RE: Small server

[Phillip Partipilo]

Im definitely late to this thread, but I could not resist chiming in and saying 
7200.11



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From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Small server

Sounds like a bad batch of drives, which could happen with any drive 
type/vendor.
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Michael B. Smith 
mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote:
I'm surely not very happy with SATA right now. I got in two R300's with 
loads-o-disk as DPM2010 servers for a client last week and I've already had 4 
SATA drives die. WTF?!?! Makes me want to return the whole thing...

Regards,

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

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com<mailto:egold...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:19 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Small server

curious, why do you shun SATA ?
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:14 AM, James Kerr 
mailto:cluster...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Kind of important software. I would make sure the server was hardware RAID1 
with 2 hot swap SAS drives NOT SATA at a minimum just for the redundancy. No 
software RAID. Whats wrong with SCSI?

James


- Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" 
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To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
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Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: Small server



Sorry. I guess I should have specified this is for Kronos Time Keeper
Central.

Server hardware requirements are very basic. It has to be capable of running
Windows 2000. It's not a very resource-intensive software. It's got a small
DB and has to be capable of allowing multiple people to access it over the
network (via "client" software loaded on their machine) The machine that's
currently running the time and attendance software is a P4 2.8Ghz with 2 Gig
of RAM running Windows 2000. My main problem is that it's running off a
single HDD, and a SCSI drive at that.
Cut/paste from the system requirements document:
750 Mhz+ 1 Gigabyte NT4 , 2000 Server 2003 Server 1 Gigabyte
Free disk space.

As you can see it's very basic requirements. TKC has not been updated in a
LONG time and probably won't be updated ever again. I spoke with a support
engineer, and he said that he's seen it running on Windows XP, but that's
not supported, as XP is not a "server" O/S, which is required for multiple
clients accessing the machine at one time.

Thanks... Hope this answers your questions WRT system requirements.

From: Steven M. Caesare 
[mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:59 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Small server


Once again you give us absolutely no app requirements.

Therefore the answer is: maybe.

-sc
From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>]

Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 9:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Small server

I am looking at getting a small server running Windows Server 2003, so I can
have my time and attendance running on a supported O/S. Looking at Dell's
Premier site, the least expensive option only offers a Software RAID5,
unless I'm mis-reading the options. Would you guys rather have a Hardware
RAID0 / RAID1 or a software RAID5?

Any other options I should be looking at for a small server? We're primarily
a Dell shop here, but I can look at others, including "white box" servers,
so long as I can get some sort of warranty / hardware support on it.

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RE: Spam appliances/services

[Phillip Partipilo]

Currently everybody but myself here has their email being filtered by a hosted 
antispam service at onlymyemail.com.  We've been using them for several years 
now.  Spam has dropped to literally zero.  False positives are very few and far 
between.  You get a daily email with what has been blocked, and you can fetch 
such a report on-demand at any time.
However, I have opened the floodgates to my own email address (yes I am a 
glutton for punishment) so I can test the anti-spam gateway in our Watchguard 
Firebox UTM appliance, and so far, its spam filter has been dead on accurate as 
well, so we may be looking to abandon the hosted anti-spam service.


Phillip Partipilo
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Jupiter, Florida
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From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Spam appliances/services

Folks,

I'm in the market to replace my current spam filter.  Google Message Security 
looks pretty good as a service, although it's pricing for us.  I've heard good 
things about Barracuda SPAM and Virus filter, as well as M+ from Messaging 
Architects.  Sorry Sunbelt, we don't run Exchange so your product is out.

Anyone have any comments on those products and have any to add?  I would for 
the most part like something to be configured and not to have to constantly 
tweak it.  Also users need to be able to see what's blocked and unblock a 
message if they want.

Thanks,
Tom


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RE: OT : favorite Android Apps

[Phillip Partipilo]

There are several fart soundboards.  My nephew seems to think they are the best 
apps available.


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From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 8:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT : favorite Android Apps

I recently upgraded to the HTC EVO with Android 2.2 ...  Android is still  a 
bit new to me, but since there are some folks on here who have opinions I 
respect, I thought I'd ask ;

What are your favorite Android apps, and why ?

Thanks in advance,
Erik

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RE: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already)

[Phillip Partipilo]

That is kind of the nature of our business, you can never say you know 
everything because the instant you think that, somebody is going to throw you a 
curve ball. (oh heck, they throw them regardless)


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From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 7:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Kick Ass Sysadmin (was RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has 
affected PGP already)

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 website "looking for someone who is kick ass at finding 
technical solutions...". Being an informalish kind of guy, I was tempted to 
apply just based on that kind of verbiage.

Still like %dayjob% enough to not apply though...

Dave

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already

I'm using that on my next technical evaluation summary.

-sc

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 12:39 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already

The product itself is the bombdiggity, I am hoping beyond hope this slow 
support is an anomaly.

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already

Of course. It's because we had planned on using it...

-sc

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:50 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: It appears that the Symantec Virus has affected PGP already

We demoed PGP full disk encryption very early this year and in April ponied up 
for the licenses. Up to that point PGP support was fine - not spectacular, but 
good enough and quite consistent.

Full rollout (260 systems) started last week, and I've had very little success 
with the responses from tech support requests this month.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
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RE: My whole network went down!

[Phillip Partipilo]

I have had pretty poor success with 3com switches in the past as well, fwiw.


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From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: My whole network went down!

Oh, no no no...  I mean I havent trusted 3Com since!

--
ME2

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Webster 
mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Is the "they've" in your last sentence referring to Cisco switches or 3Com 
NICs?  It looks like you are saying that Cisco switches have never seemed 
trustworthy to ME2 since (whatever).


Webster

From: Micheal Espinola Jr 
[mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com<mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>]
Subject: Re: My whole network went down!

I put the kibosh on 3Com some 15 years ago when they had NIC connectivity 
issues with Cisco switches.  They've never seemed trustworthy to me since.

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RE: My whole network went down!

[Phillip Partipilo]

Quite some time ago I had some HP 4000M switches that, after a few months of 
uptime, would suddenly just start dropping ports.  A firmware update eventually 
fixed that issue.


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From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: My whole network went down!

So anyway, we lost all connectivity around noon at our main office. After some 
various checks on the servers, I try to ping some of them from my workstation 
and every so often I get a reply but mostly its timing out. I go to our wire 
closet and shut off the UPS that all our switches are on, bring them back up 
and low and behold everything is working again. Anyone have any idea what one 
of these switches was doing to bring the network to its knees? If it happens 
again I will restart them individually to see which one caused the drama. 
Network was down for 45 minutes, not happy.

James

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RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

[Phillip Partipilo]

I am reminded of a failed business model that was somewhat akin to this 
"unlocking some hardware that you purchased".


Divx.




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From: Jeff Steward [mailto:jstew...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:01 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

I am not an independent contractor/consultant and this makes sense to me.  Of 
course, I also have 20+ years of manufacturing experience so that may color my 
attitude.

You are given a choice of buying X performance now with the OPTION to buy Y 
performance increase for an incremental cost IF you so desire.  How this is 
perceived as being a Bad Thing (tm) is beyond me.  There is a value for 
performance and you get to decide where you want to play on the 
price/performance curve.

If you want to hack the chip/mobo and turn on the extra performance and perhaps 
risk some nebulous legal consequence or the very real "We (the manufacturer) 
won't support that system" consequence, then go for it.

As others have already stated, setting up and operating a single fabrication 
run makes a great deal of sense from a manufacturing standpoint and this is 
where the bulk of the cost (after R&D) lies.  Intel and/or AMD will need to 
recoup those costs and you know that high performance will always cost more.  
Overall, reduced manufacturing costs will lead to lower consumer costs provided 
we have competition in the market.

Furthermore, as I noted in an earlier message, for some use cases being able to 
add performance by writing a check and flipping a proverbial switch without 
popping a box out of the rack has a great deal of appeal.  Convincing *my* CFO 
to write a check for X dollars is much easier than getting him to write a check 
for 10X dollars, and I'll bet I'm not alone there.

Of course, none of you have ever bought a server that was massively overkill 
for your current needs "just in case" you needed more performance down the 
road, right?  Imagine a world where you could buy computing resources on demand 
and pay as we go?  Oh wait

-Jeff Steward
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Phillip Partipilo 
mailto:p...@psnet.com>> wrote:
Call me out on this one if I am totally off my rocker, but why does it seem 
that all the folks in this particular "debate" who are pro this concept of 
artificial limitations seem to be independent contractors/consultants?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
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-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare 
[mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

It seems that's an advertising issue as opposed to a technical or "am I being 
robbed" issue.

Given Intel's prowess in the market, I suspect if there's money to be made with 
this model, they'll ensure it's effectively marketed.

Do you know the "Intel Inside" campaign? Can you see the logo in your mind? Can 
you recognize the "Intel chimes" even if you don't see the commercial?

I should think "Intel Inside PLUS!" shouldn't be too difficult.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: John Aldrich 
> [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
>
> Here's something I thought of... Sure you'll be able to buy an "unlock"
> code, but will the end-user realize that they are getting the same physical
> hardware as someone who pays more and know that they can unlock better
> performance? Thinking about the folks who go into Best Buy or WalMart to
> buy a new computer (this appears to be the market that this new "feature" is
> aimed at.) My thought is that they're going to buy whatever is on the shelf
> and not realize that they just need to buy an "upgrade"/unlock code to
> enable better performance.
>
> How is that going to help the end-user?
>
>
>
> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:12 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
>
> I disagree that the costs are being subsidized at the low end.  It costs less
> overall to manage the product as a single unit with  unlockable features than
> a two separate products with hard coded features.
> And since the primary competitor has still not embraced that model, it is 
> still
&g

RE: Basic hard drive config question, probably.

[Phillip Partipilo]

Ya I know, just saying... Not a thing specific to Dell :)


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From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Basic hard drive config question, probably.


Yeah, but that makes sense, they are ARRAY controllers, not disk controllers.
Erik Goldoff
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Systems, Networks, & Security
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From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Basic hard drive config question, probably.

HP's Smartarray cards won't present a pre-existing physical drive to Windows 
without creating a logical volume, either. (which conveniently obliterates any 
data on it)


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From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Basic hard drive config question, probably.

+1
Sounds like what I used to do, the PERC cannot present physical drives to the 
Windows drive manager
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RE: Basic hard drive config question, probably.

[Phillip Partipilo]

HP's Smartarray cards won't present a pre-existing physical drive to Windows 
without creating a logical volume, either. (which conveniently obliterates any 
data on it)


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From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Basic hard drive config question, probably.

+1
Sounds like what I used to do, the PERC cannot present physical drives to the 
Windows drive manager
Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security
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From: Paul Adams [mailto:pad...@humanarc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Basic hard drive config question, probably.

If I remember the Perc controllers correctly you need to go into the Dell array 
manager and create a logical disk for the 1 drive (silly since it's not really 
an array) After that windows should be able to see it.  It's been a few years 
since I worked with the Perc cards though so YMMV.

Paul Adams
MCTS CCNA NAP

From: Paul Everett [mailto:evere...@leementalhealth.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Basic hard drive config question, probably.

I have an old Dell PowerEdge 2600 which is my Exchange Server.  It has a perc 4 
controller with 2 channels.  Channel 0 has two mirrored drives and channel 1 
has three RAID 5 drives.  There is an extra drive bay that I want to use as an 
independent drive (drive E:), but when I insert it it becomes an unknown drive 
on channel 0.  It does not show up in Windows Disk Management.
Is this something I can correct in the bios and if so, what do I need to change?

Thanks,
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RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

[Phillip Partipilo]

As a former Best Buy drone who was trained to sell parallel printer cables for 
$40, I resemble that remark.  Wait, what?



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

1) It's be great if you actually answered the question. I deliberately made is 
simple and singular in order to make a point.

2) Your analogies serve to contradict: an auto sales person will do everything 
in their power to upsell you options, particularly at the time of purchase. 
When you return for service, they try again ("Would you like the regular oil or 
the slick new Synthetic with the Incredion additive?"). What makes you think 
the same Best Buy sales droid that tries to push the $75 HDMI cables on the 
poor sap who just bought a flatscreen is at the same time going to fail to 
mention a CPU upgrade?

3) Your argument seems to have shifted from being indignant over "owning" 
hardware you haven't paid to activate to one of fearing that the upgrade 
capability won't be effectively communicated to end uses. Does this indicate a 
change in your previous thoughts on the matter?

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:59 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
>
> I'm thinking it's more like you go to the local GM dealership and they sell 
> you
> a Cadillac, and you drive out off the lot with one of those "Kiddy"
> Cadillacs and then the sales rep tells you, "Oh, for an additional $1500 you 
> can
> upgrade to a 'real' car." Based on who this seems to be marketed to (i.e.
> BestBuy Non-Geek users) I don't see the Best Buy sales associate saying "Oh,
> yeah... buy this, and it'll do great...and if you want more performance, I can
> sell you an 'upgrade' for $75." I think that most folks who go to the
> electronics store or Wal-Mart are going to say "heck, if this isn't the top 
> of the
> line, I don't want it." I think this model is going to end up backfiring and
> causing confusion.
>
> The info on the display model says "15 Ghz CPU" but it probably isn't going to
> say "For an additional $75 you can get 17 Ghz." That would be confusing to
> the end user, I think.
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:28 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
>
> How would you feel if the car lived up to it's performance specs disclosed at
> the time it was sold to you?
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:56 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your
> > CPU
> >
> > Ok... back to the automotive example... you buy a car that's got a
> governor
> > on it, limiting it to 45 mph. You want to be able to drive 65 Mph. The
> > car
> is
> > completely capable of going that speed. The manufacturer has been
> > selling the same *exact* car, without the governor for the same price
> > as they are asking you to pay now, only now you have to pay to remove the
> governor.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:34 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your
> > CPU
> >
> > Exactly!!!
> >
> > I'm not saying that there's no opportunity for abuse by the vendor,
> > but as stated, this change in production makes it easier for both me AND
> Intel.
> >
> > They get a more consist fabrication process where they can more easily
> > match price points with market demand for certain CPU capacity, and I
> > get
> to
> > purchase power I need today at a cost I like today AND be able to
> > increase
> it
> > relatively cost effectively later.
> >
> > ASB (My XeeSM Profile)
> > Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:29 PM,  wrote:
> >
> > Similarly, suppose you later wish to upgrade to 4 cores.  Which would
> > you
> >

RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

[Phillip Partipilo]

Call me out on this one if I am totally off my rocker, but why does it seem 
that all the folks in this particular "debate" who are pro this concept of 
artificial limitations seem to be independent contractors/consultants?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

It seems that's an advertising issue as opposed to a technical or "am I being 
robbed" issue.

Given Intel's prowess in the market, I suspect if there's money to be made with 
this model, they'll ensure it's effectively marketed.

Do you know the "Intel Inside" campaign? Can you see the logo in your mind? Can 
you recognize the "Intel chimes" even if you don't see the commercial?

I should think "Intel Inside PLUS!" shouldn't be too difficult.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:52 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
>
> Here's something I thought of... Sure you'll be able to buy an "unlock"
> code, but will the end-user realize that they are getting the same physical
> hardware as someone who pays more and know that they can unlock better
> performance? Thinking about the folks who go into Best Buy or WalMart to
> buy a new computer (this appears to be the market that this new "feature" is
> aimed at.) My thought is that they're going to buy whatever is on the shelf
> and not realize that they just need to buy an "upgrade"/unlock code to
> enable better performance.
>
> How is that going to help the end-user?
>
>
>
> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:12 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
>
> I disagree that the costs are being subsidized at the low end.  It costs less
> overall to manage the product as a single unit with  unlockable features than
> a two separate products with hard coded features.
> And since the primary competitor has still not embraced that model, it is 
> still
> possible for someone to compare the value of both the low end processor
> and the high one independently.  I'll very that both levels of consumer well
> get better pricing than before, even as Intel bags more profits.
> -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
> Sent from my Motorola Droid
> On Sep 21, 2010 6:00 PM, "Ben Scott"  wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Andrew S. Baker 
> wrote:
> >>> But another way to l...
>  That works as long as no one can offer a comparable but lower-priced
> product.  If your price is high because your costs are high (living, 
> education,
> experience, etc.), chances are good you'll have continued work -- potential
> competitors will likely have similar costs.  If your price is high while your 
> costs
> are low, that's another matter.  If competition moves in, your customer base
> is likely to defect en masse.
>  Even if you lower your prices to compete, you now have a reputation as
> having a high price/cost ratio.  Customers often dislike that, and express 
> their
> dislike with their wallets.
>
>  Since legislative action is part of the big picture (with the hardware 
> thing),
> popular opinion can matter for that reason, too.
>
> >> High price/cost ratios tend to yield unstable long-term  economic
> >>relationships, unless presti...
>  They're only better for the customers who buy the product with the lower
> price and get the lower intended performance.  The customers who pay for
> more performance get a worse deal.  Both parties get  the same physical
> material.  Both benefit from the same NRE.  But the high-end guys pay
> more.  They end up subsidizing the low-end guys.  Sometimes the high-end
> people don't mind, but sometimes they do.  When people propose taxing
> the rich to give to the poor, the rich tend to put up a pretty big stink, for
> example.
>
> > Frankly, I think that the hardware side of the house has suffered with
> > low margins as compared ...
>  I agree completely.  But weren't you just making a point about the scope of
> this discussion?  ;-)
>
> >>> I think you're arguing a narrower scope of issues than some other
> >>>people  are.
> >
> > Yes, I am...
>  Well, your choice, but don't be surprised

RE: My brain is getting old...

[Phillip Partipilo]

Yes, Pull a Peden!


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: My brain is getting old...



I've got it hooked up via a console cable to a server in the UK
office, so I'm in the box, and can provide current config if needed.

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RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

[Phillip Partipilo]

Lest we forget cable TV is a *service*.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

>>For me it comes down to purchased intent.  Did I buy the hardware with the 
>>features I wanted.  Yes.  Can it do more..  Doesn't matter.  If it can, great 
>>I can upgrade when I want..BUT I GOT what I paid for.

>>Give me hardware that can do it all, and turn off what I am not paying 
>>for..Anyone wish CABLE TV did this..  Sound me AN AMEN!!

Quoted for truth.


ASB

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:55 PM, 
mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net>> wrote:
For me it comes down to purchased intent.  Did I buy the hardware with the 
features I wanted.  Yes.  Can it do more..  Doesn't matter.  If it can, great I 
can upgrade when I want..BUT I GOT what I paid for.

Would you buy the computer that cost 2500.00 because it has 8 cores, and 8 gig 
ram or buy the exact same system hard locked to 4 core and 4 gig ram for 
1500.00.

