RE: Server naming - virtual vs physical
These five words I SWEAR to you. Sorry. Had to fix it. _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server naming - virtual vs physical I'll be there for you; These five words I pledge to you. When you breath, I want to be the air for you. I'll be there for you. Shook From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server naming - virtual vs physical I play my part and you play your game... On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sherry, I'm shot to the heart and you're to blame. You give love a bad name. Shook From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server naming - virtual vs physical Oh, I got it Dave, I'm just taking a shot at Shook. On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:50 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you missed it Sherry, there's even a shirt for Shook: http://www.zazzle.com/schizophrenic_shirt-235083872260949235 http://www.zazzle.com/schizophrenic_shirt-235083872260949235 OK to Shook is not the same as it is to the rest of him. Dave From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server naming - virtual vs physical Just one question.please define OK? ;) On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah I used to be schizophrenic but we're OK now. Shook From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server naming - virtual vs physical Refers to self in third person...adds emphasis to others... h... -sc From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server naming - virtual vs physical No, that would be Shookie didn't release the shift key before typing 1. Thanks for pointing that out...jerk! (THAT's added emphasis :-) ) Shook From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 7:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server naming - virtual vs physical Is that added emphasis? -sc From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server naming - virtual vs physical +! A server...is a server... is a server Shook From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server naming - virtual vs physical No difference, as a matter of fact most of our VMs are P2Vd old physical servers where the hardware was on it's way. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families _ From: David Lum To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Oct 13 11:20:07 2008 Subject: Server naming - virtual vs physical Those of you with a good mix of virtual servers in your environment - do you differentiate the virtual servers from the physical ones on the server name? If so, how? If not, why not? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. -- 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 -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is
RE: IT Portal / Wiki Suggestion
Out of curiosity, why do you suggest Joomla over Drupal? I started playing with Drupal, and I really like it. I'd love to know what some of the major differences, drawbacks, etc. are between the two. _ From: MarvinC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IT Portal / Wiki Suggestion ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: IT Portal / Wiki Suggestion
Protecting against SQL injection is on my short list of things to learn quickly in my Drupal test. Anyone have any suggestions? _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Portal / Wiki Suggestion I can tell you my morning - I've been dealing with 3 Joomla SQL injection attacks today. I know that they can happen with any framework; but right now - I'm pissed off at Joomla. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IT Portal / Wiki Suggestion Out of curiosity, why do you suggest Joomla over Drupal? I started playing with Drupal, and I really like it. I'd love to know what some of the major differences, drawbacks, etc. are between the two. _ From: MarvinC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IT Portal / Wiki Suggestion ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Remote desktop issue
At the risk of sounding like a total newb, where do you do this? Is it just their standard screensaver in their remote session? Or is it a terminal session setting? -Original Message- From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 5:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote desktop issue I think it's the screensaver on the server (for each user). We have the exact same scenario, W2k3 TS and 10 minute timeout (1 person complained and I stopped the screensaver for the user on the server). Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577Office (707) 935-9387Fax (707) 766-4185 Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote desktop issue Good afternoon, We are running Terminal Server on a Windows 2003 server to access a couple of applications. Currently, user sessions stay active forever, and we want it like that. The problem we are encountering is on the local side. The remote desktop session times out after 10 minutes of inactivity, and requires the user to re-enter their credentials, but they are connected right back to where they were. We don't want this to happen. We basically want the remote client to stay connected and active all day. I hope this makes sense. How do I make this happen? I have not set anything related to TS or RD session settings. I thought the default values were unlimited. What am I missing? Thanks, Eric Brown IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 ~ 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/ ~
Redirect a UNC to localhost?
