RE: Please disregard
Gee, I guess it is working... lol Klint From: David Lum [david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Please disregard Yeah I picked ‘em up on sale – it was buy one get one, limit ten so I stocked up! “Sarcasm…get yer sarcasm here!” Dave From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Please disregard That’s that new thing called sarcasm isn’t it? Shook From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Please disregard What do you mean? I totally disregarded Klint's e-mail, it's yours I am replying to :-). Nobody on this list ever replies to anything except strict NT administrator business! David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Please disregard
Just upgraded my MTA to E2K7, and making sure everything is routing correctly. Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Script or Batch File to Restart a Windows Server after a set period of time
If it was on a network enabled APC switch, you could bounce the power circuit. Klint David Elebute wrote: i am looking to setup a remote reboot script or batch file to run a server restart, but only after the server has been down for a set timeframe like an hour or more. Does anyone know of the syntax or maybe a script/batch source that already has this? All help or nudge in the general direction is greatly appreciated. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Script or Batch File to Restart a Windows Server after a set period of time
I would just keep a workstation around to probe the environment, gracefully shutdown the server via shutdown.exe, wait a few minutes, cut the power to the server, and then when the conditions are right, turn the power back on. Just have the server set to auto-power on when power resumes (a bios setting). David Elebute wrote: Well Klint, that is what we have, it is a power spectrum 8-outlet device that monitors voltage and temp, and we have thresholds setup for both and we wanted to try a stress test that lets say the server room goes to 72 degrees we want to shutdown the servers connected on the 8 outlets in a sequence that is preset. i thought i could run the batch script to shutdown and restart after lets say 1 hour or after the temp gets back to the preset level. And this device can cutoff the power to the outlets, but how to restart the Dell servers and our Mitel PBX. Just trying to get some answers. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: I want all new users to have a roaming profile - HOW?
Create a template user, and for the path put \\server\profile$\templateuser when you copy the account, it will rename the templateuser to the new account Klint Gavin Wilby wrote: Hi guys, In the old NT days you could create a template account and give it a roaming path such as \\server\profile$\%username% file://server/profile$/%25username%25 and if you then created a new user using that template it would always give them the same RP. 2003 server doesnt seem to do that AFAICS, and the TechNet article I have found states you must use ADSIEdit to do this. There *must* be an easier way. Isnt there? -- Gavin Wilby, Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Sorry for the simple question but I'm a developer not a Sys Admin Guru
Are the two shares on different servers, or the same server? Is the UID and PW the same for both shares, or different? Klint John P. Bonner wrote: Hello, Sorry for the lame question but I am trying to figure out exactly what is going on. We have a server in a central office and we connect to the corporate network via vpn. The server is not on a domain and 99% of the workstations are not in a domain of any sort either. Client ABC logs into local machine with some username Client ABC connects to the vpn. Client ABC accesses \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharename file:///%5C%5CXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX%5Csharename Client ABC is challenged for a UID PWD Client ABC enters correct Network Resource UID PWD Client ABC sees files and folders on share Client ABC can work with files no problem Client ABC opens a program that is installed locally but accesses a database on \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharename file:///%5C%5CXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX%5Csharename Client ABC program opens and asks for uid pwd to database Client ABC enters the UID PWD for database and access granted Client ABC program halts looking for \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharename2 file:///%5C%5CXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX%5Csharename2 Client ABC has full access to this share as well but the locally executing program **MUST** (I am assuming here) use the credentials of the logged on user **NOT** the credentials Client ABC entered above to gain access to the resource. I make the above statement because if I create a local windows account with the Network Resource UID PWD from and log in under that account everything runs smoothly. So my questions for you professionals is how to best solve this problem. Creating hundreds of user accounts on the server would be maintenance H*%. Would creating the account on the local machine then giving the locally installed exe run as (Network Resource UID PWD) solve it? Thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated. Thank You JB ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Sorry for the simple question but I'm a developer not a Sys Admin Guru
Is the program accessing the database via ODBC? Is it an application level uid/pw? John P. Bonner wrote: Both shares are on the same server. Both shares are shared out with everyone full control. We were trying to get it to work and we would tighten down from there. I honestly don't know where the network challenge comes from originally. Both shares are open to everyone full control. So I am **ASSUMMING** the network challenge is coming from the client server not knowing each other so there is a credentials challenge BEFORE even showing the shares. JB *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:37 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Sorry for the simple question but I'm a developer not a Sys Admin Guru Are the two shares on different servers, or the same server? Is the UID and PW the same for both shares, or different? Klint John P. Bonner wrote: Hello, Sorry for the lame question but I am trying to figure out exactly what is going on. We have a server in a central office and we connect to the corporate network via vpn. The server is not on a domain and 99% of the workstations are not in a domain of any sort either. Client ABC logs into local machine with some username Client ABC connects to the vpn. Client ABC accesses \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharename file:///%5C%5C%5C%5CXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX%5Csharename Client ABC is challenged for a UID PWD Client ABC enters correct Network Resource UID PWD Client ABC sees files and folders on share Client ABC can work with files no problem Client ABC opens a program that is installed locally but accesses a database on \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharename file:///%5C%5C%5C%5CXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX%5Csharename Client ABC program opens and asks for uid pwd to database Client ABC enters the UID PWD for database and access granted Client ABC program halts looking for \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\sharename2 file:///%5C%5C%5C%5CXXX.XXX.XXX.XXX%5Csharename2 Client ABC has full access to this share as well but the locally executing program **MUST** (I am assuming here) use the credentials of the logged on user **NOT** the credentials Client ABC entered above to gain access to the resource. I make the above statement because if I create a local windows account with the Network Resource UID PWD from and log in under that account everything runs smoothly. So my questions for you professionals is how to best solve this problem. Creating hundreds of user accounts on the server would be maintenance H*%. Would creating the account on the local machine then giving the locally installed exe run as (Network Resource UID PWD) solve it? Thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated. Thank You JB ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: NAC - Network Access Control
This may be a bit off topic, but what level of obscurity is removed by the general public knowing what NAC devices get installed at Liberty Bank. I would think you would want that to remain a black box to the good and bad on this list :O) Klint Burgess, Jeffrey wrote: Anyone here using a NAC solution? What are you using and how do you like it? I'm looking at a few but would like to see what others are using and how they like it. Specifically in how useful it is for out of band devices (Devices not owned by your company, I.E. Vendor laptops etc...) I like ForeScout so far and I'm also looking at Cisco and Symantec.What do you have? Jeffrey T. Burgess Sr. Systems Engineer Liberty Bank 315 Main St. Middletown CT, 06457 (860) 704-2196 jburg...@liberty-bank.com Ambition is the last refuge of failure. - Oscar Wilde ** Unless you have received this email through the Liberty Bank secure email system, before you respond, please consider that any unencrypted e-mail that is sent to us is not secure. If you send regular e-mail to Liberty Bank, please do not include any private or confidential information such as social security numbers, unlisted telephone numbers, bank account numbers, personal income information, user names, passwords, etc. If you need to provide us with such information, please telephone us at (888)570-0773 during business hours or write to us at 315 Main St. Middletown, CT 06457. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer without disclosing it. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Bank. Thank you. ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
HP 6535b dual monitor dupport
My cousin, in another state, has a HP 6535b laptop with docking station. Is there a way to enable dual monitor support between an attached LCD hanging off the docking station, and the laptop LCD? I have remoted into his box, and tried enabling the 2nd monitor via ATI Catalyst software, but no luck so far Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: HP 6535b dual monitor dupport
I was using VNC's PCHelpWare, and could not enable the second monitor in the video card. Klint Brian Desmond wrote: *If you're doing it over remote desktop I expect all the relevant UI for this is disabled. * * * *It should work fine though -- have to check the extend desktop button for the secondary monitor. * * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *c - 312.731.3132* * * *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Sent:* Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:24 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* HP 6535b dual monitor dupport My cousin, in another state, has a HP 6535b laptop with docking station. Is there a way to enable dual monitor support between an attached LCD hanging off the docking station, and the laptop LCD? I have remoted into his box, and tried enabling the 2nd monitor via ATI Catalyst software, but no luck so far Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Upgrading Hard Drives on DL380 G3 Mirror
I need to upgrade a dl380 g3 from dual 146 drives to dual 300 drives. I have backups of the data and do not want to rebuild the server from scratch (unless I have to). Can I simply take the following steps: * remove a drive to break the mirror, put in the new drive, let it rebuild and complete * remove the second drive, put in the second new drive, and let it rebuild and complete * Use Acronis Disk Director to resize the partition to 300 GB Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Anyone using Borderware?
I use borderware and absolutely love it. I too use Ninja at some smaller shops, but for midsized environments (50+ users), I like to put my eggs in different baskets. I am running 2 MX-200's running as a cluster. I have had zero downtime, minuscule amounts of spam, and no complaints of false positives. Borderware had me up and running in about 30 minutes after we walked through each of the configuration options available. Klint Rob Bonfiglio wrote: We are looking at new anti-spam solutions. A vendor e-mailed us about Borderware (_http://www.borderware.com/_). I was curious if anyone had used this product, and what your experience was? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Trend Micro ImgSetup GUID
Background: I work for an employer that uses Trend OfficeScan throughout the enterprise. I utilize VMs extensively in my environment Company policy dictates that I have to use Trend, and I am not in the group that decided to go with other vendors That being said, Trend has a utility called ImgSetup.exe which creates a unique Trend GUID on boot from a sysprepped machine. It works well for what I need, however it only works in a x86 environment, and we are now pushing x64. If you run the utility on a x64 box, it states it only works in an x86 environment, and then errors out. I would like to know if anyone has any insight how the GUID is created. On a 32-bit box, when you run the utility, it creates an entry in the runonce section of the registry. The parameter created calls ImgSetup.exe, and passes in the MAC address of the machine the utility is being run on. After rebooting, you end up with a HEX formatted GUID in the registry that looks along the lines of: ---- Any ideas? Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Xeon compile performance
Here are a few quick hits http://www.serverintellect.com/support/salesfaq/pentium-xeon-comparison.aspx http://www.finnix.org/Pentium_D_vs_Pentium_4 Kevin Lundy wrote: No, that is what I mean by it's a philosophical question, at an overall processor architecture level. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: Do you have specific CPU model numbers you're comparing? Merely saying Xeon and Pentium doesn't help, as those are merely brand names. Kevin Lundy wrote: I admit that I will be showing my ignorance of low level computing with this question, but here goes: All other components being equal, would a large compile complete any faster on a Xeon processor with the base L2 cache compared to an otherwise equivalent Pentium processor (as equivalent as possible)? It's a somewhat philosophical debate here. My instinct is that a Xeon, by itself, is not going to help in a compile operation. But I can't back it up with anything. Yes, I understand there are multiple differences in Xeon and Pentium systems in general, which makes a live test a bit more difficult. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Mystery Domains
Hopefully you really only need to worry about it if you have a single-label domain. Klint Scott Kaufman at HQ wrote: You don't need WINS to do hostname resolution. If DNS is correctly configured, hostname resolution will work just fine. Since 2000, the OS uses DNS first before WINS for name resolution * * *Scott Kaufman* Lead Network Analyst ITT ESI, Inc. *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Mystery Domains correct. No WINS. \\server\share file:///%5C%5Cserver%5Cshare works fine. What do you mean by a UNC that aren't FQDN? *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:16 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Mystery Domains Really? And I'll assume no WINS either? How do UNC's that aren't FQDN work then? I'm missing some knowledge here... */David Lum/*/ /*// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:48 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Mystery Domains At least not for me - haven't used NetBIOS over TCP/IP in years. *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:25 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Mystery Domains Won't that cause other issues? */David Lum/*/ /*// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:58 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Mystery Domains disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP (WINS tab of your network connection's IP settings) *From:* Steven Calvanese [mailto:scalvan...@membersolutions.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1:50 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Mystery Domains I just noticed all of these extra domains in my Microsoft Windows Network list. I have a user vpning to us from a hotel right now. I think that is where these could be coming from. Does anyone know how to stop this and how to flush this list? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This email and any attachments are confidential and intended for the sole use of the persons named in the email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Backupexec and VMs
what does your disk layout and network connectivity look like? Jason Morris wrote: We use vRanger from www.vizioncore.com. It is dependent on running a VI server though. There are quite a few others that would depend on what your storage platform is as well. If you're looking for something that is storage agnostic, that's a good place to start. Good luck, Jason -Original Message- From: Craig Gauss [mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 8:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backupexec and VMs Looking for some advice. It seems as if since we virtualized several of our file servers the backup speeds are ridiculously slow. Does anyone have any advice for backing up VM data? Craig Gauss, Technical Supervisor/Security Officer Riverview Hospital Association Phone: 715-423-6060 ext. 8572 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information from MJMC, Inc., which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for the use of the individual or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the retrieval of the original document. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Force group membership
James, I use a very restrictive default policy, and then open it up for special AD groups to gain additional access exec managers sales floor reps IT etc, etc James Rankin wrote: Is there any way I can force all user accounts to be a member of a certain AD group? I have several levels of WebSense groups and I want to make sure that all user accounts always belong to at least one of them. Can this be done through Group Policy? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Now that Win7 is out , whos running it?