Would you rather buy a second system for 2500.00 and be out the 1500 again when 
you need the upgrade?

I don't see a problem with the business logic of applying software based 
licensing to hardware as long as all of the features are disclosed before the 
purchase.  Especially if the application of such licenses lowers my cost to buy 
what I need and not more.  What REALLY ticks me off is when I have to buy a 
certain model to get an included feature, but I get 10 things I don't want..
Touring edition of a CAR for example.  I want the rear camera, but I have to 
pay 5k worth of upgrades for navi, in dash DVD, etc..because its all bundled.

Give me hardware that can do it all, and turn off what I am not paying 
for..Anyone wish CABLE TV did this..  Sound me AN AMEN!!

Whether it feels like you are being rubbed or not, is irrelevant.  Did you get 
what you paid for and just complaining that you didn't get something you didn't 
pay for free?

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


-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
All's I can say is that it *feels* different to me. Different type of
machinery. I guess we've gotten used to paying for license upgrades for new
features on routers and firewalls, where with servers and PCs, we've become
accustomed to buying hardware upgrades if we want newer, better, faster
machines.


From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com<mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 1:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
After doing a bunch of those physical upgrades I grew to really dislike
doing them.  I would have much preferred the software upgrade.  As for the
firewalls, how is that different?  The hardware will do more.  In the case
of the 5505 it was NOT a software upgrade.  It was a simple license code
install.  There was no disk or downloaded software to upgrade.

Jon
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:01 PM, John Aldrich 
mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>>
wrote:
I see your point WRT the routers/firewalls. That being said, that's a
SOFTWARE upgrade, not a hardware/firmware upgrade. I still bristle at the
idea of paying, essentially the same price for a "crippled" CPU that I paid
for a similar, non-crippled CPU.

As for the old Math Co-processors, I remember those days too. I killed a
Math Co-processor by not verifying how it was supposed to go in. But I guess
I'm of the opinion that I'd rather do a hardware upgrade myself, than buy an
"unlock" code. That feels, to me, like you're getting cheated and being
asked to pay for the something you already own.


From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com<mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU
Just to add a little here, maybe, but the Cisco firewalls currently work by
this subscription model.  You buy a 5505 and want more than one or two VPN's
live you have to "upgrade" the IOS with the Security Pak.  I would think
other firewall or router manufactures are doing the same to some degree.
Basic firewall service but for extra money you can "expand" the features
available.  The Linksys home routers/firewalls can be "upgraded" but not by
Cisco but by WW-DRT or something similar.  This is not a big change from
current busines

RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

[Phillip Partipilo]

Heh I bricked my iphone several times in my past history of jailbreaking.  In 
the event you happen to do that, you load up what they call "DFU" mode and you 
can regain sanity.  I doubt doing this sets any permanent flag in the OS that 
would invalidate any warranty, but I would be eager to hear if this is the case.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


-Original Message-
From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

If you applied a hack to your Windows 7 installation that allowed you to bypass 
some of the security controls (e.g. product activation), would you expect 
Microsoft to support it?  The ruling says, "It's your hardware, so you can do 
what you want with it."  Apple says, "If you modify the operating system, don't 
call us if you have problems with it."  As far as I know, there would be 
nothing to prevent you from restoring the factory iOS to your phone and 
contacting Apple for support if the problem persisted (was hardware related).  
If you bricked your iPhone trying to jailbreak it, then all bets are off.

-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

I wonder if it wouldn't be something similar to the recent ruling that a phone 
owner can legally "jail-break" their iPhone, but Apple can then refuse to 
support it???



From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

Typically, that involved the single issue of illegal possession of some 
physical item.

There's a whole area of new law that needs to be made on this area.  We're now 
in the situation where I legally own something, have legal physical possession, 
but you're retaining certain rights in relation to that item, and we've signed 
no agreement to that effect.  We have 3,400+ years of, if it's mine, I can do 
what I want with it, too.  We have case law to that effect.  Are we now putting 
EULAs on hardware?
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle  
wrote:
Isn't stealing illegal in most countries? IIRC, that concept goes all the way 
back to the days of Moses...about 3,400 years ago, give or take a century ;-)

Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
jra...@eaglemds.com
www.eaglemds.com


-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Ken Schaefer  wrote:
> You are getting what you paid for. And if you then decide you need
something better, you can unlock those features without having to replace your 
CPU.

 It wouldn't bother me so much except that you're actually getting the 
hardware, and then these companies inevitably try to enforce their business 
model through legislation which makes "unapproved activation"
illegal.

-- Ben

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RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

[Phillip Partipilo]

Yes, I use DynDNS as well. There are many others, but I use them mostly because 
IP updates are supported in DD-WRT firmware.  I pay for the service just so I 
don't need to re-up every month manually, its like 10 bucks a year, that's all 
of two drinks at the bar, no biggie.



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

Yep. I also use DynDNS, but only their free service. Really nice to be able
to remote into my machine at home, on a random DSL IP address. :-)


Thanks,
John Aldrich
IT Manager,
Blueridge Carpet
706-276-2001, Ext. 2233






From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:42 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

I use DynDNS, but not for that service.   Generally, I've been happy with
their overall service for over 7 years now.   Probably not a bad deal.

ASB (My XeeSM Profile)
Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Ralph Smith 
wrote:
Along these lines, does anyone have experience with or have an opinion on a
similar product from dyndns.com

http://www.dyndns.com/services/dynguide/

The premium service is only $20 per year, and they seem to use Barracuda for
their content and site blocking.  Not a lot of detail on their web site.



From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:40 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

OpenDNS also offers FamilyShield:  https://www.opendns.com/familyshield

Not quite a comprehensive as their standard product, but more security
features.  Of course, I expect ClearCloud to be better against more malware.

OpenDNS does block *some* malware sites, except in the BASIC service.  (I'm
subscribed to the $9.95/yr plan)

Anyway, I've put in a request for them to use external malware feeds and
allow purchasing/obtaining the malware function across all subscription
levels.

ASB (My XeeSM Profile)
Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Alex Eckelberry
 wrote:
OpenDNS is a Cadillac Escalade, ClearCloud DNS is a Porsche.

Ok, that's the hyperbole.  But it's apt.

I like OpenDNS.  I have used the service, and we are very good friends with
the principals over there.

But OpenDNS is a very sophisticated system that includes content filtering.
ClearCloud is just focused on malware sites.

OpenDNS does not block malware sites, instead requiring an additional fee:

https://www.opendns.com/start/

Users of both products who have been testing it indicate that they prefer
ClearCloud because:
-  It is very simple - just enter the IP number and go.  Unlike
OpenDNS, we don't care where you IP originated from (for configuration
management), so we don't have to worry about updating dynamic DNS, etc.
-  It's quite a bit faster.  OpenDNS does a lot of incredible
things, but these come at a performance cost.
OpenDNS is a company setup to make money on DNS. We aren't.  For us, the DNS
portion of ClearCloud is only one part of the equation.  ClearCloud is
actually the DNS infrastructure which will provide a major part of our
future cloud-services model.  So it pops off the work we're already doing.
That's not to say we won't try and figure out a way to make some money off
of it at some point (maybe by charging business a small fee for it at some
point in the future), but it's not our primary focus.

But simply: If you're not worried about content filtering (which has its
limitations anyway in DNS, since you can only block a domain, not a full
URL), then ClearCloud is better. If you want content filtering, use OpenDNS.


Alex


From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:24 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

OpenDNS provides similar benefits...

ASB (My XeeSM Profile)
Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM, John Hornbuckle
 wrote:
Trying it now. Love the concept-let's see if it helps.  :)



From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:58 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: #*&$&% "Security Tools" Malware

Btw, we update the malware URLs of these rogues right into ClearCloud.

Feel free to and the ClearCloud DNS server as a replacement to your existing
DNS:

http://clearclouddns.com/

It's still beta, but I think you'll find it works quite well.  And it's
free.


Alex



From: Alex Eckelberry [

RE: Biometric AD authentication

[Phillip Partipilo]

Biometric authentication has bigger problems than gummy bears... Did you see 
the retina scan in the movie Demolition Man?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:18 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Biometric AD authentication

I do understand that this is "relatively" easily fooled, but smart cards are 
not an option in this case (no built-in smart card reader).

'Regular' passwords are not going to cut it.   I'm looking for a combination of 
fingerprint and pin.

Jim

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 1:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Biometric AD authentication

Fingerprint as an auth method is passé. It's easily forged. I'm pretty sure 
Secunia published a study about that last year, finding that it didn't matter 
if your reader was $25 or $500 - they were easily "broken".

Smartcard plus PIN seems to be winning.

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
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From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:jholmg...@xlhealth.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Biometric AD authentication


Greetings,

I've been tasked with coming up with some solutions for biometric AD 
authentication.

Quick background:

We are in the healthcare field and will be providing tablet PCs to some of our 
practitioners.  We have been going around about how to provide authentication 
to these folks with minimal security compromises.  The tablets will be running 
Windows 7 Pro (Dell Latitude XT2's at the moment) locked down pretty tight, but 
to avoid the 'sticky note' password keeper on a very portable device that will 
contain PHI, we are looking at requiring login with a fingerprint and pin.

Any suggestions/recommendations from those that have been-there-done-that with 
Biometric AD auth would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim

Jim Holmgren

Manager of Server Engineering

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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RE: I hate peer-to peer so much... (was RE: Cant Browse workgroup)

[Phillip Partipilo]

Ugh, I feel your pain. I'm too busy, overworked, and underpaid, at %dayjob% 
where I am requested to handle duties at a very smalltime autoshop (trust me, 
not something I want to be doing), and its all P2P.  Sure I would love to 
deliver them a full domain environment, but these are gearheads that just want 
to be working on a car.  And I am too damn busy to implement that, let alone 
train them.   I keep the sh!t afloat with calibrated hosts files.  Ugly, sure, 
but I don't have the time to dick with it.  Oh forgot to mention this is a 
favor for a member of management.  I don't see an extra dollar for douching 
around at this joint.  It's enough to make me want to just walk out the door 
for good.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:25 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: I hate peer-to peer so much... (was RE: Cant Browse workgroup)

Not to hijack this thread - but I will - I just dropped the only client with a 
peer-to-peer network because the difference in managing 6 systems with no 
server is enough that I do not find it time-effective to figure out the "peer 
to peer" equivalents because none of my other clients nor %DAYJOB% require that 
skill. Have a server? Give me a call. Peer-to-peer? Call a skilled home user or 
some college dude.

I remember the first time I tried to clean a virus from XP Home OS - had never 
used that OS as I'd always seen the Pro versions "hey, how can I get to 
\\machine\c$"?  WTF?

Dave

From: Jeff Steward [mailto:jstew...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Cant Browse workgroup

His mess = your profit.  Having said that, I hate peer to peer networks.

-Jeff Steward
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:13 PM, James Kerr 
mailto:cluster...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ive been telling the guy forever to get a server for less then 2 grand, so at 
the very least he can centralize his data and back it up. Practically all his 
printers have Ethernet ports and could be managed by the server, login scripts 
for shares etc etc, the list goes on and I know I'm preaching the choir here 
just getting frustrated dealing with his mess.


- Original Message - From: "Ben Scott" 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:02 PM

Subject: Re: Cant Browse workgroup
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Jeff Steward 
mailto:jstew...@gmail.com>> wrote:
This thread brings back memories from the bad old days.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188305
"Remember that name resolution among all browsers is critical and that the
first thing to do is to establish a robust name resolution infrastructure
with WINS. A lot of time can be wasted trying to track down browser issues,
which are really caused by name resolution problems."

 He mentioned he can ping the other computers by name, which suggests
it probabbly isn't a name resolution issue.

 Also, AFAIK, you can't run a WINS server on Windows unless you have
one of the "Server" flavors of Windows, and he doesn't.  If he had a
Windows Server it would automatically get preferential treatment in
browser elections, so he prolly wouldn't be dealing with browser wars
in the first place.

 (Linux/Samba can also act as a WINS server.   You also get explict
control over all the NetBIOS name resolution and browse and election
parameters, which can come in handy.)

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RE: OT: RE: Probablems upgrading Vipre Home

[Phillip Partipilo]

TV usage has definitely changed a bit since I picked up an HDTivo 2ndhand from 
a buddy who switched to satellite.  I got the single-DVD Netflix just for 
streaming, and then theres PyTivo ;-)



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT: RE: Probablems upgrading Vipre Home

In my household, interestingly enough, the TV is actually back to GROWING again 
- because of NetFlix/Wii and some decent games on the Wii.

We've always tended to be eclectic in our TV viewing, and NetFlix is now 
supporting that...

Regards,

Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
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From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:29 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: RE: Probablems upgrading Vipre Home

You mean, the phone.

The TV has been on the backburner for a while, and now the computer is going 
pushed to the side...


ASB (My XeeSM Profile)<http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker>
Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Gasper, Rick 
mailto:rickgas...@kings.edu>> wrote:
You gotta love it when a couple emails each other. Can you feel the love?

Seriously,  does anyone else notice that the computer is replacing the TV as a 
primary entertainment device?

Rick Gasper
IT Security guy...

-Original Message-
From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov<mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov>]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT: RE: Probablems upgrading Vipre Home

We have 4 computers in our computer room, with the TV behind us on a shelf.

>>> John Aldrich 
>>> mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> 
>>> 8/31/2010 8:21 AM >>>
Sometimes we'll email each other.

Oh, Lord! That's too precious... sitting in the same room and you EMAIL each 
other??? J



We have two computers as well, but only one keyboard/mouse/monitor... and I'm 
running Fedora 13, while she's running XP Pro SP3. J



John-AldrichTile-Tools



From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com<mailto:rhw...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: RE: Probablems upgrading Vipre Home



We solved the issue by setting up two computer systems in the room with a small 
TV in the middle.  That way she can do her eBay stuff while I work and surf, 
and both of us sneak peaks at reruns of 'Forensic Files'
or 'AFV'.  Sometimes we'll email each other.

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RE: Password sharing policy

[Phillip Partipilo]

Err, I meant group.  Not OU.  Blech.  Is it 5 yet?  Heh.  I'm kinda glad its 
Friday but also not looking forward to how this meeting at the HOA is going to 
go.  Theyre ditching Comcast for ATT Uverse, which AFAIK will make my hdtivo 
totally useless.  Can't wait to grill them on that during this 
meeting/intervention/whatever.  It's a pisser.  AT&T is probably so desperate 
to stay relevant, with so many people ditching their landlines, they probably 
offered the HOA an offer they couldn't refuse.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:31 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Password sharing policy

There are a few passwords that need to be shared amongst office management 
staff here, such as, for example, passwords to log into UPS/Fedex/USPS to print 
shipping labels, logins to Newegg and Staples for office supplies, general 
things of that matter... And that is kept in a simple Excel spreadsheet that is 
only accessible to members of an office management OU.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Password sharing policy

Good morning list

I am interested in seeing any written "password sharing" policies you have in 
place.  It seems ours is written in Latin, since no one seems to understand it.

I am going to draft a new policy, but would like to see how others handle this 
and get opinions from the list on how "big of a deal" sharing passwords is in 
other businesses.  (Personally, I think it is a BIG deal)

Thanks,

BF







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RE: Password sharing policy

[Phillip Partipilo]

There are a few passwords that need to be shared amongst office management 
staff here, such as, for example, passwords to log into UPS/Fedex/USPS to print 
shipping labels, logins to Newegg and Staples for office supplies, general 
things of that matter... And that is kept in a simple Excel spreadsheet that is 
only accessible to members of an office management OU.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com]
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: Password sharing policy

Good morning list

I am interested in seeing any written "password sharing" policies you have in 
place.  It seems ours is written in Latin, since no one seems to understand it.

I am going to draft a new policy, but would like to see how others handle this 
and get opinions from the list on how "big of a deal" sharing passwords is in 
other businesses.  (Personally, I think it is a BIG deal)

Thanks,

BF







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RE: Windows 95.

[Phillip Partipilo]

Our NEC Electra voicemail system is DOS based.  Not a very large image either.  
The hard disk is 1.2gb, out of which maybe a hundred megabytes is used.

I have an image of it, but the bummer is that the mainboard is picky about hard 
disk size.  I procured a 8gb PATA SSD that I thought would work in its place.  
But the system won't boot that drive.  To make matters worse, the serial port 
seems jacked.  You can "sorta" see some of the POST text being spit out to the 
terminal, but its terribly noisy.  So no chance of getting into the BIOS to 
check drive type (it's so old it might not be using LBA for all I know)




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-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 10:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows 95.

Our voicemail system runs on OS/2. Fortunately, I have an image of the hard
drive, should it ever crash. Of course, if the Dialogic boards ever die,
we're up a creek. :-)




-Original Message-
From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows 95.

Our old phone system still runs on DOS. I've been sweating this for years...

-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:27 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Windows 95.

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Richard Stovall  wrote:
>> I still have one dinosaur running an app on W9x that won't run on
NT-or-newer.
>
> Can this be virtualized somehow or other, or are you scavenging eBay
> even now for parts?

  Until a few months ago, we had a measurement system in production that was
still running Win 3.x.  It had some custom interface card and software, the
origin of which had been lost in the mists of time.
Card was ISA; system didn't work under anything newer than 3.x.  Years ago I
saw what was coming and started squirreling away spare parts for that
system, as we retried old computers.  It got to the point where I had
literally replaced every single part (mobo, PSU, VGA, HDD) at least once due
to failures.

  Then a few months ago the interface board died.  I can't say I was sad.

  (We're now running a new system with new software and COTS hardware.)

-- Ben

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RE: Calendar for resources

[Phillip Partipilo]

I am also doing this with Exchange 2007 and its built-in autoaccept agent, 
however, whats rather annoying is that any emails sent to that resource get 
canned into the trash as well, not just the auto-accepted appointments.  Even 
though this is a resource, I have it set up as an email box as well, so 
employees can email details to, say, 
conferencero...@domain.local<mailto:conferencero...@domain.local> and pull up 
Outlook in Conference Room #1, and retrieve that email.  But it ends up in the 
trash.  No big deal, we just look in trash for the email, but its clunky.  
Anyone know a way around this?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:05 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Calendar for resources

We just use Exchange with the AutoAccept agent, people send them meeting 
requests and they reply automatically as appropriate.

I've seen various commercial offerings that seem to "glue" things together i.e. 
you want to book a meeting room but if you use Room X you need to ensure you 
book a projector but Room Y already has one etc. but they looked pretty 
expensive at a glance.

From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: 23 August 2010 17:03
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Calendar for resources

We are moving to a new building soon, and will have dozens of meeting rooms - 
do any of you have that many or more meeting rooms, and is so, do you use 
Exchange for managing their availability, SharePoint, or something different? 
Alternately, does anyone have an "it would be really cool if you did..." ideas?
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RE: Port 80 blocked?

