RE: Google Drive

[James Hill]

Skydrive works really well.  I was using Live Mesh until they killed it but 
have found Skydrive to be very reliable so far.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 11 April 2013 3:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Google Drive

I really need to try SkyDrive. It's mostly my negative bias toward Microsoft 
that has stopped me from trying it.

That, and they killed their old Live Sync.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


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From: Tobie Fysh
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To: NT System Admin Issues
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Sent: Wed, 10 Apr 2013
10:25:05 -0800
Subject: RE: Google Drive


> If we are throwing out our fav syncing tools SkyDrive rocks, Windows, 
> Windows RT and Windows Phone all in sync.
> 
> Sent from my Windows Phone
> 
> From: Matthew W. Ross
> Sent: ‎10/‎04/‎2013 18:15
> To: NT System Admin 
> Issues
> Subject: Re: Google Drive
> 
> I use Google Drive all the time, at least the online version. I have 
> been trying a lot of different "syncing" solutions as of late, as I 
> also have been using Dropbox and Cubby.
> 
> I have the desktop client on my home PC, but it has not given me any 
> problems. It behaves a lot better than Dropbox for me, as Dropbox 
> likes to index every time I am forced to reboot, which seems to take 
> an unusually long time.
> 
> The client at home I use to drop in PDFs of important mailers I get 
> (Scan to FTP, copy to Google Drive) so that I have is wherever I need them.
> 
> Otherwise, it's a simple web-based word processor/spreadsheet/drawing 
> tool that works anywhere I go.
> 
> 
> 
> How are you trying to sync your Firefox bookmarks with Google drive? 
> Are you using the Portable Apps version of Firefox, and seeing the 
> problems when you are mixing the two together? (Very cool idea, BTW. I 
> just wonder how syncing would work if you had it open on multiple 
> computers...)
> 
> Doesn't Firefox now have a native bookmark syncing feature, much like 
> Google Chrome?
> 
> 
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
> 
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> To: NT System Admin Issues
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> 03:37:57 -0800
> Subject: Google Drive
> 
> 
> > Anyone else using Google Drive and think it is a bit rubbish in 
> > general? I regularly get sync failures, errors in the software, and 
> > if I go to the online version and try to empty the Trash folder, 
> > everything simply reappears as soon as I delete it. I've been using 
> > it with Portable Apps
> and
> > recently all my Firefox bookmarks just disappeared, so I am 
> > beginning to think it might not be really fit for purpose.
> >
> > Anyone else had similar issues, or got any feedback to report?
> >
> > Cheers,
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> >
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RE: UPS vs Switch Sanity Check

[James Hill]

Maybe being difficult simply means you stop and think before you leap.

 

Being difficult can be a good thing.

 

James.

 

From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bill.m...@pittcountync.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013 6:41 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: UPS vs Switch Sanity Check

 

Thanks all for the input.  The outage in question was during the weekend and
one of the buildings in question has 24 hour staff.  I think the big thing
is that they didn't want to come in on Saturday twice to power the UPS down
and back up.  I am not terribly familiar with the UPS's, so I wasn't sure
what could be set there.  I sometimes get accused of being difficult, so I
was trying to make sure I wasn't being so without good reason.

 

Bill Mayo

 

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From: sstri...@lrlaw.com  
To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
 
Subject: RE: UPS vs Switch Sanity Check
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:27:31 +

Have them set the UPS units to turn themselves off when the battery level
gets below a specified threshold. They should have complete control over
this.  

 

Also, are you not creating a chance for the switches to be damaged by the
various power surges. Sometimes the power company will have a
on/off/on/off/on cycle in power.  Thus doing the same thing to your
switches. This is not good for them. But, you can set the UPS units to be at
a certain battery level before they will turn back on.  Thus, you can
protect your switches, and the UPS units.

 

This is what they are there for - use them.

 

 

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From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bill.m...@pittcountync.gov] 
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 8:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: UPS vs Switch Sanity Check

I am in the midst of a debate with the folks who support our UPS's, and
would appreciate some input. The situation was thus: We were notified of an
extended power outage (6 hours) by our utility provider at a couple of our
locations.  At these locations we have wiring closets with switches (up to
3, in this case) that are plugged into an APC UPS.  The "UPS people" wanted
to go and turn off the UPS's and move the power of the switches over to a
regular old surge suppressor.  Their reason for this was because they
contend that allowing the batteries to completely drain will damage them.
They also contended that the off the shelf surge suppressor was sufficient
to protect the switches from power spikes.  My contention is that the
switches are more valuable than the UPS's and need the protection that a
real UPS affords, especially at a time where we know the power may fluctuate
(spike, brownout) or blink repeatedly.

 

I tried to do some research on whether there was any veracity to the claim
about damage to drained batteries and have turned up some conflicting
information.  FA157446 at APC's site seems the most authoritative and says
they will be OK as long as recharged within 72 hours, but I have read other
comments that suggest that a total discharge will damage a UPS-type battery.

 

What I really want is a sanity check.  Is there really something to the UPS
battery thing and I am being overly dramatic about the surge suppressor, or
would you agree that you'd rather risk damaging the UPS (if that is even
realistic) than the equipment behind it?

 

Bill Mayo

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RE: Fortigate as a WIFI Controller

[James Hill]

Thanks for the feedback Matt.  I actually want the wireless to be on a 
different subnet so I’m ok with that.

The Fortigate's support http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capwap

Although of the existing AP's this customer has there is only one that I wanted 
to support Capwap and it doesn't so I'll be looking at new AP's anyway.  I'm 
stuck with FortiOS 4 at this site due to the removed features in 5.

As the customer already has a Fortigate it would save some dollars to use it as 
a central wifi controller if it is up to the task.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013 2:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Fortigate as a WIFI Controller

> Has anyone used a Fortigate to manage WAP's?

We received a free FAP-221A with our Fortigate 300C. It was part of their 
promotion, trying to sell us their APs.

Using the FortiOS 4.x software, the APs were forced to be on a different subnet 
than our normal networks, and this was not what we wanted to do with our 
wireless network. Thus, we did not get much use out of our free AP. Also, our 
existing Ruckus wireless network was working very well, so we didn't need the 
additional coverage.

I understand that the 5.x version of FortiOS will allow the APs to work on the 
same network as the rest of your LAN. I have not played with this.

> 
> I'm interested to hear how well they perform.  Particularly when not 
> using Fortinet Access Points.

I didn't know the Fortigate could manage 3rd party APs. Where are you getting 
such information?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


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16:08:55 -0800
Subject: Fortigate as a WIFI Controller


> Has anyone used a Fortigate to manage WAP's?
> 
>  
> 
> I'm interested to hear how well they perform.  Particularly when not 
> using Fortinet Access Points.
> 
>  
> 
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RE: OT: Just A Bunch of Noise, or The Beginning of The End?

[James Hill]

Ahh yes, especially the Visionaries or Leaders quadrants.

I've seen so many products from major vendors in those quadrants that were
buggy piles of you know what.  I don't care how forward thinking Gartner may
think they are, it means nothing if it doesn't actually work.

These days if Gartner says something I find the odds are I'm best to go in
the opposite direction.

James.

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From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 6 April 2013 3:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT: Just A Bunch of Noise, or The Beginning of The End?

We have folks here that use Gartner magic quadrant info for decisions.

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From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 9:05 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Just A Bunch of Noise, or The Beginning of The End?

I just wish the media would just ignore everything Gartner says.  I don't
know why anyone takes their opinions seriously.  They also said that Apple
should get out of the hardware business and partner with Dell at some point.
They predicted years ago that HP would be out of the PC business. 

Bill

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RE: Office 365

[James Hill]

Yes that's correct, there is a Download Software link.

 

OWA 2013 is the web based option provided on new plans from now on (Wave 15
was recently made available).  Existing customers are being moved over but
it will take some time until it is completed.

 

James

 

From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 4 April 2013 6:13 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Office 365

 

You should be able to get to Outlook through your login portal once you set
it up I believe.

 

 

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From: "itli...@imcu.com  " mailto:itli...@imcu.com> >
To: NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > 
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 2:47 PM
Subject: RE: Office 365


Do they have a webbased outlook so all my users would be standardized??


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From: Bill Songstad [mailto:bsongs...@gmail.com 
] 
Posted At: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 3:38 PM
Posted To: itli...@imcu.com  
Conversation: Office 365
Subject: Re: Office 365

We use it.  It is stable and available.  We don't always get the most
responsive service if something minor goes wrong.  They have a system
based on how many people are without mail to prioritize responses.  I
have no knowledge of the security of the service, but I imagine it is as
safe as connecting to your private server over the interwebs.  If you
are a gui person, you will want to brush up on your powershell.
Many tasks that you could do in the gui locally are much easier or only
doable via powershell.

We have users using outlook 2010, 2007 and OWA.  Huge pipe to the
internet.  So I'm not sure how it would perform over a marginal internet
connection.

-Bill

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:14 PM, itli...@imcu.com 
mailto:itli...@imcu.com> >
wrote:
> Anyone using this service yet?
>
> I am thinking about moving my Exchange off to them and getting the 
> Office Pro Plus package?
>
> Just wondering about security and other questions but didn't know how 
> to find an unbiased article on Google so far everything I have found 
> is 2 years old and bashing Microsoft for every offering such a thing 
> as cloud based email or apps???
>
> Thanks
>
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RE: RT devices?

[James Hill]

I understand what you are saying.

 

There are “some” Group policies but there doesn’t appear to be any that allow 
you to programmatically add or remove tiles.  This I find to be unacceptable, 
just like how you couldn’t (and still can’t) manage pinned items on the taskbar 
in Windows 7 via Group Policy.  It’s something that should have been added to 
GPP.

 

Grab the GP reference for Windows 2012 and 2008 here 
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25250

 

Then filter the “Supported On” to anything that has Windows 8 listed.  This 
resulted in 167 policies for me.  Only a handful have anything to do with the 
Windows 8 Start GUI or whatever you would like to call it.

 

This is quite a failure imo as it greatly inhibits our ability to ease users 
into the Windows 8 transition.  Using GPP to automate shortcut creation makes 
it so much easier for the end user.  The shortcut they want is “right there”.  
Not being able to do this for the Windows 8 start screen just further inhibits 
the acceptance of Windows 8 by the average end user.

 

If we could manage that screen with GPP we could remove all the unnecessary 
tiles and just give the users what they need.  That screen wouldn’t be so 
daunting then. 

 

James.

 

 

From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] 
Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013 3:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

I look at the Surface Pro as running both Windows RT (WinRT)  and “regular 
Windows”  or am I look at things completely wrong? 

 

From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 1:41 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

I think Rod’s confusion stems from the fact that the Surface Pro runs regular 
Windows, not Windows RT. Windows RT is only available on the Surface RT

 

Cheers

Ken

 

From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] 
Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013 4:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

Sorry I was a not clear.  I wanted to ask what can be managed within Windows RT 
on the Surface Pro via Group Policy if anything.  

 

From: rodtr...@myitforum.com   
[mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

Within RT on the Pro?  Not sure I understand that.

 

RT contains much of the same policies, they are just local, but can be managed 
using Windows Intune.

 

Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro

 

From: Ryan Finnesey
Sent: ‎March‎ ‎24‎, ‎2013 ‎10‎:‎43‎ ‎PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

Is there any GPO support within RT on the pro?  Can you control what tiles and 
Apps are displayed?

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

I’m very fond of GPOs and full application support.

 

From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

Why is the RT not appropriate for business? 

 

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

The Pro is very slick and I’ve got a hospital client that is testing them. So 
far, they are very happy with them.

 

I don’t think the RT is appropriate in a business environment. Just IMHO.

 

From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RT devices?

 

Not RT but the project I am on, the IT virtual desktop team is testing the Pro 
device and they love them.  They prefer them to the iPads.  I can’t provide any 
specifics as that is not the part of the project I am working on.

 

 

Carl Webster

Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional

  http://www.CarlWebster.com

 

 

From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RT devices?

 

I am curious to know if anyone is thinking or has deployed RT devices to their 
end users.  

 

 

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RE: Advice on setting up a Win2012 RDS environment - Progress!

[James Hill]

Even if they aren't accessed externally I think a cert from a public CA
makes sense because you don't have to distribute an internal cert to the
devices that need it.  If for some reasons down the track the apps are made
available externally then there is no work to do.  Personal choice of cause
but all up including labour hours I think a public cert is cheaper, quicker
and easier.

You can put the web front end and RDG(if you are going to use it which it
sounds like you may not) on a separate server.  You would only need one for
the type of load you have indicated.  They sit in front of the connection
broker as such.

I agree with Ken on the HA side of things.

Do the users browse to a website now to access the apps and this is what you
want with Remote desktop services?  I ask as if it is just for internal use
you may like to just publish the apps to the desktops. 

James.

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From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013 3:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Advice on setting up a Win2012 RDS environment - Progress!

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:53 PM, James Hill  wrote:
> Get a cert from a public CA.  Far less hassle and they are very
inexpensive.

These are internals apps, so they won't be accessed by the public, or over a
public Internet (well, perhaps over VPN). And being a government agency, we
can get certs for free from another agency.

> Why do you want to separate the web front end?

Load balancing by our hardware Cisco ACE appliance. Also it then enables use
to send the session to any available session host.
Separating out the web front end from the back end RDSH servers (aka the
server farm) is also the current configuration we have with our Citrix
environment, and is I believe the recommended design for something like
this. (I am told).

What we want, or will have, is 2 web front ends and 3-4 back end session
hosts.

>
> James.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013 4:40 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Advice on setting up a Win2012 RDS environment - Progress!
>
> SO I am making progress! I had already installed the RDS as a role, 
> but that didn't configure the deployment. So I went to Server Manager, 
> clicked on RDS, and clicked on Deploy. It then went into what seemed 
> like an install of RDS as a service (which had failed before). This 
> time, however, the deploy step went through without error. I rebooted 
> at the end, and after I logged back in, I was able to install an app 
> (Notepad++), and then I was able to add it to a Quick Session 
> Collection, publish it as a RemoteApp, and I was able to access it
remotely.
>
> w00t!
>
> Definite progress. So now I need to make my own collection, add an app 
> to it. Then investigate how to use a separate web server front end for 
> it (to separate the RDS hosts from the web access).
>
> And probably give it our self-signed internal certificate, to stop it 
> complaining about untrusted publishers of the app.
>
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RE: Printer ignor paper size and type.

[James Hill]

If you are lucky there will be setting in the printer that allows this.  If
you are lucky.  Otherwise:-

"There are seldom technical solutions to behavioral problems."  - Ed
Crowley.

James.

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From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2013 1:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Printer ignor paper size and type.

We have a shared HP printer, LJ 4515 that we only keep plain letter size
paper loaded into.
Print server is 2008 R2.  Workstations are Win 7.
Occasionally someone will print a document with letterhead paper selected.
When this happens, the printer stops, prompts to load letterhead and other
jobs get backed up in the queue waiting for the ok.
We would like the printer to ignore the letterhead request and just print
the job on the loaded paper.
Anyone know if this is possible?
All my googling returns just the opposite instructions.
Thanks for any pointers anyone can share.


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RE: Advice on setting up a Win2012 RDS environment - Progress!

[James Hill]

Get a cert from a public CA.  Far less hassle and they are very inexpensive.

Why do you want to separate the web front end?

James.

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From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013 4:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Advice on setting up a Win2012 RDS environment - Progress!

SO I am making progress! I had already installed the RDS as a role, but that
didn't configure the deployment. So I went to Server Manager, clicked on
RDS, and clicked on Deploy. It then went into what seemed like an install of
RDS as a service (which had failed before). This time, however, the deploy
step went through without error. I rebooted at the end, and after I logged
back in, I was able to install an app (Notepad++), and then I was able to
add it to a Quick Session Collection, publish it as a RemoteApp, and I was
able to access it remotely.

w00t!

Definite progress. So now I need to make my own collection, add an app to
it. Then investigate how to use a separate web server front end for it (to
separate the RDS hosts from the web access).

And probably give it our self-signed internal certificate, to stop it
complaining about untrusted publishers of the app.

So I am definitely further along than I was.

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RE: Non-corp desktops and RDS

[James Hill]

+1.  It comes with 2008 and above, is easy to setup and it just works.

 

I find it difficult to find any reason to provide vpn access for home users 
when a thin approach like RD Gateway is available.

 

James.

 

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2013 1:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Non-corp desktops and RDS

 

Instead of RDP over VPN, have you looked at RD Gateway?  It does require 
terminal server licences for the users, but eliminates the kind of issues 
you're describing by tunneling only RDP over SSL and nothing else.

 

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Kennedy, Jim mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> > wrote:

How well is allowing non-corporate assets connect to a RDS session from home 
working for everyone. Using an SSL tunnel here. I am just starting initial 
testing with a few users and it is a nightmare.  Wrong Java, toolbars and popup 
blockers and layers and layers of crapware are causing tons of problems. And 
these are the alleged 'tech savy' users.

It is beginning to feel like a giant fail coming my way.

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RE: Weird RDS thin client issue

[James Hill]

The Save As looks for available paths so I that might be an angle to look
at?

 

James.

 

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2013 2:36 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Weird RDS thin client issue

 

All severs 2008 R2: 

Got (3) Hyper-V physical hosts. (3) RDS boxes as guests. Clients connect
with Wyse/Dell thin clients. Had a user say they were having problems when
doing a Save As from Word (Office 2007). It crashes Word. I was able to
reproduce the problem. I'm going to open a case with MS since I can't find a
fix for it yet.So in the meantime, I'm just taking that box out of the
lineup.  But here is the weird part,  this only happens on a specific RDS
box, and only when connecting from a thin client. If I connect from a PC
with RDP to that box, I can't reproduce the problem. 

Fun stuff. 


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RE: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

[James Hill]

I saw a chart of the features between the models at a Fortinet event last
week.  This was where I learnt that the 60C/D is the minimum if you want the
features we lost with 5.0.

 

I downgraded to 4 and was pleased to have the features I was after, a lot
more free memory and a faster and less buggy gui.

 

I'm new to Fortinet and am about to set up User authentication.  It looks
like 4.0 needs to have software installed on the DC's in an AD environment?
5.0 didn't have this requirement.

 

Any recommendations on that one?

 

James.

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013 11:35 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

 

Yes, they took out the functionality from firmware on some of the models.

 

I "downgraded" to v4.0, but only really lost some of the GUI ease, and the
device identification stuff.

 

I got back the web proxy, and the traffic shaping control, which is what I
cared about.

 

They suggested that it was because of performance issues why they removed
the features, but I'm still annoyed.  It's not like those features are
mandatory, or that it is so hard to get them working on even less hardware.
I still have an 11-year old Netscreen 5XP that does traffic shaping.  If it
could support multiple WANs and had better than a 10mbit interface, I would
be inclined to use it still.  Yes, the UI was slow, but the performance of
the device itself was fine.

 

They're just hurting themselves if they cut out the low-end.   I've
downloaded the Sophos UTM appliance and will look at this for viability for
customers.

 

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-essential-firewal
l.aspx   (Thanks, James!)

 

Another option that I looked at, although it's not *quite* there for SOHO is
ZyXel.  I had a USG-50 which is a very cool device, but the features are a
little quirky, and they tied some of what should be core (like traffic
shaping) to subscription services.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181137

 

I also saw lots of complaints about the SSL tunnels, although I didn't try
it myself.

 

If Fortinet stops bringing value to the low-end of the spectrum, they'll
lose in the end, because the SOHO and SMB market is ripe for a solid
product, and those people are going to be more inclined to go with a name
brand (like SonicWall) or with cost (like ZyXel) than play the feature
roulette.

 

There is no place on their website that clearly states which models are
lacking which functionality items under v5, and that's the worst part of
this whole ordeal.

 

 




 

 


ASB
 <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker
Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for
the SMB market.

 

 

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:03 PM, James Hill mailto:falc...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I came across the same issue with a recently purchased 40C and was also
disappointed.

 

The 60C (soon to be 60D with 2 x the performance) has the traffic shaping
option and pretty much everything else.

 

Maybe I didn't look hard enough but it certainly isn't made obvious on their
website that the lower end models have features missing.

 

James.

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com <mailto:asbz...@gmail.com> ]

Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013 2:27 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

 

One note:  It looks like Traffic Shaping and the Explicit Web Proxy option
are no longer available under the new OS for certain pieces of hardware,
including my 40C.   I suspect that anything in the SOHO range had it
removed.

 

I'm going to downgrade to v4.0 MR3 patch 11, as advised by support.

 

That's not cool.  :(

 

I've asked to see if that functionality will be brought back into the
device...

(Actually, I found that MR3 patch 12 was released on the 13th, so I've
downgraded to that)




 

 


ASB
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Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for
the SMB market.

 

 

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Sam Cayze mailto:sca...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Good to know, thanks!

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com <mailto:asbz...@gmail.com> ]

Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 8:10 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

 

Version 5.0 installed smoothly.  The visual changes are somewhat minimal for
now, but the performance of the UI improved.  Can't say for the rest of the
device (performance wise) as I haven't finished migrating to it.

The backups are much smaller under 5.0 than under v4




 

 


ASB
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Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Sec

RE: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

[James Hill]

I came across the same issue with a recently purchased 40C and was also
disappointed.

 

The 60C (soon to be 60D with 2 x the performance) has the traffic shaping
option and pretty much everything else.

 

Maybe I didn't look hard enough but it certainly isn't made obvious on their
website that the lower end models have features missing.

 

James.

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013 2:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

 

One note:  It looks like Traffic Shaping and the Explicit Web Proxy option
are no longer available under the new OS for certain pieces of hardware,
including my 40C.   I suspect that anything in the SOHO range had it
removed.

 

I'm going to downgrade to v4.0 MR3 patch 11, as advised by support.

 

That's not cool.  :(

 

I've asked to see if that functionality will be brought back into the
device...

(Actually, I found that MR3 patch 12 was released on the 13th, so I've
downgraded to that)




 

 


ASB
  http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker
Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for
the SMB market.

 

 

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Sam Cayze mailto:sca...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Good to know, thanks!

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com  ]

Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 8:10 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Fortigate (was Guest network security)

 

Version 5.0 installed smoothly.  The visual changes are somewhat minimal for
now, but the performance of the UI improved.  Can't say for the rest of the
device (performance wise) as I haven't finished migrating to it.

The backups are much smaller under 5.0 than under v4




 

 


ASB
  http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker
Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for
the SMB market.

 

 

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Andrew S. Baker mailto:asbz...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I will, as soon as I finish setting this device up today. :)




 

 


ASB
  http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker
Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for
the SMB market.

 

 

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Sam Cayze mailto:sca...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Speaking of Fortigate. (Much love btw).

 

Has anyone taken the jump to V5 of the OS yet?  They've patched it once or
twice already; should be stable.

 

 

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com  ]

Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Guest network security

 

Whoa!!!  That looks awesome. Man, I could really have gone for that a
few weeks back.

My Fortigate 40C arrives tomorrow. :)




 

 


ASB
  http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker
Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for
the SMB market.

 

 

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Richard Stovall mailto:rich...@gmail.com> > wrote:

I chose to build a new system so it would be small and silent rather than
use an old computer lying around the house.

 

I went with:

 

Intel D2500CCE fanless mini-ITX motherboard (Dual core 1.86 GHz Atom CPU
with dual Intel NICs onboard)

 

4 GB RAM

 

128GB Vertex 4 SSD

 

It has been in 'production' for a couple of weeks now, and is stable and
very fast.  I also really like having the content filtering and antivirus
capabilities of a UTM firewall at home.