Good afternoon, I have an old application running on an NT server in an equally old NT domain. It is the last app I need to figure out how to make work on a new 2003 domain. Here's what I did: 1) Copied the application's folder to the new server, and ran the app. (It's an Access MDE) 2) When I try to do anything, like run the employee roster, it says it can not connect to \\server\share\some_database.mdb file:///\\server\share\some_database.mdb 3) I modified the hosts file so server is set to 127.0.0.1. If I ping server, it resolves properly. If I try mapping a drive to \\server file:///\\server , however, I see the shares on the old server so I don't think my trick worked on UNCs. Any ideas how to make this work? I copied the DB the app is looking for into the same directory structure. It was written in 2000, and the developer is long gone. I don't see anything in the MDE that makes a call to the outside, but from what I understand, there is probably some VB code that I can't see/edit because of the format. I really hope I'm not handcuffed to an ancient network because of an ancient app! Thanks, Eric Brown IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Remote desktop issue
Good afternoon, We are running Terminal Server on a Windows 2003 server to access a couple of applications. Currently, user sessions stay active forever, and we want it like that. The problem we are encountering is on the local side. The remote desktop session times out after 10 minutes of inactivity, and requires the user to re-enter their credentials, but they are connected right back to where they were. We don't want this to happen. We basically want the remote client to stay connected and active all day. I hope this makes sense. How do I make this happen? I have not set anything related to TS or RD session settings. I thought the default values were unlimited. What am I missing? Thanks, Eric Brown IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Good text editor
Morning everyone, What's the best text editor out there for writing code and scripts and such? I'd like to find one that does line numbering obviously, and does some formatting to keep things neat. Like color coding expressions, functions, etc. I'm trying to learn JavaScript, and using Notepad and Dreamweaver are proving difficult. Thanks, Eric Brown IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Terminal Server printing question
Thanks! Filemon did the trick. One of the related files was making a call to \\server\fms2000 file:///\\server\fms2000 , which exists on a server the user no longer has access to. I assume it timed out, and then looked to the new location. I edited the hosts file to redirect \\server file:///\\server traffic to the local machine, and the slowness is gone. Thanks again! _ From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server printing question Problem with users being able to load print drivers. I believe by default the User rights on Win2k3 don't allow anyone but administrators to load printer drivers. Also You can use filemon/regmon and procmon from Sysinternals, to take a look at what is going on application wise in that particular function as compared to when you are logged on as admin, to determine the root cause of the slow down. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Terminal Server printing question Good afternoon, I'm trying to track down an odd printing issue involving Terminal Server on a Windows 2003 server. I am the administrator on the domain, and we're using an older scheduling program called Xytech. If I login to TS, and login to Xytech with a user account, it prints instantly. If I login to TS as a user, and then login to Xytech as a user, it takes 60-120 seconds to print. To rule out permissions, I added the user account to all the same groups I am in. Any idea what could cause this, or how I can remedy the situation? Thanks, Eric Brown IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Terminal Server printing question
Good afternoon, I'm trying to track down an odd printing issue involving Terminal Server on a Windows 2003 server. I am the administrator on the domain, and we're using an older scheduling program called Xytech. If I login to TS, and login to Xytech with a user account, it prints instantly. If I login to TS as a user, and then login to Xytech as a user, it takes 60-120 seconds to print. To rule out permissions, I added the user account to all the same groups I am in. Any idea what could cause this, or how I can remedy the situation? Thanks, Eric Brown IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Video Conferencing
+1 Unless you have a newer firewall that understands H.232 traffic, it will not play nice with the newer Polycom stuff. -Original Message- From: Mike French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Video Conferencing How about www.polycom.com Used them at a client site, had good results. Just make sure your firewall will play nice with whatever you choose... From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Video Conferencing ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 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: Video Conferencing
Whoops. Yep, H.323. Fingers working faster than the brain... Yes, this setup would greatly simplify things! -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Video Conferencing That would be H.323, I believe, and yes, you are correct. If it were me doing this (and it is, I just haven't gotten to it yet), I'd put the Polycom unit in a DMZ with it's own public IP address, and just open it up. Turn it off when not int use, and pay for the encryption license on both ends. Kurt On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 Unless you have a newer firewall that understands H.232 traffic, it will not play nice with the newer Polycom stuff. -Original Message- From: Mike French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Video Conferencing How about www.polycom.com Used them at a client site, had good results. Just make sure your firewall will play nice with whatever you choose... From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Video Conferencing ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 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/ ~
Determine Group Policy affects?
Good afternoon, Is there a way to determine the exact Group Policies that are affecting a particular user once they are logged in? We are running a 2003 domain, and our users are accessing a 2003 Terminal Server. They are trying to use a Xytech Schedule. They can run the program, see the data, and make changes, but they can not print. When I login to my TS account (I am domain admin), and login to Xytech with a user account, it works fine for me. I added one of our users to the Administrators and domain admin groups to test. If they log in (belonging to the same groups as me), and access Xytech with a user account, they can not print. They get Error:114 Report not found. I verified we are both running the same EXE to run the program. It exists on the local E:\ drive. I'm thinking one of us is inheriting (or not inheriting) a permission from somewhere, but I can't find it. Any other ideas? Thanks! Eric Brouwer IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Oops = new word?