Minutes? David Lum wrote: VM'd a 64-bit one with VMWare Workstation on Friday from an ISO, took 18 minutes from ISO boot to desktop on a modern hardware w/ 8GB RAM. Vista R2 is a good way to describe initial impressions. */David Lum/*/ /*// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 *From:* Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2009 5:09 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Now that Win7 is out , whos running it? Been running smoothly here. Have it both on a test desktop, and threw it on my laptop. Both have been running smoothly for now. IE8 is too buggy for me, installed FireFox. Office 2007 works with no problems. So far, I have not come across any software that I use normally that does not run in Windows 7. *Much* quicker boot time than XP/Vista on the same machine. Getting in the lower teens for boot time on the desktop, low 20's on the laptop. So... so far, so good. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com /You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue./ /- B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me/ *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2009 07:00 hrs *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Now that Win7 is out , whos running it? We've had builds for about 4 months via TAP. Been running it on my main machine for several weeks now. The icon grouping thing takes a while getting used to (some ways it's faster, but if you had pet ways of using the older-style taskbar, some things are slower). Explorer doesn't lose folder column preferences anymore (thank goodness). IE8 has a bunch of bugs (and the IE task bar icon randomly doesn't display some tabs, which is really annoying). The positioning of the show desktop in the bottom right corner is great (you can drag your mouse there) unless you have a second monitor that extends your desktop to the right. Dunno if it's my chipset drivers but I have a heap of problems with USB power after a random number of sleep/resume cycles. Cheers Ken *From:* Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] *Sent:* Sunday, 11 January 2009 2:58 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Now that Win7 is out , whos running it? I loaded win7 in a vm the other day (I got my hands on it on Wed), and it took everything I pretty much **needed**. Quickbooks 9, Office 2007 etc etc. Sooo yesterday I dropped a new drive in and loaded it directly on my box (quad 9950, Geforce 9600, 3gb ram, 2x22' dvi screens, asus onboard audio/nic) System came right up, Nvidia already has a driver in Windows Update, MSN, Office, Quicbooks, Rocketdock, City of Heroes all work as expected. A few apps aren't running right (I am on the 64bit where my vista was 32bit) -- CutePDF, MagicDisc, MountISO (all 'driver' related stuff) doesn't seem to load correctly. IMGBurn works, haven't tried Nero 9 yet, but will look at that today. I don't know about faster/slower/benchmarks, however, I think the added desktop stuff while may take a little bit to get used to (grouping icons, disappearing windows when you select stuff in toolbar) seems much more efficient. The 'changing' desktop is pretty nice too. The UAC has a gradiant scale. IE8 seems pretty good, the new 'private' version of the browser looks promising. The 'home' sharing setup with the keycodes is pretty neat, but I haven't tried it yet. I would have to say overall, Im pretty impressed with the 'beta' so far. So for today, I am going to stick with it as my primary computer at the house and see how stable it remains. Just curious what other people like about it too. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
Thanks Klint Sam Cayze wrote: Here is 64 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO Again in case: 32 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 3:36 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now X86. 64 bit is somewhere on lifehacker too. *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 3:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now
For a URL that wraps, I just copy the thing into notepad, remove the carriage returns, copy the url, and paste in my browser. Klint Murray Freeman wrote: I've been trying all day, and even typed in the link, but I couldn't get in. But your link got me in immediately. BTW, what is the trick to making wrap-around links work? I usually use tinyURL to solve that, but I'd prefer to use the wrap-around technique. *Murray* *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 3:38 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Here is 64 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO Again in case: 32 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 3:36 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now X86. 64 bit is somewhere on lifehacker too. *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 09, 2009 3:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now Sweet, the link is working for me now.. Question: is this the x86 or x64 link? If it is *not* the x64 link, does anyone have it? Klint Jim Majorowicz wrote: I think they hit the 2.5 million mark. Going through the Partner Portal (I'm just a SBSC Registered Partner), I can't use the key or the download links. -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I did a URL scan of the download page, and it's down in 30 locations and 5 countries that I tested. Why don't they just embrace bit torrent and alleviate their network congestion? Put the saved money from hosting and bandwidth into developing a product activation system that doesn't get cracked in the first 5 minutes of their release. It amazes me that they can't even protect their own assets with security measures. Makes me wonder how their security products will protect me if they can't even protect their own assets. -Original Message- From: James Winzenz [mailto:james.winz...@pulte.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now I get all the way to the end, then: Error The site is currently experiencing technical difficulties, please check back in the next business day. Lovely. Heh. Anyone else able to start the download? James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 On TechNet Now http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx Done Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 11:40 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 On TechNet Now On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Christopher J. Bosak cbo...@vector-co.com mailto:cbo...@vector-co.com wrote: Really? I still don't see a download link. First one to find the download link for the general public beta release, please post it so we can avoid all the I still don't see it messages. P.S.: I still don't see it. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business
Re: VMWare Product Confusion
1.x and 2.x run on top of Windows while ESXi has it's own OS, and runs independent of Windows. ESXi is a stripped down version of ESX. You will see huge increases in VM performance under ESXi. Klint Roger Wright wrote: So what are the primary differences between v1.x , and v2.0 and ESXi? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ *From:* gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] *Sent:* Monday, January 05, 2009 5:05 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: VMWare Product Confusion We have moved all of our clients to ESXi that were using Server 1.x or 2.0 unless there was some specific reason the Host OS had to stay online. Not many cases of those though. The only main issue was some NIC driver issues on some whitebox machines we have been begging to get rid of. *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 05, 2009 5:00 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: VMWare Product Confusion No, ESXi is free now, and I would use it in a heartbeat over server. jlc *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:rwri...@evatone.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 05, 2009 2:55 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* VMWare Product Confusion I'm running with several VMs under VMware Server 1.0.8, primarily because it was free and gave us an opportunity to move into the virtual arena. Is VMware Server 2.0 also free to use? If so, any reason not to move to 2.0? Is this the highest level VMWare product which is available at no cost? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Now that is funny... Kamlesh Parmar wrote: LinkedIn NT, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Kamlesh Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/441515905/_vdeiJjK/ What is LinkedIn and why should you join? http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/ © 2008, LinkedIn Corporation ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Win 2k8 Enterprise 240-day Eval Terminal Serivces licenses for 25 users.
as follow up, with the free trial from MS, will windows allow for 25 simultaneous users during the grace period? Klint Webster wrote: *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Subject:* Win 2k8 Enterprise 240-day Eval Terminal Serivces licenses for 25 users. I need to throw together a test server with 25 terminal services users. Does the 60 day eval (which can be increased to 240 days), allow for 25 simultaneous users via terminal services In either per-user or per-device mode the TS will issue temporary 120-day licenses. If the TS is in workgroup mode then per-user licenses are not tracked. [Windows Server 2008 TS Resource Kit pages 121 and 122] Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Win 2k8 Enterprise 240-day Eval Terminal Serivces licenses for 25 users.
Backing up a little bit This is going to be utilized in a Windows 2003 domain environment. I have plenty of 2003 CALS, but no 2008 CALs. During the test time frame, do I not have to worry about 2008 CALs? Does 2008 ignore the fact they are missing until the trial period ends? Thanks, I think I am getting close. Klint and Enterprise comes with 25, and not just 5? I can't find it on the MS site, and have never dealt wi Damien Solodow wrote: Should. In my experience the trial versions are complete and full function, just time-bombed. *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:23 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Win 2k8 Enterprise 240-day Eval Terminal Serivces licenses for 25 users. as follow up, with the free trial from MS, will windows allow for 25 simultaneous users during the grace period? Klint Webster wrote: *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] *Subject:* Win 2k8 Enterprise 240-day Eval Terminal Serivces licenses for 25 users. I need to throw together a test server with 25 terminal services users. Does the 60 day eval (which can be increased to 240 days), allow for 25 simultaneous users via terminal services In either per-user or per-device mode the TS will issue temporary 120-day licenses. If the TS is in workgroup mode then per-user licenses are not tracked. [Windows Server 2008 TS Resource Kit pages 121 and 122] Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Win 2k8 Enterprise 240-day Eval Terminal Serivces licenses for 25 users.
I need to throw together a test server with 25 terminal services users. Does the 60 day eval (which can be increased to 240 days), allow for 25 simultaneous users via terminal services Thanks, Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Search Engine Optimization Companies -- Any good ones?
A client of mine has been with One Up Web for a long time, and has experienced sustained top rankings for some very competitive key words and phrases. http://www.oneupweb.com Klint Jon D wrote: Our compnay is looking to hire a Search Enghine Optimization firm to tweak our website. Does anyone have any experience with any of them? I know there are a ton out there, and most are probably not that great. Thanks in advance, Jon . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: DNS issue?
+1 keep the flash in a specific area, wrapped by content/html Personally I would change the site so each topic had its own page, non-flash navigation (coupled with flash navigation if you wish), and use flash to highlight media aspects of a page, not be the page. Each page should have an initial page load 70 kb Put the content of the site in HTML; use flash to pretty up diagrams, flow charts, photos, etc flash should be used to draw your eye to selling points, but the content of the site should still be in natural/seo-optimized form. Ben Scott wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Eric Brouwer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you mean? Should we just set up an options on a splash screen where visitors can choose Flash or HTML versions of the site? You can do it that way, but I think the better way to do it is to build your web site using HTML, and use Flash as *parts* of each page. With CSS, you can get fairly good control over how things appear. When Flash is needed for a cool effect, build in alternate HTML links on the same page. Your home page, for example, doesn't really need Flash. The carousel for staff (which I admit is neat) does, but you could run a strip of HTML names across the side/bottom and still have it look nice. Take a look at Yahoo's or Microsoft's home pages. Lots of layout, dynamic effects, menus, etc.. Very little Flash, other than for video. This does, of course, require web designers who have both artistic skill and technical skill. I personally think that would be a requirement to be called a web designer, but I guess most of the world doesn't agree with me. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
VIPRE - Outlook HTTP/RPC
Since migrating a laptop to Vipre, Outlook via HTTP/RPC is running a lot slower than NOD32 did. Are there any tweaks I can try out to speed up performance? Klint ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: DNS issue?
