RE: DHCP failover and reservations
Yes you can definitely import reservations. I had done it a while ago so I don't remember the command to import. Just google "import dhcp reservations". That is what I did. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DHCP failover and reservations Hi, When you are setting up a secondary DHCP server for a failover setup, is there a way to import the reservations from the existing DHCP server or do they have to be entered manually? We have a lot of DHCP reservations and it's inevitable that some will be entered incorrectly. Olly -- G2 Support Online Backups Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web:http://www.g2support.com <http://www.g2support.com> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: Good text editor
+2 Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: David L Herrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good text editor +1 From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good text editor I've always had good luck with Textpad. From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Good text editor Crimson or UltraEdit (both support ftp editing of files, which is a bonus for me) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 October 2008 14:17 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Good text editor Morning everyone, What's the best text editor out there for writing code and scripts and such? I'd like to find one that does line numbering obviously, and does some formatting to keep things neat. Like color coding expressions, functions, etc. I'm trying to learn JavaScript, and using Notepad and Dreamweaver are proving difficult. Thanks, Eric Brown IT Manager Forest Post Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] (248) 855-4333 The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England & Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.qinetiq.com/home/notices/legal.html 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 of Names in the News. 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. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: Remote power cycling
Syn-access. http://www.synaccess-net.com/remote_power_products.php?cat=1&id=all Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Remote power cycling I'm looking for a small power strip, maybe with a couple of outlets on it and a network jack so I can plug it into the Internet, access via IP and password then cycle the electrical power to a small Osicom CSU/DSU. Most I've found so far are rack mounted $400+ units. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks. Steve ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: Video Conferencing
+2. You can also get software from Polycom that your mobile users can use to connect to the video conference. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Video Conferencing +1 Unless you have a newer firewall that understands H.232 traffic, it will not play nice with the newer Polycom stuff. -Original Message- From: Mike French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Video Conferencing How about www.polycom.com Used them at a client site, had good results. Just make sure your firewall will play nice with whatever you choose... From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Video Conferencing ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: Comparing files and folder
You can try WinMerge, http://www.winmerge.org/. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Comparing files and folder I have a user who's synchronized files have gone very bad. Basically they have three locations (laptop, Terminal Server, and File Server) where their files are all out of sync ( about 30,000 files, and 700 folders). Can anyone make a recommendation for a tool that can compare folders and files between several sites and let me merge the most recent between them? Thanks Matt The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards
You can put any lower PCI express card into a higher slot number, ie x16 supports x1, x4, x8, and x16 while x4 will support x4 and x1. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: newisys 2110-i motherboards One other thing, the RAID card is a PCI express x1 but your board doesn't have a slot for that, only a x16 slot. Maybe you need to change that order before it ships or did I miss something? - Original Message - From: James Kerr <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: Re: newisys 2110-i motherboards Do these software based RAID cards actually increase performance? Like If I had 3 drives in a RAID 0 would I really see a performance increase loading data from the drives as opposed to have one SATA drive? - Original Message - From: Kelsay, Mark <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:22 AM Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards Very nice. That would cost £1000 here in the UK. I need to visit home in Florida, get one of these, and bring it back as carry-on luggage... Mark From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 August 2008 21:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards US dollars for those non-US folks. Link Description Quantity Cost Extended http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800EB2G_Q STT DDR2-800 2GB/128x8 ECC Qimonda Chip Server Memory 4 $40.75 $163.00 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-750SA Samsung HD753LJ 750GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB Hard Drive 2 $100.42 $200.84 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=IDE-TX265R Promise FastTrak TX2650 2-Port SAS/SATA RAID PCI-E Controller Card 1 $67.01 $67.01 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=Q6600BOX Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 2.4GHz 1066MHz 8MB LGA775 EM64T CPU 1 $183.16 $183.16 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-RS100E5 Asus RS100-E5/PI2 LGA775 Xeon / Intel 3200/ 2GbE 1U Rackmount Server Barebone 1 $372.03 $372.03 Total $986.04 Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards So what did you come up with? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards With a little more help from Webster (thanks guy!) I came up with a kickin' sub-$1K server from ewiz.com with 8 GB RAM and a quad-core Q6600 Intel CPU. Ewiz.com has some great prices. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards Post your req's here. I have a couple systems I do testing for Xen and *did* some Hyper-v testing with. Possibly I can suggest a config that I know works from experience that fits your budget as I built my own rigs as well. jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards Related Q: a few weeks ago someone (Blackstone? Espinola? I don't remember) posted a site that had really excellent prices on white-box servers.
RE: AV + Firewall
I have to say I probably could past the console, but the anti-spam has been weak for me. I have GFI 11 in front and when that went down one time...man the complaints. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AV + Firewall It has new options, but looks basically the same so I guess it doesn't address your dislikes. Client piece is also very similar, but has additional options when right-clicked. Also, once you upgrade the server, the clients auto-upgrade themselves w/out any interaction from you - very slick actually. It was about as painless as it could get! I was very impressed, actually. Ease of use they do have nailed down pretty well. You also know about their vulnerability scanner than can also auto-install to unprotected systems? That's been there since (Sorry Stu, their license doesn't expire anytime soon...). Dave From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AV + Firewall Is the management console different? Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AV + Firewall You know CSM has been upgraded to worry-free (in your case, Worry-Free Advanced)? Upgrading from 3.x is free (if at 3.0 you need to got to 3.5 then worry-free) http://www.worryfree.com/pr/tm/en-us/sbiz/wfbs/default.aspx I just upgraded a client last night and was super-easy, several new features I haven't had time to really check into yet. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer 971-222-1025 Northwest Evaluation Association - www.nwea.org From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: AV + Firewall I currently have Trend's CSM for SMB. I like that it has AV, anti-spam, and a firewall included. However the admin console isn't great and the anti-spam does not have much granularity. What other products have both AV and firewall included (other than Symantec and McAfee)? Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: AV + Firewall
Hey Stu, Do you have a timeline on the firewall being added to VIPRE? Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Ralph Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AV + Firewall ESET smart security suite for business, Sophos, and VIPRE at some future date that I know of. From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: AV + Firewall I currently have Trend's CSM for SMB. I like that it has AV, anti-spam, and a firewall included. However the admin console isn't great and the anti-spam does not have much granularity. What other products have both AV and firewall included (other than Symantec and McAfee)? <http://www.nucomm.com/> Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. 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. The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: AV + Firewall
Is the management console different? Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: AV + Firewall You know CSM has been upgraded to worry-free (in your case, Worry-Free Advanced)? Upgrading from 3.x is free (if at 3.0 you need to got to 3.5 then worry-free) http://www.worryfree.com/pr/tm/en-us/sbiz/wfbs/default.aspx I just upgraded a client last night and was super-easy, several new features I haven't had time to really check into yet. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer 971-222-1025 Northwest Evaluation Association - www.nwea.org From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: AV + Firewall I currently have Trend's CSM for SMB. I like that it has AV, anti-spam, and a firewall included. However the admin console isn't great and the anti-spam does not have much granularity. What other products have both AV and firewall included (other than Symantec and McAfee)? <http://www.nucomm.com/> Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
AV + Firewall
I currently have Trend's CSM for SMB. I like that it has AV, anti-spam, and a firewall included. However the admin console isn't great and the anti-spam does not have much granularity. What other products have both AV and firewall included (other than Symantec and McAfee)? <http://www.nucomm.com/> Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: Sonicwall pro 2040 recommendation ?
