RE: End of month plan B for list shutdown.

[Mike Hoffman]

I know I have approx. 12 years of posts in a few public folders and .pst files. 
I could have a go at uploading stuff?

Mike

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 29 April 2013 13:26
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: End of month plan B for list shutdown.

There's plenty of us with blogspace to put out announcements - I think the key 
is where are we going to get the information from in the first place?

I'm hoping Stu will push some details out very soon - otherwise a decade+ of 
helpful resource is about to go to the wall :-(


--
James Rankin
Technical Consultant (ACA, CCA, MCTS)
http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk

On 29 April 2013 13:14, Kennedy, Jim 
mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> wrote:
The end of the month and allegedly the end of the list is tomorrow. We need a 
plan B to get back in contact to get this going again if possible. Someone got 
a blog we can bookmark for new/announcements that would be willing to post 
anything they hear?

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RE: Office 365

[Mike Hoffman]

All the Office / Exchange plans give you web based Outlook.

-Original Message-
From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com] 
Sent: 03 April 2013 20:48
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Office 365

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


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

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

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

-Bill

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:14 PM, itli...@imcu.com 
wrote:
> Anyone using this service yet?
>
> I am thinking about moving my Exchange off to them and getting the 
> Office Pro Plus package?
>
> Just wondering about security and other questions but didn't know how 
> to find an unbiased article on Google so far everything I have found 
> is 2 years old and bashing Microsoft for every offering such a thing 
> as cloud based email or apps???
>
> Thanks
>
> David
>
>
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RE: Office 365

[Mike Hoffman]

You might need to look at integration with your current setup and if you need 
to integrate the email sign-on with the domain account. You can co-exist 
current email services with O365 (with a few issues). You can now get public 
folders but there are a few slight differences. If you have an existing (or ISP 
hosted) domain then you can use that for outgoing device mail rather than using 
a mailbox. To get all the full features you need to start planning on using 
Office 2013 - so that means windows 7/8 on the desktop - but you can move to 
that over time.

Not sure about encryption as we have not yet looked at that feature.

Mike

From: itli...@imcu.com [mailto:itli...@imcu.com]
Sent: 03 April 2013 20:37
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Office 365

Our Exchange 2003 has ActiveSync that has about 35 ipad/iphone/tablet/droids 
attached to it.
We use blat to bounce emails off our internal server, we would want to be able 
to do something like that going forward.
We have no sharepoint currently so Office apps are good on the cloud as long as 
the data files are able to be saved to the Network drives in house.
We would want some public folder type access.
We use SQL mail to send some not customer related emails and would want to be 
able to continue that going forward.
Printers, switches, and Firewalls sent smtp traffic through the internal email 
server.  We would like to continue doing that in the future.
427 computers, 250 employees with mailboxes
Active Directory 2008.
Hope that answers your questions??
Would want the ability to encrypt email on demand and per policy.


From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Posted At: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 3:27 PM
Posted To: itli...@imcu.com<mailto:itli...@imcu.com>
Conversation: Office 365
Subject: RE: Office 365

We use it, sell it, configure it and manage it. How many seats are you looking 
at and are there any specific reasons you might need on-premise or integration 
with other on-premise apps?

Mike

From: itli...@imcu.com<mailto:itli...@imcu.com> [mailto:itli...@imcu.com]
Sent: 03 April 2013 20:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Office 365

Anyone using this service yet?
I am thinking about moving my Exchange off to them and getting the Office Pro 
Plus package?
Just wondering about security and other questions but didn't know how to find 
an unbiased article on Google so far everything I have found is 2 years old and 
bashing Microsoft for every offering such a thing as cloud based email or 
apps???
Thanks
David


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RE: Here we go again, another Apple screwup

[Mike Hoffman]

Ok, here's how it works.


1)  Have issues with exchange performance

2)  Subscribe to lists for assistance

3)  Keep all messages for say 10 years

4)  Have problems with exchange performance

5)  Rinse, repeat ...

I think we might to install a dedicated cluster just to hold listserve traffic 
:)

Mike

From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: 11 February 2013 13:34
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Here we go again, another Apple screwup

What?!

Blasphemer! Tear off his stripes!!!

: )

j/k

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

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

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

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

Keep up!

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

No doubt they'll try and blame Microsoft again.

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

James

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RE: SBS2011 cannot allocate very large disk

[Mike Hoffman]

How are you going to backup that Uber-Partition? I have an SBS2011E R710 which 
has 4Tb on one of the partitions. We did not make any of the volumes larger 
that 2Tb so backup and restores would work natively. You should be able to just 
add Volumes in Disk Management.

You could backup the server and re-create the virtual drives to 1Tb for OS and 
the rest for a GPT partition. But this is SBS - think about recovery of the 
drives if anything goes wrong. For my client with 6Tb on the server we backup 
different volumes to different places in rotation so if the server is down then 
there is very little impact. Rebuilding all that data on a server would take 
weeks. We use iSCSI partitions on NAS boxes to perform backup across the 
network and we keep a backup of the OS on a data stick.

If you do want all that space addressable as a single drive (so the boss can 
right click and see 5Tb free) then you could always create 3 Tb drives and 
create mount points to appear as a single drive.

Mike 

-Original Message-
From: James R. Costa, MCP [mailto:james.co...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 10 February 2013 19:22
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SBS2011 cannot allocate very large disk

Hi all,

I'm dealing with a SBS2011 server with a lot of disk space and I wanted to get 
some feedback from you.  This Dell R710 server has 6x 2TB (5+1HS) in RAID-5 and 
is up and running live.  However when it was installed, the array was 
configured as a single 7.4TB disk, and Windows was installed as 2x 1TB simple 
MBR partitions on that large disk, leaving roughly 5+TB unallocated.  I guess 
the idea was to allocate it later?  Right... anyway as I'm sure you know, MBR 
cannot address space larger than 2.1TB, and BIOS cannot address GPT partitions 
as bootable.

Now this particular server supports booting from UEFI to a GPT partition as an 
option.  My question, have any of you dealt with this before?  Something like 
an MBR-to-GPT conversion, modify the BIOS to boot to UEFI instead, and then 
partition the unallocated space.  Sounds like some UEFI-related Server 2008 
patches would need to be installed as well.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975535
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979374

I'd like to avoid a lengthy backup/rebuild if possible because this server is 
live.  Looking for any feedback you could provide.  Thank you gentlemen--

Best Regards,

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RE: iso mounting software for Windows Server 2008 R2

[Mike Hoffman]

We use Virtual CloneDrive as well – it works fine. Or if you want to transfer 
an ISO to a USB we use http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

Mike

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: 06 February 2013 15:23
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: iso mounting software for Windows Server 2008 R2

I always use Virtual CloneDrive.  Slysoft is a distributor, but you can get it 
directly from the source, Elaborate Bytes.

http://www.elby.ch/fun/software/index.html





On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Miller Bonnie L. 
mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu>> wrote:
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 physical server.  What is your favorite, safe, and 
least expensive, software for mounting an .iso file on this OS?

Here are a few I’ve found, but have never used any:

MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM (MagicDisc)   
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm   
(freeware)

PowerISOhttp://www.poweriso.com/index.htm  ($29.95)

Virtual CloneDrivehttp://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html 
  (freeware)


I currently can’t burn the .iso to media as we don’t have a dual-layer burner 
available (and the disc would require one due to size).  Going to have to look 
into that as well now.

Thanks,
Bonnie

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RE: Dell windows 8 COA

[Mike Hoffman]

It might not be a common choice, but if you want to upgrade a netbook/ultrabook 
to Pro and then add it to your corporate fleet then you can put Enterprise on 
it. With 7 this would sometimes fail at the BIOS check stage.

Mike

From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com]
Sent: 04 February 2013 16:57
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Dell windows 8 COA

This might be due to the fact that Windows 8 Enterprise is not a valid upgrade 
from Home edition.
Tim

From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 8:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Dell windows 8 COA

The windows 8 PRO discs we get from MS as part of our enterprise agreement come 
with their own product key. I've used one to do a clean install on a dell 
ultrabook that came with windows 8 HOME. It automatically used the key embedded 
in bios and installed as home, not pro.

Sent from my Windows Phone

From: Ben Scott
Sent: 2/4/2013 7:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Dell windows 8 COA
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Nigel Parker
mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk>> wrote:
> Although the desktops have a bronze sticker on the back with the windows
> flag and the words "windows 8"
> I cant find a COA sticker with a key anywhere on the machine inside,
> outside , top bottom

  A unique, unit-specific code is embedded in the firmware (ACPI
BIOS).  You don't get a Certificate of Authenticity or Product Ley.
Microsoft is "encouraging" their large OEMs (like Dell) to do this.
Toshiba laptop I just bought is the same way.

  Keywords: OA 3.0 SLP, OA = OEM Activation, SLP = System Locked
Pre-Installation

  I've seen claims that if the motherboard is replaced, the OEM is
supposed to provide a printed card with a new Product Key, to allow
the existing install to continue to be used.  Haven't confirmed that
with a reliable source yet.

  I don't know what happens if you try to use a "generic" OEM disc to
do a "clean install" (i.e., without vendor shovelware) in such cases.

-- Ben

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RE: Dell windows 8 COA

[Mike Hoffman]

Each generation of Windows has used a more sophisticated way of seamlessly 
installing on a branded machine. The setup process has always stopped at the 
key setup part and queried the machine before moving on.

With XP it looked at the pre-installed key and then checked the BIOS had a tag 
in it to approve it. This was not very sophisticated and HP media would work on 
Dell and vice versa.

With Vista/7 there was a certificate pre-installed which had to match the BIOS 
or else you would need to use the key on the sticker.

With 7 the installer would only allow certain installs based on the key - i.e. 
by little netbook would not allow W7 Enterprise to install on it. This was more 
sophisticated and meant that keys wiping of the stickers was not a big deal.

Now on 8 and with the standardisation of the media (i.e. almost the same ISO 
for retail, download or upgrade) pulling the key from the BIOS is just another 
step in streamlining the process. The only time you should need a key is if you 
are reinstalling with a different version - i.e. enterprise - other than that 
it's a case of 'adding features' but just entering the key. I have a laptop 
which I seem to have really messed up by installing W8 Pro on top of W8 - it's 
just not right, it installed and then flipped back to standard. When I entered 
the key it upgraded again and properly, but it still isn't right and might need 
a rebuild to sort it.

Also the new OEM versions - now called Windows 8 System Builder - you have no 
support from Microsoft anymore and cannot use it to upgrade. The Microsoft site 
still has very little info on 8 and COA's compared to windows 7 as they are 
still talking about physical media, physical COA and the software license.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 04 February 2013 15:46
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Dell windows 8 COA

I don't know that the key is embedded in the BIOS so much that the OS install 
looks for some specific BIOS properties, I've been able to re-install via CD 
across various Dell models (I can install XPSP3 on a machine that came with 
XPSP2, for example).

Dave

From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 6:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Dell windows 8 COA

The windows 8 PRO discs we get from MS as part of our enterprise agreement come 
with their own product key. I've used one to do a clean install on a dell 
ultrabook that came with windows 8 HOME. It automatically used the key embedded 
in bios and installed as home, not pro.

Sent from my Windows Phone

From: Ben Scott
Sent: 2/4/2013 7:59 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Dell windows 8 COA
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Nigel Parker
mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk>> wrote:
> Although the desktops have a bronze sticker on the back with the windows
> flag and the words "windows 8"
> I cant find a COA sticker with a key anywhere on the machine inside,
> outside , top bottom

  A unique, unit-specific code is embedded in the firmware (ACPI
BIOS).  You don't get a Certificate of Authenticity or Product Ley.
Microsoft is "encouraging" their large OEMs (like Dell) to do this.
Toshiba laptop I just bought is the same way.

  Keywords: OA 3.0 SLP, OA = OEM Activation, SLP = System Locked
Pre-Installation

  I've seen claims that if the motherboard is replaced, the OEM is
supposed to provide a printed card with a new Product Key, to allow
the existing install to continue to be used.  Haven't confirmed that
with a reliable source yet.

  I don't know what happens if you try to use a "generic" OEM disc to
do a "clean install" (i.e., without vendor shovelware) in such cases.

-- Ben

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RE: SMB IT provider Q

[Mike Hoffman]

How about making sure the boss gets a workstation class machine as his desktop? 
That way in the event of an incident (when the boss will be busy running around 
doing other things) you can drop the drives in and reboot. This might only cost 
a few £100 more when he next gets a new desktop.

I know of one guy who used to always use workstation class machines for SBS 
anyway - so if you have a few in the office you have redundancy on site.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 04 February 2013 15:35
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SMB IT provider Q

I am similar, I am fortunate that my SMB clients run similar hardware and 
Hyper-V, and if my home server was powerful enough I wouldn't feel the need to 
try and charge for it. I too shoot for consistency (ok, except anti-virus 
vendors). I've been doing SMB support for 12 years now and also have yet to 
need this service but that doesn't mean it might not happen.

Perhaps I'll give them the options and see how they vote.

From: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SMB IT provider Q

That is a service I provide my clients. But I haven't charged them for the 
service. Probably because in the past 20 years I have been running my own shop 
I had to bring in a temp server just twice. And because both times the office 
was broken into and the server was stolen. Different clients. At one client the 
thieves were kind enough to remove the backup tape from the server and left it 
on the table.

All my servers are basically the same based on the software installed. Meaning 
all my physical single SBS 2011 servers are the same, servers for Hyper-V 
hosting are the same. I also work in the SMB space and this has worked well for 
me for several years. I like consistency. I have a 4 server lab currently. If a 
customer needed a server for something RIGHT NOW I would pull one of the lab 
servers. The lab servers are almost identical to customer servers. There have 
32 GB instead of 16 GB RAM.

Like Mike said, needing a server like this is very rare. Or has been in my 
experience. If there is a server problem you usually will have some kind of 
warning and can go from there.

Having a good backup plan and disaster recovery options are better options I 
think.

Art

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 12:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SMB IT provider Q

This is actually the other idea I was considering, have this 2nd server host 
the patching/anti-virus, etc stuff on a VM and the host could also store the 
backup images and be leveraged in an emergency.

From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 10:56 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SMB IT provider Q

Why not give the clients each a server which can be re-tasked at short notice? 
If you store the backup images on a device that you can hyper-v up if necessary 
then it has great value for the client to have available for themselves.

We have a few servers running Hyper-v which we are reconfiguring to do some 
failover - the plan is that if we need a server at short notice we simply 
sacrifice the failovers and move the box. The licensing is taken care via a 
SPLA license or the clients existing licenses.

It is very rate to actually need to deploy a spare server, think of recovery 
objectives. If the server is down they can still work, emails can back-up with 
the ISP, individual files can be recovered and any server repairs (e.g. new 
backplane) can be scheduled to minimise disruption.

If a client really needs that level of redundancy then they can afford to pay 
fully for it. 25 users, $4 per user per month = $1200 per year. Don't promise 
what you can't deliver, but you know the clients well. It might be worth 
getting involved with a local IT company just to cover your back just in case.

Mike

From: Ben M. Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com]
Sent: 03 February 2013 17:31
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SMB IT provider Q

I'd probably offer it as a service for a nominal fee - maybe $25 a month per 
customer? Of course you run the risk of having multiple customers suffer 
failures at the same time and they'll be rightfully upset if you don't have the 
spare hardware available to get them back up when that happens...

Ben M. Schorr
Chief Executive Officer
Roland Schorr & Tower - Flagstaff Office
928-526-3970
www.rolandschorr.com<http://www.rolandschorr.com/> * 
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From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SMB IT provider Q

I have a couple of clients and they both run SBS2011 Premium in their 
environments and in both cases I have them

RE: SMB IT provider Q

[Mike Hoffman]

If you can standardize them on a model of server then it's a lot easier - or 
even backups going to a iSCSI NAS box which you can mount from a laptop and 
spin up in an emergency. Make a list of disasters and then work out what is the 
minimum the client needs to carry on working - SBS2011 will run on 6Gb if 
necessary and without exchange the only issues is how you move them back 
afterwards and re-integrate changes.

Just add another band of service to your offering to clients and add $25 per 
month to it.

A few weeks ago I was at a Microsoft demo and I swear their laptop had 32Gb and 
dual 750Gb SSD drives in it. Just get a laptop like that and claim it as a 
business expense.

Mike

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: 03 February 2013 21:01
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SMB IT provider Q

If you get them to buy into the $25/mo peace of mind, then start with a single 
server, but add another for every 4-7 clients that buys into the service (use a 
number that works to minimize your risk here).   If you had 4 or 5 customers 
buying into this, the servers would pay for themselves in about a year.






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




On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Ben M. Schorr 
mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com>> wrote:
I'd probably offer it as a service for a nominal fee - maybe $25 a month per 
customer? Of course you run the risk of having multiple customers suffer 
failures at the same time and they'll be rightfully upset if you don't have the 
spare hardware available to get them back up when that happens...

Ben M. Schorr
Chief Executive Officer
Roland Schorr & Tower - Flagstaff Office
928-526-3970
www.rolandschorr.com * 
www.twitter.com/bschorr * 
www.facebook.com/RolandSchorr

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SMB IT provider Q

I have a couple of clients and they both run SBS2011 Premium in their 
environments and in both cases I have them on Dell hardware and on top of 
Hyper-V hosts.

It makes sense to me to have "ready spare" hardware, and it seems to me if I 
had one server in my lab ready to go as a temporary stand-in Hyper-V host I 
could offer this as a cheaper alternative as to asking them to have a full 2nd 
server onsite in a cluster. My thinking is:


* Have one server, just powerful enough to work as a "stand-in" server 
in either environment (16GB RAM, enough SAS disk space to cover the biggest 
Hyper-V host) with an IT Garage licensed 2008 R2 Host OS (both my clients are 
running this).

* If either client has a hard server failure, I run my hardware out and 
restore their backups to this hardware. This gets them up and running while I 
resolve whatever the issue might be on their production server

* Once their primary system is back up, bring this hardware back to my 
lab

It looks like I can get some hardware in the $1000 range for this, but the 
catch is I'd like to have my clients offset some if not all of the cost. Would 
it make sense to offer them this "spare server available" service with a 
monthly fee associated, or a one-time cost? Surely other IT shops offer the 
same thing in some fashion.

I did a proof-of-concept of this this weekend, I grabbed a client's SBS2011 
backup and restored it to my own ITG server (has just 8GB RAM through and SATA 
not SAS, so not enough oomph to run both SBS2011 and the 2008R2 server that 
comes with Premium) and restored to it and it worked beautifully.

It's possible of course that both clients could have an outage on the same day, 
in which case I'd totally screwed in many ways, so not sure how to handle not 
being able to deliver something they've been paying for, except maybe a "if 
this service can't be delivered then " as they do know that I am a 
one-man shop with a day job to boot.

I may be overlooking some other options here as well, so I am open to 
suggestions.
David Lum
Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 
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RE: SMB IT provider Q

[Mike Hoffman]

Why not give the clients each a server which can be re-tasked at short notice? 
If you store the backup images on a device that you can hyper-v up if necessary 
then it has great value for the client to have available for themselves.

We have a few servers running Hyper-v which we are reconfiguring to do some 
failover - the plan is that if we need a server at short notice we simply 
sacrifice the failovers and move the box. The licensing is taken care via a 
SPLA license or the clients existing licenses.

It is very rate to actually need to deploy a spare server, think of recovery 
objectives. If the server is down they can still work, emails can back-up with 
the ISP, individual files can be recovered and any server repairs (e.g. new 
backplane) can be scheduled to minimise disruption.

If a client really needs that level of redundancy then they can afford to pay 
fully for it. 25 users, $4 per user per month = $1200 per year. Don't promise 
what you can't deliver, but you know the clients well. It might be worth 
getting involved with a local IT company just to cover your back just in case.

Mike

From: Ben M. Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com]
Sent: 03 February 2013 17:31
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SMB IT provider Q

I'd probably offer it as a service for a nominal fee - maybe $25 a month per 
customer? Of course you run the risk of having multiple customers suffer 
failures at the same time and they'll be rightfully upset if you don't have the 
spare hardware available to get them back up when that happens...

Ben M. Schorr
Chief Executive Officer
Roland Schorr & Tower - Flagstaff Office
928-526-3970
www.rolandschorr.com * 
www.twitter.com/bschorr * 
www.facebook.com/RolandSchorr

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SMB IT provider Q

I have a couple of clients and they both run SBS2011 Premium in their 
environments and in both cases I have them on Dell hardware and on top of 
Hyper-V hosts.

It makes sense to me to have "ready spare" hardware, and it seems to me if I 
had one server in my lab ready to go as a temporary stand-in Hyper-V host I 
could offer this as a cheaper alternative as to asking them to have a full 2nd 
server onsite in a cluster. My thinking is:


* Have one server, just powerful enough to work as a "stand-in" server 
in either environment (16GB RAM, enough SAS disk space to cover the biggest 
Hyper-V host) with an IT Garage licensed 2008 R2 Host OS (both my clients are 
running this).

* If either client has a hard server failure, I run my hardware out and 
restore their backups to this hardware. This gets them up and running while I 
resolve whatever the issue might be on their production server

* Once their primary system is back up, bring this hardware back to my 
lab

It looks like I can get some hardware in the $1000 range for this, but the 
catch is I'd like to have my clients offset some if not all of the cost. Would 
it make sense to offer them this "spare server available" service with a 
monthly fee associated, or a one-time cost? Surely other IT shops offer the 
same thing in some fashion.

