update your WMI on the 2K machine? On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know a Win2k friendly way of doing this: Set colNetwork = WMICompSystem.ExecQuery _ (Select * from Win32_Printer Where Network = 'True') It looks like the Network filter isn't available on Win2k and I need to leverage this. Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Stopping users emailing out internal docs
At a former employer, they had attachments delayed with suspicious titles for a number of hours (especially anything dealing with their pending merger)This allowed the admins to review the quarantined email before it was sent. This was done on the Anti-spam solution.. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Oliver Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi chaps, We've had a case this week of a client who found out a user, who is in the process of being let go, had emailed out to their personal gmail account a copy of all the internal documents, logos, process diagrams, etc. The user is now undergoing disciplinary action and facing possible legal action. However, while it's almost impossible to prevent a user from emailing a document out if they really want to, companies are obliged to have a policy in place requiring them not to doing so, and here in the UK that policy has to be seen to be implemented and enforced if it is to be referred to in any action. We've suggested a proper compliance level archival service in order to allow for emails to be restored even when users delete emails from their machines (and their recoverable deleted items in this case). Elsewhere we have used similar services to also report on certain file types, file names and sizes of files being sent, and use them to bounce emails under certain conditions. Bouncing certain emails, while a very limited short-stick, does allow for the policy to be seen to be in place if people are as silly as to send out documents with certain names etc (like Accounts2008.xls etc). What do other companies do to help either prevent people sending docs out, or to cover themselves legally should they have to take action against a user for doing so, or to highlight when a user is doing so? Olly -- G2 Support Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:http://www.g2support.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: weird display issue
Is your laptop configured to hook up to another monitor? Maybe it thinks those windows are showing up over there. Try right clicking tool bar and select cascade windows. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:12 AM, wjh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, maybe a bit OT, but this is driving me bonkers...as it is happening to my machine. Thinkpad T40 XP Pro SP2 With what seems like randomness, the various windows displaced on my desktop refuse to come to the front when selected. I can click a toolbar area and the window's toolbar area will ungray like it is my top window, but it actually doesn't come to the front. I can even minimize and maximize the window from the tool bar. When I do this, you can see the window min and max, but it never comes to the front. To actually to see the window in the front, I have to minimize every other window in front of it. Pretty fraking ridiculous. The fact that the windows actually respond to commands like min and max, as well as change color as if the were the front window makes me doubt a graphics driver issue. Sometimes the issue resolves itself, sometimes I reboot. Any idea on my possessed laptop? Bill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: can't remember the fix
I think Visio over-writes files necessary for Outlook and it is attempting to fix the two applications. finishing the installer quest had fixed it. On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Mike Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Run Outlook as an administrator once and see if it's a permissions problem. -- Mike Gill *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:38 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* can't remember the fix I know I've seen this before but don't remember the fix brain fart moment XP desktop running office 2003, user installs Visio 2007 ... now everytime an Outlook 2003 is started the Visio installer starts up and no messages are sent/received until it finishes its dance or is cancelled ... anyone have pity and remind me how to get this 'installer' behavior to quit ? Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Scheduled message to user
I'd think this could be easily coded in a VBS startup script. Check network folder, if a file exists in this folder, display it. heck, that can be done in a simple DOS Batch file. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know you're the intended recipient. So there. Not my fault you can't read minds... But, you are saying I can use vbscript/kix/powershell to run an executable on specified days? I have about 25 days per year it needs to be run. David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/24/2008 4:09 PM KiXtart can probably do this, probably many other login script handlers too (VBScript, etc). I don't know hard it would be, but I'm sure it's feasible. In totally unrelated nit-picking (and nothing personal), I have a rhetorical Q: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. How do I know who the INTENDED recipient is? Knowing someone's intention means being a mind reader, doesn't it? J * David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764** *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:36 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Scheduled message to user Hi Folks: I am looking for a utility or a method to provide my users a periodic message upon logon. We currently use Zenworks and I schedule this throughout the year for specific days (time sheet approval days). Currently on specific days a web page opens with an announcement, message, etc. I can script opening a web page, but need the scheduler. We're moving to SCCM, but so far I don't see that option. Suggestions? I'd like something were I can set the days to run and forget about it until next year. Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Troubleshooting Server 2008 Reboots
oddly I am sitting in a Win2008 class, and the instructor is covering this. How about checking the new Perf Mon functionality... reliability manager and see if there's anything on the server going on.. ?? On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:57 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a 64-bit Server 2008 machine running Hyper-V. It's also a DNS server, a DC, and a Backup Exec server. Its function as a backup server is new—I've only been doing that for about two days. Twice today, while backing up one of the VMs to a NAS system, this server has rebooted. I've backed up the other VMs with no problems, but this one VM (our Exchange VM, incidentally) seems to cause a problem. I'm really not sure how to troubleshoot a spontaneous reboot with Server 2008. The event logs show nothing (other than an entry after the reboot saying that the shutdown was unexpected). The reliability monitor shows nothing—no crash or anything. It's basically like what would happen if I just unplugged a server's power. Power problems are unlikely, though, as this server has dual power supplies, and each is connected to a separate UPS. Any pointers? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VBScript Issue
how about using the array index? colDisks(0) On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Joseph L. Casale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to monitor the disc space on a specific drive, I am using: Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\CIMV2) Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery(SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk Where DeviceID = 'L:', WQL, wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly) but this returns an array (right) even though its filtered to only return one object. How can I rewrite this to return an object so that I can call this multiple times getting the value at the point in time without needed to deal with like an array and loop through all one objects in it? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VBScript Issue
Then I would change the wmi query to a string and pass that.
strWMIQuery = (SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk Where DeviceID = '
strSomeVar ')
Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery(strWMIQuery)
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Joseph L. Casale
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I changed the script a great deal. I made a function out of the
query and just call it twice.
How can I pass a value for a drive letter into objWMIService.ExecQuery?
Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery(SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk
Where DeviceID = 'L:')
Would need to be:
Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery(SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk
Where DeviceID = strSomeVar)
Then my function would be SomeFunc('L:') as the DeviceID needs to be 'L:'
for example?
Thanks,
jlc
*From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:04 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* Re: VBScript Issue
how about
using the array index?
colDisks(0)
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Joseph L. Casale
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am trying to monitor the disc space on a specific drive, I am using:
Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\CIMV2)
Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery(SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk
Where DeviceID = 'L:', WQL, wbemFlagReturnImmediately +
wbemFlagForwardOnly)
but this returns an array (right) even though its filtered to only return
one object. How can I rewrite this to return an object so that I can call
this multiple times getting the value at the point in time without needed to
deal with like an array and loop through all one objects in it?
Thanks!
jlc
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Re: Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots
sounds like a story I heard about a tech telling a client his network was slow due to the kink in the cable.. sorry this piece of furniture was slowing the bits, I've straightened it out for you.. The client was pleased with his new-found network bandwidth. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people believe me when I tell them wifi radios will make you glow green if you have too many covering a specific area. David Lum wrote: Oh yeah, my wife got the cell phone popcorn e-mail yesterday, the sender believing it actually was true...come on people... http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/06/10/cell-phone-popcorn.htm http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/07/09/cell-phone-popcorn-trick-revealed.htm Some people have severe cranial-rectal intrusion issues... -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Cable Modem + Wireless router
never say never.. Fridge and freezer TV and 50 LCD monitor for gaming (when spouse not watching) Microwave and a clock On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Christopher J. Bosak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same. Never a 2-in-1 device. Never any multi-device in my house. Except for the remote. That's a law here in this house. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 12:44 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cable Modem + Wireless router I'm hesitant to use a 2 in 1. After suffering through almost two years of constantly reseting my router and modem, I ponied up for a new wrt54gl and loaded tomato on it. My connection has been rock solid since then. Bill Vue, Za wrote: I have Comcast high speed Internet service. My 5 year old cable modem is dying. I am looking for a 2-in-1 wireless router and cable modem. What is everyone using these days? -Z.V. This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: create iso
http://www.imgburn.com gui, but you can (also) create an iso from a folder. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Tim Vander Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I like ISO Recorder available here: http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm TVK -Original Message- From: Tigran K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: create iso Hi all, Please help I'm looking for an application that creates an ISO image file. I'm looking for a command line tool. Thanks --Tigran ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Windows Messenger Sign-In Down?
my live msngr is working.. it's just you. On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've not been able to log into Windows Live Messenger from home or work today. Haven't see anything about an outage on the Internets, though. Is it just me? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Outloot Limit on messages per folder
Here's a very good collection of MS Tech articles relating to Outlook performance. The number of items in the suggested folders is listed there at 3000 - 5000, with suggestions around 2,000. http://www.blkmtn.org/outlook-settings-and-considerations On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Fergal O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All What is the max amount of messages a folder in Outlook should contain? I have a user with approx 2 messages in his Inbox and Outlook is causing problems Regards Fergal O'Connell ICT Support The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended addressee please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Free tool?
Thought I'd add one more to the list. DOS batch command for /f %%a in (c:\listofIPAddresses.txt) do ping %%a c:\PingLog.txt On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Bill Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, everyone for the tips! Lots to choose from and I'm sure one of them is exactly what I need. Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 *From:* Greg Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:03 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Free tool? Lol, when I first hit a link for this it came up to a company called manasoft.com and I couldn't help but laugh that it was appropriate for the Shookster. http://www.manasoft.com/manasoft/omniping_pro.aspx And even better is that I'm more of a lurker here and still think the same way as the regulars. Shook is world famous now… -Greg Olson *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:54 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Free tool? Omni Ping Pro. Works awesomely for the Shookster… Shook -- *From:* Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:19 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Free tool? Hello all… I'm looking for a free tool (if there is one) that will ping multiple addresses (like Freeping) but will also log the results. Is there one that you can recommend? *Bill Lambert* *Windows System Administrator* *Concuity* *A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. * *Phone 847-941-9206* *Fax 847-465-9147* ** *NASDAQ: TTPA*** *The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.gif
Re: PST Hell
Possible that the PST location is accessible via registry key.. http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/48228/changing-the-default-location-for-ost-and-pst-files.html Maybe you could modify that.. On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're dealing with the prospect of moving approximately 200 PST files from several server locations to a new USERS share location. We could do this manually and reset each user's Outlook accordingly, but would prefersome type of automated process. Racking my brain but can 't come up with a means to do this simply. Suggestions from anyone whose done something similar? Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Outlook 2007 crashes new email
Had this problem with old version of Adobe Acrobat installed (when first came out). Removed Acrobat, put in freeware PDF reader. Then again with when AV scanner mucked with install. Uninstalled AV of workstation... then reinstalled version that supported 2007. On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Gary Babb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Outlook 2007 on my Windows XP D630 laptop. Every time I receive a new email Outlook crashes. After it crashes I prompted to enter my username and password, then Outlook opens again. Outlook is not connecting to the Exchange server as a MAPI client but using RPC over HTTP. No one else is experiencing this issue; they are also connecting to the Exchange server using RPC over HTTP. Has anyone come across this issue, and how did you resolve it? Thanking you in advance for your assistance. Regards, Garfield ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Large Environment Backup solutions, was WMI Query