I believe it's an eCation. Much like a Staycation. -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Oops = new word? I'd say so. Submit it to urban dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com (NSFW) -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Oops = new word? On 16 Sep 2008 at 21:06, Durf wrote: Does this mean we can expect a slew of eOut of the eOffice eMessages from folks who are ettending meetings or on eVacation? Is an eVacation one where you leave your laptop, crackberry, and other evices (pun intentional) in the office before you go? -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ 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: List down?
I'm getting a trickle of posts today, but almost nothing the past couple of days. _ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: List down? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
This might be a shot in the dark...
Does anyone here do anything with SCORM? If so, I've been tasked with doing some SCORM work, and I can't make heads or tails of it. I'd love to talk to someone with expertise in this area! Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Slightly OT: Need Flash help
The SWF is the actual video/animation. It needs to be interactive while it's playing. _ From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Need Flash help Is the SWF file going to play a FLV file? Or is the SWF file the actual video? 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:02 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Slightly OT: Need Flash help Good morning, Sorry for the OT post, but this group seems to be able to find answers to just about any IT related question! I need help with a Flash issue at work. Are any of you fluent in Flash, or work with any Flash developers? In a nutshell, I need to publish a SWF file on a web page, but the SWF needs to have an embedded control bar showing progress, and have controls allowing pause, play, and replay. Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Fax Server that integrates with Exchange
GFI FaxMaker works great. _ From: Phil Guevara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Fax Server that integrates with Exchange Anyone know of or use a fax server that integrates with exchange? So that we can have email to fax ability? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: FTP alternatives
Has anyone tried FileRun? http://www.filerun.com/ It's touted as an HTTP based FTP alternative. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FTP alternatives http://www.freesshd.com/ On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Holstrom, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have always been told that running an FTP site opens your network more than necessary. I recently converted my FTP server from 03 to 08 and my FTP setup has been sketchy, I must be doing something wrong. Instead of pursuing a fix for FTP, I wonder if there is a reasonable (cheap) alternative. This is a non-profit Museum, so not much money, but at least a dozen of our employees need to move large files back and forth. Locally hosted FTP has been fine, but with Server 08, I am missing something. Could someone point me in the right direction? ~ 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 ~
Setting Outlook as default manager
Good morning, Is there a good/easy way of setting Outlook as the default mail client on user machines while they are logged in? Is there a way I can set this without being logged in with administrative rights? I need to do this on 2000 and XP boxes. Thanks! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Visio alternative?
Hello, Robert's question made me think of something I've been pondering recently. Are any of you using a free alternative to MS Visio? I just switched to Open Office instead of Office, and I want to see what other alternate packages I can find. Not sure if there is a Visio alternative, but I figured someone here would know! Thanks ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Visio alternative?
I like it so far. It is a lot slower opening files, that's for sure. The place I'm at now is more price conscious than places I've worked in the past, so it's forcing me to try new things. _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Visio alternative? How are you liking Open Office? I tried it once, but simply opening and closing the application was a lot slower than Office, so I ended up getting rid of it. Joe Heaton _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Visio alternative? Hello, Robert's question made me think of something I've been pondering recently. Are any of you using a free alternative to MS Visio? I just switched to Open Office instead of Office, and I want to see what other alternate packages I can find. Not sure if there is a Visio alternative, but I figured someone here would know! Thanks No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.6/1540 - Release Date: 7/8/2008 6:33 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Printers in TS
Good afternoon, When connected to my TS, if I open printers, I see a ton of printer listed. It looks like every printer installed on every workstation is displayed. The users printers look like this: Pcl5c on SCHEDULECOPY (from DEK04) in session 1,20 Is there any way to filter this so I, and my other users, only see relevant printers? I only want to see printers installed on the server, and my local machine. I'm prolly just not googling the right terms, but I'm coming up empty. Thanks, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Printers in TS
The users in question are only members of the TS group to give them the right to logon and the Domain User group. You're right though. They certainly have elevated rights when logged into the TS box, and I can't figure out why. Any suggestions tracking down where they are being inherited from? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Printers in TS Typically in the Terminal Server /Citrix world this is caused by the user having admin or power user rights on the box. Check your permissions. Mike Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:59:41 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Printers in TS Good afternoon, When connected to my TS, if I open printers, I see a ton of printer listed. It looks like every printer installed on every workstation is displayed. The users printers look like this: Pcl5c on SCHEDULECOPY (from DEK04) in session 1,20 Is there any way to filter this so I, and my other users, only see relevant printers? I only want to see printers installed on the server, and my local machine. I'm prolly just not googling the right terms, but I'm coming up empty. Thanks, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ mail2web.com - Microsoft(r) Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange ~ 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: Your fav AV?