[Phillip Partipilo]

Jeepers creepers, 14 OOOs.  Woodstock coming to town this weekend or something?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked?

There's a sale at Pennys!!!


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked?

Yes, they're white with a red stripe and look like a big Tylenol!!!

Shook
-Original Message-
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked?

Do you have any internal web servers where port 80 works properly for this 
workstation ?


Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security

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-Original Message-
From: David L Herrick [mailto:davidherr...@nincal.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked?

Using your example

I see connecting ...   flash by
Then a black screen - Unless I type in a command, then Invalid command - 
disconnecting



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RE: Port 80 blocked?

[Phillip Partipilo]

There's a sale at Pennys!!!


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked?

Yes, they're white with a red stripe and look like a big Tylenol!!!

Shook
-Original Message-
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked?

Do you have any internal web servers where port 80 works properly for this 
workstation ?


Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security

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-Original Message-
From: David L Herrick [mailto:davidherr...@nincal.com]
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Port 80 blocked?

Using your example

I see connecting ...   flash by
Then a black screen - Unless I type in a command, then Invalid command - 
disconnecting



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RE: Anyone move from MS Office to Google Docs?

[Phillip Partipilo]

I do some side consulting work for an auto shop who has moved email to Google 
Apps off of hosted Exchange.  7 workstations in the office.  The collaboration 
works a lot better (Hosted Exchange was flaky at best), and it looks like 
they're configured to have one master account that links to all the various 
other accounts (sales@, shipping@, parts@, service@, etc).  Still using MS 
Office for word, excel, powerpoint.  Maybe not the greatest example, as their 
product to the customer is an automobile and not a powerpoint :)  But great for 
email/customer contact.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 11:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Anyone move from MS Office to Google Docs?

Anyone move from MS Office to Google Docs?

I'm doing a WServerNews editorial about this.

Anyone made the jump, and how did this pan out?

Warm regards,

Stu


...





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RE: Possible Rogue device on the network

[Phillip Partipilo]

Can you track the MAC in the switches?  In our Procurves, it is in menu "1. 
Status and Counters" and then "5. Vlan Address Table" (YMMV)



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:foconn...@curamsoftware.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Possible Rogue device on the network

Still can't seem to find a way to track this device though...
I just can't seem to find where this Mac is originating from.

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: 27 July 2010 12:45
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Possible Rogue device on the network

These guys seem to think that MAC address is from a Dell device.

http://hwaddress.com/mac/000F1F-00.html


On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Terry Dickson 
mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us>> wrote:
I do not have notes on this, but if I remember correctly I have seen something 
like this once in the past.  The MAC is from a Wireless Connector so look for a 
laptop(probably) that is connected with Wired connection but still has wireless 
turned on.

From: Fergal O'Connell 
[foconn...@curamsoftware.com<mailto:foconn...@curamsoftware.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:34 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Possible Rogue device on the network
HI Folks,

We are having a sporadic network issue on our LAN which I am currently trouble 
shooting -
I ran a wire shark capture on one of the hosts that is affected and I want to 
know what the following is
I can't find  that Mac address on our network.
I checked the DHCP and I checked the arp table on all our switches and routers.
MAC - 00:0f:1f:30:26:e3 is assigned to WW PCBA Test
What I want to is find this device and turn off STP.

Any idea's?

[cid:image001.png@01CB2D7B.3E693260]



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setspn persistence

[Phillip Partipilo]

I'm decommissioning some servers, and to ease the transition, since we have 
some old code that is hardcoded with old server names, I'm going through the 
motions of setting up CNAME DNS records to point any queries to the old server 
to the new server, set up the key in 
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver for 
DisableStrictNameChecking to 0x1, set up the key in 
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa for DisableLoopBackCheck to 0x1, and 
then finally used the setspn tool to add SPNs to the new replacement server so 
it will happily accept and authenticate clients that are asking for resources 
and generating Kerberos tickets for the old server name.

Problem is that the setspn additions aren't holding as persistent... Every so 
often they just disappear...  During this transition I don't want to make this 
really ugly by having a scheduled task to run a batch file every minute to add 
these SPNs, so is there a way to force these entries as persistent?

I know this is a severe hack but I'm trying to make my job easy with this 
transition, I'm stretched pretty thin these days :-(



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



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RE: Windows SBS 2003 User right

[Phillip Partipilo]

If you don't have a ton of users (I have to support two blackberries (more and 
more people are going iPhone (which seems to support Exchange pretty damn 
well))), use BIS, it's free and it picks up mail from SBS/Exchange's OWA URL 
(Hosted service, at least with AT&T here). [1]


[1] Was that a run-on sentence?



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: justino garcia [mailto:jgarciaitl...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Windows SBS 2003 User right

So it is suggested not to run bes express on a sbs 2008?? Even if it can reduce 
cost?
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RE: Storage Question

[Phillip Partipilo]

Some guy threatened me with an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator if I 
didnt buy them off the back of his truck in an alley whose location I cannot 
disclose.


From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Storage Question

Where did you find those 500TB disks?  I've been looking around for large 
storage;-)
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Phillip Partipilo 
mailto:p...@psnet.com>> wrote:
I've got much more powerful boxes on the floor for that. Really wouldn't 
recommend a purpose-built server for hardcore grinding. Lately threw together a 
little experiment, an Asus server/workstation board with two xeon 5580 (?) 
chips at 6 cores apiece (you gotta hunt to get those cheap, Dell had 4 
different prices littered throughout their site). 48gb of ddr3, 5 500tb disks 
with a hardware raid0 (asus' proprietary "PIKE" card). I think whiteboxing that 
monster was under 5 k as well. Note the raid0 for speed. It's  a pure box. 
Upload your job, run it, and transfer the end result to your desk for posting.

Regards,

Phillip Partipilo
p...@psnet.com<mailto:p...@psnet.com><mailto:p...@psnet.com<mailto:p...@psnet.com>>


On Jul 19, 2010, at 9:28 PM, "Chyka, Robert" 
mailto:bch...@medaille.edu><mailto:bch...@medaille.edu<mailto:bch...@medaille.edu>>>
 wrote:

I am interested, yo upeaked my curiosity.  Yes I need a file dump, but the 
drafters and engineers will be working live on CAD drawings and rendering off 
of this box.  So need great disk speed, ram, and throughput.  Would you still 
recommend this?


From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com<mailto:p...@psnet.com>]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Storage Question

Pardon a bit long winded story of a recent upgrade here...

If you're just looking for a file dump... we're just about breached that level 
of CAD data,  and recently implemented a HP DL185 G5, Opteron version, its 2U, 
8 3.5" drive bays (optionally 10 with rear bays). A good selection of 
Smartarray RAID controllers to fit your needs (We went with the P410).  It was 
chosen because I read alot of reviews about that model making a good homebrew 
NAS.

Got a great deal on a half dozen Hitachi 2TB SATA disks on a Newegg 
Shellshocker deal, and bought blanks (had to get those on Ebay - get this, HP 
wont sell blank sleds). Loaded Server 2008 on it, and bam, relatively cheap NAS 
compared to commercial out-of-the-box options.  Already had one disk fail (not 
one of the Hitachis, one of the boot disks in a RAID1, a refurbed Seagate... 
geezh, you know how they always send you refurbs as warranty replacements).   
Anyway, it recovered gracefully.  It feels solid.

8TB of usable space, and I dont think we paid over $5k for it.  You could pay 
alot less - we loaded it with two quad-core Opterons and 16gb of RAM since it's 
destiny was being a SBS.

Think about if you used the two rear bay option for a RAID1 for the OS and then 
filled the whole front with 2 TB disks which are pretty cheap these days.  
RAID6 them for 10TB of storage and double redundancy.

Sure this might not be a screaming database server, but it sounds to me like 
you want a file dump, so that sorta thing would fit the bill.


From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu<mailto:bch...@medaille.edu>]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Storage Question

Hey Guys/Gals:

Quick question.  I am looking to replace an old storage server that holds about 
500 gig of cad files that 20 architect simultaneously work on drawings off of 
the current storage server (Dell 2850 with SAS Raid storage).

We have outgrown the storage space on this box and want to look for something 
in a terabyte range that is high performance BUT not something that will break 
the bank.  I am not familiar with the CAD space so any help would be 
appreciated.

Thanks.  Bob












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Re: Storage Question

[Phillip Partipilo]

Pure box = pure run box. Darn iPhone.

Regards,

Phillip Partipilo
p...@psnet.com


On Jul 19, 2010, at 10:45 PM, "Phillip Partipilo"  wrote:

> I've got much more powerful boxes on the floor for that. Really wouldn't 
> recommend a purpose-built server for hardcore grinding. Lately threw together 
> a little experiment, an Asus server/workstation board with two xeon 5580 (?) 
> chips at 6 cores apiece (you gotta hunt to get those cheap, Dell had 4 
> different prices littered throughout their site). 48gb of ddr3, 5 500tb disks 
> with a hardware raid0 (asus' proprietary "PIKE" card). I think whiteboxing 
> that monster was under 5 k as well. Note the raid0 for speed. It's  a pure 
> box. Upload your job, run it, and transfer the end result to your desk for 
> posting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phillip Partipilo
> p...@psnet.com<mailto:p...@psnet.com>
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2010, at 9:28 PM, "Chyka, Robert" 
> mailto:bch...@medaille.edu>> wrote:
>
> I am interested, yo upeaked my curiosity.  Yes I need a file dump, but the 
> drafters and engineers will be working live on CAD drawings and rendering off 
> of this box.  So need great disk speed, ram, and throughput.  Would you still 
> recommend this?
>
> 
> From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:16 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Storage Question
>
> Pardon a bit long winded story of a recent upgrade here...
>
> If you're just looking for a file dump... we're just about breached that 
> level of CAD data,  and recently implemented a HP DL185 G5, Opteron version, 
> its 2U, 8 3.5" drive bays (optionally 10 with rear bays). A good selection of 
> Smartarray RAID controllers to fit your needs (We went with the P410).  It 
> was chosen because I read alot of reviews about that model making a good 
> homebrew NAS.
>
> Got a great deal on a half dozen Hitachi 2TB SATA disks on a Newegg 
> Shellshocker deal, and bought blanks (had to get those on Ebay - get this, HP 
> wont sell blank sleds). Loaded Server 2008 on it, and bam, relatively cheap 
> NAS compared to commercial out-of-the-box options.  Already had one disk fail 
> (not one of the Hitachis, one of the boot disks in a RAID1, a refurbed 
> Seagate... geezh, you know how they always send you refurbs as warranty 
> replacements).   Anyway, it recovered gracefully.  It feels solid.
>
> 8TB of usable space, and I dont think we paid over $5k for it.  You could pay 
> alot less - we loaded it with two quad-core Opterons and 16gb of RAM since 
> it's destiny was being a SBS.
>
> Think about if you used the two rear bay option for a RAID1 for the OS and 
> then filled the whole front with 2 TB disks which are pretty cheap these 
> days.  RAID6 them for 10TB of storage and double redundancy.
>
> Sure this might not be a screaming database server, but it sounds to me like 
> you want a file dump, so that sorta thing would fit the bill.
>
> 
> From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:15 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Storage Question
>
> Hey Guys/Gals:
>
> Quick question.  I am looking to replace an old storage server that holds 
> about 500 gig of cad files that 20 architect simultaneously work on drawings 
> off of the current storage server (Dell 2850 with SAS Raid storage).
>
> We have outgrown the storage space on this box and want to look for something 
> in a terabyte range that is high performance BUT not something that will 
> break the bank.  I am not familiar with the CAD space so any help would be 
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks.  Bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Re: Storage Question

[Phillip Partipilo]

I've got much more powerful boxes on the floor for that. Really wouldn't 
recommend a purpose-built server for hardcore grinding. Lately threw together a 
little experiment, an Asus server/workstation board with two xeon 5580 (?) 
chips at 6 cores apiece (you gotta hunt to get those cheap, Dell had 4 
different prices littered throughout their site). 48gb of ddr3, 5 500tb disks 
with a hardware raid0 (asus' proprietary "PIKE" card). I think whiteboxing that 
monster was under 5 k as well. Note the raid0 for speed. It's  a pure box. 
Upload your job, run it, and transfer the end result to your desk for posting.

Regards,

Phillip Partipilo
p...@psnet.com<mailto:p...@psnet.com>


On Jul 19, 2010, at 9:28 PM, "Chyka, Robert" 
mailto:bch...@medaille.edu>> wrote:

I am interested, yo upeaked my curiosity.  Yes I need a file dump, but the 
drafters and engineers will be working live on CAD drawings and rendering off 
of this box.  So need great disk speed, ram, and throughput.  Would you still 
recommend this?


From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 9:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Storage Question

Pardon a bit long winded story of a recent upgrade here...

If you're just looking for a file dump... we're just about breached that level 
of CAD data,  and recently implemented a HP DL185 G5, Opteron version, its 2U, 
8 3.5" drive bays (optionally 10 with rear bays). A good selection of 
Smartarray RAID controllers to fit your needs (We went with the P410).  It was 
chosen because I read alot of reviews about that model making a good homebrew 
NAS.

Got a great deal on a half dozen Hitachi 2TB SATA disks on a Newegg 
Shellshocker deal, and bought blanks (had to get those on Ebay - get this, HP 
wont sell blank sleds). Loaded Server 2008 on it, and bam, relatively cheap NAS 
compared to commercial out-of-the-box options.  Already had one disk fail (not 
one of the Hitachis, one of the boot disks in a RAID1, a refurbed Seagate... 
geezh, you know how they always send you refurbs as warranty replacements).   
Anyway, it recovered gracefully.  It feels solid.

8TB of usable space, and I dont think we paid over $5k for it.  You could pay 
alot less - we loaded it with two quad-core Opterons and 16gb of RAM since it's 
destiny was being a SBS.

Think about if you used the two rear bay option for a RAID1 for the OS and then 
filled the whole front with 2 TB disks which are pretty cheap these days.  
RAID6 them for 10TB of storage and double redundancy.

Sure this might not be a screaming database server, but it sounds to me like 
you want a file dump, so that sorta thing would fit the bill.


From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Storage Question

Hey Guys/Gals:

Quick question.  I am looking to replace an old storage server that holds about 
500 gig of cad files that 20 architect simultaneously work on drawings off of 
the current storage server (Dell 2850 with SAS Raid storage).

We have outgrown the storage space on this box and want to look for something 
in a terabyte range that is high performance BUT not something that will break 
the bank.  I am not familiar with the CAD space so any help would be 
appreciated.

Thanks.  Bob













~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Storage Question

[Phillip Partipilo]

Pardon a bit long winded story of a recent upgrade here...

If you're just looking for a file dump... we're just about breached that level 
of CAD data,  and recently implemented a HP DL185 G5, Opteron version, its 2U, 
8 3.5" drive bays (optionally 10 with rear bays). A good selection of 
Smartarray RAID controllers to fit your needs (We went with the P410).  It was 
chosen because I read alot of reviews about that model making a good homebrew 
NAS.

Got a great deal on a half dozen Hitachi 2TB SATA disks on a Newegg 
Shellshocker deal, and bought blanks (had to get those on Ebay - get this, HP 
wont sell blank sleds). Loaded Server 2008 on it, and bam, relatively cheap NAS 
compared to commercial out-of-the-box options.  Already had one disk fail (not 
one of the Hitachis, one of the boot disks in a RAID1, a refurbed Seagate... 
geezh, you know how they always send you refurbs as warranty replacements).   
Anyway, it recovered gracefully.  It feels solid.

8TB of usable space, and I dont think we paid over $5k for it.  You could pay 
alot less - we loaded it with two quad-core Opterons and 16gb of RAM since it's 
destiny was being a SBS.

Think about if you used the two rear bay option for a RAID1 for the OS and then 
filled the whole front with 2 TB disks which are pretty cheap these days.  
RAID6 them for 10TB of storage and double redundancy.

Sure this might not be a screaming database server, but it sounds to me like 
you want a file dump, so that sorta thing would fit the bill.


From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:bch...@medaille.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 7:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Storage Question

Hey Guys/Gals:

Quick question.  I am looking to replace an old storage server that holds about 
500 gig of cad files that 20 architect simultaneously work on drawings off of 
the current storage server (Dell 2850 with SAS Raid storage).

We have outgrown the storage space on this box and want to look for something 
in a terabyte range that is high performance BUT not something that will break 
the bank.  I am not familiar with the CAD space so any help would be 
appreciated.

Thanks.  Bob





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Phillip Partipilo]

Konami... but it was B, A, I thought?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:13 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B, Select, Start

- Sean
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Steve Ens 
mailto:stevey...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I loved Contra on the original Nintendo.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Let's see here.. games I had/played:

Summer Games
Karataka
Commando
Spy Hunter (built my own hybrid joystick for this one)
Archon
Raid over Moscow (awesome!)
Winter Games
Labyrinth
1942
Little Computer People
Arkanoid
Hacker
Knockout!
Pitstop
Pitfall
EA Pinball
Afterburner
Huey Simulator
Pacman
Rambo
Monster Truck 3D
Donkey Kong
Defender
Test Drive
Impossible Mission
Leaderboard
Airborne Ranger
Silent Service
Spy vs Spy
Qbert
Marble Madness
Frankie goes to Hollywood
Way of the Exploding Fist

And others... needless to say, the copy protection mechanisms on games were 
easily defeated...

-sc


From: Jonathan Link 
[mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:37 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

Mmmm...Bard's Tale.
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
Hehe... I liked me some Beach Head, Bards Tale, Zaxxon, etc... on my C64

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: Don Guyer 
> [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> OMG! I was just watching this game I used to play for hours on the C64
(from
> cassette tape mind you):
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QVl5Z9gL0
>
> Don Guyer
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
> Devon, PA 19333
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Steven M. Caesare 
> [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com<mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Friday diversion
>
> And to think they built the SR-71 with those things.
>
> -sc
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kim Longenbaugh 
> > [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:12 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Friday diversion
> >
> > I had an abacus when I was a kid.  When I got to high school, I got
a
> slide rule.
> > We had a computer science class featuring a teletype terminal with
an
> > acoustic modem that connected to a LameFrame at a local college.  It
> ran
> > Fortran.  Our programs were stored on paper tape created/read by an
> > attachment on the teletype terminal.
> > The slide rule was faster.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com<mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>]
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:03 AM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: Friday diversion
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
> mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>>
> > wrote:
> > > Man, I remember a bunch of these...
> >
> >   I remember using and even owning several of those products, let
> alone the
> > ads.
> >
> >   My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for
the
> day.
> > Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.
> >
> > -- Ben
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
> >
> >
> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~
>
>
> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Phillip Partipilo]

Heh, I had the same thing.  You hit F12 to load up Deskmate from ROM as well.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:03 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare
 wrote:
> Man, I remember a bunch of these...

