RE: InoculateIT opinions
We use InocIT across our organization. We have a corporate agreement with CA to use their products, so we use it by association. Personally, I hate it, but it's not that bad. It's just (IMHO) not as good as any other product out there. I know freeware virus scanners that do a better job than InocIT, especially with Nimda and CodeRed. We had many, many machines across the enterprise that were infected with both, but InocIT missed 'em both. Their sig updates are very reactionary, and never proactive. I run Norton on my Windows PC at home, and it caught both without a sig update using heuristics. It couldn't clean them, but it quarantined the files until the update came a few hours later. I couldn't say that about InocIT without lying. CA even sent us one of their other products on CD with the funlove virus minted on. Says a lot about their scanner, huh. -Original Message- From: Steve Frenzl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: InoculateIT opinions My company is looking for a workgroup AV and I was curious what the opinions were of Inoculate. From past threads, the consensus seems to be that Norton is better than Mcafee but I don't remember seeing Inoculate discussed. Any input is appreciated. Steve Frenzl Systems Administrator Farmer Automotive Group Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Time Sync to outside NTP server in NT4
You'll need a third party app to sync. I like Dimension4Time (d4time.exe). > Carlo Luberti > EDS Northeast Region > Infrastructure Engineering Services > 25 Northpointe Pkwy. Suite A > Amherst, NY 14228 > * phone: +01-716-564-6678 > * pager: +01-716-623-9062 > * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.eds.com -Original Message- From: Jesse Rink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Time Sync to outside NTP server in NT4 I know I can get my NT workstation to sync time with my PDC or other server when specified through a logon script... How do I get my PDC to sync with a NTP server outside my network? Using NET TIME only seems to allow netbios names for the destination computer and not FQDNs. Any idea? Thanks Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: issues with SBS and login scripts
You might want to go into your PDC and BDC's eventvwr to see if there are errors. Also, go into server manager on the BDC and force replication. Watch the eventvwr on your PDC and BDC for errors! If there are none, it probably isn't a replication problem. -Original Message- From: David Hartup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: issues with SBS and login scripts Dear all, I have recently installed an NT file server BDC on a network with a PDC running NT SBS. For some reason the users login scripts seem to run intermittently, but this has only been since I put the new server in? The only thing I could think of was that it was a replication issue, or I set it up wrong. Any ideas? Cheers David Hartup Technical Consultant Complete I.T. Ltd Tel: 01494 434353 David Hartup Technical Consultant Complete I.T. Ltd Tel: 01494 434353 Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Workstation Naming Standards
In my organization (10,000+ desktops, 11,000+ laptops), I was able to come up with a scheme that seems to work well (at least for us, YMMV). Each user has a 6 character alphanumeric NT logon ID. We use W10101 for group or shared machines, filling in the first set of X's with location code, and the second set with usage code; for example, if we have 2 group machines in our New York office, they would be W1NYSC01GRPC01 and W1NYSC01GRPC02. All of our user assigned machines use W2XX01 for naming, where the X's are replaced with their NT logon ID. Since we rebuild machines whenever someone leaves or is reassigned, etc., it isn't a problem; for example, if my logon ID is Z1, then my workstation and laptop would be named W2Z101 and W2Z102. Servers are named by their country, their region, their location, their OS (NT-WinNT4, 2K-Win2K, UX-Unix, LX-Linux), and then a number; for example, two NT4 servers in New York would be named USNENYNT01 and USNENYNT02. We do, however, extend the name for our Exchange servers; for example, if I had 2 Exchange servers in NY, they'd be named USNENYNTEX01 and USNENYNTEX02. As always, YMMV, but we use this to great benefit in our organization. We've also pretty much standardized on NT4 or 2K as a server platform (although that's slowly changing to Linux) and as a desktop platform, so this becomes even more important. We use Ghost and Ghostwalker to image NT4 machines and change the name (and SID), and we use Ghost, Sysprep, and a WinNT.SIF floppy disk to image 2000 machines and change the name (and SID). Good luck. -Original Message- From: Osama S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Workstation Naming Standards hi, we will be deploying Win2K from scratch on the user's machines (around 700) replacing NT 4. SO I was reviewing our machine naming convention. Our Offices are located in two cities, one single domain. So far we would use something like "CityName-Department-User Real Name" (where city name and department are abbrevations) to name workstations. Usually the NT Names are the users Company ID, which is unique. I was wondering how you guys/girls are naming your workstations and users. regards Uso Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: Scheduling NT Server Reboots
Best bet is to use shutdown.exe (from the resource kit) and the AT command. To have the machine shut down every weekday at 10:00PM, you would type this at the command prompt: AT 10:00PM /every: M,T,W,TH,F c:\Winnt\shutdown.exe /L /R /T:10 /C /Y This command tells the machine to run shutdown.exe at 10PM every Monday thru Friday. Shutdown.exe then knows (by the switches) to (/L) shut down the local machine, and not a remote one, (/R) reboot instead of powering off, (/T:10) show a warning box for 10 seconds before starting the shutdown sequence, (/C) force all running apps and services to kill, and (/Y) answering yes to the "are you sure?" prompt (this switch is unnecessary in W2K, but is in NT4). You can initiate remote shutdowns by removing the /L switch after shutdown.exe and replacing it with a \\%computername% parameter, replacing %computername% with the appropriate server or workstation host name. As always, YMMV, but this should work no problem. -Original Message- From: Matthew Oppermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Scheduling NT Server Reboots I have been looking around, hoping to find a way to do automatic reboots to an NT server. I heard there was a reboot program on the NT Resource Kit, and after purchasing it found out that the particular program has to be manually run and activated, but it does reboot any manchine on the network. How can I force the reboot of a server at say 10:00 pm every weekday night? Matthew Oppermann Systems Admin Symbiotics, Inc. Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
RE: ERD Scripts
I've tried it, and the actual Rdisk utility works just fine. I've never had to use the repair info it creates, however. -Original Message- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ERD Scripts Hey - I never saw this. This is almost as good as being listed in the phone book. Someone else posted that you can copy the rdisk utility form NT 4 to W2K. Has anyone tried that? Now, where's that picture frame .. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member "Who's watching your network?" www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: ERD Scripts He needs a fish taco as well. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: ERD Scripts Hey Guys, Steve Clark's (the genius - if I'm ever in the same city as him, I'll buy him a beer) script for putting computers ERD's onto a different server has made me wonder if anyone has some idea of how to do this for Win2K? What I'm talking about is a script that automatically runs an rdisk (which you can't do in Win2K) and then copies the result from the REPAIR directory to a different server... Any ideas? Hmmm? Cheers G. Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