 

The management interface is a little weird at first, but you get used to it.

 

I demo'ed the software in a VirtualBox VM for a week or so before pulling
the trigger on the hardware expense.

 

If anyone is interested, the page at Sophos describing the offering is:
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-utm-home-edition.aspx

 

 

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Kurt Buff mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Our Sidewinders are EOL at the end of April, and my manager doesn't like
them.

He's a Cisco bigot, and wants ASAs in here.

I'm fighting him to at least take a look at the Palo Alto platform, or
perhaps the newest iteration of the Sidewinders (which are now called
McAfee Enteprise Firewalls).

That's an interesting tip on the Sophos solution. What did you use for
the hardware?

Kurt


On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Richard Stovall mailto:rich...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> I was going to suggest using the SonicPoint solution from SonicWall, but
> you've got Sidewinders, don't you?
>
> Does McAfee have anything like SonicWall's wireless solution where it's
all
> managed from the firewall?
>
> PS  Sophos has this too, and they give their UTM firewall away free for
home
> use.  Just bring your own hardware.  I just switched to this the other day
> and love it so far.  I should write a blog post about it.  (But then I'd
> have to create a blog...)
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kurt Buff 

RE: Here we go again, another Apple screwup

[James Hill]

Haha! :)

 

From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] 
Sent: Monday, 11 February 2013 11:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Here we go again, another Apple screwup

 

What?!

 

Blasphemer! Tear off his stripes!!!

 

: )

 

j/k

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology

Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073

email:  <mailto:dgu...@che.org> dgu...@che.org

Office:  610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440

For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the
helpdesk @ 610-492-3839.



 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:13 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Here we go again, another Apple screwup

 

:)  I can't keep up with the lists I'm on and so I stopped subscribing to
the Exchange list a while ago!

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 10 February 2013 8:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Here we go again, another Apple screwup

 

We've already discussed this extensively on the Exchange List. :P

 

Keep up!

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Here we go again, another Apple screwup

 

No doubt they'll try and blame Microsoft again.

 

http://eightwone.com/2013/02/08/yaii-or-yet-another-iphone-issue/

 

James

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RE: GPP drive mapping 'reconnect'

[James Hill]

Never ever used reconnect.  I always use a "Replace" policy and it has
always worked.  

I use GPP in many places for drive mappings and other things.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Elijah Buck [mailto:elijah.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2013 5:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: GPP drive mapping 'reconnect'

Hello,

I'm working on using Group Policy Preferences for drive mapping, and am a
little confused about the reconnect option.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/12221.troubleshoo
ting-the-drive-maps-preference-extension-in-group-policy-replace-mode-only-m
aps-the-drive-every-other-logon.aspx
is pretty much exactly the scenario I'm curious about (reconnect not set).
It says:

-
Expected Result: Drive Z: is mapped to \\CONTOSO-DC\netlogon every time the
user logs on to their computer.

Actual Result: Drive Z: is only mapped to \\CONTOSO-DC\netlogon every other
time the user logs on.

Note: This difference in when Drive Z is mapped will only be noticeable if
either the administrator first deletes all mapped drives at the start of
processing Group Policy or the user has changed Drive Z during their
previous session.
-

I am confused about that Note. It seems to imply that the Z drive will be
mapped correctly on subsequent logons (assuming no one has changed or
deleted Drive Z), even though the drive maps preference extension doesn't
apply preferences on every logon (because some logons process GP
asynchronously).

Is it the case that if the user does not modify the drive mappings, the
drive mapping will be 'correct' on next logon? This implies there is some
sort of caching of drive mappings other than the caching that would occur if
'reconnect' were set. Is that correct?

Those of you that use GPP for drive mappings, do you have the 'reconnect'
option set or not? Why?

Thanks,
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RE: washable keyboard and mouse?

[James Hill]

HP sell a good quality washable keyboard and mouse.  I've got one in use in
an area that has a mixture of dirt, steam etc and it has worked well so far.

 

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06c/A10-51210-69998-3965920-69998-
4284247-4284248-4287205.html

 

James.

 

 

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013 3:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: washable keyboard and mouse?

 

Follow up on this if anyone is interested: 

Got them last night (haven't tried washing yet), and they work. Can't say I
love it. That's not a dig on the hardware or the performance. 2 biggest
things I don't like about this particular set: 

- No indicator lights for (Caps, Num Lock), I now realize this is common for
wireless keyboards. 
- The mouse doesn't have a scroll wheel, but uses a sensor to serve the same
function. Works, but not very well. Really miss the scroll wheel. 

So I can't say I recommend this. Already looking to replace, probably with a
Logitech MK710 set (gives me both features). Not washable, but I can live
with that. 




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To:NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > 
Date:01/02/2013 02:03 PM 
Subject:washable keyboard and mouse? 

  _  



Anyone ever used one of these? 

 

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7
587094&Sku=R43-1004 

For $10, I'm tempted to try it. 




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RE: Trying to install RDS on Server 2012, as a VM under VMware ESX 5.0 ..

[James Hill]

Yes you can do all of that with Server 2012 (can do it with Server 2008 R2
as well) and RemoteApp is required.  Install all the RDS roles except for
the virtualisation host.

James.

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Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2013 6:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Trying to install RDS on Server 2012, as a VM under VMware ESX
5.0 ..

So in further narrowing this down with my boss, here's what we want:
(that I know of, so far)

- want to access the app from a web browser
- client OSes will be many XP w/SP3, some Win 7
- do not want clients to see a full desktop, only the one crappy app they
need to access
- and, just to make it more interesting, the app is a traditional, fat, full
client-server app, that uses too much bandwidth to run remotely, hence the
need to run this way
- the app has it's own security, own IDs and passwords, separate from our
domain logins

So it looks like I want Remote Desktop Web Access, so the clients can
connect using a web browser. Not sure if that means I also then need to set
up RemoteApp on the server, so that when they do connect, they will see only
the one app I have "published", and can only execute that. Sounds like it,
from the skimming I've done so far.

Right now, what we happens is: you (the client) start a browser session. We
have a load balancer, which routes you to a Ctirix XenApp server, where you
authenticate with a domain ID, and then it shows you the one and only app
you can run. Choosing it then prompts you for the application security (ID
and password). Then you see the rest - entry screens, etc.

I should be able to replace all the Citrix parts with Server 2012 and RDS,
and the users should just be able to toodle right along. (well, the web
interface to choose the app will change, but other than that, it should be
all the same to the end users).

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RE: GPO Printers always showing as default

[James Hill]

Whenever GPP is causing me headaches I turn on logging and go through the
detail.  Hopefully it will help you.

 

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2008/07/18/enabling-group-policy-pr
eferences-debug-logging-using-the-rsat.aspx

 

James.

 

From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] 
Sent: Friday, 4 January 2013 8:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: GPO Printers always showing as default

 

Already set to Replace :(

 

On 4 January 2013 07:34, James Hill mailto:falc...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Is the GPP set to create, update or replace?

 

If it isn't already set it to replace and see if that helps.

 

James.

 

From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com
<mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com> ] 
Sent: Thursday, 3 January 2013 8:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: GPO Printers always showing as default

 

Hi

We have a windows 2008 server with a group policy object that installs a
network printer for people. This is set to *not* make this printer the
default. 

However several users are reporting that each time they log on this network
printer is configured as the default over their local printer. Not all users
by any means. The users can set their local printers back to default but
when they next log on the network printer is default again.

Interestingly, at least one of the affected users has only started having
this problem since moving to a new Windows 7 workstation. They used to have
a Windows XP machine using Group Policy Client Side Preferences addin and
the printer worked fine. Since Windows 7 they have had this issue. 

Is there anything anyone can think of that may be causing this?

The server is windows 2008 r2 64 bit. The printer is applied in the User >
Preferences > Control Panel Settings > Printers section of the GPO object. 

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RE: Trying to install RDS on Server 2012, as a VM under VMware ESX 5.0 ..

[James Hill]

You can install a Remote Desktop Session Host on a VM (whether it is Hyper
V, or Vmware etc), that is supported.

You can't (well it isn't supported though there are hack methods) install
VDI on a VM which is what you have attempted to do.

When you run the Add Roles and Features Wizard select the first option "Role
based or feature-based installation".  In the next step select the server
and then in the next step (Roles) select the Remote Desktop Services (and
whichever components you wish to use).  This will give you the Remote
Desktop Session Host etc which is what you after.  It should install just
fine then.

The guide you have followed is for a VDI installation and hence it uses the
second option in the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Michael Leone [mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 4 January 2013 1:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Trying to install RDS on Server 2012, as a VM under VMware ESX 5.0
..

So I seem to be stumped. We have some old Citrix Presentation Manager
servers running on Win 2003 that my boss would like to retire, and replace
with Remote Desktop Services under Server 2012. The catch is that these
servers would  VMs, running under VMware ESXi 5.0 (that's what the current
Citirix servers are). If you install all the latest ESXi 5.0 patches, then
you can run Server 2012 VMs. That part is running fine.

But I can't seem to install RDS. (the last time I used even Terminal
Services was on Win 2003, over 5 years back). Following this blog post



I am trying to install RDS. But it keeps failing on RD Virtualization Host
step - all it says is that it failed. The other 2 steps (Connection Broker
and Web Services) installed fine.

I don't see anything in the Event log that is telling me WHY it failed. I am
seeing Event 9645 from source MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID.
Message is "An error occurred in the service broker manager, Error 3602,
State: 145".

And I can't seem to track down what this means. The online Event log help is
no help (it never seems to be, for me). I haven't found it in eventid.net,
and Google isn't showing me anything close to my situation.

So let's start at the beginning:

1. Is this even possible - can you run RDS on Server 2012 as a VM under ESXi
5.0? Or is that trying to run one virtualization technology
(Hyper-V) under a different virtualization technology (ESXi)?
(eventually we want to publish an application or two, not a lot, and no need
of a full desktop, as I understand it). I know MS says you shouldn't (or
can't) run Hyper-V inside of Hyper-V, but it doesn't seem to say anything
about Hyper-V inside any other virtualization - ESXi, XenApp, etc.

2. If it is possible, what am I missing? The article didn't mention any
pre-requisites I don't have. I have Server 2012 as a domain member in my Win
2008 R2 AD domain.

So far, I am not liking Server 2012. :-) (and I haven't started in on that
Metro interface ...)

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RE: Server login reporting

[James Hill]

Instead of trying to use the event log use a scheduled task with the
triggers "at logon" and "on connection to user session" to start a script.

 

Here is a bit of powershell that I stole and it needs improving as it always
gives the user name of the account that is set to run the scheduled task
rather than the user logging on (hint hint please powershell gurus!).  I'm
sure someone can come up with how to query the remote IP as well.

 

$computers = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem 

foreach($computer in $computers) {

$userlist += "User: {0}" -f $computer.UserName

}

$emailFrom = "serv...@yourdomain.com"

$emailTo = "omgauditorssomeonelogge...@yourdomain.com"

$subject = "Connection Alert " + $env:computername

$body = "User has connected to " + $env:computername + " " + $userlist

$smtpServer = "yourserver"

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

$smtp.Send($emailFrom,$emailTo,$subject,$body)

end

 

James.

 

From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2012 8:13 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Server login reporting

 

Hi,

I need a bit of software that can email me every time a User logs onto the
console or RDP to a 2008R2 domain controller. 

Logging the source IP of any remote connections would be desirable. 

I know the sec log shows this, but its a nightmare to go through.

Any ideas?

Gavin.

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RE: Outlook web access MAC

[James Hill]

No no, he's just come up with justification to upgrade!

James.

-Original Message-
From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2012 2:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Outlook web access MAC

We'll he's boned. :)
That version of Outlook for Mac requires at least Exchange 2007.

DAMIEN SOLODOW
Systems Engineer
317.447.6033 (office)
317.447.6014 (fax)
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-Original Message-
From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Outlook web access MAC

Ahh
Ok we are running exchange 2003 

-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: 04 December 2012 15:07
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Outlook web access MAC

Ok, then Michael nailed it. You need EWS for that not OWA.

Is EWS enabled on that mailbox?  Do you have auto discover set up?



-Original Message-
From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 9:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Outlook web access MAC

Hi
Thanks 

No he wants to use Microsoft outlook on his mac and connect to our exchange
front end Our outlook we access server 

#Thanks 


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From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: 04 December 2012 13:56
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Outlook web access MAC

Safari and Chrome should work with Exchange 2010 and 2013.  But you didn't
give me enough information to help you beyond that.

I don't think you mean OWA, I think you mean EWS. But I can't be sure.

-Original Message-
From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 7:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Outlook web access MAC

Hi
We have a director that wants to use his mac with office 2011 to connect
remotely to our Exchange server via outlook web access

Everything is in place and we have been using owa for a couple of years to
sync to smart phones However the mac is unable to connect giving an error
17997 

I have looked on various forums but not been able to resolve the issue Any
help would be welcomed

Nigel Parker
Systems Engineer
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RE: DR planning

[James Hill]

Don't go changing versions.  If you have exchange 2003, restore exchange
2003.  The last thing you want in a DR situation is to add unknowns and
making version changes may cause all sorts of problems.

Moving forward having live DR is the ultimate goal and virtualisation makes
it much easier.  Hyper-V Replica in Server 2012 for example is a very easy
way to have a complete replica of all your servers in a DR site.  Things
like offsite DC's, DFS replication etc are also great.  If you are always
thinking about redundancy in your system design then it makes life a lot
easier if disaster should strike.

Having experienced a very real DR situation where the entire data centre was
destroyed there is a lot more to just the technical side of DR.  Maybe
someone else is already covering that but I personally found it to be the
biggest challenge.  Having to find office space, sufficient power,
sufficient cooling, sufficient chairs and desks and of course computers
(switches, routers etc!) for however many staff.

Communication networks may be down.  We had no data centre, so no email, no
landlines and for a while no working mobile phone network.  The Head Office
was under water.   With many offices around the country that suddenly had no
idea what was happening and couldn't get in touch with people to find out
either.

What will you do if mobile networks are down?  If email is offline how will
you communicate what is happening to the business?  Consider external
communication sources.  We used Facebook as nearly everyone has a Facebook
account.  So the sites that were on the other side of the country knew what
was happening.

I found Remote Desktop servers to be a real saviour.  You can have staff
work from home.  That removes the need to find computers, office space etc
as most people have a computer at home.

Restoration can take a very long time, be prepared for that and make sure
you have your system restoration order clearly defined.  This business
didn't have email high on the list.  It quickly became number 2 on the list.

Every disaster is different and you can never be prepared for all possible
scenarios.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@sfgtrust.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012 11:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DR planning

Folks,

Next week we are testing two disaster scenarios at a remote site (we pay the
site and they provide servers only for restore/DR - no live hosting).

We have Exchange 2003 here and a variety for 2008/2003 servers as DCs and
member servers for file and print.

Recommendations for recovery?  This is just a simple test to see what we can
do.  Long-term I'm going to recommend live servers so I have put a DC and
replicate files and Exchange 2010 there.  For now I'll need to be able to
restore some SQL databases for an enterprise system, Exchange 2003, and
files for file and print.

Since it's a test and I can't restore servers of the same name and such on a
live network - we have an MPLS link to DR site - I was thinking of just
building a few new servers, add a DC, and install SQL and restore databases.
What about Exchange 2003?  Is there a way I can restore the databases but
only be able to manually pull mail from them?  Or would it be better to just
build a new Exchange 2003 server and add DR accounts to it.  It has been a
long time since I've worked with Exchange, so your thoughts are appreciated.

Moving forward, what do you folks do for DR?  I was thinking at the remote
site (always live eventually):  DC, SQL server with replicated databases
(2012 AlwaysOn I guess), server for file and print using DFS to replicate
critical files, another Exchange 2010 server in the current DAG, and a
hub/client access server.

Tom

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RE: small office and branches setup

[James Hill]

Another option is to purchase a Windows Server 2012 license.  Run one VM as
file, print DC etc. and the other VM as a Remote Desktop server.

With such a small number of users at each site it may be better to go with a
Thin solution so that all the data is centralised and you don't have to
worry about replication etc.

James.

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From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2012 5:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: small office and branches setup

I'm always involved in med/large sized customers so I'm looking for input
here.  I have a new client that has 4 total offices across the US.  Each of
the 4 offices are basically a home-office with only 1 current user
(potential to grow to 5-10 users at each office over the next couple years).

The owner decided he would like a server at the main office location, mainly
for the purpose of storing/sharing files that would be accessible between
himself and users at the other 3 remote offices. Currently they send emails
with attachments to share these files, which leads to versions/copies of
files, and no central location for file storage (something he really wants)
and onsite backups.  He wants the files and data on a single server/device
instead.

I was imagining putting a single Dell/HP entry level file server on his
site, running Windows 2008 R2 and potentially just leaving it in a Workgroup
(I don't know if the user machines are Home/Pro editions of Windows yet) and
sharing out the files/folders he wants.  I'd have to setup a VPN tunnel
between his main office and each of the 3 remote offices so the remote users
had access to the server at his site.  I've had good success with Mikrotik
routers for this in the past with smaller sized customers.  

I don't think he really wants a cloud based solution so I'm just looking for
input on small office file-sharing and easist ways to make it happen. 
I'm rusty on this, since I'm used to supporting 1000+ users typically. 
Input appreciated.

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RE: Windows Server 2012 - Remote Control has been removed!

[James Hill]

I was guessing that Remote Assistance would be the proposed alternative so
thanks for confirming it.

 

Sometimes the lack of reasoning provided by Microsoft is extremely
frustrating.  Us logical folk are usually happy with a change if we
understand (and somewhat agree with) why it was done.

 

James.

 

From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 11:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows Server 2012 - Remote Control has been removed!

 

Unfortunately Shadowing was removed.  Some people blame Citrix and some
blame MS but Citrix had nothing to do with the removal of Shadowing.  Citrix
is also forced to use Remote Assistance for both XenApp and XenDesktop.
There has been a lot of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth about this
but MS hasn’t changed anything.

 

If your users use multiple monitors, you can’t use shadowing for that
scenario either.  MS says to use Remote Assistance.  With the wide spread
adoption of multiple monitor use in business, I don’t understand the lack of
shadowing support for multiple monitors.  I am sure there is a technological
reason behind these decisions to drop Shadow support.  But with the
programming brain power that MS has available to them, I don’t understand
why they can’t solve this issue.

 

I am no longer a developer, and don’t play one on TV, so I have no idea of
the challenges involved with providing Shadow support in multi monitor
scenarios or in Server 2012/Win8.

 

Thanks

 

 

Carl Webster

Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional

http://www.CarlWebster.com <http://www.carlwebster.com/> 

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Subject: RE: Windows Server 2012 - Remote Control has been removed!

 

Thanks Rene but I’m referring to Remote Controlling a user’s remote desktop
session on a remote desktop session host.

 

James.

 

From: Rene de Haas [mailto:rene.deh...@gmail.com] 
Subject: Re: Windows Server 2012 - Remote Control has been removed!

 

>From what I read you need to enable it.

 

"Enabling Remote Desktop:

you need to log on as an administrator

open System in Control Panel

select the Remote tab

under Remote Desktop select the checkbox labeled "Allow users to connect
remotely to this computer."

 



 

Hth

René

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:06 AM, James Hill mailto:falc...@gmail.com> > wrote:

In the process of building my first Windows Server 2012 server with Remote
Desktop.

There is no Remote Control and a quick search says that this feature has
been removed!

Seriously?  Please someone tell me this isn’t the case! 

I sure can’t find the option anywhere.

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RE: Window 8 on your PC

[James Hill]

[1] Log on as an administrator, open task manager, make sure show all
processes is ticked and then on the users tab right click the user and
select log off.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2012 3:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

You would be correct if we were talking laptops or tablets for individual
users.

But I'm talking about labs of computers for students. Every 50 minutes, a
new set of users must come in and they expect to get to their files and
settings.

For this reason, the simple action of logging off needs to be simple.
Microsoft has chosen, in their infinite wisdom, to make this process
difficult. Maybe not difficult for you or I, but it's not obvious to the
layperson. Here are some possible scenarios:

1) Users don't log off. This causes either A) the session to be locked,
making it impossible to login[1] or B) let the next student see/screw with
the last user's data. Oh, I guess I could C) allow multiple log in sessions,
but this is not ideal.

2) Users share desktops. If you can't log off, just stay logged in!
Everybody can use the same desktop and home folder then. (Again, not ideal.)

It's not that I'm against Windows 8's DCIM interface. I'm not all that
thrilled by it, but I see where they are going. I see the benefit on
smaller, more mobile devices. (Which, oddly, Microsoft hasn't been focusing
on. Where is the 7" RT Tablet?) I am hopeful that Microsoft can make a few
changes that will make it much more friendly on both Touch and Desktop
interfaces.

But until they do, we won't be adopting it.

[1] As a side rant: Why can't Windows allow an administrator to force a
logoff of a locked account locally on a machine? This was possible in XP.
Starting with Vista, the only way an administrator could locally logoff a
locked machine was to force a power down.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Rod Trent
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To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wed, 21 Nov 2012
06:43:44 -0800
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC


> Also, consider that Windows 8 is built for devices that are never 
> meant to be shut off.  Why give easy access to a function that we are
moving beyond?
> 
>  
> 
> From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:56 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC
> 
>  
> 
> "You no longer have to "pre-tell" Windows that you want to shut down 
> and let it handle everything for you. Windows is now hardware aware 
> enough that you just hit the power and Windows does whatever you told 
> it to do (Power Settings)"
> 
>  
> 
> How enlightening! We've gotten so used to the scenario where we 
> couldn't use the power button to turn a device off that now being able 
> to do so seems weird. "What? I can use the device's power button to 
> turn the Windows device off? That's CRAZY!". Amazing what mind shift just
one sentence can make.
> 
>  
> 
> From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:06 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC
> 
>  
> 
> Running the same 4 here, except we went with the Samsung Slates 
> instead of the Surface, they are excellent machines. Once I 
> demonstrated to users that the Start Page is just where their Start 
> Button went to they were totally onboard. It is a total mind shift 
> (just like Office 2003 to Office 2007, but once you make that shift it 
> is much more useful. As for Shutdown being hard to get to, what I was 
> told by a friend at Microsoft (and which makes perfect sense once you 
> think about it) is just use the power button on your device (whatever 
> it might be). You no longer have to "pre-tell" Windows that you want 
> to shut down and let it handle everything for you. Windows is now 
> hardware aware enough that you just hit the power and Windows does 
> whatever you told it to do (Power Settings). This won't work in some 
> environments where the power button is not accessible, but for the 
> majority of businesses it works just fine, and it is incredibly fast!
Going to Sleep and waking back up take my machines on average 2 seconds.
> 
> Tim
> 
>  
> 
> From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:59 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC
> 
>  
> 
> J  I'm running all three - plus a desktop.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:25 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC
> 
>  
> 
> Keep the Win 8 info coming! I've been tasked with kicking it around in 
> our environment.
> 
>  
> 
> Laptop, Surface and a phone.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Don Guyer
> Catholic Health East - Information Technology
> 
> Enterprise Directory & Messaging

RE: Window 8 on your PC

[James Hill]

Because of touch.