DNS on the outside resolves the same for both www.forespost.com and forestpost.com Can you post the code that loads the xml? Klint It may not be Eric Brouwer wrote: Good afternoon, I've run into an issue at work related to our web site that I can't figure out. Our site was developed in house using Flash by another individual who can't explain the issue, either. When you go to www.forestpost.com, everything works fine. If you click on of the links on the left, you'll see a carousel featuring our staff. This data is XML driven. If you go to forestpost.com, the XML never loads, so you don't see the carousels. While we look at a long term solution, I'm trying to find a quick fix. Can I do anything through DNS? Some way to force all traffic destined for forestpost.com to redirect to www.forestpost.com? Thanks, Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: DNS issue?
can you change that line of code so it loads from www.yoursite.com/editorialicons.xml ? Eric Brouwer wrote: It's a simple line of Actionscript in the Flash file: xml.load(editorialicons.xml); On Dec 2, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Klint Price - ArizonaITPro wrote: DNS on the outside resolves the same for both www.forespost.com and forestpost.com Can you post the code that loads the xml? Klint It may not be Eric Brouwer wrote: Good afternoon, I've run into an issue at work related to our web site that I can't figure out. Our site was developed in house using Flash by another individual who can't explain the issue, either. When you go to www.forestpost.com, everything works fine. If you click on of the links on the left, you'll see a carousel featuring our staff. This data is XML driven. If you go to forestpost.com, the XML never loads, so you don't see the carousels. While we look at a long term solution, I'm trying to find a quick fix. Can I do anything through DNS? Some way to force all traffic destined for forestpost.com to redirect to www.forestpost.com? Thanks, Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Eric Brouwer IT Manager www.forestpost.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 248.855.4333 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: DNS issue?
no, what you want it to have yoursite.com redirect via IIS to www.yoursite.com Although you could do it the way Jim suggested, many search engines will ding rankings for duplicate content. Klint Kennedy, Jim wrote: That should do it. -Original Message- From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DNS issue? We don't host the site internally. When I contact them, what do I tell them I need done? That I need the header requests for the two domains answered the same? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Building a new instrastructure
Get a volume license for your desktops so you can do disk image deployments. It will save you a ton of time over the years supporting the environment. Klint Jon Harris wrote: Can you even get XP now? I thought that it was only available until the end of November or something like that. If this is truly a new setup why not just bite the bullet and get Vista and be done with it? Jon On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 6:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My suggestion, hire a consultant. With 2600 users there has to be a number of technologies being used which would require licensing of various types. Server, Exchange, SQL, just to name a few. Who was managing those stations prior to you? If you don't have any of that information you would do yourself good to contact MS or a MS Partner to have them lookup if there is any current licenses owned. You said start I have never seen a 2600 node network just start up before, but if that's the case you can negotiate one heck of a deal with your vendor. Dell, HP for the workstation and servers and a MS Partner could work up the licensing costs for you. When you purchase an computer from HP, Dell, IBM it comes with an OEM XP Pro license that is only to be used on that physical box. That license has nothing to do with Server licenses, Exchange licenses, or other products. Let us know. Sounds like fun. Thanks Greg -Original Message- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Building a new instrastructure Hi, I am sure many of you have been through this before. How to do you deal with licensing part (CALs purchase) if one has to start the following instrastructure: 2600 users 10 servers - mostly file and print 2600 workstations I was thinking in the following line - help me add / deduce some of the items: Order 2600 workstations with WinXP Pro licenses Order 10 server bare with no OS Get 10 licenses for Win2k3 STD server. How many CALs do I need to procure? and what type? I understand the WinXP Proalready contains Device CALs? So does that mean only Users CALs need to be procurred? How much is the street price for user CALs? any idea? Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Domain Controllers time sync software
If the default is not working, why do you think the additional software will do the trick? Both routes will most likely require FW modifications, whether you have the DC do time on its own, or point it to a different internal time server on the network. Klint Juned Shaikh wrote: What is the time-sync software hardware that the list uses? In our environment - for FW reasons the sync with default time sysnc are not working and we are in the process of buying some hardware appliacne with can provide time services. In the meantime, does anyone has use some software option which can be installed (safely) on Active directory DC's? Thanks, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Domain Controllers time sync software
I think both Troy and Marvin are correct. It sounds like Juned does not have FW rules in place to allow time sync to work directly from his DC. Yes, he should use W32Time as Troy suggests, and should point to an edge device (or other device that has a time service running on it) as Marvin suggests, IMO. Klint Troy Meyer wrote: How are you setting time? Sorry but I disagree with Marvin, you shouldnt use net time for 2003 servers; its old and inconsistent. The new way to set time is with W32Time. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 that should get your time syncing to the time source with minimal issue. Make sure you are doing this on your PDC emulator at the top of the forest as that is where AD time should trickle down from. -Troy -Original Message- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Domain Controllers time sync software What is the time-sync software hardware that the list uses? In our environment - for FW reasons the sync with default time sysnc are not working and we are in the process of buying some hardware appliacne with can provide time services. In the meantime, does anyone has use some software option which can be installed (safely) on Active directory DC's? Thanks, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Desktop security app
Shavlik Eisenberg, Wayne wrote: LANDesk Security Suite -- *Wayne Eisenberg* Server and PC Support Manager *Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC* *From:* David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2008 3:23 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Desktop security app I'm looking to move away from WSUS for patching our desktops because we have too many non MS applications to keep patched. The latest Adobe Reader update I was able to push via SMS, but it's too cumbersome to try to keep everything patched that way. Additionally, Secunia and GFI have tools that will not only patch but also look for additional vulnerabilities. I have used GFI's Languard tool before and really like it, anyone have other suggestions for vulnerability scanning tools that can also handle patching? */David Lum/*/ /*// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMWare, fencing, and SID's, oh my!
I saw a demo for this product a week ago, and the sales guy, fwiw, said to include a DC in the fenced area, with network rules on the router so the dc could only communicate with the fenced vm's. Sure looks like a slick product. Klint David Lum wrote: The context is VMWare and systems in a Lab Manager fenced environment... What is the danger of having multiple (cloned) systems on a domain w/out them having a unique SID? Will DC's eventually get bogged down with processing or anything? The NewSID page states Duplicate SIDs aren't an issue in a Domain-based environment since domain accounts have SID's based on the Domain SID. I have a development environment where users can check out VM'd servers..the problem is while the IP's are unique, the SID's will be the same. What happens if I have 5 systems on the domain with the same SID? The 5 machines do not need to talk to each other. */David Lum/*/ /*// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VMWare, fencing, and SID's, oh my!
I don't think this is an issue with VMWare's fencing capabilities in Lab Manager. Klint Benjamin Zachary - Lists wrote: The last time I ghosted a handful of Dells and didn't newsid/sidewalk them they replaced each other on the domain and 'kicked' the other off, so when I was all done, I had one pc on the domain (the last one) and the other 4 had all sorts of weird issues, the pc thought it was on the domain but when you went to compmgmt.msc and tried to enumerate the local accounts it would resolve the domain accts as the sid DOMAIN\111-34-5-667-8-9 (you know the one). Just my .02 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Comparing NT Backup speeds
These registry settings are causing backup speed degradation in my environment, and I am curious if anyone could explain why. I have a HP StorageWorks DL380 g5, running Storage Server 2003 x64 with dual 2.3 Quad Core processors, and 5 GB RAM. I have a 2TB SAS connected array connected to a HP P800 controller, and then a HP Ultrium 920 SAS LTO-3 drive connected to a different controller (SAS LSI 3000) Using the original NTBackup registry values for the keys below (32,512,9), I was able to backup a 36GB file in 7 Min 13 seconds. I implemented these performance registry keys below (64,1024,16), ran the backup job again, and it took 11 min 47 seconds. What could be causing these performance changes to impact backup speeds so greatly? Klint Michael B. Smith wrote: *Registry Changes for Optimizing NTBackup* The first optimization to make for NTBackup performance is to change some registry keys that affect buffering. These changes can have a very positive impact on performance when writing to tape, and a smaller impact when writing to disk. They are as follows (in batch file syntax): reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Logical Disk Buffer Size /t REG_SZ /d 64 /f reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Max Buffer Size /t REG_SZ /d 1024 /f reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Max Num Tape Buffers /t REG_SZ /d 16 /f These registry changes double the default values. Do note that they affect HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and not HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE as you might expect. Therefore, you should execute NTBackup under the desired user to create the registry key before you attempt to set the above registry values. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:59 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Michael, What are these tweaks you speak of? jlc *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:26 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Well a local device will usually be faster than a remote device. Ntbackup, with the registry tweaks, gives me about 1 GB per minute locally. But I don't have a dat-72 to compare to. My home GB LAN with a cheap crappy switch copies about 50 MB/min. So I'm thinking that two hours seems more likely than 9 hours. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* R: Comparing NT Backup speeds Yes the DAT device is local. Not applied registry tweaks *GuidoElia* *HELPPC* *Da:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Inviato:* martedì 7 ottobre 2008 13.05 *A:* NT System Admin Issues *Oggetto:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Have you applied the standard registry tweaks to increase the ntbackup buffer size? Is the dat-72 locally attached? Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:59 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Comparing NT Backup speeds In a network 10/100/1000 copper a NT backup of the complete server to a Qnap device RAID-1 takes about 9 hours with verify (about 50GB) versus DAT-72 with separate card that takes half the time . Should be considered normal ? TIA *GuidoElia* *HELPPC* ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Comparing NT Backup speeds
Michael, This is a test server in a test environment, and there is nothing else running on it, nor are there other servers connecting to it. I'm not sure what a third test would show. Klint Michael B. Smith wrote: I'm not sure I would jump to any conclusions after just two tests. I would start up Perfmon, add my disk and tape queues, and run it a couple more times to see what happens. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, November 07, 2008 1:30 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Comparing NT Backup speeds These registry settings are causing backup speed degradation in my environment, and I am curious if anyone could explain why. I have a HP StorageWorks DL380 g5, running Storage Server 2003 x64 with dual 2.3 Quad Core processors, and 5 GB RAM. I have a 2TB SAS connected array connected to a HP P800 controller, and then a HP Ultrium 920 SAS LTO-3 drive connected to a different controller (SAS LSI 3000) Using the original NTBackup registry values for the keys below (32,512,9), I was able to backup a 36GB file in 7 Min 13 seconds. I implemented these performance registry keys below (64,1024,16), ran the backup job again, and it took 11 min 47 seconds. What could be causing these performance changes to impact backup speeds so greatly? Klint Michael B. Smith wrote: *Registry Changes for Optimizing NTBackup* The first optimization to make for NTBackup performance is to change some registry keys that affect buffering. These changes can have a very positive impact on performance when writing to tape, and a smaller impact when writing to disk. They are as follows (in batch file syntax): reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Logical Disk Buffer Size /t REG_SZ /d 64 /f reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Max Buffer Size /t REG_SZ /d 1024 /f reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Max Num Tape Buffers /t REG_SZ /d 16 /f These registry changes double the default values. Do note that they affect HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and not HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE as you might expect. Therefore, you should execute NTBackup under the desired user to create the registry key before you attempt to set the above registry values. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:59 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Michael, What are these tweaks you speak of? jlc *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:26 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Well a local device will usually be faster than a remote device. Ntbackup, with the registry tweaks, gives me about 1 GB per minute locally. But I don't have a dat-72 to compare to. My home GB LAN with a cheap crappy switch copies about 50 MB/min. So I'm thinking that two hours seems more likely than 9 hours. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* R: Comparing NT Backup speeds Yes the DAT device is local. Not applied registry tweaks *GuidoElia* *HELPPC* *Da:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Inviato:* martedì 7 ottobre 2008 13.05 *A:* NT System Admin Issues *Oggetto:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Have you applied the standard registry tweaks to increase the ntbackup buffer size? Is the dat-72 locally attached? Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:59 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Comparing NT Backup speeds In a network 10/100/1000 copper a NT backup of the complete server to a Qnap device RAID-1 takes about 9 hours with verify (about 50GB) versus DAT-72 with separate card that takes half the time . Should be considered normal ? TIA *GuidoElia* *HELPPC
Re: Strange Behavior
PowerToys setting the user to log in automatically? Robert Cato wrote: I have about six workstations (xp sp3 fully patches using SCE) that are behaving strange. W2K3 domain (native mode) User will log out at the end of day or lunch. Upon return to their PC they are logged in with screen locked (screen lock set by GPO). Have not had a chance to see what happens first hand. I am called because the user is unable to unlock/sign on. I am unable to force the user off by signing on as domain or local administrator. A hard boot will allow the user to sign in, but it returns. Anybody seen anything like this? I have been googling and searching around Sans with no luck. TIA, Robert ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: General hardware setup recommends for a SQL 2005 database server
It all depends on the database design, and the nature of the application. I have SQL servers that are running fine on Dual Xeons with 4 GB of RAM, that service 400 users, with a 35 GB database attached to a SAN. I also have a SQL box that craps out on the same hardware, even though the DB is only 2 GB in size due to the crappy programming (nested views). How much data are we talking here, and how does the application flow? Klint Ziots, Edward wrote: Few questions: 1) 30 Concurrent users correct, or just a max of 30 users. 2) Are the transactions OLAP or OLTP in nature. 3) Will you be doing reporting off this database server (not recommended) Here are some things to keep in mind. 1) Split your Disk into LUN's for the database and logs and temp DB ( not partitions but physical LUN's (RAID 1+) for Data, RAID 1+0 for Logs, RAID 5 for temp) 2) Use multiple controllers, with a high level of cache 512MB or higher if using local disk to help on transactions. 3) Consider having a temp DB for each physical processor in your system. Dual and Quad Core Processors with 8-16GB of RAM and Windows 2003/2008 Enterprise along with SQL 2000 Std/Enterprise would be a good starting point, but you can probably get away with less with your setup with Win2003 STD and SQL 2005 STD. HTH Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: Chad Leeper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: General hardware setup recommends for a SQL 2005 database server Hi all, I am building a 2005 SQL database server that will be supporting 30 users. The front-end for this database will be on a separate box. Does anyone have any hardware recommendations. i.e. number drives, ram, etc? I prefer HP hardware but, I welcome any input. Thanks, /Chad Think green. Please consider the environment before printing * CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information contained in this transmission is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error and then delete it. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?