I use a 2040 with the Enhanced OS. It has been rock solid and I have better luck with support, but I have only called twice and both with system down issues (over 3 years use and one call was my fault). Their response was good on those issues. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Andrew Laya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 7:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Sonicwall pro 2040 recommendation ? I use them too. I have only had to use support through Sonicwall once, and hope never to repeat it. I have, however, had excellent support from the reseller we use. Dreaming Tree, at www.firewalls.com are stellar. hth, Andrew. On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Steve Ens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I only use Sonicwall, 2040, 3060, TZ190's...support isn't great, but you rarely need it. Knock on wood. On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Oliver Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can anyone out there recommend a Sonicwall Pro 2040 ? I'm looking for a firewall to slap in a co-lo rack thats 1U, rack mountable, will be able to support the full 100mb line and also be easy and reliable. Normally I'm a Watchguard fan but their 1U entry level unit (X Core) is too much for this budget at the mo. Olly The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: After-hours work
Onsite IT, salary, #5. I am alone now, but have been pushing for help for about 6-8 months now. Once I get another person, I should be down to (relatively) normal hours. I do off hour maintenance, but I can come in a little late or leave a little early and it is not a big deal. Most off hour calls that I get are from remote sales (one in Texas and one in the UK). Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Garcia-Moran, Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: After-hours work I'm onsite IT, salary. I only get #5 (never use it right away), Only really get calls for the helpdesk and they get overtime for their work since they're hourly. My last company sucked for this, they where a 24X7 shop my team was 8-5, but we carried a pager for a week, there was 5 of us, the pager went off constantly, Zero Compensation, I was pulling 70+ hours week as the norm for oncall weeks, for 6 months I was the most senior of the team since folks either quit or move out of the Dept. at that point I was getting woken up all the time. Pager duty can be a terrible thing sometimes From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: After-hours work For my full-time day gig, we (err, they) get compensated ~$200 for the week they carry the pager. It's not quite #2 because you do get more pay if your on-call time includes a holiday, for example. It is a very fair system IMO. As a consultant I include monitoring as part of my support, but there's no additional fee unless I need to go onsite at which time I charge 150% of my normal onsite rate - in my contracts it's "Emergency onsite support". None of my clients require 24x7 so I am never woke up by the monitoring systems. Alerting consists of text messages going to my phone which does not beep when a message comes in. At my last day job it was #1. Dave From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: After-hours work Hey all, Taking a little informal poll about compensation for after hours / weekend works. This is mostly geared at consultants, so if you're an onsite IT guy, please indicate. If you work after-hours on-call, or are expected to carry the beeper, how are you compensated? 1. None, just man up and be an IT cowboy and glad you have a job. 2. Flat fee for being on-call. 3. Overtime or time-and-a-half bonus for hours actually worked. 4. Straight hourly at my normal rate 5. Flex time - no extra compentation, but I come in late the next day / take a day off later in the week. Thanks all. Yes, I'm on the beeper this weekend (OK, there's no actual beeper) so it's on my mind. :) -- Durf -- -- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! _ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
RE: Access token update
Is the export function part of another program or is it standalone?
I have some luck in creating a service (that interacts with the desktop)
for programs that need to run under administrator level access. I used
this for my technicians who needed Agilent IO Libraries which connects
to Agilent test instrumentation. If needed, you could have a script on
the desktop that starts and stops the service so they can open and close
the app when they want. Look for KB137890 for directions.
Thanks,
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 11:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Access token update
You appear to be right, just tried it and no joy.
This is a real pain in the backside for me and is going to be one of
those ways that end-users end up with administrative rights - in this
case, not on their local machines, but on a terminal server.
Unfortunately I can't see any way around it other than writing some sort
of custom "admin wrapper" that lets a program execute like RunAs but
without allowing any access to the password.
If anyone else has any ideas or tips I'd be glad to hear them :-)
2008/8/7 Krishna Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I don't think so. I believe that local groups are evaluated at
login.
Thanks,
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Access token update
Thought about that, but they would have to have access to the
admin password, which makes it kind of a non-starter
Having said that, if a user is already a member of a group, if
they are logged in, and you add their existing group to local
Administrators, will they pick up admin rights without logging off?
2008/8/7 Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Runas?