  I remember using and even owning several of those products, let alone the ads.

  My first "IBM compatible" was a Tandy 1000 SL.  Neat machine for the
day.  Had MS-DOS in ROM so you didn't need to boot from floppy.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Friday diversion

[Phillip Partipilo]

Was this the expansion pack that was roughly the size of a VHS tape, larger 
then the Sinclair itself?  It's been a real long time since I've touched one of 
those things, but I really remember how archaic it was, playing around with it 
at the Boys&Girls club (some form of after-school care, grew up in a single 
working parent household), even compared to my home TRS80 COCO2 at the time :)


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Friday diversion

Exactly. Thee (membrane!) keyboard had standard characters, or either the BASIC 
function names, or graphic shapes. The latter 2 could be invoked by some 
keypress-combination with a function key or some such.

The expansion pack I had was 16KB. You had to supply your own rubber band or 
tape to keep it from wobbling out of the connector tho'

-sc

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 11:14 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Friday diversion


Mid-year 1983, a St Louis-based grocery store chain was giving away, with the 
purchase of 3 tubes of toothpaste-

1. Sinclair/Timex Z-81
2. 8 Kb (or was it 16?)memory expansion
3. Cassettes for a spread sheet, a database, and a backgammon game

The Sinclair had its OS and BASIC on ROM.  It also had BASIC functions on the 
keys.  That is, instead of typing "Poke", you simply held one key and pushed 
the key that said "Poke".  My kids and I wpent many happy hours playing with 
this...

"Steven M. Caesare" mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote 
on 07/16/2010 09:10:40 AM:

> Man, I remember a bunch of these...
>
> http://www.informationtechnologyschools.org/blog/2010/30-old-pc-ads-
> that-will-blow-your-processor/
>
> -sc
>
>









~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Passwords on paper? Seriously?

[Phillip Partipilo]

The security seal on the case would really be the only giveaway.  Nothing 
preventing you from cloning the drive and working off the clone I suppose.  
There is no specific requirement for full disk encryption AFAIK as long as the 
data is in a GSA approved security container (and probably for good reason - 
disgruntled sysadmin syndrome perhaps).




Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 3:22 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Passwords on paper? Seriously?

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Phillip Partipilo  wrote:
> We were told by the DSS to keep a log of master system passwords in the
> security container (safe).  Which is kind of irrelevant in our situation since
> we have standalone systems, and these guys never heard of flipping the
> CMOS reset jumper and booting a pnordahl disc.

  That's why you're required to audit the system regularly.  That kind
of intrusion leaves tracks.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Power meter

[Phillip Partipilo]

Kill-a-watt - http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/7657/



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Adam Meixler [mailto:ad...@interlink1.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Power meter

Hi all,

I know this has been asked a million times but haven't found it in the archive.

We need to size a new UPS. Any suggestions on how to get accurate readings for 
our current power consumption?

Thank you!





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Passwords on paper? Seriously?

[Phillip Partipilo]

We were told by the DSS to keep a log of master system passwords in the 
security container (safe).  Which is kind of irrelevant in our situation since 
we have standalone systems, and these guys never heard of flipping the CMOS 
reset jumper and booting a pnordahl disc.



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Passwords on paper? Seriously?

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:47 AM, David Lum  wrote:
> I'm weirder than I thought, it would NEVER occur to me to tell someone to
> have *any* password on paper ANYWHERE, but apparently some security guys
> don't have a problem with it:

  For shared/system passwords, we keep many of them on paper logs in
locked cabinets or safes.  (Some in sealed, signed envelopes.)  An air
gap is still the best firewall.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

[Phillip Partipilo]

I'll have to say...

This.

I'm sick of companies where I call for support and get somebody in India 
reading cue cards.  Sure I might have to be on hold for a while when I call 
Sunbelt but I get somebody who actually knows their product.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

Obviously, GFI wanted VIPRE technology to round out their product
line.  And they've obtained a great product.

But I hope the stellar interaction between the company and  its
customer base will continue.  That has been the most refreshing aspect
of dealing with Sunbelt as far as I'm concerned.


Die dulci fruere!

Roger Wright
___




On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Don Guyer  wrote:
> Vipre was at the top of my list (so far) for possible a/v replacement here,
> not so sure what to think now.
>
>
>
> Don Guyer
>
> Systems Engineer - Information Services
>
> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
>
> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue
>
> Devon, PA 19333
>
> Direct: (610) 993-3299
>
> Fax: (610) 650-5306
>
> don.gu...@prufoxroach.com
>
>
>
> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:40 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software
>
>
>
> LOL  Well said.
>
> -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:15 AM, James Rankin  wrote:
>
> I feel a little disappointed too, butat least they weren't acquired by
> Symantec :-)
>
>
>
> On 13 July 2010 13:13, Andy Shook  wrote:
>
> Well, well, well.
>
> While I freely acknowledge there is more going on here than I will ever
> know.  I can't help but feel let down.  Alex\Sunbelt...why?  You have such a
> good thing going, why change?  Sunbelt is an industry leader as far as
> support and product reliability.
>
> Why does this feel like I just got kicked in the chest?
>
> Andy Shook
> Senior Sales Engineer  |  Peak 10, Inc.
> 8910 Lenox Pointe Drive, Suite B, Charlotte, NC 28273
> office: (704) 264-1078
> fax: (704) 264-1075
> mobile: (803) 517-2168
> email:  andy.sh...@peak10.com
>  www.peak10.com
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:26 AM
>
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: FW: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software
>
>> Today, it was announced that Sunbelt Software has been acquired by GFI
>> Software. The new combined entity will provide a wide range of security
> and
>> infrastructure software solutions, both on-premise and in the cloud. View
>> the press release here:
>> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Press/Releases/?id=362
>>
>> This Wednesday, July 14th, GFI's CEO, Walter Scott and I will be holding a
>> webinar to discuss the transaction, which we invite you to attend. The
> details
>> of the webinar are as follows:
>>
>> CEO webinar for Partners: GFI's new acquisition
>> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
>> Time: 11:30am Eastern Time
>> Register here to attend
>> https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/294875025
>>
>> First, let me say that we're thrilled to be part of the GFI team.
> Throughout
>> our discussions and interactions with GFI, we have been continually
>> impressed with their dedication to quality, customer service and superior
>> performance throughout the company. Both companies are similar in their
>> attitudes and practices with regard to customer service, product quality,
>> strategic vision, organizational styles and culture.
>>
>> On the technology side, the acquisition allows us to expand into several
>> areas, which we believe are essential for us to grow as a company and
>> continue to provide leading-edge technologies to our partners. These areas
>> include vulnerability assessment, patch management, data leakage
>> prevention, hosted/cloud-based technologies, and MSP solutions.
>>
>> No specific plans have been made yet in terms of product integration
>> strategies, but we are working with the GFI team to identify areas where
>> their technologies would complement our offerings.
>>
>> In addition to the technology side, GFI provides additional resources in
> terms
>> of capital, management expertise, systems and new markets that will
>> continue to propel our products and our teams to the highest level of
>> achievement po

RE: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

[Phillip Partipilo]

+


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 8:16 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

I feel a little disappointed too, butat least they weren't acquired by 
Symantec :-)
On 13 July 2010 13:13, Andy Shook 
mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com>> wrote:
Well, well, well.

While I freely acknowledge there is more going on here than I will ever know.  
I can't help but feel let down.  Alex\Sunbelt...why?  You have such a good 
thing going, why change?  Sunbelt is an industry leader as far as support and 
product reliability.

Why does this feel like I just got kicked in the chest?

Andy Shook
Senior Sales Engineer  |  Peak 10, Inc.
8910 Lenox Pointe Drive, Suite B, Charlotte, NC 28273
office: (704) 264-1078
fax: (704) 264-1075
mobile: (803) 517-2168
email:  andy.sh...@peak10.com<mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com>
 www.peak10.com<http://www.peak10.com>

-Original Message-
From: Webster [mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com<mailto:webs...@carlwebster.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:26 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: FW: Letter from Sunbelt CEO: GFI Acquires Sunbelt Software

> Today, it was announced that Sunbelt Software has been acquired by GFI
> Software. The new combined entity will provide a wide range of security
and
> infrastructure software solutions, both on-premise and in the cloud. View
> the press release here:
> http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Press/Releases/?id=362
>
> This Wednesday, July 14th, GFI's CEO, Walter Scott and I will be holding a
> webinar to discuss the transaction, which we invite you to attend. The
details
> of the webinar are as follows:
>
> CEO webinar for Partners: GFI's new acquisition
> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
> Time: 11:30am Eastern Time
> Register here to attend
> https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/294875025
>
> First, let me say that we're thrilled to be part of the GFI team.
Throughout
> our discussions and interactions with GFI, we have been continually
> impressed with their dedication to quality, customer service and superior
> performance throughout the company. Both companies are similar in their
> attitudes and practices with regard to customer service, product quality,
> strategic vision, organizational styles and culture.
>
> On the technology side, the acquisition allows us to expand into several
> areas, which we believe are essential for us to grow as a company and
> continue to provide leading-edge technologies to our partners. These areas
> include vulnerability assessment, patch management, data leakage
> prevention, hosted/cloud-based technologies, and MSP solutions.
>
> No specific plans have been made yet in terms of product integration
> strategies, but we are working with the GFI team to identify areas where
> their technologies would complement our offerings.
>
> In addition to the technology side, GFI provides additional resources in
terms
> of capital, management expertise, systems and new markets that will
> continue to propel our products and our teams to the highest level of
> achievement possible.
>
> For the time being, both companies are hard at work, integrating the
various
> sales, marketing, finance, and technology teams. Our goal is to make the
> combination of the companies as seamless as possible to you, and we will
> continue to provide you with updates and information as we work to
> combine the organizations. For now, nothing changes in how you do business
> with Sunbelt.
>
> We appreciate your trust in us as a partner and will continue to work hard
to
> keep your loyalty and support. Please don't hesitate to reach out to your
> Sunbelt representative or me personally if you have any questions or
> comments.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Alex Eckelberry
> CEO

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~



--
"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."





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: OT: Bad joke contest

[Phillip Partipilo]

A pirate walks into a bar.   He has his boat's wheel shoved into his pants.

Bartender asks "Whats up with the wheel in your pants?"

"ARR! It's driving me nuts!"



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 6:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: Bad joke contest

Or the dyslexic agnostic insomniac mythomaniac...

Lies awake at night wondering if there really is a Dog.

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Erik Goldoff 
mailto:egold...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Or the dyslexic agnostic insomniac 

Lays awake at night wondering if there really is a Dog

Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security
'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '
From: Adam Buckland 
[mailto:adam.buckl...@eurohill.com<mailto:adam.buckl...@eurohill.com>]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 5:00 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT: Bad joke contest

Or the dyslexic that walks into a bra..


From: richardmccl...@aspca.org<mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org> 
mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org>>
To: NT System Admin Issues 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Sent: Mon Jul 12 12:33:06 2010
Subject: RE: OT: Bad joke contest

OK, someone had to go and cross the "blonde" barrier...

Three blondes walk into a building.  You'd have thought at least one of them 
would have seen it!














~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Water proof Webcam

[Phillip Partipilo]

Not sure if this could fit the bill for a live feed, but they have a good 
reputation.

http://www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=31



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:10 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Water proof Webcam

I have some applications where we would like to put an web cam under water not 
very deep 30cm.
I can put it into a plastic box and silicon the wire but it's pretty bulky, 
anyone have any suggestions?

--
Stefan Jafs





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Low disk space on c: on DC

[Phillip Partipilo]

+1 WinDirStat rocks.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 9:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Low disk space on c: on DC

You can run Space Monger or WinDirStat on the drive to get a visual idea of 
what's taking up what space.

James
- Original Message -
From: John Aldrich<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>
To: NT System Admin Issues<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 9:29 AM
Subject: RE: Low disk space on c: on DC

Ok. Thanks. I may go ahead and do that to recover more disk space. :)

[cid:image001.jpg@01CB062A.78E2BE70][cid:image002@01cb062a.78e2be70]

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 9:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Low disk space on c: on DC

As long as you are not in the midst of any software installations (including 
patches), you can usually safely delete the contents of your various TEMP 
folders.

If you're unsure, reboot the machine just before deleting the TEMP folders.

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:18 AM, John Aldrich 
mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> wrote:
I had an app installed on my machine that is network aware, so I set up a 
mapped drive and scanned that mapped drive and it's showing that 
C:\windows\temp is 3.4 Gig in size. Can I safely delete anything in 
C:\windows\temp or would that mess things up/

[cid:image001.jpg@01CB062A.78E2BE70][cid:image002@01cb062a.78e2be70]

From: Bob Hartung [mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com<mailto:bhart...@wiscoind.com>]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 9:15 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Low disk space on c: on DC

Check out Servers Alive ( http://www.woodstone.nu/ ). In addition to monitoring 
server availability via ping testing, you can also set it up to test for 
diskspace on remote systems and alert you when space drops below a specified 
amount.

I've found that TreeSize Pro ( http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/ ) is one 
of the best utilities for reviewing disk space usage.

--

Bob Hartung
Wisco Industries, Inc.
736 Janesville St.
Oregon, WI 53575
Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215
Fax: (608) 835-7399
e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com<http://wiscoind.com>

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>]
To: NT System Admin Issues 
[mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>]
Sent: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:06:20 -0500
Subject: Re: Low disk space on c: on DC

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=diruse.exe

http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=DiskSpace.TXT


-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 9:01 AM, John Aldrich 
mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> wrote:
Where does one find this nifty tool?

Error! Filename not specified.Error! Filename not specified.

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 8:58 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Low disk space on c: on DC

I have a daily script that uses DIRUSE to track disk space usage so that sudden 
storage consumption can be addressed...

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Don Kuhlman 
mailto:drkuhl...@yahoo.com>> wrote:
We often use diruse to find the largest directories on our servers and clean up 
from there...

diruse /s /m /* . > servernamecdrive.txt provides a listing from the current 
point on the directory so you could start at the top and get a good report that 
you can put in excel or even view in notepad if you like.


From: Andrew S. Baker mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>>
To: NT System Admin Issues 
mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>>
Sent: Mon, June 7, 2010 7:49:57 AM

Subject: Re: Low disk space on c: on DC

Find out where the disk space is being consumed.   There are all sorts of GUI 
and CLI tools to handle that task:

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 8:40 AM, John Aldrich 
mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> wrote:
I've got two DCs. One of which is down to less than a gig of disk space on
the C: drive. I moved Vipre off there (all but one agent) and removed all
the agents that moved to the other server, but I can't seem to get it back
over a gig of drive space. Any suggestions on how to recover more space?
DFS Replication is going on between it and the other DC/File server, but
the other server still has several gigs of drive space on the O/S drive.
--
Thanks,
John Aldrich
Blueridge Industries
IT Manager



























~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~<><>

RE: Blue screen viewer

[Phillip Partipilo]

I'd be really interested in the list of gadgets on this CD you speak of :)  
(wait, people are still carrying their stuff on 5 inch wide plastic discs?)


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Blue screen viewer

Dam, you beat me too it, nice utility I am putting that on my tools CD.

Z

Edward Ziots
CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
401-639-3505
ezi...@lifespan.org

From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 11:20 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Blue screen viewer

Don't know whether anyone might find this useful for decrypting BSOD events...

http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1513765,00.html?track=NL-1455&ad=768254&asrc=EM_NLT_11694717

Haven't had one to test it on yet so can't speak to its effectiveness

--
"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."









~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Modular malware

[Phillip Partipilo]

Maybe that's Apple's stance... Have any code that runs on your device forcibly 
vetted by a 3rd party, with you having no control whatsoever (well, aside from 
a JB)


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 12:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Modular malware

Sooner or later we'll stop chasing bad code, because it will be too hard.

(Or, at the very least, we should significantly reduce our reliance on that 
type of functionality)

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:41 AM, David Lum 
mailto:david@nwea.org>> wrote:
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8857
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764











~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: OT: DVD burning software

[Phillip Partipilo]

I've been using cdburnerxp for a long time, and am satisfied.  But never heard 
of Imgburn, and looking at the screenshots it looks rather neat-o... Got to 
give it a whirl someday.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: IS Technical [mailto:ist...@intsolcan.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:54 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT: DVD burning software

+1

On Thu, 27 May 2010 14:10:04 -0400, David Mazzaccaro
wrote:

>cdburnerxp
>

>

>From: Manuel Santos [mailto:nel...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:07 PM
>To: NT System Admin Issues
>Subject: Re: OT: DVD burning software


>I would suggest you AShampoo, that has even a free
version


>2010/5/27 Bill Songstad 


>   I just rebuilt a XP workstation only to discover
that I don't
>have the Nero disk that came with the DVD burner.
Does anybody have a
>recommendation for software to use in lieu of Nero?  I
know I can
>download a full version of Nero, but it is so full of
bloat that if I
>have to pay, I want something a little less full of
baloney.
>
>   Any feedback would be appreciated,
>
>
>   Bill

>

>

>


>

>


>.
>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a
resource hog! ~
>~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-
Enterprise/>  ~


Regards,
Charles

---
   Charles Figueiredo PhD
   Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems
---



~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Veering even more OT - was: Re: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone seen this?

[Phillip Partipilo]

And it's so flippin amazing how many times I get distracted and called off to 
some problem where often my first line of defense when some brown matter is 
hitting the fan, is simply start with an easy reboot, and so often that’s all 
that’s required. You'd think users would figure this out before panicking and 
picking up the phone.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 1:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Veering even more OT - was: Re: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone 
seen this?

I have told some of my guys that it’s the karate kid methodology.

If you don’t have connectivity.

Check the cable, check link, check errors on switch...
Cant ping, check IP, check subnet, check gateway
Etc etc etc...

Wax on, wax off
Paint the fence
Sand the floor
Next thing you know you are doing karate  or checking out networks..

Not completely accurate, but it wasn’t the best example of karate either..
Greg

-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Veering even more OT - was: Re: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone 
seen this?

Agreed.

You don't need to know OSI to be able to put some network infrastructure 
together. You don't need to know normalisation to design a database. You don't 
need to know OOP to write an application. But all of this theory is quite 
useful in doing things in a better way, because they provide frameworks that 
have been around for a long time, which many people are familiar with, and 
which haven't been replaced with something better yet. And as you acquire new 
knowledge, they provide the background info that lets you see how it all hangs 
together.