Interesting comment considering 70% of those that have more than $10M in net worth stand support the democratic ticket. Ralph Smith wrote: I would think lowing taxes to increase government revenue would only work if the money is funneled back into the US economy in a productive way. So if the money from tax cuts is distributed to big corporations who use it to invest in offshore projects, and the benefits of that investment stay mostly in that country, that doesn't really help us. If you cut taxes on the very upper tier of the income brackets, and they just put that money away to increase their personal capital or sock it away in other countries so as to avoid paying taxes on the income it generates, that doesn't help us either. Now if you cut taxes for lower and middle class Americans, and small businesses, they will spend that extra money. Then it is productive and increases demand, which produces jobs, and increases government revenue. Anyway that's how I see it. Trickle down economics doesn't work. If you believe the people who say it does, take a careful look at which end of the income spectrum they are on - maybe they have a reason for wanting you to believe it. -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Except for the fact, that lowering taxes is how you increase revenue to the government. Raising taxes lowers revenue. The problems that Bush has caused are not due to tax cuts, but rather the fact that he grew the federal government faster and bigger than most liberals would have (even honest conservatives will tell you he stunk that one up). TVK -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 5:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? We are a broke nation. We need a tax increase - like it or not. Maybe they can be lowered again if/when we have another surplus. But right now there are nations (primarily China) who have the potential to financially dismantle us. They promise not to, but they could. Talking actual cuts in taxes is ludicrous. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wait was the tax increase at 250,000 , 200,000 or 150,000 ?? it keeps changing. What they ARENT mentioning is EVERYONES taxes will go up because they aren't renewing the Bush Tax Cut in 2010. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Confidentiality Notice: -- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?
I saw the post to abandon the thread after catching up to the list, but here is the link: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/10/13/the-rich-support-mccain-the-super-rich-support-obama/ Rod Trent wrote: Link? *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, October 31, 2008 3:35 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Interesting comment considering 70% of those that have more than $10M in net worth stand support the democratic ticket. Ralph Smith wrote: I would think lowing taxes to increase government revenue would only work if the money is funneled back into the US economy in a productive way. So if the money from tax cuts is distributed to big corporations who use it to invest in offshore projects, and the benefits of that investment stay mostly in that country, that doesn't really help us. If you cut taxes on the very upper tier of the income brackets, and they just put that money away to increase their personal capital or sock it away in other countries so as to avoid paying taxes on the income it generates, that doesn't help us either. Now if you cut taxes for lower and middle class Americans, and small businesses, they will spend that extra money. Then it is productive and increases demand, which produces jobs, and increases government revenue. Anyway that's how I see it. Trickle down economics doesn't work. If you believe the people who say it does, take a careful look at which end of the income spectrum they are on - maybe they have a reason for wanting you to believe it. -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Except for the fact, that lowering taxes is how you increase revenue to the government. Raising taxes lowers revenue. The problems that Bush has caused are not due to tax cuts, but rather the fact that he grew the federal government faster and bigger than most liberals would have (even honest conservatives will tell you he stunk that one up). TVK -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 5:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? We are a broke nation. We need a tax increase - like it or not. Maybe they can be lowered again if/when we have another surplus. But right now there are nations (primarily China) who have the potential to financially dismantle us. They promise not to, but they could. Talking actual cuts in taxes is ludicrous. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wait was the tax increase at 250,000 , 200,000 or 150,000 ?? it keeps changing. What they ARENT mentioning is EVERYONES taxes will go up because they aren't renewing the Bush Tax Cut in 2010. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Confidentiality Notice: -- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Free Windows Management tool
Please forgive my cranky counterparts, but I just wanted to say thank you for offering a free tool that will simplify (hopefully) my life. I am deploying a VM right now to test the remote WSUS install component. I just wish I could have had something this past weekend when we patched an entire call center manually. Klint Robert Lundh wrote: Guys, We would love to hear your feedback of our newly released Specops Gpupdate 2.0 tool. The 1.x version has been out since 2006 and we figured it was time for a new release after we got plenty of feedback from the community and people from this list. With Specops Gpupdate 2.0 you get a right click menu In Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) in which you can perform an instant gpupdate, wake-on-lan call, restart, shutdown or an immediate WSUS client update on any selection of computers. We also give you graphical reporting back showing you how the selected operations turned out. As an extra treat we are also showing the actual PowerShell code that goes on in the background, a great help in start learning PowerShell. A must-do for any serious admins out there. As always, we try to improve, so if you like or dislike the tool, please tell us so we can make it even better in the next patch. Well, here is the link to the product page where you can read more and download the tool: http://www.specopssoft.com/products/specopsgpupdate/ Have a nice weekend all, Robert Lundh Special Operation Software ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Free Windows Management tool
Robert, I have a question regarding your freeware... If a client PC is set to just notify the user of updates when they are ready to install, can this software over-ride that option, and force the install of the updates? Klint Klint Price - ArizonaITPro wrote: Please forgive my cranky counterparts, but I just wanted to say thank you for offering a free tool that will simplify (hopefully) my life. I am deploying a VM right now to test the remote WSUS install component. I just wish I could have had something this past weekend when we patched an entire call center manually. Klint Robert Lundh wrote: Guys, We would love to hear your feedback of our newly released Specops Gpupdate 2.0 tool. The 1.x version has been out since 2006 and we figured it was time for a new release after we got plenty of feedback from the community and people from this list. With Specops Gpupdate 2.0 you get a right click menu In Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) in which you can perform an instant gpupdate, wake-on-lan call, restart, shutdown or an immediate WSUS client update on any selection of computers. We also give you graphical reporting back showing you how the selected operations turned out. As an extra treat we are also showing the actual PowerShell code that goes on in the background, a great help in start learning PowerShell. A must-do for any serious admins out there. As always, we try to improve, so if you like or dislike the tool, please tell us so we can make it even better in the next patch. Well, here is the link to the product page where you can read more and download the tool: http://www.specopssoft.com/products/specopsgpupdate/ Have a nice weekend all, Robert Lundh Special Operation Software ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Non-techies clear out print jobs??
If they had the rights, you could batch out stopping the service, and manually deleting the files from the queue, and then starting the service. I would think if they were in the print operators group, they would have this right. Klint Phil Guevara wrote: Is there a program or script that non-techies who cannot even operate a calculator can run to clear out stuck print jobs? Best Regards, Phil __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3571 (20081030) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?
I work for one of the largest software companies in the health care industry. Although we have cut back on travel, and have a quasi-hiring freeze, business and budgets are going on as normal. Klint David Mazzaccaro wrote: Ugh. Hang in there good luck to you. *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:56 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Yeah we are seeing the pinch in Healthcare because of the very same thing, and the state has the highest unemployment at 8.8% in the nation. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:05 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? I wonder how an Obama health care system would affect you all. *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:50 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Healthcare here as well... As a larger portion of the population gets older, our business will continue to grow. However, we are more focused on the 9.5% cut in reimbursement that Medicare is implementing in January! Ouch! *From:* Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:35 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Lots here in Healthcare, even more than usual. No training, no travelling, nothing outside what is on the docket atm Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:26 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: changing anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware
Have you set your firewall to only allow outgoing smtp traffic to originate from your mail server? Klint Holstrom, Don wrote: Thanks to several of this group's suggestions I am off most blacklists, a hellish trip at best. But I still keep going back and forth with the SORBS lists. Mxtoolbox's test say I don't relay. But SORBS says I am. Off their list for awhile and then back on. Are there deeper tests I need to run? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
PIX mungles SMTP headers
Does anyone know what setting I need to correct on a PIX 501 so it does not mungle the SMTP banner? **00*2*200**2*2***0*00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Text colour
Also check the refresh rate on her monitor. If she is running at 60hz, that could also be an issue. Klint Glen Johnson wrote: I can tell you from my own experience, white on blue is not good for me. I have limited vision and I find that green or yellow on black is much easier on my bad eye. *From:* Andy Crellin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, October 10, 2008 8:47 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Text colour Have you considered that she has a genuine problem with seeing that particular combination of colours and shadows? I work for a disability charity and it's amazing how often people dismiss others problems just because they don't fit into their own interpretation of disability. It's quite possible she is actually just a PITA, but that's not always the case. *Andy.* *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 10 October 2008 13:33 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Text colour I'd love to do that, but this is Britain. Health and Safety have more powers than the police. And if I say something as non-PC as suggesting she get her eyesight checked, I'd probably find myself fired. 2008/10/10 Joe Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If it looks fine to you and to everyone else, except this user, I would politely suggest that she have her eyeglasses prescription updated. Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:39 AM, James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a blue corporate desktop background delivered via mandatory profiles. The mandatory profile also has white icon text with drop shadows. looks nice, I think, and so do most of the users. However, I have one PITA user (who happens to be on the health and safety committee) who says that it looks blurry to her (even with her glasses on), and that it must be changed, as this allegedly constitutes a health and safety violation. Anyone know where in the Registry the icon text colour is stored/altered? I can't seem to find anything via my Google-fu (although it is admittedly weak this morning as I was ensconced in the pub last night). I would much rather just kick the user in question to death, but unfortunately that is not an available option :-) TIA, JRR Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 66 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1RL. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Comparing NT Backup speeds
any optimizations out there for BackupExec? Michael B. Smith wrote: I don't think you'll find any problems with it. The section below is showing its age. It was written before Microsoft moved to E12 and DPM and VSS. But it was accurate in the 2004 timeframe. NTBackup When people ask how Microsoft does their Exchange Server backups, most people are surprised to hear that Microsoft uses NTBackup. Often they don't think to ask the next question---what else do you use? NTBackup is used for the first level backup. This means that it generates the backups directly from Exchange Server and then places the backups onto other media. Microsoft backs up to disk for the first level backup. After backing up to disk, Microsoft then does a secondary dump to tape or to SAN, according to their internal backup rotation. This second and/or third level backup often uses other tools besides NTBackup. Until recently, Microsoft IT (the group inside Microsoft for maintaining their production servers) had a special version of NTBackup that wasn't available to the outside world. That version was made available as a hotfix to Windows Server 2003 (Microsoft KB 839272 (System performance is negatively affected when Ntbackup.exe writes to a destination .bkf file)) and is included in Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003. This change to NTBackup increases its speed significantly and decreases its performance impact on the server significantly. You can find detailed information about the process that Microsoft uses internally in the document named Backup Process Used with Clustered Exchange Server 2003 Servers at Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=63FA9270-563F-4627-A0A0-8A07E02CF9BFdisplaylang=en (http://tinyurl.com/bcfhh). Despite the document name, the information in the document applies completely to non-clustered servers as well as to clustered servers (excepting only that clustered servers use clustered disk for the backup). This document describes the registry changes covered in the next section (which can improve performance) and provides practices for performing multiple parallel backups of information stores (as covered in the following sections).** Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:08 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* R: Comparing NT Backup speeds I made the changes and even to disk the speed is doubled !I hope no issue or contras because it looks too easy ! *GuidoElia* *HELPPC* *Da:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Inviato:* martedì 7 ottobre 2008 22.55 *A:* NT System Admin Issues *Oggetto:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds *Registry Changes for Optimizing NTBackup* The first optimization to make for NTBackup performance is to change some registry keys that affect buffering. These changes can have a very positive impact on performance when writing to tape, and a smaller impact when writing to disk. They are as follows (in batch file syntax): reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Logical Disk Buffer Size /t REG_SZ /d 64 /f reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Max Buffer Size /t REG_SZ /d 1024 /f reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Max Num Tape Buffers /t REG_SZ /d 16 /f These registry changes double the default values. Do note that they affect HKEY_CURRENT_USER, and not HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE as you might expect. Therefore, you should execute NTBackup under the desired user to create the registry key before you attempt to set the above registry values. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:59 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Michael, What are these tweaks you speak of? jlc *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2008 6:26 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds Well a local device will usually be faster than a remote device. Ntbackup, with the registry tweaks, gives me about 1 GB per minute locally. But I don't have a dat-72 to compare to. My home GB LAN with a cheap crappy switch copies about 50 MB/min. So I'm thinking that two hours seems more likely than 9 hours. Regards, Michael B.