Cheers
Ken
From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2008 8:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Access token update
Is there any way to update a Windows user's access token
without logging off? I have some really ancient export function that
seems to require administrator rights to run successfully, but my users
will receive a different desktop (i.e. without any of their
applications) if they have to log out and back in when they are given
elevated rights. My research seems to indicate that the answer to this
is a resounding no, but I am hoping someone knows something I don't :-)
TIA,
JRR
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RE: Access token update
I don't think so. I believe that local groups are evaluated at login. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Access token update Thought about that, but they would have to have access to the admin password, which makes it kind of a non-starter Having said that, if a user is already a member of a group, if they are logged in, and you add their existing group to local Administrators, will they pick up admin rights without logging off? 2008/8/7 Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Runas? Cheers Ken From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2008 8:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Access token update Is there any way to update a Windows user's access token without logging off? I have some really ancient export function that seems to require administrator rights to run successfully, but my users will receive a different desktop (i.e. without any of their applications) if they have to log out and back in when they are given elevated rights. My research seems to indicate that the answer to this is a resounding no, but I am hoping someone knows something I don't :-) TIA, JRR The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Crystal Reports Server XI R2
Rob, You need to login in the first time under the Crystal Enterprise security. Then you need to go to the authentication link in the Crystal Management Console and enable and configure the AD plugin. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Robert Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Crystal Reports Server XI R2 Anyone out there using Crystal Reports Server XI R2? Just installed it on a W2K3 R2 member server in an AD environment. Installation was straightforward and error free. However when I try to login (selecting the WindowsAD method) I get the following error: "The secWinAD security plugin is not available" Can anyone help? Regards, Rab. === Robert Jackson Phone: +44 (0) 141 332 7999 Software Engineer Fax: +44 (0) 141 331 2820 Walker Martyn Ltd 1 Park Circus PlaceEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Glasgow G3 6AH, Scotland Web: http://www.walkermartyn.co.uk === The information in this internet E-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is unauthorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Walker Martyn Ltd or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Walker Martyn Ltd, company number SC197533. Company is registered in Scotland and has its registered office at 1 Park Circus Place, Glasgow G3 6AH, UK. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Server room temp
As others mentioned ambient temp is not server temp. We had power issues over a weekend and the AC did not power back on. When the ambient temp hit 85-90, all servers autoshutdown because the server temp was too high. Maybe you can get away with something in the 70's, but I would not even recommend that. If I see ambient temp above 70, I call my HVAC ASAP to see what the issue is and plan on taking the servers down if it goes above 80. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Sauvigne, Craig M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp We have our server room set at 66F. If it rises above 76F, an alarm sounds and I get notified. As was mentioned, if the room is 90F, the internal temps will be above that. Also, what happens if the A/C goes out and the room temp is already at 90F? It is going to go up pretty darn quick. I haven't seen an official docs either but it just seems to be common sense that you need to room much cooler than the top operating temp listed in the dell docs. Craig From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server room temp The general consensus was that if the room was at 90F, the internal temp of the equipment was MUCH too hot. Sorry, no official documentation. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server room temp I have someone telling me as long as their server room is below 95 degrees then they're OK. They point to Dell's server specs which say their operating temperature is listed as 50 - 95deg F. A recent thread here talked about shutting down server rooms when the room becomes hot - does anyone have solid documentation I can point them to that recommends against a 90+ deg server room? 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 The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: XP SP3
Thanks for that information. I was about to roll this out. Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: XP SP3 I've been running it fine here on campus, but my collegues tell me there are documented problems with AutoCad 2009 and SP3. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any reason NOT to install this at this point? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Peak10 as a co-lo?
I just saw him at Radio City Music Hall. As funny as ever. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Peak10 as a co-lo? Death...oooh...cake, cake. Ah ah, you said death first...oh, alright. I was waiting for someone to quote that! - Andy O. >-Original Message- >From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:56 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Peak10 as a co-lo? > >Cake or death? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Peak10 as a co-lo?
Cake or death? Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Peak10 as a co-lo? On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mmmm...Cake!!! The cake is a lie. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Duplicate File Finder / File Compare Utility
Take a look at WinMerge also. Last I looked it was free. I have only used for file to file comparisons, but you can compare folders also. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Duplicate File Finder / File Compare Utility On 20 Jun 2008 at 8:38, Adrian P Wilkinson wrote: > Howdy, > > I've been tasked with tackling dealing with a large (18,000+ files) > dump of data from a previous file server - unfortunately the person > that did it has created 'Archive' and 'Archive2' folders without > labelling date. Timestamps on a few randomly chosen files incidcate > that the data in 'Archive2' is newer, but the timestamp on the 'Archive' folder indicates that it is newer. > > Most likely, the contents of 'Archive2' is the most recent versions > but I'd rather not chance throwing away some newer data by accepting > it at face value. Does anyone have any recommendations for a tool > that can look for files with the same name and file size between the > two folders and then delete one of them so that we can merge what's > left together to have one set of data? Depending on how files have > the same name but different file sizes, a recommendation for a > side-by-side comparison utility would be nice too. I use Total Commander from ghisler.com -- it has a directory-synch tool which will do a bit-by-bit comparison on files in two different directories (including subdirs) and then allow you to sync the dirs. For comparison, I use ExamDiff -- there's a Pro version but the free version has worked fine for me. > Thanks, as always, for your help in advance. > > Regards, Ade. > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day - TMP plugin?
I don't think that they update TMP for the relase version of FF 3. I upgraded and downgraded right back when I saw that TMP wasn't available. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day - TMP plugin? OK, where's Tab Mix Plus for FF 3.0? The only one I can find says it isn't compatible. Without tab features similar to Maxthon and IE7Pro, FF isn't worth the effort. Carl ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Administrator Rights
Salvador,
Well now I know, even if it does not make much sense to have the
start in path be %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%.
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Administrator Rights
Target
%SystemRoot%\system32\...
Start In
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
I don't get it either (this is from the Data Source app, which I've not
done anything with.)
On 5/29/08 12:32 PM, "Krishna Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would think that the shortcuts in Control Panel\Administrative
Tools would have generic shortcut paths, ie %WINDIR% or %WINDOWS%. And
if it is the environment variable, why does it work fine when I am
unplugged from the LAN?
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Administrator Rights
It's the starting path. The shortcuts use environment variables
(%HOMEDIR% IIRC) which don't seem to get picked up by Run As.
I always use an elevated CMD shell and just launch things from
there. (It helps that I've memorized the major MSC names).
On 5/29/08 6:57 AM, "Krishna Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Slightly OT, I have XP SP2 machines when I try to open
Computer Management, Services, etc using Run As, it will thow an
invalid directory error (like when you try to use Run As on an exe that
is on a mapped drive). This only happens when the system is connected
to the LAN. If it is not plugged in, the Run As works normally. I
have to go into the Windows\system32 directory and use Run As there for
it to work.