I did a proof-of-concept of this this weekend, I grabbed a client's SBS2011 
backup and restored it to my own ITG server (has just 8GB RAM through and SATA 
not SAS, so not enough oomph to run both SBS2011 and the 2008R2 server that 
comes with Premium) and restored to it and it worked beautifully.

It's possible of course that both clients could have an outage on the same day, 
in which case I'd totally screwed in many ways, so not sure how to handle not 
being able to deliver something they've been paying for, except maybe a "if 
this service can't be delivered then " as they do know that I am a 
one-man shop with a day job to boot.

I may be overlooking some other options here as well, so I am open to 
suggestions.
David Lum
Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764


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RE: MS site?

[Mike Hoffman]

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/support.microsoft.com

There seems to be an Office 365 issue, so they probably just turned the support 
pages off and went home :)

Mike

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu]
Sent: 01 February 2013 14:55
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MS site?

Loads ok for me.

DAMIEN SOLODOW
Systems Engineer
317.447.6033 (office)
317.447.6014 (fax)
HARRISON COLLEGE

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MS site?

Anyone else having trouble getting to this link?

http://support.microsoft.com
Christopher Bodnar
Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture 
and Engineering Services

Tel 610-807-6459
3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017
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RE: DC's and VM's

[Mike Hoffman]

Could you make the Base Hyper-V server a RODC? Would that limit the exposure as 
we all know making the base server part of the domain is not recommended.

We had a few power outages in quick succession and all our test machines got 
booted repeatedly – the hosts have been particularly grumpy since then.

Mike

From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: 22 January 2013 16:47
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: DC's and VM's

I think it depends on your infrastructure. If you have components (firewalls, 
routers, switches, NAS, SAN, etc.) that rely on AD, then I would still keep 
at least one physical around, possibly (2) at each site, depending on the size 
of your environment.

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

Tel 610-807-6459
3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017
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From:David Lum mailto:david@nwea.org>>
To:"NT System Admin Issues" 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Date:01/22/2013 11:07 AM
Subject:DC's and VM's




Is this still current thinking?

“Note: Always have at least one DC that is on physical hardware so that 
failover clusters and other infrastructure can start.”
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888794
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RE: Replacement for SteadyState

[Mike Hoffman]

15 years ago we did something similar with Windows NT and the article blow 
explains the principal for Windows 7. If you can then use Windows 8 and you can 
build a system with a completely VHD based environment. If you add a Windows PE 
partition and a differencing disk then you can either lock down the machine, or 
allow for an open machine and a restore after a reboot.

One day I'll reply to a post and it will appear within an hour!! - can I claim 
the first "Frikin Lyris" of the year?

Mike

From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Sent: 04 January 2013 18:02
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Replacement for SteadyState

There's an article here about doing it:

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/replicating-steadystate-windows-7-129192

Mike

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: 04 January 2013 17:13
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Replacement for SteadyState

Boot from VHD with a differencing disk.

From: Bambi J Saastad [mailto:bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com]
Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 11:36 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Replacement for SteadyState

Hello
I was wondering if any of you could suggest a replacement for SteadyState.
I have a roomful of pc's that the factory users use for browsing etc that I am 
replacing with Windows 7 Pro that need to be locked down.

Can anyone suggest a product that does the same thing, wipe out any changes on 
reboot?

TIA
B


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RE: Replacement for SteadyState

[Mike Hoffman]

There's an article here about doing it:

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-power-tools/replicating-steadystate-windows-7-129192

Mike

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: 04 January 2013 17:13
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Replacement for SteadyState

Boot from VHD with a differencing disk.

From: Bambi J Saastad [mailto:bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com]
Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 11:36 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Replacement for SteadyState

Hello
I was wondering if any of you could suggest a replacement for SteadyState.
I have a roomful of pc's that the factory users use for browsing etc that I am 
replacing with Windows 7 Pro that need to be locked down.

Can anyone suggest a product that does the same thing, wipe out any changes on 
reboot?

TIA
B


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RE: Restore 2008 R2 including product activation

[Mike Hoffman]

If you reformat a machine you might not need more activations as the hardware 
will match an existing license. You could use the VAMT to backup your 
activation info and then re-apply it - or just use a KMS and stop worrying.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: 02 January 2013 19:17
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Restore 2008 R2 including product activation

> Is there a native way to do this, or are backups the reason when you 
> look up # of activations on MS's VLSC site they list more activations 
> available than actual licenses?

I am unsure on why, exactly, there is a larger number of activations than what 
we have licensed on our VLSC site, but it was my understanding that it was set 
higher than what you need so you could do things like re-installs, re-imaging, 
etc.

I have had to contact MS to have our activation number increased. They asked 
why, and I said "Because we re-image the labs every year, and each re-image 
eats up an activation." They took that answer and us me more.

I'm sure the artificial limit is there to prevent blatant theft of a VLSC 
product code.


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Ephrata School District


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Subject: Restore 2008 R2 including product activation


> Is there a way to do a backup/restore  of 2008 r2 and not have to 
> Windows re-activation? I found some links that use a 3rd party tool 
> called Advanced Tokens Manager. Is there a native way to do this, or 
> are backups the reason when you look up # of activations on MS's VLSC 
> site they list more activations available than actual licenses?
> David Lum
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RE: Windows 2012 as VM

[Mike Hoffman]

I thought it was more of a recommendation - although if you are using Server 
2012 with 1+2 virtualisation rights then you are anly allowed to run the 
hyper-v bits on the base - and you do not want to be putting Exchange on the 
domain controller, or the LOB box, and remember that SharePoint will now not 
run on a domain controller. You might need some more licenses.

I've almost killed one of my HP servers here by trying to run a SharePoint box, 
Exchange, Essentials, and a few others all in the same box, along with virtual 
KMS server, WDS server etc. 

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: 11 December 2012 16:50
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows 2012 as VM

I'm running (until New Year break) my production mail server on Server 2012 on 
Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. I haven't had any problems. But honestly, I do not know 
if it's actually supported...

-Original Message-
From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 10:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 2012 as VM

I've got a client that has 2008 R2 Enterprise Server that is setup as a Hyper-V 
Host.  It currently is running a couple of VMs  (2008 SQL, an an App server).  
I'm looking to possibly add either a SBS 2011 Standard server to a VM *OR* a 
Windows 2012 Std. (Essenentials w/
Transmorg) to the box.

If the client goes with the Windows 2012, am I looking at any special issues if 
I keep the host server 2008 R2?

Should I consider upgrading the Host OS to 2012 using the 1+2 rights?
If so, is there a document on how this is best accomplished I should read?

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RE: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

[Mike Hoffman]

What about 2012 - 4Tb limit.

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 05 December 2012 16:15
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Cheapest way to get Hyper-V and 64GB

I have a client system that can physically hold 64GB of RAM, is $2000+ 2008 R2 
Server Enterprise the only way to use that much RAM with Hyper-V guests? 64-bit 
Server Standard only recognizes 32GB...
David Lum
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RE: Free Windows 8?

[Mike Hoffman]

Sorry, such a time lag with posting here ...

Well Windows 8 ent is an SA benefit :)

From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: 27 November 2012 19:01
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

That wasn't the question...

"...on the VLSC site Win8 Pro is under the "Windows" category for 
keys/downloads, but Win8 Enterprise is under "Software Assurance" area."

Regards,

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
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email: dgu...@che.org<mailto:dgu...@che.org>
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From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

You can download a 90 day trial of it from the MS website.

Mike

From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: 27 November 2012 18:40
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

I thought I read somewhere that Enterprise is only available under Volume 
Licensing. Maybe that's why?

Regards,

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073
email: dgu...@che.org<mailto:dgu...@che.org>
Office:  610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440
For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the 
helpdesk @ 610-492-3839.
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From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

Interestingly, On our VLSC site, the keys are the same  between Enterprise and 
Pro, it's the ISO that's different. Additionally, on the VLSC site Win8 Pro is 
under the "Windows" category for keys/downloads, but Win8 Enterprise is under 
"Software Assurance" area.

Dave

From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

Anyone tried this?
The first link in the article is for a Windows 8 Enterprise download.
Wondered if that download also includes Pro since the friend I shared this with 
said he couldn't add Media center to Enterprise.

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Free Windows 8?

http://www.techspot.com/news/50875-loophole-enables-anyone-to-get-a-windows-8-license-for-free.html


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RE: Free Windows 8?

[Mike Hoffman]

You can download a 90 day trial of it from the MS website.

Mike

From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: 27 November 2012 18:40
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

I thought I read somewhere that Enterprise is only available under Volume 
Licensing. Maybe that's why?

Regards,

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073
email: dgu...@che.org
Office:  610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440
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From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 1:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

Interestingly, On our VLSC site, the keys are the same  between Enterprise and 
Pro, it's the ISO that's different. Additionally, on the VLSC site Win8 Pro is 
under the "Windows" category for keys/downloads, but Win8 Enterprise is under 
"Software Assurance" area.

Dave

From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

Anyone tried this?
The first link in the article is for a Windows 8 Enterprise download.
Wondered if that download also includes Pro since the friend I shared this with 
said he couldn't add Media center to Enterprise.

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Free Windows 8?

http://www.techspot.com/news/50875-loophole-enables-anyone-to-get-a-windows-8-license-for-free.html


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RE: Free Windows 8?

[Mike Hoffman]

I know they sent me a key - then I realised all my test machines are also 
Enterprise. I have had my first set of machines with the 90 day trial time-out, 
after a re-arm they are good for another 999 x 90 days.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 27 November 2012 18:21
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

Interestingly, On our VLSC site, the keys are the same  between Enterprise and 
Pro, it's the ISO that's different. Additionally, on the VLSC site Win8 Pro is 
under the "Windows" category for keys/downloads, but Win8 Enterprise is under 
"Software Assurance" area.

Dave

From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Free Windows 8?

Anyone tried this?
The first link in the article is for a Windows 8 Enterprise download.
Wondered if that download also includes Pro since the friend I shared this with 
said he couldn't add Media center to Enterprise.

From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Free Windows 8?

http://www.techspot.com/news/50875-loophole-enables-anyone-to-get-a-windows-8-license-for-free.html


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RE: excluding WDS from System State backup

[Mike Hoffman]

That's the reason we use lots of drive letters. In the SBS world where we 
typically work we tend to put WSUS and other 'stuff' on their own drives for 
that kind of reason. Heck we even have one server with a TB USB drive attached 
which is then passed through to the Hyper-V client just for random un-backed up 
stuff.

How about moving WDS into it's own drive? You could always virtualise and 
over-provision (is that he correct word?).

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org] 
Sent: 26 November 2012 18:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: excluding WDS from System State backup

Don't think you can exclude any part of the SS.

Regards,

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology Enterprise Directory & Messaging 
Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073
email: dgu...@che.org
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assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the helpdesk @ 
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From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 12:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: excluding WDS from System State backup

I'm using Backupexec 2012.  I'd like to exclude WDS from being backed up as 
part of the System State backups because it adds 100Gb to each nightly System 
State backup because of the images folder.  I can't seem to find a way to 
exclude JUST the WDS stuff from the System State.  It seems to be all or 
nothing.  Is this possible to do?

Thanks



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RE: Window 8 on your PC

[Mike Hoffman]

They introduce something called an ATX power supply at about the same time as 
NT3.51. Before this the switch on the front was just mains (as was the cable on 
the back of it). You tend to learn quickly about power safety when fixing a PC 
with Mains in the case.

Mike

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: 21 November 2012 17:31
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

"We've gotten so used to the scenario where we couldn't use the power button to 
turn a device off that now being able to do so seems weird."
Since when?
I've been in IT for 12 years, never recall not being able to use the power 
button...
I always hit the power button.  It's the power button.
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:56 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

"You no longer have to "pre-tell" Windows that you want to shut down and let it 
handle everything for you. Windows is now hardware aware enough that you just 
hit the power and Windows does whatever you told it to do (Power Settings)"

How enlightening! We've gotten so used to the scenario where we couldn't use 
the power button to turn a device off that now being able to do so seems weird. 
"What? I can use the device's power button to turn the Windows device off? 
That's CRAZY!". Amazing what mind shift just one sentence can make...

From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

Running the same 4 here, except we went with the Samsung Slates instead of the 
Surface, they are excellent machines. Once I demonstrated to users that the 
Start Page is just where their Start Button went to they were totally onboard. 
It is a total mind shift (just like Office 2003 to Office 2007, but once you 
make that shift it is much more useful. As for Shutdown being hard to get to, 
what I was told by a friend at Microsoft (and which makes perfect sense once 
you think about it) is just use the power button on your device (whatever it 
might be). You no longer have to "pre-tell" Windows that you want to shut down 
and let it handle everything for you. Windows is now hardware aware enough that 
you just hit the power and Windows does whatever you told it to do (Power 
Settings). This won't work in some environments where the power button is not 
accessible, but for the majority of businesses it works just fine, and it is 
incredibly fast! Going to Sleep and waking back up take my machines on average 
2 seconds.
Tim

From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

:)  I'm running all three - plus a desktop.


From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

Keep the Win 8 info coming! I've been tasked with kicking it around in our 
environment.

Laptop, Surface and a phone.

Regards,

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073
email: dgu...@che.org
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| Fax: 610.271.9440
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From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Window 8 on your PC

Unless all of your apps are from the Windows 8 store (with the modern UI), you 
practically run in desktop mode anyway.

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Window 8 on your PC

Are you guys changing your Windows 8 UI to be more like Win7 or leaving it 
as-is and learning new tricks?
David Lum
Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 
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RE: windows phone 8

[Mike Hoffman]

I've got an HTC x8 - upgraded from an HD7 and love it. Email is as you would 
expect, and having lots of live tiles for different mailboxes on the main 
screen is really useful. I tend to use tasks rather than notes and that works 
for me - or else I use OneNote synced up with an O365 account / or box. You can 
always use OneNote with a Hotmail account for storage. I also have an 
outlook.com and about 5 other email accounts linked up :-)

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] 
Sent: 15 November 2012 18:26
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: windows phone 8

As someone who doesn't have Exchange, I'm curious: What's the big killer 
features of Exchange Notes? What makes it so important to have on your phone?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Stefan Jafs
[mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
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Sent: Thu, 15 Nov 2012
10:09:43 -0800
Subject: Re: windows phone 8


> I have the Nokia 920 on order with Rogers here in Toronto, all the 
> reviews I have read is that it’s big and heavy but other vice a great 
> phone, I also use Notes quite extensively as well, for my iPad I use 
> iMExchange2, for the free version I just have to manually updated it. 
> For my current phone the Samsung Galaxy S III, I have not bothered 
> with Notes yet and now I’m waiting for the Nokia so well see . .
> 
> Stefan
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Guyer, Don  wrote:
> 
> > I always trust the reviews on sites like Engadget, Gizmodo and even 
> > NewEgg. Might not be much out there yet as it’s a fairly new device 
> > but, what I’ve heard has all been pretty positive if you like 
> > Windows
> Phones.**
> > **
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Don Guyer**
> > **Catholic Health East - Information Technology*
> >
> > Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
> > 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073
> >
> > email: *dgu...@che.org*
> >
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> >
> > *For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call 
> > the helpdesk @ 610-492-3839.*
> >
> > [image: Description: Description: Description: 
> > InfoService-Logo240]
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > *From:* Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:54 AM
> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues
> > *Subject:* OT: windows phone 8
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Thinking about getting the nokia 920.  Anyone have any reasons 
> > they’d
> like
> > to share about why or why not to get this device.  Also, real world 
> > how is the app situation for winphone 8?  Anything you really miss 
> > from the ios
> or
> > android world of apps and features?
> >
> >  
> >
> > All of the official reviews always seem to miss the real details 
> > that make or break a phone for me.
> >
> >  
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >  
> >
> > Bill
> >
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RE: The Ripple Effect of Windows 8 - Datamation

[Mike Hoffman]

Angus

This is a really good article and should be a case study on how not to manage 
change in an organisation. Regardless of the technology or solution when the 
end users 'push back' on change you can either demonstrate the value in the 
product and the IT department or give in and accept that staff do not value the 
IT and the IT department do not have confidence in their own skills.

We had the exact opposite - now running 8 and 2012 on more machines all other 
OS types put together and really appreciating the speed increases, quicker 
navigation of the windows desktop, integration of apps, much better security ...

The timescale of the article is very interesting as while the final OS was 
released in August there were no apps until the public release as they all had 
to be re-compiled and tested on final code. Also in October there was a major 
patch (160-ish Mb) which was like a mini service pack. Internally while we have 
been using the product for over a year we only just consider it as fully 
released.

Our end user feedback has been very different with the semi-techies as the 
hardest crowd to please as they have a little knowledge picked up via Google 
and no desire to change their ways. We find 10 minutes of show-and-tell and 
then a few quick refreshers over the next few days a very easy way to get the 
new features across. Responses have ranged from "Great" on older kit to 
"Awesome" for Win8 on Win8 hardware (which has only been available to purchase 
for about a week).

The author makes a really good point about how an IT platform can unravel if 
there is not business case or reason for specific parts of it. A business can 
evolve and change and the technology need can change - along with the 
maturity/stability of a solution. We are currently finding a significant number 
of our clients with Apple hardware are struggling to understand why after 2 
years their support option is to replace while their 4-5 year old boxes are 
still performing well and still fully covered under manufacturers warranties 
and get full support from Microsoft. 

To me it seems like Windows 8 has shifted the technology landscape in a way 
that last happened with windows 95. All the old logic is being tested and for a 
lot of companies there is a moment of truth that they are simply employing 
technology to fix what is broken in their business processes as that's easier 
than coming to terms with changing their business model. What's really 
interesting is looking back at those companies who embrace change and are 
thriving compared to those who saw no value in using to technology to manage 
their business.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] 
Sent: 07 November 2012 03:03
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: The Ripple Effect of Windows 8 - Datamation

Fascinating article.

The Ripple Effect of Windows 8 - Datamation 
http://www.datamation.com/applications/the-ripple-effect-of-windows-8-1.html

When our firm's employees found Windows 8 too unwieldy, we transitioned to 
Linux Mint instead and soon found that we didn't need any Microsoft 
products at all.  

I have known the author online for a couple of years, he's an active Spiceworks 
user and an experienced Windows admin.

Angus

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RE: Wow, who knew?

[Mike Hoffman]

And if the machine is running Windows 8 you get "App Commands", "Charm", 
"Snap", "switch Apps", "Start" - now how cool is that!

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 30 October 2012 13:33
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Wow, who knew?

When full screen RDP'd to a system that gives you the little "tab" at the top 
where you get minimize, maximize and close buttons, I never knew you could grab 
and slide that little bar left and right! Very useful when using say, LogMeIn...
David Lum
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RE: Office 2013 RTM

[Mike Hoffman]

You’ll probably notice how you can tone down the white screen –it’s the simple 
things.

Mike

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: 25 October 2012 07:55
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Office 2013 RTM

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

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

James.

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

I see RTM was just posted on TechNet.

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 11, 2012, at 6:45 PM, "Crawford, Scott" 
mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu>> wrote:
Volume Licensing customers with Software Assurance will be able to download the 
Office 2013 applications as well as other Office products including SharePoint 
2013, Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013 through the Volume Licensing Service Center 
by mid-November. These products will be available on the Volume Licensing price 
list on December 1.

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RE: Windows 8 app behaviour

[Mike Hoffman]

When you get the right app - i.e. the built in email app - taking 1/3 of one 
monitor then it makes a clean info pane while resizing the desktop. Currently 
there are not very many apps that run well on 1/3 screen, but it's only a 
matter of time. If someone produces a decent monitoring app then I can see that 
as a permanent option on screen. I just hope that with the next service pack 
they add the ability to run multiple apps in 1/3 2/3 screens - lots of wasted 
screen when you have approx. 6000 pixels in front of you.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 11 October 2012 18:38
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Windows 8 app behaviour

I suppose I'll have to grab a copy and see how it works.

Kurt

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Michael B. Smith  
wrote:
> This is only true of metro apps. Desktop apps follow the standard we are used 
> to.
>
> And quite frankly, everyone (or most) on this mailing list will spend almost 
> all of their time on the desktop. IMO. YMMV.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:33 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Windows 8 app behaviour
>
> Forgive my poor memory, but isn't this the kind of "multitasking" that Win3.x 
> brought us?
>
> Kurt
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Michael B. Smith  
> wrote:
>> It seems that it is similar to the Windows Phone 7.5 model. After “about”
>> six apps get suspended, Win8 starts closing the apps that have been 
>> suspended the longest.
>>
>>
>>
>> I say “about” because it can fool you – several apps with different 
>> UIs are actually a single app. For example, Mail and People are a single app.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:13 AM
>>
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: Windows 8 app behaviour
>>
>>
>>
>> I bet it does add up when you multiply the suspension overhead by 
>> (however many apps your average user can manage to open up in a 
>> single session). I'm sure its better than the traditional model tho.
>>
>> On 11 October 2012 13:51, Ken Schaefer  wrote:
>>
>> They get suspended when you move to another app. So, they do use 
>> resources (some storage to store their suspended state), but that 
>> resource usage shouldn’t slow down your computer (I think that’s how 
>> the argument goes…)
>>
>>
>>
>> See:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464925.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012 11:15 PM
>>
>>
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Windows 8 app behaviour
>>
>>
>>
>> Just saw this from Brian Madden
>>
>>
>>
>> From the Win8 FAQ: "In Windows 8, apps you install from the Windows 
>> Store don’t slow down your computer, so you don’t need to close them"
>>
>> Sounds novel, apps without resource footprints. Cool!
>>
>> (Apologies to those who may follow Brian on Twitter and have already 
>> seen
>> this)
>>
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RE: KMS at non-server sites?