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 27 May 2010 10:01 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Veering even more OT - was: Re: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone 
seen this?

It all comes down to this :

The OSI model is part of the 'fundamental' knowledge.  It's not 100% required 
to learn concepts above and more accurate, but it *does* provide a great 
background for learning and applying the knowledge you do gain.


Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security

'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '


-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Veering even more OT - was: Re: Big Changes Ahead for IT - Anyone 
seen this?

OSI, per se, doesn't help anyone do anything.

But it provides a framework, so that when you're discussing some problem with 
another engineer/architect/PM and they say "why don't we do 'x'?" you can draw 
up something quick and say:
 "the problem is here:

+-
| <- what you are talking about
+-
|
+-
|   <-problem is here
+-

This can help when architecting an encryption solution, or when you're 
troubleshooting some network issue. It provides a hierarchy of requirements 
(upper levels are not going to work if something lower in the stack isn't).

Cheers
Ken


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ 
<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Holy PAC-MAN Batman!

[Phillip Partipilo]

Google has officially made today the least productive day around the globe.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Holy PAC-MAN Batman!

Yes, seen that earlier :)

Z

Edward Ziots
CISSP,MCSA,MCP+I,Security +,Network +,CCA
Network Engineer
Lifespan Organization
401-639-3505
ezi...@lifespan.org

From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Holy PAC-MAN Batman!

oh boy. here we go... 99% of my users have google as their home page...
I can hear the sirens now...LOL



From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Holy PAC-MAN Batman!
Is anyone else getting a playable PAC-MAN on the Google home page?





.









~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: OT, vintage memories

[Phillip Partipilo]

Purple's pretty pimp.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Phillip Partipilo putts around public in a Prius

purposely protecting people from pollution

and passes a passive person in a purple Pontiac

From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Phillip Partipilo putts around public in a Prius

purposely protecting people from pollution

From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 1:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Phillip Partipilo putts around public in a Prius.

(Keep it going)

Shook

From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

I try my hardest to keep mileage as low as possible, but as badly as I drive my 
Prius I cant get it down under 42.  Boring as hell vehicle.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

I get about 12-14 in my Jeep. Fun as hell vehicle though!

:)

Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Wow... seems low.

Nice rig tho!

-sc

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT, vintage memories

2008 GMC Sierra 3500 HD Quad Cab Dually - 6.6l Duramax. I've been told to chalk 
it up to the new DPF and other emissions equipment. I've also been told it 
should increase by 5-6 mpg once I hit between 20-30k miles. I just rolled over 
20k so we'll see

- Sean
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
What diesel are you driving that gets 11?

My near 8000lbs Ford  F-350 QuadCab Longbed diesel got ~18/22.

-sc



From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com<mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:24 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT, vintage memories

Ugh...I'm paying $3.57/gal for diesel. Hurray for 11mpg! 

- Sean
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich 
mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> wrote:
Yeah... I remember about 2/3 of those... including Drive-In movie theaters, 
Brownie Hawkeye cameras, flashbulbs, flash cubes, Wolfman Jack, Jiffy Pop 
(still around, but darned hard to find!) and a few other things. I remember as 
a kid gas going up to a whopping 50¢ a gallon or something and thinking that 
was high, then watching as I was about to start driving, gas got up to, gasp, 
almost a whole dollar a gallon. Never figured it would reach almost $3/gallon 
(or more in some areas!)

[cid:image001.jpg@01CAF8FA.0503AD80][cid:image002@01caf8fa.0503ad80]

From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com<mailto:b...@btrfronk.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:08 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

I had a 1976 TransAm that I pulled out the unleaded plug in the fill neck and 
removed the catalytic converter so I could use leaded because it was cheaper 
for a poor High School student.

From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com<mailto:gol...@markettools.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Even better was when they we're phasing out Regular gas. I had a 1970 Firebird 
and remember paying $.40-45 per gallon for my Junior year in High School.


From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com<mailto:b...@btrfronk.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Yep.. Remember all of it.

Except gas was about $0.75 when I started driving.

From: Kim Longenbaugh 
[mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT, vintage memories

For those of us who are "vintage", a fun link

http://www.webmarketing101.com/memory_lane.htm




























































~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~<><>

RE: Just wondering

[Phillip Partipilo]

Not as small as an iPod Touch, but this just popped up on tgdaily, cheap 
Android tablet...

http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/49870-eken-touts-240-android-tablet




Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 12:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Just wondering

The IPod is (if my information is correct), an IPhone without the phone. Is 
there an equivalent for Android devices? I have an old Windows mobile based PDA 
(yes, it still uses a stylus), and it's still working great, but I think it 
will come to the end of its life before too long.

Know of anything?

TIA.

Mark





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: OT, vintage memories

[Phillip Partipilo]

I try my hardest to keep mileage as low as possible, but as badly as I drive my 
Prius I cant get it down under 42.  Boring as hell vehicle.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:44 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

I get about 12-14 in my Jeep. Fun as hell vehicle though!

:)

Don Guyer
Systems Engineer - Information Services
Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group
431 W. Lancaster Avenue
Devon, PA 19333
Direct: (610) 993-3299
Fax: (610) 650-5306
don.gu...@prufoxroach.com<mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com>

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Wow... seems low.

Nice rig tho!

-sc

From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:37 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT, vintage memories

2008 GMC Sierra 3500 HD Quad Cab Dually - 6.6l Duramax. I've been told to chalk 
it up to the new DPF and other emissions equipment. I've also been told it 
should increase by 5-6 mpg once I hit between 20-30k miles. I just rolled over 
20k so we'll see

- Sean
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Steven M. Caesare 
mailto:scaes...@caesare.com>> wrote:
What diesel are you driving that gets 11?

My near 8000lbs Ford  F-350 QuadCab Longbed diesel got ~18/22.

-sc



From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com<mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 5:24 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT, vintage memories

Ugh...I'm paying $3.57/gal for diesel. Hurray for 11mpg! 

- Sean
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:16 PM, John Aldrich 
mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>> wrote:
Yeah... I remember about 2/3 of those... including Drive-In movie theaters, 
Brownie Hawkeye cameras, flashbulbs, flash cubes, Wolfman Jack, Jiffy Pop 
(still around, but darned hard to find!) and a few other things. I remember as 
a kid gas going up to a whopping 50¢ a gallon or something and thinking that 
was high, then watching as I was about to start driving, gas got up to, gasp, 
almost a whole dollar a gallon. Never figured it would reach almost $3/gallon 
(or more in some areas!)

[cid:image001.jpg@01CAF8DF.A22FFD90][cid:image002@01caf8df.a22ffd90]

From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com<mailto:b...@btrfronk.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 4:08 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

I had a 1976 TransAm that I pulled out the unleaded plug in the fill neck and 
removed the catalytic converter so I could use leaded because it was cheaper 
for a poor High School student.

From: Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com<mailto:gol...@markettools.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Even better was when they we're phasing out Regular gas. I had a 1970 Firebird 
and remember paying $.40-45 per gallon for my Junior year in High School.


From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com<mailto:b...@btrfronk.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:53 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: OT, vintage memories

Yep.. Remember all of it.

Except gas was about $0.75 when I started driving.

From: Kim Longenbaugh 
[mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com<mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT, vintage memories

For those of us who are "vintage", a fun link

http://www.webmarketing101.com/memory_lane.htm












































~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~<><>

Spelling error on license?

[Phillip Partipilo]

Curious.  Just got a great deal on a copy of Server 2008, almost too good to be 
true.  Holograms on disc are fine, the license has the hologram thread passing 
thru the paper, irregular shaped holes, all looks fine.  But reading the Client 
Access License paper, at the very bottom, there's an obvious spelling error.

"...information about Mictosoft's tefund policies. See www.microsoft.com/"

If anyone's curious, and has a 5 user CAL sheet that came with a copy of 2008, 
might check it out.  I find it strange MS would not have proofread this.



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107




~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: DNS Issues

[Phillip Partipilo]

Gulf of Mexico.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:12 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: DNS Issues

Define "mess"

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Craig Gauss 
mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org>> wrote:
Nothing on either.

In the DHCP logs it shows 32,05/19/10,16:59:01,DNS Update Successful but
it is not correct.  We looked through the DNS servers and saw one
machine we are having problems listed correctly in the Reverse Lookup
Zone but not the Forward Lookup Zone.

In WINS it is also correct.

We just ran SolarWinds DNS Audit on one of the subnets and it is a MESS.



Craig Gauss,  Technical Supervisor/Security Officer
Riverview Hospital Association


-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: DNS Issues

Anything in the client event logs? Anything in the DNS server event
logs?

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Craig Gauss 
[mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org<mailto:gau...@rhahealthcare.org>]
Sent: Thursday, 20 May 2010 10:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: DNS Issues

Windows 2003 Domain
3 local DNS servers, 2 at remote locations Active Directory integrated

We have been noticing lately that our DNS seems to be a little bit
messed up.  Machines dont seem to be registering correctly.  I did some
digging into it the past few days and it looks like when a DHCP renewal
happens the Reverse Lookup Zone is being updated but not the Forward
Lookup Zone.  I have done some Googling but havent found anything that
has helped.

Any ideas?


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~






~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign

[Phillip Partipilo]

Imagine the black hole that might form, and suck CA right in!


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:54 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Symantec looking to nab Verisign

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM, David Lum  wrote:
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title

  That would be convenient.  It would concentrate two of the industry
leaders in incompetence and bad customer service into one company,
making it easier to avoid them.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Symantec looking to nab Verisign

[Phillip Partipilo]

Can anybody just nab Symantec for a change?  Maybe BP.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:47 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Symantec looking to nab Verisign

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20005346-83.html?tag=mncol;title
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
(Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764







~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: mid-tower cases

[Phillip Partipilo]

We whitebox everything here and have been very satisfied with Coolermaster 
cases, in particular the Centurion series:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1689068

Loads of airflow, the entire front is a mesh, big 120mm fan on the back.  Not 
loud.  What kind of CPU are you running?  Anything reasonably modern these days 
runs pretty darn cool, save the old 125 watt athlons.   Throw one of these 
puppies on any scorcher and it'll cool down good (There is a larger model than 
this one, I'm suggesting modestly):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118003

Also maybe try some of the high-performance thermal goop, like Arctic Silver 5 
or OCZ Freeze or whatnot.



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 12:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: mid-tower cases

My current machine at home is running *very* hot. I have to have a powerful fan 
pointed almost directly at the CPU in order to keep it from overheating. That's 
with a couple 80mm fans in the back! I think it's time to get a new case that's 
built for temperature control. Any suggestions? I'm not overclocking my CPU or 
anything, it just runs hot!
I'd prefer to keep a new case below about $50-75, max. If you have any 
particular cases in mind, can you post a link to where they can be found 
on-line? I prefer NewEgg, as they tend to honor their rebates. TigerDirect will 
use any excuse to keep from paying rebates! :(

[cid:image001.jpg@01CAF74F.5190C680][cid:image002@01caf74f.5190c680]






~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~<><>

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

[Phillip Partipilo]

A guy I worked with up until about a year or two ago has one of those 
mega-honking dishes.  His big complaint was trying to find a good UPS unit for 
it, since every time the power flickered and the UPS faltered, the dish had to 
scan the entire equator and they were down for 15-20 minutes.  If I didn't live 
in a condo complex, I might dig something like that... Picking up HD Nasa TV 
and all sorts of bizarro things.  The modern boxes have decoder cards so you 
can get pay-for things like HBO and stuff.

But yeah you have to "plan" to watch TV.  Probably part of that scanning 
sequence to build a guide.  You cant channel surf with your channel up/down 
when it might take a minute to pick up another transponder.


From: David [mailto:blazer...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Possible false-positive for Vipre

I bought a house in about 1994 that had one of those huge military grade 
parabolic dishes.  Could pick up quite a few things, including a lot of the 
network feeds before they made it to the news, and some foreign broadcasts.  No 
encryption at all, but it was difficult to 'plan' to watch anything in 
particular.


On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Ben Scott 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr
mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Yep, it was a point-to-point service (or something like that).  You got a
> special directional antenna attached to your roof.

 Are you sure you're not thinking of old-fashioned satellite TV?  Not
the modern mini-dish stuff; I'm talking about the giant C-band dishes.
 They're used by TV networks to distribute their programming from
central studios to local broadcast points and cable head-ends.  The
occasional home AV snob would have a receiver.  The programming was
all transmitted in the clear so there was nothing stopping people
other than the (usually significant) expense of the equipment.

> Can anyone correct me if I am wrong?

 The always-reliable Wikipedia  says that HBO began as one of
the first pay TV services using underground cable in Manhattan, and
Manhattan only.  It later added satellite distribution.

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

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~



--
David

_

"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the 
liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy."

--Samuel Adams





~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre

[Phillip Partipilo]

There was HBO before cable TV?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 2:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Possible false-positive for Vipre

HARDWARE WARS!!!   Nice reference!

I remember seeing that as a "short" on HBO, wy before cable TV...

--
ME2

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Charlie Kaiser 
mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org>> wrote:
Help me Augie Ben-Doggie; you're my only hope...

***
Charlie Kaiser
charl...@golden-eagle.org<mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org>
Kingman, AZ
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> -Original Message-
> From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net<mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net>
> [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net<mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net>]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:14 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Possible false-positive for Vipre
>
> I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan(Vipre Forum)
> has failed. I've placed information vital to the survival of
> the rebellion(your PC) into the memory systems of this R2 unit.

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RE: FW: Encrypted files.

[Phillip Partipilo]

S/MIME is one method.  It's kind of a PITA, having to do a certificate 
exchange, and then sometimes Outlook just doesn't want to cooperate.  How about 
a password protected 7-zip archive with AES-256 encryption?  The price is right.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Alan Davies [mailto:adav...@cls-services.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:09 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: FW: Encrypted files.

Via email .. S/MIME is the easiest for users to understand and certificates are 
cheap.  No admin needed at all.  Weakness is that it's only encrypted as far as 
the mailbox, so the user would be prone to saving it unencrypted to a file 
share (may not be an issue at all).  Weaker than that, and a good complimentary 
measure, is TLS between mail servers to ensure confidentiality of transmission, 
even when they "forget" to encrypt the file.

Aside from that, HTTPS portals are good.  We'd do a basic security evaluation 
of the portal in question and potentially allow access to that.  Or host it the 
other way around from our own portal.

With PGP and self-decrypting archives (the SDA .exe bother ..!) we don't find 
it an easy solution.  PGP confuses basic users at the best of times and having 
to unzip (as .exe is blocked by most gateways and also by nearly all email 
clients), then unencrypt a file really does their heads in!  With keys, it's 
much better, but you still have an initial learning curve.



alan


From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]
Sent: 12 May 2010 10:57
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Fwd: FW: Encrypted files.
I received the email below from a public sector entity we work with, who are 
maintaining that for "security reasons" they now send out certain documents as 
encrypted .exe files, which they expect our users to unpack themselves. 
Notwithstanding that a) the IronPort isn't particularly keen on letting 
executable attachments through, b) our Application Management solution won't 
execute anything that isn't owned by Administrators, and c) our whitelist GPO 
won't execute anything that doesn't match one of its hash rules, this sort of 
approach seems a little, well, archaic to me. The best bit is, they are sending 
the password for the encrypted executable to our users via a plain-text, 
unencrypted email, so the security is more or less worthless anyway.

My question is, how do other people handle transmission of encrypted data to 
users who work in a locked-down environment? We use the IronPort's built-in 
encryption features to handle our user's requirements to send sensitive data, 
but I'm looking for something to work the other way. I can only assume there 
are far better ways than sending out executable files via email, so I am 
looking for some real-world solutions. I *could* ratchet down our end-user 
security to allow these through, but I'd sooner propose something else that 
allows me to keep it in place.

TIA,


JRR
-- Forwarded message --
From: James Rankin mailto:james.ran...@4hg.co.uk>>
Date: 12 May 2010 10:49
Subject: FW: Encrypted files.
To: "kz2...@gmail.com<mailto:kz2...@gmail.com>" 
mailto:kz2...@gmail.com>>


I understand from xxx that there has been a request from xxx that the 
landlord schedules are not sent as .exe files, unfortunately we are unable to 
send any information out externally relating to  unless it 
has been encrypted. This is xxx policy I'm afraid, we did used to zip 
the files and password protect them but this has been deemed not secure enough.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause to yourselves when you receive 
the file but as stated previously the current way we send the files is now 
standard xx practice.

Thanks.










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RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

[Phillip Partipilo]

Good write-up, thanks for providing that.  I am curious however, 75000 new 
pieces of malware daily?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


-Original Message-
From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 9:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

Fwiw, we are implementing such a system (basically, by creating an additional 
layer between the engine and the detection, so if a detection starts to spin, 
it will get stopped).  We have been testing it and the results look quite 
promising (it will take some time to get into the engine, though, as it's not 
trivial).

If you're curious, I wrote a little technical bulletin on what happened Friday 
here:

http://forums.sunbeltsoftware.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=4653&enterthread=y


Alex



-Original Message-
From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

Who knows, but if the machine is pre-empting the AV scanner, then that's how 
the issue that Kurt highlighted yesterday starts to creep in.

Your malicious code gets to do "something" in between the various bits of code 
that the AV scanner is running.

So, I agree with Ben. For a regular disk-scan, a cap might be good (or lower 
scheduling priority). For on-access scanning, I think you want to the AV 
scanner to run at high priority and avoid being pre-empted if possible.

Cheers
Ken

-Original Message-
From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2010 12:07 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

But doesn't that beg the question; should an AV app EVER require 75% of a 
machines resources for ANYTHING?

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charl...@golden-eagle.org
Kingman, AZ
***

> -Original Message-
> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:02 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.
>
> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Andrew S. Baker 
> wrote:
> > Or something that ensures that no more than 75% of
> remaining CPU will
> > ever be consumed by the AV app and its processes...
>
>   For a general system scan, that sounds like a good idea.
> But for on-access scans (real time, auto protect, whatever you call
> it), I think you'd want the system to run it as fast as possible.
>
> -- Ben


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RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

[Phillip Partipilo]

You better knock, knock, knock on wood, baby
Whooo



Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 11:49 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

knock on wood.
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:47 AM, David W. McSpadden 
mailto:dav...@imcu.com>> wrote:
Ok.  That is two bad defs in two weeks?

1 Vipre
1 McAfee?
Next is Trend?

-Original Message-
From: Luke [mailto:tesla...@gmail.com<mailto:tesla...@gmail.com>]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 11:45 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

Turned out to be a bad Deff. Bad def = 6274.
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

[Phillip Partipilo]

I have a box with 6273 that's just sitting here spinning at full throttle.  
Nobody really uses it, I figured I would let it keep spinning in case it was an 
isolated thing that support could look at.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Luke [mailto:tesla...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 11:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Computers becoming unresponsive accross entire network.