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Administrator Rights
I generally use a normal user account for accessing my
PC, and an account with an admin prefix for administrative tasks. Since
RunAs was introduced in Windows 2000 this became a hell of a lot easier
:-). Also our server support guys generally have Power User access for
logging on to servers for everyday tasks, and are temporarily elevated
by a backbone security team when they need local admin or higher. This
may be overkill for a lot of enterprises though.
2008/5/29 Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Just curious what your best practices are in
the rights you give your system administrators and other IT staff. Do
they have domain admin rights on their daily user accounts? Do you use
separate accounts with higher rights for auditing?
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RE: Administrator Rights
I would think that the shortcuts in Control Panel\Administrative Tools would have generic shortcut paths, ie %WINDIR% or %WINDOWS%. And if it is the environment variable, why does it work fine when I am unplugged from the LAN? Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Administrator Rights It's the starting path. The shortcuts use environment variables (%HOMEDIR% IIRC) which don't seem to get picked up by Run As. I always use an elevated CMD shell and just launch things from there. (It helps that I've memorized the major MSC names). On 5/29/08 6:57 AM, "Krishna Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Slightly OT, I have XP SP2 machines when I try to open Computer Management, Services, etc using Run As, it will thow an invalid directory error (like when you try to use Run As on an exe that is on a mapped drive). This only happens when the system is connected to the LAN. If it is not plugged in, the Run As works normally. I have to go into the Windows\system32 directory and use Run As there for it to work. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Administrator Rights I generally use a normal user account for accessing my PC, and an account with an admin prefix for administrative tasks. Since RunAs was introduced in Windows 2000 this became a hell of a lot easier :-). Also our server support guys generally have Power User access for logging on to servers for everyday tasks, and are temporarily elevated by a backbone security team when they need local admin or higher. This may be overkill for a lot of enterprises though. 2008/5/29 Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Just curious what your best practices are in the rights you give your system administrators and other IT staff. Do they have domain admin rights on their daily user accounts? Do you use separate accounts with higher rights for auditing? The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. - Salvador Manzo [ 620 W. 35th St - Los Angeles, CA 90089 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Auxiliary Services IT, Datacenter University of Southern California 818-612-5112 The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones. -- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 73 on the veto power ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Administrator Rights
Slightly OT, I have XP SP2 machines when I try to open Computer Management, Services, etc using Run As, it will thow an invalid directory error (like when you try to use Run As on an exe that is on a mapped drive). This only happens when the system is connected to the LAN. If it is not plugged in, the Run As works normally. I have to go into the Windows\system32 directory and use Run As there for it to work. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Administrator Rights I generally use a normal user account for accessing my PC, and an account with an admin prefix for administrative tasks. Since RunAs was introduced in Windows 2000 this became a hell of a lot easier :-). Also our server support guys generally have Power User access for logging on to servers for everyday tasks, and are temporarily elevated by a backbone security team when they need local admin or higher. This may be overkill for a lot of enterprises though. 2008/5/29 Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Just curious what your best practices are in the rights you give your system administrators and other IT staff. Do they have domain admin rights on their daily user accounts? Do you use separate accounts with higher rights for auditing? The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
Something New to worry about?
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=154270&WT.svl=news1_1 Krishna Reddy IT Manager 101 Bilby Road Hackettstown, NJ 07840 t 908-852-3700 x3026 f 908-852-5832 m 908-313-6763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nucomm.com <http://www.nucomm.com/> The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~<>
RE: Why XP is doomed
This is why I am still on XP. The manufacturers of core business applications that we use have not released Vista compatible versions. The only good thing in my view about the drop dead date is that it forces the companies to release Vista compatible versions. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Why XP is doomed The OS is just hosting the applications that I use to get my job done. XP is good enough for this task. No reason whatsoever to upgrade. Michael B. Smith wrote: > Hah. I blogged on this just yesterday: > > http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/05/09/just- > fluff- > on-vista.aspx > > And no, I didn't read Cringely... I think it was something Paul > Thurrott wrote that was the "straw/camel's back" for me. I dunno, I > read too many things every day. > > Granted, I'm not the average user. Not even the average power user. > I've got physical machines that run XP, that run Vista, that run > Server 2008, that run Server 2003 - and believe it or not, one that > runs Linux. And probably twice as many virtuals as I've got physicals. > > The market can't have it every way. Since XP was released, Microsoft > has been absolutely PUMMELLED by spam, by viruses, by worms, by lack > of hardware capabilities, by lack of software capabilities, etc. etc. > etc. Microsoft responded to what the market demanded, and Vista is the answer. > > Graphically, Vista is gorgeous - if you have the graphics horsepower > to make it happen. Vista provides software support for technologies > that weren't even conceived of when XP was released. The hardware > support that Vista provides makes it MUCH easier for the OS to NOT > crash when there are driver bugs. Or bugs in any add-on product. And on and on and on. > > All of those things come at a cost - in memory and in processor. > > If you want a minimal version of Vista - go install Server 2008. See > how lean and mean it is. And how little it can do in the base configuration. > Then, start adding the features and roles you require in order to get > to a workable desktop machine, and see how those changes impact > performance. In some ways, a desktop machine has to be more powerful > than a server. It certainly has to have more "fluff". > > I'm not a Microsoft "rah rah" man. However, I'm well aware of where I > make my money - and that's based on Microsoft products. I criticize > the Microsoft machine on a daily basis - and I do it in public forums, > such as this one, on my blog; and I do it in private forums, for betas > (and even alphas) of certain software that I take a particular interest in. > > Vista _IS_ sucky in some ways. And I've bugged those that affect me. > For example, even after SP1, wireless doesn't "just work" like it did in XP. > Many users have to reboot when switching wireless connections. For me, > I'm tech savvy enough to open a command prompt and do an "ipconfig > /renew". It's irritating. > > But does that mean that Vista is going away? Don't be silly. Even if > you hate Vista, it introduces many technologies that are part of the > future of computing. You need to learn it. It's the stepping stone to what comes next. > > Microsoft isn't abandoning Vista. They've made that clear too. Many > people have taken the fact that there is so much talk about Windows 7 > already to mean that Microsoft is abandoning Vista. The only reason > that they can make THAT claim is because they choose to ignore that > Microsoft has also stated that "never again" will there be 5+ years between operating system releases. > It was simply too long, and Microsoft heard that message too. > > You don't have to get with the program. But you should. Time marches > on. And so does software - and hardware - and Microsoft. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > MCSE/Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -Original Message- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:44 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Why XP is doomed > > > MS's earnings were disappointing? Welcome to 2008. They can stand in > line with the other 80% of companies with the same problems. > > As for support, XP has been around since 2001 and mainstream support > goes until Apr. 2009. > That's a damn long life cycle for any software maker. This is the same > whining that went on with Windows 98 and Windows 2000. I don'