If we're still on this, I can add one: F-ed Over, Rebuilt Dodge _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Your fav AV? Ford - Found On Road Deador, if you prefer, Fix Or Repair Daily. Joe Heaton _ From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Your fav AV? If you buy a Chevy, you'd better get used to being at the shop. Ford rules! :-) Shook _ From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Your fav AV? Mike, So if you buy a Chevy and a part goes bad do you refuse to take it to a dealer to have it serviced putting all your trust in only local small shops with hit-and-miss quality and reliability? That's the same argument that you just made regarding anti-malware, since it is obviously in the manufacturer's best interest to make a shoddy product so you have to get it serviced more often. The same argument can be made for any other product ever created, and yet quality as a whole in our world continues to improve as opposed to degrading. My personal approach is to buy the best product available for the solution I am in need of. I used to be a huge fan of Eset and NOD32 (I believe I actually got a number of people on the list to start using it), but I believe that their product quality took a hit when they went from v2.x to v3.x (I had been using it since v1.35 or so). I still think that Eset makes a good product also, but in my opinion it is no longer as good as ForeFront IMHO. And if you have ever dealt with Microsoft before then you know that the left hand definitely has no idea what the right hand is doing, you're lucky if people in the same product group are all on the same page. TVK From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Your fav AV? It's weird for me to think about paying MS for software to cover the insecurities in their own software. It doesn't surprise me a bit that Client Security could catch more problems than maybe everyone, as they would know best how to attack the issue for obvious reasons. This also makes a case for why they would be the best choice. But to need the software there must be problems to justify the solution, so for Forefront Client Security to be successful, it's in Client Security's best interest that the client isn't secure. It's not a big deal when one guy fixes another guys problem, but when you're paying one guy to fix his own problems, I guess you better trust that one guy. And stay away from BitDefender. Their new v3 enterprise solution is just not thought through. I don't know what they were thinking and all the acknowledged bugs I'm finding are show stoppers and killing me. -- Mike Gill From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Your fav AV? I just went through removing NOD32 and installing Microsoft's ForeFront Client Security product and I am thrilled. FF does deployment via AD integrated policies allowing for all machines to be covered with no manual installation required. It has anti-virus and anti-spyware capabilities (it found, and removed, a fairly large amount of spyware that NOD had not picked up), but it also does Security State checks where it looks at the overall security stance of your computers. i.e. - It will inform you of machines with blank admin passwords, passwords without expirations set, admin groups with too many members, Windows security updates missing, and a lot of other things. These security checks give you a view into your overall security situation that I have not seen provided by other products yet. Great product IMO, Tim ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: batch route add
+1 Let's hear it for clean, simple mail messaging! _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: batch route add ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive
I've always just pulled them out as well, but a co-worker of mine insists if you do this on an XP machine, every now and then something will happen so you can no longer access that drive on that particular PC. I've never seen it happen though. _ From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 6:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive You can't just pull it out? It's stuck?..:) I don't think I have ever used the eject usb thing ever...nor have I lost any data. S From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive Yeah I tried this too. The drive letter my thumb drive is on doesn't show up in the list here either. -- Mike Gill From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive Try handle.exe Cheers Ken From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Can't Safely Unplug USB drive Is there an app that will show me programs or processes that are accessing a drive letter? This is one of my biggest frustrations with Vista. Before it was almost impossible for me to be able to eject a USB hard drive, now it is impossible any time. But now, I can't even safely remove my thumb drive. I've exited out of all programs, down to the AV and sidebar and even stopped the index service. Nothing suspicious is seen in the task manager. I'm just at a loss. I've tried process monitor and can't get it to show me anything. -- Mike Gill ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: OT : Zip Drives
I sold mine on eBay a couple years ago. I think I was getting close to $10 a disk for them. Unless someone bites on them, try selling them. People still use that old stuff. _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT : Zip Drives sorry for the OT, but I've got a couple Zip Drive 100s (parallel/scsi) and about 20 zip disks that are just gathering dust here. Anyone on this list have a use for them? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Web blocking
I've used OpenDNS in the past as well, and functionally, it worked great. Did exactly what we wanted, which was blocking access to sites. We did notice an odd problem though. It was significantly slowing down our browsing periodically. After enough of these episodes we went back to our old DNS, and the slow downs went away. Just something to keep in mind if you use it, and notice anything odd down the road. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Web blocking OpenDNS.com Its free..Works well and we have it running at about a dozen sites. Clients love it. We charge time to go through and set it all up for them, but then show them how to manage the lists etc.. Just point your Windows DNS Forwarders to look at their IP's and for real security block DNS outbound to everything but their IP's. Greg -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Web blocking On 17 Jun 2008 at 13:50, James Rankin wrote: Anyone know where there is a (not necessarily up-to-date) list of popular social networking sites, warez sites and other unproductive stuff that an employer might be advised to block? I have a small client who won't pay for filtering software and he wants to block off the usual rubbish such as MySpace, Facebook, etc. Just wondering if anyone knows where there is a list of the most popular such sites I could get hold of? You might advise him that the cost of keeping the list of blocked sites current will quickly exceed the cost of a subscription. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Five Things....