You are right...

Def 6274. seems to be the bad deff.
~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Sunbelt forums down?

[Phillip Partipilo]

You aren’t alone.  This morning I have had at least 5 reported workstations 
that were spinning at 100% grinding the machine to a halt.  So much for 
something that “isn’t a resource hog”.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:51 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt forums down?

Maybe defs issue with Vipre?  Almost all of my 2008 servers are at 100% and it 
took an hour just to log into one and get to task manager.  Time to call 
support.  First time in ages.

>>> "John Aldrich"  5/7/2010 10:43 AM >>>
Yeah, I finally got in, but it’s SLOWWW! ☹

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From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Sunbelt forums down?

I just got logged in just fine.

From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 9:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Sunbelt forums down?

I’m trying to get into the forums to post a question, but it’s not loading up. 
Anyone else having problems? I tried “downforeveryoneorjustme.com” but I’m not 
sure I got the correct URL.

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RE: VPN stuff

[Phillip Partipilo]

Roflcopter.  It’s a good thing we don’t have an IRC channel.  It could get 
really spicy.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: VPN stuff

Tough crowd...

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 14:58, Micheal Espinola Jr
 wrote:
> He went blind.  There is a delay while these posts are transcribed for him.
>
> --
> ME2
>
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:
>>
>> And?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 14:54, Phil Brutsche  wrote:
>> > I have
>> >
>> > Ben Scott  previously uttered:
>> >
>> >>  I've never really
>> >> played with it.
>
>
>
>

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
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~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: NOD32 Antivirus

[Phillip Partipilo]

Silly snobs of audiophile technology, I receive Pandora via RFC2549.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 3:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NOD32 Antivirus

So you're saying you now prefer Continuous Wave?

From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 2:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: NOD32 Antivirus

When I was younger I used to opt for frequency over amplitude.  Now I'm not 
much interested in either.


On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr 
mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I also remember listening to radio via amplitude modulation! ;-)

--
ME2

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Phillip Partipilo 
mailto:p...@psnet.com>> wrote:
I remember a day/age where we did all of that MS Office stuff, with 133 mhz and 
24 megs of RAM.  Don't think we used AV back then, however.  Also don't think 
we had the luxury of auto spell correction, uh,  that silly ribbon thing, uh.  
What else... We still did all of that :)


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 2:11 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NOD32 Antivirus

Here at my office we run Word, Excel, Outlook, IE (sometimes) and AS/400 
terminal. These machines get bogged down on anything less than about a gig of 
memory. We're mostly an Optiplex 740 shop here, and I started ordering my 
machines with ½ gig of memory, thinking that would be sufficient. It's not. My 
personal experience is that even on reasonably powerful machines (AMD Athlon 
X2) you need at least a gig of memory, especially if the memory is shared with 
video.

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From: Mike Gill 
[mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com<mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 1:56 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NOD32 Antivirus

512MB is entirely adequate for XP if the primary use of the machine is MS 
Office apps. AV shouldn't have an adverse effect on this. I would expect some 
performance hit, but not "bogged" down as the OP stated. He doesn't mention CPU 
or CPU load, so it may not be a memory issue.

Having said that, Nod32 does seem to work well in legacy environments. I use it 
on a couple of clients that have older equipment and I never hear complaints, 
nor do I notice a loss of performance when I am working on these machines.

--
Mike Gill

From: John Aldrich 
[mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com<mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 10:24 AM

To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NOD32 Antivirus

Dang... if Vipre bogs down the workstations, I dare say just about anything 
else you want to put on them will bog it down as well. 512 Mb is NOT a lot of 
memory. Have you looked at upgrading the memory on those machines? DDR and 
SDRAM DIMMs are not that expensive any more.

[cid:image001.jpg@01CAED34.3D76AB30][cid:image002@01caed34.3d76ab30]

From: Jim Dandy 
[mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu<mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu>]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 1:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: NOD32 Antivirus

I'm interested in hearing feedback on NOD32 antivirus.  How is it in terms of 
accuracy of identifying and protecting computers from viruses and other sorts 
of malware?  How is it in terms of the load it puts on workstations?  I've got 
a bunch of old XP systems with 512 MB ram and they seem to get bogged down by 
other antivirus software (VIPRE and Sophos).  Initial tests indicate that NOD 
might be better.  What is your experience?

Have you used ESET NOD32?  How is it as a central management point for 
antivirus on the workstations?

Thanks for any help you can provide.





































~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~<><>

RE: NOD32 Antivirus

[Phillip Partipilo]

I remember a day/age where we did all of that MS Office stuff, with 133 mhz and 
24 megs of RAM.  Don't think we used AV back then, however.  Also don't think 
we had the luxury of auto spell correction, uh,  that silly ribbon thing, uh.  
What else... We still did all of that :)


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 2:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NOD32 Antivirus

Here at my office we run Word, Excel, Outlook, IE (sometimes) and AS/400 
terminal. These machines get bogged down on anything less than about a gig of 
memory. We're mostly an Optiplex 740 shop here, and I started ordering my 
machines with ½ gig of memory, thinking that would be sufficient. It's not. My 
personal experience is that even on reasonably powerful machines (AMD Athlon 
X2) you need at least a gig of memory, especially if the memory is shared with 
video.

[cid:image001.jpg@01CAED30.D6504B80][cid:image002@01caed30.d6504b80]

From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 1:56 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NOD32 Antivirus

512MB is entirely adequate for XP if the primary use of the machine is MS 
Office apps. AV shouldn't have an adverse effect on this. I would expect some 
performance hit, but not "bogged" down as the OP stated. He doesn't mention CPU 
or CPU load, so it may not be a memory issue.

Having said that, Nod32 does seem to work well in legacy environments. I use it 
on a couple of clients that have older equipment and I never hear complaints, 
nor do I notice a loss of performance when I am working on these machines.

--
Mike Gill

From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 10:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NOD32 Antivirus

Dang... if Vipre bogs down the workstations, I dare say just about anything 
else you want to put on them will bog it down as well. 512 Mb is NOT a lot of 
memory. Have you looked at upgrading the memory on those machines? DDR and 
SDRAM DIMMs are not that expensive any more.

[cid:image001.jpg@01CAED30.D6504B80][cid:image002@01caed30.d6504b80]

From: Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 1:16 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: NOD32 Antivirus

I'm interested in hearing feedback on NOD32 antivirus.  How is it in terms of 
accuracy of identifying and protecting computers from viruses and other sorts 
of malware?  How is it in terms of the load it puts on workstations?  I've got 
a bunch of old XP systems with 512 MB ram and they seem to get bogged down by 
other antivirus software (VIPRE and Sophos).  Initial tests indicate that NOD 
might be better.  What is your experience?

Have you used ESET NOD32?  How is it as a central management point for 
antivirus on the workstations?

Thanks for any help you can provide.



















~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~<><>

VPN stuff

[Phillip Partipilo]

There are a lot of things in transition here, but one little one has been 
implementation of a Watchguard UTM box.  Recently remote SSL VPN users have 
been having issues.  I'm taking that up with support, so not asking about that. 
But call me an old stubborn fart, but I have things working with PPTP, which 
Windows has a built in client for, and now theres the addition of SSL which 
needs additional software.  Maybe call me a minimalist, but the less 3rd party 
crap I have to install on my PC, the more streamlined it stays.  Comments?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107




~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

Watchguard Firebox update today marking all email as a virus.

[Phillip Partipilo]

Is anybody else with a Firebox having all of your email getting quarantined?  
This is a brilliant start to a week. After one of the most miserable Sunfests, 
entertainment wise (and subsequent recovery from said event)...


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: PalmOS emulator (was: HP to buy Palm)

[Phillip Partipilo]

Depends on the vintage of the app.  Many had to be written with a mindset that 
it had to be coded to the least common denominator, which for Palm apps, I 
think was what, 16 mhz?


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: PalmOS emulator (was: HP to buy Palm)

Seems like it would be slow on a handheld device...

-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Ben Scott 
mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming
mailto:angu...@geoapps.com>> wrote:
> I think you mean "WebOS".  "PalmOS" was what they used on their Palm PDAs, and
> on the early Treo phones.  Different critter altogether, although there is a
> PalmOS emulator that runs inside WebOS now.

 Has anyone here tried the PalmOS emulator, and care to comment?
I've been using Palm for a decade, have spent several hundred dollars
on software for it, have some apps I really like, and don't look
forward to migrating.  If I had a good PalmOS emulator on a handheld,
that would be a whole different ball game.  But most emulators I've
used in the past really suck at "real world" applications.

 For example, there's a PalmOS emulator for one of the Nokia tablets,
but I'm told you basically have to manually start a VM and then do
things.  Not really practically for a handheld calendar/reminder
application.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~






~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: UPSes

[Phillip Partipilo]

Eaton/Powerware/Best is another top notch brand. Probably more geared towards 
larger applications (?).  Worked with a rather large FerrUPS way back when.  It 
was pretty neat.  It had a wyse/vt100 terminal attached to it, and it could 
spit out, in a textmode graphic of sorts, a visual representation of the 
incoming AC waveform, amongst other cool things.  No PC or software needed, 
just a dumb terminal.  It was truly huge for its capacity, but I think that was 
already 10+ years old when I was started there, and it was still running strong 
5 years later when I left.


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


-Original Message-
From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: UPSes

  I've also used Eaton (AKA PowerWare, AKA Best Power) UPSes before
with good results.  They also offer double conversion models.

-- Ben

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: UPSes

[Phillip Partipilo]

My overall experience with Tripp-Lite is a product that is designed to be 
basically disposable.  A product designed to last the life of the battery, at 
most.  Poor thermal management, overheating components, and overall low quality 
components.  Whereas APC units (especially SmartUPS models) are built like 
tanks.  Granted I haven't worked with a Tripp-Lite in a bit over 5 years, thats 
just been the general taste of their products.  If you're concerned about 
money, purchase from refurbups.com.  The stuff I've got from them has been 
basically good as new, aside from some being old stock, usually rs232 instead 
of usb, for example, but can't beat the prices.  A single unit purchase from 
them of a sizable unit (say a 1000 or 750xl) will offset the cost of that 
software.

Sometimes they sell refurbed models that are well over EOL, but still good, 
like this one enormous 2200RMXL5U that I got a few years ago. Must weigh at 
least 150 pounds. Big momma of a UPS. They just dont make single (rackmount) 
units anymore like that, with massive runtime without additional battery packs.

Good prices on battery packs there, though ive searched around and found 
ragebattery.com to have the best prices on their Rhino branded SLA batteries, 
which you can buy as cases of batteries and disassemble your old RBC packs and 
rebuild a new pack in a matter of minutes.  Then dump the old batteries off at 
a local auto parts store.  They get paid a bounty so they're usually happy to 
take them off your hands for free.



From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: UPSes

On 16 Apr 2010 at 8:25, Reimer, Mark  wrote:

>
> Hi folks, I've done some (or tried to) research on the differences
> between APC Backups vs Smart-UPS, or Tripp Lite SmartPro vs OmniSmart. One
> set (Backups and OmniSmart) seem to be almost ½ price of the other set
> (Smart-UPS and SmartPro) for the same rated VA/wattage. The only real
> difference I can find is manageability. These will be for POE switches in
> wiring closets. Any help/experience will be most appreciated. Thanks.

FWIW I have both TrippLites and APCs at one client who has bought them here and 
there.  They have not installed the cables or software, and the cables have 
disappeared.  The new TrippLites use standard USB A-to-B cables, while the APCs 
use proprietary $30 RJ5-to-USB-A cables.  A bunch of their APCs are older, with 
RS-232 interfaces (proprietary APC $32 cable).  I'm about to replace most of 
the units without cables, and the TrippLites are about 20-25% less for the same 
specs.

Does anyone here have experience with their network software?  APC wants $280 
for a 5-to-25-user version of their network console.  TrippLite has a free 
network console for up to 250 stations.



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RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together

[Phillip Partipilo]

I'm still wondering if you had to quench the MRI to relocate it.  It looks very 
exciting...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZWMWJwYcZk&feature=related


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107



-Original Message-
From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com]
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together

Going with glass will also enable you to either multiplex multiple gige lines 
across the pair or go to a faster (e.g. 10GE) interface if needed. I don't 
hardly ever play in the medical space but my (very) limited experience is that 
these medical imaging applications need serious connectivity.

Thanks,
Brian Desmond
br...@briandesmond.com

c - 312.731.3132


-Original Message-
From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 5:33 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together

I forgot to mention this group is asking for a gigabit connection to
this MRI machine. I've already set in motion to see about pulling fiber
to this trailer.


-Original Message-
From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together

It's actually the opposite.

If at all possible, try to cross electrical cables, and signal cables
(including UTP) at right angles.

The magnetic lines of flux induce more signal noise on parallel
conductors than it does perpendicular conductors.

Now, a CAT 5/6 cable running on top of fluorescent fixtures... all bets
are probably off. The wiring and ballasts inside those could be oriented
all over the map.

-sc

> -Original Message-
> From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:26 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together
>
> I thought the actually problem with electrical currents and network
cable was
> (Pun intended) crossing the streams.  What I mean to say is that as
long as
> you run the cables parallel to each other throughout the line the
affect is
> very minimal with regards to depreciated signal strength but if you
were to
> wrap one are the other or cross them the electric current would act as
a
> magnetic and suck the signal out of the cable
> This is very tricky stuff you are wanting to try but I think that you
could pull it
> off but test it first.  You may have to run your cable the full 18
inches apart
> from electrical...
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 8:18 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together
>
> I know it's amazing it might just work fine. :) Lucky I do have an
excellent
> cable guy that is also researching this. We will have shielded,
outdoor rated
> cat6E with some sort of lightning protection. This will be extended
thru
> May/June and this is Colorado. I will looking into separation even by
a few
> inches.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:12 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together
>
> Not best practice, but how many of our cable installations actually
are
> installed according to best practice? I've had to get on cabling
cntractors for
> laying cable directly on top of a 277v fluorescent fixture... *sigh*
(I got a new
> cabling contractor!)
>
> I've never tried what you're being asked to do, but here are my
thoughts...
>
> As for your specific situation, it may work just fine. Ideally you'd
want to have
> them separated by at least several inches, if possible. I'd probably
specify
> shielded Cat6, outdoor rated cable to be on the safe side. Also, there
may be
> a specific cable type for suspended cable runs.
> Finally, I'd consider lightning protection on both ends once inside
the
> building, in order to protect your equipment.
>
> Jonathan L. Raper, MCSE
>
> Sent from my Windows Mobile (r) enabled Smartphone. Please excuse
> brevity & any misspellings.
>
> 
> From: Eldridge, Dave 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:55 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Subject: OT: question on cat-6 and 480V together
>
> I am being told that one of our MRI machines is temporarily moving to
a
> trailer out on the street and they want to pull overhead a cat-6 and
3phase
> 480V together. Way out of my league. Anyone see any noise issues with
> these tied together? Anything else I'm missing?
> thanks
>
>
> This e-ma

RE: Windows 7 question

[Phillip Partipilo]

Right-click a blank area of the desktop, and from the View menu, check "Show 
desktop icons"


Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107


From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:00 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Windows 7 question

One of my users got a Windows 7 Netbook and said it wouldn't let her put any 
shortcuts on the desktop. Any idea what the problem might be? It's a Lenovo 
netbook, if it makes any difference. I checked it out, and installed Vipre Home 
on it for her, but other than that, I really didn't do anything and I didn't 
try putting any shortcuts on the desktop.

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RE: question on cat-6 and 480V together

[Phillip Partipilo]

Do they need to quench the magnet to relocate an MRI machine like that?







Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107





From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:55 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT: question on cat-6 and 480V together



I am being told that one of our MRI machines is temporarily moving to a trailer 
out on the street and they want to pull overhead a cat-6 and 3phase 480V 
together. Way out of my league. Anyone see any noise issues with these tied 
together? Anything else I'm missing?

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RE: SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS

[Phillip Partipilo]

All this chat and nobody has suggested SSDs yet?  A 40gb SSD isn't terribly 
expensive, and should be plenty to host Windows and your apps.



Intel X25-V $125 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167025



*Huge* performance boost, and never worry about defragging.



If they need more space, say for large media files, throw in a plain hard drive 
as a D: drive.



RAM is also cheap.  Max 'em out.







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Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107





From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: SPEEDING UP WORKSTATIONS



CCleaner needs to be setup per your needs first via the GUI, and then you can 
run it via script with the appropriate command-line switches.

Use MyDefrag (or Defraggler) with its command-line switches and/or sample 
scripts.  The MyDefrag scripts are great, and are meant to be used for certain 
purposes and/or at certain intervals (weekly, monthly, etc).  MyDefrag is not a 
one-size fits all (like most defraggers are).

J. Kessels (sp?)  the creator of JkDefrag/MyDefrag is very serious about how 
defragging is done. His sample scripts reflect this very well. He is an active 
participant in his support forums.

My MyDefrag scripts are customized way beyond the samples for my systems, and 
for the applications installed on them.  For instance, the samples typically 
work with (3) "zones".  I work with (11), because of the applications I use and 
the files I actively work with or store.

I'd be happy to help you out with your own scripts, but you really should start 
with the samples and get an understanding of how they work.

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RE: Watchguard is full of surprises around every corner.

[Phillip Partipilo]

This particular company that we access via VPN uses their SSL Access Client.  
The vendor even admits requiring admin rights... :

http://watchguard.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/watchguard.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2404&p_created=1248804534





/me facepalms





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Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

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-Original Message-
From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net]
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Watchguard is full of surprises around every corner.







Really..what version are they on?  We don't use the MUVPN very often,

but on their latest version I don't remember having to grant admin

rights after the install to make the software work.



-Original Message-

From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com]

Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 1:49 PM

To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Watchguard is full of surprises around every corner.



Let's put aside that our Firebox has not exactly been a walk in the

park, nor has their support been very helpful.  Another company we do

business with also has a Watchguard appliance, and some users need to

VPN into their system.  Their VPN client software requires local admin

privileges to work.  A vendor... of a Security Product... requiring

local admin...  Requiring the entire system to be wide open to a regular

user.  Are they trying to be a vendor of a security product?





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Watchguard is full of surprises around every corner.

[Phillip Partipilo]

Let's put aside that our Firebox has not exactly been a walk in the park, nor 
has their support been very helpful.  Another company we do business with also 
has a Watchguard appliance, and some users need to VPN into their system.  
Their VPN client software requires local admin privileges to work.  A vendor... 
of a Security Product... requiring local admin...  Requiring the entire system 
to be wide open to a regular user.  Are they trying to be a vendor of a 
security product?