RE: OS Remote control app without open ports
And with Dameware you can set the port that you want to use. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OS Remote control app without open ports I'll second that. I've used Dameware's software for quite some time and have been very pleased with it. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 18:00 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OS Remote control app without open ports Something has to open a port, or you aint getting though it. To possibly circumvent that issue, you would need to initital the connection from inside the firewall - if the firewall isnt filtering outbound. Its not inline with your OP, but I would recommend DameWare's Mini Remote Control. You'd only be paying per-tech instead of per system. On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Oliver Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of an open source remote control app (I guess > anything like that would be VNC based) that will allow a tech to > control a remote machine at will without requiring any ports to be > open on the firewall at the destination end? > > I want to push something out to a ton of laptops and servers. The > servers would be a management nightmare updating all the firewalls and > the laptops will be moving around and therefore we wont have direct > access to the firewalls to be able to set port redirection. > > Olly > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: In-house instant messaging server
We have Openfire implemented here. It works well and with the AD integration you can prepopulate the friends lists. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: In-house instant messaging server I'll second that Written in Java and runs anywhere you can get Sun's JVM (1.5 or newer) However, for large deployments (thousands of end users) it can be a resource pig. Troy Meyer wrote: > http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/index.jsp > > Openfire is one open source IM server that will integrate with LDAP/AD > and supports any Jabber capable client (pidgin included). > > We have one in test and it seems nice, but cant testify to large scale > usage. -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Huge spike in spam
I've been getting the same on Saturday night/Sunday morning for the last two weekends. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Huge spike in spam In the last 24 hours I've received a massive number of delivery failure notices. Don't know if that's true for anyone else or just some spammer decided to send out a mailing to 50,000,000 addresses using my email in the return path. - Original Message - From: "Louis, Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Huge spike in spam > Anyone see this in the last hour? My hourly count has gone up 6 times > what is normally is for this time and the hour is only 36 minutes in. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: power management over the net
http://synaccessnetworks.com/remote_power_products.php?cat=1&id=8 They also offer 8 and 16 power outlet versions. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: stan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: power management over the net Hi, can you recommend a device that enables me to power cycle my server while I'm away from home using the net? Something simple and not very expensive. Any suggestions? Thanks ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Mobile data service speed test
I have tethered my 8525 and in the old EDGE coverage I get about 200 kbit and in the new areas I get 1.2 Mbit. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Tim Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mobile data service speed test 69kbit/sec on Tmobile MDA in Seattle -Original Message- From: "Micheal Espinola Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: 3/19/08 3:33 PM Subject: Mobile data service speed test iI get ~700 kbit/sec on my AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser) in metro-Boston. Has anyone else benchmarked thier smartphone/service? http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed? -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com 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> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Looking for a recommendation on a power cycle device
http://www.synaccess-net.com/acart/agora.cgi?cart_id=&xm=on&product=Prod ucts I have multiple NP-08's used in mostly testing setups by my engineering dept. You probably want an NP-02. With this you can have the NP-02 ping an address and if it fails, it will automatically reboot the port you select. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Lee, Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for a recommendation on a power cycle device I was hoping for a device that had a built in modem or Ethernet jack. And yes, I'm having the "modem is not responding, please power cycle the device" Problem. Unfortunately, I don't have any computers/servers in the room, just phone cross connects and a network switch. That's why a dial in and or network connection would work perfectly. From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for a recommendation on a power cycle device how do u want to connect to the device? seperate dial in modem? I assuming you need to power cycle the cable modem due to loss of connectivity? Therefore maybe a RAS dialin and then a serial connection from a server to the device, or connect to it via an IP addrss (internally) and kill the power? From: Lee, Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 March 2008 14:21 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Looking for a recommendation on a power cycle device Hi all, I'm looking for a device I can use to power cycle a cable modem in a remote location. So I only need one outlet and I have network and phone access in the same room. I've found several, but have no experience with these boxes and I wanted to see if anyone has one in place and or any recommendations. Thanks. Damon Lee The Silvercrest Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation <http://www.silvercrest.org/> 144-45 87th Avenue Briarwood, NY 11435 718.480.4009 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England & Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: A long needed THANK YOU!!
I am more of a lurker than active poster, but this is a great resource for me to see what other people run into and to give me ideas on where I want to take my infrastructure. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A long needed THANK YOU!! I agree with Richard this forum is better than almost all the others I am on and one of the few that really helps us all with no one getting anything out of it other that very good help. Jon On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A, RIP? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: A long needed THANK YOU!! "Tear" as in rip, or "tear" as in droplets from the eyes? Whatever, I wholeheartedly agree - this forum is one of the greatest tools an admin could possibly have! Thanks to all! -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org <http://www.aspca.org/> "Tom Strader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/05/2008 07:40:13 AM: > Some of you may tear this apart but so be it. > > I just wanted to offer a sincere ""THANK YOU"" to all of the folks > that regularly answer questions on this forum. I know I don't offer > many responses, but I appreciate each and every one here for all of > the awesome assistance and value you add to my day. > > Also, a huge THANK YOU to Sunbelt-Software, Stu, Alex and the rest > of the Sunbelt team for hosting this forum. > > You are all greatly appreciated, at least from where I stand. > Thanks, > Tom Strader > Server Systems Administrator > NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center > Charlotte, NC 28202 > O: 704.379.1285 | F: 704.444.2098 > http://www.linkedin.com/in/tstrader > .¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Swim on over > ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> to the PAC > ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> and catch some culture > > > > ~ 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> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Robocopy Brain Fart
You need to use /E /XF *.* /SEC. /E copies everything including empty folders, /XF *.* excludes all the files, and /SEC copies security. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Robocopy Brain Fart /SERC does copy security, but we do not want to copy all the files (thousands) inside the folder structure. There used to be a flag for that. -Original Message- From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Robocopy Brain Fart /SEC, as I recall -Original Message- From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 March 2008 14:45 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Robocopy Brain Fart I am having a Monday morning breakdown. What is the command line for robocopying a folder structure only with security? I am reading the .DOC, but it looks all changed to me. Must be a Monday. ~ 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> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying?