BTW, I am very happy with my current employer's solution. They are running EMC Networker and from the Exchange server perspective it works seemlessly, even with our 8 node Exchange 2k3 cluster.. :) EMC still hasn't resolved an issue where it fails to restore to a RSG, but nothing that failing-over to a passive node hasn't resolved. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the docs, I think their clustering solutions are less then optimal and are a hodgepodge of 'ya it works if you do 30 line install' but their docs are pretty much only for active/passive clusters. Not three or four server clusters. I imagine our dedicated storage team is on such lists. I stay as far as possible. Unfortunately some times yo have to interact with the backup systems. Steven On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow. Definitely not our experience. Sorry to hear that. Of course, we don't have clustered anything. BTW, just in case you're not aware of it, there's a TSM listserv - I'm not at work at the moment, but remind me tomorrow, and I'll shoot you the address if you want. There's some really good folks on that list. I think you'll find they're quite helpful. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umm.. NO, it is not. It sucks. It does do what it's supposed to eventually, but frankly getting it to do it right or applying the inevitable client upgrades is always a challenge. When something isn't working right the logs/alerts fail to properly identify the problem, the answers from support can be vague, unhelpful and downright random at times. (Asking for support on an Exchange cluster results in documentation for a SQL cluster, requests and finally demands to get the right documentation resulted in the Exchange docs (and a non-Tivoli link) and the comment that running SQL and Exchange on the same box wasn't recommended but we could try it and let them know. Ar! A dedicated backup team, over 1,000 Windows servers and a few hundred Unix flavors and a mainframe environment or two. I really do not like the product at all. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That depends on your environment. For a large shop, with staff large enough so that several are dedicated specifically to backup/restore/DR/BC/etc., TSM is probably an excellent fit. It's much too large and complex for shops of lesser capability, IMHO - yet, we use it, and get by with it, and have for about 8 years - it predates my tenure in this position. I respect the software, but would switch in a heartbeat, except for two things: 1) the cost to continue using is is ridiculously low - maintenance is something like $200/year for the 10 or so servers we use it for - that makes the cost of switching to something else much less attractive. 2) Support is actually pretty good - we've called many times, asking for bits of information, and have gotten answers in a reasonable amount of time, with no attitude. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that product is a major PIA to administer And, the fact that that has held true for over 15 years and has never improved is sad testament to the product. Tivoli was created for the consulting industry – not for the regular Admin. From: Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WMI Query FYI: Wscript.echo is a command to echo (or display) the information that comes after it. I think you more want to do an IF statement. If objItem.Name = Tivoli Storage Manager then ' echo the contents to the screen end if BTW, Sorry about Tivoli, that product is a major PIA to administer. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's closer. Trying to query to see if TSM is installed. Can I just add Wscript.Echo GroupName: Tivoli Storage Manager To see if TSM is installed? Original Message: - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:18:19 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: WMI Query Eh, you probably mean something like this: On Error Resume Next strComputers = Array (Server1, Server2, Server3) For i = LBound (strComputers) To UBound(strComputers) strcomputer = strcomputers[i] Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName
Re: WMI Query
FYI: Wscript.echo is a command to echo (or display) the information that comes after it. I think you more want to do an IF statement. If objItem.Name = Tivoli Storage Manager then ' echo the contents to the screen end if BTW, Sorry about Tivoli, that product is a major PIA to administer. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's closer. Trying to query to see if TSM is installed. Can I just add Wscript.Echo GroupName: Tivoli Storage Manager To see if TSM is installed? Original Message: - From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:18:19 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: WMI Query Eh, you probably mean something like this: On Error Resume Next strComputers = Array (Server1, Server2, Server3) For i = LBound (strComputers) To UBound(strComputers) strcomputer = strcomputers[i] Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Wscript.Echo SettingID: objItem.SettingID Wscript.Echo UserName: objItem.UserName Next set colItems = Nothing set objWMIService = Nothing Next Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WMI Query Looking for help with WMI query for an application (TSM). On Error Resume Next strComputer = Server1 Server2 Server3 Set objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts:\\ strComputer \root\cimv2) Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(Select * from Win32_ProgramGroup,,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo Caption: objItem.Caption Wscript.Echo Description: objItem.Description Wscript.Echo GroupName: objItem.GroupName Wscript.Echo Name: TSM objItem.Name Wscript.Echo SettingID: objItem.SettingID Wscript.Echo UserName: objItem.UserName Next Can anyone help? Thanks, Mike mail2web LIVE - Free email based on MicrosoftR Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Standalone applet to create an open port?
Thanks Carl, Take a peak.. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This guy can listen and respond on whatever port you want. Also very handy for measuring available bandwidth... :) http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Network-Testing/Network-Speed.shtml Network Speed [Version 1.40] Calculates the network speed (transfer rate) between two winsock hosts. The syntax of this command is: netspeed /H:host|/S[:n] [/P:n] [/M:n] [/C:y|n] /H:host : Client mode, host=name/address of a machine waiting in server mode. /S:n : Server mode, n=# of times to answer before exiting, default is /P:n : n=Port number, default is . (Both client server must match) /M:n : n=Megabytes to transfer, default is 10. (Only valid in client mode) /C:y,/C:n: y=The data sent will be compressible; n=Not compressible (default). Copyright 1999-2002 Marty List, [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:23 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Standalone applet to create an open port? I am looking to prove the network team wrong.. The firewall looks to be configured wrong, but they keep blaming my server. I am looking for an application to run on a server, that would open a network port and respond to a port query. Thinking that something like a telnet server, assigned to answer on a non-standard port would work, but don't want to install IIS, etc. on the server to do it. Any ideas? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Standalone applet to create an open port?
It's an internal IP address. I want to open a network port on my server and see if I can use portqry to see if it's open. Network team tells me that the server's locked down, but I don't think so.. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't really understand what you are asking. Use something like nmap, or portqry, or tcpview to see what ports are open on your server (or netstat –ano for heaven's sake!). I'm happy to run a scan for you at a given IP address, but you have to tell me what that IP address is! Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:23 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Standalone applet to create an open port? I am looking to prove the network team wrong.. The firewall looks to be configured wrong, but they keep blaming my server. I am looking for an application to run on a server, that would open a network port and respond to a port query. Thinking that something like a telnet server, assigned to answer on a non-standard port would work, but don't want to install IIS, etc. on the server to do it. Any ideas? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Standalone applet to create an open port?