All of those things in one place means small buttons which are hard to click on 
with big fingers.  That's my guess on it.  The log off location makes sense on 
a touch device as you can easily switch users.  The shutdown and restart makes 
little sense at all but apparently it's because people press the power button 
on touch devices.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 9:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

Why should people have to "figure it out"?

Shutdown, Restart, Logoff, Sleep, Standby, Hibernate were all in one place 
before, and it worked for all the hundreds of millions of people using Windows. 
Why change it?

-Original Message-----
From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 9:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

Are you saying it will be difficult for the admins to use or difficult for the 
admins as users won't be able to work it out?

The admins should be able to quickly work it out and after that it is easy.

Users have always(since remote desktop was invented) either not known how to 
log off or couldn't be bothered.   They just click on the X and disconnect (so 
us admins have to configure session timeouts etc to eventually log off the 
session).  So no changes in that area for Server 2012 for the users imo.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Randal, Phil [mailto:phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 7:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 'log out' 'button' being hidden the way it is 
in Windows 8 and Server 2012 will be a nightmare for terminal server admins.

Ugh.

Phil

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-Original Message-
From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: 21 November 2012 08:44
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

The location of log off and the shutdown menu are both a nuisance.

I have a 6 year old and a 4 year old that were placed in front of Windows 8 and 
were installing apps from the store, playing games etc without any tuition.  I 
showed them how to do a shutdown and that was about it.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 8:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Window 8 on your PC

We won't be deploying it this school year, that's for sure. It's just too late 
and we would get a lot of negative feedback. Also we tend to hold off on such 
deployments until the product has a little shake-down time and we get a break 
to do upgrades.

Personally, I'm not looking forward to 8 on the desktop in a lab environment. 
One nitpick of my own: It's very difficult to log off, which is something every 
7-18 year old in our schools will have to do. While some know that you can 
quickly find a logout with Ctrl-Alt-Del, most don't. Last, most of the software 
run by our users aren't in the DCIM* interface. So really, there isn't a 
feature that is yet pushing us to Win8 yet.

I have seen start-button replacements, like Start8, but we like to go with the 
Officially supported versions of things if we can. Thus, if Microsoft makes it 
an option to stick people to the Desktop and give them a way to launch 
programs/logoff, I'll give it another try.



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RE: Window 8 on your PC

[James Hill]

Are you saying it will be difficult for the admins to use or difficult for the 
admins as users won't be able to work it out?

The admins should be able to quickly work it out and after that it is easy.

Users have always(since remote desktop was invented) either not known how to 
log off or couldn't be bothered.   They just click on the X and disconnect (so 
us admins have to configure session timeouts etc to eventually log off the 
session).  So no changes in that area for Server 2012 for the users imo.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Randal, Phil [mailto:phil.ran...@hoopleltd.co.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 7:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 'log out' 'button' being hidden the way it is 
in Windows 8 and Server 2012 will be a nightmare for terminal server admins.

Ugh.

Phil

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-----Original Message-
From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: 21 November 2012 08:44
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

The location of log off and the shutdown menu are both a nuisance.

I have a 6 year old and a 4 year old that were placed in front of Windows 8 and 
were installing apps from the store, playing games etc without any tuition.  I 
showed them how to do a shutdown and that was about it.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 8:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Window 8 on your PC

We won't be deploying it this school year, that's for sure. It's just too late 
and we would get a lot of negative feedback. Also we tend to hold off on such 
deployments until the product has a little shake-down time and we get a break 
to do upgrades.

Personally, I'm not looking forward to 8 on the desktop in a lab environment. 
One nitpick of my own: It's very difficult to log off, which is something every 
7-18 year old in our schools will have to do. While some know that you can 
quickly find a logout with Ctrl-Alt-Del, most don't. Last, most of the software 
run by our users aren't in the DCIM* interface. So really, there isn't a 
feature that is yet pushing us to Win8 yet.

I have seen start-button replacements, like Start8, but we like to go with the 
Officially supported versions of things if we can. Thus, if Microsoft makes it 
an option to stick people to the Desktop and give them a way to launch 
programs/logoff, I'll give it another try.

(* DCIM - Don't call it Metro)


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


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To: NT System Admin Issues
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Sent: Tue, 20 Nov 2012
13:07:38 -0800
Subject: Window 8 on your PC


> Are you guys changing your Windows 8 UI to be more like Win7 or 
> leaving it as-is and learning new tricks?
> David Lum
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RE: Window 8 on your PC

[James Hill]

The location of log off and the shutdown menu are both a nuisance.

I have a 6 year old and a 4 year old that were placed in front of Windows 8
and were installing apps from the store, playing games etc without any
tuition.  I showed them how to do a shutdown and that was about it.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 8:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Window 8 on your PC

We won't be deploying it this school year, that's for sure. It's just too
late and we would get a lot of negative feedback. Also we tend to hold off
on such deployments until the product has a little shake-down time and we
get a break to do upgrades.

Personally, I'm not looking forward to 8 on the desktop in a lab
environment. One nitpick of my own: It's very difficult to log off, which is
something every 7-18 year old in our schools will have to do. While some
know that you can quickly find a logout with Ctrl-Alt-Del, most don't. Last,
most of the software run by our users aren't in the DCIM* interface. So
really, there isn't a feature that is yet pushing us to Win8 yet.

I have seen start-button replacements, like Start8, but we like to go with
the Officially supported versions of things if we can. Thus, if Microsoft
makes it an option to stick people to the Desktop and give them a way to
launch programs/logoff, I'll give it another try.

(* DCIM - Don't call it Metro)


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: David Lum
[mailto:david@nwea.org]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 20 Nov 2012
13:07:38 -0800
Subject: Window 8 on your PC


> Are you guys changing your Windows 8 UI to be more like Win7 or 
> leaving it as-is and learning new tricks?
> David Lum
> Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM
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RE: windows phone 8

[James Hill]

When I first saw that list I was amazed by the features and then equally amazed 
by how few are actually implemented, particularly on Windows Phone.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 16 November 2012 6:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: windows phone 8

For anyone interested: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Exchange_ActiveSync_Clients
Quite a good list.  Not updated for Windows Phone 8 yet though :(

-Original Message-
From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: windows phone 8

You beat me too it. It does and works very well. Touchdown is the app we tell 
our Android users to buy when they have issues connecting to Exchange as it 
seems every version of phones from venders can have a completely different 
implementation of ActiveSync. 

-Greg


-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: windows phone 8

Touchdown/Android purports to sync Notes in with Exchange 2010.

http://www.nitrodesk.com/features.aspx

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 2:06 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: windows phone 8
> 
> the only "killer" feature is that notes sync to outlook in an exchange 
> environment.  The notes themselves are just text.
> At some point, MS stopped included notes as something that syncs using 
> activesync.  This very frustarting for people who had blackberries or ancient 
> windows mobile phones that synced the notes.
> 
> 
> Bill
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:25 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: windows phone 8
> 
> As someone who doesn't have Exchange, I'm curious: What's the big 
> killer features of Exchange Notes? What makes it so important to have on your 
> phone?
> 
> 
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Stefan Jafs
> [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Thu, 15 Nov 2012
> 10:09:43 -0800
> Subject: Re: windows phone 8
> 
> 
> > I have the Nokia 920 on order with Rogers here in Toronto, all the 
> > reviews I have read is that it’s big and heavy but other vice a 
> > great phone, I also use Notes quite extensively as well, for my iPad 
> > I use iMExchange2, for the free version I just have to manually updated it.
> > For my current phone the Samsung Galaxy S III, I have not bothered 
> > with Notes yet and now I’m waiting for the Nokia so well see . .
> >
> > Stefan
> > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Guyer, Don  wrote:
> >
> > > I always trust the reviews on sites like Engadget, Gizmodo and 
> > > even NewEgg. Might not be much out there yet as it’s a fairly new 
> > > device but, what I’ve heard has all been pretty positive if you 
> > > like Windows
> > Phones.**
> > > **
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > * *
> > >
> > > *Don Guyer**
> > > **Catholic Health East - Information Technology*
> > >
> > > Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
> > > 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073
> > >
> > > email: *dgu...@che.org*
> > >
> > > Office:  610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440
> > >
> > > *For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or 
> > > call the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839.*
> > >
> > > [image: Description: Description: Description:
> > > InfoService-Logo240]
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > *From:* Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:54 AM
> > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > > *Subject:* OT: windows phone 8
> > >
> > > ** **
> > >
> > > Thinking about getting the nokia 920.  Anyone have any reasons 
> > > they’d
> > like
> > > to share about why or why not to get this device.  Also, real 
> > > world how is the app situation for winphone 8?  Anything you 
> > > really miss from the ios
> > or
> > > android world of apps and features?
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > > All of the official reviews always seem to miss the real details 
> > > that make or break a phone for me.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > > Bill
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RE: Wow, who knew?

[James Hill]

I had the exact same thing.  Was amazed when I saw it.

 

James.

 

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 5:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Wow, who knew?

 

I was years into my IT career before I  was shown you can drag an executable
into the Run window and have it populate the file path complete with quotes.
Sure makes it easy when having to add switches.

 

- Sean

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:44 AM, David Lum mailto:david@nwea.org> > wrote:

Yeah I actually get that, but I still think it's funny (and fun) to find the
little things. Funnier is when some non-tech person (however in my
experience it's usually someone exceedingly proficient in some MS Office
application), shows you a keyboard shortcut and are surprised that we don't
know it.


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com  ]

Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Wow, who knew?

LOL.

Being 'senior' is more a matter of attitude and approach than knowing
minutae - although sometimes tenure is used as a measure, unfortunately.

Kurt

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:30 AM, David Lum mailto:david@nwea.org> > wrote:
> Wowgood thing I've already got promoted...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com  ]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:09 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Wow, who knew?
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:33 AM, David Lum mailto:david@nwea.org> > wrote:
>> When full screen RDP'd to a system that gives you the little "tab" at
>> the top where you get minimize, maximize and close buttons, I never
>> knew you could grab and slide that little bar left and right! Very
>> useful when using say, LogMeIn.
>
> Yeah, and if you hit the pushpin icon on the left the tab will roll up
completely out of the way, too.
>
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RE: Office 2013 RTM

[James Hill]

I had a look at the beta but after 30 mins my eyes begged for mercy from all 
the white.  I never run Beta code on my production machine anyway but once it 
hits RTM I jump in.

 

Outlook has some nice features.  Right now I’m noticing how it handles imap so 
much more nicely!

 

James.

 

From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:r...@finnesey.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 2:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Office 2013 RTM

 

I see RTM was just posted on TechNet.  

Sent from my iPad


On Oct 11, 2012, at 6:45 PM, "Crawford, Scott" mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu> > wrote:

Volume Licensing customers with Software Assurance will be able to download the 
Office 2013 applications as well as other Office products including SharePoint 
2013, Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013 through the Volume Licensing Service Center 
by mid-November. These products will be available on the Volume Licensing price 
list on December 1.

 

http://blogs.office.com/b/office-news/archive/2012/10/11/office-reaches-rtm.aspx

 

 

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RE: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for non-admins

[James Hill]

That is bad.

 

Worse is when you find a post about the problem you are looking for a
solution for only to have the final post being "Figured it out" and no
further info supplied.

 

James.

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 6 September 2012 1:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for
non-admins

 

>> Ha! I'll admit that I've done some searching on the web for issues I've
run into... and I found somebody who has simular issues... only to discover
that it's my own post! Sm:)e.

 

Been there, done that. :)



ASB


http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker


Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market.





On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Matthew W. Ross 
wrote:

> Drivers would be available via the ADMIN$ share of the machine, I would
> expect.

Okay, I'll take that answer... but then why wouldn't the printer be
installed once the admin logged in? Why do the printers disappear
afterwards? And why isn't there any good data about the failure in the event
viewer? (Why, Microsoft? Why?)


> Thanks for the follow-up.  Much appreciated.  http://xkcd.com/979/

Ha! I'll admit that I've done some searching on the web for issues I've run
into... and I found somebody who has simular issues... only to discover that
it's my own post! Sm:)e.



--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -

From: Andrew S. Baker
[mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]

Sent: Wed, 05 Sep 2012
05:02:36 -0800
Subject: Re: SOLVED RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy
not working for non-admins



> Drivers would be available via the ADMIN$ share of the machine, I would
> expect.
>
> Thanks for the follow-up.  Much appreciated.  http://xkcd.com/979/
>
>

> * *
>
> *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of

> Technology for the SMB market.
>
> *
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Matthew W. Ross
> wrote:
>

> > I finally figured it out. I figured that I'd share:
> >
> > I was sorting my labs AD Computers into OUs. I then assigned a blank
group
> > policy for the printers on that OU. Using the Printer Manager, I
installed
> > the printers and drivers as a TCP/IP printer on my print server. I then
> > used the "Deploy Printer" option to configure the until now blank group
> > policy.
> >
> > This was all working perfectly. I had not had any problems doing it this
> > way. This installs the printers on the client machines as TCP/IP
printers,
> > so none of them are dependent on a print server.
> >
> > My mistake was that I forgot a crucial step in this kind of deployment
> > process: I still had to share the printer from the print server. Doing
> this
> > allowed the computers to install the necessary drivers from the print
> > server.
> >
> > what I can't figure out is how the administrator accounts could see and
> > use use the printers, but the non-admins could not. Is there a hidden
> > administrative share that holds the drivers? Was Windows able to install
> > local drivers each time?
> >
> > Anyways, as usual, something small and somewhat obvious was preventing
it
> > from working.
> >
> >
> > --Matt Ross
> > Ephrata School District
> >
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Matthew W. Ross
> > [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> > Sent: Tue, 04 Sep 2012
> > 09:24:52 -0800
> > Subject: RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working
> > for non-admins
> >
> >
> > > As student's are not admins, they don't have the option to install the
> > > printers. Especially as I'm trying to install them via IP.
> > >
> > > I'm about to install the printers via script, as they need printers
> > working,
> > > with or without group policy.
> > >
> > >
> > > --Matt Ross
> > > Ephrata School District
> > >
> > >
> > > - Original Message -
> > > From: Kelsey, John
> > > [mailto:jckel...@drmc.org]
> > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> > > Sent: Tue, 04 Sep 2012
> > > 06:11:38 -0800
> > > Subject: RE: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working
> > > for non-admins
> > >
> > >
> > > > What happens if the student tries to install the printer manually?
> >  Does
> > > it
> > > > complete or does it bomb out?
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:04 AM
> > > > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > > > Subject: Re: Deploying Printers in Group Policy not working for
> > non-admins
> > > >
> > > > Here are some more oddities for this lab:
> > > >
> > > > 1) The printers are an HP Laserjet 4250 and a HP Color Laserjet
4700.
> > We
> > > > have other labs with the same model printers deployed from the same
> > print
> > > > server and this problem does not exist with them.
> > > > 2) The printers s

RE: Death of the Desktops?

[James Hill]

This man sees and speaks the truth.

-Original Message-
From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 25 August 2012 5:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops?

These "initiatives", death of the desktop, cloud, BYOD, etc., etc. are just 
vendors trying to find new ways to make money.   For desktops, in this case, 
the margins are so slim now, no one is making any money.  Look at what Dell is 
doing with the acquisition of Quest.  They have long been a hardware company 
but are trying hard to move into software, where actual money can be made.



-Original Message-
From: Ben M. Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 2:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops?

I agree with Greg.  I think there's always (at least for the foreseeable 
future) going to be a role for desktop machines though I think SOME desktop 
clients are going to be replaced with docked mobile devices.

It may be that 10 years from now most of us are using some sort of tablet that, 
as Greg suggests, slips into a docking station with a real keyboard and large 
monitor(s).

Ben M. Schorr
Chief Executive Officer
__
Roland Schorr & Tower
www.rolandschorr.com

-Original Message-
From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops?

The desktop isn’t going anywhere really, it's just evolving. What will probably 
fade out (except for high-end needs) is the dedicated non-mobile desktop pc. I 
can easily see were your tablet\phone\whatever  has enough processing and 
graphic power to be sitting in a dock in the office, with full keyboard and 
mouse support, and then is lifted out and taken with you on the go. There will 
always be room for the places that have users that do not need this (Call 
centers, retail, etc) so it never will truly die out.

-Greg 
  

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Death of the Desktops?

Spreadsheets creation and data entry, page layout, photo processing, writing, 
presentation creation - those and more are far more difficult on anything 
without a keyboard and mouse.

Kurt

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Rankin, James R  wrote:
> Can you imagine writing technical documents or doing CAD on a tablet? 
> Sure the percentages may change, but the desktop will not go away anytime 
> soon.
> It might run on a thin client, but there's still a place for a desktop
> - even if virtual.
>
> Pundits have been predicting things like "the death of Citrix" and 
> "the year of the Linux desktop" for a long while. I haven't noticed 
> either of them happening.
>
> YMMV, IMO, etc.
> ---Blackberried
> 
> From: Roger Wright 
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:40:41 -0400
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> 
> Subject: Death of the Desktops?
>
> There are a number of pundits pushing the notion that desktop 
> computing is facing certain death, and especially for desktop 
> computers as we've known them up to now.  Indeed, there are more 
> portable offerings available than desktop machine options, but with a higher 
> price/performance/feature ratio.
> I'm not sure I buy it, especially for many business environments where 
> access to legacy apps is critical.  But it does give me something to 
> consider as we face our annual equipment refresh cycle.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
>
> Roger Wright
> ___
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RE: Laptop with Serial Port?

[James Hill]

Very true.  I've had good results with Aten's
http://www.aten.com/products/productItem.php?model_no=UC232A on 32 and 64bit
OS's.

 

James.

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 25 August 2012 3:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Laptop with Serial Port?

 

I have found not all Serial <--> USB adapters are created equal. My car's
ECU (engine computer) is programmable but only via serial port, and my
laptop only has USB ports and I had to be particular about which adapter I
used else I'd get "no comm".

 

This is the one I picked up:

http://www.usconverters.com/index.php?main_page=product_info
 &products_id=325

 

Dave

 

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Laptop with Serial Port?

 

Anyone have a recommendation for a 12-14" laptop with a serial port? We have
some field staff who require serial connections for monitoring equipment,
and the USB/serial adapters don't always work.


Roger Wright
___

Geocaching:  Hide, Hunt, Find & Repeat - It's FUN!

 

 

 

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RE: network drives show disconnected W7 and XP

[James Hill]

How are the drives mapped now?  If it was manually with the "Reconnect at
logon" ticked I recommend you either use a GPP or script to map the drives
at login.

 

It will make the problem go away and also map the drives if it is a new
profile.  Double win.

 

James.

 

From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 4 August 2012 5:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: network drives show disconnected W7 and XP

 

Hi All,

 

The problem is with W7 accessing an XP machine running as a file share. The
W7 box has the xp shares mapped.  Upon reboot the drives show disconnected
until you open it manually.  Anyway to get it to not disconnect?  There is
an app that used the mapped drive letter and it wont run till that drive is
"connected"

 

I've tried to turn off UAC. - no luck

I've tried net config server /autodisconnect:-1 - noluck

I can do a batch script to map each time at login but prefer not to.

 

Any suggestions?

 

TIA

 

Jimmy

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RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

[James Hill]

I never had a problem with WinME but I only used it as a consumer.  Vista
with decent drivers is also good.

 

James.

 

From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 3:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

Vista sucked. Hard. So did WinMe. Win95 had its issues.

Win98SE with SP3 was rock solid stable for me. Same for WinXP w/SP3. Win7
rocks the casbah.

 

My personal experience. Your mileage may vary. Contents may settle during
shipping. Objects in mirror are larger than they appear. Offer void where
prohibited. Don't try this at home.

 

Daniel Chenault

dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com

Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160

 

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

As I said previously, people are trying really really hard to create this
'fail meme' myth.  I find it ironic that years later people still try and
manufacter FUD.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG 
wrote:

That doesn't make those "consumer level" operating systems.  Both those OSes
were "intended" for business clients.

 

Joe Heaton

ITB - Enterprise Server Support

 

From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:12 AM
To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues


Subject: Re: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

Huh.

I ran NT4 Workstation, and especially Win2k, at home, in preference to
Win9x.

Kurt

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Daniel Chenault
 wrote:

Notice the list is only consumer-level desktop products.

 

Daniel Chenault

dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com

Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160

 

From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:33 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

Your pattern has lots of holes in it - namely those in-between SPs, and all
of NT (3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4, and all of the SPs - NT4 SP2, anyone?)

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Daniel Chenault
 wrote:

Bad = does not meet expectations

Good = at least better than previous version if not more

 

Dos 3.3 - good

DOS 4.0 - bad

DOS 5.0 - good

Windows 3.0 - bad

WfW 3.11 - good

Windows 95 - bad

Windows 98 w/sp3 - good

Windows Millenium - bad

WinXP w/SP3 - good

Vista - bad

Win7 - good

Win8 - ?

 

I see a pattern

 

Daniel Chenault

dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com

Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160

 

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:09 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

Don't they normally come out onside for MS? Strange

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/23/gartner_windows_8_review/
 

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RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

[James Hill]

I'm sure I read somewhere that the RTM would have a tutorial at the start
that  isn't in the CP or RP.

 

James.

 

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 11:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

I found this comment from a reader of the article quite good

 

Microsoft knew this new OS would be radically different. Yet they have made
zero effort to educate people on how to do even the most basic things. When
Apple reversed the behaviour of two-fingered scrolling, you had to go
through a tutorial and then demonstrate that you understood the change
before you could even log in the first time. There was nothing stopping
Microsoft from doing something similar, but they didn't. Instead they left
everyone to the mercy of a completely new and foreign interface that isn't
even remotely similar to the previous one.

The vast majority of the world will take one look at the interface, not have
the foggiest idea how to even START (pardon the pun), and conclude it's
crap. And as far as I'm concerned, not to mention virtually every person
I've spoken to, that is a completely reasonable attitude. People like you
are an overwhelming minority in this world. Windows is there to get work
done. Not to play "Where did Microsoft hide the function I want THIS time?".

And before you jump to the inevitable "Well I can't help it if you're too
dumb..." line, let me point out it has nothing to do with ability or lack
thereof. It has everything to do with not giving a rats posterior. Between
work, family, and a myriad other obligations, it boils down to the simple
fact that the majority of people flat out don't CARE. I have work to do. I
have a family to worry about. The computer in front of me either facilitates
that work, or it doesn't. If it hinders my ability to do work, then it's
crap. PERIOD.

On 24 July 2012 14:53, Guyer, Don  wrote:

It's obviously meant for touch screens and mobile devices. Will they
possibly release a different version for "normal" desktop use, whether it be
under a different version or name (Win8 Desktop)?

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology

Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073

email: dgu...@che.org

Office:  610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440

For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the
helpdesk @ 610-492-3839.

Description: Description: Description: InfoService-Logo240

 

From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:47 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

Bad = does not meet expectations

Good = at least better than previous version if not more

 

Dos 3.3 - good

DOS 4.0 - bad

DOS 5.0 - good

Windows 3.0 - bad

WfW 3.11 - good

Windows 95 - bad

Windows 98 w/sp3 - good

Windows Millenium - bad

WinXP w/SP3 - good

Vista - bad

Win7 - good

Win8 - ?

 

I see a pattern

 

Daniel Chenault

dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com

Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CCF24C.F9B05160

 

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

 

Don't they normally come out onside for MS? Strange

 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/23/gartner_windows_8_review/

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glad I cleared the confusion up there nice and early. Where opinions are
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statement as an indication that I am in the business of providing a

RE: Rant: local ISP and DNS entries for Office365

[James Hill]

This is the biggest road block in an Office365 migration for me as well.
When possible I transfer the domain to a registrar that has free and decent
DNS tools so that I can make all the changes myself.