Did you see if deleting and recreating the reservation works? Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 5:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying? This really sucks. Alright, I've tried another server. Same thing. This server authorizes to the AD correctly. Now I have no idea why it's behaving this way. --Matt Ross From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:46:36 -0800 Subject: RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying? I'm realizing now that this might be the problem... This server is named the same as an old AD server years ago... And I believe that old server was our DHCP server. But now, I just installed DHCP, and it was _already_ _authorized_. I just now tried to de-authorize so I could re-authorize, but receive the error: "There is no such object on the server." I think I'll try another server... --Matt Ross From: Webb, Brian (Corp) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:35:26 -0800 Subject: RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying? Did you remember to authorize the server in AD? -Brian From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 3:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying? Hey List. Hoping somebody knows about this little quirk: I just moved my DHCP from Windows 2003 to Windows 2003 server. Used the 'netsh dhcpserver' export and import commands as suggested by the microsoft KB325473. Everything looks correct. I have DHCP server dissabled on my old server, and running on my new one... It's working, but nothing is picking up its old reservations. I can see the reservations on the new server... they just are not applying for some reason. Any ideas? I'm off to do some more googling. --Matt Ross The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying?
Did you make sure the MAC addresses are right? On more than one
occasion, I have had the MAC address wrong by one digit. Obvious I
know, but never hurts to check.
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 4:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying?
By "reservations are not applying", I mean that I have some items which
are reserved directly to an IP by MAC address. These items are picking
up addresses from the non-reserved scope. I have manually released and
renewed (and repaired) them, but they have still not picked up the
reserved address.
--Matt Ross
From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:29:04 -0800
Subject: RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not
applying?
When you say reservations are not applying, is it that the
devices that have reservations are picking up other addresses or that in
the DHCP server the reservations are shown as not active? Depending on
your DHCP lease period the devices with reservations may not have tried
to renew their addresses so the DHCP server is still showing them as not
active. Renew an address on a device that has a reservation and see if
it becomes active.
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 4:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying?
Hey List. Hoping somebody knows about this little quirk:
I just moved my DHCP from Windows 2003 to Windows 2003 server.
Used the 'netsh dhcpserver' export and import commands as suggested by
the microsoft KB325473. Everything looks correct.
I have DHCP server dissabled on my old server, and running on my
new one... It's working, but nothing is picking up its old reservations.
I can see the reservations on the new server... they just are
not applying for some reason.
Any ideas? I'm off to do some more googling.
--Matt Ross
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RE: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying?
When you say reservations are not applying, is it that the devices that have reservations are picking up other addresses or that in the DHCP server the reservations are shown as not active? Depending on your DHCP lease period the devices with reservations may not have tried to renew their addresses so the DHCP server is still showing them as not active. Renew an address on a device that has a reservation and see if it becomes active. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 4:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DHCP Server move -- Now Reservations are not applying? Hey List. Hoping somebody knows about this little quirk: I just moved my DHCP from Windows 2003 to Windows 2003 server. Used the 'netsh dhcpserver' export and import commands as suggested by the microsoft KB325473. Everything looks correct. I have DHCP server dissabled on my old server, and running on my new one... It's working, but nothing is picking up its old reservations. I can see the reservations on the new server... they just are not applying for some reason. Any ideas? I'm off to do some more googling. --Matt Ross The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
OT- Move computer without unplugging
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php <http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php> (h/t BoingBoing) Krishna Reddy IT Manager 101 Bilby Road Hackettstown, NJ 07840 t 908-852-3700 x3026 f 908-852-5832 m 908-313-6763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nucomm.com <http://www.nucomm.com/> The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~<>
RE: Hump Day Funny
My favorite xkcd is http://xkcd.com/54/. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Christopher Boggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Hump Day Funny http://xkcd.com/386/ xkcd is one of my favorite webcomics, and I'm sure we can all relate to today's... (don't forget to hover over for the tool-tip!) cb The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Lenovo?
I use CDW and the 1 time I had an Lenovo x60 that after a motherboard replacement was still flaky, they took it back and sent a brand new one. No problems with it since and I have a mix of X60, T60, and T61. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? The Cables, Motherboard, process, Disk and Memory has been replaced, there isn't much more left to replace in this POS. Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? Edward, have you replaced the cable for the drive? In my experience, which might be less than yours, on laptops or mobile devices, most of the time it is the cables that turn out to be the problem. They are often harder to fix also. I have had several Dells that have had keyboard issues and Dell even replaced the Keyboard and Motherboards on two of them. Only to find out that the problem soon came back. I quickly found out that the flat ribbon cables they use are prone to oxidation. When I would clean the contacts on the ends of the ribbon cable all errors would go away. So far all of they have worked great after they were cleaned. I have also had this on HP Hard Drives, and Toshiba Keyboards and Hard Drives.We only have 2 Lenovo's and no problems with them so far. Well except for the user that dropped his down the Stairs at his house. However Lenovo had it fixed in three days and back in service. All without any loss of Data. Maybe I was just lucky? -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? I have had 4 IBM laptops on this job, and most fo them have been just fine T32, Xseries, and 2 others. This new T60 has been nothing but problems. Just speaking from experience, My 10yr dell workstation at home has less problems that this laptop does. Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? That's a pretty broad statement. I suspect others haven't had the same experience. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lenovo? The Lenovo T60 laptop suck, trust me I got one and have been nothing but trouble since the day I got it. Steer clear of them if you can, Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Ryan Finnesey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lenovo? Can also one recommend a good Lenovo rep? ~ 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> ~ ~ 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> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Vista SP1 ready...