Carl's tool worked marvelously. It opened the port and I was able to verify it was open by telnet'ing to it.. Thanks! On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then just telnet server-ip port-number For example: Telnet 192.68.1.101 8080 If it opens – well, the port is open! Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:35 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Standalone applet to create an open port? It's an internal IP address. I want to open a network port on my server and see if I can use portqry to see if it's open. Network team tells me that the server's locked down, but I don't think so.. On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't really understand what you are asking. Use something like nmap, or portqry, or tcpview to see what ports are open on your server (or netstat –ano for heaven's sake!). I'm happy to run a scan for you at a given IP address, but you have to tell me what that IP address is! Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:23 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Standalone applet to create an open port? I am looking to prove the network team wrong.. The firewall looks to be configured wrong, but they keep blaming my server. I am looking for an application to run on a server, that would open a network port and respond to a port query. Thinking that something like a telnet server, assigned to answer on a non-standard port would work, but don't want to install IIS, etc. on the server to do it. Any ideas? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Get fired for using outlook
Was the decision not to buy full Office licenses for each workstation? On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Jeff Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So... management does not like the fact the some people use Outlook... because the formatting looks different and some other BS. Now... management has sent a memo out (for everybody to sign) stating that Outlook is not to be used and Eudora it the only allowed email client. Those the violate the memo will be terminated. Believe that??? -- Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. IM on your terms.http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Looking for new Robust utility
We're installing InTrust here, one of it's purposes is to track logons to servers.. Sorry, I have no more info for ya'.. On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:42 AM, RITA KAUR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone, I am looking for a robust and user friendly tool to be installed on the server, which I can monitor and see what the systems admin's do when they user their individual accounts for troubleshooting a application on the server so that their activities can be logged for future reference. We need this in order to make sure that the outside vendor is providing the care and servicing the application when the server goes down. Please help as I have to implement the solution ASAP...i am still googling to find something Cheers M ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server Room - Suggestions on rack enclosures
From my experience, get the rack enclosures that work with your servers. Worked at a company that had to file down the rails in order to fit the holes on the racks.. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Tim Wagerle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came to this job with a basement room 13'x20' filled to the brim with old tech equipment and 5 servers (AS400, 3-Windows, NT, IBM Tape Drive and Dell 122T Tape Drive) wedged into nooks and crannies. This was to be the Server room only, but now my work area also. L NOISE! Side effect, I have no one watching over my shoulder. J Now that I have cleaned out the previous occupants, got a 1950's modular desk in place and got the Servers in a place I can actually manage them, I though a Server room redesign was in order. I am looking for recommendations on full rack enclosures. Tim Wagerle, TSS Josephine County Circuit Court Oregon Judicial Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server Room - Suggestions on rack enclosures
Moving from there to a company that had HP racks to fit the HP servers was awesome! Look I can lock down the servers with the included thumb screws! Look I can remove this server and rack a new one without having to file down the rails! Look the servers aren't overheating because the POC racks have no cooling functionality.. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That was because they've ordered non-standard rails for 20 years and refuse to order new ones that actually follow the darn standards. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my experience, get the rack enclosures that work with your servers. Worked at a company that had to file down the rails in order to fit the holes on the racks.. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Tim Wagerle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I came to this job with a basement room 13'x20' filled to the brim with old tech equipment and 5 servers (AS400, 3-Windows, NT, IBM Tape Drive and Dell 122T Tape Drive) wedged into nooks and crannies. This was to be the Server room only, but now my work area also. L NOISE! Side effect, I have no one watching over my shoulder. J Now that I have cleaned out the previous occupants, got a 1950's modular desk in place and got the Servers in a place I can actually manage them, I though a Server room redesign was in order. I am looking for recommendations on full rack enclosures. Tim Wagerle, TSS Josephine County Circuit Court Oregon Judicial Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server Room - Suggestions on rack enclosures
They purchased (I think) telcom racks for a 90% HP/Compaq shop. None of the rails fit correctly. You didn't want to try new servers, you simply upgraded to the same foot-print server as what was already there. Supremely frustrating.. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes that's easier said than done. Not everyone has all their servers the same exact brand. Eric Woodford [EMAIL PROTECTED] previously uttered: From my experience, get the rack enclosures that work with your servers. Worked at a company that had to file down the rails in order to fit the holes on the racks.. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Neverfail feedback
Just installed NF here for BES. Really interesting product, but haven't had the chance to test in a disaster situation. 2 servers - one is identical mirror of second (same SID, same IP, etc.). Data and logs are replicated between the two servers. When the NF agent sees a change in the heartbeat between the two servers, it hides first from production and second is already online and ready to go. Then brings it online in an instant. On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Jeremy Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My company is looking at Neverfail and while it looks good so far I'm looking for some feedback. This would be for Exchange (not BES, too much $$) between two sites for DR only. Thanks! - Jer ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: BES on VM?
Bes will run on vm, seen it, supported it, 100 users on a dl360. Issue happens when you add other apps to that vm. Bes can quickly consume all the bandwidth on a virtual nic. On 6/25/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/24/2008 05:56:20 PM: Sorry if this is too simple, but we have a BES server in a Lotus Notes shop... My symapthies. We run Notes here, with BES. Can the BES be moved and work well on a VMWare virtual server? I'm told not. I hear the VM engineers won't even touch Domino. That was enough for us to drop our plans to do it. Having said that ... yes, it will physically work. When we were testing upgrading our BES server from v2 to v4, we tested it in a VMware environment. And it does work. If you're a small enough shop, it might work without issue. -- Michael Leone Network Administrator, ISM Philadelphia Housing Authority 2500 Jackson St Philadelphia, PA 19145 Tel: 215-684-4180 Cell: 215-252-0143 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Can \\pc1\user has rights to \\pc2\share\folder1?
