Re: Replacement for SteadyState
If they lose work - then learn not to leave it locked. This exactly! As we use DeepFreeze in the labs, this is also how our students remember to not save to the desktop. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:15 AM, kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: If they leave the computer locked, power it off and on. If they lose work - then learn not to leave it locked. Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY -- *From: * Glen Johnson gjohn...@vhcc.edu *Date: *Mon, 7 Jan 2013 14:57:13 + *To: *NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *ReplyTo: * NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject: *RE: Replacement for SteadyState No on the student login. We use a generic account per classroom. We’ve talked about moving to a individual student login, but I’m not sure we need or want that. For others that have gone that route, how do you handle situations where students don’t logout before they leave. You either have a locked computer, logged on as said student or if not locked, then student 2 has access to student 1’s account. ** ** *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 07, 2013 9:32 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Replacement for SteadyState ** ** *Sure so scenarios where you’re teaching classes that require changes to the OS to accomplish the class makes good sense and I’d not argue against a solution like DeepFreeze in that case.* * * *In the case of things like wallpaper and user profile stuff, are you not using named user accounts for your students? That solves a bunch of this on the spot. * * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu gjohn...@vhcc.edu] *Sent:* Monday, January 7, 2013 7:42 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Replacement for SteadyState ** ** We teach classes and let the students make any and all changes to the desktop environment. Here’s one example. Student comes in and sets the desktop wallpaper to his favorite pinup gal. Next student doesn’t like it, but is a beginner and doesn’t know how to change it to something else. Reboot and the pin up gal is gone. Also, I’ve seen some programs/apps that can now be installed without admin rights, Google Chrome for example. Not a problem with Deep Freeze. ** ** I’m sure there are other ways to do this, but DeepFreeze works great in our environment. ** ** *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.combr...@briandesmond.com] *Sent:* Sunday, January 06, 2013 4:36 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Replacement for SteadyState ** ** *I’ve worked at a lot of customers that use DeepFreeze and similar products and I’m not a huge fan of the concept in general. It makes the overall lifecycle maintenance of a desktop environment a heck of a lot more complicated.* * * *The question I always pose (and usually don’t get much of a response to), is “what problems/issues is DeepFreeze protecting you from that running as a local user wouldn’t solve?”* * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu gjohn...@vhcc.edu] *Sent:* Friday, January 4, 2013 11:33 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Replacement for SteadyState ** ** Not free, but we could not function at the school without DeepFreeze. ** ** *From:* Bambi J Saastad [mailto:bambi.j.saas...@seagate.combambi.j.saas...@seagate.com] *Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2013 11:36 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Replacement for SteadyState ** ** Hello I was wondering if any of you could suggest a replacement for SteadyState. I have a roomful of pc's that the factory users use for browsing etc that I am replacing with Windows 7 Pro that need to be locked down. ** ** Can anyone suggest a product that does the same thing, wipe out any changes on reboot? TIA B ** ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~
Re: Replacement for SteadyState
The campus I support has been using Faronics DeepFreeze in our labs for several years. http://www.faronics.com/ On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Bambi J Saastad bambi.j.saas...@seagate.com wrote: Hello I was wondering if any of you could suggest a replacement for SteadyState. I have a roomful of pc's that the factory users use for browsing etc that I am replacing with Windows 7 Pro that need to be locked down. Can anyone suggest a product that does the same thing, wipe out any changes on reboot? TIA B ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: same IP printer - two different print servers
Thanks again everyone... turns out I'm going to have to set them up sooner than later after all. The former print server finally died of old age this morning. The good news though is that it also means I can finally retire the 4 external modems that provided dial up. Yes - I seriously had faculty and staff using dial up! On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Rene de Haas rene.deh...@gmail.com wrote: We set up a second server with the same printernames. Then we used a vbscript in the loginscript to remap the old printers to the new ones for everyone. Then you wait a while so most people get changed automatically before retiring the old printserver. We didn't change the printernames to keep things easier for the users. Hth Rene On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Jack jsmre...@new.rr.com wrote: ** The only real issue I see is that your helpdesk might get some calls after the old printer server is retired. I have done this type of thing many times for our schools. Not sure how you have the students and staff access the printers, we would put shortcuts into the start menu for them to use based upon what there home school was. Then last year we setup the printer shortcut to run a VB script that got the location IP information and then based upon the the groups they were in would then bring up only the printers at the location they were at. But if they have installed the printer from the old server they just have to add the one from the new server, but still a pain for the helpdesk if the staff is at least not sent an email about the change. Jack *From:* David Lum david@nwea.org *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:53 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Subject:* RE: same IP printer - two different print servers Wow you’re good, I don’t stop at seconds guessing myself, I sometimes make it to ace – 5 times guessing myself! ** ** *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 9:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: same IP printer - two different print servers ** ** Thanks - I needed the second opinion as I kept second guessing myself!