I wish I had the desire when I was in school. I got into a 6 year med program at PSU (2 yr at University Park and then you went to Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia), but was not ready to do the work. Ah, the lost opportunities of youth. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 1:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vista SP1 ready... I have a nephew that's in that program, brutal the first 2 years! Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry. - Original Message - From: Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Feb 18 13:22:18 2008 Subject: Re: Vista SP1 ready... At Gainsville? The Pharmacy 6 year program is what she is aiming for in the end. Jon On Feb 18, 2008 1:19 PM, John Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm EHS alumni. What does she want to Major in? Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry. - Original Message - From: Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Feb 18 13:08:26 2008 Subject: Re: Vista SP1 ready... Nope, but UF is where she wants to end up in 4 more years. Jon On Feb 18, 2008 1:07 PM, John Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This isn't Eastside High in Gainesville by chance? Painstakingly sent to you from my Blackberry. - Original Message - From: Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Mon Feb 18 13:04:12 2008 Subject: Re: Vista SP1 ready... This one is not only by application only but is a public high school. You have to have not only the grades but the very strong desire to get in. This is the web site for the organization that certifies the program. http://www.ibo.org/ Not for the faint of heart or those that do not expect to work in school. The one she has applied for advertises 2 hours of homework per night IF you work hard. Jon On Feb 18, 2008 12:57 PM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: She has to apply to high school? From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 09:59 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vista SP1 ready... TV? who has time for that, I know I don't. My daughter has applied to the # 3 rated high school in the US and I have my hands full with that at the moment. Jon On Feb 18, 2008 10:52 AM, Christopher J. Bosak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ummm... seen a Mac commercial recently? Chris From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 09:12 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vista SP1 ready... True but not 24x7x365.24 and we do not talk down about other OS's even if they do have issues. Jon On Feb 18, 2008 10:07 AM, Gary Whitten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Heck, more than a few people with MSDN, TechNet and the assorted MC* certs and the rest of us that support the stuff think MS is in league with the devil at least a couple times a month. -Original Message- From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vista SP1 ready... No in the Executive Directors office, and a true Mac user that considers all thing Microsoft in league with the devil! I only wish I could bounce him. That and he keeps talking that State income taxes are a good thing. Those are not good words in a state without any income taxes and that pays the lowest in the 50 states! Jon No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1285 - Release Date: 2/18/2008 5:50 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/SunbeltMe
RE: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection
Lenovo has a program called Access Connections where you can set up profiles to do this. However I don't know if you can use on non-Lenovo/IBM systems. It is available on their site as a download. http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/migr-4zlnjb.html Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection That works wonderfully, however the Wireless is still open and if you do not have it properly secured someone can attach to it wirelessly and try to Hack in that way. I would like to see if there is a way to do this also for our wireless users. -Original Message- From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable Wirless if Ethernet has a connection I have never been able to find a GPO or app that will do this. However you can set the weight on your network adapters. Set a lower value on the Wired NIC and a higher value on the Wireless NIC that way the pc will always choose the Wired NIC if both have a connection. Network Connections --> LAN Connection --> TCPIP --> Advanced --> Uncheck Automatic Metric and put in an Interface Metric. Lower gets more weight. Matt On Jan 17, 2008 8:04 AM, mck1012 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way through a GPO or any 3rd party apps that will do this without > the user doing anything. > > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ 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> ~ The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
Try this http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1096654. I got it today and it works the same way as the Addlogix, but I would never put it on my LAN because you can't put any security other than a password on the WIFI connection. Though if you want to live dangerously you can connect the device via a LAN port. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I know solid state disks are set to be the next big thing, but I didn't think they also doubled as a wireless connection for projectors! Ha ha! (Think the link got munged, takes me to a Transcend 2.5" Solid State Disk) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Steve Burkett Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors I just ordered this <http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1258727> just yesterday. It seems to do the same thing as the Addlogix device, but says that you can attach it to your network to give internet access. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors We had a look in to these a while back. They all seemed to use an applet on the client side that basically takes a snapshot of the screen, jpeg's it or whatever, uploads to the projector for display. Don't expect to run full motion video. Some projectors run a PCMCIA type wireless card in them, but only work with specific cards, don't expect to use just any PCMCIA card you have lying around. The problem we found is that if someone comes in to the office and wants to use the projector, you'd have to go and install the applet on their laptop before they can use it. We wanted to find some way of autoloading the necessary software on to the laptop without requiring IT helpdesk being involved, so we had a look and came across the Addlogix Echoview, which is a neat device you attach to any projector's DVI or VGA port. You scan for available wireless networks from your laptop and find the Echoview wifi network, connect to it, fire up IE and it immediately prompts to download and install the necessary software. Quite smart, much easier for visitors. Unfortunately you can't browse the web on your laptop via WIFI when using the WIFI on the projector. There's also the new support with Vista for Microsoft certifed wireless projectors, but didn't find any available at the time we were looking, so we plumped for the NEC LT380 which works quite nicely and is fully featured. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NT System Admin Issues; Steve Burkett Subject: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. === CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors
I just ordered this <http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1258727> just yesterday. It seems to do the same thing as the Addlogix device, but says that you can attach it to your network to give internet access. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Super OT - Wireless Projectors We had a look in to these a while back. They all seemed to use an applet on the client side that basically takes a snapshot of the screen, jpeg's it or whatever, uploads to the projector for display. Don't expect to run full motion video. Some projectors run a PCMCIA type wireless card in them, but only work with specific cards, don't expect to use just any PCMCIA card you have lying around. The problem we found is that if someone comes in to the office and wants to use the projector, you'd have to go and install the applet on their laptop before they can use it. We wanted to find some way of autoloading the necessary software on to the laptop without requiring IT helpdesk being involved, so we had a look and came across the Addlogix Echoview, which is a neat device you attach to any projector's DVI or VGA port. You scan for available wireless networks from your laptop and find the Echoview wifi network, connect to it, fire up IE and it immediately prompts to download and install the necessary software. Quite smart, much easier for visitors. Unfortunately you can't browse the web on your laptop via WIFI when using the WIFI on the projector. There's also the new support with Vista for Microsoft certifed wireless projectors, but didn't find any available at the time we were looking, so we plumped for the NEC LT380 which works quite nicely and is fully featured. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NT System Admin Issues; Steve Burkett Subject: Super OT - Wireless Projectors Anyone have any experience with wireless projectors? I need one and don't know crap about them. Recommendations rock. === CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the proprietary and confidential property of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied, or used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written authorization of Nucomm, Inc. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS
No I did not. And if that is the case, that you need the 4 GB at time of install, then as far as I am concerned it does not support 4 GB of RAM. I talked to M$ directly and they said that in the x32 version of Win2K3, you will not get the full 4 GB of RAM, only on the x64 edition. You may have the x64 edition. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Glen Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS I respectfully disagree here. See my previous post. Dell 2950 with Win2k3 R2 STD and it uses all 4gig. As a point of reference, did you have 4 gig in when the OS was installed? From: Krishna Reddy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS I have the same issue with an IBM x346 with 4 GB of RAM. I do believe that Ken is right and that you lose that memory unless you are using Enterprise or x64 version of Standard. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Trying to get a call into M$ right now, to settle this matter, figures looks like the powers that be didn't update the support contract.. Sigh. Why do I put myself thought this nonsense. Z From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Not meaning this towards you Ken, but that just seems like nonsense. Another reason not to like Microsoft. The literature on Server 2K3 Standard says you can use 4GB of RAM, and yet, they hard-coded a limit below that? Typical... Joe Heaton From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Nothing is going to change. You are running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition x86. This has a built-in limitation (in the code) which prevents Windows using addresses beyond 0xF If you are using x86, put Enterprise Edition on there (with /PAE). Or put x64 Standard Edition on there. The limitation you are running into is hard coded into the OS. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2008 1:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Bingo, That is what I was looking for. I will follow up and try out the /PAE switch and see if anything changes. I take that my previous post with the boot.ini settings is the correct usage of the /PAE switch. Z From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Some says that it's because the BIOS reserves 512MB "physical" address space just below the 4GB line and put the real 512MB RAM above the line. Thus only the PAE kernel sees that 512MB RAM. This isn't a correct explanation of what you are seeing. The BIOS doesn't reserve "RAM". PCI (and PCI-X and PCIe) devices can reserve memory addresses. These overlap with addresses that the Windows OS uses. The BIOS has masked these addresses, making the unavailable to Windows to address the physical RAM. The use of the /PAE switch enables three layers of page tables to be used. If you are familiar with B-trees in databases, you'll be familiar with the concept of tables of tables of pages of memory (3 layers). Without PAE you only get tables of pages (two layers). The extra layer of tables makes available a whole set of addresses that wouldn't otherwise be available. These addresses can be used to address the physical RAM that Windows can't otherwise get to. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Ken, re: Myth: PAE increases the virtual address space beyond 4GB Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:05 AM by timchen There is one thing quite interesting about /PAE. On some machines with 4GB RAM installed, Task Manager shows only 3.5GB physical memory. However, if you switch to the PAE kernel, all 4GB is shown. Some says that it's because the BIOS reserves 512MB
RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS
I have the same issue with an IBM x346 with 4 GB of RAM. I do believe that Ken is right and that you lose that memory unless you are using Enterprise or x64 version of Standard. Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Trying to get a call into M$ right now, to settle this matter, figures looks like the powers that be didn't update the support contract.. Sigh. Why do I put myself thought this nonsense. Z From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Not meaning this towards you Ken, but that just seems like nonsense. Another reason not to like Microsoft. The literature on Server 2K3 Standard says you can use 4GB of RAM, and yet, they hard-coded a limit below that? Typical... Joe Heaton From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Nothing is going to change. You are running Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition x86. This has a built-in limitation (in the code) which prevents Windows using addresses beyond 0xF If you are using x86, put Enterprise Edition on there (with /PAE). Or put x64 Standard Edition on there. The limitation you are running into is hard coded into the OS. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2008 1:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Bingo, That is what I was looking for. I will follow up and try out the /PAE switch and see if anything changes. I take that my previous post with the boot.ini settings is the correct usage of the /PAE switch. Z From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Some says that it's because the BIOS reserves 512MB "physical" address space just below the 4GB line and put the real 512MB RAM above the line. Thus only the PAE kernel sees that 512MB RAM. This isn't a correct explanation of what you are seeing. The BIOS doesn't reserve "RAM". PCI (and PCI-X and PCIe) devices can reserve memory addresses. These overlap with addresses that the Windows OS uses. The BIOS has masked these addresses, making the unavailable to Windows to address the physical RAM. The use of the /PAE switch enables three layers of page tables to be used. If you are familiar with B-trees in databases, you'll be familiar with the concept of tables of tables of pages of memory (3 layers). Without PAE you only get tables of pages (two layers). The extra layer of tables makes available a whole set of addresses that wouldn't otherwise be available. These addresses can be used to address the physical RAM that Windows can't otherwise get to. Cheers Ken From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2008 12:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS Ken, re: Myth: PAE increases the virtual address space beyond 4GB Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:05 AM by timchen There is one thing quite interesting about /PAE. On some machines with 4GB RAM installed, Task Manager shows only 3.5GB physical memory. However, if you switch to the PAE kernel, all 4GB is shown. Some says that it's because the BIOS reserves 512MB "physical" address space just below the 4GB line and put the real 512MB RAM above the line. Thus only the PAE kernel sees that 512MB RAM. I'm not sure if the explanation is true or not, but the symptom is confirmed. EZ From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP DL380 G5 and Win2k3 R2 Standard not showing maximum memory in OS There is no such limit using a 32bit Windows OS. What you observe is a practical average given modern hardware. But I have a HP ML330 in my house that "loses" about 64MB of memory when using standard Windows Server 2003 x86 edition, not ~600MB. Read the links and comments from: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/08/22/218527.aspx Or buy/read the Windows Internals book by Mark Russinovich/David Solomon Or read the articles on memory management here: http://www