IMO, it sounds like his domain account had inherited admin rights on that server and they were removed. Now he only has basic access rights and cannot modify folders.. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Stephen Wimberly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I am on a computer, call it \\pc1 and map a drive to \\SERVER1\share could I then right click a sub folder to the mapped drive, call it \\SERVER1\share\folder1 and look at the properties for the folder1, ADD a user or group and then click LOCATIONS to add local users from \\pc1, the computer I am locally logged into? Both SERVER1 and pc1 are in the same windows domain. I have a coworker that tells me he has had this setup for years and Friday it suddenly stopped working, and now pc1 is no longer an option when clicking on LOCATIONS to add users or groups. He wants me to fix it so that \\pc1\user can have security rights to \\SERVER1\share\folder1. How is SERVER1 going to know anything about a local user on a remote machine? Is this 'broken'? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: AD reports
I've used this tool with decent success.. I think it is more Exchange focused, but might do your job for AD groups too.. Otherwise PowerShell and something like *get-qadGroup Groupname* could do it in a rough format.. http://www.imanami.com/products/smartr/ On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:58 AM, wjh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, We have a client that will require quarterly reports regarding AD users and the groups to which they belong. Is there an easy and possibly free tool out there to provide a legible list of users and the groups the user is in. This isn't any big enterprise AD environment. Only about 30 users who are currently on an SBS. I know there are a couple of dsquery commands that will list users and groups, but that doesn't really seem to get me very close to providing a list that basically says this user has these memberships, this user has these memberships, and have it organized by OU. I just don't want to spend a few hours exporting the info and cutting and pasting to a report so that it is discernible to someone else outside of the AD admin...especially if they will require this quarterly. Thanks for any help. Bill ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: preventing users from hiding files
How about turning on the permission that says show hidden files for everyone?.. That way its pointless to do so. On 5/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an easy way (group policy perhaps?) to prevent people from hiding files? I beleive it can be done from NTFS permissions and setting a folder so that the Write Attributes permission is denied, but this seems a bit time consuming to setup on every single folder I want this done for... We have 1500+ user accounts that have home directories we do NOT want them to be able to hide anything in those home directories. There's also some network shares we don't want these users to be able to hide files/folders inside them as well. I'm hoping or a GPO alternative to settings the NTFS perms all all these folders/drives/files, etc. I'm going to see if maybe disabling the context windows (the menu that appears from right clicking on a file or folder) does the trick -- the users do not have access to CMD.exe so they cannot use the .exe command on a file/folder. Thanks. JR myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: CTRL + Scroll wheel
If this is outlook. I'd say html vs richtext vs plaintext format. The mouse wheel option is an IE function I believe, hence only html formatted msgs would resize. On 5/16/08, Jim Majorowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is going to sound stupid, but I'm dealing with a very demanding, very rich client that wants to know why when he uses holds his CTRL button down and then uses his scroll wheel forward *SOME*, not all, of his email refuse to enlarge. I have to be honest here, I've spent about 20 minutes yesterday and now about 20 minutes this morning, plus two Google searches and I am hard pressed to find an answer. I suspect it may be that the messages he's looking at are made with bad HTML code, but when I give this guy an answer, it had better be right. Has *ANYONE* ever seen this and cared enough to actually figure out what might be occurring? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Speaking of server heat...
Not heat related, but do any of these servers you run receive email for the company? My current contract has changed the default ttl on outgoing email to only 1 day, down from the typical 3. Your servers being off for 4 days, may mean a lot of bounced msgs... On 4/29/08, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had mentioned in an earlier thread we're looking at going to a 4-day work week over the summer so that air conditioning in our buildings could be shut off Thursday, Friday, and Saturday each week. Since our server rooms (aside from our NOC) aren't on separate A/C systems, this would mean completely shutting the servers down every Thursday and bringing them back up on Monday. We'd also need to do the same with all of the switches in our wiring closets. Upper management has seen the problems this could create, and it looks as though instead we'll be leaving the A/C on, but at a higher temperature. Our Dell servers are rated to run at up to 95 degrees with 80% humidity. I don't want to hit those levels, though, and am pushing for us to let temps get no higher than 85 degrees. My question is, could even this lead to problems down the road? I understand that it's within the operating range of the servers. However, it's still on the high side. It will result in higher-than-usual temperatures for the servers, and their fans will run at higher speeds (which, ironically, will consume more electricity and partially offset the money we're trying to save). The fans are mechanical devices, so running at higher speeds would have to reduce their lifespans somewhat, I would think. Any other considerations? Effects on other components of the servers? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Basic Exchange outgoing file blocking
File blocking has to be file type aware, otherwise your users simply rename the file and it will still go out. Trick I use to email scripts out of outlook which already blocks vbs and hta files. On 4/25/08, Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure where the affordable part lies with this, but most Exchange-aware AV products can do file blocking-we are using Scanmail from Trendmicro. If they are using Outlook, you could look into whether the built in file-extension blocking could help. I'm not sure if/how this would work with outbound mail though. And if they are at E2k7, there are transport rules. -Bonnie From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Basic Exchange outgoing file blocking Does anyone know of an affordable tool for Exchange that will prevent internal users from sending out certain files (by type or name) and also scan zip files for those files as well ? This is for a registered charity who we are delighted to look after. They have a database which they want to prevent users from emailing out of the building. We've locked down the settings on their TS box and RDP connections as best as we can but ultimately they can still just email the file to somewhere. While I appreciate we can't cover *every* possible thing a user could try, I want to be able to say that we make a 'best effort' to prevent people from emailing the DB file. Any ideas ? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: xobni invites