*** * On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org wrote: With the exception of centralized reporting/logging, it is indeed as easy as it sound. No problem with having 2 print servers point to the same printer... We've done lots of migrations that way... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** -Original Message- From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: same IP printer - two different print servers I've researched this and it appears to be okay to do, but something keeps telling me it seems too easy I'm in the process of retiring an old print server, but with most of the faculty not back yet I need to keep the printers 'live' on both servers. I'd like to set up different share names for the same printers on the new server and change the networked printers for faculty as they arrive back on campus. Anyone ever done this? Any issues? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE
same IP printer - two different print servers
I've researched this and it appears to be okay to do, but something keeps telling me it seems too easy I'm in the process of retiring an old print server, but with most of the faculty not back yet I need to keep the printers 'live' on both servers. I'd like to set up different share names for the same printers on the new server and change the networked printers for faculty as they arrive back on campus. Anyone ever done this? Any issues? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: same IP printer - two different print servers
Thanks - I needed the second opinion as I kept second guessing myself! On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.orgwrote: With the exception of centralized reporting/logging, it is indeed as easy as it sound. No problem with having 2 print servers point to the same printer... We've done lots of migrations that way... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** -Original Message- From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: same IP printer - two different print servers I've researched this and it appears to be okay to do, but something keeps telling me it seems too easy I'm in the process of retiring an old print server, but with most of the faculty not back yet I need to keep the printers 'live' on both servers. I'd like to set up different share names for the same printers on the new server and change the networked printers for faculty as they arrive back on campus. Anyone ever done this? Any issues? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: OT: Friday Funny
Better in chocolate http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8620908/3D-chocolate-printer-could-be-future-of-gifts.html On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Orland, Kathleen korl...@rogers.com wrote: Lose something? ** ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Awpr ** ** ** ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast
+1000 and don't be sure that even if you tell them it is for a Tivo that they will know what to do. I had to pay to teach a Charter Cable tech how to install one. eye roll On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote: *The technology works. Unfortunately your cable vendor is unlikely to know WTF is going on. Make sure you tell them it’s for a TIVO. They’ve *never* heard of an MCE. The TIVO generates sufficient truck rolls that they’ll know what to do. If you have a Ceton card you need to make sure the phone person documents IN THE WORKORDER that you want an “M” (Multi-stream) card *AND* to bring extra as these things are unreliable as can be. * * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 3:07 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast Thanks, that could be a good option. I’ve heard horror stories about ‘cablecard’ and google searches turn up a lot of older hits with complaints. Guessing they have the bugs worked out now ? *Erik Goldoff*** *IT Consultant* *Systems, Networks, Security * ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' *From:* Greg Olson [mailto:gol...@markettools.com] *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 5:10 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast I use this: http://www.cetoncorp.com/products.php And then you just need a cablecard from Comcast. They usually make someone come out to install the card though, so just an fyi. Comcast was a pain in the beginning getting it installed as there “tech’s” don’t really know anything about how to install it, but that was last year. Sould be easier now. -Greg *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 2:00 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Media Center tuner card for Comcast I have the $12 basic cable package, and my ancient tuner card works fine still (last time I checked) Is that the cable package you are curious about... I can check what card I have later if interested. Sam On Apr 11, 2011 7:33 AM, Erik Goldoff egold...@gmail.com wrote: Now since Comcast has been digital, the old analog tuner card in my 5+ year old XP Media Center pc won’t tune in even the ‘free’ cable channels. The HP PC is so old that it does not have any of the slot types that the newer cards fit. I’m thinking of building a new, Windows 7 based media center system, and wonder if any of you that are also Comcast customers have done the same successfully. If so, what tuner card (make and model) did you use and do you recommend it for others ? Thanks in advance Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email
MS App-V for (a) Dummies
I am a complete newbie in virtualization, but now have a need to deploy App-V since I have a campus full of old computers and faculty that insists on using the newest versions of apps like Adobe CS, AutoCAD and Visual Studio. Any good how-to books out there for total newbies like me? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Today is the end of the line for me,