I think that's the difference. Your company was built with IT, and an IT-centric person is very near the top. They get it. For the most part, I agree with the lack of recognition sentiments. What I did was invisible to the rest of the company, because I did it well. They never knew when there was a problem, upgrade, etc. If they did know about it, it was because mistakes were made. I get that though. I am an IT Guy. I knew what I was getting myself into, and I'm fine with it. I only recently started working for my current company, but it seems better here. I am looked at as a person that can, and will, help them do business better. _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things That's too bad. My second IT job was as the Network Admin for a small, rapidly growing technology company. The company started in the bedroom of the two brothers, one of which ended up as the CIO, and therefore, my boss. He was really good about recognizing not only network accomplishments, but the developers/programmers also. After the big Code Red virus, which took us 3 days to fully recover from (I got about 4 hours of sleep in that period), I actually received a nice desk clock with an engraving, and a decent gift card, along with recognition at the monthly company meeting. Was pretty cool... Joe Heaton _ From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Five Things I like the 5 things you SHOULD say to your boss, specially mentioning your successes. That's one thing I dislike about IT because it seems like the best you can do is maintain the status quo. Even if you complete a huge project, there is never a thank you for working all weekend or into the night to get that project done even if it has a great outcome for the company. Its been like that at every job I've worked at. Every year the company I work for has a picnic for the employees and during that picnic they recognize staff for different things, never once have they mentioned anything about IT in the 7 years I've been going. Whatever, as long as I get my raise, I'm happy. What really counts is me and my family at home. ;-) James - Original Message - From: Tom Strader - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] NCBPAC Systems Administrator To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: OT: Five Things Five things you should never tell your boss http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ Thanks, Tom Strader NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action without intelligence is ignorance. But, Intelligence without appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Five Things....
+1 -Original Message- From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things I know of someone that worked for a big pharmaceutical company. They had just the right amount of IT staff to handle all issues which enabled the corporation run smoothly and be a very proactive IT department... i.e. not running around fix virus problems, crashes, user issues, etc... Some head executive thought since there was no major IT issues in the company, it was okay to cut 1/3 of the IT staff. One of those cut was my friend. Two months later, he was called back. Took them over six months to get back to normal. If your IT department is invisible and everything is running smoothly... do not get any crazy ideas. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Five Things It's unfortunate but normal in the IT profession for its practitioners to be unrecognized. We're normally considered overhead, and the best we can usually hope for is to be invisible. To be noticed usually means something has gone wrong. On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Webb, Brian (Corp) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's really too bad to hear. Successful projects are definitely celebrated here. The project team generally will have a nice lunch or dinner depending on how big the project is and IT projects often win company awards with names like Inspiring Excellence and GEM and such. My boss and his boss are both good about recognizing people - I got movie tickets a couple months ago when they appreciated some work I did. Sounds like a lack of leadership to me... -Brian From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Five Things Amen to that. I've build a new network, phone system, e-mail system and moved all of our users to new offices over the last few years. What do users do: complain. Admin/Executives are the worst complainers. I have yet to see anyone from IT here to be employee of the quarter. Won't ever happen probably. You get a raise? I thought we PAID to work here... James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/20/2008 9:42 AM I like the 5 things you SHOULD say to your boss, specially mentioning your successes. That's one thing I dislike about IT because it seems like the best you can do is maintain the status quo. Even if you complete a huge project, there is never a thank you for working all weekend or into the night to get that project done even if it has a great outcome for the company. Its been like that at every job I've worked at. Every year the company I work for has a picnic for the employees and during that picnic they recognize staff for different things, never once have they mentioned anything about IT in the 7 years I've been going. Whatever, as long as I get my raise, I'm happy. What really counts is me and my family at home. ;-) James - Original Message - From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: OT: Five Things Five things you should never tell your boss http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ Thanks, Tom Strader NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action without intelligence is ignorance. But, Intelligence without appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man 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 ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Five Things....