[Mike Hoffman]

If you put a DNS entry into a hosts file and then setup a route into your 
corporate KMS only allowing traffic from that site. If it looks like it will 
take more than 10 minutes to setup then just use a MAK key.
Mike
From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org]
Sent: 17 September 2012 13:52
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: KMS at non-server sites?

Hi Folks,

I have a number of sites with 2-5 PCs/laptops.  The devices were originally 
imaged and used our internal KMS server.  They are beginning to fail to 
check-in to the licensing server.

These sites are all connected via a VPN appliance (SOHO firewall to corp 
firewall).   The only traffic traversed the VPN is from the copier, for 
automatic notifications and messages to the SMTP server here.

These remote machines are not in the domain.  Is there a best practice for 
activation renewal?  Modify local host file?  Public DNS entry for the KMS 
server?  Convert to MAK?  I see a number of suggestions on the web and am 
looking for what works for you.

Thanks,
Tom


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RE: Is it sysadmin day today?

[Mike Hoffman]

I aim for the meat based curry - we have a selection from Kurma to Jalfrezi 
just arrived  - mmm 

-Original Message-
From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] 
Sent: 27 July 2012 19:57
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Is it sysadmin day today?

You'd be a tougher man than me then. I drank nine pints of Stones during my 
first phall, and was then off work for two days. I was only about 19, however.

---Blackberried

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff 
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:47:56
To: NT System Admin Issues
Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Subject: Re: Is it sysadmin day today?

I doubt the heat would bother me, but I'm not generally a fan of tomato-based 
curries.

Kurt

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Rankin, James R  wrote:
>
> Sherry would be a beveragecurry is glorious stuff! Although the 
> curiously-named Phall is not a pleasant experience.
> ---Blackberried
> 
> From: "Guyer, Don" 
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:06:12 -0400
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" 
> 
> Subject: RE: Is it sysadmin day today?
>
> I’m assuming Curry is some kind of alcoholic beverage and not the 
> reason I DO NOT go to Indian restaurants…
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Don Guyer
> Catholic Health East - Information Technology
>
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>
>
> From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 1:59 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Is it sysadmin day today?
>
>
>
> We’ve just ordered a curry for all our staff and closed early – after 
> reorganising the office and taking over another company J
>
>
>
> Now everyone gets to sit back, watch the Olympics and drink …
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> From: Kat Aylward Langan [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com]
> Sent: 27 July 2012 18:42
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Is it sysadmin day today?
>
>
>
> https://xkcd.com/705/
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>
> I really wish I could remember this date BEFORE it arrives. Oh 
> wait...calendar...recurring.last Fri of Julydone!
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:55 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
>
> Subject: Is it sysadmin day today?
>
> If so, enjoy your day of appreciation :-)
>
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RE: Is it sysadmin day today?

[Mike Hoffman]

That'll be the Pimms to go with the heavily spiced eastern cuisine


From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: 27 July 2012 19:06
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Is it sysadmin day today?

I'm assuming Curry is some kind of alcoholic beverage and not the reason I DO 
NOT go to Indian restaurants...

Regards,

Don Guyer
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From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]<mailto:[mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 1:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Is it sysadmin day today?

We've just ordered a curry for all our staff and closed early - after 
reorganising the office and taking over another company :)

Now everyone gets to sit back, watch the Olympics and drink ...

Mike

From: Kat Aylward Langan 
[mailto:messagel...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:messagel...@gmail.com]>
Sent: 27 July 2012 18:42
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Is it sysadmin day today?

https://xkcd.com/705/
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
I really wish I could remember this date BEFORE it arrives. Oh 
wait...calendar...recurring.last Fri of Julydone!

-Original Message-
From: Rankin, James R 
[mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com<mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Is it sysadmin day today?

If so, enjoy your day of appreciation :-)

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RE: Is it sysadmin day today?

[Mike Hoffman]

We've just ordered a curry for all our staff and closed early - after 
reorganising the office and taking over another company :)

Now everyone gets to sit back, watch the Olympics and drink ...

Mike

From: Kat Aylward Langan [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com]
Sent: 27 July 2012 18:42
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Is it sysadmin day today?

https://xkcd.com/705/
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:23 AM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
I really wish I could remember this date BEFORE it arrives. Oh 
wait...calendar...recurring.last Fri of Julydone!

-Original Message-
From: Rankin, James R 
[mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Is it sysadmin day today?

If so, enjoy your day of appreciation :-)

---Blackberried

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RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

[Mike Hoffman]

I'll raise you an Edlin :)

Does anyone have Win3.1 graphics drivers for a virtual environment? I installed 
it on my laptop in Virtual PC in about 5 minutes, but the screen resolution is 
rather poor.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 24 July 2012 15:19
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

I *really* liked WfW 3.11. I had 3rd party right-click stuff on it and that was 
my introduction to right-clicking, so when Win95 came out it was "oh cool, no 
need to grab an add-in.."

DOS 5's "F5 to bypass the autoexec.bat that has an entry which makes the boot 
cycle loop" was also a biggie, no more having to insert a bootable floppy to 
fix your screwup.

I think DOS 4.x or 5x introduced NOTEPAD (or rather, it's character-based 
equivalent). BIG WIN!

OK that's enough from me on this one.

From: Daniel Chenault 
[mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

Bad = does not meet expectations
Good = at least better than previous version if not more

Dos 3.3 - good
DOS 4.0 - bad
DOS 5.0 - good
Windows 3.0 - bad
WfW 3.11 - good
Windows 95 - bad
Windows 98 w/sp3 - good
Windows Millenium - bad
WinXP w/SP3 - good
Vista - bad
Win7 - good
Win8 - ?

I see a pattern

Daniel Chenault
dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com
[cid:image001.jpg@01CD69B2.4B761F20]

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

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

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

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RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

[Mike Hoffman]

Once you get used to it there is not much different. I have number of machines 
here running Win8 and Office 2013 and without a touch screen they are actually 
quicker to get around. It does take a bit of getting used to and they could do 
with a good welcome video - we are currently producing an internal help guide 
as I am planning a client install on the first week of August.

Remember that while the "Desktop App" is the old desktop you can just press 
"esc" from the start menu to get to it once it is running. Also if you are 
using the Start Menu like Vista/7 rather than XP then it functions in the same 
way even if it looks totally different i.e. Start, Type "Wo", press Enter, Word 
loads.

Mike

From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com]
Sent: 24 July 2012 15:08
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

He's come out now and said that his review was taken out of context and denied 
he ever said it was bad.  He wrote that it was "bad" when using it with a mouse 
and keyboard.

From: Guyer, Don [mailto:dgu...@che.org]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

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

Regards,

Don Guyer
Catholic Health East - Information Technology
Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services
3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa  19073
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From: Daniel Chenault 
[mailto:dchena...@lgnetworksinc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Gartner says Win8 is "bad"

Bad = does not meet expectations
Good = at least better than previous version if not more

Dos 3.3 - good
DOS 4.0 - bad
DOS 5.0 - good
Windows 3.0 - bad
WfW 3.11 - good
Windows 95 - bad
Windows 98 w/sp3 - good
Windows Millenium - bad
WinXP w/SP3 - good
Vista - bad
Win7 - good
Win8 - ?

I see a pattern

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

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

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

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RE: Speaking of Office 365

[Mike Hoffman]

What you would be looking for would be the Server 2012 Essentials product (new 
name for SBS 2011 Essentials). This would be one server on one site doing the 
AD/Office 365 Integration ‘Lite’ and then you should be able to use a 
foundation or essentials server at each site using a remote access technology.

Bearing in mind that the feature set has not been fully announced you might 
even be able to do Direct Access rather than dedicated VPN site-to-site for 
file access, sharing and permissions, and the only issue might be a delay in an 
on-premise password change replicating to the cloud hosted exchange. If they go 
beyond 25 users then they would simply upgrade to Server Standard 2012 and keep 
the ‘integration component’.

If you want on-premise exchange then you can still go with SBS2011 and there 
should be an upgrade path to Server 2012 with full exchange on the same box – 
but the details of this without virtualising bits is still a bit sketchy.

Mike

From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 23 July 2012 15:39
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Speaking of Office 365

Thanks.  Does that mean that a single SBS2011 Essentials server will support 
all that connectivity vs. 3 or 4 other servers?

Don K


From: James Hill mailto:falc...@gmail.com>>
To: NT System Admin Issues 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 5:35 PM
Subject: RE: Speaking of Office 365

For this sized environment you are much better off using SBS 2011 Essentials as 
it has Office 365 single sign on integration.  It’s a plugin that keeps the 
local account and o365 account passwords in sync.

SBS 2011E will cover your storage requirements as well.

James.

From: Don Kuhlman 
[mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, 21 July 2012 3:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Speaking of Office 365

Hi folks.  Just fishing for input here. I've quoted a solution to client with 
two options. One is to purchase a new server/storage platform and have their 
email and file sharing services local - eg SBS (currently on SBS 2008).
They are small - 25 users, 4 locations.

I also quoted Office 365 on the E1 or E3 plan, leaving some local storage at 
each site with a logon DC.

However, from what I read, if we want to use 365 with AD FS to allow single 
sign on and internal/external domain sync, we would need to build up to 4 
additional servers(see below) to allow this.
1) Computer to run AD sync tool
2) 2 AD FS servers for load balancing (or use existing DC)
3) AD FS Proxy 1 to 3 servers in an extranet

Is that the only way to implement 365 by adding more servers and dedicating 
them to these roles, or do you not use the AD FS to allow single sign on, etc. ?

Thanks for any input.

Don K

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RE: No more SBS

[Mike Hoffman]

Over this side of the pond, in a country where 97% of companies have less than 
10 staff SBS is a key product for us. Unless there is going to be a way of 
putting Exchange on an Essentials box at a realistic price and in a supported 
manner when that is a server on the network we will have to look at other 
offerings.

Email without broadband is a problem. If you can do cloud then that's great.

Mike

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: 05 July 2012 19:50
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: No more SBS

They're pushing the cloud for the SMB market, as opposed to abandoning them 
outright.

I'd be more inclined to admit that they're closer to abandoning their hobbyist 
roots, although not their developer roots.
ASB

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On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
There will continue to be a SBS 2011 Essentials. But it doesn't include SQL or 
Exchange.

I disagree with their decision, as does every SBS MVP. :-P

However, I see it as an ongoing "move to the Enterprise" for Microsoft. They 
are abandoning their small business roots.

From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 1:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: No more SBS

I don't see the product in the environments I work in but Microsoft says no 
more SBS.

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-goes-public-with-windows-server-2012-versions-licensing-700341/

http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/D/B/4DB352D1-C610-466A-9AAF-EEF4F4CFFF27/WS2012_Licensing-Pricing_FAQ.pdf


Q33. Will there be a next version of Windows Small Business Server 2011 
Standard?

No. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, which includes Exchange Server 
and Windows server component products, will be the final such Windows Server 
offering. This change is in response to small business market trends and 
behavior. The small business computing trends are moving in the direction of 
cloud computing for applications and services such as email, online back-up and 
line-of-business tools. 13



Q34. Will there be a next version of Windows Small Business 2011 Premium Add-on?
No. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on, which includes SQL 
Server and Windows Server as component products, will be the final such Windows 
Server offering.


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RE: Which Office 365 version - was Office 365 and AD synchronization

[Mike Hoffman]

If a client is used to an SBS solution then they will expect something other 
than public forum based support. We put clients on E-plans even for a single 
mailbox for just that reason. Also you cannot migrate from a P to an E, so if 
they think they might grow then they need an E plan.

E3 includes Microsoft Office Pro Plus - so if you already have Office 2010 then 
you do not need it. If you have Office 2003 then you do as you need the latest 
version for the full functionality. You can get away with 2007 for lots of 
features, but when 15 comes out then they will need to upgrade.

Mike

From: Don Kuhlman [mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 27 June 2012 15:51
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Which Office 365 version - was Office 365 and AD synchronization

Hi Chris, do you mind me asking what plan you're looking at?   I was thinking 
the same for a small business client, moving them from internally hosted SBS 
2008 to 365 Plan E1 ($8/month/per user).  I see the P1 or E3 plans too, but not 
sure if E3 is worth it for about 18 users.

Thanks

Don K


From: Christopher Bodnar 
mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com>>
To: NT System Admin Issues 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:27 AM
Subject: Office 365 and AD synchronization

Getting ready to migrate a small office environment to office 365. Domain is 
2008 R2, only 10 users. I'm reading through all the documentation and 
specifically looking at the requirement for a separate machine to host the 
Directory Synchronization tool. Anyone here do this yet with a small office? 
Just curious as to the load on the box. I'm going to create a VM for this but 
see that the minimum requirements are 4G RAM and 70G of disk space. That seems 
high to me for something like this in a very small environment. Curious to hear 
what others have seen after doing this in a similar environment.

Also just starting to read about single sign-on. So using the AD Sync tool 
doesn't give you single-sign on? It just gets your users and groups up to 
Office 365? For what purpose, if the credentials are synched? That's what I 
don't understand yet, but I'm not done reading yet, so maybe that will come. So 
if you need AD FS for single sign-on, how was the process?

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

Tel 610-807-6459
3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017
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RE: Office 365 and AD synchronization

[Mike Hoffman]

You should not be looking at SSO for just 10 users with office 365 as you 
really need a 100% uptime connection (not 99.99%). We looked at this with small 
clients and putting in a separate server for the sync component is over the 
top. The build in sync tool is a complete solution build for big enterprises.

If you simply want 10 users to be able to do email and share logon passwords 
for both services (Local AD and O365) then SBS Essentials has a plugin which is 
a much simpler solution.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 27 June 2012 16:00
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Office 365 and AD synchronization

"So if you need AD FS for single sign-on, how was the process?"

This will be a poor technical explanation, but hopefully helpful:

We use SSO for our expense reporting, and how it works for us is we have an IIS 
server that handles the SSO function via certificate with us and our vendor. 
The cert sits on our IIS server and the corresponding cert sits in the "target" 
environment. The IIS server is in our "trusted sites" zone which allows the 
domain credentials to get passed to the IIS server. The target side trusts our 
IIS server (trust is misleading here because it's the cert that allows access 
not a domain trust, but I digress..).

The user experience is they go to our SSO website and they have a dropdown of 
what SSO site to connect to click connect and away they go, no prompting for 
credentials.

Dave

From: Christopher Bodnar 
[mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Office 365 and AD synchronization

Getting ready to migrate a small office environment to office 365. Domain is 
2008 R2, only 10 users. I'm reading through all the documentation and 
specifically looking at the requirement for a separate machine to host the 
Directory Synchronization tool. Anyone here do this yet with a small office? 
Just curious as to the load on the box. I'm going to create a VM for this but 
see that the minimum requirements are 4G RAM and 70G of disk space. That seems 
high to me for something like this in a very small environment. Curious to hear 
what others have seen after doing this in a similar environment.

Also just starting to read about single sign-on. So using the AD Sync tool 
doesn't give you single-sign on? It just gets your users and groups up to 
Office 365? For what purpose, if the credentials are synched? That's what I 
don't understand yet, but I'm not done reading yet, so maybe that will come. So 
if you need AD FS for single sign-on, how was the process?

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

Tel 610-807-6459
3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017
christopher_bod...@glic.com

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RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

[Mike Hoffman]

If they are going to be at 20 users but no more than 25 for a few years then 
SBSe (Essentials) might be fine for you. It requires no CALs for the users and 
if you need a second server for SQL/Sharepoint then you add the Premium Add-On 
along with Cals for SBS Premium (only for those using the SQL features).

You get the backup features of Windows Storage Server and the remote access for 
remote desktop so that you can manage all the sites remotely. The wizards 
generally do a lot more than just add a user to AD - they run checks as well so 
you know everything is running fine. When they fail it is usually because of 
simple (from an admin point of view) errors which if left untreated might 
generate issues a lot later.

There is talk of an upgrade path from 2011 to other server products if you have 
active Software Assurance on the server, so that would give you the option of 
upgrading later.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Jimmy Tran [mailto:jt...@teachtci.com] 
Sent: 06 June 2012 20:43
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2

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

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

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

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

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

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

-- Ben

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RE: URL redirect behavior - IE vs Chrome

[Mike Hoffman]

Do you mean "How do I turn off the Search Provider"?

Internet Options --> Programs --> Manage Add-Ons 
Then choose the Search Providers section and look at the "Search in the Address 
bar"  Option

Mike


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From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:jsha...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 07 May 2012 17:54
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: URL redirect behavior - IE vs Chrome

I need understanding and help with this phenomenon:

Chrome : When I do http://.com ; it properly routes to my 
http://www..com

but 

Using IE : it takes me to Bing/Google and searches for the keyword. 

How do I get this fixed so that the URL http://>domainame>.com automatically 
get redirected. 

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RE: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?

[Mike Hoffman]

We had the developer preview on some machines and on one tablet performance is 
actually worse on the Consumer Preview. Once you realise that you should be 
putting all those Start Menu items on the Task Bar then you never really need 
the start menu itself - but I miss that bit of thinking time you get when you 
click on the orb and then look to see where to go next. If you think "Click on 
Start, Type 'Wo', press Enter for Word" then that still works using the 
keyboard. There will be a major training need, but I'm sure 20 minutes practice 
should get most people adjusted.

I really do hope they get rid of the colour scheme, after-all if someone is 
going to buy a £1500 ultrabook with a touch screen then they want at least some 
vibrant colours on it. At one point this afternoon I had 4 machines in front of 
me - XP, Vista, 7 and 8 - now that was confusing. It sort-of reminds me of OS/2 
Warp.

Mike

From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: 02 March 2012 17:34
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?

I'm still not getting it and I've been playing with it a while.

Why take a failed mobile OS and make it a desktop OS?  I mean, sure, I see the 
logic because it *could* help bolster poor mobile device sales, but...

The interface reminds me of the Partridge Family bus.

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?

I didn't bother with the Dev Preview all that much but I have installed the CP 
and spent about an hour with it so far.  I'm running it on a desktop PC so I 
can't comment on the touch side of things.  But so far it is quite slick.  Very 
different of course but I think the general public will like it.

I'll force myself to use Metro as much as possible as I have done with various 
changes to the Start menu/control panel etc over the years.  I usually find 
that I end up liking the new interface.

Later today I hope to start playing around with Win 8 Server.

Link for those that don't already have it :- 
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso

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RE: SBS swing - don't feel my pain

[Mike Hoffman]

Most of the damage we have seen on SBS has been from people not using the 
wizards and then manually trying to add users etc. Then they have an issue, 
Google a fix and start adding OU's and security. The wizards always log what 
they are doing so if anything goes wrong you can easily repeat what you thought 
you did. Learning which wizards do what is a bit different from the MMC 
approach but it is a lot easier over time.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 15 February 2012 14:30
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS swing - don't feel my pain

I don't think SBS OU structure matters unless you're doing a swing. Well...SBS 
has "create new user" and other wizards that may break, as the product it's 
aimed at shops with folks that aren't necessarily "server types", so I'm sure 
if one wanted to use the wizards they'd break if you start moving things 
around. For better or worse I don't use the SBS wizards, but maybe I'll try out 
the 2011 ones.

It's kind of akin to changing the default install locations of an application - 
in general only the more savvy types will change the defaults, and I have run 
into an app or two over the years that REQUIRED an application (or portion 
thereof) to be in a specific location. In fact THAT has happened enough that 
except for some server apps I do leave the defaults. Even then on servers it's 
usually just changing the drive letter and keeping the remainder of the default 
structure intact.

Dave

From: Maglinger, Paul 
[mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:57 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS swing - don't feel my pain

Interesting... so is there documentation out there somewhere out there that 
dictates what you can and cannot change in the OU structure?

-Paul

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SBS swing - don't feel my pain

Thought you guys might like to know this one: After a few days of my SBS2K3 --> 
SBS2K11 upgrade swing testing bombing out, we (OK, sbsmigration.com ) figured 
out the fix and I thought you guys might benefit from my pain. Seriously, I 
have probably 30 hours in the last week/weekend  invested in troubleshooting 
this one issue, but 28 of them Is because I was determined to figure it out 
myself before opening a ticket with sbsmigratin.com. Hey, I wasn't in a time 
crunch and I was sure I could figure it out.

Short version:
An 2003 Domain controller (effectively a 2nd DC from an SBS domain) is the 
"source" for an SBS2011 server - the 2011 server migration setup performs a 
scripted DCPROMO, Exchange 2010 install, and SharePoint install (and a few 
other things).

During the SBS2011 build, it needs to know name, IP, domain admin account, etc 
so it can do all this. In my test environment the server would complete the 
DCPROMO and Exchange install, but toward the VERY end of a 90 minute install it 
would basically GPF (not bluescreen, just an error popup sating SBS2011 install 
could not complete".

Now - SBS servers are a little special as they set up the OU structure slightly 
different out of the box than a standard server, but your free to rearrange as 
you see fit. Except...