I'll take one! Looks promising... On 4/24/08, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, so no invites on mine so far. On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Christopher J. Bosak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the bottom of the pane. J Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue.* *- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me* *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2008 07:57 hrs *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: xobni invites So I've gotten it installed, where do I find the invites to hand out at? BTW, LOVE IT!! On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:50 AM, mck1012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would also like one if anyone has an extra. - Original Message From: Andy Crellin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:45:44 AM Subject: RE: xobni invites These are all disappearing pretty quickly so if anyone's got a spare one knocking about I'd like to try it out. Cheers, Andy. *Andy Crellin * Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 24 April 2008 13:27 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: xobni invites I also have some sitting around gathering dust if anyone wants any. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue.* *- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me* *From:* Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2008 07:04 hrs *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: xobni invites I will take one if you don't mine George. Thanks Joe Haralson -- *From:* george rovithis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:52 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* xobni invites If anybody wants i also have xobni invites -- Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Check it out! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx%20 Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QD. -- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Dump of All Groups and Their Membership
Have you tried my script? http://www.ericwoodford.com/tool_export_dl_membership On 4/17/08, Terri.Esham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the best utility to use to export all Active Directory Groups and their membership? I know how to do it by doing each group separately, but I'd like a way to do all groups at one time. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Terri ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Sync Public Folders
In the 4.x version of bes, I don't think it is possible to sync pfs any longer. I had a contact folder setup in 3.6 with all bes users, lost it when upgraded to 4.1 It might be fixed but I thought rims response was NEVER! Testing it now just in case a miracle happened... On 4/11/08, Benjamin Zachary - Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I asked this on the exchange list and didn't really get any good answers. I have a handful of Palm and now Windows Mobile 6 devices. Im looking to get over the air sync to PF's. I know a bes server can do this but would rather not tell the client they need to swap out 15 phones and get a bes server to accomplish this. Exchange 2003sp2, with 2007 a possibility if there was a fix there. Thanks ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Script to add permissions
I have a 2 step process for this.. 1. Assign one person with these permissions, then run this script to extract the values necessary to set the ACL. http://www.rlmueller.net/Programs/DACL.txt 2. I've modify the code of this script to match the permissions I want to grant. http://www.ericwoodford.com/grant-delegate-permissions Happy Friday! Eric On 4/4/08, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to have a script that gives an AD group the following permissions on a user object: Read Home Phone Number (Others) Write Home Phone Number (Others) Read Phone Number (Others) Write Phone Number (Others) Read postalAddress Write postalAddress Read roomNumber Write roomNumber Read Company Write Company Read Department Write Department Read Title Write Title I have about 30 users I need to do this with and it's quite tedious to hit each account via the GUI. FWIW these are accounts that are not inheriting permissions because they have the AdminSDHolder attribute which I am having trouble troubleshooting. (I can reset the AdminSDHolder attribute but it gets reset even though they are not members of any of the protected groups). TIA, *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ***When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands *** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Program to Extract Certain Events from Event Viewer
logparser (www.logparser.com) works great also. Command line query would be something like: logparser select * into eventInfo.csv from server1,server2, server3 /i:evt /o:csv Run this in a BAT file and schedule dumps on regular basis.. On 3/26/08, Justin Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: eventcombmt http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7AF2E69C-91F3-4E63-8629-B999ADDE0B9Edisplaylang=en On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Chyka, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I need to find a good program (free would be good but doesn't have to be) to extract all print events from our print servers and be able to report on them. We are ripping through paper, toner etc at a unbelievable rate and they want to start auditing the printers and possibly start charging students after they hit a certain amount of prints in a semester. I have the print jobs being logged in the event viewer and it gives user, job name, printer, and how many pages. Great information. I just need something that will extract the print jobs only from the event viewer and be able to make some reports on usage. Im looking at dumpsec but was wondering what everyone else was using. Thanks again.. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Cluster, virtual servers, or traditional?
How 'business critical' is having email? If your 400 users can live while email is down for several hours, clustering would definitely be overkill. As Steven said, it is 'cool' but it complicates a simple install. IMO, you wouldn't want to cluster your servers AND run multiple processes like email, file sharing and print sharing. Virtualize the load-bandwidth services, and leave the email on a physical server. On 3/26/08, Steven Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clustering also complicates your life but is 'neat' to have on the resume :) Whether it is a business requirement or not really depends on your business needs and the applications you are running. Steven On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Russ Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is something we did last year and are still implementing. We ended up getting an iSCSI SAN and I currently have a two node cluster that is also hosting MS virtual servers with all the data sitting in the SAN. This worked for us as we also needed to replace quite a bit of our hardware and I was able to shut down quite a few older servers and move them onto two new clustered servers. Clustering is included with the Enterprise and above version of server 2003/2008, but you would need to purchase two server licenses. Clustering requires some type of shared storage. Russ Clark From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cluster, virtual servers, or traditional? You might look at iSCSI or NAS solutions for storage if you do not need the performance of a Fibre Channel SAN. There is a big cost saving and in the right environment they work great. Virtualization such as VMware will be of benefit if you want to consolidate servers. If you have a bunch of servers that run at 10-15 % utilization then it makes sense to virtualize them. Also easy to deploy new servers from templates which saves lots of time. If you have small number of servers which have heavy utilization then stick with traditional hardware. Mike From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Cluster, virtual servers, or traditional? Hi Folks: Over the next year I'll be replacing/moving around most of my servers here at HQ. Currently I have traditional hardware servers. I'm wondering at what point to I need to move, if at all, to clustering/SAN/virtual servers. At my regional sites (all 50 staff or less) the model will remain a traditional server hardware. However here at HQ (6 buildings) I am not so sure. I have about 400 staff members here using several servers for e-mail and file and print, as well as the typical variety of utility, web, and so on servers. None of the servers consume a huge amount of disk space for files or for e-mail (fairly stringent disk space quotas for e-mail). Suggestions? I'll be moving to Windows 2008, and I thought I read that you can cluster 2 servers without additional licenses. I'm not sure about SANs, since that my be overkill here, and I haven't done anything with virtualization yet (other than desktop). Reliability is important, but so is cost. Being a non-profit, I don't have lots of funds for extra hardware unless I can justify it. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Bluetooth, Activesync and Smartphones