I brought it to my boss' attention at review time. That recognition meant more to me and my family. _ From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things I would say that part of being a successful IT guy, is being able to bring your accomplishments to the attention of others. If you do your job and do it well yet no one realizes that, then you are doing something wrong. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things I think that's the difference. Your company was built with IT, and an IT-centric person is very near the top. They get it. For the most part, I agree with the lack of recognition sentiments. What I did was invisible to the rest of the company, because I did it well. They never knew when there was a problem, upgrade, etc. If they did know about it, it was because mistakes were made. I get that though. I am an IT Guy. I knew what I was getting myself into, and I'm fine with it. I only recently started working for my current company, but it seems better here. I am looked at as a person that can, and will, help them do business better. _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things That's too bad. My second IT job was as the Network Admin for a small, rapidly growing technology company. The company started in the bedroom of the two brothers, one of which ended up as the CIO, and therefore, my boss. He was really good about recognizing not only network accomplishments, but the developers/programmers also. After the big Code Red virus, which took us 3 days to fully recover from (I got about 4 hours of sleep in that period), I actually received a nice desk clock with an engraving, and a decent gift card, along with recognition at the monthly company meeting. Was pretty cool... Joe Heaton _ From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Five Things I like the 5 things you SHOULD say to your boss, specially mentioning your successes. That's one thing I dislike about IT because it seems like the best you can do is maintain the status quo. Even if you complete a huge project, there is never a thank you for working all weekend or into the night to get that project done even if it has a great outcome for the company. Its been like that at every job I've worked at. Every year the company I work for has a picnic for the employees and during that picnic they recognize staff for different things, never once have they mentioned anything about IT in the 7 years I've been going. Whatever, as long as I get my raise, I'm happy. What really counts is me and my family at home. ;-) James - Original Message - From: Tom Strader - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] NCBPAC Systems Administrator To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: OT: Five Things Five things you should never tell your boss http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ Thanks, Tom Strader NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action without intelligence is ignorance. But, Intelligence without appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Five Things....
Exactly. I'm not saying a nice pat on the back from time to time wouldn't have been appreciated, but I was thanked in the ways that worked best for me. _ From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things Well then you were recognized. I certainly don't think that everyone in IT needs to be heralded by the entire company. Just so long as the right people have the right information that's what matters. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things I brought it to my boss' attention at review time. That recognition meant more to me and my family. _ From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things I would say that part of being a successful IT guy, is being able to bring your accomplishments to the attention of others. If you do your job and do it well yet no one realizes that, then you are doing something wrong. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things I think that's the difference. Your company was built with IT, and an IT-centric person is very near the top. They get it. For the most part, I agree with the lack of recognition sentiments. What I did was invisible to the rest of the company, because I did it well. They never knew when there was a problem, upgrade, etc. If they did know about it, it was because mistakes were made. I get that though. I am an IT Guy. I knew what I was getting myself into, and I'm fine with it. I only recently started working for my current company, but it seems better here. I am looked at as a person that can, and will, help them do business better. _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Five Things That's too bad. My second IT job was as the Network Admin for a small, rapidly growing technology company. The company started in the bedroom of the two brothers, one of which ended up as the CIO, and therefore, my boss. He was really good about recognizing not only network accomplishments, but the developers/programmers also. After the big Code Red virus, which took us 3 days to fully recover from (I got about 4 hours of sleep in that period), I actually received a nice desk clock with an engraving, and a decent gift card, along with recognition at the monthly company meeting. Was pretty cool... Joe Heaton _ From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 6:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Five Things I like the 5 things you SHOULD say to your boss, specially mentioning your successes. That's one thing I dislike about IT because it seems like the best you can do is maintain the status quo. Even if you complete a huge project, there is never a thank you for working all weekend or into the night to get that project done even if it has a great outcome for the company. Its been like that at every job I've worked at. Every year the company I work for has a picnic for the employees and during that picnic they recognize staff for different things, never once have they mentioned anything about IT in the 7 years I've been going. Whatever, as long as I get my raise, I'm happy. What really counts is me and my family at home. ;-) James - Original Message - From: Tom Strader - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] NCBPAC Systems Administrator To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: OT: Five Things Five things you should never tell your boss http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3301042/4753902/121207/2/ Thanks, Tom Strader NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action without intelligence is ignorance. But, Intelligence without appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day