Doing troubleshooting, it turns out all my pain was caused by my OU structure 
having this (FYI "My Business" is an SBS-created OU):
My Business
Exchange Resources
Distribution Groups

Instead of this
My Business
Distribution Groups

Seriously, that's it. The error log created by SBS2011 install complains about 
a SharePoint Service not being able to register with VSS, but with the ONLY 
change being moving that OU up one level it allowed the installation to finish. 
I had suspected it was something I had changed from the default and even had a 
fresh SBS2003 server I was building so I could find the deltas between my 
production SBS and a virgin one, but it would have taken me probably a few more 
days to arrive at the OU difference.

What did I learn? Well actually quite a bit about Windows, but the biggest 
takeaway is when truly stuck, call in an expert!! I am SO GLAD I spent the 
money on an SBS swing kit!
David Lum
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RE: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

[Mike Hoffman]

The SBS 2011 Premium Pack  costs more than the standard server + SQL license as 
it allows SBS Essentials clients to authenticate for file sharing. In an SBS 
2011 environment the cost of the CALS has changed to take account of this. For 
the SBS 2008 environment it might not be as good value but you can still do it 
- and if you are using SQL then the SBS 2011 Premium CAL covers the fact that 
you don't have any Server 2008R2 CALS, just SBS 2008 CALS.

Mike

From: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net]
Sent: 24 January 2012 15:48
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

That's that quite accurate. He doesn't need to purchase SBS 2011 CALs to do 
what I think James wants to do.

If James is only interested in adding another server to his SBS 2008 
environment just for RDS he would be better off just purchasing Server 2008 R2 
and the additional RDS licenses as needed. If he will never need SQL.

If he plans on using SQL at some future time, then the SBS 2011 Premium Pack is 
the better way to go. And it includes 5 Premium CALs. So if 5 or less users 
need access to SQL no further licenses are needed.

Art

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

I'm not sure on the RDS. I do know the Premium add-on allows you to run 2008 
Server R2 and SQL 2008 on a separate VM or physical box. I am using the add-on 
to run 2008 R2 Hyper-V host (this is what I had excitement with last weekend), 
and then a 2008 R2 VM and put SQL on THAT, as well as run an SBS 2011 VM on 
that same physical host.

You *do* need to buy SBS2011 user CAL's. I know Dell's website doesn't let you 
order the CAL's when ordering a SBS2011 server from their website, you have to 
order CAL's from them (or somewhere else) separately.

Dave

From: James Hill [mailto:falc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 10:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SBS 2011 Premium Add-on

So I've spent a rainy afternoon studying the SBS 2011 licensing faq (exciting 
read). 
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/5/C/45CD1DC6-9204-44DD-999B-24B50A9144B6/SBS%202011_Licensing_FAQ.pdf

It states:-

Q. I acquired the Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on and want to run it 
in an SBS
Standard 2008 domain. Am I able do to so?
A. Yes, beginning September 15, 2011 the licensing was updated to allow you to 
use the Small Business
Server 2011 Premium Add-on in SBS 2008 domains.

Am I correct in believing that I can purchase the SBS 2011 Premium Add-on 
(only) and install an instance of Server 2008 R2 in a SBS 2008 domain for use 
of RDS?   I also don't need to purchase SBS 2011 user/device cals?

That *seems* to be the case.  If I wanted to use SQL I'd need Premium Add-on 
cals but in this case SQL isn't required.

Ahh Microsoft licensing, always such fun.

James.



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RE: Is the Office 2010 license key same for 32 bit & 64 bit

[Mike Hoffman]

It's called a challenge. 20 years ago I was given a 1Mb limit on a VMS system 
within 24 hours I put in a request to raise it as I was generating 10Mb 
datasets.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 23 January 2012 18:49
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Is the Office 2010 license key same for 32 bit & 64 bit

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Michael B. Smith  
wrote:
> I've found the 64-bit capability in Excel invaluable.

  I can honestly say that I never once in my life before now thought that 2 
gigabytes would ever be a practical limit in the world of spreadsheets.  :-)

-- Ben

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RE: Today is sort of a big day

[Mike Hoffman]

Please - no ... 

One of my engineers is actually doing a programming course in Haskell.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 20 January 2012 17:56
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Today is sort of a big day

I'm sure those were a Haskell [1] to look up...

Kurt

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 08:21, Webster  wrote:
> There is not a Snobal's [1] chance in HAL [2], the OP can program in Forth.
>
>
> Carl Webster
>
> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
>
> http://www.CarlWebster.com
>
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOBOL
>
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL/S
>
>
> From: Michael Smith 
> Reply-To: NT Issues 
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:58:07 +
> To: NT Issues 
>
> Subject: RE: Today is sort of a big day
>
> No, it would be in Forth.  [1]
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Michael B. Smith
>
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
>
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
>
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)
>
>
>
> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:43 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Today is sort of a big day
>
>
>
> I don’t think the OP is doing any programming, and if he was, it 
> probably wouldn’t be in LISP
>
>
>
> From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 9:39 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Today is sort of a big day
>
>
>
> May the fourth is still a few months away, it is January 20th today.
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Ben Scott  wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:25 AM, David Lum  wrote:
>> For my biggest %nightjob% client (55 employees for a city of just 
>> over 11K), tonight I get to flatten their Hyper-V host, add a drive 
>> and move them from
>> RAID5 to dual RAID1, add RAM, install 2008 R2, and stand their SBS VM 
>> back up on it.
>
>  May the Force be with you.
>
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RE: Size of this NT admin list

[Mike Hoffman]

Does that include the guy who's face appears on the LinkedIn pane in Outlook?

I thought it was at least 32!

Mike

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 18 January 2012 16:34
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Size of this NT admin list

28
On 18 January 2012 16:30, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
Anyone know how many people are subscribed to this list?
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RE: SBS 2011 + Small Bus. Premium add-on

[Mike Hoffman]

Take a look at the FAQ here: 
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-small-business-server/default.aspx

There is a domain check when you install it to ensure SBS in present. Now 
remember that it is not licensed on an SBS 2003 domain, but it will install. It 
is the SQL part that checks to see if the domain is SBS. It does not check for 
SBS by version, just that the server holds all the roles, etc.

So if you are doing the migration and start the week on 2003 and end with 2011 
then go for it.

See 
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2011/06/07/can-you-install-sql-2008-r2-in-a-temporary-sbs-2003-network.aspx
 as well.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 18 January 2012 14:07
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: SBS 2011 + Small Bus. Premium add-on

Per the subject line - since the SBS 1022 Premium add-on gives you a 2008 R2 
Standard license + SQL, is there any reason the 2008 R2 server + SQL can't be 
installed in an existing 2003 SBS domain BEFORE upgrading the SBS server from 
2003 - 2011? Does it so any funky "looking for upgraded SBS server before 
activating?". I would guess no (because MS already has your money) but don't 
want to get started just to find out it won't work.

I found this: 
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2009/03/23/requirements-for-installing-sql-2008-standard-edition-for-small-business.aspx
 and it looks like I'm good, but wondered if anyone has run into/seen this.
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RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

[Mike Hoffman]

I was thinking more along the lines of taking the file load off the server 
(onto a NAS device) so that it is just running exchange and SharePoint, then 
you could test the backup server at load. You can even then leave the data 
there while you do the swing migration sometime in the future.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 09 January 2012 15:37
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

I've had their SBS 2K3 on a VM for a long time now (it's on non-R2 Server 2008 
Hyper-V, if that's any indication) and I have confirmed I can stand up the SBS 
VM on VMHOST2 from backups (never have tested external logins or other 
functionality yet though - that's next week). The SATA speed on VMHOST2 is such 
doesn't boot much slower than on VMHOST1, it's performance with more than 5 
folks hooked to it that I am not sure of.

An upgrade to SBS2011 is actually some of the driving force as they already 
have purchased it - I am going to upgrade the VMHOST1 OS to 2008 R2 and the 
vendor that their AR software runs on (Springbrook, and they're scheduled to 
upgrade their software this month as well) recommends with RAID1 or RAID 10 and 
specifically discourages RAID5. Their VMHOST1 server is on RAID5, so I am going 
to add a disk and change to a pair of RAID1 volumes, which requires completely 
flattening the existing Hyper-V config, which also means I need to be REALLY 
comfortable with the DR on their SBS server :). VMHOST2 is a little older 
(PowerEdge SC1435, circa 2007), but still has enough oomph (12GB RAM, a dual 
core AMD Opteron's) to be serviceable.

Once I get the host OS upgraded to R2 I will buy one of the swing kits from 
SBSMIGRATION. I have done a swing migration just once before, and it was 
actually from a standard domain/Exchange onto the SBS 2K3 platform (different 
client).

Q: Can you put a hold on the email flow into the system?
A: Yes, their e-mail hits a Barracuda device first

Q: Can you break the server data into other places i.e. a drive on a NAS box 
which keeps a copy of the user data for while they are switching over?
A: I have a NAS box (but it's not NTFS) as well as VMHOST2. Not fully following 
you here though...

Dave


From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]<mailto:[mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 6:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

Remember that SBS2K3 is not supported by MS in a virtual environment - but does 
work. Have you considered doing a proper DR practice to see what happens?

You might be in a better position than you think. If you have Shadow Copy on 
the drives and can access the Exchange store then you will have a much smaller 
window of data loss - as long as you can get the raw VM data across.

Can you put a hold on the email flow into the system? Can you break the server 
data into other places i.e. a drive on a NAS box which keeps a copy of the user 
data for while they are switching over?

I would look to planning an upgrade to SBS 2011, if not for now then for soon. 
Take a look at the swing migration options as you are really talking about a 
hardware swing in a DR scenario - you can keep the plates spinning while you 
move what you need to without a major impact.

Sounds like VMHost2 is much older and therefore slower, but an upgrade might be 
cost effective.

I would test the DR option and see if they are happy with performance. You 
could stop email, turn off all machines, run backup, turn off old box, start 
backup box and then start desktops to see how it runs - if enough data is 
cached then it might be fine after a slow logon for users.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]<mailto:[mailto:david@nwea.org]>
Sent: 09 January 2012 05:47
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

I have a client with SBS 2K3 (VM-SBS1) that's VM'd on a 2K8 (non-R2) server 
(VMHOST1). I now nightly have it shooting backups of VM-SBS1 VHD's to a 2008 R2 
Hyper-V server (VMHOST2) at 6PM. I have the R2 server configured to use these 
disk's as a  VM on it (VM-SBS1-SPARE) and this VM will always be off. Both 
VMHOST servers have local storage only, no SAN. But by doing backups this way 
my thinking is worst case scenario if VMHOST1 or VM-SBS1 get KIA I simply spool 
up VM-SBS1-SPARE and away I go.The worst case scenario is the live servers die 
at 5:58PM and my client loses 1 day of data

While this puts me miles ahead of where I had been (previously the best I had 
was local eSATA backup which takes 3 hours to copy back local), there is the 
not insignificant issue that VMHOST2 has RAID1 SATA drives whereas VMHOST1 has 
RAID5 SAS 15K RPM drives. Performance will suck, and in fact I'm not sure WHAT 
kind of performance this would have with Exchange and SQL and 55 users hooked 

RE: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

[Mike Hoffman]

Remember that SBS2K3 is not supported by MS in a virtual environment - but does 
work. Have you considered doing a proper DR practice to see what happens?

You might be in a better position than you think. If you have Shadow Copy on 
the drives and can access the Exchange store then you will have a much smaller 
window of data loss - as long as you can get the raw VM data across.

Can you put a hold on the email flow into the system? Can you break the server 
data into other places i.e. a drive on a NAS box which keeps a copy of the user 
data for while they are switching over?

I would look to planning an upgrade to SBS 2011, if not for now then for soon. 
Take a look at the swing migration options as you are really talking about a 
hardware swing in a DR scenario - you can keep the plates spinning while you 
move what you need to without a major impact.

Sounds like VMHost2 is much older and therefore slower, but an upgrade might be 
cost effective.

I would test the DR option and see if they are happy with performance. You 
could stop email, turn off all machines, run backup, turn off old box, start 
backup box and then start desktops to see how it runs - if enough data is 
cached then it might be fine after a slow logon for users.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 09 January 2012 05:47
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Fun with Hyper-V - and failover hardware Q's

I have a client with SBS 2K3 (VM-SBS1) that's VM'd on a 2K8 (non-R2) server 
(VMHOST1). I now nightly have it shooting backups of VM-SBS1 VHD's to a 2008 R2 
Hyper-V server (VMHOST2) at 6PM. I have the R2 server configured to use these 
disk's as a  VM on it (VM-SBS1-SPARE) and this VM will always be off. Both 
VMHOST servers have local storage only, no SAN. But by doing backups this way 
my thinking is worst case scenario if VMHOST1 or VM-SBS1 get KIA I simply spool 
up VM-SBS1-SPARE and away I go.The worst case scenario is the live servers die 
at 5:58PM and my client loses 1 day of data

While this puts me miles ahead of where I had been (previously the best I had 
was local eSATA backup which takes 3 hours to copy back local), there is the 
not insignificant issue that VMHOST2 has RAID1 SATA drives whereas VMHOST1 has 
RAID5 SAS 15K RPM drives. Performance will suck, and in fact I'm not sure WHAT 
kind of performance this would have with Exchange and SQL and 55 users hooked 
to it. I am assuming it would be better than nothing, but...
How much should I be concerned with performance? I am imagining the worst case 
would be the client has to run on VMHOST2 for a day or two while VMHOST1 gets 
rebuilt (say there's a hardware issue and Dell needs to deliver a part). I am 
thinking  I have 3 options, in increasing order of cost:

1.   Don't sweat it, it's a decent DR option

2.   Upgrade the VMHOST2 drives to SAS drives(~$1000)

3.   Come up with an iSCSI solution (effectively this 
http://garvis.ca/2011/08/30/busting-the-myth-you-cannot-cluster-windows-small-business-server/)
I could probably get them to go with option 2, the caveat here is that server 
is out of warranty although it's not that old (ship date 10/19/07). I will talk 
it over with my client, but also wantde to get your guys'opinions.
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RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

[Mike Hoffman]

It's enabled in the Preview build - and it's so much easier than typing a 
password. I used a family photo for a while and the password was to draw a 
noose round the mother-in-law's head - what fun.

What would be good is if they could move the photo around that way you don't 
get smudge marks in the same place.

Mike

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]
Sent: 20 December 2011 18:39
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

This was demo'd in the Build videos if you want to see a demo of it.



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RE: RAMDisk Prevalence?

[Mike Hoffman]

Do they own the IP on Ramdoubler?

I think I can hear the 80's calling, they want their 5 ¼ floppies back ...

Mike

From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com]
Sent: 07 December 2011 22:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RAMDisk Prevalence?

I use a RAM Disk for SQL TempDB on an ETL server.   It works just fine (the 
server has 256GB of RAM), and it is fully supported, but in the upcoming 
re-architecture of the system I will be eliminating the RAM Disk and replacing 
it with SSD storage now that enterprise SSD storage is much more reasonable in 
cost than 2 years ago.

I would not place anything permanent in RAMDisk, but I'm reasonably comfortable 
hosting TempDB on it.

Regards,
Jim


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From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 4:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RAMDisk Prevalence?

What a crock.

If you have money to spare, put your temp files and pagefiles on SSD.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 4:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RAMDisk Prevalence?

Our CRM reseller suggested I use a 1GB RamDisk for the part of the install that 
is accessed via the web clients.

Haven't heard of the notion of using RAMdisks in AGES.  Are people still using 
them?  Are there still benefits?  Is it supported by MS?

I'm running the VM on Server 2008 R2 on a powerful ESX box with local 15K RPM 
Raid 10 storage. Will I really see a speed boost?

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Sam

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RE: Server gets sloooower the longer it stays up

[Mike Hoffman]

I agree with the 2 weeks. It was supposed to be on a business warranty, but the 
company concerned was called Opus Technology, they were the UK branch of Tiny 
Computers - specialising in Education. At the time (%DayJob%-4) they told a 
good story. We eventually threatened them with legal action and they pulled a 
similar controller out of an internal machine.

A while back we had a client who was putting in 1000+ drives at a time and for 
them it was not a case of if a drive failed, but trying to predict the last 
possible moment that the drive was usable to be most cost efficient.

Mike

From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]
Sent: 10 October 2011 17:06
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Server gets slwer the longer it stays up

That article seems over the top.  Not to mention that RIAD 6 isn't new, Compaq 
had that as an option way before HP bought them.  As to having to wait 2 weeks, 
well, that's why we buy the more expensive options with hardware due to the 
warrentee program.
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Mike Hoffman 
mailto:m...@drumbrae.net>> wrote:
Great articles.
I have been sceptical of Raid5 for main years after an incident where I spent 2 
weeks waiting on a spare controller being sourced while an array was down and 
400+ people were asking me when it would be fixed about twice a day!!
In the SBS case it was a Raid1 Pair. I now would much rather put in 4 mirrored 
pairs than a RAID5. Putting in faster drives or SSD is a much simpler option. 
Anyone can install a RAID5 set, but it takes a lot of work to recover data from 
one.
It's like anything in IT, if you put all your eggs in one basket then you need 
to protect that basket. If your budget cannot afford to protect that basket 
then you need to mitigate or accept the risk.
Mike

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming 
[mailto:angu...@geoapps.com<mailto:angu...@geoapps.com>]
Sent: 08 October 2011 05:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Server gets slwer the longer it stays up

On 5 Oct 2011 at 11:44, Mike Hoffman  wrote:

> I´ve just had a similar thing with an SBS 2008 box, and discovered the
> Raid drives had issues. After replacing one drive the rebuild stuck at
> 99.83% and after that every 6-8 hours the network cards stopped and the
> system just froze. Now the box is virtual and running fine since.

Related story 

Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009 | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/162

Due to the size of modern drives, one can apparently EXPECT a read-failure 
during a RAID-5 rebuild, so RAID 5 is no longer reliable enough.  With 120GB 
drives it was fine.  With terabyte drives it isn't.

 RAID5 versus RAID10 (or even RAID3 or RAID4)
   "To put things into perspective: If a drive costs $1000US (and most are
   far less expensive than that) then switching from a 4 pair RAID10 array to
   a 5 drive RAID5 array will save 3 drives or $3000US. What is the cost of
   overtime, wear and tear on the technicians, DBAs, managers, and customers
   of even a recovery scare? What is the cost of reduced performance and
   possibly reduced customer satisfaction? Finally what is the cost of lost
   business if data is unrecoverable? I maintain that the drives are FAR
   cheaper! Hence my mantra: NO RAID5! NO RAID5! NO RAID5! NO RAID5! NO
   RAID5! NO RAID5! NO RAID5!"
 http://miracleas.com/BAARF/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt


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RE: Server gets sloooower the longer it stays up

[Mike Hoffman]

Great articles.
I have been sceptical of Raid5 for main years after an incident where I spent 2 
weeks waiting on a spare controller being sourced while an array was down and 
400+ people were asking me when it would be fixed about twice a day!!
In the SBS case it was a Raid1 Pair. I now would much rather put in 4 mirrored 
pairs than a RAID5. Putting in faster drives or SSD is a much simpler option. 
Anyone can install a RAID5 set, but it takes a lot of work to recover data from 
one.
It's like anything in IT, if you put all your eggs in one basket then you need 
to protect that basket. If your budget cannot afford to protect that basket 
then you need to mitigate or accept the risk.
Mike 

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] 
Sent: 08 October 2011 05:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Server gets slwer the longer it stays up

On 5 Oct 2011 at 11:44, Mike Hoffman  wrote:

> I´ve just had a similar thing with an SBS 2008 box, and discovered the
> Raid drives had issues. After replacing one drive the rebuild stuck at
> 99.83% and after that every 6-8 hours the network cards stopped and the
> system just froze. Now the box is virtual and running fine since. 

Related story 

Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009 | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/162

Due to the size of modern drives, one can apparently EXPECT a read-failure 
during a RAID-5 rebuild, so RAID 5 is no longer reliable enough.  With 120GB 
drives it was fine.  With terabyte drives it isn't.

  RAID5 versus RAID10 (or even RAID3 or RAID4)  
"To put things into perspective: If a drive costs $1000US (and most are 
far less expensive than that) then switching from a 4 pair RAID10 array to 
a 5 drive RAID5 array will save 3 drives or $3000US. What is the cost of 
overtime, wear and tear on the technicians, DBAs, managers, and customers 
of even a recovery scare? What is the cost of reduced performance and 
possibly reduced customer satisfaction? Finally what is the cost of lost 
business if data is unrecoverable? I maintain that the drives are FAR 
cheaper! Hence my mantra: NO RAID5! NO RAID5! NO RAID5! NO RAID5! NO 
RAID5! NO RAID5! NO RAID5!"  
  http://miracleas.com/BAARF/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt


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RE: Server gets sloooower the longer it stays up

[Mike Hoffman]

I've just had a similar thing with an SBS 2008 box, and discovered the Raid 
drives had issues. After replacing one drive the rebuild stuck at 99.83% and 
after that every 6-8 hours the network cards stopped and the system just froze. 
Now the box is virtual and running fine since.

So just a thought ...

Mike

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: 05 October 2011 11:33
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Server gets slwer the longer it stays up

Something is dying on that box, or you've got some sort of weird memory leak.  
Those would be my preliminary guesses.