Sounds like the bt link isn't actively connecting to the device. Is there an option to reconnect automatically? On 3/25/08, Mike Gill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does Bluetooth just not perform reliably in this role? I just bought my wife a Blackjack II which has WM6 installed, and put in a good deal of reading trying to set up Activesync. I've used Bluetooth many times for mice, keyboards, hands free ear pieces, but this is my first real attempt at setting up Activesync for wireless syncing. I start out by pairing the devices (no problems there), then assigning an incoming COM port. Then in Activesync I set it to communicate via that COM port. Now, on the phone in the Services screen Activesync will appear as being available on the PC and I select it. I can sync to my heart's content. Restart the phone and it doesn't work anymore. The Bluetooth applet still shows the phone, but doesn't show it as connected (yes BT is on). I have to start over, and make repeated attempts to get it to work again. Is this just typical with BT and Smartphones? The PC is a Dell Centrino with factory internal BT. I have an MS BT USB dongle I will try tonight, but I'm thinking it shouldn't matter. My wife's mouse works reliably. -- Mike Gill ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Pop Quiz
This script might be a good start. It queries all live pcs for actively logged on user accts. http://www.visualbasicscript.com/m_37477/tm.htm On 3/21/08, Matt Plahtinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would be the quickest way to find out what workstation a user is logged into, Other than walking up to the user and looking at the pc? W2k3 domain Matt ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Email deleting itself
I am liking the outlook junk mail filter. Could have added the sender to the blocked sender list and set it to delete all spam mail instead of deliver to junk mail folderm On 3/17/08, Christopher Boggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had multiple times where the user turned on auto archive with the settings to delete instead of move to another folder, and didn't realize it. I would second the suggestion to check the auto archive settings From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email deleting itself ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: IT Salary Survey
Since everyone else did it... BS in Comp Sci No Certs, unless you count my expired MCP in Win2k or my CCA where the instructor gave use the questions before hand. Just started a 1 yr contract making $47/hr. (possible time off after 6mos good behavior!) *From:* Scot Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2008 11:37 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: IT Salary Survey I'm in SC…state employee. Make about $52K. Have had offers in the $70s, but would have to work longer hours and travel some. At this point I prefer to spend time with my sons. My benefits are better than I would find elsewhere. I get 5 weeks paid vacation, 3 weeks paid sick leave, holidays, and a retirement plan. My share of my health insurance is $90/month. I'm curious about the cost of living/housing in various places. I live in a 2500 sq. ft. brick house with a pool. It last appraised at about $200K…county property tax $1200/year. My wife just bought a 2008 Toyota Corolla for about $16K…county property tax this year was $350. I don't live in the city limits, so no city taxes. Sales tax 5-8 percent depending on what you're buying…car sales tax maximum $300. *From:* David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2008 9:46 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: IT Salary Survey Amazed how many people stated their salary ranges, I love it. High school, no college, CNA (Novell 4.x)13 years ago but no certs. 13 years experience (unless you count playing with PC's as a hobby before that from 1988-ish). In 1996 I started at a division with 37 users and one Novell 3.12 server and $23K/yr 1997 I broke $30K/yr I think around 2002 I broke $50K/yr Currently comfortably over $60k, but not quite as much as EZ. Changed jobs last year from CSC to the non-profit I'm at, salary did not change. That's my day job – my own side biz I bill $75/hr which, if you do the math and I did 40hrs/week would be $156K/yr. Some things in life (like low stress) are more important than money, so I let my day job pay for health insurance and retirement plan. J. Being 100% your own boss? Priceless, and gutsy – congrats! *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ***When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands * *From:* Amer Karim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 12:22 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: IT Salary Survey Drop out (just prior to completing BSc), no certs, 20 odd years of experience – 6 figures... Being my own boss – priceless... Regards, Amer Karim Nautilis Information Systems *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* March-07-08 2:05 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IT Salary Survey Drop out, current CISSP, former MCSE/CCNA/CNE, 6 figures... On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a drop-out with no certs. I make more. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Shawn Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for fun: I'm an RCHE in RHEL5 with a CIS Diploma and 8 years of experience with Windows Admin, Linux Admin, basic Network Admin and PHP/VB programming I make almost 60k. I live in Northern BC Canada. Shawn Forgot that list. What is everyone here making? :) Include degree, Cert too. -Z.V. From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey and I know a lot of people with certifications that I would not pay $15 / hr. Klint Tim Vander Kooi wrote: Not to mention that the surveys only list the salary by certification. I know of few companies that set your salary based on just your certs. Red Hat/Microsoft/Cisco/Comp TIA/etc. can't be held responsible for the overall incompetency of the people passing their tests. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 11:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey Those surveys show how much management (current and potential interviews) try to screw you. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:06 PM, John Hornbuckle mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found this to be an interesting read: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8175 http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8175tag=nl.e539 tag=nl.e539 A little depressing since I'm well below average, but it does make me feel better about going after my Master's degree. It seems that folks who can effectively manage projects are the ones making the most money, and the MIS program at FSU has multiple courses on project management. Maybe after the grad degree, my next step should be project management certification! John
Re: IT Salary Survey (Cost of living)