Re: Comparing NT Backup speeds
I use NTBackup for smaller sites, but I am asking about a site where I manage the backups for 40 servers, need centralized management, multiple security levels, manage tape rotations, etc. They seem to fall in between NTBackup and Netbackup; hence BE, and my question. Michael B. Smith wrote: I've tried to avoid BE for several years now, but you used to be able to adjust the tape buffer size on an advanced property window. I know that's not much help, but I'm sure a little time digging on the BE support site would bring that to light... Or someone else may know. After I got into it, I found nothing that BE would do for me that NTbackup couldn't. And now, Windows Server Backup (with a couple of command line tools to deal with Exchange). Now, the enterprise class packages -- Netbackup, CommVault, Legato, etc. -- they are a different story. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Comparing NT Backup speeds any optimizations out there for BackupExec? Michael B. Smith wrote: I don't think you'll find any problems with it. The section below is showing its age. It was written before Microsoft moved to E12 and DPM and VSS. But it was accurate in the 2004 timeframe. NTBackup When people ask how Microsoft does their Exchange Server backups, most people are surprised to hear that Microsoft uses NTBackup. Often they don't think to ask the next question---what else do you use? NTBackup is used for the first level backup. This means that it generates the backups directly from Exchange Server and then places the backups onto other media. Microsoft backs up to disk for the first level backup. After backing up to disk, Microsoft then does a secondary dump to tape or to SAN, according to their internal backup rotation. This second and/or third level backup often uses other tools besides NTBackup. Until recently, Microsoft IT (the group inside Microsoft for maintaining their production servers) had a special version of NTBackup that wasn't available to the outside world. That version was made available as a hotfix to Windows Server 2003 (Microsoft KB 839272 (System performance is negatively affected when Ntbackup.exe writes to a destination .bkf file)) and is included in Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003. This change to NTBackup increases its speed significantly and decreases its performance impact on the server significantly. You can find detailed information about the process that Microsoft uses internally in the document named Backup Process Used with Clustered Exchange Server 2003 Servers at Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=63FA9270-563F-4627-A0A0-8A07E02CF9BFdisplaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=63FA9270-563F-4627-A0A0-8A07E02CF9BFdisplaylang=en (http://tinyurl.com/bcfhh). Despite the document name, the information in the document applies completely to non-clustered servers as well as to clustered servers (excepting only that clustered servers use clustered disk for the backup). This document describes the registry changes covered in the next section (which can improve performance) and provides practices for performing multiple parallel backups of information stores (as covered in the following sections). Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange *From:* HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:08 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* R: Comparing NT Backup speeds I made the changes and even to disk the speed is doubled !I hope no issue or contras because it looks too easy ! *GuidoElia* *HELPPC* *Da:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Inviato:* martedì 7 ottobre 2008 22.55 *A:* NT System Admin Issues *Oggetto:* RE: Comparing NT Backup speeds *Registry Changes for Optimizing NTBackup* The first optimization to make for NTBackup performance is to change some registry keys that affect buffering. These changes can have a very positive impact on performance when writing to tape, and a smaller impact when writing to disk. They are as follows (in batch file syntax): reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Logical Disk Buffer Size /t REG_SZ /d 64 /f reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Ntbackup\Backup Engine /v Max Buffer Size /t REG_SZ
Re: Windows 98 question.
If money is an issue, do him a favor and install Linux. I bet Wine would run all his old apps. Check autoexec.bat and config.sys IIRC, all you have to do is put WIN, and it should start up. Klint Todd Lemmiksoo wrote: Does anyone remember how to get Windows 98 to not boot into DOS mode, C: prompt. That is boot into the GUI. I have removed the /WX switch from WIN.COM without any effect. I am working on this machine as a favor for a co-worker. Todd Lemmiksoo Network Administrator All-Mode Communications, Inc. 1725 Dryden Road Freeville, New York 13068 (607) 347-4164 x440 1-877-ALLMODE (toll free) _http://www.all-mode.com_ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: just plain old copying CDs
Any chance you are stumbling on anti-piracy measures built into many CD's these days. Klint Silvio L. Nisgoski wrote: Nero does the job well. Is that anything strange about the original cd that some program could not interpret correctly ? - Original Message - *From:* Holstrom, Don mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:51 PM *Subject:* just plain old copying CDs I just copied a CD and it won't work as it should. I used to use CloneCD, I may even have copy somewhere. I think they closed shop at the behest of some organization or another. I also have the latest Roxio and Nero laying around somewhere. I just want a perfectly copied CD, byte for byte, down dirty, easy, so it cannot be recognized as something other than the original. I have all sorts of machines with both XP Vista OSX so that is not a problem. Is there a consensus on CD duplication out there? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Domain Offline More than 2 Months
Can't you just right-click on the machine in ADUC and select reset account? Klint Martin Blackstone wrote: Thanks Michael. *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2008 1:54 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months lecture mode on When a Windows computer joins a domain, it establishes a /secure channel/ with the directory service (be it the NT directory or Active Directory). This secure channel is used to pass information, using a specific cryptographic method, between the Windows computer and a domain controller (or between domain controllers in different domains). In Windows NT, the cryptographic method was based on NTLM. In Windows 2000 and above, it is based on Kerberos. By default, and behind the scenes, Windows automatically changes the password it uses to establish this secure channel every 7 -- 30 days (another value that has changed over the years). Within that lifetime times 2, a machine is allowed to automatically resync to a new password. Outside of that, the secure channel must be reset. The standard way of resetting a secure channel is to remove the Windows computer from the domain and then rejoin it. However, there are two tools that can do it as well. They are nltest.exe and netdom.exe. /lecture mode off http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/260575/EN-US/ for netdom and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181171 for nltest. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2008 4:40 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months Thanks Michael, Can you elaborate a bit more on that? *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2008 1:33 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Domain Offline More than 2 Months Seems to me that if you have a single DC that holds all the FSMO roles, that one should still be able to log in. Then you could reset the secure channels for each computer using nltest or netdom. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2008 4:28 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Domain Offline More than 2 Months So we talked about this a while back and today I got a call from someone who has a lab network that has been off at least two months (I swear it's not me!). As you can imagine nothing works now. Before I tell him he is SOL, is there any magic bullet for this? *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:45 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: DC Offline The default tombstone lifetime is 60 days. Unless you changed it (not advisable) it is either that, or higher (don't ask -- there was a bug that made it 180 for awhile). Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:37 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* DC Offline I know we have discussed this before, but I probably didn't pay attention and now I need to know. How long can a DC remain offline before it goes sour? I have a need to build a small network then ship it off somewhere. It may end up staying in the crate for a few days as well, so let's say it could be off for a week. It would be a standalone domain and this would be the only DC for it. Its demo stuff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Duplicate Name on Network
Do you have any multi-homed servers on the same subnet? Klint Free, Bob wrote: If you are running WINS, that's the first place I would look. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Duplicate Name on Network Okay, I've got a fairly new 2008 server that has a stack of event ID 4319 errors in the System log. They say: A duplicate name has been detected on the TCP network. The IP address of the computer that sent the message is in the data. Use nbtstat -n in a command window to see which name is in the Conflict state. Well, I've run nbtstat -n, and the output doesn't show me any conflicts. Are there any other ways to go about tracking this down? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: What no chrome?
The dual processors and 4 GB of ram make the difference, not the bandwidth. That is where you will see a big jump in performance for browser start up times, multi-tabbed windows, and rendering. Your comment reminds me of when I worked as a tech in the IT department at a major University circa original napster where I sat on a gigabit switch right off the OC-48 for the entire University. Now that was fun... downloading work related material ;OP Klint Tim Vander Kooi wrote: We have a fiber connection which averages between 15-20 MB/s down and 10-15 MB/s up, it's not that unusual to download a 40 Meg file from Dell in 2 seconds or less. I'm running Vista with dual processors and 4 Gig of RAM. I see no discernable difference between the 3 browsers. Tim -Original Message- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What no chrome? You must have an amazing connection then. Mine is fairly fast but FF3 is noticeably faster than IE for me and Chrome seems faster than FF on most sites. Chrome is having some problems properly rendering a few things, but that's to be expected I guess from Beta browsers. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What no chrome? When you are talking about browser speed, do all of you really see dramatic differences between these different browsers? I don't see any difference at all between FF, Chrome and IE. They are all 3 pretty much instantaneous when browsing for me. There is no one that is slower, or faster, than the others. Tim -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What no chrome? Funny stuff. I found FF3 to be faster than Chrome. -Original Message- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What no chrome? Chrome seems very fast here too - faster than FF3. But I doubt I'll switch off FF3 - too many features about FF3 that I like. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 7:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What no chrome? Guess it depends on the experience. Chrome is considerably faster than IE8 for my setup. But, then again, if speed was most important to me I'd use FF3. -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: What no chrome? If you call 2 years ago just released...then yes it was just released. It was released fall of 2006. And I found Chrome to be no faster than IE8, add in the lack of RSS features and it is DOA in my opinion. That said, I'm certain that Google will add additional features before final release, but their feature set right now is really lacking. Tim -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: What no chrome? Except that it's about 20x as fast and uses less than 1/2 the memory. Did anyone notice the Task Manager in Chrome? That's what I call going for the jugular. The more Microsoft tries to prove that they get it the further they fall behind. Wasn't IE7 just released? Was that just a gigantic Oops or another MS fart into the wind? - Original Message - From: Tim Vander Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 10:23 AM Subject: RE: What no chrome? Not to mention that every one of the hot new features that they trumpet already exist in SP2 of IE8. At least I haven't found anything that it does that IE8 doesn't. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
Re: User Account lockout?
I would suspect the user is logged in elsewhere. When the password expires, they change it on their end, but their logged in session elsewhere keeps the old cached credentials, which eventually locks out the account. Klint Joseph L. Casale wrote: Yeah and I don't see anything? So weird. jlc *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: User Account lockout? Have you checked the logs on the Exchange server for entries that mention this user's account? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:38 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* User Account lockout? I have this one user in a single 2008 DC setup that cant get at owa for exchange 2007 every few weeks. The account as reported by AD is not locked out, nor is the pw expired, but resetting the password fixes it? They don't change the pw? What can I look at to see what is causing this account to be locked but not? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: SQL 2k Install
It depends on what the vendor requires. If you have the ability to choose, do you want layered security or integrated security. If you want to use a layered approach (which is required in some industries), you have to create an sa (system administrator) password, which you should document, and lock away. From there it is a matter of creating individual accounts for each user/process, and grant access to databases, just like you would with configuring domain accounts within EM. It is easy enough to change at a later time if needed. Takes about 10 seconds and a restart of the SQL services. Klint Joseph L. Casale wrote: I have to install SQL 2000 for an ERP app, what is your recommended setup parameter with respect to Authentication Mode: Windows Only, or Mixed Mode with an SA account? What's the diff? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: CDW Site...
Qwest's "Qwest Control" has to take the cake for the slowest site. Click on a link, go home, come back in the AM, and it might be loaded. Bob Fronk wrote: Days??? Try months. Slowest site I deal with Well, close second to ATT Premier Wireless site. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CDW Site... Is anyone else experiencing the CDW extranet site being slow almost to the point of being unusable? Ive noticed over the last couple days. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you.
Re: Network problems
you could always set a dhcp reservation until you figure it out. Nigel Parker wrote: hi we have a remote server on a ups after 10 mins of ups power the server is set to do a clean shut down Users know to check the machine and power it back on PROBLEM the machine has a network card with fixed ip address for some reason the machine tries to obtain an address even though its fixed ? so when looking with ipconfig it shows 0.0.0.0 address as it looks for a dhcp server If you look in the network proberties gui the address is there as a 172.17.0.3 address the server I presume is being issued the same address but as its already assigned because it has it fixed it compains 2 machine have the same address FIX dissable networking and re enable it - I dont want to keep walking to the remote site I did find this tool http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311272 BUT how can I test for and address of 0.0.0.0. or a certain amout of uptine to run the command once to dissable the networking then again to enable it would a batch file in the startup work - also has anyone else had silimar problems Machine is an old compaq proliant server with windows 2003 it has 2 network cards in a team even without the teaming the machine has the same problems even with one card dissabled it has the same problems Nigel Parker Systems Engineer Ultraframe (UK) Ltd Tel: 01200 452329 Fax: 01200 452201 Web: www.ultraframe.com Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail Ultraframe design and manufacture innovative and quality conservatory solutions to suit all styles, all applications, all consumers and every price point. By demonstrating our company values of innovation, integrity, total quality, premium service and customer first, we will to continue to build our position as UK market leader. For more information visit our website: www.ultraframe.co.uk The statements and opinions expressed in this email are my own and may not represent those of Ultraframe (UK) Ltd. This email is subject to copyright and the information contained in it is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OpenDNS Newbie
Until the boss goes to your manager, and tactfully asks you to open it back up for him. Serious. It happened to me. Stefan Jafs wrote: I did the same changed setting waited a few min, tried playboy.com not blocked, checked again tried again after hour I gave up and nest day it worked. No more playboy.com. __ Stefan Jafs From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS Newbie Thanks for the replies My external IP of my firewall is registered with them and I have my Content Filtering setting in the OpenDNS dashboard set to low. Ive set the forwarders on all my internal DNS boxes and in my firewall to their IP addys. Even when I specify a porn site to block like pictureview.com it lets it through. I figure Im doing something wrong but I cant find an error. And playboy.com comes through too. Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS Newbie I just used my external IP address for both networks Ive configured with OpenDNS. Selecting the Adult category blocks those sites just fine. Are you getting any filtering at all? Does your edge device forward to another DNS server perhaps? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OpenDNS Newbie no problems here ... how did you register your network with them ? From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OpenDNS Newbie Hello all Ive just changed to OpenDNS yesterday. However Im having a heck of a time getting the adult site blocking to work. Ive followed all the instructions and guides from the forums and knowledge base but still no joy. Has anyone had this problem and know a solution? Ive sent email to tech support but that was yesterday and still no response. Thanks in advance for a any tips/advice. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.2/1609 - Release Date: 8/13/2008 6:43 AM This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those ofAmico Corporation. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments.