 

Trying to get the required SRV records created properly for Lync by a 3rd
party using who knows what kind of interface is always a challenge.

 

James.

 

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 21 July 2012 12:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Rant: local ISP and DNS entries for Office365

 

Ugh. 

Been battling with the local ISP who hosts the clients DNS zone. Took over a
week for them to finally create the TXT record for verification. And it
wasn't that they were too busy. First they said they had no idea how to
create it. Then said it was created and wasn't. Lots of back and forth. Now
that we have verified, we need to crate 6 more records, and they are telling
us they can't. That they are getting errors when doing it. So I ended up
creating a zone file for them to import the entries. Horrible, horrible
service. Really need to move the zone to another hosting provider.  I would
have crated the entries myself, but their DNS tool only allows a user to
create A and CNAME records. So for everything else (TXT, SRV, MX), I'm at
their mercy. 

Sorry just wanted to vent. 

Anyone like GoDaddy for DNS hosting? This is a small client with a single
domain, and only a few DNS records. The GoDaddy DNS tools look decent and I
think it's only $36/year. 

Thanks, 


Christopher Bodnar 
Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise
Architecture and Engineering Services 


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3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 
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RE: attempted break in via RDP

[James Hill]

Use a RD/TS Gateway or a VPN.  Direct RDP access is bad.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Laurence [mailto:laurence.chi...@jalapeno-bs.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, 20 July 2012 8:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: attempted break in via RDP

Hi All

I have a small client that runs server 2008.

They use the server as a remote access server and have port forwarded the RDP 
ports in the internet router to the server.

over the last couple of days we have seen multiple entries in the event viewer 
of event ID 1012:

Remote session from client name a exceeded the maximum allowed failed logon 
attempts. The session was forcibly terminated.

our internet router does not do any detailed logging so i cant do much 
investigation there

does windows server 2008 do any logging of these attempted RDP connection 
attempts?

thanks

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RE: No more SBS

[James Hill]

Yes this is on Outlook 2010.  If you close and reopen Outlook it will grab
the new messages but then nothing new.

 

Works ok once the sync is complete.

 

From: Ben M. Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 8 July 2012 1:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No more SBS

 

Are you using Outlook 2010? New messages should continue to arrive – albeit
more slowly – during the sync. Outlook 2010 pulls newest messages first so
new messages will get decent priority in the sync queue.

 

Outbound messages will go too – though much more slowly since they’re lower
priority.

 

Ben M. Schorr

Roland Schorr & Tower

 <http://www.rolandschorr.com> www.rolandschorr.com |
<http://www.officeforlawyers.com> www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter:
@bschorr

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 15:52
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No more SBS

 

We have similar constraints here in Australia.  Office 365 for us means a
data centre in Singapore.  The connection is slow and moving GB’s of data
via slow upload DSL services is painful.  I’m moving a small client at the
moment with only 4 staff but quite large mailboxes and it will take days and
days for it complete.  During this time Outlook is rendered useless as it
doesn’t show new messages or send new messages as it is busy still uploading
the old.

 

For customers that want “cloud” I’m recommending SBS 2011 Essentials with
O365, they at least have local file storage then.  Thankfully Essentials is
still going to be around for a little while longer.

 

James.

 

 

 

From: Graeme Carstairs [ <mailto:loonyto...@gmail.com>
mailto:loonyto...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 7:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

 

My big problem in the UK and in Aberdeen is that the only affordable
internet service is DSL and the majority of Exchanges are not LLU, so its BT
Wholesale service, where the SLA is"we will make a best effort to fix in a
reasonable timeframe" 

 

Now on premises SBS 2011 with Exchange links go down, you get no e-mail from
outside. 

 

Office 365 for file and and e-mail and Sharepoint, Links go down you get no
e-mail plus cant get at the rest of your stuff either.

 

Backup DSL?? yeh from the same exchange on the same 50pair cable at the
cabinet, probably ont he same DSLAM even if you go to a different ISP its
still the BT wholesale service, so the chances are when DSL1 goes down the
backup one goes down too.

 

Get a leased line with SLA looking into £9000 plus depending on distance and
bandwidth, per year, oh you could have a server for that and not need the
leased line.

 

We have 5% of our Small business clients on Office 365, we did have 10% but
the 1st 2 days DSL outage and they wanted their servers back.

 

Cloud is only as good as the links to the cloud, and unfortunately good
reliable fast links are not cost acceptable in some parts of the world.

 

I know that 95% of our SBS customers will not be happy and will make the
move from Exchange to a.n. other e-mail server, and may move from MS all
together.

 

Graeme

 

 

On 6 July 2012 07:30, Steven Peck < <mailto:sep...@gmail.com>
sep...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well then, let's put things in perspective.  I've had my personal mail
domain hosted by Microsoft for several years now and I've never experienced
an outage.  I know someone with Office 365 and he did.

 

So, have they had outages?  Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo sure.  For everyone?
Was it just the free services or ALL of the pay services.  Let's not get
into claiming that it affected millions on millions of people when most of
the time a few hundred to a few thousand were affected and most had service
restored in a few hours.

 

We have some resilience with various apps at work and we work really hard to
maintain uptime, yet the storage team missed a small, yet evidently very
important check box on the new SAN last weekend and as a result, Monday was
a joy to be in the office.  The only thing we could do was wait for the
storage team to correct the issue which just took time.

 

So the cloud is no different then anyone's office.  If you have a paid
service then you have SLA's and penalties for those not being met.

 

Three of our various data centers will also being going upgrades to the
power in the next few months.  While we have some resilience, we aren't that
large that we will have all services available when we shut the main site
down.  AS a result, we get an outage.

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Greg Sweers < <mailto:gswe...@acts360.com>
gswe...@acts360.com> wrote:

I would say for organizations with less than 200 people scheduled downtime
is the norm.  That is getting shorter with the combination of "Cloud"
technologies and as hardware continues to get cheaper.  I agree that larger
organizations can afford the technology to prevent down

RE: No more SBS

[James Hill]

Yes you can, well in this country at least.  Having said that the largest 
carrier here will tell you it isn’t available unless you are a big customer and 
even then you have to speak to the right people.  My understanding is that this 
is due to the shortage of IPV4 addresses so hopefully that will disappear with 
IPV6.

 

 

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 7 July 2012 10:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

 

This whole discussion makes me wonder...

 

Can you get a static ip on a wireless data plan?  I've never heard of such a 
thing, but my never having heard of it don't amount to a hill of beans in this 
crazy world.

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 6:59 PM, James Hill  wrote:

You’re talking about download speeds there Ken and you are talking best case 
scenario (ie, in a Capital City when it isn’t overly busy).  So it’s 15Mbps 
download (not upload) on 3G and on 4G (LTE) here is the figures from the 
carrier’s website:-  

 

http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/coverage-networks/network-information/4g/
 

“Customers using a USB 4G mobile broadband device in 4G coverage areas can 
enjoy typical download speeds ranging from 2Mbps to 40Mbps – up to twice as 
fast as our fastest existing 3G device (the Ultimate USB). Customers can also 
experience typical upload speeds of 1Mbps to 10Mbps in 4G coverage areas, which 
is up to 3 times faster than our 3G Ultimate USB device today.”

 

Then of course there is the added latency on wireless services.  For most of 
this country ADSL1/2+ services are still the best option unless you want to 
spend the bigger bucks.

 

James.

 

From: hotmail_b243df4f33245...@live.com 
[mailto:hotmail_b243df4f33245...@live.com] On Behalf Of ken schaefer
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 9:54 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No more SBS

 

Interesting. Most places I've been worldwide have 15mbps+ over 3G. In Aus we 
have LTE which is 40mbps+ Sending a 5MB email is no issue. You can buy 3G 
router devices for $200, which include failover between dsl/cable and 3G. Just 
insert your SIM. I have a couple one from SG and one from Aus.



Sent from my Windows Phone

  _  

From: Graeme Carstairs
Sent: 6/7/2012 8:44 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

There is 3G, 

 

But 3G speeds for a single phone user are poor neve mind trying to run 10 
people or more through a 3G dongle to access their e-mails, and SharePoint 

 

Dial up is also a non started people are now getting used to sending e-mails of 
any size and them appearing almost instanlty,

 

Someone sends a 5?MB file and everyone stops working for 15 minutes as your 
dongle is maxed out, plus mobile data charges are horrendous as well.

 

For areas in the UK SBS with Exchange onsite is still the best options for 
small businesses.

 

Graeme

 

 

Graeme

 

 

On 6 July 2012 10:35, ken schaefer  wrote:

There's no 3G/4G? 



Sent from my Windows Phone

  _  

From: Graeme Carstairs
Sent: 6/7/2012 7:11 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

My big problem in the UK and in Aberdeen is that the only affordable internet 
service is DSL and the majority of Exchanges are not LLU, so its BT Wholesale 
service, where the SLA is"we will make a best effort to fix in a reasonable 
timeframe"  

 

Now on premises SBS 2011 with Exchange links go down, you get no e-mail from 
outside. 

 

Office 365 for file and and e-mail and Sharepoint, Links go down you get no 
e-mail plus cant get at the rest of your stuff either.

 

Backup DSL?? yeh from the same exchange on the same 50pair cable at the 
cabinet, probably ont he same DSLAM even if you go to a different ISP its still 
the BT wholesale service, so the chances are when DSL1 goes down the backup one 
goes down too.

 

Get a leased line with SLA looking into £9000 plus depending on distance and 
bandwidth, per year, oh you could have a server for that and not need the 
leased line.

 

We have 5% of our Small business clients on Office 365, we did have 10% but the 
1st 2 days DSL outage and they wanted their servers back.

 

Cloud is only as good as the links to the cloud, and unfortunately good 
reliable fast links are not cost acceptable in some parts of the world.

 

I know that 95% of our SBS customers will not be happy and will make the move 
from Exchange to a.n. other e-mail server, and may move from MS all together.

 

Graeme

 

 

On 6 July 2012 07:30, Steven Peck  wrote:

Well then, let's put things in perspective.  I've had my personal mail domain 
hosted by Microsoft for several years now and I've never experienced an outage. 
 I know someone with Office 365 and he did.

 

So, have they had outages?  Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo sure.  For everyone?  Was 
it just the free services or ALL of the pay services.  Let's not get into 
claiming that it affected millions on millions of people when most of the time 
a fe

RE: No more SBS

[James Hill]

You’re talking about download speeds there Ken and you are talking best case 
scenario (ie, in a Capital City when it isn’t overly busy).  So it’s 15Mbps 
download (not upload) on 3G and on 4G (LTE) here is the figures from the 
carrier’s website:-  

 

http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/coverage-networks/network-information/4g/
 

“Customers using a USB 4G mobile broadband device in 4G coverage areas can 
enjoy typical download speeds ranging from 2Mbps to 40Mbps – up to twice as 
fast as our fastest existing 3G device (the Ultimate USB). Customers can also 
experience typical upload speeds of 1Mbps to 10Mbps in 4G coverage areas, which 
is up to 3 times faster than our 3G Ultimate USB device today.”

 

Then of course there is the added latency on wireless services.  For most of 
this country ADSL1/2+ services are still the best option unless you want to 
spend the bigger bucks.

 

James.

 

From: hotmail_b243df4f33245...@live.com 
[mailto:hotmail_b243df4f33245...@live.com] On Behalf Of ken schaefer
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 9:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No more SBS

 

Interesting. Most places I've been worldwide have 15mbps+ over 3G. In Aus we 
have LTE which is 40mbps+ Sending a 5MB email is no issue. You can buy 3G 
router devices for $200, which include failover between dsl/cable and 3G. Just 
insert your SIM. I have a couple one from SG and one from Aus.

Sent from my Windows Phone

  _  

From: Graeme Carstairs
Sent: 6/7/2012 8:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

There is 3G, 

 

But 3G speeds for a single phone user are poor neve mind trying to run 10 
people or more through a 3G dongle to access their e-mails, and SharePoint 

 

Dial up is also a non started people are now getting used to sending e-mails of 
any size and them appearing almost instanlty,

 

Someone sends a 5?MB file and everyone stops working for 15 minutes as your 
dongle is maxed out, plus mobile data charges are horrendous as well.

 

For areas in the UK SBS with Exchange onsite is still the best options for 
small businesses.

 

Graeme

 

 

Graeme

 

 

On 6 July 2012 10:35, ken schaefer  wrote:

There's no 3G/4G? 



Sent from my Windows Phone

  _  

From: Graeme Carstairs
Sent: 6/7/2012 7:11 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

My big problem in the UK and in Aberdeen is that the only affordable internet 
service is DSL and the majority of Exchanges are not LLU, so its BT Wholesale 
service, where the SLA is"we will make a best effort to fix in a reasonable 
timeframe"  

 

Now on premises SBS 2011 with Exchange links go down, you get no e-mail from 
outside. 

 

Office 365 for file and and e-mail and Sharepoint, Links go down you get no 
e-mail plus cant get at the rest of your stuff either.

 

Backup DSL?? yeh from the same exchange on the same 50pair cable at the 
cabinet, probably ont he same DSLAM even if you go to a different ISP its still 
the BT wholesale service, so the chances are when DSL1 goes down the backup one 
goes down too.

 

Get a leased line with SLA looking into £9000 plus depending on distance and 
bandwidth, per year, oh you could have a server for that and not need the 
leased line.

 

We have 5% of our Small business clients on Office 365, we did have 10% but the 
1st 2 days DSL outage and they wanted their servers back.

 

Cloud is only as good as the links to the cloud, and unfortunately good 
reliable fast links are not cost acceptable in some parts of the world.

 

I know that 95% of our SBS customers will not be happy and will make the move 
from Exchange to a.n. other e-mail server, and may move from MS all together.

 

Graeme

 

 

On 6 July 2012 07:30, Steven Peck  wrote:

Well then, let's put things in perspective.  I've had my personal mail domain 
hosted by Microsoft for several years now and I've never experienced an outage. 
 I know someone with Office 365 and he did.

 

So, have they had outages?  Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo sure.  For everyone?  Was 
it just the free services or ALL of the pay services.  Let's not get into 
claiming that it affected millions on millions of people when most of the time 
a few hundred to a few thousand were affected and most had service restored in 
a few hours.

 

We have some resilience with various apps at work and we work really hard to 
maintain uptime, yet the storage team missed a small, yet evidently very 
important check box on the new SAN last weekend and as a result, Monday was a 
joy to be in the office.  The only thing we could do was wait for the storage 
team to correct the issue which just took time.

 

So the cloud is no different then anyone's office.  If you have a paid service 
then you have SLA's and penalties for those not being met.

 

Three of our various data centers will also being going upgrades to the power 
in the next few months.  While we have some resilience, we aren't that large 
that we will have all services available whe

RE: No more SBS

[James Hill]

We have similar constraints here in Australia.  Office 365 for us means a
data centre in Singapore.  The connection is slow and moving GB’s of data
via slow upload DSL services is painful.  I’m moving a small client at the
moment with only 4 staff but quite large mailboxes and it will take days and
days for it complete.  During this time Outlook is rendered useless as it
doesn’t show new messages or send new messages as it is busy still uploading
the old.

 

For customers that want “cloud” I’m recommending SBS 2011 Essentials with
O365, they at least have local file storage then.  Thankfully Essentials is
still going to be around for a little while longer.

 

James.

 

 

 

From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:loonyto...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 7:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

 

My big problem in the UK and in Aberdeen is that the only affordable
internet service is DSL and the majority of Exchanges are not LLU, so its BT
Wholesale service, where the SLA is"we will make a best effort to fix in a
reasonable timeframe" 

 

Now on premises SBS 2011 with Exchange links go down, you get no e-mail from
outside. 

 

Office 365 for file and and e-mail and Sharepoint, Links go down you get no
e-mail plus cant get at the rest of your stuff either.

 

Backup DSL?? yeh from the same exchange on the same 50pair cable at the
cabinet, probably ont he same DSLAM even if you go to a different ISP its
still the BT wholesale service, so the chances are when DSL1 goes down the
backup one goes down too.

 

Get a leased line with SLA looking into £9000 plus depending on distance and
bandwidth, per year, oh you could have a server for that and not need the
leased line.

 

We have 5% of our Small business clients on Office 365, we did have 10% but
the 1st 2 days DSL outage and they wanted their servers back.

 

Cloud is only as good as the links to the cloud, and unfortunately good
reliable fast links are not cost acceptable in some parts of the world.

 

I know that 95% of our SBS customers will not be happy and will make the
move from Exchange to a.n. other e-mail server, and may move from MS all
together.

 

Graeme

 

 

On 6 July 2012 07:30, Steven Peck  wrote:

Well then, let's put things in perspective.  I've had my personal mail
domain hosted by Microsoft for several years now and I've never experienced
an outage.  I know someone with Office 365 and he did.

 

So, have they had outages?  Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo sure.  For everyone?
Was it just the free services or ALL of the pay services.  Let's not get
into claiming that it affected millions on millions of people when most of
the time a few hundred to a few thousand were affected and most had service
restored in a few hours.

 

We have some resilience with various apps at work and we work really hard to
maintain uptime, yet the storage team missed a small, yet evidently very
important check box on the new SAN last weekend and as a result, Monday was
a joy to be in the office.  The only thing we could do was wait for the
storage team to correct the issue which just took time.

 

So the cloud is no different then anyone's office.  If you have a paid
service then you have SLA's and penalties for those not being met.

 

Three of our various data centers will also being going upgrades to the
power in the next few months.  While we have some resilience, we aren't that
large that we will have all services available when we shut the main site
down.  AS a result, we get an outage.

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Greg Sweers  wrote:

I would say for organizations with less than 200 people scheduled downtime
is the norm.  That is getting shorter with the combination of "Cloud"
technologies and as hardware continues to get cheaper.  I agree that larger
organizations can afford the technology to prevent downtime as their
downtime cost around a 24x7 schedule is easily justified with an ROI.  I
don’t know any SMB's that can't afford an hour downtime in the middle of the
night for automatic patching, reboots, etc...and most of them do LOB apps
upgrades once or twice a year for a few hours..  Hardly a business case for
that kind of tech/software.

Greg Sweers
CEO
ACTS360.com
P.O. Box 1193
Brandon, FL  33509
813-657-0849 Office
813-758-6850 Cell
813-341-1270 Fax



-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]

Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 7:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

Scheduled downtime is a good thing, especially in SMBs - when you don't have
monetary resources, you use time and energy. Most small businesses have
times when they're not staffed, and those are good times to do patching,
upgrading, reconfiguring, etc.

Larger businesses have the resources to pull these things off behind the
scenes.

Kurt

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Michael B. Smith 
wrote:
> Eh, downtime is downtime. Call me oldschool.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmai

RE: How many in your company can join systems to domain

[James Hill]

I second that.  I also think that the majority of the devices that have pushed 
in have been ipads.  Microsoft haven't had anything good enough to compete with 
them.

Soon there will be Surface and it will fill that hole.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 8:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain

Agreed.

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Michael B. Smith  wrote:
> Whether you call it "identity federation", "network access control", "domain 
> join" or whatever - IT will require control of the devices consuming 
> corporate content.
>
> In my opinion, the wild-and-wooly days of BYOD are already past. IT is going 
> to make you sign something that says IT can wipe your device if you leave the 
> company. And if they aren't yet, they will be darn soon.
>
> You put an SCCM agent (or an InTune agent) on a non-domain-joined machine, 
> and except for authentication, it might as well be domain-joined. 
> Authorization and access to many corporate resources can be controlled from 
> that agent.
>
> And the comment that "those fancy Mac laptops" aren't on the domain -- that's 
> completely wrong. They call it "binding to the domain" instead of "joining 
> the domain", but at my MORG and LORG customers, the Macs are on the domain 
> just like the PCs.
>
> Long story short - I'm certainly not as famous as he is, but I disagree with 
> him.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:56 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain
>
> Think this was what I was referring to
>
> http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2012/04/30/the-re
> al-reason-microsoft-windows-rt-devices-won-t-be-able-to-join-ad-domain
> s-hint-ad-is-not-about-systems-management-anymore.aspx
>
> The issue is the session the user uses is domain-joined, not the 
> device itself
>
> I am on holiday so haven't had time to read it properly and ensure it 
> said what I was thinking about
>
> ---Blackberried
>
> -Original Message-
> From: "Michael B. Smith" 
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:22:04
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Subject: RE: How many in your 
> company can join systems to domain
>
> I'm running way behind here, and some people may have already responded, but 
> if he said that - well, I think it's just a crock.
>
> Domain membership provides a plethora of functionality.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:39 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: How many in your company can join systems to domain
>
> Kind of makes it hard to use a GPO then, doesn't it?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:10 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain
>
> Wasn't there a good piece posted a while back (maybe from Brian Madden) about 
> how having domain-joined computers is no longer strictly necessary?
>
> ---Blackberried
>
> -Original Message-
> From: "Kennedy, Jim" 
> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:31:42
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Subject: RE: How many in your 
> company can join systems to domain
>
> I have thought about this before...so I am going to toss it out there and see 
> how it gets swatted down.
>
> If a staff member brings in a home laptop and joins it to the domain is it 
> more of a threat or less of a threat than not being in the domain and just 
> plugged into the network. I ask because here after they reboot they will get 
> all the patches, up to date AV software and no-one except IT Staff will be a 
> local admin. Most won't even be able to get to a command prompt.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 1:17 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: How many in your company can join systems to domain
>
> By default yes, unless you turn it off, which, IMHO, is the sane thing to 
> do...
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Webster  wrote:
>> I haven't had to deal with this in a long time but IIRC anyone who is 
>> in Domain Users can join up to 10 computers to your domain.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243327
>>
>>
>> Carl Webster
>>
>> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
>>
>> http://www.CarlWebster.com
>>
>>
>> From: David Lum 
>> Reply-To: NT Issues 
>> Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 8:19 AM
>> To: NT Issues 
>> Subject: How many in your company can join systems to domain
>>
>> Subject line pretty much says it. We have 600 employees and an IT 
>> staff of 50-ish (including developers) and I swear all 50 can join 
>> systems to the domain. Certainly 10 of them ca

RE: Friday (kinda) Funny

[James Hill]

That was the first thing I did.  About a minute earlier I cut the power to a
generator that was feeding the UPS.  The generator was also happily chugging
along in that same water.  



"Diesel power!" is the term I believe.

 

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2012 9:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday (kinda) Funny

 

Out of curiousity...  did anyone suggest you reach down and turn it off?  :)



 

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 4:09 PM, James Hill  wrote:

I'm not the biggest fan of APC units but I have seen one continue to power
equipment whilst it was standing in 2-3 foot of water.  It was beeping as if
something was wrong though.


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From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]

Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2012 5:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday (kinda) Funny

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ben M. Schorr 
wrote:
> I never had to buy one of their proprietary cables - I always got one
> in the box with the unit.  That said...considering what I've seen in
> the field between APC and other brands I'd gladly spend the $28 to
> have the reliability and support of APC if I had to.

 I haven't found APC to be anything special.  I've had several of their
units drop the load during a self-test.  I've had multiple units have the
batteries swell up and get jammed in the chassis, requiring extensive
dismantling to be removed.  The LE1200 voltage regulators seem to have a
design flaw where the tap selector relay gets stuck and won't start under

load; their support people will replace the unit if it's under warranty, but

seem unable to understand the concept of a design flaw.