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Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
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Watchguard appliances

[Phillip Partipilo]

Curious to hear of experiences with their appliances and support, as well as 
comparisons with competing products.  I am ready to throw this thing off the 
roof, along with Pavel Checkov from the support department.


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RE: The Impending Demise of Palm

[Phillip Partipilo]

HP does not have a SKU for empty binder clips. They must be purchased with
an Itanic at 3x the cost Newegg would charge you.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: The Impending Demise of Palm

 

Can't I use HP binder clips?

 

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:43 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: The Impending Demise of Palm

 

Itanium's are incompatible with existing binder clips. You either need newly
compiled binder clips, or have to attach your old binder clip in emulation
mode.

 

-sc

 

From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:42 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: The Impending Demise of Palm

 

I knew I kept that bad Itanium processor for a reason.  Now where did I put
those binder clips.

 

From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: The Impending Demise of Palm

 

Now THAT'S creative!

 

Not a way to get chicks. but creative.

 

-sc

 

From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 8:29 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: The Impending Demise of Palm

 


Alternatively (as in my staff photo), you can stick a binder clip spring to
one and use a patch cable to make a geeky bolo tie! 
-- 
RMc 

"Steven M. Caesare"  wrote on 03/09/2010 07:18:47 AM:

> Remember the flawed Pentiums? 
>   
> At some point you could buy one with a hole drilled thru one corner 
> as a trinket. You could wear it as a pendant if you were geeky enough. 
>   
> Speaking of chips. have y'all seen the Intel 8-core chips? I haven't
> seen confirmed pricing, but I've heard some crazy speculation that 
> the could approach $20K. 
>   
> -sc 
>   
> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 5:33 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: The Impending Demise of Palm 
>   
> Only the chip. :) 
>  
> -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker
> Sent from my Verizon Smartphone 
> 
> From: "Steven M. Caesare"  
> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:11:01 -0500 
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Subject: RE: The Impending Demise of Palm 
>   
> The chip, or a whole system? 
>   
> J 
>   
> -sc 
>   
> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:04 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: The Impending Demise of Palm 
>   
> Ah, but do you regularly use it?  :) 
>   
> I have a 486 CPU sitting on my desk. 
> 
> -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker 
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Alex Eckelberry
mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com%0b> 
> > wrote: 
> I still have a Newton. 
>   
> Technology comes and goes.   
>   
> 
> From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 5:35 PM 
> 
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Subject: Re: The Impending Demise of Palm 
>   
> My very first PDA was a Palm.  I remember the rep coming in and 
> showing us this 'great new tool'.  I won mine in a sales contest and
> sold many more by demonstrating its use.  As they died, I replaced 
> with a new Palm all the way until I changed jobs and we went to 
> Exchange.  Never could get it to sync properly and had to go to "the
> dark side".  Still miss graffiti 
>   
> 
>   
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Sam Cayze  wrote: 
> This truly saddens me, I've been an hardcore Palm user since the 
> Treo 600's and a current WebOS user.  I'm not 'totally' in love with
> the WEB OS, but I love the concept of it and Palm's commitment to 
> strive to make it better.  I really want to see Palm succeed. 
> I've been dreading it, but I think it time to find a new platform 
> for my company... Goodlink is free for us, Sprint is dirt cheap, so 
> Palm was always an easy hardware choice for us. 
>   
> Although, I'm glad I ignored my emotional attachment to the company 
> and dumped their stock @ $16  ;) 
>   
> Sam 
>   
> 
> From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:16 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: The Impending Demise of Palm 
> http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/palm-doomed-let-good-byes-begin-965 
>   
> And to think they were such a huge player in bringing the PDA to the
> workplace... 
>   
> -ASB:  http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker 
>   
>   
>   
>   
>   
> 

> 
> -

RE: VIPRE versus Trend

[Phillip Partipilo]

So far my experience with Vipre is quite good, but the Symantec uninstaller
doesn't seem to work on XP x64 clients.  Those get a treatment of Cleanwipe
in safe mode.  This is a pretty small environment so not too big of a deal.
The memory footprint is much smaller than our previous Symantec (v10.1).
Deployment isn't 100% successful, but then again, it was never 100%
successful with Symantec.  You have users who don't reboot their systems
ever, and you know how finicky Windows can randomly get sometimes.  The
administrators interface is wonderful, I have to tip my had to them on that.
So much more intuitive and straightforward.   You don't need to shove a 500
page book into your brain to figure it out.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:58 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: VIPRE versus Trend

 

I'm right in the middle of evaluating McAfee replacements here, so keep this
type info coming, please!

 

Also, if anyone has info (good/bad) about any vendor's solution, please post
up. Feel free to contact me offline, if you feel that's necessary.

 

Thx!

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

 

From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: VIPRE versus Trend

 

I've had a completely different experience with Vipre Enterprise Steve.  We
have had some issues with Vipre bpam service using up non-paged pool memory,
causing the server to become unresponsive, this happened on a very small
subset of servers, but a very significant subset, namely database servers
with Oracle on them.  In working with Vipre support we completely disabled
quick scans, and deep scans, only using active protection on the policy
group for database servers.  We also made some changes in memory management
on the servers per some MS KB articles that we researched and that Vipre
support directed us to.  We haven't had any issues with this in 2-3 months.


I've not ever used Trend, only McAfee and Vipre.  Vipre management console
is great, easy and intuitive compared to McAfee's ePO.  Vipre has caught
more stuff than we ever thought possible since we've implemented it,
including some password cracker applications on workstations that shouldn't
have those kind of things..

I've got Vipre installed on 650 nodes, and am having to up my license count
because we're out of licenses.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Steve Kelsay  wrote:

I wish I could be more optimistic, but We are using the Vipre Enterprise. It
does an excellent job of protecting us, when I can keep it running. It seems
like it just is not ready for primetime. Sunbelt had their top tech go
through our entire network setup during a recent Konficker attack, and it is
still not really stable. 

 

I can look at the console and believe it is running wonderfully, until scans
start without any identifiable cause, effectively shutting down servers with
100% Cpu usage, but that scan never shows up on the remote console, although
the machines are sending last contact info, and last scan info, the off time
scans never show up. I lobbied hard to get Vipre, and really want it to
succeed, but it is not looking good at this time. A deep scan starts on many
machines as soon as anyone logs onto the machine, and that will also peg the
CPU meter. No reason we can tell for this to happen.

 

From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: VIPRE versus Trend

 

All,

 

We're looking to move away from McAfee. Right now we're considering Trend
Micro OfficeScan Enterprise and the VIPRE Enterprise products.

 

Anyone here (aside from Sunbelt employees) have any experience with both of
the current or relatively current iterations of the products?

 

Can you provide any reasons to choose one over the other, aside from price?

 

Thanks in advance,

Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE
Technology Coordinator
Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA
jra...@eaglemds.com
www.eaglemds.com 

 

 

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RE: IM raises its ugly head again...

[Phillip Partipilo]

A point to consider in all of this... Now that the wireless carriers these days 
are touting smartphones to a much larger audience (not just us IT nerds), just 
about all of them can run IM apps (and IRC and so forth). Not so easy to leak 
data though.

 
Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 

-Original Message-
From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: IM raises its ugly head again...

We don't allow IM on our network at all, through any of the IM providers.  
Without the use of a central IM app, our concern is that employees will waste 
company resources and time by adding and chatting with friends through out the 
day.  Another concern has been security with that is data leakage (which can 
still happen with email.  USB drives and CD burning have been disabled via GP).

We have thought about implementing an internal IM solution for communication.

_
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System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com | www.aurico.com


-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: IM raises its ugly head again...

Anyone out there care to share their policy and (very) general implementation 
info on IM and personal video conferencing usage?

Does your company, for instance, allow users to install and use any of the 
major consumer IM/video apps and communicate directly to the major public 
IM/video providers such as MSN, AOL, Yahoo! and Google?

If your company does allow it, what does the company consider to be the 
cost/benefit tradeoff WRT security and not using a centralized IM/video server 
with gateways to public IM/video services?

Also, what security concerns were looked at before implementation and what 
measures, if any, were taken to mitigate them?

If direct access to public IM/video services isn't allowed, is an IM/video 
service provided for business purposes, and if so, what are you using - MSFT 
OCS, or Openfire, or something else?

If you can't comment on-list, but don't mind doing so off-list, I'd certainly 
appreciate it.

Kurt

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RE: OT Home Wireless Question.

[Phillip Partipilo]

I used to use a regular 802.11g to stream Netflix at full quality, making
use of the most of a 600 kbit/sec DSL connection, no problems.   The Tivo
connects to the TV at 1080i, but im not sure if Netflix is full-on HD, maybe
720p at best.  But, if you plan on storing videos onto it, like transcoding
and storing it on the machine's hard disk, if it has one, yeah, going to
want n.  I ended up hardwiring my tivo just for the faster uploads.

 

But for Netflix at least, g is fine.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Eric Wittersheim [mailto:eric.wittersh...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT Home Wireless Question.

 

Make sure you have a bridge and a router that support wireless N draft 2.0
for streaming HD content.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Carl Houseman  wrote:

Yes, google "wireless bridge" for options.  DD-WRT has wireless bridge
capability, if you have a router that can run it, that might be the least
expensive option.

 

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-turn-an-old-router-into-a-wireless-bridg
e/

 

Carl

 

From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: OT Home Wireless Question.

 

I'm looking at buying a BluRay player that has an ethernet port so I can
stream content from the Net. I want to make it wireless and have it connect
to my wireless router. What do I need to do this? Another router that can
act as a bridge?

 

TIA

 

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RE: RESOLVED: Troubleshooting DHCP

[Phillip Partipilo]

Same thing happened to me with an couple HP 4000M switch many years ago -
random ports would just stop taking in broadcasts after a few months of
uptime.  A firmware update eventually solved that.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:30 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: RESOLVED: Troubleshooting DHCP

 

switch could have been blocking broadcast ( DHCP request from client )
across bridges but allowing directed traffic.  Not completely uncommon even
though it's not an every day thing.  Was one of my complaints on the older
3Com switches years ago, needed to 'reboot' them after a month or so to keep
them from acting intermittently flaky

 


Erik Goldoff


IT  Consultant

Systems, Networks, & Security 

'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '

 

 

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From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:23 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RESOLVED: Troubleshooting DHCP

Well, we seem to have fixed the problem. I reset one of our switches, and
clients started picking up IP addresses after that. This makes absolutely no
sense to me. We don't have multiple subnets, DHCP relay, or anything
complex. This is about as plain vanilla a design as they make.

 

And there were no other problems being exhibited. Normally if a switch was
acting crazy, I'd expect lots of symptoms. But everything other than DHCP
was working fine.

 

Still, I'm going to check out Wireshark right now. I want to be prepared in
the future.

 

 

 

John

 

 

 

From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Troubleshooting DHCP

 

Yesterday I started having some DHCP weirdness that has grown today. I'm
kind of stumped and need some guidance.

 

DHCP server is Windows Server 2008. It's also a DC and DNS server. It shows
no errors relating to DHCP in Event Viewer, and there are plenty of
addresses left in the scope. It can be pinged from client machines at >1 ms
and no timeouts, and it can ping client machines with the same results. DNS
is working fine. DC functions are working fine.

 

DHCP, unfortunately, appears spotty. A number of clients (although
apparently not all, from what I can tell) can't get leases. If you run
ipconfig /renew from a command prompt, they report that they can't contact
the DHCP server. If you manually assign an IP address, all works fine. So
network connectivity seems okay-this seems to be strictly a DHCP issue.

 

I'm guessing that I'm going to need a packet sniffer to further
troubleshoot. I have to confess, though, that I've never in my life used
one. I've just never needed to.

 

So, can anyone recommend a free, simple packet sniffer I can run from a
client machine to watch the DHCP traffic? And what, exactly, should I be
looking for?

 

 

 

John Hornbuckle

MIS Department

Taylor County School District

www.taylor.k12.fl.us

 

 

 

 
 
 
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RE: Removable SATA backups

[Phillip Partipilo]

No blanks?  Same dirty techniques as HP,  tried to jack us for more money by
telling me there was no such SKU for an empty sled.  Which was bull.  Found
them on fleabay.  $118 for 250gb, that is about what we recently paid for
2TB Hitachis (after rebate). J  Does look like a pretty cool device though.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Jackson, Jeff [mailto:jeff.jack...@rbza.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:55 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removable SATA backups

 

Installed in sleds. The sleds, apparently, make the drives much more robust
in regards to dropping, etc.
(http://www.high-rely.com/HR3/includes/test.php). The list on the Tandem DXR
is $685. They don't sell empty sleds, at least they aren't listed on their
web. A 250 GB drive starts at $118 and the price goes up to $321 for a 2 TB
drive. The drives in my sleds are all 1TB Hitachi Deskstars. Don't know
about what they put in other sizes. Anyway, if I had too, I could simple
unscrew a drive from a sled and plug it in internally into a workstation or
server and be able to do a recovery.

 

Jeff

 

From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removable SATA backups

 

Do you need the drives installed in sleds, or do you put in the bare drive?

 

How much did it cost?

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Jackson, Jeff [mailto:jeff.jack...@rbza.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removable SATA backups

 

Hi Andrew,

 

We've gotten rid of tape using this system:

 

http://www.high-rely.com/HR3/includes/TandemDXR/TandemDXR.php

 

I can't tell on the unit's you've linked to, but this mirrors the two
drives, so you pull out one for off-site, while the other drive remains
online. The mirroring is done inside the box, so when you plug in the "old"
drive returning from off-site, it automatically syncs up with the "source"
drive. 

 

Anyway, I'm very happy to be rid of tape.

 

Jeff

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removable SATA backups

 

Has anyone looked into removable SATA drives as a valid backup technology
for SMB environments?

*<http://www.storagesearch.com/nas-3.html>
http://www.storagesearch.com/nas-3.html
*<http://www.idealstor.com/teralyte.php>
http://www.idealstor.com/teralyte.php
*
<http://www.google.com/products?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS357US357&sourceid=chrome&q=T
eralyte&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf>
http://www.google.com/products?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS357US357&sourceid=chrome&q=Te
ralyte&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf

 

I'm trying to determine if this is really more flexible and cost-effective
than virtual tape or "traditional" disk-to-disk approaches


-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

 

 

 

 

 

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RE: Removable SATA backups

[Phillip Partipilo]

Do you need the drives installed in sleds, or do you put in the bare drive?

 

How much did it cost?

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Jackson, Jeff [mailto:jeff.jack...@rbza.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:03 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Removable SATA backups

 

Hi Andrew,

 

We've gotten rid of tape using this system:

 

http://www.high-rely.com/HR3/includes/TandemDXR/TandemDXR.php

 

I can't tell on the unit's you've linked to, but this mirrors the two
drives, so you pull out one for off-site, while the other drive remains
online. The mirroring is done inside the box, so when you plug in the "old"
drive returning from off-site, it automatically syncs up with the "source"
drive. 

 

Anyway, I'm very happy to be rid of tape.

 

Jeff

 

From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 12:52 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Removable SATA backups

 

Has anyone looked into removable SATA drives as a valid backup technology
for SMB environments?

*<http://www.storagesearch.com/nas-3.html>
http://www.storagesearch.com/nas-3.html
*<http://www.idealstor.com/teralyte.php>
http://www.idealstor.com/teralyte.php
*
<http://www.google.com/products?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS357US357&sourceid=chrome&q=T
eralyte&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf>
http://www.google.com/products?rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS357US357&sourceid=chrome&q=Te
ralyte&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf

 

I'm trying to determine if this is really more flexible and cost-effective
than virtual tape or "traditional" disk-to-disk approaches


-ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker

 

 

 

 

 

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AD integrated DNS on a non-DC

[Phillip Partipilo]

Probably a really easy question here... In the process of implementing a SBS
2008, but need to get the domain functional level up to 2003.  This means
canning all our 2000 DCs.  Since I'm just using a trial version of 2003 to
get the functional level up, can my old 2000 servers still function as an
AD-integrated DNS server, without being a DC?

 
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Re: Need Website Tested

[Phillip Partipilo]

FWIW it doesn't crash Safari on my iPhone :)

Regards,

Phillip Partipilo
p...@psnet.com


On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:58 PM, "Mark Boersma"   
wrote:

> It’s a good thing there is a trust level here.  Hey guys, click this 
>  link and see your browser do bad things!
>
> All your base are belong to Suwannee County! J
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> BTW, it killed my IE8 on 7 x64
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> Mark
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> -
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> Two rules for success in life:
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> 1. Never tell people everything you know.
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> From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:03 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Need Website Tested
>
>
>
> Thanks to those who responded already. Enough are reproducing the  
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> Suwannee County know, so they can have their web folks check it out.
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> John
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> Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:52 AM
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>
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> Our Windows 7 machines crash when accessing the following site with  
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> http://www.suwannee.k12.fl.us/
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>
> The module causing the fault is mshtml.dll. We’ve tested from multip 
> le Win7 machines (different brands/models/images) on our end with th 
> e same result, but Vista and XP seem to work fine.
>
>
>
> Could any of you with Win7 try the site through IE8 and let me know  
> if you see the same thing?
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> John Hornbuckle
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RE: IPv6

[Phillip Partipilo]

Any correlation to "lab" builds of Linux kernels being odd numbered with 
releases even numbered?

 
Phillip Partipilo
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Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 

-Original Message-
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] 


IPv5 was a lab protocol; never deployed in the wild.

Regards,

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


-Original Message-
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:49 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: IPv6

 Geez, I went to my first training on IPv6 somewhere around 1995 or so, and 
it's still not mainstreamed to replace IPv4


And whatever happened to IPv5 ???



Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security 

'  Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! '



-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:44 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: IPv6

I'm following an interesting conversation on the SAGE list regarding the 
worsening shortage of IPv4 addresses, and the need to plan for
IPv6 transition.

Have any of you worked on a plan, or even fully or partially implemented, IPv6 
in your environments? If so, do you have any wisdom to share?

Beyond knowing that it exists, and is supposed to replace IPv4, I have no real 
world knowledge or experience with it, and was wondering what kind of mind 
share the issue has with this community.

Kurt

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Migration to SBS 2008 directly from regular 2000 server.

[Phillip Partipilo]

Trying to migrate to SBS 2008 from regular 2000 server.  Not SBS, and no
pre-existing Exchange installations.

Has anyone done this before?  I have the answerfile in the root of a USB
thumbdrive, and the whole install seems to be taking place.  No migration
wizard ever appears however.  On its final boot, there is no login screen -
it auto-logs into the administrator account in workgroup mode, with a
different server name than I configured in the answerfile (?)