Re: Any ESX guru's out there
The switch you are referring to in the BIOS is to enable Intel Virtualization Technology (IVT). James, if you can post the error, I may be able to help you out. Klint James Rankin wrote: What's the error? We had errors on our 64-bit hosts in HA and apparently there was some sort of 64-bit switch in the BIOS that needed setting to sort it out (sorry to be vague, but a consultant came in and fixed it when I was away, and my boss can't remember what it was) 2008/8/7 Ziots, Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey Gang, I am trying to figure out why one of my ESX hosts has a HA Agent error on it, and I have tried to Reconfigure for HA still no luck. I have restarted Service Mgmt and vpxa services no no dice. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Script to Push and Install WSUS Updates Forcefully
Has anyone had any experience with Rob Dunn's script mentioned above found at * *http://tinyurl.com/5p6cbb Thanks, Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Vista Dual Display Problem
Within the display properties have you checked the advanced tab which should load the chipset software? Klint Bob Fronk wrote: Nvidia chipset? What kind of video card? What kind of machine? You should be able to set a mirror in the video card software. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Vista Dual Display Problem I've got a Vista machine that has two displays--a monitor plus a projector. I have no problem getting Vista to extend the desktop across both displays. However, that's not what I want; I want a mirrored setup. Can't get that to work, though. When I uncheck the option to extend the display to the projector, it disables that display altogether and stops sending a signal to the projector. It's either extended, or off altogether. Anyone ever see that? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Backup Up ActiveX
This could depend on a number of issues. Are they simple .ocx or .dll files, or are they tied to specific registry keys for licensing purposes. Are they machine ActiveX or Broswer ActiveX objects? If it is a simple, stand alone file, then yes, you could back up the file, and restore it to another machine, but you would need to re-register it when installed on the new machine. I had a customer with some Infragistics software, and it was near impossible to backup the software from one machine, and restore it to another, without the original installation key and media. Klint Andy Ognenoff wrote: This is kind of a long shot but, does anyone know of a way to back up Active X controls that have been installed on a system? Basically I'd like to be able to install these on another machine without having to visit each site that installed them originally. - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT: Scott Angus
Sorry for the OT: I tried e-mailing you directly, and the message bounced. Are you requiring SPF? Do you have a hotmail account? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: quick delegation question
Put the servers in a different OU. Andy Shook wrote: 2003 SP2 all around, AD at highest level of functionality. Wanting to delegate full control of user objects and PCs ONLY, not all computer objects to jr admin. I can't find how to filter our servers...Possible or am I an idiot? Waitdon't answer that. J Shook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: What OS on network
download a copy of srvinfo create a txt file of pc names in your network, and save to c:\datacenter save the following to a .bat file in the same directory @echo off cd \ cd C:\datacenter runas /env /user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] scan_network.bat exit create a file named scan_network.bat in the same directory, with the following in it @echo off for /F usebackq delims== %%I in (servers.txt) do Call :begin %%I goto :EOF :begin set srv=%1 :get info srvinfo -v \\%srv% c:\datacenter\datacenter_results.txt You can either read the dumped text in datacenter_results.txt, or, if you want, I can send you my GUI parser which I made to grab info from this file, written in vb.net. Klint Stringham, Steven wrote: Nmap www.insecure.org -Original Message- From: Tigran K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: What OS on network Would you please recommend a scanning tool to find out operating system of computers on my internal network. Thanks --Tigran ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ For more information about Lewis and Roca LLP, please go to www.lewisandroca.com. Phoenix (602) 262-5311 Tucson (520) 622-2090 Las Vegas (702) 949-8200 Reno (775) 823-2900 Albuquerque (505) 764-5400 This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender of this E-Mail by return E-Mail or by telephone. In accordance with Internal Revenue Service Circular 230, we advise you that if this email contains any tax advice, such tax advice was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Defrag servers
what? It's not sequel? Webster wrote: *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject:* RE: Defrag servers ... what do I know? U, quite a lot about a lot. You even know how to spell SQL. J Webster ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT: Re: Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw
Matti, Was this a misprint in the article? Did they mean to say Haack-ers obtained the exploit :O) Cool domain name by the way. Klint Matti Haack wrote: The article is useless. Patch where? Who should be patching? Everyone with a (BIND) Nameserver: http://www.caughq.org/exploits/CAU-EX-2008-0002.txt But yes, the article could be al ittle more detailed :) Matti -- Matti Haack - Hit Haack IT Service Gmbh Poltlbauer Weg 4, D-94036 Passau +49 851 50477-22 Fax: +49 851 50477-29 http://www.haack-it.de Registergericht Passau HRB 5678 USt. ID: DE195625715 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: People that keep scanning my firewall
I would be careful blocking a whole country. A few years ago I went to a networking user group meeting hosted at a campus in Phoenix. They were having all sorts of problems at the time with their network because their ISP assigned a network block that showed the ip range being assigned to some small country in eastern europe, and they were blocked from all sorts of places. Klint Kelsay, Mark wrote: Block the whole country. http://www.blockacountry.com/ Mark *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 28 July 2008 19:11 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* People that keep scanning my firewall Does anyone want to share a list of jerkoffs that keep scanning the outside interface of their firewalls? I want to just blast these IP's that keep filling up my Management reports. They are a bother and have no real value but I am required to get the board an unaltered report. Data Security is everyone's responsibility. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ** This email is sent for and on behalf of Inspop.com Limited ** Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registration no. 310635. Inspop.com Limited (also trading as Confused.com) is registered in England and Wales at 2nd Floor, Friary House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AE (Reg. No. 03857130 ). Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This email and any files transmitted with it, including replies and forwarded copies (which may contain alterations) subsequently transmitted from the Company, are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. It may contain material protected by attorney-client privilege. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the Information Security Officer by telephone on +44 (0) 29 2043 4200. Please then delete this email and destroy any copies of it. This email has been swept for viruses before leaving our system. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and accept this lack of security when emailing us. Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. We may monitor the content of E-mails sent and received via our network for viruses or unauthorised use and for other lawful business purposes. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Messagelabs. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Server Colidation via VMWare
I maintain about 200 servers in an ESX development environment. When I did the P2V, I dropped the databases to a network share, and re-attached them after the conversion. Klint Jon Harris wrote: I don't know about that. I would have thought that would only affect the machine AFTER it was done with the conversion, not the conversion. I ended up rebuilding the machine from scratch as a virtual machine which took a lot less time than the conversion process was taking. I was so disgusted with VMware at that point that I made them Virtual Server machines. In the long run that saved me a lot of time when we got our 2008 server with Hyper-V. Jon On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I recall reading once that conversion can mess with the whitespace in databases (or something like that...). I am curious, as I have a SQL migration coming up. I think I also recall reading that you shouldn't resize any drives that the SQL are on. And possibly doing a backup/restore of the DBs after migration. *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2008 7:34 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Server Colidation via VMWare During my attempts with SQL all SQL services were set to disabled and machine restarted. I also tried doing a cold boot but nothing seemed to help. Same thing with the IISv6 with FTP. I did not try removing all the IP's from these machines as I had enough issues getting everything working together in the first place. Jon On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good note. Anything that is running any services like that should be set to run in Windows Diagnostics Mode via MSCONFIG, or at least manually stop all non-default services. Or, use the Cold Boot CD option in VMware convertor. *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2008 7:15 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Server Colidation via VMWare It can't or didn't do all machines. I know I had a lot of issues trying to use it with SQL being on the machine. I also had issues with IISv6/FTP with multiple sites as well. Jon On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes there is a P2V tool that VMWare has – it lets you make a P2V image w/out taking the target system offline – it loads a liitle app then takes a snapshot, it's very slick! IIRC it comes with ESX, but I might be mistaken. */Dave Lum/* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 /../remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside/// - JFK/// *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 8:36 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Server Colidation via VMWare We want to take a closer look at server consolidation using VMWare's ESX products, especially in light of the recent announcement making the product available free. We have several servers on old hardware that would be nearly impossible to rebuild so we're thinking they're ideal candidates for VM's if there's an automated process to migrate P2V. Is such a tool available, and at low-cost? Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 _ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Remote Desktop of Death
Are you running any loopbacks for vpn or SSH? Klint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am on my XP desktop, and I run mstsc.exe to open a session on a server. (In the most recent case, the server was a VM, so remote session is the only real possibility.) Again, I am logged into my XP desktop as my personal account, and I try to log into a remote server with a different, administrative account. My warning message is that the remote server already has my personal, non-admin account logged into a session on it. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/29/2008 07:39:51 AM: Can you clarify this? I need to open a remote desktop session on a server. Is this: a) you are running mstsc.exe on your local Vista machine, and (trying to) open a session to a server -or- b) you are on a server (console or RD) and you need to open a remote desktop session somewhere else? Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 10:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote Desktop of Death OK, why does this happen on occasion? All our servers are Win2003, most are R2 SP2. Our desktops are all XP Pro, SP2... I need to open a remote desktop session on a server. I attempt to log in as a local administrator on that machine (not the account running on my desktop system). I am told that I (that is, the account on my local desktop) is currently logged into this server - do I want to log him off? When I hit the Yes button, I watch in horror as all my currently running desktop apps shut down, one by one, until I am logged off my desktop session. This has happened perhaps 4 times to me. Now that I've lost a precious 5 minutes getting back up and running (got a project engineer arriving shortly), any ideas as to why this happens? Once I learn to recognize the signs of This will hose you!, is there a good way to back out and get a functional term session? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Mutliple Floor building
Are you in a flood zone? If the city drainage is clogged, is your building on a higher elevation? My personal opinion is to go on the second or third floor which would seem to work everywhere but New Orleans. Klint David W. McSpadden wrote: If you have a Multiple Floor building where is the preferred placement of the IS/Data Center? Case in point: 3 level building Ground Level and 2 floor above. We are being told we will be in the Ground Level but we kind of wanted the 2nd Floor. Any ideas? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Automating Account Creation
Are you currently creating users by right-clicking on an existing user, and selecting copy, or are you looking for a full blown scripted app? Klint Dennis Rogov wrote: Hello All My team on daily basics suffers tasks of creating AD accounts for 2 OU's for 10-15 users which are thin clients. Every user for these OU's has the same settings with exception of their username which is their first letter of their name and 4 letters of their last. I was wondering if anyone has a script that can automate this whole process for me. I am running windows 2003 native domain. Dr Dennis Rogov Senior Network Analyst THE *P**eer* GROUP *an informed medical communications company* 379 thornall street, 12th floor | edison, nj 08837 usa Direct: 732-205-8376 | fax: 732.321.0636 |Cell:732.861.2277 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.peergroupinc.com http://www.peergroupinc.com [This e-mail and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (732) 205-8376 and permanently delete the original copy and any copy of any e-mail, and any printout thereof. ] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT: Anyone in Phoenix looking for a Sr. Sysadmin Position?