For permissions manipulation, use FileACL 
(http://www.gbordier.com/gbtools/fileacl29.htm) OR SetACL 
(http://helgeklein.com/setacl/feature-set/)

ASB

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Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...



On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Tom Miller 
mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org>> wrote:
Hey Folks,

I have a Windows 2008 server that's been giving me troubles for a week or so.  
I have to reboot it (force power off) to get it to respond again.  The server 
is fine for a day or two when I reboot it, I can access it normally, then 
access to the file system (this is a vanilla file server) becomes slower, and I 
never get fully logon once the slowness starts.  The server has been in 
production a few years.

After the reboot I don't see anything in the event logs to indicate any issues 
like I'd expect.

There are probably firmware and driver updates available, so I'm going to start 
there.  Anything else?

I might just destroy and rebuild it.  The file system has some pretty 
complicated perms, so what are your favorite utilities to backup/restore 
permissions (other than backup software).

Tom



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RE: OT - Triple Monitor Setup

[Mike Hoffman]

I was trying to get 3 monitors off one card for my own desk (2 x 1920x1080 
panels and an HP 22") but I got a passive DP adaptor by accident. So I then 
went hunting around for other adaptors and found a PciE x2 VGA card with a dual 
head on it and stuck that in as well. Then I went searching round the office 
for monitors ...

With the internal card as well (HP 6200) I now had 7 monitors available and no 
desk space left! 7 is just a strange number of monitors, I managed almost 
10,000 pixels across, but also discovered the limitations of built in single 
line display ordering. I'm now down to 4 again - until the next time. I have 
them setup as 3 for work plus one for status monitoring at the end (much 
smaller screen)

Keep an eye on performance as every so often Aero turns off due to performance. 
I only have 8Gb Ram on the desktop and with 2-3Gb of video memory and the 
shadowing with real memory is probably what is causing it.

Mike

From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent: 31 August 2011 21:04
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor Setup

If I was to have 3 24" monitors I would make one of them be above the other 
two. I have dual 23" now and one is almost directly in front of me slightly to 
my left and I struggle to see stuff to the far right on the second monitor and 
I have decent vision. I run 1920x1080. I was thinking about running two 27" but 
when I looked at a 27" and imagined a second one I figured I would need 
binoculars to see the outer edges of the screen to my right.

James
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Joseph Heaton 
mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov>> wrote:
your desk is waaay too clean.

>>> Webster mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com>> 8/31/2011 
>>> 11:10 AM >>>
Here is mine:

[cid:image003.jpg@01CC67DF.534BB460]

HP L2405w in Portrait mode (for Word)
Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch Widescreen Qty 2
nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video card Qty 2

I can add a 4th monitor but my desk isn't wide enough.


Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com


From: Mark Smith [mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:50 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT - Triple Monitor Setup

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking into building a new PC for my home office and I'm contemplating a 
triple monitor setup.
I would like to have a single desktop across 3 monitors (probably 24"). That 
way I could have an RDP session to my lab on 1, create/edit docs on the 2nd and 
surf/email/media on the 3rd. May also be used for some gaming by my son. 
looking for advice, recommendations, etc. on the video card/ monitors setup 
more so than the rest of the PC.
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RE: Action Pack License Question

[Mike Hoffman]

This is one area where most resellers have problems as the guys selling the 
corp licenses know nothing of the action pack license. You really have to find 
the paperwork, and then simply thing what you would say in the event of an 
inspection. There is a lot of abuse of the MAP and TechNet out there so if you 
have a clear idea of what you are doing and why then you will be fine. With the 
higher levels of the partner network you get a lot more licenses depending on 
your competencies, so these questions only usually occur in small resellers.

We have way more software license granted to us than staff, so we played with 
KMS and the corporate licenses to learn about them and advise our clients - 
which is exactly what the action pack is for. The tweaks to the license details 
are there to stop mass distribution of media for client who only see Microsoft 
as a software supplier rather than as a partner. Once you have signed up to 
corporate agreements then you are at a higher level of trust and responsibility 
for the software so are trusted to do the right thing. If pushed, the licensing 
people will panic and say 'No' when the clear answer is 'Yes' from the 
licensing reimaging rights section in this issue.

MAP licenses are annual licenses so if you let it lapse you no longer have any 
downgrade rights and have to remove all the software -hence the need for an 
audit trail.

Mike

From: Guyer, Don [mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com]
Sent: 25 August 2011 13:43
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

I don't even pretend to fully understand MS licensing, but...

It sounded to me that the OP wanted to know if he could substitute MVL media 
for MAP media (and the corresponding license key). KMS or not, I'd check with 
an MS license reseller from one of the larger suppliers, such as CDW or the 
like.

Everything I've read about MAP indicates that it's for MS Solution providers, 
VARs, etc.

Not trying to start any arguments here, I'm curious myself.


Don Guyer
Windows Systems Engineer
RIM Operations Engineering Distributed - A Team, Tier 2
Enterprise Technology Group
Fiserv
don.gu...@fiserv.com<mailto:don.gu...@fiserv.com>
Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673
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From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]<mailto:[mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

KMS requires a minimum number of either physical or virtual computers in a 
network environment. These minimums, called activation thresholds, are set so 
that they are easily met by enterprise customers. For computers running:
* Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 you must have at least five 
(5) computers to activate.
* Windows Vista or Windows 7 you must have at least twenty-five (25) computers 
to activate. These thresholds can be a mix of server and client machines to 
make up the threshold number.
* Office 2010, Project 2010 and Visio 2010 you must have at least five (5) 
computers to activate. If you have deployed Microsoft Office 2010 products, 
including Project 2010 and Visio 2010, you must have at least five (5) 
computers running Office 2010, Project 2010 or Visio 2010.

We have a KMS server running on a virtual server core with 256Mb Ram.

Mike

From: Michael B. Smith 
[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]<mailto:[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]>
Sent: 25 August 2011 00:09
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

Not my area of expertise, but I thought KMS required a minimum of 25 
activations?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]<mailto:[mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 4:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

Set up a KMS server and just stop worrying. We have MVL, Action Pack, TechNet 
and SPLA licenses floating around and the audit tools from the KMS VAMT (Volume 
Activation Management Toolkit) keep us straight. I have a standard build folder 
for Office, SharePoint Designer, Project and Visio with SP1 all in one folder 
which we install on every internal machine. If you ever needed to change the 
keys then you could do it with a click from the console.

I would keep the following as the rights for it:
Reimaging Eligibility
Reimaging is permitted if the copies made from the Volume Licensing media are 
identical to the originally licensed product[1]. Volume Licensing customers who 
have licensed Microsoft software products from an OEM, through a retail source, 
or under any agreement other than their Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement 
may use copies made from Microsoft Volume Licensing media. Customers can use 
these copies from Microsoft media only if they are the 

RE: Action Pack License Question

[Mike Hoffman]

KMS requires a minimum number of either physical or virtual computers in a 
network environment. These minimums, called activation thresholds, are set so 
that they are easily met by enterprise customers. For computers running:
* Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 you must have at least five 
(5) computers to activate.
* Windows Vista or Windows 7 you must have at least twenty-five (25) computers 
to activate. These thresholds can be a mix of server and client machines to 
make up the threshold number.
* Office 2010, Project 2010 and Visio 2010 you must have at least five (5) 
computers to activate. If you have deployed Microsoft Office 2010 products, 
including Project 2010 and Visio 2010, you must have at least five (5) 
computers running Office 2010, Project 2010 or Visio 2010.

We have a KMS server running on a virtual server core with 256Mb Ram.

Mike

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: 25 August 2011 00:09
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

Not my area of expertise, but I thought KMS required a minimum of 25 
activations?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]<mailto:[mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 4:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

Set up a KMS server and just stop worrying. We have MVL, Action Pack, TechNet 
and SPLA licenses floating around and the audit tools from the KMS VAMT (Volume 
Activation Management Toolkit) keep us straight. I have a standard build folder 
for Office, SharePoint Designer, Project and Visio with SP1 all in one folder 
which we install on every internal machine. If you ever needed to change the 
keys then you could do it with a click from the console.

I would keep the following as the rights for it:
Reimaging Eligibility
Reimaging is permitted if the copies made from the Volume Licensing media are 
identical to the originally licensed product[1]. Volume Licensing customers who 
have licensed Microsoft software products from an OEM, through a retail source, 
or under any agreement other than their Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement 
may use copies made from Microsoft Volume Licensing media. Customers can use 
these copies from Microsoft media only if they are the same product and 
version, contain the same components, and are in the same language.

The following are examples that do not meet the eligibility criteria for 
reimaging:

Different components: The Microsoft Office system suites must have exactly the 
same component products. For instance, Microsoft Office Professional 2010 
licensed through the OEM, system builder, or FPP channel and Microsoft Office 
Professional Plus 2010 licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing are not the 
same product. They also do not share the same components. Therefore, you cannot 
reimage in this example.

Microsoft Reimaging Rights Feb 2011

Mike
(Microsoft Licensing Sales Expert 2004-2011)


From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:sca...@gmail.com]>
Sent: 24 August 2011 21:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

I spoke with 9 different people at all various departments.  (MAPS, VL, 
PreSales, Business Support, Licensing, etc).

Nobody had an answer.  The last one told me to talk to our reseller.  I'll try 
that, but to be safe, I'm going to assume that I can't do this.

-Sam

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[1] Windows 7 Enterprise is not available outside the Volume Licensing 
programs, and is therefore not eligible for reimaging.

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RE: Action Pack License Question

[Mike Hoffman]

Set up a KMS server and just stop worrying. We have MVL, Action Pack, TechNet 
and SPLA licenses floating around and the audit tools from the KMS VAMT (Volume 
Activation Management Toolkit) keep us straight. I have a standard build folder 
for Office, SharePoint Designer, Project and Visio with SP1 all in one folder 
which we install on every internal machine. If you ever needed to change the 
keys then you could do it with a click from the console.

I would keep the following as the rights for it:
Reimaging Eligibility
Reimaging is permitted if the copies made from the Volume Licensing media are 
identical to the originally licensed product[1]. Volume Licensing customers who 
have licensed Microsoft software products from an OEM, through a retail source, 
or under any agreement other than their Microsoft Volume Licensing agreement 
may use copies made from Microsoft Volume Licensing media. Customers can use 
these copies from Microsoft media only if they are the same product and 
version, contain the same components, and are in the same language.

The following are examples that do not meet the eligibility criteria for 
reimaging:

Different components: The Microsoft Office system suites must have exactly the 
same component products. For instance, Microsoft Office Professional 2010 
licensed through the OEM, system builder, or FPP channel and Microsoft Office 
Professional Plus 2010 licensed through Microsoft Volume Licensing are not the 
same product. They also do not share the same components. Therefore, you cannot 
reimage in this example.

Microsoft Reimaging Rights Feb 2011

Mike
(Microsoft Licensing Sales Expert 2004-2011)


From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: 24 August 2011 21:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

I spoke with 9 different people at all various departments.  (MAPS, VL, 
PreSales, Business Support, Licensing, etc).

Nobody had an answer.  The last one told me to talk to our reseller.  I'll try 
that, but to be safe, I'm going to assume that I can't do this.

-Sam

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[1] Windows 7 Enterprise is not available outside the Volume Licensing 
programs, and is therefore not eligible for reimaging.

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RE: Action Pack License Question

[Mike Hoffman]

Remember reimaging rights? You get that with your license. Now under most 
circumstances these would not be applicable as Office Pro is different to Pro 
Plus, but from Action Pack they are the same product.

You could put in a KMS server to sort the activation - and then just use the 
console to verify the counts in case anyone asks.

Mike

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: 24 August 2011 20:16
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

Well, bingo.  Did not realize that - and I looked hard for a solution.  I'll 
try that.

On my 4th agent with MS Licensing and they can't answer the question.  I'll 
post back if I get a response.

Thanks,
Sam

From: Mike Gill 
[mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Action Pack License Question

You would need to use the proper licensing qty's for each, but for the issue of 
not being able to deploy, the Office Customization Tool isn't included in all 
media. So just download it from MS and then you can deploy. Explained here:

http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/deployment/customising-office-2010-before-deployment/

--
Mike Gill

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Action Pack License Question

So, with MAPS, a company gets 10 licenses for Office 2010 (For example).

However, the media they give you is retail, and cannot be installed silently 
through the normal deployment methods we have grown used to and learned to 
love.  I would have to walk to each workstation and do a GUI install.

Say I have 20 users; own 10 VL licenses, and 10 MAPs.  Can I use VL Media to 
install office for all 20 users?  Is a license a license in this sense?

I have asked a MAPs specialist and they said they don't answer licensing 
questions.  Um, ok.

What would you guys do?  Trying to keep things legit here.

Thanks,
Sam

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RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP)

[Mike Hoffman]

Just when I've finally standardised all my clients on the same model of HP 
desktop ...

Mike

From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: 19 August 2011 12:29
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP)

Yep and they just reported that the PC division is getting spun off, along with 
killing the WEB OS and there tablet solution.

Z

Edward E. Ziots
CISSP, Network +, Security +
Security Engineer
Lifespan Organization
Email:ezi...@lifespan.org
Cell:401-639-3505
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From: Webster 
[mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP)

HP has been recruiting very heavily for server/app/desktop/cloud virtualization 
people.

Carl Webster
Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional
http://www.CarlWebster.com


From: Mathew Shember 
[mailto:mathew.shem...@synopsys.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 5:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP)

This is fascinating and yet explains a recent presentation from them.

We have been toying with VDI and have been looking at several options.

We asked them to come in and present.

This they did.  However, they had no formal presentation, slides, nothing.

Just verbal what we should be doing and what they might have in the future.

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RE: Cisco SmartNET

[Mike Hoffman]

Be careful where you get them from. In the UK we have seen them at well below 
distribution cost price. With units like that you only find out their status 
when you add the SmartNet and discover the unit has no support or warranty. 
Buying SmartNet at the same time solves this problem.

We’ve just added a load of SmartNet for a client on devices which have been 
out-of-support for years with no problems.

Mike

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 11 August 2011 20:35
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Cisco SmartNET

I was able to get a Cisco 5505 for roughly the same price as the other 
offerings:  < $500 from Newegg. The SmartNET will add to that but will still be 
in my client’s budget. The tipper was a couple of resources (local IT friends I 
would lean on for help) know Cisco better than other, so “supportability to 
Dave” was the tie breaker.

From: Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Cisco SmartNET

whatever works and is able to meet your personal/business requirements should 
be all that matters.

cost has always been why I've been driven away from Cisco devices, excluding 
routers, but to each their own.



On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 2:14 PM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
Cool thanks everyone. Into the world of Cisco I go (hey I’m not going to get 
blacklisted ‘cuz I didn’t go Fortigate or Juniper am I)? This firewall choice 
was reasonably involved, not like buyin’ a $50 Linksys. I probably have 5-6 
hours into researching these little boxes.

Dave

From: Michael B. Smith 
[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:03 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Cisco SmartNET

It’s supposed to be within 30 days or the device requires certification.

I don’t know that it is actually enforced though.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Kim Longenbaugh 
[mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 1:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Cisco SmartNET

I bought the router, and then smartnet a week later.

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 12:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Cisco SmartNET

Do you guys know if you can buy a Cisco router and then sometime (weeks) later 
buy their SmartNET subscription? I’m guessing they are probably happy to take 
your money at any time…
David Lum
Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 
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RE: MS Windows Intune

[Mike Hoffman]

You did spot that it includes the windows client licenses? So you can upgrade 
the machines to Win 7 Enterprise and then add another tool if necessary 
depending on the level of control needed.

Mike

From: Phil Garven [mailto:phil.gar...@gfi.com]
Sent: 03 August 2011 20:38
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MS Windows Intune

I often look at the products mentioned on this list, it's a great way to find 
new things and since they come from the list they've usually been tried an 
tested.

This one is spooky - I'm currently working on training for LanGuard (have been 
for the last few weeks now) and I'm looking at InTune thinking.. hmmm.. that 
all looks very familiar

I like cloud based services, don't have to worry about backups, redundancy, 
updates etc. In a past SysAdmin life I used to be wary of anything like that 
because I was worried about job errosion, if all the systems I manage are then 
managed by another company then my job goes, but these days with so many 
systems the average SysAdmin has to support, a few going to the cloud is a nice 
relief (as long as you still have enough control)

InTune is $11 per device per month for up to 249 licenses which does seem a bit 
high compared to the competition.

Kaseya and Zenith Infotech are the ones I come across quite often (other than 
LanGuard of course) and SpiceWorks does some of the basics free

Regards,

Phil Garven - phil.gar...@gfi.com
Technical Trainer - GFI Software- www.gfi.com
Web & Mail Security, Archiving & Fax, Networking & Security
Tel.: 866-389-5597 #6048#

From: James Rankin [kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 12:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MS Windows Intune
The price point would have been great if it was going to be paid for by the 
businesses I am managing (in the loosest possible sense). I agree, it's very 
reasonable. However, the business owners are the type who don't want any 
ongoing expense. Therefore I would have had to pay it out of my own pocket, and 
would have been doing it for my own convenience. At the time I originally 
looked (about this time last year), my money was pretty tight and I couldn't 
afford to pay for it, it would have been for about forty or fifty endpoints.

I could probably afford it now, but I have other expenses more pressing :-)
On 3 August 2011 17:11, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
I consider the cost extremely reasonable; especially for the benefits provided.

What was your issue with the price point? I mean, what would you have 
considered reasonable?

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 12:09 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MS Windows Intune

I was hoping it might be suitable for me to manage the various (very small) 
businesses that I look after on the side, but the cost put me off a bit. Still 
using a combination of TeamViewer and a selection of configured email alerts 
instead :-(
On 3 August 2011 17:05, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
I've got a small client on the beta. It seems very interesting. None of my 
larger clients (that is, >50 seats) were willing to give up infrastructure they 
already have in place to perform the required functions. Perhaps at h/w refresh 
time...

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Martin Blackstone 
[mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: MS Windows Intune

Just pinging the list to see if anyone is using this or thinking about it.
We have been playing with the 2.0 beta and it has a very compelling feature set.
Seems like it could shape up to be a great cloud app.

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RE: Here's the kind fo crap that'll make you insane

[Mike Hoffman]

Take a look at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2524478/en-us?sd=rss&spid=14134

It seems it’s not just you.

Mike

From: Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
Sent: 26 July 2011 10:36
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Here's the kind fo crap that'll make you insane

I dont know if you're close or not, but I can guarantee that people pirating 
Autocad aren't having this trouble.




Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint



On Jul 26, 2011 12:49 AM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:

A customer of mine runs AutoCAD, and the licensing runs on a server (PC with 
AutoCAD fires up the app, the app looks to a server for a running license 
service and checks out a license. I install it on PC and set up license server 
(we’ll call it AutoCADServer) and works peachy for months. Until today.

AutoCADServer does DNS, DHCP, file server (for everyone) and print server (for 
Win7 machines only at the moment). TheOtherServer in the same building is an 
older machine and is a Domain Controller and print server for about 10 XP 
machines but not much else. I am going to decommission TheOtherServer, but one 
step at a time so I DCPROMO it last Thursday. See any correlation with DCPROMO 
and the AutoCAD PC or the license service on AutoCADServer? Me either.

I am onsite Friday AM to make sure there are no problems logging in or printing 
and all is reported cool. (well, I did have to reauthorize the DHCP server) Did 
I mention the one AutoCAD users is on vacation this day? That’s OK I didn’t 
know either, but I figured it didn’t matter since I’m not touching that server.

Today I am onsite and the AutoCAD guy says he can’t use AutoCAD. I check it out 
and I get a “Cannot get license from license server”. Okay fine, I check out 
the FlexLM service diagnostics on  AutoCADLicense and it says all good. Hit 
AutoDesk forums and they point me to log files to check out. Log files say 
“Server node is down or not responding”. I do the usual restart services check 
the firewall settings etc on the server. No change.

The support forums (AutoDesk, IBM, ESRI and all sorts of vendors use the FlexLM 
license service) *ALL* point to firewall or connectivity issues . I turn off 
the firewall on the PC. No change. Off on the server. No change.

You probably all know Win7 has 3 kinds of network places: Domain, home and 
public. Guess what? Somehow the AutoCAD PC decided it’s local network 
connection is now “Public” instead of “Work”. Firewall settings are completely 
different for those areas, and once I change the network to think it’s back on 
the work LAN, poof, the firewall GPO’s properly take effect and all is good.

I never touched the AutoCAD PC, and the users aren’t local admins on their box 
so they can’t change it.

I have a theory on what happened: For the time when the DHCP server wasn’t 
operating due to not thinking it was any longer authorized, the AutoCAD PC 
tried to get a DHCP address, got nothing, so made up one of it’s own (169.x.x.x 
or whatever MS has them default to) and said “Yo I am now on a Public network”, 
and after I fixed the DHCP issue it picked up the new IP address but didn’t 
feel like changing itself back to “Domain” network.

Anyone know if I’m close? This one was tough because I was led all over the 
place.

David Lum
Systems Engineer // NWEATM
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RE: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

[Mike Hoffman]

You need to keep the UPS running at 30% of load if you want a decent life from 
it. We've just supplied a client with some units to give 30hours at low current 
and they needed extra batteries to supply the run time. APC do a relay card 
which allows you to interface with other systems  using simple wiring - would 
this do what you need?

http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=AP9610&tab=models

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 15 July 2011 19:28
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: UPS with remotable power on/off switch?