I actually like my job (most days). However, I work for the state of Wisconsin. For now anyway. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Jonathan ncm...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, there is definitely some truth to that. That's a really good point about the exciting times in IT being during implementation and problems/disasters. I was having a conversation with a friend of mine this morning (he moved from the telecom world into counseling fathers and families!). Anyway, we were talking about job and career changes, and the gist of it is that if you change jobs because you are dissatisfied, even if you are good at what you do and even if you THINK you enjoy it.. if you are unsatisfied with job after job, and the corporate climate is different in each one, perhaps it isn't the job, but the career you've chosen... Part of my motivation for changing jobs is for me to explore whether or not this truly is the right career for me. If I continue to be dissatisfied with my new job, (once the honeymoon wears off), then perhaps it isn't the culture, but possibly it is time for me to at least consider a change in careers... (scary thought, but one has to work through these things to find contentment). JR On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: In the vein of greener pastures and all that, I also read this editorial recently (subscription required, probably not worth it because I'll paraphrase it below). http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/72386/ The editorial is focused on the DBA, and it's thesis is that work is mundane, exciting work happens when something bad happens, and we put in a lot of effort to make sure bad things don't happen. That's all applicable to IT in general. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the reasons for leaving shouldn't involve the %WORK% but should involve the %JOB%. 245 word article made a world of difference in making me understand my own situation. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote: Best of luck to you both! Hopefully some of that good vib will rub off and I'll find a new gig that's a happy place. Don K From: Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 7:22:50 AM Subject: RE: Today is the end of the line for me, Jon, I definitely see the excitement in your email for this new opportunity, definitely happy for you. Hopefully will be moving on to do security only work and leave the system engineering realm behind, its beyond time. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 From: Jonathan [mailto:ncm...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Today is the end of the line for me, +100 Wow. I wish I had read that a LONG time ago. On a positive note, I AM moving on, and quite excited about it. Hang in there Z! Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 17, 2011 9:31 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent article -ASB: http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Sent from my Motorola Droid On Feb 17, 2011 8:28 PM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: This may be appropriate to your mood. http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/hawall.htm On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org wrote: I think after this day I have come to the conclusion is time to move on, if there is companies in the RI/MASS/CT area looking for a security engineer, please contact me at the email below. If the distance is under 1.5 hrs I am game. Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend Every SBS site I manage has two servers just to offload some of that (that, and have redundant DC's). In some cases the server is a desktop, but it keeps that much less activity off the SBS server. AV and WSUS, that's what an older desktop is good for :-). Dave -Original Message- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Thoughts on this pitch from Trend I think some of the issues have to do with smaller installations. We have several clients that install the A/V server software on an SBS
Re: OT : Friday Humor...
I want the self-destruct! On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.comwrote: http://www.flixxy.com/sumsing-turbo-3000-cellphone.htm -Paul ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
IP range for labs
Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question... not enough coffee yet. I have a situation where one of the professors wants to keep students from cheating by restricting access to online quizes using the IP addresses of the classroom workstations. She can do this with the software. Here is my problem - not surprisingly I'm using a DHCP server. I refuse to give over half the campus static IP addresses. I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice seqential order like she wants. Is there another option I am missing? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: IP range for labs
More information: It would be approximately 150 machines. I'm one of only 2 people supporting about 150 faculty/staff and over 1000 students, appromimately 450 machines, the network infrastructure, phone system, security cameras, copiers, help desk, training,distance ed class schedule (proctoring and remote instructor support) - basically everything using electricity. Needless to say we are stretched VERY thin. This campus is one of 13 supported by a central office. They 'assigned' our IP structure. xxx.xxx.200.xxx is 'reserved' for static IPs and 201-203 is set for distribution. I don't have enough addresses in the 200 range to use. If I reserved - in order as she wants - within the distribution ranges, what would happen if I tried to assign an IP that was already in use? Would DHCP release that IP automatically or would I need to go aroung rebooting machines? Again sorry if I'm asking dumb questions. It's been awhile since I even looked at DHCP. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle jra...@eaglemds.com wrote: “I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice sequential order like she wants.” Why not? Couldn’t you reserve the range for her classroom and assign IP Addresses to individual MAC addresses in whatever order she wants? (I’m assuming you mean that she essentially wants IP addresses assigned in some kind of order that is in relation to the way the room is physically laid out?) …Aside from the fact that in doing so you would be setting a precedent. This may or may not be a good thing for your sanity, depending on how big of a campus you are supporting. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA* *jra...@eaglemds.com* *www.eaglemds.com -- *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 10, 2011 9:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* IP range for labs Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question... not enough coffee yet. I have a situation where one of the professors wants to keep students from cheating by restricting access to online quizes using the IP addresses of the classroom workstations. She can do this with the software. Here is my problem - not surprisingly I'm using a DHCP server. I refuse to give over half the campus static IP addresses. I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice seqential order like she wants. Is there another option I am missing? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: IP range for labs
apparently not - just IP ranges I'm going to talk with her...again... and explain why this just isn't a viable option for the spring semester. We can revisit for fall. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: My thoughts as well. Add to that what Ken just asked: Can't this software that the professor is intent on using block by FQDN? *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.comwrote: *Personally I think you need to step back and consider whether or not this request is feasible. I get the impression from your message that it really isn’t.* * * *Thanks,* *Brian Desmond* *br...@briandesmond.com* * * *c – 312.731.3132* * * *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 10, 2011 9:42 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: IP range for labs More information: It would be approximately 150 machines. I'm one of only 2 people supporting about 150 faculty/staff and over 1000 students, appromimately 450 machines, the network infrastructure, phone system, security cameras, copiers, help desk, training,distance ed class schedule (proctoring and remote instructor support) - basically everything using electricity. Needless to say we are stretched VERY thin. This campus is one of 13 supported by a central office. They 'assigned' our IP structure. xxx.xxx.200.xxx is 'reserved' for static IPs and 201-203 is set for distribution. I don't have enough addresses in the 200 range to use. If I reserved - in order as she wants - within the distribution ranges, what would happen if I tried to assign an IP that was already in use? Would DHCP release that IP automatically or would I need to go aroung rebooting machines? Again sorry if I'm asking dumb questions. It's been awhile since I even looked at DHCP. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle jra...@eaglemds.com wrote: “I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice sequential order like she wants.” Why not? Couldn’t you reserve the range for her classroom and assign IP Addresses to individual MAC addresses in whatever order she wants? (I’m assuming you mean that she essentially wants IP addresses assigned in some kind of order that is in relation to the way the room is physically laid out?) …Aside from the fact that in doing so you would be setting a precedent. This may or may not be a good thing for your sanity, depending on how big of a campus you are supporting. Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA* *jra...@eaglemds.com* *www.eaglemds.com -- *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 10, 2011 9:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* IP range for labs Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question... not enough coffee yet. I have a situation where one of the professors wants to keep students from cheating by restricting access to online quizes using the IP addresses of the classroom workstations. She can do this with the software. Here is my problem - not surprisingly I'm using a DHCP server. I refuse to give over half the campus static IP addresses. I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice seqential order like she wants. Is there another option I am missing? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: IP range for labs
Discussed this with the professor... We will reserve IPs for the fall semester, but she's going to have to live without it for the spring. Thanks everyone for all the help! This list is invaluable. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM, N Parr npar...@mortonind.com wrote: Assuming your web filter has this ability. Why can't you just assign the logons for those pc's to a group than can only access the specific sites they need? Base everything off the user id or pc name and forget about IP's. I do this all the time with my Barracuda. If the user is a member of this AD group it can go here and no where else. It's how I locked down our training kiosks to only access our online training sites. And since a majority of my pc's are general use data collection pc's on the shop floor I have a group in AD that says if you're a member then you are denied all internet access. Everyone else gets filtered like usual. -- *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, January 10, 2011 8:41 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* IP range for labs Please forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question... not enough coffee yet. I have a situation where one of the professors wants to keep students from cheating by restricting access to online quizes using the IP addresses of the classroom workstations. She can do this with the software. Here is my problem - not surprisingly I'm using a DHCP server. I refuse to give over half the campus static IP addresses. I could reserve them, but they won't be in a nice seqential order like she wants. Is there another option I am missing? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Video of a song encapsulating the entirety of Christmas spirit
My personal favorite... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqonjZ1hMnI On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GUU1YbP_E Merry Christmas[1] [1] Substituting appropriate religious or non-religious greeting is left as an exercise to the reader. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Office decorations - Are they allowed for you?