Yeah, but is that? Like $5? -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day Doh! I guess we were grandfathered, then. -Original Message- From: Chris Blair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day The Wii Internet Channel is now 500 points. It was free in the 'beta' phase, but they started charging for it after it went final. http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day Yep...just add the Internet channel. -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day LOL I thought you had to pay to get a browser on the Wii? Do you mean you just add the internet channel? I will have to check on this tonight. Surfing the net on a 55 LCD will be..um..interesting. LOL -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day fee for the wii? brb, gotta go pee... On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, David Mazzaccaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No fee? -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day Yep. The Wii Internet Channel is awesome. You use the Wii wireless controllers to surf the web. Opera installs when you choose to load the Internet channel. -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day Opera on the Wii - Is this free? -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day Mozilla.com is down. BTW: If you want Firefox 3.0 now, here's the URL: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0os=winlang=en-GB Remember, though, while you can get it now using this URL, it won't count toward the World record unless you wait a while and download from the primary download page. Our kids surf the Internet at home using Opera on the Wii. -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day There are some of us that browse the internet at home for entertainment, you know. All work and no play makes be get a job at the post office. 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: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:02 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day That could be true. I only visit web sites that allow me to do my job. -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day Well, I'm a Moz fan and do promote FF to people when the conversation is going that way. I don't really care what people use, I just don't want them (i.e. most folk) to use IE. You say you've never been hi-jacked or scripted, and I assume you mean you're browser's never been compromised in any way. I guess that also means your minimalists tendencies expand into what websites you visit too, because there are quite a few sites out there you *just don't visit* using IE. FF and Opera et al are not immune, but IMO IE is the single biggest security hole in Windows, years running. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day YMMV, I believe, too. Personally, I've not seen the substance. I get frustrated with technology pretty easily if it doesn't work the way I do. And, when that happens it comes off the PC fairly quickly. I treat my computer as something critical to my well being. If I feel an application is just taking up space, instead of providing value to me, I don't keep it there. I've downloaded FF so many times, and removed it within a day of installation. As for security -- I've never been hijacked, or scripted. No Maxthon here. Again, I'm a software minimalist. Maxthon adds features that I'll never use. I just want to work. I might
RE: VPN Client's vs. Hardware
Is easily controlled via GPO. Can you elaborate on this? What are you controlling via GPO? I'm just getting my feet wet with TS and am very curious. _ From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lists Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VPN Client's vs. Hardware Terminal Services on 2000/2003 depending on the client. I'm a small consulting company in the Midwest and all of my clients use TS in one way or another. Client licenses are often free/embedded depending on OS. TS/RDP is sensitive to packet loss and will drop/disconnect the client if p/l is too high. That aside, RDP really mitigates connection speed and in my experience always performs better than VPN gateway or client. TS on 2003 let's you easily configure access to local drives and printers. Is easily controlled via GPO. One of my clients has all users (45) on TS and this greatly reduces desktop support issues, as you can imagine. Cheers. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Vista CAL Licensing - revisited
I don't know. Granted, this DOC looks to be related to government and educational licensing, but look at the If I have Windows Vista Enterprise, what can I downgrade to? section. It sure reads like you are able to downgrade -Original Message- From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vista CAL Licensing - revisited 2) is correct. See http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/2/3/d23b9533-169d-4996-b198-7b9 d3fe15611/downgrade_chart.doc. FPP is the retail product. Malcolm -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 13 June, 2008 16:46 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vista CAL Licensing - revisited I just had a rather lengthy discussion with my MS licensing rep and some interesting things came out that I had never heard before. Anyone else hearing this? 1) You can't virtualize a volume Vista license unless you have software assurance, but if you do have SA, you can have 4 VMs plus the host with that 1 license. 2) No retail Vista licenses have downgrade rights, even Ultimate. On top of that, he confirmed what we talked about earlier about external connector licenses and CALS for ANY access to server software. Every Internet facing server that has anything but anonymous web users (and that's not the technical IIS definition but that we really have no way of identifying them) needs an external connector license or standard CALs if the identified user is an employee or affiliate (more than 50% ownership). In my example, I have 4 Win2K3 Std Ed. Servers: an FTP server, 3rd party portal server, and simple POP3/SMTP mail server all with a SQL backend which require me to purchase 4 external connector licenses for the users that are not employed by us and the appropriate amount of CALS for those users that are employed by my company - even if we're not using AD or any form of Windows auth. Clear as mud? :) - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this 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 ~