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Maglinger, Paul  wrote:
> You're in an industrial environment, right?  Seems to me that you 
> could rig up some type of relay between the UPS and the PC so that 
> when the machine is turned off normally the relay would open between 
> the UPS and the PC.  With zero draw the UPS should up for a long time ...

  It would run for several hours, I expect, but doing so every day would 
quickly ruin the batteries, and, I suspect, the power electronics, too.  
They're not designed for that.

-- Ben

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RE: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1?

[Mike Hoffman]

We get the same issue - Win7 32/64, Win7 with SP1 32-bit only. I know there is 
an updated version on the TechNet site with a slight tweak in the code, so they 
might have pulled it while they test the version.

You should still be able to get it from the TechNet site.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] 
Sent: 13 July 2011 23:17
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1?

Weird. Well I opened a case on it. Apparently I'm just lucky. 
--Original Message--
From: Terry Dickson
To: NT System Admin Issues
ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1?
Sent: Jul 13, 2011 6:10 PM

Just hit the MVLS site and after I choose language next option is Operating 
site where I can choose 64-bit.
From: Terry Dickson [te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 
2011 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with 
SP1? I pulled it last week, it is still on my desktop?
From: Damien Solodow [damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 
2011 4:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: MVLS - no 64bit Win7 with SP1? 
I hit the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center, and under Software 
Assurance selected “Windows 7 Enterprise with SP1”.
Takes me to the next page, but when I select Language (English) the option for 
32bit is automatically selected and greyed out.
 
Anyone else seeing this or am I just lucky?
 
DAMIEN SOLODOW
Systems Engineer
317.447.6033 (office)
317.447.6014 (fax)
HARRISON COLLEGE
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Suite 500
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1213
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RE: Stupid user tricks

[Mike Hoffman]

How about negotiating a staff discount at the local tattoo parlour? 

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: 20 June 2011 20:29
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Stupid user tricks

If 4,999 out of 5,000 times you don't need to type something in a field, you 
will stop even looking at the field, much less registering what it says.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
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-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Stupid user tricks

Oh, yeah... seen that sort of thing a couple times. Even had MY admin account 
locked out because a user didn't notice to change MY name to theirs in the 
login box. :D

I, too, have users who can't remember their login name (despite the fact that 
it's the first half of their email address! *grin*) and can't figure out why 
they can't log in... 'Course they're always embarrassed about that when I see 
the problem, but still. :D




-Original Message-
From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Stupid user tricks

> Didn't they have enough sense to log on as the correct user before 
>calling???

Shall we compare notes:)
Recently I was called to a desk of a lady who was pissed off six ways to Sunday 
at me as she couldn't log in. She was typing her password into someone else's 
username, and proceeded to lock their account out?

After that, another one gave me shit that she couldn't remember her login name 
that she had been using on her desktop daily for years and her iphone?

I was like "Stare, blink, blink, stare..." My bad, I guess?

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RE: Win7 upgrade question

[Mike Hoffman]

If you are getting an Enterprise Agreement then you can activate your TechNet 
Benefit, then spend $311.11 on beer!!

Mike

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: 31 March 2011 11:30
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win7 upgrade question

$311.11 at your favorite store.

http://www.provantage.com/microsoft-jsf-1~7MSTE00T.htm

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Kurt Buff 
mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Last time I had a Technet subscription was in, ummm - 1997, IIRC. I'll
have to look at that, and our budget, and see if we can fit it in.

Thanks.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 20:08, Mike Hoffman 
mailto:m...@drumbrae.net>> wrote:
> Win 7 Enterprise is not on the retail disks, when you get your agreement you 
> will have access to download it. If you have TechNet access then you can 
> start playing with the MDT and get the ISO from the same place.
>
> You can go straight to SP1 on the builds and deploy from USB or over the net 
> depending on what else you put on the build. You can certainly get rid of any 
> OEM junk.
>
> Mike
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Michael B. Smith 
> [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>]
> Sent: 31 March 2011 04:04
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Win7 upgrade question
>
> I recommend you spend an hour or two looking at MDT 2010 Update 1 in detail 
> (MDT - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit).
>
> Not only will it do everything you want (and then some) - it's free.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com<mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com>]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:12 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Win7 upgrade question
>
> All,
>
> We're on the cusp of getting a MSFT EA in place (it looking like 90% sure, 
> right now), and we've been ordering Dell laptops for lease with
> Win7 Pro on them.
>
> I want to get all of them up to Win7 Enterprise, and thought I had read 
> somewhere that it was just a matter of a key update.
>
> I can't find any documentation on that, however, and our vendor rep pointed 
> me at this article:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579%28WS.10%29.aspx
>
> So, for those of you who know about this kind of thing, what would you do?
>
> Right now I'm contemplating either something like this:
> http://laplink.com/pcmover
>
> or just doing an Anytime upgrade to Ultimate, and calling it good, because 
> the lease will run out before the OS EOLs.
>
> Anyone have better thoughts on this?
>
> Kurt
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RE: Win7 upgrade question

[Mike Hoffman]

Win 7 Enterprise is not on the retail disks, when you get your agreement you 
will have access to download it. If you have TechNet access then you can start 
playing with the MDT and get the ISO from the same place.

You can go straight to SP1 on the builds and deploy from USB or over the net 
depending on what else you put on the build. You can certainly get rid of any 
OEM junk.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: 31 March 2011 04:04
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Win7 upgrade question

I recommend you spend an hour or two looking at MDT 2010 Update 1 in detail 
(MDT - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit).

Not only will it do everything you want (and then some) - it's free.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Win7 upgrade question

All,

We're on the cusp of getting a MSFT EA in place (it looking like 90% sure, 
right now), and we've been ordering Dell laptops for lease with
Win7 Pro on them.

I want to get all of them up to Win7 Enterprise, and thought I had read 
somewhere that it was just a matter of a key update.

I can't find any documentation on that, however, and our vendor rep pointed me 
at this article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579%28WS.10%29.aspx

So, for those of you who know about this kind of thing, what would you do?

Right now I'm contemplating either something like this:
http://laplink.com/pcmover

or just doing an Anytime upgrade to Ultimate, and calling it good, because the 
lease will run out before the OS EOLs.

Anyone have better thoughts on this?

Kurt

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RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters

[Mike Hoffman]

We supply a lot of generic laptop adaptors and have never had any problems. 
Usually the supplied adaptor is manufactured by the same company as the 
original part. The cost is usually about 50% of the own brand and the warranty 
is just as good.



If you take a look at the part code it often tells you all you need i.e. Li 
Shin International 022C2040 is a 20V 40W netbook adaptor - used in an acer 
netbook.



Now to just find one that pets don't like the taste of.



Mike


From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: 25 February 2011 18:22
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters

Typo.. should be: "... is what will determine..."

-sc

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 1:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters

No, Ben is correct here.

The resistive load (simplifying, as most modern load have inductive or 
capacitive components in addition to purely resistive loads), is heat will 
determine how much he current draw will be.

Ohms law tells us I = V/R

I-current
V=voltage
R=resistance

Therefore if your supply voltage(V) is 14 volts, and the load resistance(R) is 
7 ohms, then the current draw (I) will be 2 amps.

Thus your power supply must be capable of supplying at LEAST 2 amps[1], it may 
be able to  supply more, but the system would simply never draw it. A 500A 
power supply would no more require the load to "dissipate more heat"  it than a 
2A power supply would.

-sc

[1] And incidentally, power (W) = V*A. Therefore our theoretical power supply 
in this case would be supply  28W of power[2]. I not this because power 
supplies are often capable of varying voltage and/or are rated in watts.
[2] Ignoring power efficiency factors for the moment.

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 1:07 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: QUICK question... A/C adapters

It would depend on whether you can trust the resistor to dissapate the extra 
heat generated by additional current.  It's not something I would do over the 
long term...


On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Jim Holmgren 
mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com>> wrote:
Matt,
I believe you are correct.  Also not an EE, but in about 10 years of
working for RadioShack, that was the mantra.

The device will only draw the amperage it needs, but it must have the
correct voltage.

Jim


Jim Holmgren
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XLHealth Corporation
The Warehouse at Camden Yards
351 West Camden Street, Suite 100
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.625.2200 (main)
443.524.8573 (direct)
443-506.2400 (cell)
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-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross 
[mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters

I am not an electrical engineer, so please do not take this as power
supply advice:

I have been told that as long as the voltage is correct, you can go over
on the amperage with your PS. So, if you have something that requires
9V, 1 amp PS, and you have a 9 volt, 2 amp... you're good to go. The
device will only pull as much amperage as it requires.

Voltage is specific, as I'm told. Don't mess with it. AC and DC don't
mix, etc, etc...

Again, don't use this as any kind of real advice. Somebody with real
electrical engineering experience can verify or tell me I've been told
wrong. Sm:)e.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Maglinger, Paul
[mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Fri, 25 Feb 2011
09:32:57 -0800
Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters


> I go with 3rd party when there is a significant cost savings.  Case in
> point, we use a particular print server.  The power supplies are
> notorious for going bad.  We cannot purchase the OEM power supplies
> alone and the entire package runs about $120.  I found replacement
power
> supplies for $7.50 online.  Just make sure that the voltage, current,
> polarity, and the connector size all match up!
>
> I have been known to go slightly higher in the current capacity so
they
> don't run as hot.  Note that I said "slightly".
>
> -Paul
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Aldrich 
> [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:27 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: QUICK question... A/C adapters
>
> Thanks guys... I'll keep monitoring, although it sounds like the
> consensus
> of opinion so far is that 3rd party is OK. :-)
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross 
> [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:10 PM
> To: N

RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available

[Mike Hoffman]

Did you update a server core yet - I had to break out the command line on that 
one :)

We've been upgrading laptops and new boxes all week with no issues.

Mike

From: Carl Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com]
Sent: 22 February 2011 19:37
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available

Yes, the download contains 32-bit, 64-bit and Itanium files.

I have installed it on my 3 Win7 computers (PC, laptop, VM) and they all just 
"feel" faster and programs "feel" like they launch faster.  I have also 
upgraded my 2008 R2 Hyper-V2 lab server and my WSS2008 R2 servers with no 
issues.


Webster
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Carl Houseman 
mailto:c.house...@gmail.com>> wrote:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en

It's letting me download the 2GB file without a DL manager... wonder how long 
that will last.  And it appears to be just one download irrespective of 
32/64-bit.



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RE: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available

[Mike Hoffman]

It's a shame they won't split it into the 3 architectures on the disk. That 
download has 32/64 and I64 all on the one iso.

Still, what's a 500gb download times 300 million copies ...

I'm sure when it gets on Windows Update it will be a lot smaller.

Mike

From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com]
Sent: 22 February 2011 19:30
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 7/2008R2 SP1 available

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en

It's letting me download the 2GB file without a DL manager... wonder how long 
that will last.  And it appears to be just one download irrespective of 
32/64-bit.

Carl

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RE: Windows 7 Licensing Question

[Mike Hoffman]

It does count license check-ins from the workstations. So nothing will work 
until 25 machines have checked in, and then it will complain if less that 25 
check in every month.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 15 February 2011 16:27
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Windows 7 Licensing Question

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Kennedy, Jim  
wrote:
> It actually does not count the number of licenses. You are pretty much 
> on the honor system for that.

  *O*.

  I thought I had remembered reading something to the effect that it did.  No 
wonder I'm not getting it.

  Thank you for applying the clue-by-four.  :)

-- Ben

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RE: Windows 7 Licensing Question

[Mike Hoffman]

KMS does not work with OEM keys, you use the kms keys. The management interface 
can show you existing keys.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 15 February 2011 15:05
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Windows 7 Licensing Question

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Damien Solodow  
wrote:
>> I am getting ready to purchase 35 new PCs with Windows 7 Professional.
>> I also have 15 PCs with XP covered by Software Assurance (SA) and 
>> another 10 for which I will purchase Windows 7.  I want to use a 
>> common Windows 7 image on the machines
>
> Long story short though, you'll probably want to use KMS.

  How does KMS interact with OEM Windows licenses and their keys, though?  This 
is a question that's been rattling around in the back of my head for a while.  
For instance, if you've got 25 PCs covered by volume license seats, and 35 PCs 
which came with Windows 7 OEM, will the OEM licenses eat up volume license 
seats?  Do you enter the OEM keys into KMS?  Do you have to manually enter the 
OEM keys when imaging the OEM PCs?

  With XP, you just reimaged the OEM PCs from volume license media with your 
volume license key and you were done; there's no "activation" for XP.  
Obviously that doesn't fly for Win 7.

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RE: Windows 7 Licensing Question

[Mike Hoffman]

Your existing agreement gives you rights to use corporate media on all 
machines, so one image is fine. If you get SA on all the machines then you can 
make that image W7Ent. KMS server runs nicely on server core with 256Mb ram.

Mike

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu]
Sent: 15 February 2011 14:50
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows 7 Licensing Question

Check out www.microsoft.com/licensing.

Long story short though, you'll probably want to use KMS. It's a small service 
that you'll install on a Windows Server box and you'll provide it your key and 
activate it. Than the Win7 PCs will auto-discover it and license themselves and 
activate.

DAMIEN SOLODOW
Systems Engineer
317.447.6033 (office)
317.217.6851 (fax)
HARRISON COLLEGE

From: Bret Hanson [mailto:bhan...@yunker.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 7 Licensing Question

I am getting ready to purchase 35 new PCs with Windows 7 Professional.  I also 
have 15 PCs with XP covered by Software Assurance (SA) and another 10 for which 
I will purchase Windows 7.  I want to use a common Windows 7 image on the 
machines but I don't understand how to deal with licensing and software keys.

Can someone point me to some resources and or shed some light on the topic?

Thank you!

Bret Hanson
Systems Administrator
Yunker Industries, Inc.
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RE: DELL UPS

[Mike Hoffman]

Well put. We supply a lot of APC units, from the desktop systems to the fully 
redundant units taking multiple 3 phase feeds. Always start with the load (the 
VA), then look at the runtime, then the features, then the environment (input 
and output).

I know that HP with HP used to cover all accessories on a warranty, so a 4 hour 
24/7 for the server would cover the UPS if it was HP. If dell are doing the 
same then that can make it a very compelling option.

Ask the sales guy for some details and check what PDU's it works with. I have 
seen sales guys come in under cost on the UPS unit and then mark up the PDU's 
substantially as they claim they all have to be compatible. Also sometimes Dell 
have promotions on attaching accessories to sales ;-)

Mike

From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com]
Sent: 12 January 2011 16:24
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DELL UPS

I believe I may know (at least part of) the answer here. Bear with me...

Others have stated in this thread that Dell is likely rebranding an APC 
product. While I have not looked into this specifically, I would be highly 
inclined to believe this to be the case. Dell doesn't make printers, switches, 
mice, or keyboards, so why should they make UPSes?

I digress.

While it sounds like a sales tactic, you should always ask why. It is possible 
that there is an ounce of truth to what he is saying, but he may not know why. 
Regardless, I would be willing to bet that a selection of the correct UPS from 
just about any major vendor, particularly APC, would work just fine. He's 
likely pushing that sales pitch, 1) because it is Dell branded, but 2) because 
the UPS is known to work properly with the power supplies employed in that 
particular line of servers (specifically, Power Factor Correction power 
supplies).

There actually are many differences between UPS types and how they behave, both 
while utility power is present and when utility power is removed. There are 
UPSes that switch from utility to battery backup, causing a slight interruption 
in power for a few milliseconds. This is tolerable for most consumer 
electronics and even PCs and servers, as long as the end user device power 
supply maintains a capacitive charge long enough to power the device for the 
duration of the transfer from utility to battery. This type of UPS is referred 
to as an Offline or Standby type, and is likely what you have at your desk, if 
you have one.

Additionally, there are UPSes that actually never break the connection to the 
end user device, and so there is zero transfer time that is realized on the 
output. These UPSes are typically more expensive than what most of us buy on a 
regular basis, unless we've got some really big and critical loads that we're 
protecting. These are referred to as Online, or possibly Ferro Resonant, or 
Double Conversion UPSes, depending on the technology & design.

Finally, (and this is where the ounce of truth comes in) there are also 
differences in how the power output is generated by the UPS. This is likely 
what the sales person was referring to in the sales pitch (aside from the fact 
that he was pushing a particular brand). There are sine wave, simulated sine 
wave, and various square wave outputs depending on the quality and technologies 
employed in the UPS design. As I mentioned earlier, Power Factor Correction 
power supplies do NOT like a square wave power source - they are designed for a 
true sine wave power source and will not run properly, if at all, from a square 
wave power source. Low end UPSes tend to have a modified square wave or a 
stepped square wave instead of what would be seen as a more pure sine wave 
output. Total Harmonic Distortion also plays a key role here. So, if the power 
supply of the device cannot run well on a simulated or stepped square wave 
power, and the UPS is an offline type that generates a stepped square wave when 
the utility is lost, then all you really have is an extra heavy surge 
suppressor...everything is fine when online, but the instant you lose utility 
power, your load device will likely lose power as well.

For more information, see these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uninterruptible_power_supply

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverter_(electrical) (specifically scroll down to 
"Output waveforms"

http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/support/faqs/topologysinewave.html (good read 
in general talking about UPS and Output Waveform types.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_factor#Passive_PFC (Power Factor Correction)


Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
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From: Laurence Childs [mailto:laurence.chi...@jalapeno-bs.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 8:04 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DELL UPS

Hi All

I'm in the process of sourcing a new server and UPS for a cl

RE: DELL UPS

[Mike Hoffman]

There are some models on the APC part list that are Dell specific - i.e. dell 
wanted a unit without some of the interface options so APC removed them, 
painted it black and then provided support. The warranty tends to be different 
as Dell sometimes do the work.

Mike

From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com]
Sent: 12 January 2011 13:26
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DELL UPS

A little googling says some are.  In fact one message board showed a post 
saying they ordered two Dell UPS's and when they received them one was a Dell 
re-branded APC and the other box was just a straight APC unit.


From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DELL UPS

I'd be truly suprised if the "Dell UPS" were NOT a re-branded APC!
--
richard

"N Parr" mailto:npar...@mortonind.com>> wrote on 
01/12/2011 07:17:41 AM:

> Wow, get a new "supplier".  If he's feeding you that kind of
> information you have to wonder what other sketchy things they've said.
>
>
> From: Laurence Childs 
> [mailto:laurence.chi...@jalapeno-bs.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:04 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: DELL UPS

> Hi All
>
> I'm in the process of sourcing a new server and UPS for a client
>
> Currently looking to choose between DELL & HP, however my supplier
> is saying that I should use DELL UPS with the DELL server as other
> UPS i.e. APC 'don't always work'
>
> Has anybody heard of or experienced this?
>
> Cheers
>
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RE: part domain migration to SBS2008

[Mike Hoffman]

Are the roles splitting among the company? SBS 2011 has just RTM'ed.

You could start with the 2008 box, add the SBS box to it, then migrate in all 
the users. Then break that server from the domain and rename it - re-joining 
the clients that it is left with.

Remember there are no domain trusts in SBS, so unless these are on separate 
networks it could get messy.

Why not just put in a single SBS box and use permissions to set access? They 
can both have different domain names for email and the management would be 
simpler.

Mike

From: Graeme Carstairs [mailto:loonyto...@gmail.com]
Sent: 20 December 2010 15:48
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: part domain migration to SBS2008

23 users and PC's.

Plus one Terminal Server, but I think we will just nix that and start again.

Cheers

On 20 December 2010 15:46, Richard Stovall 
mailto:rich...@gmail.com>> wrote:
How many users are you talking about moving?

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Graeme Carstairs 
mailto:loonyto...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi List,

We have a client who used to be one company with a 2008 AD domain group.local

The company has now split into two parts, and on part is retaining the server 
and domain for company.local.

The other part is buying new servers and went with SBS 2008.

I know you can migrate 2003 SBS fully to SBS 2008, using ADMT and various other 
migration tools, by microsoft, but this ends up switching of the previous 
domain controllers, and moves the whole domain to SBS2008.


We are looking to move, the user accounts, files, mail boxes and PC's only for 
the users in the 2nd part, and setup and entirely new AD domain, and Exchange 
infrastructure, leaving the old one intact and functioning.

Is this do-able?

Any suggestions on where to look for help, as my google fu is lacking today and 
i can only find whole domain migrations.

Thanks in advance.

Graeme


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RE: Opinions on cheap server

[Mike Hoffman]

You should get 2 keys in the box, one for virtual and one for physical. When 
the activation service runs it checks to see the key type.

Is it plain 2008, or SBS that you are migrating to? If SBS 2008 then get SA 
added to the boxed product as the SBS '7' is currently in the Beta ovens at 
Microsoft.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] 
Sent: 25 October 2010 20:06
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

IIRC it will ask you to re-register Windows so if you have the key code from 
the original install it will work. Methinks MS doesn't consider this a legal 
copy though..

-Original Message-
From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 2:59 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

My experience when going p2v was that the Dell oem license wont work when it is 
virtual.
Virtual machines don't see the real hardware and something in the license check 
will fail.

-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 2:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

I have NAS I can use as a target. Question: The server has 2003 installed from 
Dell on it. I had them buy 2008 R2 via CDW, am I still in licensing compliance 
since the 2003 VM will be on the same box that came with 2003? It hasn't gone 
anywhere, it'll just be virtualized on the retail 2008 R2 OS...