From ThinkGeek http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1411424o=allop=1view=allsubj=6399067073id=1639581935 On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Terry Dickson te...@treasurer.state.ks.uswrote: OK I have to chime in, a few years ago the IT dept all 6 of us we chastised for not putting a wreath on our door, I had some old Mainframe Drive packs at home so I took one apart. Pulled out the individual platters and we started adding stuff to it. We have circuit boards from Floppy drives, Other SCSI and IDE Hard Drives, We have a CPU, and some RAM on there. WE added a speaker some other misc circuit cards we had out of failed systems. We then tied a bow on top with some 9-track tape. Then after a few days someone suggested it needed a mouse, so we added a dead mouse with the appropriate saying to it. Now it is so requested they want us to build another one to put in a wreath contest this year. So we are back scrounging our spare parts to build another because we don't want to give up the original. That is about all the decorating we do though. -Original Message- From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Office decorations - Are they allowed for you? I've never worked at a company where it was frowned upon. I have a USB-fed LED decoration that spells out JOY, hooked up to my laptop. Other cubes/areas are heavily decorated. Previous job I had, each dept had their own trees setup in their areas. ***holding my tongue on the whole Holiday issue*** :p 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 -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Office decorations - Are they allowed for you? A buddy and myself ran lights around our cubicles, and we've gotten several others involved. We're having to call them holiday lights, so as not to offend anyone. We also have a small, 3' fiber optic tree, and some garland to finish it off. Was just curious if you guys were allowed to do anything like that. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you do not have permission to disclose, copy, distribute, or open any attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: #*$% Security Tools Malware
+1 That is exactly the combination I was using (sucessfully I might add) even before the 'merger'. On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/ Free. And the combination really works. *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] *Sent:* Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:20 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* #*$% Security Tools Malware The “Security Tools” malware is about to drive me insane. My users keep managing to infect themselves with it, and we’re having trouble stopping it. They don’t run with admin rights, so there’s no real damage done to their systems and we can clean it up in about two minutes. But the time adds up, and I’m tired of my technicians having to waste time on it. Our antimalware software is Microsoft’s Forefront Client Security, and it’s having a tough time catching this. Every time I get infected, I send the EXE to Microsoft and they update their definitions—but the EXE’s used by the malware apparently change rapidly, and seem to constantly be a step ahead of FCS’s definitions. I can think of a couple of options that I know would stop it, like blocking all EXE’s at our web filter or using group policy to limit the running of EXE’s—but this would also prevent users from doing things like installing safe plug-ins from websites, so it’s not a first resort. Suggestions? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: #*$% Security Tools Malware
Alex, Any chance of education pricing for Malwarebytes? We are forced to use Symantec here. When - and I do mean when - they get infected, I use Vipre Rescue and Malwarebytes to clean them. I've eliminated the issue w/student computers by using DeepFreeze, but I'd like to have Malwarebytes for all faculty and staff machines. (Vipre at home :-) ) On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Alex Eckelberry al...@sunbelt-software.com wrote: In my discussions with Malwarebytes, they have indicated that they are ok with the use of Malwarebytes in a commercial environment for a one-time use to clean an infected system -- at least as it regards the website vipre.malwarebytes.org. However, you're correct, the Malwarebytes business model is to have a free version and charge for corporate/business customers. It should ultimately be purchased. Alex -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: #*$% Security Tools Malware On 15 Sep 2010 at 12:55, Alex Eckelberry wrote: http://vipre.malwarebytes.org/ Free. And the combination really works. Just remember, only the VIPRE part of that page is free. On that page, quite prominently, is this: (Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is free for non-commercial use)! -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
Re: Off topic - Career Job Advice
$100,000 of assessed value, you pay $1500 in property taxes annually. That's all? I'm moving! On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: Come to Anchorage Alaska! No income tax, no sales tax and an annual Permanent Fund Dividend Check! Property taxes in Anchorage are a little steep. The mill levy in Anchorage is based on district. In 2010, it ranged mostly from 10.56 - 15.55. Using a mill levy of 15.00 means for every $100,000 of assessed value, you pay $1500 in property taxes annually. - Sean On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.comwrote: Maybe the northern and north-western terr of states? Except for the income tax in a couple of them they seem to be friendly to bringing people in. Jon On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.com wrote: On 17 Aug 2010 at 17:22, Ken Schaefer wrote: If you want to spend your life living in Florida|etc then that will limit the opportunities available. It may be better to seek something further afield if the job opportunity is worthwhile (and the pay can compensate you for the cost in moving) Cheers Ken I don't know anywhere else that would let me take my gun collection along ;-) -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: It's that day!