Also the first thing to greet me after that auto-logon is sbssetup.exe
crashing. An error of "CLR20r3". Migrationwizard.exe crashes out if I try to
manually run that.

There is nothing in the event log of the source server indicating that this
server at all tried to contact it.

It did take my IP settings from the answerfile and network connectivity does
exist.

Ever run into something like this before?
 
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RE: Laptop batteries

[Phillip Partipilo]

Another option, tear the battery apart, and see if it has circuitry to keep all 
the cells balanced (instead of just blindly stringing them together and praying 
they stay matched).  If so, rebuild it , they usually use 18650 cells.

 
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-Original Message-
From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 5:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Laptop batteries



Heh... even Provantage had 3 different batteries, including the OEM. :-)




-Original Message-
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Laptop batteries

Personally, I would have gone with Provantage and a name brand
battery. But that's just me.

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:38, John Aldrich  wrote:
>
> Well, I decided to save $30 and go through BatteryEdge as they guarantee 100% 
> compatibility with the laptop and meet or exceed original specs. J Well see. 
> Hopefully it wasnt a bad decision.
>
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> From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 1:29 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Laptop batteries
>
>
>
> From personal experience I found that where possible using the companies 
> battery seems to last longer. I try not to purchase from the company though 
> as they seem to price the same battery higher than the resellers do.
>
>
>
> Jon
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:23 PM, John Aldrich  
> wrote:
>
> Ok. Im down to either Provantage or Batteryedge.com. The latter is much less 
> expensive, although its not an HP battery. Provantage has several, including 
> a brand-name HP battery. Is it worth an extra $30 or so to get an HP battery? 
> Doesnt HP just buy their batteries from someone else and slap an HP label on 
> em and mark em up 50% anyway?
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Cleanwipe

[Phillip Partipilo]

Whoever it was who re-hosted Symantec's Cleanwipe quite some time ago, the
apparently-only-Support-can-hand-out utility, I have to send out a huge
thanks.

I'm rolling out ViPRE and finding that the deployment setup doesn't always
reliably nuke Symantec AV (10.1) on XP x64 computers, and the result of that
is a worthlessly slow and unusable system.  Safe mode + Cleanwipe does the
trick.

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RE: Skype for business use

[Phillip Partipilo]

A couple of our guys do it for video conferencing from their desk to a
contact at a contractor, their request.

 

.I don't know how being able to see their ugly face at the same time makes
the conference call more productive.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:50 PM
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Subject: Skype for business use

 

Does anyone have any experience with Skype? I'm getting pressure from Sales
to use it on Business Laptops.

Good, bad, security issues?

 

Is it ok to use?

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RE: Cheap recovery for dead HD?

[Phillip Partipilo]

I've read stories of manufacturers "technical" solution to stiction
involving lifting the computer a couple inches from the desk, and dropping
it.

 
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-Original Message-
From: Alverson, Tom (Xetron) [mailto:tom.alver...@ngc.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:11 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Cheap recovery for dead HD?



Thanks for all the replies.  If it would spin up I have Ontracks
recovery tools that could get whatever data was there.  I guess the
freezer is worth a try, but I thought that was more for old school
drives where the heads were not lining up with the tracks any more.  For
this drive, the failure to spin would have to be one of several things:
Bad controller board that drives the motor (If I had an identical drive
I could try swapping the board); bad motor; frozen motor bearings; or
"Stiction" where the heads become stuck to the platters.  I ran across a
bad case of "stiction" long ago with an ST-225 (remember those?).  On
this drive you could actually try to spin the motor from outside the
drive.  I turned real hard with my fingers until the platters finally
broke loose.  When I powered it up after that I heard clunk clunk clunk
clunk clunk   I took the drive apart and one of the heads was still
stuck to the platter and had ripped loose of the head arm.  Good thing
there was no valuable data on that drive.

-Original Message-
From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:43 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Cheap recovery for dead HD?

On 26 Jan 2010 at 14:26, Alverson, Tom (Xetron)  wrote:

> A friend has an external Seagate 1TB drive that died on them and
it has
> the only copy of a lot of the photos they took. I took the USB
enclosure
> apart and connected the SATA drive up directly to a PC, but the motor
does
> not spin at all (you can hear the heads move some at power up). She
took it
> to a local shop where they said it would cost $300 to recover the
data, but
> then changed that to $1000 when they found out it was a "large" drive
> (1TB).
> 
> Does anyone know of a good affordable place that will do this?
Their
> pictures are not worth $1000 at this point.

Try the freezer trick, it worked for me once.

Also, spinrite (grc.com, $89, 30-day moneyback guarantee if it doesn't
help) 
can sometimes help IF the drive will spin up.

Ontrack data recovery (google 'em) will give estimates by email.

--
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GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
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iPhone and ipsec

[Phillip Partipilo]

AT&T is pretty clueless on support. I don't know if they haven't opened up
the needed ports/protocols.  Pretty sure I have our firebox configured
right, based on information here:

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23023

Not connecting to Cisco, but a Watchguard Firebox instead, I wouldn't think
it matters.

Has anyone succeeded in connecting via ipsec?  I know PPTP works just fine,
and the blasted thing doesn't support SSL out of the box.

 
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RE: Had to share this...

[Phillip Partipilo]

On top of that, in the eyes of the BSA, that little card means nothing, they
want to see the purchase receipt.

 

 

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Parametric Solutions Inc.

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From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:31 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Had to share this...

 


Kewl - a $2 CR-2032 battery in a $5+ padded box with a $10+ shipping bill!
Well, at least that 4-day wait saved you that 15-minute trip to the grocery
store... 

This reminds me of the time we ordered 15 MS CALs for NT-4.  We got a huge
cardboard box.  Inside was lots of bubble wrap.  Inside this was 15 MS
software boxes (each about 2" thick).  Inside each of these was a corregated
spacer to fill the box.  Inside the spacers was an envelope.  Inside each
envelope was a card that said something like "Microsoft Windows NT4 Server
Client Access License - One License".  (No wonder they cost so much!)



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James Rankin  wrote on 01/27/2010 08:08:38 AM:

> New BIOS battery from Dell
> 
> [image removed] 

> 2010/1/27 Andrew Levicki  
> We recently ordered a Cisco ASA appliance and the very next day a 
> huge box was delivered which contained only a power cable. The ASA 
> itself arrived in a smaller box the next day. 
> 
> I asked the sales rep about this and it turns out that all Cisco 
> equipment ships with only an American power plug so if purchased 
> outside the States, the power cable is ordered and shipped separately. 
> 
> Hmm.

> 2010/1/27 John Hornbuckle  
> 
> http://en.community.dell.
> com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/12/17/dell-and-order-delays-
> before-the-holidays.aspx
> 
> 
> Maybe they still don't have their inventory issues worked out?
> 
> 
> 
> John Hornbuckle
> MIS Department
> Taylor County School District
> www.taylor.k12.fl.us 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 7:16 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues 
> Subject: Had to share this...
> 
> So, in early December we ordered a nice little server from a large
> computer vendor, which shall remain nameless (but whose initials are
> D.E.L.L).
> 
> Yesterday we received the shipment - box one of one. It seemed, at
> roughly 26lbs, a tad lighter than I expected, so I stay in the
> receiving department and yes, they did.
> 
> 
> 
> They shipped the rail kit and the CD and all of the packing material,
> but NO FREAKING SERVER!
> 
> 
> 
> I can laugh about it - a little bit - because it's not a time-critical
> piece of equipment, but that's the first time this has happened to me.
> 
> Anyone else had this happen to them?
> 
> Our rep is on the case, but that's just wrong...
> 
> Kurt
> 
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RE: Cheap recovery for dead HD?

[Phillip Partipilo]

Funny, just literally Last Week, I was recently presented a laptop hard disk
by a coworkers where the platters did not spin up at all.  I could hear some
faint clicks from the drive, but no spindle motor.

 

He was in the same boat as you.  Just some photos.  Not a deal breaker, but
he REALLY wanted them. 

 

I disassembled the drive, figuring amongst the both of us, it cant hurt -
it's a writeoff at this point.  The spindle was nearly frozen.  It wasn't
the spindle motor though.  Once I gently nudged the heads off from the
center of the platter onto their parking pegs, while spinning the platter as
little as it could spin, applied power, and it spun up fine.

 

It was a good ole fashioned head crash.  Left quite a few bad sectors on the
disk in its wake.

 

Hooked up to a USB to 2.5" adapter, Windows had a really hard time getting
much of the data off.  It had *NO* resiliency in putting up with massive
amount of errors.  So, we had a copy of Ontrack EasyRecovery, and while it
took that software overnight, it managed to recover almost everything. It
appears to bypass Windows entirely and read the disk with its own routines.
Second time we've had to use that code, and it has been somewhat a lifesaver
both times.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Alverson, Tom (Xetron) [mailto:tom.alver...@ngc.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Cheap recovery for dead HD?

 

A friend has an external Seagate 1TB drive that died on them and it has the
only copy of a lot of the photos they took.  I took the USB enclosure apart
and connected the SATA drive up directly to a PC, but the motor does not
spin at all (you can hear the heads move some at power up).  She took it to
a local shop where they said it would cost $300 to recover the data, but
then changed that to $1000 when they found out it was a "large" drive (1TB).
 
Does anyone know of a good affordable place that will do this?  Their
pictures are not worth $1000 at this point.
 
Tom 

 

 

 

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RE: Fw: Managed Switches...

[Phillip Partipilo]

Many modern systems have dual NICs.  Could you connect your PC direct into
the gig, and bridge the two NICs within Windows, then connect the VoIP phone
to the computer's NIC.  (many modern onboard NICs are even auto-mdi/x so you
don't even need a crossover)

 
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-Original Message-
From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:00 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Fw: Managed Switches...



Yep, I mean 100Mbps to the desktop via the phone.
If I disconnect the phone and connect the cable directly to the desktop, I 
get 1Gbps

Regards

Tony Patton
Desktop Operations Cavan
Ext 8078
Direct Dial 049 435 2878
email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com



From:
richardmccl...@aspca.org
To:
"NT System Admin Issues" 
Date:
26/01/2010 16:50
Subject:
Fw: Managed Switches...




Why is 100 Mbps for a VoIP phone an issue?  That is the VoIP standard... 
OR, are you saying the throughput to you your workstation gets throttled 
to 100 Mbps as well?  I can see how that would be annoying. 

With our system, to get the full funtionality and management of our 
workstations (our VoIP phones), it is necessary to connect a PC 
"downstream" from the IP phone (SIP address, etc).  In other words, we do 
not have the option of having PCs and phones on separate wires. 

Anyway, if this throttling to 100 Mbps is typical for all VoIP systems 
(our phones are Polycom 430s), then I might have a good answer for our 
development folks who complain about slow throughput to and from their 
servers. 

Something intersting to look into some day soon...
-- 
Richard D. McClary 
Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group 
ASPCAR 
  
- Forwarded by Richard McClary/MWRO/Aspca on 01/26/2010 10:42 AM - 


tony patton  wrote on 01/26/2010 10:35:48 
AM:

> we have ~2600 phones/desktops all on the same cables, different vlans 
for 
> voice & data, qos
> 
> The only issue I have is that the phones we have (Nortel CS1000) are 
only 
> 100mbit, if I bypass the phone i have a gig.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tony Patton
> Desktop Operations Cavan
> Ext 8078
> Direct Dial 049 435 2878
> email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com
> 
> 
> 
> From:
> "Glen Johnson" 
> To:
> "NT System Admin Issues" 
> Date:
> 26/01/2010 16:28
> Subject:
> RE: Managed Switches...
> 
> 
> 
> Well I know we are doing both on one wire and no issues.
> We do use separate vlans for voice versus data.
> QOS is configured also,
> We run our IP camera system on the same network also, I see constant 
> 45mbit traffic to the server doing the camera recording.
> We also use Altiris to image up to 25 workstations at the same time and 
> I?ve yet to have any issues with voice call quality.
> We have about 175 voip phones so I for one think this recommendation is 
at 
> least inefficient.  Would require double the switch ports and wiring.
> At the risk of offending, sounds like something isn?t configured 
properly 
> if you need two separate wires, just to support VOIP.
> I also know of several colleges much larger than us that are doing the 
> exact same thing and having great success.
> In fact, I just came from a video conference where one of the techs said 

> they had just deployed 500+ voip phones and related pcs and 
infrastructure 
> and it is working great.
> 
> 
> From: Philip Brothwell [mailto:philip.brothw...@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:28 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Managed Switches...
> 
> +1
> 
> Whenever possible you should run VoIP on separate wiring.  The 
networking 
> requirements for VoIP are very different than the requirements for most 
> data networks.  VoIP cares about jitter and latency, data networks care 
> about speed. The typical VoIP call uses less than 1Kbps of bandwidth but 

> it wants that bandwidth NOW.  Yes, you can (and should) use QoS and 
VLANS 
> to help with VoIP but if your network is heavily utilised you will still 

> have issues.  And since the bandwidth requirement for VoIP is low you 
can 
> in many cases reuse the existing PBX wiring for VoIP.  I have actually 
> seen enterprise-level VoIP run over CAT 3 cable.  (Something I do not 
> recommend other than as a stop-gap.)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Kurt Buff  wrote:
> You can do this with QoS, and I've seen nothing to indicate that HP is
> anything less than stellar in this regard. But if memory serves (it's
> been a few years) switches with QoS cost a bit more. Perhaps that's no
> longer true.
> 
> At the very least, it simplifies configuration and troubleshooting.
> 
> Also, I don't know what the 

RE: ftp timeout issue

[Phillip Partipilo]

How about Filezilla?  That's been a bulletproof (and free!) FTP client for many 
of us.

 
Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 

-Original Message-
From: Neil Johnston [mailto:njohns...@kjbsecurity.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:28 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: ftp timeout issue



I'm having problems with several users using different ftp programs, they 
cannot connect to ftp websites because their session timesout before 
connecting, or sometimes they connect and only see some of the folders on the 
ftp site.

My personal issue is with Dreamweaver, it just never uploads files, it used to 
work.  I have to use core ftp lite which is the only solution that consistently 
works for me, however other users cannot connect to the same ftp site with the 
same software.

We have a firewall that is standard setup, disallow all incoming except replies 
to connections initiated on the inside of the firewall.  I cannot think of 
anything else that would cause this issue.

I don't know if this is the best forum to post this issue but I thought to give 
it a try.  Any and all suggestions are appreciated to what I can look into to 
fix this.

TIA.
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RE: 16 bit VDM

[Phillip Partipilo]

Hey, I haven't messed with Office 2010 yet, but does it have an option to
revert to the pre-2007 non-ribbon system?  That is the real factor limiting
the rollout of a modern office suite here.  Nobody wants that ribbon crap.
We have older folks who know where shit is, where it has been for over a
decade, and just want to be productive, and not hunt around for stuff.

 

 

Phillip Partipilo

Parametric Solutions Inc.

Jupiter, Florida

(561) 747-6107

 

 

From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:45 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM

 

Most of our users haven't even made it to 2007 yet!

 

I do have a beta 2010, just haven't loaded it yet, but good to know.

 

Thx!

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

 

From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM

 

Office 2010 does. J

 

From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM

 

Ahh, gotcha. Wouldn't that be nice if it did?

 

: D

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: 16 bit VDM

 

Sorry, no it ran it just ran as a x32 not an x64.  I would have hoped that
it would have done an x64 install on an x64 machine and x32 on an x32
machine.

 

Jon

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Don Guyer 
wrote:

Are you saying it wouldn't run? I'm pretty sure I'm running Office 32-bit on
my Win7 64-bit system at home. 

 

Don Guyer

Systems Engineer - Information Services

Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group

431 W. Lancaster Avenue

Devon, PA 19333

Direct: (610) 993-3299

Fax: (610) 650-5306

don.gu...@prufoxroach.com

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:04 PM 


To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: Re: 16 bit VDM 

 

I started to do the switch and found that Office was still 32 bit, there may
have been other issues but that was the biggest one on the test machine I
had.  I had a graphics system that was scheduled to remain an x32 XP system
due to software licensing issues so the Web developer could have migrated
any of his apps to it without issue.

 

Jon

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Glen Johnson  wrote:

Humm.  Change one gp setting, break maybe one or two apps.
Switch 200+ computers to 64bit, and break who knows what?
I think we have a differing definition of "easier".

Just for fun, have any of you folks switched an org to 64?
If so, what kinds of problems did you face?


-Original Message-
From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues

Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM

There is an easier solution just switch all user to 64 Bit OS and
problem solved.

-Original Message-
From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 16 bit VDM

Anyone implemented the group policy mentioned in this article?

If so, did you see any side effects.

I don't know of any old 16 bit programs that are in use here, but I
guess there could be some we aren't aware of.

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Windows-hole-discovered-after
<http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Windows-hole-discovered-after-17
-years-Update-908917.html> 
-17-years-Update-908917.html








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RE: 16 bit VDM

[Phillip Partipilo]

We have about half of our users at 64 bit XP right now, with a gradual
roll-out of 64-bit Win7 taking place. Notable issues:

(1) a particular piece of code we rarely use happens to use an ancient copy
protection algorithm, which relies on some 16-bit code.  We keep a few
32-bit machines online for the users of this software to RDP into.

(2) Not really so much a 64-bit issue, but a Vista/Win7 thing. They started
using Intel64 in the PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER environment variable instead of
EM64T, which breaks some software installers.  Not hard to work around, just
open up cmd and change the variable and run setup from the command prompt
there.

Print drivers are most often noted.  Perhaps with some inkjets, I dunno, but
none of our relatively big brand lasers have had any trouble at all (Xerox,
HP, Brother)

On a non-business level, I recall having problems getting Battlefield 2142
working on my home PC running Win7 RC 64-bit. I think that was related to
Punkbuster.  I haven't tried since 7 went RTM, it might be fixed by now. 

 
Phillip Partipilo
Parametric Solutions Inc.
Jupiter, Florida
(561) 747-6107
 
 

-Original Message-
From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:10 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM



Humm.  Change one gp setting, break maybe one or two apps.
Switch 200+ computers to 64bit, and break who knows what?
I think we have a differing definition of "easier".

Just for fun, have any of you folks switched an org to 64?
If so, what kinds of problems did you face?

-Original Message-
From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:21 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: 16 bit VDM

There is an easier solution just switch all user to 64 Bit OS and
problem solved.

-Original Message-
From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 7:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: 16 bit VDM

Anyone implemented the group policy mentioned in this article?

If so, did you see any side effects.

I don't know of any old 16 bit programs that are in use here, but I
guess there could be some we aren't aware of.

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Windows-hole-discovered-after
-17-years-Update-908917.html

 

 

 


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