 Note that I say I haven't found APC to be *special*.  That means they're
no better, but also no worse, than any other brand of UPS.
They all seem to suck in various ways.

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RE: Friday (kinda) Funny

[James Hill]

I'm not the biggest fan of APC units but I have seen one continue to power
equipment whilst it was standing in 2-3 foot of water.  It was beeping as if
something was wrong though.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2012 5:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday (kinda) Funny

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Ben M. Schorr 
wrote:
> I never had to buy one of their proprietary cables - I always got one 
> in the box with the unit.  That said...considering what I've seen in 
> the field between APC and other brands I'd gladly spend the $28 to 
> have the reliability and support of APC if I had to.

  I haven't found APC to be anything special.  I've had several of their
units drop the load during a self-test.  I've had multiple units have the
batteries swell up and get jammed in the chassis, requiring extensive
dismantling to be removed.  The LE1200 voltage regulators seem to have a
design flaw where the tap selector relay gets stuck and won't start under
load; their support people will replace the unit if it's under warranty, but
seem unable to understand the concept of a design flaw.

  Note that I say I haven't found APC to be *special*.  That means they're
no better, but also no worse, than any other brand of UPS.
They all seem to suck in various ways.

-- Ben

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RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

[James Hill]

There are many cases where SBS makes sense, including when handled by
clueful IT professionals.

It's a very good product and when used and administered the way it was
designed to be there is no issue.  Problems arise when clueful IT
professionals who know AD, Exchange etc. (but not SBS) try and use it as
they would for each of the individual components.

James.

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From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 4:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Jimmy Tran  wrote:
> I’m getting ready to purchase a few licenses for a client.  The main 
> difference I see between the two OS’s is SBS includes Exchange.  The 
> down side is SBS requires much more resources as seen from my lab.  If 
> there are no plans for on premise exchange, should I be going with Server
2008 R2?

  While I haven't touched it in literally years, I've always tried to stay
away from SBS.  There are various licensing constraints (e.g., must be a DC
holding the FSMO roles) that can cause artificial headaches.  Worse, there
are a bunch of "wizards" and canned configuration and other things designed
to help you, and if you deviate from the SBS way of doing things, they can
fail in weird ways.
 SBS mainly seems to be designed for a small company that mostly does their
own IT but shouldn't.  So if this client is one of those (mostly does their
own IT, but shouldn't) SBS may be appropriate.  But if their IT is handled
by clueful IT professionals, I would steer clear.

-- Ben

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RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

[James Hill]

How many offices are there?  If there are many then integration makes even
more sense.  Just because the network is connected doesn't mean they can't
appear to run independent.  There are benefits to central
administration/management.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 5:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

It sounds like I should stay away from wizards...that way they have to keep
me :)  The will never integrate the networks because each office is
independent of each other, under different business names as well.
There is no need to integrate them.

I guess I'll just test out the features and see how it goes.

Thanks for the input.  Looks like I'm leaning towards Server 2008.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Jimmy Tran  wrote:
> They will have no more than 20 per office and each office will be 
> setup independent of each other.

  Either that won't last, or the company won't.  So I'd try to get them to
plan for eventual integration of the various office networks.
Which again rules out SBS.

-- Ben

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RE: 2008 R2 SP1 GPO Drive Mappings

[James Hill]

Time to turn the logging on as per Brian’s email.

 

From: chipsh...@comcast.net [mailto:chipsh...@comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, 4 June 2012 10:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2008 R2 SP1 GPO Drive Mappings

 

User on both servers are running as local and domain admins.

Share has full access as System along with Domain Admins.

I've moved the mapping up in the list with negative results.

I'll need to look at "run in current user security context".

UAC has been turned off.

Thanks.

Steve

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From: "Jonathan" 
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 10:07:02 PM
Subject: Re: 2008 R2 SP1 GPO Drive Mappings

On that note.are the users running as local admins, or regular users? I've 
run into a widely documented issue where drives would not map successfully via 
GPO if the user was a local admin, but would map manually just fine. It has to 
do with UAC.

Jonathan

On Jun 2, 2012 1:07 PM, "Rankin, James R"  wrote:

Do you have the "run in current user security context" checked? Maybe think it 
might be worth a try if you don't

---Blackberried

-Original Message-
From: George Grant 
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 12:59:12
To: NT System Admin Issues
Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Subject: RE: 2008 R2 SP1 GPO Drive 
Mappings

Check upper level share and security permissions.  Specifically to system user

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From: chipsh...@comcast.net [mailto:chipsh...@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 2008 R2 SP1 GPO Drive Mappings

Correction: net use shows the M: drive when mapped manually.


From: chipsh...@comcast.net
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 11:30:56 AM
Subject: 2008 R2 SP1 GPO Drive Mappings


Mapping a total of 12 drives via GPO applicable to 2 distinct indexing servers. 
11 drives map fine. Mapping M: to \\servername\sharename 
 
 does not work although the mapping has a green 
bang in GPO as do all the other drives. If I map the drive manually it works 
just fine. net use shows all but the M: drive when mapped manually and not when 
mapped via GPO. Googlefu fails me. Any ideas? Thanks.

Steve

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RE: Time for new core switches

[James Hill]

Haven't used Enterasys for a long time but one thing I really liked about
them was that each line in the config was numbered.  It made it so easy when
removing a bunch of lines as you could just use the negate cmd and specify
the line numbers/range.

 

From: Derek Harris [mailto:dhar...@panoramaortho.com] 
Sent: Monday, 21 May 2012 4:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Time for new core switches

 

I've been running Enterasys switches exclusively for several years and am
very happy with them http://www.enterasys.com/. Before that, I've had Cisco,
3Com, & Dell. One cool thing about Enterasys is that the default configs
make sense, like the default QOS settings. 

 

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Time for new core switches

 

http://www.dell.com/us/enterprise/p/force10-z-series

 

In the datacenter.

 

-sc

 

From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Time for new core switches

 

Hi Folks,

 

My core switch bank is a series of 3COM (HP) 1GIG managed switches.  They've
worked very well.  I don't think the exact model is made anymore, so I
cannot add to the current bank.

 

Looking at my options, what speeds are you now using for your core switches:
1 GB, 10, 100?  We don't do any audio or AutoCad type of things here, but I
do have several SANS that are connected to the core.  I haven't run any port
stats yet but I will.  

 

What about port size?  Each of these switches has 24 ports.  I could
continue with smaller switches or look for a few switches with many ports.
I recall seeing a Foundry core switch a few years ago and I think it had a
few hundred ports.  

 

Thoughts?  

 

Tom

 

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RE: TCP/IP stack reset

[James Hill]

The use of "In windows" and "a Microsoft technology" by a software vendor
sends off alarm bells for me.  Every time I hear them talking like that they
are *nix positive and Windows negative and generally find any issue with
their software to be due to the *flawed* software that Microsoft creates.

 

James.

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2012 2:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: TCP/IP stack reset

 

This was his reply...

In windows there is only one TCP/IP stack even if a server (or workstation)
has multiple NIC cards in it. Therefore the reset of ANY NIC card on a
windows computer causes the TCP/IP stack on the computer to reset. The
problem is that BroadView uses two communications methods. One, the newer
one, does not care or is bothered by the stack resets. Unfortunately the
other method, the older one, is based on DCOM (a Microsoft technology) which
is sensitive to a TCP/IP stack reset. When a reset happens it effectively
breaks that part of BroadView. Thus some parts of BroadView (like form
operations) continue after a TCP/IP stack reset, but other parts are broken
and can only be fixed by restarting BroadView and can cause the BroadView
application server to outright crash.

 So, if the NIC on the server was going bad and kept resetting it would
break BroadView. If the switch port that the server is connected to resets,
it would cause the stack to reset and again break BroadView. If the cable
between the server and the switch is failing it can cause the stack to reset
and again, BroadView would break.

 

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Daniel Chenault
 wrote:

If the stack is resetting than it is dropping all current connections. This
would be evident in the trace by workstationA sending a packet to ServerA
with a response of RST. Following that would be the standard 3-way TCP
handshake.

 

I question the robustness of an app that cannot gracefully handle a reset
from another layer. I also question why the stack would be resetting
frequently enough to be an issue. Resetting a specific connection, sure, but
the whole stack? Dubious allegation. Check the trace.

 

Daniel Chenault

dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com

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From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: TCP/IP stack reset

 

Morning/afternoon all...

I have a particular application that is giving me headaches.  It is
client/server based app that is constantly crashing.  The vendor is saying
it is a network issue:  that the network stack is resetting causing one of
the services to crash.  I've updates the NIC drivers, the HP team drivers
and checked the switches and even changed the ports on the switch.  I've
install wireshark, but am having some difficulty interpreting the capture
logs.  Any ideas on what to look for would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

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RE: Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack

[James Hill]

That's correct.  Office KMS isn't supported on Windows 2008 Server.

 

Having said that Office KMS is a bit nicer to work with compared to Windows
KMS.

 

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] 
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2012 6:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack

 

Can anyone here confirm or deny that this won't install on a Windows 2008
server? 


 
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25095 


My KMS host systems are 2008, not 2008 R2, and the way the System
Requirements read, that isn't supported. 

Thanks, 


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RE: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: Which Server In A TS Farm? - Found word(s) farm in the subject - Found word(s) farm in the subject

[James Hill]

Maybe it's having difficulty reading the name/ip entered due to the font
size so it takes a guessa and hence you get a random result.

 

From: Robert Jackson [mailto:r...@walkermartyn.co.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 6:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: Which
Server In A TS Farm? - Found word(s) farm in the subject - Found word(s)
farm in the subject

 

Same thing.

 

From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday 09 May 2012 09:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: Which
Server In A TS Farm? - Found word(s) farm in the subject - Found word(s)
farm in the subject

 

Eh? What if you use the name?

---Blackberried

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From: "Robert Jackson"  

Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 09:07:20 +0100

To: NT System Admin Issues

ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 

Subject: RE: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: Which Server In A TS Farm? - Found
word(s) farm in the subject

 

I thought I may be missing something, but not that obvious.  If  I RDP based
on the physical IP address of the server I want to log in on, I potentially
may be redirected to another server in the Farm (I've tried this so I know).

 

 

 

From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday 09 May 2012 08:47
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: r...@walkermartyn.co.uk - Re: Which Server In A TS Farm? - Found
word(s) farm in the subject

 

Er, try RDP direct to your server of choice?

---Blackberried

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From: "Robert Jackson"  

Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 08:32:41 +0100

To: NT System Admin Issues

ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 

Subject: Which Server In A TS Farm?

 

Within a Terminal Services Farm, is it possible to specify which server to
log in to? As an Administrator, I may want to log into a specific server in
the TS Farm to check log files, AV updates etc.

 

 

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RE: UAC and local admin rights

[James Hill]

Not surprisingly their AV/AM solution is very busy for the relatively small
number of users.  And that's just the stuff it finds!

-Original Message-
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Subject: Re: UAC and local admin rights

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 9:54 PM, James Hill  wrote:
> Whilst investigating a new clients environment I found a group policy 
> created by the previous MSP that disabled UAC on all computers and 
> granted all users local admin rights.

  What's wrong with that?  It really cuts down on requests to the helpdesk
to install new software.  ;-)

  Bonus points if the previous provider's agreement didn't cover malware.
Now it's not just a cost-cutting measure, it's a revenue generator!  ;-)

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RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant

[James Hill]

I sold my C64 so I could use the cash towards buying my Amiga.  I loved that
Amiga.

 

From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:dgu...@che.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 4:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant

 

LOL

 

I sold my C64 years ago to a guy who had plans to make it into a HAM radio
of some sort.

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer

Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant

 

Even nostalgia has limits...

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Guyer, Donald  wrote:

Makes me want to start loading a game, using the cassette player..

 

Go eat dinner..

 

Then, go back and still have to wait for it to finish loading

 

J

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer

Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS

 

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:39 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: A moment of silence for the passing of another giant

 

Makes me want to go play Bard's Tale I-III or Ultima II-V (never played
Ultima).

 

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Bill Humphries 
wrote:

Mine too.  I have my Vic-20 and C=64 in the attic.



Erik Goldoff wrote:

:(
 Vic-20 and C=64 were my first two personal computers

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   Commodore founder Jack Tramiel dead at 83
 
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225995/Commodore_founder_Jack_Tramie
l_dead_at_83

   Pet
   Vic20
   C64
   C128
   Amiga


   Landmarks, each of them, and though he didn't have a hand in all of
   them, he pushed the personal computer industry forward in a big way.


   Kurt

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RE: GPP Drives Maps Not Updating Or Replacing

[James Hill]

When Windows 2008 first came out I came across this same issue and found it
quite frustrating.  I ended up only using Replace as Update was unreliable.

 

I found that I had to make sure that Replace was used from the start.  If it
wasn't I had to Delete the drive mappings and then use Replace from then on.

 

James.

 

From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 8 April 2012 12:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: GPP Drives Maps Not Updating Or Replacing

 

I just created a test GPO and first created a drive mapping set to "delete
all drives starting at" before creating the actual drive maps and this seems
to work. This would be a workaround but I really do not feel like deleting
then recreating all the drives maps in all the GPOs in AD that have drive
maps in them unless it is the last resort. It doesn't matter if the drives
are set to replace, they do not get replaced and based on my googling this
seems to happen to many and I have not found a solution other then
workarounds so far.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Tom Miller  wrote:

Is your GPP set to "create" or "replace"?  

 

I've had the same issue you report here when moving department files to new
servers.  Those I had set to create.  I *think* change it to replace took
care of it, but can't recall off-hand.  You may wish to give it a try.
  

One annoyance similar to what you report:  on laptops that staff take home,
the drive mappings are still listed in Explorer.  Staff think they can
cannot, but of course they cannot.  We've considered it a training issue,
but you'd think if a drive is not available, Windows (XP) would remove it?

 


>>> James Kerr  4/6/2012 2:34 PM >>>


Thought I would inquire with the hive mind on this one. 

Whenever we make a change to a drive albeit a change in path or label
whether we have the drive set to replace or to update the changes are never
made. We have to disconnect the drive and then logon to get the changes. Has
anybody else run into this and found a solution? Our DCs are 2008 and
2008R2. I thought maybe I could create a delete of the drive and place it
before the mapping of the drive but GP editor only allows me to move the
delete job up one order slot. What are most of you doing fore drive mapping
these days? I really don't want to go back to Kixtart and my google-fu isn't
working well today :-\

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RE: Xerox Phaser 6280 DN review

[James Hill]

I mentioned Xerox Phaser 3428's and 3435's in one of those discussions and I
stand by what I said then.  As good as the trusty HP Laserjet 4000/4050 imo.

Glad to hear one of their other models is solid as well.

At the time Xerox really meant "photocopier" here so we hadn't even
considered them for A4 printing.  But they were recommended by a print
broker at the time and after trialling a couple of units we went ahead.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 24 March 2012 1:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Xerox Phaser 6280 DN review

 This is in response to some recent discussion around printer brands/models.

  We have purchased three Xerox Phaser 6280 DN units over the past few
years.  They are way overkill for our expected print volume, but they were
the cheapest, smallest thing I could find that didn't obviously suck.

http://www.office.xerox.com/printers/color-printers/phaser-6280/enus.html

  The 6280 is also available in an MFD variant, of which I know nothing
beyond its existence, but from the web site picture, appears to be the same
printer with a scan deck bolted on top (like most MFD lasers these days).

  These are single-pass color laser printers.  600 DPI.  Duplex.  USB,
Ethernet.  PCL5, PCL6 (AKA PCL-XL), PostScript 3.Drivers (or
equivalent) are offered for Windows, as well as Mac OS X, Linux (CUPS), and
AS/400 (!?).  1-year on-site warranty.

  Network protocols included in the marketing brochure (possibly also the
product) are:

Print: LPR; raw TCP ("Port 9100"); SMB; FTP; IPP
Transport: IP; IPX; NetBEUI
Management: SNMP; HTTP; SMTP; Telent
Discovery: mDNS; WSD

  Stock paper supplies are the 250 sheet main drawer and a fold-down
150 sheet bypass tray ("Multi-Purpose Tray", or "MPT").  An optional
550 sheet stack-on drawer is advertised.

  Stock RAM is 256 MB.  Max RAM advertised as 1.25 GB.  A hard disk drive
kit is advertised.

  The main consumables are four print cartridges (CMYK), each combining
toner supply and photo-drum.  Available in two sizes (page count
capacities).  The high-cap black is rated at 7000 pages; the high-cap color,
5900 pages.  Using CDW's prices, I worked it out to $0.14/page, which seems
typical for machines of this type.  Long-life consumables would be the fuser
and transfer unit (belt); both rated at 100K pages.

  Tech information available to me is excellent by contemporary standards.
The manual covers the basics for installation, usage, maintenance, and
diagnostics.  Coverage of more advanced topics for drivers and the embedded
network controller/server/thingy is minimal in the manual, but the online
help for both is mostly complete.  The website knowledge base details a lot
of diagnostic/repair procedures.
Illustrations/pictures are clear.  *Well-written English*, which counts for
a lot (Konica, I'm looking at you).

  There are still a few "mystery settings" if you dig deep enough.
(Do I want "Account Mode" to be "User" or "Administrator"?  (I eventually
decided "Manage Account" should be unchecked, and "Account Mode" should be
"User".  Seems to work for us.  My best guess is that the other settings are
used if you want stricter print accounting (such as password printing or
control panel lockout).))

  Speed is very good.  In my testing: Around 25 pages/minute (color,
single-sided).  FPO (first page out) is <13 seconds from warm standby,
<38 seconds from a cold start, <1:27 for first-power-on after out-of-box,
with all new cartridges.  Opening the cover and/or re-seating print
cartridges triggers a "calibration" cycle, but it's typically < 6 seconds.

  Network thingy takes 45 seconds to become ready after reboot or cold
start.  That might be due to our use of DHCP; did not test with static IP
address.  But it means the print engine is usually ready to print well
before the controller can accept jobs.  OTOH, since we usually never power
off our printers, this is rarely an issue for us.

  The duplexer is of the reversing type (spits the page most of the way out,
then pulls it back in).  That means duplexing is slower than a forward-only
duplexer.  However, it is good enough to start printing side 1 of page N+1
while recycling page N to print side 2.

  Windows drivers are available in model-specific or "GPD" (Global Print
Driver) variants.  Each of those are available in PCL5, PCL6, or PostScript
variants.  The models-specific stuff is small (1 to 4 MB); the GPD is 33 MB.
I went with the model-specific driver.

  The PCL drivers generated much smaller print jobs, which printed much
faster, vs PostScript.  I have found to be typical with contemporary
printers.  I see PostScript as a desirable compatibility feature, but not
the ideal PDL.  (For our needs.  YMMV.)

  I tried printing a 4 page, color-heavy, bitmap-heavy, non-optimal, PDF
from our marketing department.  (In other words, typical.)  With the PCL
driver, it created a 16 MB job, which took about 3 minutes to print (from
clicking "O

RE: Proxy server and ISA

[James Hill]

Over the years I've tried a number methods for making changes to those and
the proxy settings.  The best by far IMO is using wpad.  Browsers that have
the "Automatically detect settings" tick box enabled look for
http://wpad/wpad.dat.  Wpad.dat is a file that is essentially just a renamed
.pac file. The file contains instructions on how the browser should connect.
 
In order for this to work you need a web server to host the wpad file. You
also need to create a dns entry that resolves "wpad" to the server's IP.
The reason this is the best method is that it does not require you to make
any changes to the clients, distribute any files, scripts, group policies
etc.  All that is required is that automatically detect is ticked (which it
is by default in most cases).  Plus it works on Firefox and other browsers.
 
As clients come on to your network they will pick up the wpad file and its
settings.  When they aren't on your network they will just go direct for
internet connectivity or if required the client can manually enter proxy
settings.
 
Wpad is also the best option for Windows 7 clients as there are components
of the OS that don't look at the proxy settings in IE.  Checking for
certificate revocations is one in particular that I've seen.  With wpad
these also work.
 
Wpad files also allow great flexibility on what the browser connects through
based on a number of variables, the subnet they are on, the domain name
requested etc.
 
You can use DNS or DHCP for wpad but I prefer DNS.
 
Here is a wpad.dat file that I have used previously.  The first two sections
achieve what you are trying to do.  I have a better one somewhere but I
can't find it at the moment.  Search the net for .pac files for other
examples:-
 
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
 
// If URL has no dots in host name, send traffic direct.
 if (isPlainHostName(host))
 return "DIRECT";
 
// If IP address is internal or hostname resolves to internal IP, send
direct.
 
var resolved_ip = dnsResolve(host);
 
if (isInNet(resolved_ip, "10.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0") ||
 isInNet(resolved_ip, "172.16.0.0", "255.240.0.0") ||
 isInNet(resolved_ip, "192.168.0.0", "255.255.0.0") ||
 isInNet(resolved_ip, "127.0.0.0", "255.255.255.0"))
 return "DIRECT";
 

// All other traffic uses below proxies, in fail-over order or then goes
direct
 return "PROXY proxyname.domain.internal:8080; DIRECT";
}

James.
-Original Message-
From: Gavin Wilby [mailto:gavin.wi...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 13 March 2012 2:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Proxy server and ISA

Hi,

I have implemented an install of GFI Web Monitor on a  server that runs
ISA2004.

Due to the fact that the ISA has to be set to require auth, for the users to
get logged, I need to set IE for all users to Bypass Proxy Connections for
Loacl Addresses under the Connections for the LAN.

I can see how to policy this out and I cant find the right key to fix the
registry.

Help please?

--
Gavin Wilby,
Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby

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RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

[James Hill]

David L and I just went through this and I'm sure it doesn't.  I'd love to
be proven wrong though.  Which version has Gateway support?

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 10 March 2012 7:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

Yes.

 

From: ntsysadmin [mailto:ntsysad...@rccs.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 2:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

I haven't checked in a while, did they ever update the Mac client so that a
TS Gateway can be entered? I couldn't find a solution to that one a few
years ago.

 

Mike

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

Terminal server is what we use.  It is built in to the Windows client (or
easily downloaded for a Mac).  Safe. Easy to setup and to manage.

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Rhonda Richardson 
wrote:

 

We currently have 50 - 100 folks that want access to applications
(specifically licensed to the desktop) and network resources from home or on
the road.  For those that have laptops, we plan to provide them with a VPN
client to give them access to the network, but the majority of the folks
wanting access have desktop PCs.

 

How are others providing this type of access for those that don't have
laptops?

 

Thanks.

 

Rhonda

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RE: A Little Help Needed

[James Hill]

There isn't anything else to it.  You obviously have the necessary routing
in place so just go ahead and activate that DHCP scope and deactivate the
old 192.168.101.x one.

 

It IS that simple.

 

 

From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 9 March 2012 12:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: A Little Help Needed

 

I have a DC from domain 1 sitting on domain 2's LAN. I can activate DHCP on
that server with the same 192.168.101.x scope, no problem. It is also
running DNS. The DC from domain 1 is happy up there on domain 2's LAN and is
replicating with the other domain 1 DCs. It seems too simple though. I think
I need to grab some spare desktops and do some testing.