If so, please ping me offline. Thanks, Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Outlook oddity: mysterious resolution changes
Are you running it in compatibility mode? Klint Edward B. DREGER wrote: Greetings all, I have an Outlook 2002 problem that has left me scratching my head: Whenever Outlook is launched, it changes the screen resolution to 640x480. Upon exit, the resolution is restored. If the resolution is reset while Outlook is running, opening an attachment (PDF, XLS, etc.) also drops the resolution to 640x480. When attachment-associated application exits, the resolution is restored. If Acrobat Reader or Excel is launched from Explorer, be it directly or to open a file, the resolution change does not occur. i.e.: Any time Outlook creates a new window, the resolution is set to 640x480. Whenever said window is closed, the resolution goes back to what it was previously. No other application exhibits this behavior. I've disabled all Outlook plugins, checked for malicious ActiveX controls and BHOs... nothing. Any ideas? It seems like it should be simple enough, but thus far my theories and Google-fu have turned up bubkes. As always, TIA! Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Free tool?
if you're not piping grep into awk. oh dear, that does not sound right. Andy Shook wrote: Omni Ping Pro. Works awesomely for the Shookster Shook From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Free tool? Hello all Im looking for a free tool (if there is one) that will ping multiple addresses (like Freeping) but will also log the results. Is there one that you can recommend? Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you.
msdn licensing
/MSDN subscriptions have a perpetual license, so *_subscribers_* can still use the products received with their MSDN subscription after their subscription has expired. / Am I correct to interpret this that if you are _current_ with your msdn subscription, you may continue to use older releases (e.g. Biztalk 2002)? Is it correct to state that if we let our MSDN subscription expire, we no longer have rights to that software as it was sold on a subscription basis? Thanks, Klint // ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
looking for a freeware utility to....
With my new job I inherited a poorly documented data center. Over the past month or so as I have had time, I have done a physical inventory and have located an additional 20 servers and 60 VMs that were previously undocumented. I have a list of close to 200 servers now, location, and computer name. What I am missing is the ip address and installed operating system. What I am looking for is a free-ware utility (or script) that will read from a list of computer names in a txt document, and spit out a tabulated file with server name, ip address (or error for that line if it is not reachable), server os and service pack. Thanks, Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: batch route add
is this the entire script? do you get an error? Ara Avvali wrote: Hello everyone I am trying to make a batch file that does route add for me So I copied these lines in notepad, saved as ip.bat but it get stuck on first line and loops. Any idea why? route add 64.238.199.200 mask 255.255.255.248 10.133.151.193 -p route add 216.83.186.48 mask 255.255.255.240 10.133.151.193 -p ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: batch route add
Good catch Carl. Carl Houseman wrote: I bet the script is called route.cmd or route.bat. Carl -Original Message- From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 2:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: batch route add is this the entire script? do you get an error? Ara Avvali wrote: Hello everyone I am trying to make a batch file that does route add for me So I copied these lines in notepad, saved as ip.bat but it get stuck on first line and loops. Any idea why? route add 64.238.199.200 mask 255.255.255.248 10.133.151.193 -p route add 216.83.186.48 mask 255.255.255.240 10.133.151.193 -p ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: batch route add
Assuming the file was called route.cmd or route.bat, when the script is run, the command prompt takes the first word of the line and is recalling the batch file instead of calling route.exe. That is why renaming the file works because it is no longer calling itself. I imagine if he put route.exe in the script instead of just route, it would work fine too. But using a reserved word as the name of the batch file is asking for problems, as Ara has found out. Klint Kurt Buff wrote: Uh - try route -p add 216.83.186.48 mask 255.255.255.240 10.133.151.193 instead of route add 216.83.186.48 mask 255.255.255.240 10.133.151.193 -p On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Ara Avvali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone I am trying to make a batch file that does route add for me So I copied these lines in notepad, saved as ip.bat but it get stuck on first line and loops. Any idea why? route add 64.238.199.200 mask 255.255.255.248 10.133.151.193 -p route add 216.83.186.48 mask 255.255.255.240 10.133.151.193 -p ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Five Things....
When I run into a problem that is outside my daily routine, I fully communicate the issue with my manager in an official memo and include possible steps to resolution, pitfalls, potential issues, etc, and propose multiple solutions. Their responses are cataloged with the memo. In the event the response is verbal, I confirm their response via e-mail. Often times I include the cheap, quick fix and also the long-term solution which may require additional capital. If I do my job right, it empowers my manager and the big boss to make a good business decision which allows their trust in me to grow. If the problem requires a quick response, I take care of it, and then document the problem after the fact, and ways to avoid it in the future. These are very handy to have around review time. My current company believes in providing the right tool for the job, and getting it done right the first time. I was shocked when they spent over $200k in my first month to get the right tools for the job I was working on. My previous employer did not have the funds to make those same decisions. We did all we could to stretch out the band-aid solution with 7 year old servers and nothing under contract so we could have our jobs as long as possible. They are now on the brink of bankruptcy, but that extra 18 months of slave labor helped me move on to the job of my choice, rather than the first thing that came along. FWIW Klint Tim Vander Kooi wrote: Well then you were recognized. I certainly don't think that everyone in IT needs to be heralded by the entire company. Just so long as the right people have the right information that's what matters. *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, June 20, 2008 12:41 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Five Things I brought it to my boss' attention at review time. That recognition meant more to me and my family. *From:* Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, June 20, 2008 1:16 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Five Things I would say that part of being a successful IT guy, is being able to bring your accomplishments to the attention of others. If you do your job and do it well yet no one realizes that, then you are doing something wrong. *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, June 20, 2008 12:09 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Five Things I think that's the difference. Your company was built with IT, and an IT-centric person is very near the top. They get it. For the most part, I agree with the lack of recognition sentiments. What I did was invisible to the rest of the company, because I did it well. They never knew when there was a problem, upgrade, etc. If they did know about it, it was because mistakes were made. I get that though. I am an IT Guy. I knew what I was getting myself into, and I'm fine with it. I only recently started working for my current company, but it seems better here. I am looked at as a person that can, and will, help them do business better. *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, June 20, 2008 12:56 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Five Things That's too bad. My second IT job was as the Network Admin for a small, rapidly growing technology company. The company started in the bedroom of the two brothers, one of which ended up as the CIO, and therefore, my boss. He was really good about recognizing not only network accomplishments, but the developers/programmers also. After the big Code Red virus, which took us 3 days to fully recover from (I got about 4 hours of sleep in that period), I actually received a nice desk clock with an engraving, and a decent gift card, along with recognition at the monthly company meeting. Was pretty cool... Joe Heaton *From:* James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, June 20, 2008 6:42 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Five Things I like the 5 things you SHOULD say to your boss, specially mentioning your successes. That's one thing I dislike about IT because it seems like the best you can do is maintain the status quo. Even if you complete a huge project, there is never a thank you for working all weekend or into the night to get that project done even if it has a great outcome for the company. Its been like that at every job I've worked at. Every year the company I work for has a picnic for the employees and during that picnic they recognize staff for different things, never once have they mentioned anything about
Re: OT:Shook needs your help!
Are you staying in the NC market? Klint Tim Vander Kooi wrote: Dealing with Shook on a PSS call??? Kill me now! :-P *From:* Steve Pruitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:06 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT:Shook needs your help! Microsoft PSS has a large operation there, in the Southwest part of town. Check them out at http://members.microsoft.com/careers/default.mspx. Good luck! Steve - Original Message - *From:* Andy Shook mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* NT System Admin Issues mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:56 AM *Subject:* OT:Shook needs your help! List, With the permission of Stu, I would like to announce my immediate availability for a career change, i.e., probably getting laid off. For those playing along at home, I'm in the Charlotte, NC market and I can summarize my skill set with ESX, Cisco and Microsoft along with my IT management skills (small department or single person operation) and consulting background. Further details\resume available, please contact off list. Your help\thoughts\prayers are greatly appreciated, Shook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Opening Ports via GPO
no, the /24 means the last 255 digits in the last octet if you want to allow everything in the last two octets, it would be 10.3.0.0/16 Play around with www.subnet-calculator.com for more info. Klint James Edwards wrote: I'm opening ports using GPO's. In the Allow Printer and File Sharing you can specify which subnets to allow contact from. The example shows 10.3.2.0/24 to allow connections from 10.3.2.X. My question is what would be the proper notation to allow connections from 10.3.x.x. Would it be 10.3.0.0\24? Jim ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Workstation Power Off Policies
Try living in AZ in the summer with a pool. Easily $400+ Joe Heaton wrote: $28 for electricity?! Where the heck do you live, and do you not use your air conditioning, or watch t.v., or have a refrigerator? That is seriously low, unless everything in your house is gas, and that bill is high. I'm lucky when my electric bill is under $100... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies Jacob, good info, but not always accurate. My sister sent me an interesting article last month that said the average home computer used around $50 a month in electricity when on 24X7. This article was stating the same reasons about conserving power. I agree we should all do our part, but I told her the article was wrong. And the reason I knew was that I have one computer at home that is on 24X7 for remote access when I am not there. I also have a second computer that is on only part time, and is a backup to the first. My electric bill in march was $26 and change and May's was $28 and change. That is the entire electric bill for my apartment. So you can see how I dispute all the findings. However I do have power conservation turned on both computers. They do aggressively power down monitors and even hard drives when not in use. The primary does not totally power down so I can still have remote access, but the secondary one does. -Original Message- From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies Good points Jacob! How do you handle updates then? From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Workstation Power Off Policies Shutdown your workstation and turn off the surge protector at the end of every day. The issue of leaving a workstation on all the time because turning it on and off on a daily basis does more harm is absurd. With some workstations running with a 300w power supply, that is a waste of electricity. 8760 (hours per year) - 2000 (hours at work) = 6760 (hours not at work per year) 6760 * 300 watts = 2028000 watts (2028 KWh) 2028 * .12 KWh (give or take on the cost of the KWh) = $243.36 year $243.36 * 40 workstations = $9700 a year in electricity for workstation not being used. How often do I replace a hard drive in a workstation, maybe 4 or 5 times a year. Does not cost use more than $9700 a year to replace hard drives. From: Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Workstation Power Off Policies I've been ask to evaluate the possibility of powering off our workstations when not in use. I'm just curious what this group of fine young men and women are doing to BE GREEN in your environments? Appreciate any and all constructive responses. SHOOK and TVK that means no wise-cracks, ok? Thanks, Tom Strader NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Server/Network Systems Administrator 130 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F:704.444.2098 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Action without intelligence is ignorance. But, Intelligence without appropriate action is the highest form of stupidity known to man ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT: I Need a Good ASP.NET User Group
It's been a while since I have needed a good ASP.NET user group, but I have hit a wall on a project and need some pointers. Does anyone know of a good list? The one I used a few years ago is no longer active. Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: I Need a Good ASP.NET User Group
I was hoping for a freebie / active user group. thanks though. Andy Crellin wrote: I've often found Experts Exchange pretty good, but it's not specific. www.experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com *Andy Crellin * Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* 10 June 2008 16:48 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: I Need a Good ASP.NET User Group It's been a while since I have needed a good ASP.NET user group, but I have hit a wall on a project and need some pointers. Does anyone know of a good list? The one I used a few years ago is no longer active. Klint Internet communications are not secure and therefore Leonard Cheshire Disability does not accept any liability for the content of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Leonard Cheshire Disability. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender and delete it immediately. Leonard Cheshire Disability is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England no: 552847, and a registered charity no: 218186 (England Wales) and no: SC005117 (Scotland) VAT no: 899 3223 75. Registered office: 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QD. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: RDP question
is launched from the RUN line, it would be stored in the registry as well. Klint Steve Ens wrote: I think there might be a listing in the registry as well...can't seem to remember which key though. On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:06 PM, James Winzenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RDP question for everyone – is there a file on the client (log or other file type) that shows a client's most recent rdp sessions? When I click on my remote desktop connection, it always shows me my the name of the last server I RDP'd into, but I am looking to see if that is stored somewhere on the local computer. We had some inappropriate activity using a service account and don't yet have enough information to prove that a certain person did something they should not have. The more information I can obtain, the better. The client was XP Pro SP2, if that helps any. I have viewed the event logs on the server they logged into, and it unfortunately does not provide the computer name that connected to it, just the IP address. I want irrefutable proof, and this, in combination with the DHCP logs, does not quite provide that. I have been unable to find anything yet in Google using multiple different search strings. Thanks, James Winzenz Infrastructure Systems Engineer II - Security Pulte Homes Information Services Telefax: (602) 797-5823 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any file attachments from your computer. Thank you.