Disk/partition migration tool
Good morning, I have an XP Pro machine with a small system partition that has run out of space. Ordinarily, I'd just install a larger drive, and reinstall, but this computer has a lot of specialty applications installed with strict licensing requirements. There is also a larger data partition on the same disk. I've used utilities in the past to perform disk copies so I could move from a smaller drive to a larger one, but that won't do it for me in this instance. I need to be able to move the system partition to a larger partition on a larger disk. Can anyone recommend a tool for this? Thanks, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Basic Group policy question
Good morning, I'm still playing with Group Policy, and obviously, I am new at this. Let me ask if what I'm trying to do is even possible: I am running Terminal Server on a 2003 Server. We installed scheduling software on the server that everyone needs to use. Our users use the same account to login to the domain locally, as well as to login to the TS. When they login to the TS we want to disable certain activities such as browsing the network or internet. We don't want them to lose this ability on their local machines. To accomplish this, I set up a Terminal Server group, and added the proper users to the group. I am trying to setup group policies on this TS group. Should this work to accomplish my goal? Thanks, Eric _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Group policy question Now that I've solved my logon script issue, I've moved on to locking down Terminal Server connections. We are running some scheduling software from TS. It would be great if people could access the TS externally to via the schedules, but I have some security concerns. Can I lock down TS clients ability to browse my network, map drives, etc. through a group policy governing my TS group? Thanks again, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Another logon script question
Good afternoon, I just took over net admin responsibilities at a small company running an NT 4.0 domain. They were in the middle of setting up a 2003 Active Directory domain when I started, and I'm trying to finalize setup before migrating. My problem right now is I can not get logon scripts to execute. I am logging on from an XP box connected to the proper domain. The script is located on the 2003 DC in the netlogon share. I can execute the script from the client via UNC, running \\servername\netlogon\logon.vbs file:///\\servername\netlogon\logon.vbs . I am trying to enter this path in the User Profile section under the user's properties. Do UNC paths work here? Any ideas what I might be missing? Thanks, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Another logon script question
I tried that, too. It seems like it's being ignored. _ From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Another logon script question Under logon script box in the user profile tab on AD , just put the name of your script. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Another logon script question Good afternoon, I just took over net admin responsibilities at a small company running an NT 4.0 domain. They were in the middle of setting up a 2003 Active Directory domain when I started, and I'm trying to finalize setup before migrating. My problem right now is I can not get logon scripts to execute. I am logging on from an XP box connected to the proper domain. The script is located on the 2003 DC in the netlogon share. I can execute the script from the client via UNC, running \\servername\netlogon\logon.vbs file:///\\servername\netlogon\logon.vbs . I am trying to enter this path in the User Profile section under the user's properties. Do UNC paths work here? Any ideas what I might be missing? Thanks, Eric _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
RE: Another logon script question
Weird. Now it's working based on your suggestion. It's like it took a minute to refresh. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Another logon script question I tried that, too. It seems like it's being ignored. _ From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Another logon script question Under logon script box in the user profile tab on AD , just put the name of your script. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Another logon script question Good afternoon, I just took over net admin responsibilities at a small company running an NT 4.0 domain. They were in the middle of setting up a 2003 Active Directory domain when I started, and I'm trying to finalize setup before migrating. My problem right now is I can not get logon scripts to execute. I am logging on from an XP box connected to the proper domain. The script is located on the 2003 DC in the netlogon share. I can execute the script from the client via UNC, running \\servername\netlogon\logon.vbs file:///\\servername\netlogon\logon.vbs . I am trying to enter this path in the User Profile section under the user's properties. Do UNC paths work here? Any ideas what I might be missing? Thanks, Eric _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Group policy question
Now that I've solved my logon script issue, I've moved on to locking down Terminal Server connections. We are running some scheduling software from TS. It would be great if people could access the TS externally to via the schedules, but I have some security concerns. Can I lock down TS clients ability to browse my network, map drives, etc. through a group policy governing my TS group? Thanks again, Eric ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