Dave

-----Original Message-
From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

Remember to stop the exchange service first if you are going to go live 
straight away.
I have a disk2Vhd produced drive arriving in my office tomorrow for a 
pre-migration check i.e. we do it virtually and create an issues list.
How about disk2vhd to a partition on the new server?

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: 25 October 2010 18:43
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

Yes, a bare metal backup creates a VHD file. Unfortunately, since you are 
starting out with Server 2003, that doesn't do you any good. :-)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

How did I not think of that? Oh, because I didn't know about it, that's perfect!

Hey doesn't 2008 Backup kind of work in the same way? I know it has nothing to 
do with what I need to do, but...

Dave

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

Disk2vhd to some network storage.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 12:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

"Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your 64-bit server (Hyper-V)? Is there 
something demanding its own hardware?"

I want to do exactly that, but I only have one physical box to work with - the 
2003 server is on the physical box where I intend on putting the Hyper-V server 
on.

Dave

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Opinions on cheap server

Double check that the server in question support the AMD-V. Perhaps all 
Opterons did (even the old ones) and the motherboard (listed as a Tyan K8SR) 
does as well.

Other than that it might work. I bet it's not on VMWares compatibility list 
anywhere.

Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your 64-bit server (Hyper-V)? Is there 
something demanding it's own hardware?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: David Lum
[mailto:david@nwea.org]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Mon, 25 Oct 2010
07:44:49 -0700
Subject: Opinions on cheap server


> So - as mentioned before I have a project where I need to "swing" a
> 2003 32-but physical machine onto the same physical server after 
> putting 2008 R2 (which is of course 64-bit only) on it. For this 
> project I don't currently have extra 64-bit hardware but I saw this 
> deal float through and wanted your guys' opinion - as near as I can 
> tell this will handle a 64-bit OS and should be enough to P2V the OS in 
> question.
>
> $150 seems like cheap peace of mind - does anyone have experience with 
> Racka

RE: Opinions on cheap server

[Mike Hoffman]

Remember to stop the exchange service first if you are going to go live 
straight away.
I have a disk2Vhd produced drive arriving in my office tomorrow for a 
pre-migration check i.e. we do it virtually and create an issues list.
How about disk2vhd to a partition on the new server?

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 
Sent: 25 October 2010 18:43
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

Yes, a bare metal backup creates a VHD file. Unfortunately, since you are 
starting out with Server 2003, that doesn't do you any good. :-)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com


-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:40 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

How did I not think of that? Oh, because I didn't know about it, that's perfect!

Hey doesn't 2008 Backup kind of work in the same way? I know it has nothing to 
do with what I need to do, but...

Dave

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:22 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

Disk2vhd to some network storage.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

-Original Message-
From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 12:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server

"Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your 64-bit server (Hyper-V)? Is there 
something demanding its own hardware?"

I want to do exactly that, but I only have one physical box to work with - the 
2003 server is on the physical box where I intend on putting the Hyper-V server 
on.

Dave

-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Opinions on cheap server

Double check that the server in question support the AMD-V. Perhaps all 
Opterons did (even the old ones) and the motherboard (listed as a Tyan K8SR) 
does as well.

Other than that it might work. I bet it's not on VMWares compatibility list 
anywhere.

Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your 64-bit server (Hyper-V)? Is there 
something demanding it's own hardware?


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: David Lum
[mailto:david@nwea.org]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Mon, 25 Oct 2010
07:44:49 -0700
Subject: Opinions on cheap server


> So - as mentioned before I have a project where I need to "swing" a
> 2003 32-but physical machine onto the same physical server after 
> putting 2008 R2 (which is of course 64-bit only) on it. For this 
> project I don't currently have extra 64-bit hardware but I saw this 
> deal float through and wanted your guys' opinion - as near as I can 
> tell this will handle a 64-bit OS and should be enough to P2V the OS in 
> question.
> 
> $150 seems like cheap peace of mind - does anyone have experience with 
> Rackable systems?
> http://www.surpluscomputers.com/350222/rackable-systems-dual-opteron-2
> .0ghz.html
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RE: Home server system

[Mike Hoffman]

We've supplied some of the Tranquil PC boxes and use one internally in the 
office here. Do you need storage or redundant storage? What else do you want 
from it? Remember that Home Server is SBS 2003 core underneath, and has a bit 
of sharepoint thrown in.

There are some changes approaching with the new version, and the big thing is 
don't use RAID on a home server.

Mike

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 October 2010 15:47
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Home server system

It depends on how much you want to risk, but I would recommend securing with 
what you know, and building a VM to practice what you don't.

-ASB
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Manuel Santos 
mailto:nel...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Securing a Linux box might be even easyer than securing a Windows box, even 
though it takes a bit of a time to learn how to do it.
2010/10/12 James Rankin mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>>

That's the bit that worries me. I can secure a Windows box in my sleep. Linux - 
I'm a total noob. And to be perfectly honest, there'll be a lot more stuff on 
my home network I'd be worried about exposing then anything I've ever dealt 
with in work.
On 12 October 2010 15:21, 
mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org>> wrote:

Think ESX with GUI options.  (You can also elect to not install any GUI, or 
disable it later.)

There are numerous flavors of Linux and similar (let's see - FreeBSD came from 
BSD, as did Apple Os-X) distro's available.  Some even feature a "Live CD", 
which lets you boot into the OS to see if this is what you wish to work with.

Just be sure what you are enabling and disabling!  If you're not careful, you 
can end up with a system wide open and exposed - handy for folks to use as a 
spam relay, illegal FTP host, etc.
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> If it was any way similar to ESX, which is where my *nix experience
> starts and ends, I could probably put up with it :-)

> On 12 October 2010 15:00, Manuel Santos 
> mailto:nel...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Would you consider the use of a Linux system? Its cheap, quite
> stable and easy to implement and manage.

> 2010/10/12 Ames Matthew B mailto:mba...@qinetiq.com>>
>
> WHS has tjhe potential to be a lot more than a NAS.  Wiki covers
> is features pretty well
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Home_Server
>
> A NAS would have lower power consumption though.
>
> From: James Rankin 
> [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
> Sent: 12 October 2010 13:57
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Home server system

> Any recommendations for a reliable and hopefully fairly cheap server
> system for the home? One of my colleagues recommended the HP
> MediaSmart ex475 coupled with Windows Home Server, are there
> anything else people can recommend? Also, does Windows Home Server
> offer any particular software or benefits or is it just aimed at
> being simple for the non-technical user? I can see it has backup and
> remote access capabilities - I'm not really that bothered about the
> remote access features for sharing across the internet, but anything
> else is probably a plus. How much extra does the Home Server stuff
> give you when compared to some sort of baby NAS device like a TeraStation?
>
> I was hoping to be able to get something decent for under £1000, at
> the least. Storage, availability and backup are probably the primary
> concerns I'm addressing, but I'm open to all sorts of other features
> as well. I don't have masses of data at the moment, but I might
> start storing VM files on there for some testing purposes, so I'll
> probably need a wedge of capacity.
>
> --
> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put
> into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I
> am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that
> could provoke such a question."

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RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

[Mike Hoffman]

The most important of these is gathering the facts. This is not what then end 
user issue seems to be, but what it actually it. Then you can decide to either 
fix, mitigate, or investigate further.

I know of a number of IT companies where a server reboot is the fix to most 
issues, while I know that most issues are not affected by a reboot, it only 
delays identifying the cause.

Mike

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 23 September 2010 11:37
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has 
affected PGP already)

I wasn't saying "random" based on "gut feeling". It was more an inkling that 
something was amiss with that particular function due to experience. Maybe I 
should have been more clear about what I meant by "didn't like the look of it". 
When a system is down and you're the only one assigned to fix it, sometimes 
time is of the essence. In situations where you have time on your side, a more 
structured approach is ideal. Also, if you have an agreed SLA, you can be more 
considered in your approach. Unfortunately that isn't always present though.

However I wasn't saying I would just stop services for the hell of it on a live 
system that users were still able to access. That would just be plain 
irresponsible.
On 23 September 2010 11:29, Ken Schaefer 
mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>> wrote:
Agreed. Making random changes to servers based on "gut feelings" what are bad, 
isn't my idea of a desirable troubleshooting strategy.

Gather facts
Isolate Issue
Identify Root Cause
Implement Fix

Cheers
Ken

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 23 September 2010 6:13 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has 
affected PGP already)

Another aspect of troubleshooting is the ability to keep track of what are 
actual facts, and what are as-yet-untested-assumptions.

This includes knowing how to classify information that has been given you by 
the end user.

ASB (My XeeSM Profile)
Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:42 AM, James Rankin 
mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>> wrote:
It's not what you Google, it's how you Google it. Even when interviewing now I 
tend to try and look for people who can work problems out rather than people 
who can simply rhyme off lists of stuff - and I'm always keen on people who 
check the obvious things first. (Think "how would you troubleshoot a GPO that's 
failing to apply" rather than "name the FSMO roles".) There's an art to 
troubleshooting technical issues that's sometimes hard to define. It's probably 
the old "clean minds and scruffy minds" thing. Scruffy minds move in unexpected 
directions and try things that wouldn't necessarily make sense. I can remember 
fixing some random server hang just by stopping a service I didn't like the 
look of. It's only afterwards that we realised that particular app was opening 
loads of ports and generally monopolising the system. I didn't really know what 
I was looking for, until I found it.
On 23 September 2010 00:31, Jonathan Link 
mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Sometimes I wonder if I'm just a good googler...  Seems like 90% of my issues 
have been tackled (and documented!) by someone else.



On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:17 PM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
The place with the ad you mean? I don't remember, but here's one in NY that is 
not completely different:
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=1007553

I do think I am generaly kick-ass, just don't call me an expert at anything. My 
specialty is the near-vertical leanning curve that is needed on an occcasional 
basis. I get stuff like this almost every month:
Q. "Hey Dave, is this possible?"
-or-
"Hey this infrastructure piece is down and the guy who usually manages it is 
out and there's no documentation, can you make it work?"

In both cases:
A. "No clue..I mean in theory it is somehow possible""yeah we can do it, here's a script/tool/some other clever capability".

The answer of course sometimes comes from this list, or Exchange list, or 
Michael B. Smith.

Ok I'm not kick ass at all, but I know how to contact a LOT of guys who are...

Dave "my expertise is knowing experts and how to contact them" Lum

From: Steven M. Caesare [scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already
Hehe.. type of org?

-sc

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already

That reminds me, I was looking at job openings and once place had the job 
description on their websit

RE: Strange PowerChute errors

[Mike Hoffman]

APC also to a trade in against an older model - usually about 10% off and then 
they pick up and dispose of the old battery systems free of charge.

The batteries should last 3-5 years, but if the battery is out of warranty 
either replace it or upgrade.

If you can find a good local reseller then that can make all the difference and 
give you options. I would advise against unbranded batteries, unless the unit 
is not business critical . I'd offer to assist, but we're in a different 
continent :-)

Mike


-Original Message-
From: William J. Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 14 September 2010 15:21
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Strange PowerChute errors

Well that adds a +5 to your suck roll. 

Battery shipping makes it cheaper to just buy a new UPS...sometimes. 
 
WJR
 - from my Crackberry.

"If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck."

-Original Message-
From: "John Aldrich" 
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:09:47
To: NT System Admin Issues
Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
Subject: RE: Strange PowerChute errors

Nope. :-) Plus, this is not from Amazon themselves, but another Amazon 
Marketplace Vendor.



From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Strange PowerChute errors

Are you a Prime member?
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:55 AM, John Aldrich  
wrote:
Unfortunately, no free shipping on this. ☹
 

 
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Strange PowerChute errors
 
OK. Thanks. ☺
 

 
From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Strange PowerChute errors
 
Amazon rules, especially if you can get free shipping.

 - WJR
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 08:38, John Aldrich  
wrote:
Where would you guys recommend buying replacement batteries? I'm looking on 
Amazon and found an aftermarket replacement battery for like $90.




-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Strange PowerChute errors

Yeah... I went up and looked at the UPS again. It's down to like 60% of the 
battery, but still has a run-time in the 30-minute mark. That being said, I'm 
seriously looking at getting a new battery for it. I mean, it's not that 
expensive for a new battery...
As for seeing the USB connection, I don't think so. I completely uninstalled 
and reinstalled PowerChute. It stopped working a couple weeks ago, so I took 
the disk that came with it and reinstalled. I had previously removed a newer 
version of PowerChute BE Basic.



From: William Robbins [mailto:dangerw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:19 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Strange PowerChute errors

I'd interpret two things...

First powerchute is probably still trying to see the USB version of the UPS.
Second if the UPS battery is over 3 years old, and something important is 
attached to it you should refresh the UPS.

 - WJR

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 07:51, John Aldrich 
wrote:
I had to reinstall PowerChute (Business Edition Basic) on one of our servers 
yesterday because it went brain dead and couldn't see the UPS. I also switched 
from USB to serial for the communications.

I got a bunch of alternating messages from PowerChute overnight, one saying 
self-test failed, and the next one would say the self-test completed 
successfully. I also got errors about the site wiring, but when I look at the 
local console on the server, it says it's fine. I'm not sure what to make of 
it. Granted the UPS is over 3 years old, but the lights on the UPS itself show 
the battery is in good condition and has plenty of run-time.

How would you guys interpret the results?






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RE: OT - Creating deployment media with menu choice of OS, etc.

[Mike Hoffman]

If you want OS plus apps then MDT will do it. One thing to realise is that if 
you want a completely unattended install then you will need to test the image 
and it would be easier to just create an ISO of that build.

We have a base image which we can push out which we then run a script on that 
does the rest. In specific cases we can add that script to the image as a final 
step, but more often than not it fails due to human errors, or something that 
has been updated.

If you follow the MDT then create a bootable USB and add an autounattend file 
then you can be done from start to finish in about an hour - and you're good to 
go. Also make sure the USB stick is NOT completely automated - especially if 
you set it to re-partition the drive, I almost lost my laptop that way!!

Mike

From: Tony Patton [mailto:apco...@gmail.com]
Sent: 10 September 2010 10:43
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT - Creating deployment media with menu choice of OS, etc.

I recommend you take a look at M$ MDT 2010.

Does all you are asking.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx
On 9 September 2010 19:40, Mark Smith 
mailto:winsysad...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I would like to create bootable media (probably external USB drive) that would 
present a menu to select a flavor of Windows OS to install as well as which 
applications to install, such as MS Office, AntiVirus, etc. Then once selected, 
would perform an unattended install.
Looking for ideas on the easiest way to accomplish this.

Thanks!



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RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or without

[Mike Hoffman]

Tom
The point is that you should not be purchasing OEM licenses, only systems. Then 
you either re-image using the rights you have from an existing corporate 
license or you add SA and start a new agreement to update them.
There are other ways, but it really depends on what you are looking for and how 
many licenses you are talking about. With any MS corporate license MS have the 
right to inspect on site so you need to get it right. We are doing a number of 
Software Asset Management programs at the moment with clients to help them get 
a handle on what they have, what they need, and how to get things organised.
You can however relax over numbers once you have signed up to the agreement as 
MS are very forgiving about the numbers of activations they allow you. We tend 
to see 5x to 10x the number of machines as the limit on the activations and you 
only need to call to increase that number.
Mike
From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org]
Sent: 02 September 2010 19:36
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or without

Mike, so you are saying purchase the OEM license then SA/enterprise from my 
usual source, then use the codes with that?

>>> Mike Hoffman mailto:m...@drumbrae.net>> 9/2/2010 2:32 PM 
>>> >>>
All desktop OS licenses are upgrade only, so you buy with OEM and then add SA 
if you want enterprise versions. Without SA you don’t get imaging rights, but 
as long as you have some corporate licence then you can use that media for all 
installs.
For activation you can get a KMS server or use the MAK keys from the MS 
website. We now have images with the public keys in them so we can use them on 
all client sites. Have a play with a KMS server – it works really well.
Mike
From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org]
Sent: 02 September 2010 19:20
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

Folks,

I'm new to the Windows 7 licensing scheme as we are just starting to move our 
corporate to Windows 7.

With Windows XP we purchased a license when we procured the workstations.  Then 
we would use our image with our corporate volume key.  This way we had the 
license and the key.

So with Windows 7 and licensing, what do you folks do?  I don't want to have 
issues with activation down the road.  And we always put our image on 
PCs/laptops as they arrive.

Thanks,
Tom


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RE: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or without

[Mike Hoffman]

All desktop OS licenses are upgrade only, so you buy with OEM and then add SA 
if you want enterprise versions. Without SA you don't get imaging rights, but 
as long as you have some corporate licence then you can use that media for all 
installs.
For activation you can get a KMS server or use the MAK keys from the MS 
website. We now have images with the public keys in them so we can use them on 
all client sites. Have a play with a KMS server - it works really well.
Mike
From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org]
Sent: 02 September 2010 19:20
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 7: buy PCs with license or withhout

Folks,

I'm new to the Windows 7 licensing scheme as we are just starting to move our 
corporate to Windows 7.

With Windows XP we purchased a license when we procured the workstations.  Then 
we would use our image with our corporate volume key.  This way we had the 
license and the key.

So with Windows 7 and licensing, what do you folks do?  I don't want to have 
issues with activation down the road.  And we always put our image on 
PCs/laptops as they arrive.

Thanks,
Tom


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RE: Import Tool from MS Word To Outlook/Exchange Contacts

[Mike Hoffman]

Or even just use search and replace to turn the list into a csv format.

If you can convert spaces into tabs you can then clearly see if the data is 
contiguous or needs a column shifting, then put in spaces and commas. Word is 
very good at 'cleaning' data and then you can paste into excel and save as CSV.

Mike

From: Jeff Steward [mailto:jstew...@gmail.com]
Sent: 25 August 2010 14:09
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Import Tool from MS Word To Outlook/Exchange Contacts

Try using MS Word's 'Convert Text to Table' function.

-Jeff
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Ben Scott 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Juma, Lumumba 
mailto:lcj...@icipe.org>> wrote:
>>> I need a tool to import contacts that were created in MS Word to MS
>>> Outlook/Exchange Contacts.
>
> Sorry Ben, not in tables but continuos text separated by line spaces.
 That's going to be hard, because there's nothing to tell the
computer what's a name, what's an address, etc.  Perhaps there is a
product on the market that will apply heuristics to the problem.  But
I suspect you're going to have to do a lot of copy-and-paste work by
hand.

-- Ben

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RE: Volume Licensing

[Mike Hoffman]

If you use MAK then you can re-image a machine every week and re-activate it - 
it will still only count as a single hardware profile against the key.
With KMS you can re-image every week and it will count against the local KMS 
server as a single device in a similar manner. The activation frequency is like 
DHCP in that machines will keep checking in at 1/2 their term and get renewals 
to keep up-to-date and reduce load on the server.

One nice feature of KMS is that you can put the standard KMS keys into your 
products and setup deployment points. So we have office 2010 and all its apps 
setup unattended with the KMS key (you then get 30 days to activate) as well as 
Windows 7 (it was Vista - remember that product). You then have a while to get 
the KMS sorted.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: 10 August 2010 19:30
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Volume Licensing

Also.. forgot to add... that when you have a KMS host and the key is stored 
there, MS is only sent the one key.

When I looked at our VL on MS's site, it shows two different keys.. the KMS and 
MAK.  The MAK is the only one with a number next to it like this 0/50.

_
Cameron Cooper
Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Volume Licensing

Interesting, what a weird way for MS to do this.
I wonder what the University that I used to work for will do.  They
re-imaged their machines every week.   



-Original Message-
From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Volume Licensing

Yes.

But, Microsoft has given me a 500 activations license pool for windows 7. I 
don't have a count, but we may have 100 actual licenses. Also, their 
documentation states that it is possible to get more activations with a call to 
them and an explanation on why you need more (like our case, where we re-image 
our computers for each new school year).

I believe KMS licenses are also counted by Microsoft on the Volume License page.


--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District


- Original Message -
From: Cameron Cooper
[mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
To: NT System Admin Issues
[mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2010
10:08:42 -0700
Subject: RE: Volume Licensing


> From what I read, with MAK, once it activates on that computer with MS

> it counts towards your VL agreement.  If that computer goes down and 
> either needs to be re-formatted or replaced, and Windows 7 is 
> reinstalled... does that make another count towards your VL agreement?
> 
> _
> Cameron Cooper
> Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc
> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | 
> www.aurico.com
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:55 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Volume Licensing
> 
> We're a MAK shop. And that's only because my first attempt at 
> installing the KMS server was a dismal failure. It shouldn't have been

> difficult, but for whatever reason it wasn't happy with my Windows
2003 R2 server.
> Maybe I'll try again later.
> 
> MAK requires that you use the Volume Activation Management Tool 
> (VAMT), which is currently version 2.0, and activate machines on your 
> network remotely. The tool works well enough, especially since it can 
> search for machines, install license keys and activate en-mass.
> 
> 
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Cameron Cooper
> [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com]
> Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2010
> 09:22:02 -0700
> Subject: RE: Volume Licensing
> 
> 
> > What are the pros and cons of a KMS over MAK?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > _
> > 
> > Cameron Cooper
> > 
> > Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
> > 
> > Aurico Reports, Inc
> > 
> > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
> > 
> > ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:00 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Volume Licensing
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I'd just use a KMS assuming you are going to migrate to Win7 and/or 
> > Office 2010 relatively quickly.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Brian Desmond
> > 
> > br...@briandesmond.com
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > c   - 312.731.3132
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:01 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> 

RE: Join my network on LinkedIn

[Mike Hoffman]

No, just the Outlook connectors, it finds images if it can. I can see your 
Facebook and Linked in Images (the girls in the office prefer the Facebook 
one). I also have the Windows Live one, but that seems more private.