Re: Allowing virtual employees access through Terminal Services
Some of the big issues to tackle include: * Determine hardware costs per TS session (how much ram, disk, etc) is necessary to support a user. * How much print spooling will be done * TS Failover making sure you have 50% free resources * Sufficient Bandwidth and QoS * ISP failover * Perimeter network (router class, firewall, etc) * Internal vlans, networks, routes, filters, etc Sounds like a fun project. Klint Art DeKneef wrote: A client has asked me what it would take to set this up. The current plan is to allow access to Exchange 2003, the internal web site (Windows SharePoint Services 3) and a line of business app. There are talking about a small group to start, 25 people, but have big expectations. Like a 1000 virtual employees. The idea is to start small and see what happens and proceed from there. I can figure out pricing and the server cost. What I am looking for are any tips or things to look out for while still in the planning stages from those that have done or are doing something similar. I have been reading up on Terminal Services in Server 2008 right now and looking at the guidelines but was hoping for some insight. Thanks. Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Allowing virtual employees access through Terminal Services
WIth 1000 users and SQL server, you may be looking at a $50k server which is not being accounted for. Art DeKneef wrote: The compatibility for the LOB app might be a stumbling block. While they don't officially support doing it that way, there are enough other people that are doing it without trouble. The company offers the next step up version that will do the remote access part but needs SQL Server. So the pricing down the road will need to be considered. I know I need to check on Citrix. Going to do some research there after getting some basic figures together. Thanks. Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 3:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allowing virtual employees access through Terminal Services a) Check application compatibility #1: not everything plays nicely with terminal services, and some applications explicitly forbid installation on servers in general. b) Check application compatibility #2: not everything place nicely with Server 2008. General rule of thumb: if it doesn't work with Vista it won't work with Server 2008. c) With the number of users you're talking about you Really Really want to look at adding Citrix to the mix. If it was never going to go above 25 users my advice would be to not bother. For demonstration purposes you can probably do without it. Art DeKneef wrote: The idea is to start small and see what happens and proceed from there. I can figure out pricing and the server cost. What I am looking for are any tips or things to look out for while still in the planning stages from those that have done or are doing something similar. I have been reading up on Terminal Services in Server 2008 right now and looking at the guidelines but was hoping for some insight. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: (now OT) RE: Support fee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is a good group to join. btw, I agree with your pricing model. It's what makes the American Dream possible, causes competition, creates opportunities, fosters innovation, and in the long term causes better service. David Lum wrote: I thought you were addressing me, but wasn't sure J. The gig in question is a small local government client and I actually pride myself in being able to come in cheaper than they budget for (yes they actually tell me what their IT budget is and include me in budgeting talks) year to year. Making $20K/year on about 6 hours/week (remote work is 25% cheaper for them) is a pretty sweet deal and is more than a minimum wage job at 40hrs/week ($16.2K/yr currently in Oregon). Between my level of service and my probably-lower-than-what-they-would-pay prices pretty much guarantees nobody will come along and take that client from me... A nice benefit is due to the excellent working relationship with them on any single given month I could add ~$1,000 of incomethere's always SOMETHING that can be done. It also helps that all that work is my secondary income as NWEA here is my 40hr/week job, so I don't need to optimize my personal business' income. Is there a mailing list that discusses the small business side of IT? I'm sure this isn't the correct forum... */Dave Lum/* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 /../remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside/// - JFK/// *From:* R. Mac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Support fee Sorry Dave Lum, I was speaking in response to your 420 p/sys-p/year. But I retract my comment about bringing down the market seeing that its just 2-3 calls per day average. But if you take your 420 p/sys-p/year for total number of machines (47) you get just under 20k (19.74). In my example if 2-3 calls a day = 1 hour per day w/252 business days a year you can gross a couple extra thousand. 22.6k. (and that is excluding any extra off hour or holiday numbers but i am not sure if you have any of that factored into your math either) but still a nice gig you have. Regards, Roy MacDonald On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM, David Lum [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which David are you talking to? */Dave Lum/* - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 /../remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside/// - JFK/ *From:* R. Mac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:30 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Support fee David, Your bringing the market down with the crazy accounting you got going on.$90hr minimum with a 2 hour minimum for on-site work. Toss in a one way travel fee (unless the customer establishes a retainer account with you usually min of 2k) Plus a 30 min per phone call fee. (first 2 free if you like the client) Just my 2 cents~! Roy MacDonald On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Jim Majorowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David, with that kind of volume it sounds like you need to hire an on-site support tech unless your contract renewal is less than $3K a month. Even at 15-min a call, that's 2-3 hours a day. That's $300 a day at our Good Customer support rate in PDX, by the time you add in the server and onsite support, you've got to be looking at a $6K/mo bill. You telling me you can't find a reasonably compitant support tech for less than $25/hr plus bennifits? Hell, you could probably get a recient ITT grad for $20-$22 and he'd be glad for the job *From:* Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 28, 2008 6:09 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Support fee A day, I wish it were per month :) David Liu Answering from my blackberry. I'm on the move -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Wed May 28 09:06:43 2008 Subject: RE: Support fee A day? A week? A month? Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 8:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Support fee Average 8-12 calls. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Support fee I would want to know how many calls. Depending on the userbase,
Re: Recent problems with hardware
At my previous job I just left, we had over 50 GX270's replaced out of the 400 in the building due to bulging capacitors. Klint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #1 is a known problem. Do a Google search for leaky or bulging capacitors on Dell Optiplex machines... We've had that happen on 3 of ours. Dell replaced two of them (they were still under warranty, but they've been known to replace them even on out-of-warranty systems). The third was one purchased and modified by NEC. Our NEC vendor scrounged up a similar system which may or may not fail at any time (it's our voice mail system). Less than 2 months, and we're rid of NEC!!! Intersting story of industrial espionage... An electronics company broke into the databases of a rival to steal their capacitor electrolyte formula. They stole one their competitor was not using as they knew it would result in failing capacitors. The bad guys thought they had the good formula and sold millions of them to MB manufacturers, including MBs used by Dell. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/30/2008 12:34:40 PM: In light of some of the recent hardware-related oddities posted here, I thought I'd share two of my own more annoying recent discoveries in the past 6 months: 1. Dell Optiplex GX520's have a motherboard problem. The system will shut itself off, leaving the user only with an amber flashing power button light. The motherboard needs to be replaced to correct this issue. My show has many of these PC's, and it has happened to 4 so far. This starts are a very infrequent annoyance that becomes more frequent over time - resulting in not being able to keep the system on for more than 60 seconds between occurrences. It appears to me to be a heat sensor problem, but I don't have confirmation on that. 2. I don't have a manufacturer commonality for this one, but it appears to be specific to Serial-ATA. The problem/cause is still unknown to me, but the result is partition corruption that makes the drive unreadable without special utilities that can read raw data. Twice this happened to the same HDD. The other other two instances were different HDD's from different computers. In each case the partition info could be reconstructed. It has happened to my own system at home as well as user systems at work. The only commonality was that there were all Windows XP systems. These are just some things to have recall for if you run into similar oddities. That is all. -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Windows Server 2008 - Install from Network
I have a brand a few new servers running 2008 at my new company. Unfortunately no one is trained in 2008 yet, but development was successful in making the push to get a few servers running it. I am trying to install BizTalk from a network share, but want to make sure I do it right as the server is running terminal services. In 2003, I would go to Add / Remove programs, add program, navigate to the installer, run it, and when it was done click the finish button in add / remove programs. In 2008 I click on add program from network, but there is nothing in the list, nor a way to browse. How do I safely install software on a terminal server from a network share in Windows Server 2008? It's nice to see MS make things more intuitive with each release... Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Remote Helpdesk Solutions
I use PcHelpWare, which is the latest version published by the old VNC SingleClick folks. It runs great on Vista, can be run from behind a NAT'd network, and best of all, is free. Klint Roger Wright wrote: I've had solid success with CrossLoop in many support sessions over the internet. The only issues were with early CrossLoop versions and Vista's UAC. Those have been resolved in release 2.1 however. CrossLoop is very user-friendly and is perfect for an on-demand remote control solution. It's not applicable for an always-available situation where you don't have a user at the remote end. Roger Wright -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote Helpdesk Solutions Thanks ... I've done some trials with it at home, from an XP laptop to/from an XP desktop, but not at two physically different sites (yet) ... Worked OK for me on the local tests (even though it still uses the Internet as connection intermediary) -Original Message- From: Jon B. Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 10:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote Helpdesk Solutions It just never would connect for me. It's been a month or two but when I tried it it said waiting for connection for the longest time then finally said connecting but it never did. Just checked my IM log and it was early March. Maybe they've got some kinks worked out. Jon Lewis -Original Message- From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote Helpdesk Solutions Can you elaborate on how crossloop failed for you ? I'm considering using it to support some remote clients and am interested in your experience. Thanks Erik -Original Message- From: Jon B. Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 2:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote Helpdesk Solutions Hello all. I'm looking for some suggestions and opinions from this group. Our company services a handful of small businesses in our area. Currently we have no remote helpdesk solution in place but we're wanting to move in that direction. With gas prices what they are it makes little sense to drive 20 miles to tell someone their caps lock is one when they're typing their password. I've looked around at a few of the companies in this space and wanted to see what suggestions you guys might have. I've currently used logmein which is nice but a little over our price range as we don't have THAT many clients. I've tried crossloop but didn't have much luck with that. I've also used iremotepc.com which is looking kind of promising for me. What are the others that I'm missing? Or any other tidbits that I should know. Jon Lewis ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1428 - Release Date: 5/12/2008 7:44 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1428 - Release Date: 5/12/2008 7:44 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1428 - Release Date: 5/12/2008 7:44 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1428 - Release Date: 5/12/2008 7:44 AM ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Why XP is doomed
I don't know. That new 3D application switcher is probably worth every dollar invested. What pushed my organization over the edge to upgrade to Vista is the new built in Chess game. The AI is incredible. Klint Murray Freeman wrote: Now let me understand this. I should spend the money to acquire a new FASTER computer so that I can run Vista which runs at the very SAME speed that an older slower computer did running XP, but Vista really has little if any to offer in the way of benefits. Now I get it! I'm loving this thread, because so far I don't hear any good reasons to upgrade to Vista. I've been in IT for nearly 44 years. During that time I've seen a lot of changes, and in most cases more productivity for smaller amounts of financial investment. But I just have a real problem with spending MORE to get virtually nothing for my investment..other than I can tell people that I have VISTA!!! I want to thank everyone for reaffirming the decision I had already made for my organization. *Murray* *From:* Graeme Carstairs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, May 12, 2008 3:29 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Why XP is doomed I have 2.2 GHZ Centrino Duo laptop with 2GB of RAM and Vista works as fast as my previous XP Machine which was a 1.8GHX Centrino Duo and 2GB RAM. So your Pentium D 3 Ghz should be fine and dandy with or without the 4gb obviously 4gb would be better but then that goes for xp too. Graeme On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/12/2008 03:53:29 PM: Well, it's moot that a crappy system being sold by a vendor is good enough to run XP. It's also good enough to run Windows for Workgroups and DOS---but that's not the point. Yes, Vista has higher hardware requirements. Just like XP has higher requirements than Win9x had, and just like Win9x had higher requirements than Win3x had. Every OS that comes out is likely to have higher requirements than the OS before it. But honestly, Vista's hardware requirements aren't crazy high. As I mentioned before, I'm running it at home on a Pentium D processor--- which is a very modest CPU by today's standards. Vista works just fine with it. The biggest issue with the hardware vendors, as seen in the ZDNet piece, is the crapware installed at the factory. The author of the article got the Sony laptop working perfectly with Vista without changing the hardware at all. Really ... I have a Pentium D, 3GHz, 2M RAM. You think if I bumped the RAM to 4G that Vista would be OK with it? I mostly use this PC for photoediting (Photoshop CS3), and video editing (which in my case is converting PAL to NTSC, or making a DVD out of AVI files, using Nero 7). Feel free to reply offlist John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/11/2008 03:58:17 AM: If a vendor sells an underpowered machine, then perhaps the vendor should take some blame. I believe the point is that the hardware is not underpowered for Xp, but is underpowered for Vista. Especially if the vendor isn't (or can't ... ) offer XP on that hardware. -- Carbon credits are a bit like beating someone up on this side of the world and sponsoring one of those poor starving kids on the other side of the world to make up for the fact that you're a complete shit at home. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Me so stupid..
This is done in the SBS world all the time in that a secondary server in a SBS environment running active directory can not hold any of the FSMO roles, or SBS breaks. To accomplish it, you need to follow these steps: http://www.petri.co.il/transferring_fsmo_roles.htm David Lum wrote: I'm reading up on virtualizing domain controllers and found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794 It says, in part: We recommend that you locate critical server roles on domain controllers that are installed directly on physical hardware. Critical server roles include the following: * Global catalog servers * Domain Name System (DNS) servers * Operations master roles, also known as flexible single master operations (FSMO) How do you have a domain controller that doesn't have a FSMO role associated with it? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