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Christopher Bodnar
 wrote:

Not sure you really need to do anything, at least initially. So right now
the domain 2 clients (192.168.101.x) are receiving DHCP addresses from their
local DC or some DHCP server on domain 2 that has a scope setup for the
192.168.101.x address range, correct? When you flip these clients over to
the domain 1 domain, they will still be physically on the same side of the
VPN, so they will continue to get DHCP addresses from the same box they were
getting from before. 

My guess is that you want to flip them to a DHCP server in domain 1 at some
point after the migration? If so something like this should work. On the DC
that sits on the domain 2 side of the VPN, or some other box you designate,
setup DHCP and configure a scope identical to how it currently is for the
box that's currently handing it out for 192.168.101.x, but don't activate it
yet. Then when the migration is complete, de-activate the scope on the old
DHCP server, and activate it on the new DHCP server. Should be that simple.
Unless your network is more complex. 






Christopher Bodnar 
Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology 


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From:James Kerr  
To:"NT System Admin Issues"  
Date:03/08/2012 08:40 AM 
Subject:A Little Help Needed 

  _  




Hello all,


Little road block I have hit trying to work on a project here and I need a
little advise on how to handle.

We have two domains, I'll call them domain 1 and 2, they are in two physical
locations. Domain 1 is on subnet 192.168.100.1, domain 2 is on
192.168.101.1. There is a VPN tunnel between the two that connects the two
domains and allows us to have a trust between the two. We want to eliminate
domain 2. We already have a domain 1 DC on the domain 2 LAN. The issue we
are having is how to get the desktops in domain 2 after the migration to
domain 1 to continue on subnet 192.168.101.1 so the VPN tunnel continues to
function how it is and so we don't run out of IP addresses. I've hit a
roadblock on how to handle this and I would love some ideas.

James 

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RE: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?

[James Hill]

I've started playing with Server 8.  I like the new server manager already
but haven't used much else yet.

 

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 12:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?

 

I keep looking up and the sky is still there.

 

I've been using it on hardware at home since Thursday (not nearly long
enough).  People are doing the same thing they do anytime there is a change.
The Internetz hate it because (it's different/not what I am used to/how dare
they).  

 

Whatever.

 

It took me 30-60 minutes to adjust to navigating around the interface.  I
don't miss the Start button, I just pop down where I used to and wow, there
something is.  As to the metro apps, I am trying them.  So far (baring the
oddities of my live id setup) they are working ok and I am adjusting to the
operational differences.  I figured I would give it more then 5 days of
intermittent use before I actually declared I was going back to the good old
days of DOS!

 

I haven't installed Office yet, but once I do that, poof, there goes most of
the reason I would launch a metro app anyway.  Except Xbox companion, and a
few games, and the people hub is interesting, oh, the picture hub too  

 

This is the first public generation of the Metro UI.  We're completing our
migration to Windows 7 this year at work.  It would have been last year
except internal politics and the new manager seems to have things on time
this round.  Enterprise will adjust slowly however, our management is making
sure we are watching this change but we don't plan to leap into it.  We are
also not saying no yet as a gut reaction.  We seriously won't even decide
this until next year in any case, however, we will be watching it and the
corporate stuff that will come with it.

 

I am going to do the VHD load on my wife's laptop this weekend since she is
so interested in trying it out.  She is not a techie, usually she just
tolerates it when I update her technology at home.  This time, she is
intrigued and wants to play with it.

 

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToGuideToInstallingAndBootingWindows8Consum
erPreviewOffAVHDVirtualHardDisk.aspx

 

I have met some of the MS UI folks when they came out and interviewed a
bunch of our team last year.  It was interesting.  They seemed like
competent professionals.  I am willing to wait and see if I can deal with
this change in a calm rational manner when we get more information on the
interesting stuff.  GPOs customization options, etc. later this year.

 

I suspect that in the end we will get the same people pulling out that tired
old meme (every other OS is a failure) which isn't really true, or pulling
out the graphics comparing Windows 8 to some early version of Windows that
actually ran on DOS with the hot dog theme set and pretending like there is
some relevant comparison between shortcuts and Live Tiles, memory management
and underlying capabilities.  These will all be the same people who said
Microsoft must address the iPads and smart phones or they will be fail.  Now
mostly, these same people are saying Microsoft is all sorts of fail when
they actually took a bold step in re-imaging their entire line up in a way,
that is starting to look pretty darn interesting (SkyDrive for everyone)

 

Fortunately, we should see the trend in a year.  Maybe some of you with 10
GB list archives will remind us who gets to gloat eh?  I wonder what the
list discussion will be like when people start talking about server 8.

 

Steven Peck

http://www.blkmtn.org

 

 

 



 

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG 
wrote:

Very much agree with this sentiment.

Joe Heaton
ITB - Windows Server Support



-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 2:22 PM
To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jeff Brown 
wrote:
> Yeah, there's  a learning curve, yes it looks different but how
> cool/USEFUL will it be to have the same access to [data] on your phone
> that you have on your desktop??  Or tablet?

 I don't get this sentiment.  It's perfectly possible to have access to the
same data on multiple platforms without running the same software on all of
them.  Indeed, there are plenty of people doing that now, with MSFT on the
desktop and RIM/APPL/GOOG for mobile.

 Additionally, I don't think trying to force the same UI paradigm everywhere
is a good idea.  When I'm sitting at my workstation, I have lots of display
real-estate, a full-sized keyboard.  Lots of windows, lots of foreground
multi-tasking, lots of in-depth work sessions.
Touchscreen is less useful (gorilla arm).  For my handheld, it's more of a
quick reference or fast note taking thing.  I'm a lot less likely to be
doing multiple foreground tasks at once.  Screen real estate is at a
premium.  Touchscreen is preferred.

 While I think it makes a lo

RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

[James Hill]

If it worked then the only conclusion I can reach is that the server being 
connected to had direct RDP access available or the Mac was on you internal 
network and didn’t need to go via the RD Gateway.  

 

The Microsoft RDP client for Mac (currently 2.1.1) doesn’t support TS/RD 
Gateway.

 

I tested your theory by creating a working RDP file on a PC and sent it to a 
Mac.  Doesn’t work.

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Monday, 5 March 2012 1:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

We got Microsoft’s RDP for Mac client to work just fine. We installed this on 
the Mac and the RDP piece works effortlessly across our RDS Gateway: 
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/remote-desktop-client

 

Send out the .RDP client to the Mac after installing that and presto – we’re in 
business!

 

Dave

 

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 8:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

And it came to pass that Richard finally saw James' earlier link to 
itap-mobile.com...

 

Thank you, James.  I will check it out.  It looks perfect for a very specific 
use case I have.

 

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Richard Stovall  wrote:

Thanks.  That has been my experience as well, but I was hoping against hope 
based on James' reply.

 

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Phil Brutsche  wrote:

No, there is not.

  _  

From: Richard Stovall [rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 7:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

Is there a Mac RDP client that works with RDG?

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:39 PM, James Hill  wrote:

Remote Desktop Gateway is an easy solution.  You can then control who can 
access which desktops.

No special client software needed (unless they are using a Mac).

 

From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:dgu...@che.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 5:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

My guess is she meant corp-owned laptops (secure?) and personal desktops (not 
secure?)…but again, I’m ASSuming.

 

J

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer

Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS

 

From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 11:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

Citrix? Why can't desktops use vpn?

Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird

  _  

From: "Rhonda Richardson"  

Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:41:07 -0600

To: NT System Admin Issues

ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 

Subject: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

 

We currently have 50 - 100 folks that want access to applications (specifically 
licensed to the desktop) and network resources from home or on the road.  For 
those that have laptops, we plan to provide them with a VPN client to give them 
access to the network, but the majority of the folks wanting access have 
desktop PCs.

 

How are others providing this type of access for those that don't have laptops?

 

Thanks.

 

Rhonda

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RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

[James Hill]

Actually there is now, see my response to Richard, when it eventually
appears on the list that is.

 

From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 12:57 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

No, there is not.

  _  

From: Richard Stovall [rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 7:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

Is there a Mac RDP client that works with RDG?

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:39 PM, James Hill  wrote:

Remote Desktop Gateway is an easy solution.  You can then control who can
access which desktops.

No special client software needed (unless they are using a Mac).

 

From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:dgu...@che.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 5:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

My guess is she meant corp-owned laptops (secure?) and personal desktops
(not secure?).but again, I'm ASSuming.

 

J

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer

Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS

 

From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 11:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

Citrix? Why can't desktops use vpn?

Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird

  _  

From: "Rhonda Richardson"  

Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:41:07 -0600

To: NT System Admin Issues

ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 

Subject: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

 

We currently have 50 - 100 folks that want access to applications
(specifically licensed to the desktop) and network resources from home or on
the road.  For those that have laptops, we plan to provide them with a VPN
client to give them access to the network, but the majority of the folks
wanting access have desktop PCs.

 

How are others providing this type of access for those that don't have
laptops?

 

Thanks.

 

Rhonda

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RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

[James Hill]

For ages there wasn’t.  Microsoft’s Mac rdp client still doesn’t.  But you can 
buy software now that does.  Itap seems to work well.  There are versions for 
iphone/ipad, and for Mac OS.  This link is for the Mac client:-

 

http://itap-mobile.com/desktop/rdp

 

 

 

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 11:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

Is there a Mac RDP client that works with RDG?

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:39 PM, James Hill  wrote:

Remote Desktop Gateway is an easy solution.  You can then control who can 
access which desktops.

No special client software needed (unless they are using a Mac).

 

From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:dgu...@che.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 5:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

My guess is she meant corp-owned laptops (secure?) and personal desktops (not 
secure?)…but again, I’m ASSuming.

 

J

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer

Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS

 

From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 11:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

Citrix? Why can't desktops use vpn?

Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird

  _  

From: "Rhonda Richardson"  

Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:41:07 -0600

To: NT System Admin Issues

ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 

Subject: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

 

We currently have 50 - 100 folks that want access to applications (specifically 
licensed to the desktop) and network resources from home or on the road.  For 
those that have laptops, we plan to provide them with a VPN client to give them 
access to the network, but the majority of the folks wanting access have 
desktop PCs.

 

How are others providing this type of access for those that don't have laptops?

 

Thanks.

 

Rhonda

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RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

[James Hill]

Remote Desktop Gateway is an easy solution.  You can then control who can
access which desktops.

No special client software needed (unless they are using a Mac).

 

From: Guyer, Donald [mailto:dgu...@che.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 5:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

My guess is she meant corp-owned laptops (secure?) and personal desktops
(not secure?).but again, I'm ASSuming.

 

J

 

Regards,

 

Don Guyer

Directory and Messaging Services
Catholic Health East, ITSS

 

From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 11:15 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

Citrix? Why can't desktops use vpn?

Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird

  _  

From: "Rhonda Richardson"  

Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:41:07 -0600

To: NT System Admin Issues

ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 

Subject: Employee Remote Access to Desktop

 

 

We currently have 50 - 100 folks that want access to applications
(specifically licensed to the desktop) and network resources from home or on
the road.  For those that have laptops, we plan to provide them with a VPN
client to give them access to the network, but the majority of the folks
wanting access have desktop PCs.

 

How are others providing this type of access for those that don't have
laptops?

 

Thanks.

 

Rhonda

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RE: Do you think the security industry exaggerates the threat of mobile malware?

[James Hill]

If anything it isn't taken seriously enough.  Smartphones are a gold mine of
information and an ever increasing access mechanism into company networks.

-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012 4:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Do you think the security industry exaggerates the threat of mobile
malware?

Would like to see your guys' opinion on this. I have an enterprise architect
here that says "so what if a C-level loses his smartphone, it's only
contacts in there..."

Agree? Disagree? Take the poll :-)

Dave

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RE: Another tablets question

[James Hill]

Except for Phone OS, although with Win 8 that should.

 

From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] 
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2012 8:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Another tablets question

 

New OS support is generally added within 90 days after release.

 

 

From: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net] 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:38 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Another tablets question

 

Based on info from an Microsoft System Center 2012 training event Tues. and
Wed. and reading between the lines since Windows 8 is still in beta, "Not
right now but we will have something shortly when Windows 8 ships". I think
we all know they will. It's a matter of when the updates will be available
to us.

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Another tablets question

 

I agree on waiting until later in the year when Win 8 lands, if possible.
There will be more choices then and hopefully much better management tools
(I'm hoping SCCM 2012 will be able to manage Win 8 devices (including Win 8
phones).. Rod?)

 

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2012 6:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Another tablets question

 

Certain people in upper management have them.  They gave one to our CEO but
he grew frustrated with it and gave it back.  It does do email really well
and they have the Citrix receiver and such for 'work' stuff but he found to
do any serious work through the receiver was frustrating and kept his
laptop.

Personally, I am waiting until this fall/winter to take my plunge in tablet
land (and cannot wait until Consumer Preview release next week to nuke and
reload my home machine).

 

One of our VMware sales people used to do this 'iPad theater' when he came
in to the meetings.  he would get his iPad out with the case and set it up
with his keyboard, then connect to his iPhone and hit the back end VDI
solution so he could 'take notes'.  So I started giving him ads to latops
and ATT wireless recievers that were cheaper then his solution so eventually
he stoped making it a production.

1.  iPad battery life! (you just asked for an outlet for your iPhone cause
it's battery was dying)

2.  weight (you are carrying an additional keyboard)

3.  cost (you are ignoring the backend license costs)

4.  convienience (soft keyboard takes up half the screen which is the only
size option and I see you squinting, a lot)

 

We spend a lot of money on VMware but sometimes they don't listen well to
what our goals are so need reminders. Of course, that is often true for any
vendor.

 

NOTE:  I freely admit there are scenerios where his use case does work,
however, in our enviornment it only does so for a very small percentage of
users at this time so I feel free to have fun with vendors.  They do play
back. :)

 

I believe we have something frmo Good Technologies to manage data on them.

 

Steven Peck

http://www.blkmtn.org

 

 

 


 

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:39 AM, Tom Miller  wrote:

Hi All,

 

I'm about to purchase a few tablets for testing.  I already have an iPad and
it works fine for accessing e-mail (I use NotifyLink to deliver e-mail and
calendaring to phones/tablets) as well as using the Citrix agent for
accessing our XenApp resources.

 

Anyone have any suggestions for others?  I understand the Galaxy and Xoom
are pretty good.  Important to me are management for business, ease of use
for the end user, ease of management, and features for the corporate user.
I'm not sure how the iPads can be easily managed in the corporate world
either.   I'd really like a tablet that could somehow log into my AD network
and access file resources, too.  Connection to our A/V systems for projector
use would be a bonus. 

 

Comments and suggestions welcome.

 

 

Tom Miller
Engineer, Information Technology
Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
office:  757-788-0528 

mobile:  757-503-0600

 

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RE: Another tablets question

[James Hill]

Which will be fantastic, depending on how much we can actually manage.

 

I'd be surprised if ARM Devices were included but we can only hope.

 

From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] 
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2012 8:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Another tablets question

 

Yes.by the time Win8 devices are available CM2012 will be able to manage
them.

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 5:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Another tablets question

 

I agree on waiting until later in the year when Win 8 lands, if possible.
There will be more choices then and hopefully much better management tools
(I'm hoping SCCM 2012 will be able to manage Win 8 devices (including Win 8
phones).. Rod?)

 

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2012 6:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Another tablets question

 

Certain people in upper management have them.  They gave one to our CEO but
he grew frustrated with it and gave it back.  It does do email really well
and they have the Citrix receiver and such for 'work' stuff but he found to
do any serious work through the receiver was frustrating and kept his
laptop.

Personally, I am waiting until this fall/winter to take my plunge in tablet
land (and cannot wait until Consumer Preview release next week to nuke and
reload my home machine).

 

One of our VMware sales people used to do this 'iPad theater' when he came
in to the meetings.  he would get his iPad out with the case and set it up
with his keyboard, then connect to his iPhone and hit the back end VDI
solution so he could 'take notes'.  So I started giving him ads to latops
and ATT wireless recievers that were cheaper then his solution so eventually
he stoped making it a production.

1.  iPad battery life! (you just asked for an outlet for your iPhone cause
it's battery was dying)

2.  weight (you are carrying an additional keyboard)

3.  cost (you are ignoring the backend license costs)

4.  convienience (soft keyboard takes up half the screen which is the only
size option and I see you squinting, a lot)

 

We spend a lot of money on VMware but sometimes they don't listen well to
what our goals are so need reminders. Of course, that is often true for any
vendor.

 

NOTE:  I freely admit there are scenerios where his use case does work,
however, in our enviornment it only does so for a very small percentage of
users at this time so I feel free to have fun with vendors.  They do play
back. :)

 

I believe we have something frmo Good Technologies to manage data on them.

 

Steven Peck

http://www.blkmtn.org

 

 

 


 

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:39 AM, Tom Miller  wrote:

Hi All,

 

I'm about to purchase a few tablets for testing.  I already have an iPad and
it works fine for accessing e-mail (I use NotifyLink to deliver e-mail and
calendaring to phones/tablets) as well as using the Citrix agent for
accessing our XenApp resources.

 

Anyone have any suggestions for others?  I understand the Galaxy and Xoom
are pretty good.  Important to me are management for business, ease of use
for the end user, ease of management, and features for the corporate user.
I'm not sure how the iPads can be easily managed in the corporate world
either.   I'd really like a tablet that could somehow log into my AD network
and access file resources, too.  Connection to our A/V systems for projector
use would be a bonus. 

 

Comments and suggestions welcome.

 

 

Tom Miller
Engineer, Information Technology
Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
office:  757-788-0528 

mobile:  757-503-0600

 

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RE: Another tablets question

[James Hill]

I agree on waiting until later in the year when Win 8 lands, if possible.
There will be more choices then and hopefully much better management tools
(I'm hoping SCCM 2012 will be able to manage Win 8 devices (including Win 8
phones).. Rod?)

 

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2012 6:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Another tablets question

 

Certain people in upper management have them.  They gave one to our CEO but
he grew frustrated with it and gave it back.  It does do email really well
and they have the Citrix receiver and such for 'work' stuff but he found to
do any serious work through the receiver was frustrating and kept his
laptop.

Personally, I am waiting until this fall/winter to take my plunge in tablet
land (and cannot wait until Consumer Preview release next week to nuke and
reload my home machine).

 

One of our VMware sales people used to do this 'iPad theater' when he came
in to the meetings.  he would get his iPad out with the case and set it up
with his keyboard, then connect to his iPhone and hit the back end VDI
solution so he could 'take notes'.  So I started giving him ads to latops
and ATT wireless recievers that were cheaper then his solution so eventually
he stoped making it a production.

1.  iPad battery life! (you just asked for an outlet for your iPhone cause
it's battery was dying)

2.  weight (you are carrying an additional keyboard)

3.  cost (you are ignoring the backend license costs)

4.  convienience (soft keyboard takes up half the screen which is the only
size option and I see you squinting, a lot)

 

We spend a lot of money on VMware but sometimes they don't listen well to
what our goals are so need reminders. Of course, that is often true for any
vendor.

 

NOTE:  I freely admit there are scenerios where his use case does work,
however, in our enviornment it only does so for a very small percentage of
users at this time so I feel free to have fun with vendors.  They do play
back. :)

 

I believe we have something frmo Good Technologies to manage data on them.

 

Steven Peck

http://www.blkmtn.org

 

 

 


 

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:39 AM, Tom Miller  wrote:

Hi All,

 

I'm about to purchase a few tablets for testing.  I already have an iPad and
it works fine for accessing e-mail (I use NotifyLink to deliver e-mail and
calendaring to phones/tablets) as well as using the Citrix agent for
accessing our XenApp resources.

 

Anyone have any suggestions for others?  I understand the Galaxy and Xoom
are pretty good.  Important to me are management for business, ease of use
for the end user, ease of management, and features for the corporate user.
I'm not sure how the iPads can be easily managed in the corporate world
either.   I'd really like a tablet that could somehow log into my AD network
and access file resources, too.  Connection to our A/V systems for projector
use would be a bonus. 

 

Comments and suggestions welcome.

 

 

Tom Miller
Engineer, Information Technology
Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
office:  757-788-0528 

mobile:  757-503-0600

 

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RE: Wyse terminals and 3+ monitors

[James Hill]

Thanks James, which model?

 

Is this using RDP 7 or ICA or something else and to what kind of host/s?

 

From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 6:32 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Wyse terminals and 3+ monitors

 

No experience with WYSE in this config, but the new HP thin clients run 3 or
more monitors just great.

Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird

  _  

From: "James Hill"  

Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:24:43 +1000

To: NT System Admin Issues

ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 

Subject: Wyse terminals and 3+ monitors

 

I have a client that is using Wyse terminals to access what I'm told is a
Windows XP VM of some sort.  I haven't been onsite yet so I don't know the
wyse terminal model or the VM environment but I'll have more information
tomorrow.

 

They currently run two monitors but want to be able to run 3 monitors per
Wyse terminal.

 

After searching the Wyse site it appears that this is possible using their
TCX software and it's "Multi-display" feature.  Only certain terminal models
are supported and you need a USB converter etc.

 

Has anyone had experience with greater than 2 monitors with a Wyse device?
If so I'd be keen to hear your feedback and what specific configurations
work.

 

James.

 

 

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RE: Win7 and Outlook 2010

[James Hill]

It seems to be the way to go.  Of course whitelisting an application that has a 
vulnerability puts us back in the same boat.

 

There are still a number of apps (mainly legacy) around that need change 
permissions on their folder (and a few that need certain reg keys as well).

 

Considering how many installs of XP are out there it isn’t the end of the 
world.  You’ve made the best choice with the options available, I wouldn’t lose 
any sleep over it.

 

From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 4:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win7 and Outlook 2010

 

Perhaps, but it's a shame we haven't kept up with the times.

I seriously want to work on application whitelisting - don't know if I'll get 
the chance.

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 18:32, James Hill  wrote:

You’ve taken the best approach imo.  No apps need to run as admin and you 
haven’t had to fiddle with any Outlook security settings.

 

From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:43 AM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Win7 and Outlook 2010

 

That might have helped, but I took the more direct apporach, and gave 
read/write permissions to the CRM's install directory under c:\Program Files 
(x86).

Kurt

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 14:03, James Hill  wrote:

Definitely need more information but I'll take a wild guess and suggest it may 
be something that ClickYes Pro or Redemption can help with?

http://www.contextmagic.com/

http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/home.htm



-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 5:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Win7 and Outlook 2010

It's not clear to me why they have to run Outlook as administrator. Could you 
explain that?

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win7 and Outlook 2010

More "in general" - I'm sure there are other non-MSFT apps that call Outlook to 
send emails, and was wondering if others had run into this problem, and how 
they solved it.

OTOH, if you have specific knowledge, that would be a big bonus - but I really 
don't expect it. Epicor products aren't that widely used, I'll bet

Kurt



On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 09:00, Michael B. Smith  wrote:
> Are you asking "in general" or specifically about the "ancient CRM client"?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Win7 and Outlook 2010
>
> All,
>
> Staff (through my minions) are reporting an issue with Win7 and Outlook 2010.
>
> We use an ancient CRM client (Epicor's Clientele 7.3.6, for those keeping 
> score) from which they send emails - this has required that we run Outlook 
> 2010 as administrator.
>
> Once we do that, however, staff can no longer drag and drop file attachments 
> onto an email, which is frustrating for them - telling them to use the menu 
> to insert the file isn't cutting it, though it does work..
>
> All staff have administrator privileges on their workstations - despite my 
> best efforts, we haven't yet gotten to the point of making folks users - I 
> don't have the bandwidth to profile our apps, and my minions aren't up to 
> speed on this kind of thing.
>
> I'm thinking that the best approach is to update settings for the CRM client 
> so that we don't have to run Outlook as administrator.
>
> Has anyone run into similar issues, and have some words of experience on this?
>
> Kurt
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RE: Win7 and Outlook 2010

[James Hill]

You’ve taken the best approach imo.  No apps need to run as admin and you 
haven’t had to fiddle with any Outlook security settings.