Mike

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 10 August 2010 15:11
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Join my network on LinkedIn

is that thru Xobni? I weed out CVs like that. People who have Facebook profile 
pics of themselves smoking spliffs must wonder why they never get called back 
:-)
On 10 August 2010 15:07, Mike Hoffman 
mailto:m...@drumbrae.net>> wrote:
We got a CV in an email a few days ago and before I had even looked at the name 
a picture appeared - of the back of a bald head with a Smiley drawn on it. I 
guess that's how not to make a first impression.

Has anyone noticed the face that appears on every email from this group? 
Interesting viral marketing idea that!!

Mike

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com<mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com>]
Sent: 10 August 2010 14:56

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Join my network on LinkedIn

I think it was Facebook too.
On 10 August 2010 14:53, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle 
mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com>> wrote:
Like someone else said, at least it wasn't Facebook!

It is interesting to see how we're connected, though. 3rd level (of which I'm 
sure probably most of us fall into if we don't know each other directly), and 
groups that we share.

Smaller world than we sometimes realize...


Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
jra...@eaglemds.com<mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com>
www.eaglemds.com<http://www.eaglemds.com>


From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com<mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Join my network on LinkedIn

Sorry folks...not sure what happened there...  definitely not intentioned.  
Crazy Outlook social media add-in.

From: 
messages-nore...@bounce.linkedin.com<mailto:messages-nore...@bounce.linkedin.com>
 
[mailto:messages-nore...@bounce.linkedin.com<mailto:messages-nore...@bounce.linkedin.com>]
 On Behalf Of Rod Trent
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Join my network on LinkedIn

LinkedIn

Rod Trent requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn:

David,

I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

- Rod Trent

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RE: Join my network on LinkedIn

[Mike Hoffman]

We got a CV in an email a few days ago and before I had even looked at the name 
a picture appeared - of the back of a bald head with a Smiley drawn on it. I 
guess that's how not to make a first impression.

Has anyone noticed the face that appears on every email from this group? 
Interesting viral marketing idea that!!

Mike

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 10 August 2010 14:56
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Join my network on LinkedIn

I think it was Facebook too.
On 10 August 2010 14:53, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle 
mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com>> wrote:
Like someone else said, at least it wasn't Facebook!

It is interesting to see how we're connected, though. 3rd level (of which I'm 
sure probably most of us fall into if we don't know each other directly), and 
groups that we share.

Smaller world than we sometimes realize...


Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
jra...@eaglemds.com
www.eaglemds.com


From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Join my network on LinkedIn

Sorry folks...not sure what happened there...  definitely not intentioned.  
Crazy Outlook social media add-in.

From: 
messages-nore...@bounce.linkedin.com
 
[mailto:messages-nore...@bounce.linkedin.com]
 On Behalf Of Rod Trent
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Join my network on LinkedIn

LinkedIn

Rod Trent requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn:

David,

I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

- Rod Trent

Accept

View invitation from Rod 
Trent





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RE: Guilty, will change after reading this.

[Mike Hoffman]

We replaced a UPS for a client where the old unit was used on a ship. Due to 
the fact the unit was not suitable it failed and left a diver at the bottom of 
the sea - they had to resort to tugging on ropes to get the guy back! They also 
had the most important bit of equipment plugged into the surge-only socket. In 
the UK it is a bit easier to control as power tools tend to have 3-pin plugs 
while UPS units have the IEC plugs and sockets 

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] 
Sent: 03 August 2010 19:17
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Guilty, will change after reading this.

We actually had a cabling contractor come in one time that plugged a fiber 
termination heater into a UPS that powered the main switch for a large 4 story 
multi-tenant building. Fortunately it didn't cause any damage - all it did was 
overload the UPS and consequently the switch lost power. Needless to say, I was 
not happy, as practically every tenant in the building at the time needed 
hospital connectivity, which was fed through the switch that he took down.

Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
jra...@eaglemds.com
www.eaglemds.com


-Original Message-
From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Guilty, will change after reading this.

I would.  Even if something like that is a 'no no', I can imagine it would 
disturb APC to no end that it happened without the unit shutting itself off at 
all.

The closest I had was when I very forcefully explained to the electrician that 
he could NOT plug his drill into my UPS and he could get a damn extension cord 
as there were no other outlets available in the server room.  We had dedicated 
plugs to the UPS and a few non-UPS outlets in the toom but they were all in 
use.  He was not our regular guy.

Steven



On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:49 AM,   wrote:
>
> No...  I was the one who had to console the poor student (giving the 
> melted mass time to cool down) and then contact APC.
>
> You'd not believe it, but APC actually wanted to look at the unit to 
> see why the breaker did not trip.  They actually replaced it with a new one!
>
> Joseph Heaton  wrote on 08/03/2010 12:17:37 PM:
>
>> Personal mishap, Richard?
>>
>> >>>  8/3/2010 10:06 AM >>>
>> Don't plug space heaters into them, either!
>>
>> David Lum  wrote on 08/03/2010 12:01:04 PM:
>>
>> > - do not plug surge protectors into a UPS. If they UPS runs on 
>> > batteries it will usually generate a step sine wave which may 
>> > destroy surge protectors (in particular tricky to find power strips 
>> > without surge protector)
>> >
>> > http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9319
>> >
>> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
>> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
>> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 
>>   ~
>>
>>
>>
>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 
>>   ~
>>
>
>
>
>

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RE: Where's my disk space gone ?

[Mike Hoffman]

When you run your tool of choice to see the disk space is it running as 
administrator? If you use something like defraggler it will show all the space 
and whatever is eating the space will be fragmenting as it grows. It's not 
unusual for an SBS box in this situation to have 50GB+ of IIS log files for all 
WSUS activity.

See: 
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/01/11/watch-that-wsus-administrator-log-file-location.aspx
 for a detailed run through.

Mike

From: James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au]
Sent: 30 June 2010 22:37
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Where's my disk space gone ?

Sounds like you have some large files in areas that you don't have permission 
to.  This is not that unusual in 2008.

Some of the areas to check:-


* Problem Reports.  Those things can be huge.  Open "Problem Reports 
and Solutions" and then click on "Clear solution and problem history".

* Recycle Bins (have any folder redirection going on?  Users deleted 
large files sitting in their recycle bins on the server).  Turn on viewing of 
protected operating system files and have a browse around.

* IIS Logs  c:\inetpub\logs\logfiles\ then check each folder in there.  
If you haven't browsed into those folders and clicked on the security prompts 
to get permission to view the contents then a folder size query WON'T show the 
actual size of the folder/s.

* C:\windows\temp

Another option is to use the File Server Resource Manager and run some reports 
on large files etc.  That will show up anything no matter what permissions are 
set.



From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com]
Sent: Thursday, 1 July 2010 6:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Where's my disk space gone ?

Hi,

I have a Windows 2008 server with a 100GB C partition. It has 8GB free, meaning 
92GB is in use. However every disk space tool I use shows that only 34GB of 
data is on the drive. I've tried clearing the shadow copies and that freed a 
few GB.

Any idea where the other 60'ish GB may be lurking ?

Olly



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RE: 4th Tuesday

[Mike Hoffman]

We had an SBS box which died after patching this month. Dell PE2800, perc 
controller, failed to reboot. Had to do the usual install sbs, patch to SP2, 
restore backups, fix exchange, test a single patch watch it crash again, 
install sbs, install sp2, restore backups, fix exchange, watch MS PSS overwrite 
all emails received during the outage, spend 2 hours trying to get those emails 
back, inform client that only a few emails have been lost, wait a week, try 
again, watch as machine fails to reboot, come in on Sunday, reinstall sbs, 
patch to sp2, restore backups, fix corrupt driver, reboot, watch it fail to 
restart, reinstall sbs, install sp2, restore backup, everything fine except all 
networking services on server have stopped, escalate to PSS, watch them scratch 
their heads, refuse to let them reboot, take full images of system, reboot, 
machine now works and it's Monday afternoon, get some sleep, Microsoft release 
some more patches.

Do you think I should install them on this server?

Mike

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: 24 June 2010 15:46
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 4th Tuesday

Some SBS people are reporting issues. Those are the only ones I've seen so far.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 4th Tuesday

I've installed it on several test systems and my desktops/laptops, and I 
haven't seen any issues.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Stefan Jafs 
mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com>> wrote:
And how about the .NET v4, did anyone install yet? Anything to worry about will 
it break something?

Stefan
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
"Most of our readers will recognize that the 4th Tuesday of the month is when 
Microsoft usually releases non-security updates"
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9061

Uh no, not until todayplease tell me I'm not the only one who didn't know...
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764







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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Shared spreadsheet freezes

[Mike Hoffman]

Access would work fine if you get the record locking right. If it is just a 
single large table then you could simply export it into SharePoint and then it 
handles the record locking. We have a lot of clients using SharePoint for 
shared phone call logs and job allocation. 

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 23 June 2010 20:43
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Shared spreadsheet freezes

Access is the debbil - I recommend against it.

Don't know sharepoint, so can't say.

I suggest an IIS front end to SQL Express, or something similar.

Kurt

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:34, Cameron Cooper  wrote:
> We have a research dept. that uses an Excel spreadsheet to enter in 
> which orders are assigned to different researchers.  Currently the 
> spreadsheet is shared between 6 people (which all have it open and 
> make changes to it throughout the day) and is stored on a network 
> drive.  The issue is throughout the day the spreadsheet grows in file 
> size, which in turn causes it to freeze or crash.
>
>
>
> Without using google apps or office apps online, is there another 
> method that we can use (ie Access, sharepoint)?
>
>
>
> _
>
> Cameron Cooper
>
> Network Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
>
> Aurico Reports, Inc
>
> Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
>
> ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com
>
>
>
>
>
>

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  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Google and stupid background pictures

[Mike Hoffman]

It would be an interesting advert for Google with  a screen full of NSFW and 
their search results in the middle :)

I'd also like to see a really good picture of the Microsoft sign as a 
background. Is it too much if you put a streaming movie as a background (hmmm, 
dreamscene anyone?) How would a live feed at full HD of the football look?

Mike

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
Sent: 11 June 2010 01:20
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Google and stupid background pictures

I am sure your backgrouds would be well received by males but what about the 
females I doubt they would want to look...then again you could mix it up a bit.

Jon
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Jacob 
mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com>> wrote:
I got plenty of ideas for a background for Google.  Hmm :P

From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:15 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Google and stupid background pictures

I stuck one of my Olympic torch Picasa pictures as my background and I think it 
looks pretty cool.
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:12 PM, MarvinC 
mailto:marv...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Always odd to hear the very people who should be pushing for change complain 
when they're presented. If no one thought to deploy or implement new strategies 
things would stay the same. Hint this stale white background. Other than the 
complacent minded, who wants that? Why not add some variety and creativity to 
the search process? The beauty is having the ability to change the background 
to one of your liking. The kewl thing is that 10 - 16 year old kids who use 
Google more than Bing for searches are excited by the changes. So I hope Google 
keeps this feature and continue to build on it. The rest of us "old cranky" 
techheads should chill out.



On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr 
mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>> wrote:
LOL!

--
ME2

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Ben Scott 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
The last part might as well read, "After getting complaints from
approximately the entire planet, we realized we had screwed the pooch
big time".

























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RE: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

[Mike Hoffman]

Terry

Thanks for the link - I think I spent Saturday Morning on that page!! It did 
look like a font issue.

Thanks

Mike

From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us]
Sent: 09 June 2010 14:44
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

Here is a page that will explain some of it for you.

http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/links/hp_pcl_codes.htm

From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

Just out of interest we've spent the last week playing with  codes on a 
printer. We have a client running a vet practice using a dos based invoicing 
system. He is now unable to get dot-matrix printers to work so we put in an HP 
LJ1200, but the page width is too wide.

I know that putting the codes in a .txt file and then piping that to the 
printer in the autoexec will set the printer for the session, but I'm going 
round in circles.

Does anyone here know if this sounds like a font, line size, cpi, or other 
issue with a single  command to sort it?

I really had thought I'd seen my last dos box ever!!

Mike

From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk]
Sent: 09 June 2010 14:02
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

I'm still trying to get a printout of the PCL font list!

andrew
On 9 June 2010 21:59, Ben Scott 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
>>   http://www.upart.biz/
>
> Doesn't load now, but I can only assume an open HP printer config page?
 Yup.

 I think the printer may have crashed due to all the people on this
list trying to load the management UI.  :-)

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~



--
Kind regards,

Andrew Levicki
MCITP:EDST7/EMA/EA,MCSE,MCSA,MCP,CCNA,ITIL













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RE: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

[Mike Hoffman]

I wish!! The machine is Dos6 not a session. I was planning on virtualising it 
at some point, but I've not got round to it.

Mike

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: 09 June 2010 15:33
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

Have you tried using the NET USE command to capture the LPT output to the 
installed matrix printer within the DOS session?

Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security
'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

Just out of interest we've spent the last week playing with  codes on a 
printer. We have a client running a vet practice using a dos based invoicing 
system. He is now unable to get dot-matrix printers to work so we put in an HP 
LJ1200, but the page width is too wide.

I know that putting the codes in a .txt file and then piping that to the 
printer in the autoexec will set the printer for the session, but I'm going 
round in circles.

Does anyone here know if this sounds like a font, line size, cpi, or other 
issue with a single  command to sort it?

I really had thought I'd seen my last dos box ever!!

Mike

From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk]
Sent: 09 June 2010 14:02
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

I'm still trying to get a printout of the PCL font list!

andrew
On 9 June 2010 21:59, Ben Scott 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
>>   http://www.upart.biz/
>
> Doesn't load now, but I can only assume an open HP printer config page?
 Yup.

 I think the printer may have crashed due to all the people on this
list trying to load the management UI.  :-)

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~



--
Kind regards,

Andrew Levicki
MCITP:EDST7/EMA/EA,MCSE,MCSA,MCP,CCNA,ITIL













~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

[Mike Hoffman]

Just out of interest we've spent the last week playing with  codes on a 
printer. We have a client running a vet practice using a dos based invoicing 
system. He is now unable to get dot-matrix printers to work so we put in an HP 
LJ1200, but the page width is too wide.

I know that putting the codes in a .txt file and then piping that to the 
printer in the autoexec will set the printer for the session, but I'm going 
round in circles.

Does anyone here know if this sounds like a font, line size, cpi, or other 
issue with a single  command to sort it?

I really had thought I'd seen my last dos box ever!!

Mike

From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk]
Sent: 09 June 2010 14:02
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [HUMOR] Someone misconfigured something somewhere, I think

I'm still trying to get a printout of the PCL font list!

andrew
On 9 June 2010 21:59, Ben Scott 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
>>   http://www.upart.biz/
>
> Doesn't load now, but I can only assume an open HP printer config page?
 Yup.

 I think the printer may have crashed due to all the people on this
list trying to load the management UI.  :-)

-- Ben

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Kind regards,

Andrew Levicki
MCITP:EDST7/EMA/EA,MCSE,MCSA,MCP,CCNA,ITIL





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RE: Win 7 Licensing.

[Mike Hoffman]

When you buy a machine with a base OEM Windows 7 Pro on it you can add Software 
Assurance to it and then then becomes W7 Enterprise. You then have full 
downgrade rights, reimaging rights, transfer rights etc. for the upgraded 
license. Cost depends on what sort of agreements you have in place, or you can 
open a new contract.

The CAL is for access to a server, and the assumption here is that if you are 
replacing the client machine then the existing CAL is still valid. If you are 
upgrading the server at the same time then you might need to upgrade the CALs.

As you are a School then you might have license agreements school/campus in 
place already. If not then you can speak to a reseller. We've sold a few school 
agreements in the UK :)

Mike

From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: 02 June 2010 15:15
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Win 7 Licensing.

Or at least one of the correct answers.  Microsoft has attained legendary 
status for even their own reps not really understanding their own licensing.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Joseph Heaton 
mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov>> wrote:
The best way to make sure you have the bases covered is to speak with a 
Microsoft licensing vendor.  They're the ones that do licensing all day, every 
day, and will have the absolute correct answer for you.  At least that's how 
it's supposed to work.

>>> "Kennedy, Jim" 
>>> mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org>> 
>>> 6/2/2010 4:51 AM >>>
Bear with me, I am a desktop licensing noob. We always had a bazillion XP 
volume licenses and CAL's here so we didn't have to pay much attention to that.



You used to be able to convert XP OEM licenses to Volume for a small fee, can 
you still do that with Win 7?



You still need a desktop license and a CAL correct?



I think I have this all figured out but I wanted to double check my logic.
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RE: XP Box inaccessible

[Mike Hoffman]

We've seen a number of machines with McAfee on them where the update killed 
them and that was not the only issue, it was the userint.exe (as Tammy 
suggested). Our solution was to use Autoruns on a WinPE disk and remove the 
virus entries sitting in the key. 

If you could get someone else trusted to boot into the recovery console then 
they could change the registry manually.

Would the "Suit" allow for a more technical user to follow a precise set of 
instructions on your behalf? E.g. insert XP Cd, turn on desktop, open recovery 
console, read registry line, fix, reboot?

Mike

-Original Message-
From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 14 May 2010 13:14
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: XP Box inaccessible

Thanks Tammy; most of my attempts at remote access were fruitless.
Besides breaking the login process, the code *seems* to have disabled all 
access vectors that I know of, with the exception of IPC$ (with null 
credentials only) via which I have made a connect/disconnect but nothing more 
and was hoping that some bright spark knew of an attack via this route.
It does appear to parse the initial login credentials correctly (and probably 
stores them). Have nmap scanned aggressively and shown ports 139 & 445 open, 
hence the partial netbios access as above.

The suit using this PC won't allow anyone else other than myself within
50 paces but was able to defer the requirement for the important docs on the 
system's desktop [say goodbye to his write access to /desktop :-) ], so I have 
a weekend reprieve (and more time to hack it).

--
Peter van Houten

On the 14 May, 2010 04:10, Tammy wrote the following:
> Can you access the machine's registry from a machine on the network 
> using remote registry? It has worked for me a few times. (assuming 
> userinit.exe exists&  is intact)
>
> Worth a look to see if the userinit value in registry is hosed.
>
> Key: BrokenMachine\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> Normally the value for userinit is c:\windows\system32\userinit.exe,
>
> Fix the value, disconnect registry&  reboot the box.
>
> Just in case they have windows installed to a different 
> directory/drive etc though might want to check here first:
>
> Brokenmachine\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Sess
> ion
> Manager\Environment
>
> Regards,
>
> Tammy Stewart (coppertop)

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RE: kaseya + IT Systems Management Software +

[Mike Hoffman]

CentraStage does not as yet do a backup plugin or anything other than 
monitoring of the AV state on the machine natively.

You can monitor backup processes so that when an event appears in a log file 
then an email alert is triggered. I know there is a May update with better 
monitoring/alert features in testing at the moment. So any well behaved backup 
process will be fine. We get alerts when users forget to put the tape in a 
server, or swap to an uninitialized hard drive. 

What does make it attractive is the price and the fact you can get a full 
unlimited 10 user license for free just by signing up. Price is UK £1 per agent 
per month. 

Also the scripting is non-proprietary. Kaseya has a lot of really good scripts, 
but they only work with Kaseya, and I'm sure it's the same for the other RMM 
packages. With CS you can simply bundle files, actions and results info into a 
component and then use any scripting language you want. So if you have a 
preferred AV or patching solution you use in-house then you can simply roll it 
out to a client using the scripts we all 'acquire' from a bit of googling a 
speaking to people here. 

 We have a number of providers coming to a user group meeting later this month: 
LabTech, N-Able, CentraStage, (Kaseya cancelled as the K2 launch is not there 
yet), as each product has different strengths and weaknesses.

Mike

-Original Message-
From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com] 
Sent: 01 May 2010 22:35
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: kaseya + IT Systems Management Software +

Does center stage allow one to plug acronis and vipre? Deal with patches?

On 5/1/10, Mike Hoffman  wrote:
> We've used Kaseya for a number of years and they are about to launch a 
> K2 upgrade. We went down the hosted model paying a per agent per month 
> fee, without the hassles of on-premesis. It does look like the new 
> version will ONLY be hosted via Kaseya themselves.
>
> It is good at patching Microsoft, but other products are needed for 
> other products. The advantage of the old model of hosted was that the 
> hosting company could plug in their choice of AV/backup. We used 
> acronis and had a choice of AVG or Kaspersky.
>
> Auditing and remote connections are good, but better in K2.
>
> The uncertainty over the K2 upgrade has caused us to look at other 
> products and we are now moving all non-servers to centrastage.
>
> Mike
>
> 
> From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com]
> Sent: 01 May 2010 19:59
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: kaseya + IT Systems Management Software +
>
> Get a demo license.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com
>
> From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 1:55 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: kaseya + IT Systems Management Software +
>
> Any used Kaseya.
> How is it?
> Can it be used for consulting IT company, that has 10 companies they manage.
> How well is patch management?
> What does it use for backups?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Justin
> IT-TECH
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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--
Justin
IT-TECH

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