surfer slangDon't blame your southern neighbors duuude. Like, Sacra-tomato's /can't take the surfer slang seen a 4x price in similar homes over the last 10 years. Bought my show-room new 1500sf home 10 years ago for $160k, 3 yrs ago it's up to $500k and is now almost back down to $350. Pay $2k each year in pp taxes + 7% sales + state + gas tax + name your senator tax + Arnie's new car tax I blame the dot-com bust... On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:53 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Portland, OR area. Very modest 1500sq ft house built in 1969 (modernized however) paid about $225K three years ago. Property tax is in the $2K/year range. No sales tax on products or cars (we pay state income tax though). Portland metro house prices have gone crazy in the last 10 years (we blame Kalifornians J). Nine years ago a similar house we paid $130K. There are areas you can get similar houses for $160-ish, but you're either in a bad part of town, adding 30 minutes to your commute, or both. **Extremely** diligent looking can still snag you a good deal at a good place, but you have to be very quick and a little lucky. Finding a foreclosure wouldn't hurt, either. Dave *From:* Scot Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2008 8:37 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: IT Salary Survey I'm in SC…state employee. Make about $52K. Have had offers in the $70s, but would have to work longer hours and travel some. At this point I prefer to spend time with my sons. My benefits are better than I would find elsewhere. I get 5 weeks paid vacation, 3 weeks paid sick leave, holidays, and a retirement plan. My share of my health insurance is $90/month. I'm curious about the cost of living/housing in various places. I live in a 2500 sq. ft. brick house with a pool. It last appraised at about $200K…county property tax $1200/year. My wife just bought a 2008 Toyota Corolla for about $16K…county property tax this year was $350. I don't live in the city limits, so no city taxes. Sales tax 5-8 percent depending on what you're buying…car sales tax maximum $300. *From:* David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2008 9:46 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: IT Salary Survey Amazed how many people stated their salary ranges, I love it. High school, no college, CNA (Novell 4.x)13 years ago but no certs. 13 years experience (unless you count playing with PC's as a hobby before that from 1988-ish). In 1996 I started at a division with 37 users and one Novell 3.12 server and $23K/yr 1997 I broke $30K/yr I think around 2002 I broke $50K/yr Currently comfortably over $60k, but not quite as much as EZ. Changed jobs last year from CSC to the non-profit I'm at, salary did not change. That's my day job – my own side biz I bill $75/hr which, if you do the math and I did 40hrs/week would be $156K/yr. Some things in life (like low stress) are more important than money, so I let my day job pay for health insurance and retirement plan. J. Being 100% your own boss? Priceless, and gutsy – congrats! *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 ***When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands * *From:* Amer Karim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 12:22 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: IT Salary Survey Drop out (just prior to completing BSc), no certs, 20 odd years of experience – 6 figures... Being my own boss – priceless... Regards, Amer Karim Nautilis Information Systems *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* March-07-08 2:05 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IT Salary Survey Drop out, current CISSP, former MCSE/CCNA/CNE, 6 figures... On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a drop-out with no certs. I make more. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Shawn Everett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for fun: I'm an RCHE in RHEL5 with a CIS Diploma and 8 years of experience with Windows Admin, Linux Admin, basic Network Admin and PHP/VB programming I make almost 60k. I live in Northern BC Canada. Shawn Forgot that list. What is everyone here making? :) Include degree, Cert too. -Z.V. From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey and I know a lot of people with certifications that I would not pay $15 / hr. Klint Tim Vander Kooi wrote: Not to mention that the surveys only list the salary by certification. I know of few companies that set your salary based on just your certs. Red Hat/Microsoft/Cisco/Comp TIA/etc. can't be held responsible for the overall incompetency of the people passing their tests. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola
Re: Official time: 1 hour 3 minutes
2hrs is nothing compared to my last experience with t2 support at RIM, but that's not fair to symantec Then the scripted answer you need to apply the cdo patch ? 2 mins. Lousy web knowledge base On 3/5/08, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's still TBD. I'm stll on the phone with them (almost up to 2 hours now) as they are walking me through fixing an issue with SEP11's management software that requires that everything gets uninstalled - including IIS - so that a particular version of Java can be installed first. On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you actually talk to someone useful? Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Official time: 1 hour 3 minutes Official time on hold while waiting for a Symantec ENTERPRISE support tech: 1 hour 3 minutes -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Exchanged cached mode
IMO, Cached mode is ideal for corporate employees sitting at their desk. It creates an identical copy of their mail, that is accessible even when their server is down. Outlook 2003+ requires cached mode if you want to use their junk mail filters. Note: the first time you connect with cached mode, you better be close to the server, it has to make that first copy of the entire mailbox (especially if you imported the PST). In addition, with the mailbox stored on the server, it can be accessed by others, ie share calendars, shared contacts, plan meetings (and see availability), no loss when an employee leaves the company, etc. For the remote users, I'd look into RPC over HTTP and have your clients configure Outlook to pull via that method. They can use their Outlook anywhere and get to it. Using POP to pull mail into a PST can remove mail from the mailbox, so it is not accessible any place else that the single point (of failure). PSTs created in Outlook 2003 and earlier have a 2gb mailbox limit. Go over that and you WILL lose email. A PST created with 2007 and the new format, are allowed to go larger, but?? who really wants to backup those extra open files.. Gotta close Outlook to back them up.. So, in short Cached mode means Blackberry, spam filtering, centralized administration, and shared calendars. PST means single point of failure, losing email due to size limits, and possible litigation issues when an employee takes their email with them when they leave (and you have no way to capture it).. On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 3:18 AM, Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for the very basic question here. What is the difference between cached and un-cached mode in the client setting for Exchange? I am not the Exchange admin, you could not pay me enough to take on that extra work, but I do have to support the clients. We are moving from a Linux POP/IMAP server to Exchange and all of my clients are currently set up to POP their mail. I do have mobile clients that I already know will be an issue but I will start on that later. At the moment I am looking at just getting this setup and understanding why somethings are certain ways and not other ways. I will discuss specific issues with the Exchange admin. Any guidance would help a lot. Specific reading for non-Exchange aware people would be more help. Jon ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Bizarre Outlook behaviour
In Outlook, does their calendar show two months at at time? I am guessing they are clicking the small arrows above the mini calendar on the side? Or maybe their clicking the mouse button assigned to double-click!?! On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:34 AM, Rankin, James R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any idea why when users click on the Calendar in Outlook, it skips forward two or three months rather than just one? These are JackPCs connecting via a published application on Citrix. Everything else seems to work OK… TIA, ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