 

From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win7 and Outlook 2010

 

That might have helped, but I took the more direct apporach, and gave 
read/write permissions to the CRM's install directory under c:\Program Files 
(x86).

Kurt

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 14:03, James Hill  wrote:

Definitely need more information but I'll take a wild guess and suggest it may 
be something that ClickYes Pro or Redemption can help with?

http://www.contextmagic.com/

http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/home.htm



-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 5:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Win7 and Outlook 2010

It's not clear to me why they have to run Outlook as administrator. Could you 
explain that?

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win7 and Outlook 2010

More "in general" - I'm sure there are other non-MSFT apps that call Outlook to 
send emails, and was wondering if others had run into this problem, and how 
they solved it.

OTOH, if you have specific knowledge, that would be a big bonus - but I really 
don't expect it. Epicor products aren't that widely used, I'll bet

Kurt



On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 09:00, Michael B. Smith  wrote:
> Are you asking "in general" or specifically about the "ancient CRM client"?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Win7 and Outlook 2010
>
> All,
>
> Staff (through my minions) are reporting an issue with Win7 and Outlook 2010.
>
> We use an ancient CRM client (Epicor's Clientele 7.3.6, for those keeping 
> score) from which they send emails - this has required that we run Outlook 
> 2010 as administrator.
>
> Once we do that, however, staff can no longer drag and drop file attachments 
> onto an email, which is frustrating for them - telling them to use the menu 
> to insert the file isn't cutting it, though it does work..
>
> All staff have administrator privileges on their workstations - despite my 
> best efforts, we haven't yet gotten to the point of making folks users - I 
> don't have the bandwidth to profile our apps, and my minions aren't up to 
> speed on this kind of thing.
>
> I'm thinking that the best approach is to update settings for the CRM client 
> so that we don't have to run Outlook as administrator.
>
> Has anyone run into similar issues, and have some words of experience on this?
>
> Kurt
>
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RE: Win7 and Outlook 2010

[James Hill]

Definitely need more information but I'll take a wild guess and suggest it may 
be something that ClickYes Pro or Redemption can help with?

http://www.contextmagic.com/

http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/home.htm


-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 5:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Win7 and Outlook 2010

It's not clear to me why they have to run Outlook as administrator. Could you 
explain that?

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win7 and Outlook 2010

More "in general" - I'm sure there are other non-MSFT apps that call Outlook to 
send emails, and was wondering if others had run into this problem, and how 
they solved it.

OTOH, if you have specific knowledge, that would be a big bonus - but I really 
don't expect it. Epicor products aren't that widely used, I'll bet

Kurt



On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 09:00, Michael B. Smith  wrote:
> Are you asking "in general" or specifically about the "ancient CRM client"?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 11:53 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Win7 and Outlook 2010
>
> All,
>
> Staff (through my minions) are reporting an issue with Win7 and Outlook 2010.
>
> We use an ancient CRM client (Epicor's Clientele 7.3.6, for those keeping 
> score) from which they send emails - this has required that we run Outlook 
> 2010 as administrator.
>
> Once we do that, however, staff can no longer drag and drop file attachments 
> onto an email, which is frustrating for them - telling them to use the menu 
> to insert the file isn't cutting it, though it does work..
>
> All staff have administrator privileges on their workstations - despite my 
> best efforts, we haven't yet gotten to the point of making folks users - I 
> don't have the bandwidth to profile our apps, and my minions aren't up to 
> speed on this kind of thing.
>
> I'm thinking that the best approach is to update settings for the CRM client 
> so that we don't have to run Outlook as administrator.
>
> Has anyone run into similar issues, and have some words of experience on this?
>
> Kurt
>
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RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

[James Hill]

I doubt it's malware to but it did come to mind as there is DNS related
malware out there
http://blog.trendmicro.com/mac-os-x-dns-changing-trojan-in-the-wild/

Having said that you'd expect it to effect name resolution when pinging etc.

-Original Message-
From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 4:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

I will find out tomorrow morning if she has issues.  I highly doubt its
malware but I cannot confirm.  Not sure if there is even a malware scan for
Snow Leopard.  The proxy settings look good on the browser.  Just not sure
how a reboot would temporarily fix it.  If I see this problem tomorrow, I
will just wipe and reinstall.



-Original Message-----
From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 5:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

This sounds like the most likely cause.

Or even some type of Malware.

*gasp... did he just say that!?

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Saturday, 18 February 2012 3:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: dns issue with browser (OS X)

Doublecheck the browser/OS proxy settings.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


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To: NT System Admin Issues
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Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2012
08:52:56 -0800
Subject: dns issue with browser (OS X)


> Hi All,
> 
>  
> 
> I have one specific user using a Mac who cannot resolve DNS properly 
> in Firefox or Safari on OS X 10.6.8.  They can ping by hostnames just
fine.
> They can get to any website by IP just fine but not by hostname.  Any 
> ideas?  I'm stumped and Google hasn't been very helpful this morning.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Jimmy
> 
>  
> 
> 
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RE: dns issue with browser (OS X)

[James Hill]

This sounds like the most likely cause.

Or even some type of Malware.

*gasp... did he just say that!?

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Saturday, 18 February 2012 3:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: dns issue with browser (OS X)

Doublecheck the browser/OS proxy settings.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
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[mailto:jt...@teachtci.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2012
08:52:56 -0800
Subject: dns issue with browser (OS X)


> Hi All,
> 
>  
> 
> I have one specific user using a Mac who cannot resolve DNS properly 
> in Firefox or Safari on OS X 10.6.8.  They can ping by hostnames just
fine.
> They can get to any website by IP just fine but not by hostname.  Any 
> ideas?  I'm stumped and Google hasn't been very helpful this morning.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Jimmy
> 
>  
> 
> 
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RE: Home Antivirus

[James Hill]

Lol!   It's still an issue if the keyboard and mouse are plugged in though J

 

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 17 February 2012 7:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Home Antivirus

 

You forgot "get a Mac" :-)

On 16 February 2012 20:56, James Hill  wrote:

Which seems to be the current trick of some of the malware these days.  I've
seen a Win 7 machine with the user not a local admin and UAC enabled appear
to be "hosed" by malware.  It is only for the current profile though.  But
tricks like setting the hidden flag on every folder and file it can make for
a confusing time for the user.

 

Running as non-admin does make a huge difference though.  It stops the
majority (for now) of malware and reduces the impact to the current user
profile.  I think it is still the single most effective security option
apart from disconnecting the network cable and taking away the keyboard and
mouse J

 

From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 5:04 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Home Antivirus

 

One doesn't have to be an admin to infect one's own user profile.   That's
also why non-admins can install Chrome - it installs into the user profile.
But a non-admin has a better chance of avoiding a rootkit.

 

Carl

 

From: ntsysadmin [mailto:ntsysad...@rccs.org] 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:10 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: Home Antivirus

 

How much less likely is one to get infected running as a non-admin? Does it
depend on the OS? I ask because I've cleaned up infections on Windows7 Pro
PCs where the user was definitely not running as an admin. One PC in
question was also set up to require additional credentials for any software
installation. We never did determine the source of the malware.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:42 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Home Antivirus

 

>From personal experience it does not matter how good the anti-malware
software is if you have users (home or corp) that run as administrators
regularly, fight you tooth and nail on patching the machine, and
download/install all the "neat" stuff on the web they will get hit by
something.  Previous $dayjob$ once I got administration approval to pull
admin privileges, start patching on a regular basis, and require proof of
need to install anything not on the standard software list with proof that
it was not going to open up the internal network to a virus most of the
anti-malware software will keep things under control.  Most homeowners
prefer to run with admin privileges, fight patching, and install all kinds
of garbage they really don't need.  Those are the ones that get hit
repeatably but malware.

 

Jon

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:55 PM, MMF  wrote:

Any comments on AVG? I've been using it for several years and it hasn't
failed me yet!

 

MMF

 

From: Cynicalgeek <mailto:cynicalg...@gmail.com>  

Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>  

Subject: Re: Home Antivirus

 

The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee, Norton, et al. 

 

If you're going the paid route, supposedly Kaspersky is the absolute best.

 

I've been using MSSE for almost 2.5 years and have been very pleased.

 

 

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Richard Stovall  wrote:
> Hurry up!  Time's almost out on the deal to get McAfee free for 3PCs.
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/77u2zry

"Receive a $55 prepaid card by mail from McAfee! Expires on 2/15/12 "



So in two days, the Internet will be a safer place.  ;-)

If I'm going the free AV route, I'd prolly go MS Security
Essentials.  While it's limited in features, it does stop malware and
spyware, and updates happen with Windows Update.  For all of WU's
problems, other things all seem to suck more.


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RE: Home Antivirus

[James Hill]

Which seems to be the current trick of some of the malware these days.  I've
seen a Win 7 machine with the user not a local admin and UAC enabled appear
to be "hosed" by malware.  It is only for the current profile though.  But
tricks like setting the hidden flag on every folder and file it can make for
a confusing time for the user.

 

Running as non-admin does make a huge difference though.  It stops the
majority (for now) of malware and reduces the impact to the current user
profile.  I think it is still the single most effective security option
apart from disconnecting the network cable and taking away the keyboard and
mouse J

 

From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 5:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Home Antivirus

 

One doesn't have to be an admin to infect one's own user profile.   That's
also why non-admins can install Chrome - it installs into the user profile.
But a non-admin has a better chance of avoiding a rootkit.

 

Carl

 

From: ntsysadmin [mailto:ntsysad...@rccs.org] 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Home Antivirus

 

How much less likely is one to get infected running as a non-admin? Does it
depend on the OS? I ask because I've cleaned up infections on Windows7 Pro
PCs where the user was definitely not running as an admin. One PC in
question was also set up to require additional credentials for any software
installation. We never did determine the source of the malware.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Home Antivirus

 

>From personal experience it does not matter how good the anti-malware
software is if you have users (home or corp) that run as administrators
regularly, fight you tooth and nail on patching the machine, and
download/install all the "neat" stuff on the web they will get hit by
something.  Previous $dayjob$ once I got administration approval to pull
admin privileges, start patching on a regular basis, and require proof of
need to install anything not on the standard software list with proof that
it was not going to open up the internal network to a virus most of the
anti-malware software will keep things under control.  Most homeowners
prefer to run with admin privileges, fight patching, and install all kinds
of garbage they really don't need.  Those are the ones that get hit
repeatably but malware.

 

Jon

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:55 PM, MMF  wrote:

Any comments on AVG? I've been using it for several years and it hasn't
failed me yet!

 

MMF

 

From: Cynicalgeek   

Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:27 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues   

Subject: Re: Home Antivirus

 

The same things that infect MSSE also infect McAfee, Norton, et al. 

 

If you're going the paid route, supposedly Kaspersky is the absolute best.

 

I've been using MSSE for almost 2.5 years and have been very pleased.

 

 

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Ben Scott  wrote:

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Richard Stovall  wrote:
> Hurry up!  Time's almost out on the deal to get McAfee free for 3PCs.
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/77u2zry

"Receive a $55 prepaid card by mail from McAfee! Expires on 2/15/12 "

So in two days, the Internet will be a safer place.  ;-)

If I'm going the free AV route, I'd prolly go MS Security
Essentials.  While it's limited in features, it does stop malware and
spyware, and updates happen with Windows Update.  For all of WU's
problems, other things all seem to suck more.

-- Ben


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RE: Printer/Copier/MFP Contract Renewal

[James Hill]

You raise a good point.  Driver reliability and availability can be crucial.
Particularly as any contract entered into now would be current when an
organisation might be deploying Windows 8.  Admittedly as far as I know this
won't be as big a change as XP ->Vista in regards to printer drives but it
is important.

 

I was pleased with Ricoh MFP's in my last %dayjob%.  I was also impressed by
Xerox Phaser's (3428 and 3435) for A4 printing.  So much so that they
reminded me of the good old  HP Laserjet 4000/4050.

 

James.

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 10 February 2012 11:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Printer/Copier/MFP Contract Renewal

 

If possible stay away from Konica-Minota they have a fair product when it
works but you have to know what questions to ask and read the fine print you
will find on the back of the page that says this page is blank. (It will
look blank but if you use a microscope you will find the small print.)  Last
job purchased 2 of the same model at the same time.  This was at the time
that Vista was released.  Printer/copier/scanner in one building was down
more than up.  Postscript was a $2k additional purchase and since we had two
of the same model we had to purchase for both ($4k addition).  (This was NOT
reveled to us until we asked about it a month post purchase.)  The building
with the machine down most of the time was the one that needed the capacity
the printer was rated for but only for 2 months out of the year otherwise it
was used at maybe 1% of capacity.  The other building used the printer at
maybe 20% capacity and it basically stayed up unless someone got a wild hair
and put in paper made from recycled paper, then it would go down within 3
reams of paper.  It would also go down if we pushed to or over the capacity
due to the other printer being down.  Scanning was to either an SMB share or
internal FTP server.  I could never get the internal FTP server to delete
anything unless I went to the machine and did it from the control panel.
The SMB share had to be full and no security!  Since the stuff being copied
and scanned was covered under NDA's that was not going to happen and the
internal FTP would not take/use any security either.  The software they
offered up to deal with the scanning "issue" required full admin access to
the disk and to run.  I dumped it without even trying to deal with that.
The drivers were for Windows 2000.  It took maybe 6 months post purchase
before they finally released the XP drivers but they really seemed to me to
be beta with the first time they offered them up when you attempted to load
them plainly saying they were Windows 2000 drivers.  About the time Windows
7 was released they finally had drivers for Vista that did not crash the
system.  Their sales people may "forget" to mention that the machine is EOL
and if you don't ask they don't tell.  We got bit by that one.  Turned out
the machines had been sitting in a warehouse for months.

 

Up side was these were both color machines and did a great job of printing
or copying in color.  The shading was not adjustable within the printer
(well maybe if we had gotten the Postscript addition it might have been) but
we had other ways to adjust the shading to do what was needed.  BTW the
Postscript piece was a physical add on to the machine and once attached
needed a service call to detach and would not migrate to another machine
unless the service tech reset something inside the device.

 

Jon

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Paul Hutchings 
wrote:

Our contract is up for renewal soon.  

 

We have an assortment of printers from small workgroup through to
departmental used for everything from scanning/printing/emailing documents
through to (very) light repro work in one case.

 

Right now I'll keep it a very broad question - who have you had good and bad
experiences with?

 

We're interested in what I expect are the usual things, click count costs,
service levels, is colour usage tiered on coverage or flat fee per page etc.

 

Given the side of the pond I'm on I'd like to stick to the technology and
the manufacturers rather than resellers, but of course if anyone from the UK
is lurking I'd be interested to know your experiences on the service side
when something's broken.

 

Thanks,

Paul

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RE: OT - ugh!

[James Hill]

LOL.. 

Are you able to give us some of the stats Jacob?  They'd be very interesting
I'm sure.

James.

-Original Message-
From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 9 February 2012 5:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT - ugh!

1 million views? That is all?

I can offer content that will exploded your views...

-Original Message-
From: Mathew Shember [mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT - ugh!

Ok rub in.  I suck.  :-P

That's assume.  :)



-Original Message-
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - ugh!

What surprised me after I posted my very first article was how fast I was
able to find it via Google.  It was like 15 minutes and Google had it.
Within an hour I had a few hundred hits  Totally blew my mind.  I am
fast approaching 1 million views for my blog.  The view counts for some of
my articles just blows me away.  I have always updated my blog stats on the
1st day of the month.  I have been so busy with work, I forgot to do this on
Feb. 1st so I don't have current counts.


Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com







On 2/8/12 7:39 AM, "Bill Humphries"  wrote:

>Out of curiosity, do you guys worry about SEO and your blog?  Or do you 
>just put it up there and let wordpress or whatever do its thing?
>
>Bill
>
>
>
>Andrew S. Baker wrote:
>> Amen.
>>
>> **
>> *ASB*
>> *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker*
>> *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB marketŠ
>>
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Michael B. Smith 
>> mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I get that a lot. J
>>
>>  
>>
>> And I also use my blog as an immense resource for myself. If I
>> know I wrote an article, the easiest way to find it ­ search on my
>> blog.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Michael B. Smith
>>
>> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>>
>> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>>
>>  
>>
>> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com
>> ]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 07, 2012 2:32 PM
>>
>>
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* Re: OT - ugh!
>>
>>  
>>
>> I'm just converting all the documents I wrote into posts. It's
>> actually kind of handy to have them all stored online rather than
>> drag them everywhere with me. I've already had a guy from AppSense
>> on to me correcting me on some of the product features (they must
>> be watching for keywords in Google), so it appears that I am
>> already making some more contacts, which is cool.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> JR
>>
>> On 7 February 2012 19:25, Webster > > wrote:
>>
>> Someone is having just WAY too much fun in their new blog!
>>
>>  
>>
>> Keep it up.
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> Carl Webster
>>
>> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
>>
>> http://www.CarlWebster.com 
>>
>>  
>>
>> *From: *James Rankin > >
>> *Reply-To: *NT Issues > >
>>
>> *Date: *Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:39:29 +
>>
>>
>> *To: *NT Issues > >
>> *Subject: *Re: OT - ugh!
>>
>>  
>>
>> Well, I decided to start blogging up a bit of AppSense stuff, and
>> I seem to be enjoying it! Good call.
>>
>> Mr Webster, I offer no apologies for stealing your "bigot" moniker
>> for the title for my blog.
>>
>> Anyone else who may use this software can read my ramblings at
>> http://appsensebigot.blogspot.com
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> JR
>>
>> On 6 February 2012 20:49, Webster > > wrote:
>>
>> PLEASE DO.  I paid my own money to take the course (using a fellow
>> CTPs partner status to get it dirt cheap) but that is a set of
>> software with a LOT of options.
>>
>> 



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RE: South Florida position.

[James Hill]

I'd be calling the local zoo, see if they have any spare monkeys.

-Original Message-
From: gro...@beachcomp.com [mailto:gro...@beachcomp.com] 
Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 3:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: South Florida position.

Folks,

I truly hope this is allowed and that I don't upset people by this e-mail.
We're looking for some reliable people to start and grow with us.
If you know anyone, please forward this to them.

Thanks!

On-Site Computer Field Technician & Tech Support Rep (Hollywood, Aventura, 
North Miami Beach)

Please DO NOT apply for this position if you do not meet all the qualifications 
listed below.

Job Purpose:
Candidates will be required to manage and deliver On-Site & Over-the-phone 
services including repairing servers and workstations by utilizing diagnostic 
and repair techniques, virus/malware removal, data backup, operating system 
installation, end user software support.
Common job tasks also associated with the core job functions are pre & post 
sales and support, help desk and customer support to users by researching and 
answering questions; resolving problems; providing resources.
Candidates will also need to be able to create marketing & advertising 
materials for use by the company.
In addition to the duties listed below, candidate will be required to actively 
market the services offered by the company and accomplish a goal of Two signed 
maintenance agreements per month.

Duties:
- Repair workstations while logging repair work orders; responding to requests.
- Comply with policies while adhering to requirements; advising management of 
needed actions.
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading 
technical publications.
- Enhance organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new 
and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job 
accomplishments.
- Receive materials by inspecting shipped contents against order; verifying 
receipt; arranging for shipment of missing items; tracking backorders.
- Provide answers to clients by identifying problems; researching answers; 
guiding client through corrective steps.
- Improve client references by writing and maintaining documentation.
- Participate in development of client training programs by identifying 
learning issues; recommending instructional language.
- Accommodate client disabilities by recommending devices and techniques.
- Improve system performance by identifying problems; recommending changes.
- Accomplish information systems and organization mission by completing related 
results as needed.
- Develop new concepts/techniques and complete assignments/tasks in innovative 
and effective ways.
- To be considered for this position, you must put "resume for job 210222" in 
the subject line of your e-mail.
- Work on assignments that may be extremely complex in nature where a high 
degree of independent judgment, initiative and technical knowledge is required 
to resolve problems.
- Complete work independently and handle unique situations.
- Determine optimal methods and procedures for new assignments.
- Answer incoming calls and assist customers with issues.
- Remove systems from premises when required and return upon repair while 
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RE: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

[James Hill]

With DC names like that one should definitely ensure they have a good backup
strategy in place.

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 9:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Microsoft VM - 5 ways of backing up?

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 5:35 PM, David Lum  wrote:
>> DR using backed up vhd's is scary with AD, SQL, and Exchange*.
>> * Can you say "USN rollback", or "SN rollback", or anything similar? .
>
> Even with VSS it's scary?

  My understanding of the problem is: It's not the backup, it's the restore.
Every change to AD gets stamped with a USN (Update Sequence Number).  Say
you've got two DCs, FOO and BAR.  Both DCs commit and replicate changes to
AD, tracking with their USNs.  Say FOO explodes and you restore it to an
earlier point in time.  Now FOO's USN counter is rolled back to an earlier
value, and will start replicating changes using that earlier value.  But BAR
has *different* changes committed with those *same* USNs, from after the
previous backup was done.

  Duplicate USNs are bad.  As in, "Don't cross the streams" bad.

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RE: Corporate IM

[James Hill]

Lync is supported on Mac's with the Lync for Mac 2011 client.  It doesn't
have all of the features of the windows client though
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425836.aspx

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: Friday, 3 February 2012 5:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Corporate IM

As much as I am happy that MS closed the security hole, I do wish there was
still a built-in way to inform all users (or speciffic users/groups) in
Active Directory with a notification.

Scenario: For whatever reason, %service% is down. I'm getting hammered by
phone calls. I would love to be able to send out a "%timestamp%: We are
working on %service%. Thank you for your [lack of ]patience." either
everybody, students or staff depending on the %service%.

The closest I get to that now is sending a broadcast with our Shoretel
system, which is not optimal.

With OpenFire, it seems like this is possible. It might even be free for all
the needed software. The only bit I was having trouble with was a jabber
client that would live in the system tray, would sign in using
single-sign-on credentials of the logged in user, and didn't throw up an
error if the client wasn't able to connect for whatever reason (i.e.: The
user is a student, and doesn't have permission to connect to OpenFire). I
last tried this a few years ago, so I don't know if this is possible now.

I have never even looked at Lync. Being Microsoft, I would imagine it
integrates with windows quite well. As we have a large Mac userbase, I have
not spent any energy looking to see if it could give use those features.

*sigh* Pipe Dreams.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


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From: James Rankin
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To: NT System Admin Issues
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Sent: Thu, 02 Feb 2012
09:29:52 -0800
Subject: Re: Corporate IM


> Till those killjoys at MS disabled the Messenger service in Windows 
> 2000 or so :-)
> 
> I do remember seeing malware leveraging the service online as well
> 
> On 2 February 2012 17:03, Jacob  wrote:
> 
> > Laugh.. we used to do that back in the NT days, and quite a bit.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:30 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Corporate IM
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Tom Miller  wrote:
> > > Recommendations for an secure/enterprise IM product?
> >
> >   NET SEND username "message"
> >
> >  (Just kidding.)
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RE: OT - ugh!

[James Hill]

I feel for you.

But try and look at this way.  If they can't see the value you can offer now
then it would only be a continual uphill fight if you were employed by them.

You are better off with an employer that shares your values.

-Original Message-
From: Jacob Kisner [mailto:jbdkis...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2012 9:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - ugh!

"Because we feel  you are not diversified enough to address our issues."

Same issues I have addressed over the years poor issue management, no
project management, no documentation, crashing servers, IT staff treating
the network like a high school lab.. etc. Not only can I stop the bleeding
and stabilize the patient (gave then how I would do it), I can implement a
more proactive approach to IT management and stop the fires (also gave
details.)

I guess they rather have the fires...


On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Don Kuhlman  wrote:
> That makes no sense - why do they care where you were for 15 
> years...Sorry to hear that Jacob.
>
> I just started a new position - temp for 9 months, nice place - nice 
> people so far.
>
> I'm getting into MAC/Linux support so it's a stretch for me (windows 
> background), but it's a job and a chance to learn.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Don K
>
> 
> From: Jacob Kisner 
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:19 PM
> Subject: OT - ugh!
>
> Nothing sucks more than being interviewed for a position at a 
> different company last Tuesday, then being called Thursday to say we 
> are going to offer you a position and finally being told today that we 
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RE: Patch management software...

[James Hill]

I doesn't list SBS as a supported OS though, which is a concern.

 

From: ntsysadmin [mailto:ntsysad...@rccs.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2012 4:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Patch management software...

 

Thanks for all of the replies. I'm looking over the recommended apps and
installing the demos. 

 

So far ManageEngine (http://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/)
looks like the winner. The functionality is awesome, web-based UI is
beautiful and easy to read/navigate, feature-set - looks like it does so
much I will have to read the docs to discover all the features. It does look
like it's still free for 25 or fewer PCs, which is just amazing. This will
work for most of my clients, I will get quotes for the larger ones. If
you're not familiar with this product, I would highly recommend installing
the free demo and trying it out. I am VERY impressed.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

 

From: Dennis Hoefer [mailto:dhoe...@ufcoop.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Patch management software...

 

For the small Windows installations you might take a look at Desktop Central
by ManageEngine, I believe they still offer a free version for up to 25
workstations.  

 

Dennis 

 

From: ntsysadmin [mailto:ntsysad...@rccs.org] 
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Patch management software...

 

I'm looking for affordable patch management software for several of my small
business clients. Workstation numbers range from 4-80 PCs running XP, Vista,
Windows7 and a few Macs. It's okay if I can't find anything to work with the
Macs. I like the Secunia product but I didn't see an offering for users with
very small number of workstations. What are people using? Are there any free
options out there that are worthwhile?

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

 

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RE: Corporate IM

[James Hill]

Lync.  If you have core cal's you are already covered on the client side for
standard edition licensing.

Or if you don't want to set it up in-house there is always Office 365
(although that is probably overkill just for Lync).

 

From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2012 7:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Corporate IM

 

Hi Folks,

 

Recommendations for an secure/enterprise IM product?  The main use would be
between my org and a few partners for IT communication.  Internally we have
an in-house product.

 

Suggestions appreciated.  Someone recommended https://www.hipchat.com/ -
looks pretty good.

 

Tom

 

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RE: Lync

[James Hill]

Good Advice.

 

I'd recommend installing the Archiving role as well.  It doesn't take long
before management wants to be able to review Lync communications.  As long
as you have the relevant policies in place etc.

 

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2012 8:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Lync

 

On your 'I doubt most of my users will use it" thought, wanna bet that will
change?  Fast.  At its heart, it is a communications product and so many
people want to communicate.  People will grow very rapidly into using it.
Years ago, our initial deployment of LCS2005sp1 as 'just a test' of 50 users
was 100 before I had even deployed it.

 

Some random notes and memories on user experience follows...

- some managers use it to eye ball employee presence, remind them during
deployment it's a 'communications tool', not a job tracking tool.  These
types of manager were never my favorite to work with.

- some want it to do 'broadcast announcements', but the way it works
anything more then one to one is a  'conference' and users most 'opt in' or
the invite fails

- Some users think it's a threat / interuption and refuse to launch it
unless mandated

- Some users always set their status as away.

 

When you are rolling it out the first time spend some time thinking about
your companies culture and how you would like to see it used/evolve.  You
can't control it but you can give it initial direction and it will tend to
stay near that path.  Microsoft has/had some very useful 'IM Courtesy
templates' available.  Get them and customize them to your needs.  Deploy
them with the client to your customers.  One/two pages.  Have softcopies on
any intranet site you have for the new hires.

 

One of our Support Centers fears were that people would try and bypass the
phone queue with direct IMs to staff.  We sat with their managers and
suggested they look at their existing rules on call processing and then just
extend their training to have template responces to people who do this so
that everyone ahs the same standardize response to their customer base.  

Steven Peck

http://www.blkmtn.org


 

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Steve Ens  wrote:

THanks for the info Michael!  Lots of research yet to do.

 

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Michael B. Smith 
wrote:

Exchange Online uses ADFS. I would presume that Lync Online does the same.
I've never set up a hybrid deployment of Lync though, to be certain.

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:10 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Lync

 

Yeah, I've done some reading this afternoon and it looks pretty involved.  I
see that there is a hosted version as well (pay per month).  Any idea of how
that integrates with ones' domain?

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Michael B. Smith 
wrote:

You probably should spend a couple of weeks in planning and another week or
so in the lab before you do anything in the "real world". Namespace and IP
address and port and firewall planning are all a PITA.

 

I've done Lync deployments several times, but it's a pretty detail oriented
task. I prefer to leave it to experts.

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:41 PM


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: Lync

 

I'm interested in the conferencing, messaging, and presence for now.
Perhaps integration with voice down the road.  I've got under 150 users at
this point.  And I'd guess that probably less than half would actually "use"
it for meetings and chat.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Michael B. Smith 
wrote:

How many users and what pieces of Lync are you intending to use?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith

Consultant and Exchange MVP

http://TheEssentialExchange.com

 

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Lync

 

I'm starting to plan for a Lync installation here, and a consultant gave me
a quote of almost $20K for planning and implementation (no hardware or
licensing included).  I'm sensing that is way overkill.  I figure with a
little research it will integrate fairly simply with my AD and Exchange
installs.  I'd like to go with a single server setup, any gotchas, caveats
or real life experience anyone can share?

Thanks

Steve

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RE: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

[James Hill]

Basically I want to run RDS on a 2008 R2 box.  I did price up just
purchasing a 2008 R2 server license but then I also added user CAL's as I
don't think the SBS 2008 user CAL's would cover connecting to the 2008R2
server?  It is a bit cheaper to do this but I figured for the small amount
extra I may be better off with the Premium add-on instead (if sbs 2011 cal's
aren't required).

 

Confusing?

 

 

 

From: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2012 1:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

 

That's that quite accurate. He doesn't need to purchase SBS 2011 CALs to do
what I think James wants to do.

 

If James is only interested in adding another server to his SBS 2008
environment just for RDS he would be better off just purchasing Server 2008
R2 and the additional RDS licenses as needed. If he will never need SQL.

 

If he plans on using SQL at some future time, then the SBS 2011 Premium Pack
is the better way to go. And it includes 5 Premium CALs. So if 5 or less
users need access to SQL no further licenses are needed.

 

Art

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

 

I'm not sure on the RDS. I do know the Premium add-on allows you to run 2008
Server R2 and SQL 2008 on a separate VM or physical box. I am using the
add-on to run 2008 R2 Hyper-V host (this is what I had excitement with last
weekend), and then a 2008 R2 VM and put SQL on THAT, as well as run an SBS
2011 VM on that same physical host.

 

You *do* need to buy SBS2011 user CAL's. I know Dell's website doesn't let
you order the CAL's when ordering a SBS2011 server from their website, you
have to order CAL's from them (or somewhere else) separately.

 

Dave

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

 

So I've spent a rainy afternoon studying the SBS 2011 licensing faq
(exciting read).
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/5/C/45CD1DC6-9204-44DD-999B-24B50A9
144B6/SBS%202011_Licensing_FAQ.pdf

 

It states:-

 

Q. I acquired the Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on and want to run
it in an SBS

Standard 2008 domain. Am I able do to so?

A. Yes, beginning September 15, 2011 the licensing was updated to allow you
to use the Small Business

Server 2011 Premium Add-on in SBS 2008 domains.

 

Am I correct in believing that I can purchase the SBS 2011 Premium Add-on
(only) and install an instance of Server 2008 R2 in a SBS 2008 domain for
use of RDS?   I also don't need to purchase SBS 2011 user/device cals?

 

That *seems* to be the case.  If I wanted to use SQL I'd need Premium Add-on
cals but in this case SQL isn't required.

 

Ahh Microsoft licensing, always such fun.

 

James.

 

 

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RE: did i screw up? need to fix fast

[James Hill]

Good idea.  I've seen forgotten snapshots cause all sort of problems in a
large Vsphere environment.  The time it takes to remove them in a situation
like this thread and the subsequent waiting and waiting adds more stress
than anyone needs.

 

From: Cameron [mailto:cameron.orl...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2012 2:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast

 

And *this* would be why I love this list! I had thought it took a complete
snapshot and that was itso now I've just gone through getting rid of my
old snapshots.

 

Thanks all!



 

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 9:17 AM, David Lum  wrote:

Yes. I used to think snapshots were the bomb, now I treat them as "use only
when necessary and get rid of 'em as fast as you can". IMO snapshots
increase disaster recovery complexity, and when doing DR the last thing you
want is more complexity :-).

Dave "delete 'em as soon as is feasible" Lum

-Original Message-
From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast.

Good news.  The snapshot took about 2 and a half hours, but finished
successfully.  The machine powered up.  I checked one location on the file
server and a new folder added today to the share was still there.
So I think this should be a good indicator that the snapshot and server vmdk
combined successfully.  If anyone with more ESXi experience thinks I should
check some other method, please let me know.

Regarding the size of the snapshot, like I said I made a mistake and never
deleted the snapshot when I was building the SBS.  I think I created the
snaphot before I migrated some shares, so that might explain the size.

I don't typically use snapshots and thusly haven't really dug into how they
work.  To be honest I had assumed a snapshot would be a static vmdk of that
point in time, but from this experience I now know that isn't the case.

Thanks for all the assistance guys.  Really.  I just had a few minutes of
freak out when it happened.  The past couple of weeks I've neglected clients
a bit.  My dad passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, so life was suddenly
filled with a lot of sad tasks and being there for mom.
This client has been super understanding, but I didn't want to tell this
client that I made a silly mistake and your new server is hosed.

Everything is back up and everyone at client is now asking if I can make
that happen every other Friday so they can go home early.


Bill


Sean Martin wrote:
> Depends on how long the snapshot was active and the data change rate
> of the server. That is why snapshots can be very dangerous.
>
> - Sean
>
> On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
> mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> Its my understanding that this would be an indication of utilizing
>> snapshots in an very inappropriate fashion - although I still cant
>> fathom how you could get it *that* big.
>>
>> --
>> Espi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
>> mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Pretty big?  That seem absolutely huge to me.  Why would a
>> snapshot be that big?
>>
>> --
>> Espi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG
>> mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov>> wrote:
>>
>> 300GB is a pretty big snapshot.
>>
>> Joe Heaton
>> ITB - Windows Server Support
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com
>> ]
>> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:47 PM
>> To: Heaton, Joseph@DFG; NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: did i screw up? need to fix fast.
>>
>> Almost 300 gig.
>>
>> jesse-r...@wi.rr.com  wrote:
>> > Deleting snapshops can take awhile, especially if they're
>> large. How
>> > big was your snapshot?
>> >
>> >
>> > Original Message:
>> > -
>> > From: Bill Humphries nt...@hedgedigger.com
>> 
>> > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:02:57 -0500
>> > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
>> 
>> > Subject: did i screw up? need to fix fast.
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I have a client running SBS 2011 on esxi 5 (free).  The
>> VMstopped
>> > running and i got this error message:
>> >
>> > Message from esxi..company.local There is no more space for
>> virtual
>> > disk fezzik-01.vmdk.
>> > You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk
>> space on
>> > the relevant volume, and clicking Retry. Click Cancel to
>> terminate
>> > this session.
>> >

RE: VM Backups and SQL

[James Hill]

Yes.

 

From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 19 January 2012 4:32 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: VM Backups and SQL

 

I want to say yes but I'm not 100% sure, hell I might be totally wrong. When
I backup a VM with backup execs hyper-v agent it will backup an SQL express
database on that server also right? If I had to restore the VM the database
would also be restored and usable?

James

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RE: World IPv6 day...

[James Hill]

We have one ISP here in Australia now providing IPv6 for all of their customers 
and it isn't either of the two main ISP's 
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/412683/internode_first_take_ipv6_plunge/#closeme

At the current rate I'd be very surprised if the majority of ISP's were ready 
by 6 June.  There just doesn't seem to be the momentum.

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 19 January 2012 4:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: World IPv6 day...

http://www.worldipv6launch.org/

Last year's effort was a one-day thing.

This year they're supposedly making it permanent.

Kurt

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RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

[James Hill]

That's one of the great things about GPP.  It came with Server 2008 but with
the CSE's you just need a Vista/Win7 machine to manage them.  No need to
upgrade everything.

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Friday, 6 January 2012 3:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

Damn.you guys make me look good, that was it!

 

Just approved me a non-critical update in WSUS to take care of that on my
servers.J

 

Dave

 

From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

The 2003 servers don't have the latest updates for GPP installed would be my
bet.

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

Any reason this wouldn't work with 2003 servers? The don't seem to be
picking it up. W2K8 is no problemo.

 

I copied the GPO we use that works on XP/Win7 and modified it to point to
the added account and server OU only, no WMI filtering is on.

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 12:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

There certainly is (with GPP).  It can be used to create, update or delete
local users

 

Computer Configuration/Preferences/Control Panel Settings/Local Users and
Groups

 

Create a new Local User and fill in the details:-



 

This is a great GPP to do a domain wide change of the local Admin password
as well.  Very handy when you have an IT staff member resign who knows the
local admin password.

 

James.

 

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2012 4:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

Is there a way to GPO a password change of added-in local machine accounts
if the account is the same across all systems? I can do it easily enough
with the BuiltIn ones, but see no GPO way to do added ones.

David Lum 
Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764

 

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RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

[James Hill]

1.   You'd still have a local admin account.  I prefer to used
restricted groups GPO so that it forces the local admin memberships.

2.   Yes, not sure how really effective it is though apart from being
one more step to take when attempting a breach.

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2012 8:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

Good suggestion. Questions:
1. If you need to log on locally and the domain is unavailable (it happens),
how do you log in?

2. Isn't it best practice to disable the builtin admin account and use a new
local admin account with a different name?

 

IIRC #2 was suggested practice years ago (I can't remember from where).

 

Dave

 

From: ed ziots [mailto:ezi...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

You can use cusrmgr.exe from the Windows 2000 Resource kit tools to script
out the GPO changes. 
 
Better yet, as mentioned earlier it would be best to control who is in your
local administrators to domain based accounts that are added by GPO/GPP and
remove any others from those privileged groups. 
 
HTH, 
 
Sincerely,
EZ

Edward E. Ziots 
Senior Informational Security Engineer
CISSP,Security +,Network+ 

 

> From: kennedy...@elyriaschools.org
> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:39:08 -0500
> Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts
> 
> Then convert it to an exe or encrypt it to help keep prying eyes out of
it.
> 
> http://www.abyssmedia.com/quickbfc/
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:37 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts
> 
> Try:
> 
> net user localuser n3wP@ssw0rd
> 
> 
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: David Lum
> [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Wed, 04 Jan 2012
> 10:27:38 -0800
> Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts
> 
> 
> > Ohh..do tell - have a script handy that I can modify?
> > 
> > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:21 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts
> > 
> > Startup/boot script?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Michael B. Smith
> > Consultant and Exchange MVP
> > http://TheEssentialExchange.com
> > 
> > From: David Lum
> > [mailto:david@nwea.org]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:14 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts
> > 
> > Is there a way to GPO a password change of added-in local machine 
> > accounts if the account is the same across all systems? I can do it 
> > easily enough with the BuiltIn ones, but see no GPO way to do added
ones.
> > David Lum
> > Systems Engineer // NWEATM
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RE: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

[James Hill]

There certainly is (with GPP).  It can be used to create, update or delete
local users

 

Computer Configuration/Preferences/Control Panel Settings/Local Users and
Groups

 

Create a new Local User and fill in the details:-



 

This is a great GPP to do a domain wide change of the local Admin password
as well.  Very handy when you have an IT staff member resign who knows the
local admin password.

 

James.

 

 

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2012 4:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: GPO reset of local non-builtin accounts

 

Is there a way to GPO a password change of added-in local machine accounts
if the account is the same across all systems? I can do it easily enough
with the BuiltIn ones, but see no GPO way to do added ones.

David Lum 
Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764

 

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RE: Remote Support with UAC

[James Hill]

Just seems to be on the particular PC I was using.  Tried it on another one
and it worked first go.

 

How do I provide admin creds so I can accept UAC prompts etc?

 

From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 12:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Support with UAC

 

I dunno, it has always just worked for me under xp to win7/08r2?

I just run this http://download.mikogo4.com/mikogo-starter.exe on mine and
the users wkst.

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 7:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Support with UAC

 

Hasn't been a good start.  Whenever I attempt to join a session it says the
username and pass under account is incorrect.  That doesn't make a great
deal of sense as when just viewing/joining a session you can't provide nor
should you require that information.

 

It then prompts to start a new session with basic features.  Clicking on
that results in the app crashing.

 

 

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 12:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Support with UAC

 

Thanks Joseph.  I'm testing it now.

 

From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Support with UAC

 

I have been using mikogo recently, you can try it free w/o reg or time
limits...
I do the exact same thing with it to prevent divulging local admin creds
etc.
jlc

  _  

From: James Hill [falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remote Support with UAC

I'm trying to find a reasonably priced remote support tool for remote
controlling client pc's over the internet.  The tricky part is that I want
something that works with non admin users and UAC.

 

Logmein Rescue and Teamviewer both support the option for the customer to
run an app that doesn't require admin rights.  They both then allow the
admin to remotely provide admin creds and restart the app as either a
service or in the admin context.

 

They are expensive though.  I'm looking for a single admin license with
unlimited client pc's.

 

Are there any other products on the market that meet these requirements?

 

James.

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RE: Remote Support with UAC

[James Hill]

Hasn't been a good start.  Whenever I attempt to join a session it says the
username and pass under account is incorrect.  That doesn't make a great
deal of sense as when just viewing/joining a session you can't provide nor
should you require that information.

 

It then prompts to start a new session with basic features.  Clicking on
that results in the app crashing.

 

 

 

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 12:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Support with UAC

 

Thanks Joseph.  I'm testing it now.

 

From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Support with UAC

 

I have been using mikogo recently, you can try it free w/o reg or time
limits...
I do the exact same thing with it to prevent divulging local admin creds
etc.
jlc

  _  

From: James Hill [falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remote Support with UAC

I'm trying to find a reasonably priced remote support tool for remote
controlling client pc's over the internet.  The tricky part is that I want
something that works with non admin users and UAC.

 

Logmein Rescue and Teamviewer both support the option for the customer to
run an app that doesn't require admin rights.  They both then allow the
admin to remotely provide admin creds and restart the app as either a
service or in the admin context.

 

They are expensive though.  I'm looking for a single admin license with
unlimited client pc's.

 

Are there any other products on the market that meet these requirements?

 

James.

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RE: Remote Support with UAC

[James Hill]

Thanks Joseph.  I'm testing it now.

 

From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 10:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Remote Support with UAC

 

I have been using mikogo recently, you can try it free w/o reg or time
limits...
I do the exact same thing with it to prevent divulging local admin creds
etc.
jlc

  _  

From: James Hill [falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 5:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Remote Support with UAC

I'm trying to find a reasonably priced remote support tool for remote
controlling client pc's over the internet.  The tricky part is that I want
something that works with non admin users and UAC.

 

Logmein Rescue and Teamviewer both support the option for the customer to
run an app that doesn't require admin rights.  They both then allow the
admin to remotely provide admin creds and restart the app as either a
service or in the admin context.

 

They are expensive though.  I'm looking for a single admin license with
unlimited client pc's.

 

Are there any other products on the market that meet these requirements?

 

James.

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RE: Remote Support with UAC

[James Hill]

Consultant. Price point is much less than Logmein rescue and teamviewer if
possible.  Mikogo is looking promising, I'm just testing it now.

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 4 January 2012 11:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Remote Support with UAC

On 4 Jan 2012 at 10:09, James Hill  wrote:

> I´m trying to find a reasonably priced remote support tool for remote
> controlling client pc´s over the internet. The tricky part is that I
> want something that works with non admin users and UAC.
> 
> Logmein Rescue and Teamviewer both support the option for the customer
to
> run an app that doesn´t require admin rights. They both then allow the
> admin to remotely provide admin creds and restart the app as either a
> service or in the admin context.
> 
> They are expensive though. I´m looking for a single admin license with
> unlimited client pc´s.
> 
> Are there any other products on the market that meet these
requirements?

Is this for a corporate user or for a consultant?  Price point?

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RE: Folders in AD

[James Hill]

SCCM definitely does.

 

From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2011 1:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Folders in AD

 

Ya, they are definitely not something you want to mess with too much.
There's some stuff you have to do in System for Exchange, or SCCM, can't
remember which off-hand.

 

From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 6:23 AM
To: Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Folders in AD

 

I'm guessing they are something you don't want to mess with normally since
you have to turn on advanced features to even see them.

Google found this.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/a-closer-look-at-windows-server-
2008s-active-directory-users-and-computers/364

 

  _  

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Folders in AD

Do you guys have objects in your AD structure off the root that are called
"Program Data" and "System"? What are those for?

David Lum 
Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764

 

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RE: Folders in AD

[James Hill]

Tingly sounds good, I might try it.  Thanks for the tip!

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2011 6:27 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Folders in AD

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, David Lum  wrote:
> Actually no, I had an SE asking me what they did and he said "doesn't 
> seem like they should be in there", and not seconds after posting to 
> the list me telling him those only appear when "show advanced features" is
on ...

  Don't do that, then.

  When I stick my finger in the light socket and turn it on I feel all
tingly!

-- Ben

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RE: Win 7 Public Documents

[James Hill]

If I recall correctly that GPO didn’t show up until SP1 as I remember it being 
a thorn in my side when I did my first deployment of Windows 7 not long after 
it was released.

-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2011 3:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Win 7 Public Documents

The GPO is working very well. Dunno why I couldn't find anything like that via 
google. Thanks a bunch for the help.

JK

-Original Message-
From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 8:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Win 7 Public Documents

You have a couple of options.

Use the "Disable Known Folders" GPO.  User Config/Admin Temp/Windows 
Comp/Windows Explorer and specify the value as FOLDERID_CommonDocuments.

Or you can try http://www.greycube.com/help/other/windows_7/

James.

-Original Message-
From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2011 1:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Win 7 Public Documents

Anyone have an approved way or a way that won't break things to keep users from 
seeing or being able to use 'Public Documents' in Windows 7. I need to take 
that 'feature' away from students.

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