Top 4 things you should NEVER tell a sysadmin on SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR APPRECIATION DAY (or any other day) http://www.pcweenies.com/ On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:10 AM, richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: http://www.sysadminday.com/ And my Help Desk guy got the day off! -- Richard -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT, vintage memories
Wow easy to forget since my boys are only 10 13 just how 'vintage' I truly am. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.comwrote: For those of us who are “vintage”, a fun link http://www.webmarketing101.com/memory_lane.htm -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Symantec looking to nab Verisign
You sir owe me a keyboard! On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: 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 -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT: The Geek alphabet
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/05/13/the-geek-alphabet/ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: The Impending Demise of Palm
I have two very active kids and a fulltime job I need to be able to have at arm's length my work and personal calendar. That's why I had a PDA for so many years. Now that I can also check email while waiting at the doctors, the game, the _, find I can actually find a few minutes in the day for me. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: I can touch type, but it doesn't cause me any problems with using a blackberry. A phone call will not always work. For instance, now. My phone costs less than 300, too. I love my desktop and laptop, but neither is a replacement for my smartphone. -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:41:48 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: The Impending Demise of Palm Really? My netbook cost less than $300.00, and I'd take that over a smartphone any day. I'm a touch typist, and *cannot* wrap my mind around a phone-sized device. Plus, if it's a one-liner response to something, a phone call will suffice. On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:33, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: If you're creating memos, perhaps. For standard email communication, a PDA/smartphone is more than adequate. I can process a considerable amount of email on my phone -- in far more places than a laptop would be appropriate or convenient. And, at a much better price. --Original Message-- From: Kurt Buff To: NT Issues ReplyTo: NT Issues Subject: Re: The Impending Demise of Palm Sent: Mar 9, 2010 1:04 PM On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 09:51, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: snippage Besides who really needs to keep track of their appointments on the phone. Netbooks and laptops can do more. /snippage You're kidding right!? If you aren't, then don't forget about email. No one needs email on their phone, a full client can do more. Actually, I agree with that sentiment. Email on a phone is an abomination. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker Sent from my Verizon Smartphone ~ 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/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
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 sam.ca...@rollouts.com 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 -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: VIPRE versus Trend
Wow Evan did you really say We’re looking to move to either Symantec?! I'd do anything to get off that worthless POS. Unfortunately I don't get the last say as to what we are told to use. In over 12 years I could count on one hand the number of infected/compromised computers on campus. Since going to Symancrap, it seems all I do is clean and re-image infected computers. And yes - they have the most current DATs. Doesn't matter. It isn't catching/cleaning much of anything. I run Vipre on the machines I'm in charge of away from my daytime job. On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Evan Brastow ebras...@automatedemblem.comwrote: Just getting caught up on stuff.. I agree, Steve. I can’t keep Vipre running, either. Half the time I look, it’s not on any of the clients it should be, and then when I look at the server, the service hasn’t been running for who knows how long. I know I should check it every day or hour or something, but in a small company with very limited staff (staff = me,) there isn’t the time to babysit it. We’re looking to move to either Symantec or go back to Trend next year. Evan * * * * * * *From:* Steve Kelsay [mailto:kels...@sctax.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:43 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: VIPRE versus Trend 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 -- Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that it contains. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: CompTIA certs
Token ring... Maws (incorrect spelling for certain) weren't they? On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, yes. I was at Nordstrom for quite a while, and the PS/2 line was well entrenched, and pretty darn reliable. We used it with 16mbit TokenRing over Cat3, of which I pulled more than a little, and used SNA as well with a terminal program from Attachmate. Token Ring cards from Madge, Intel and one other the name of which I can't remember. Synoptics switches (not called switches, but it's been too long for me to remember the technical term) Gads. That brings back memories... On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 13:14, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: Yup, Compaq and the Gang of Nine HP, Compaq (back when they were separate!), and several others did EISA to get back at IBM Did anybody here really buy in to PS/2's where they worked?? -sc -Original Message- From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs I don't think Compaq ever touched it. As I recall, they were one of the major players in the EISA attempt to overthrow MCA. NCR definitely used MCA as I think did NEC. -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs IBM, Compaq, and... ? -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 2:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: CompTIA certs Name three companies that used MCA, sir, and I'll give you a cookie the next time I see you. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:31, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: Microchannel… From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs Ok, I’m not very old (at least I don’t consider myself to be), but thanks for making me feel even older now! J And how about the nifty LED displays that showed at what speed the CPU was operating, along with the “Turbo” button? I can’t tell you how disappointed I was when I realized it was just a bunch of jumpers that I could program myself… Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs Yep! And how to install EISA cards using bear skins and stone knives. From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs Seriously?!? Wasn’t like that when I took it either back in ‘99. Sheesh. Of course back then they also covered 8 bit vs 16 bit ISA, IRQ, and DMA… Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com www.eaglemds.com From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs I just spoke with someone who recently got the A+. He was very disappointed in the test. It seems that it deals more now with IT professionalism than technical expertise. An example question he gave me was, “ You are working in a company’s Payroll department and notice some confidential papers on the desk. What do you do?” It wasn’t like that when I took it. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs You’ve gotta start somewhere, though. I started with A+, Network+, and I-Net+ just to get some (relatively) easy letters after my name. That was a few years ago, and hopefully the A+ exam in particular has changed. I had been building and repairing computers for years when I took it, but still had to study a fair amount because I found that the exam wasn’t quite aligned with the real world. Which I guess can be said of most exams. John From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CompTIA certs IMHO these are very baseline certs. With 15+ years, you should be looking at more advanced certification. Cheers Ken From: paul d
Re: Would you do us a favor and vote?
With great pleasure! .typed as she cleans up yet another PC Symancrap couldn't protect. (I run Vipre at home) On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Stu Sjouwerman s...@sunbelt-software.comwrote: Would you do us a favor and vote? VIPRE Enterprise is one of 9 finalists in the Security Product of the Year category in the 2010 Networking Computing Awards. Follow the link and cast your vote for VIPRE. Thanks so much in advance! http://www.caddealer.com/ncawards/index.php?page=nominations Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Co-Founder, Sunbelt Software P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com ... -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Print Auditing
Print Manager plus On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Brumbaugh, Luke luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com wrote: What software do you use to audit print, like number of pages per user/department? I have been tasked with finding this out for the whole company, so we can charge back paper and toner. *Luke L. Brumbaugh* Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE - The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ** -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010
I've found a combination of Vipre Rescue and then Malwarebytes will clean it. And trust me, I've had plenty of practice lately as cleaning this off campus computers seems to be all we are doing lately. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Rod Trent rodtr...@myitforum.com wrote: Definitely a nasty one. Seen it a lot recently. Must boot into safe mode to clean it completely. *From:* Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] *Sent:* Thursday, December 03, 2009 4:06 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* ANTI VIRUS PRO 2010 I should have said Pro instead of Probe. One other point, it only affected the user profile. When I logged in as an administrator, there were no problems at all, and everything acted normally. *Murray * -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Latitude access problem
google offline nt password registry editor saved me more than once. On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Len Hammond lenhammo...@gmail.com wrote: Dell Latitude Genuises: Just had a call from a customer. He decided to set an account password on his Latitude laptop three days ago. He did this after drinking a bottle of wine, and now he can't remember his password. He either typed it wrong twice when setting it or doesn't remember it. Either way he can't get into his machine. He also doesn't remember or can't figure out what the Admin password is either. He does own the box and apparently he recently talked with Dell about this specific Service Tag to get drivers for a refresh. This is the box he has been using for some class he is taking so he needs to get the data off of it. It runs fine, he just can't get into it. He can pull the HDD and put it in an external case and attach it to another machine to grab the data before he wipes and reinstalls the OS. I have never tried to repair an operating system installation to reset passwords and I really think that will not work. Anyway, he is going to try a repair before he pulls the drive and recovers his data and then rebuilds. I believe that there are no viruses involved, but it did sound like alcohol was involved grin. Anyone have any thoughts, I can try or pass on to him? Len Hammond CSI:Hartland lenhamm...@gmail.com -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Dirty, dirty PCs: The X-rated picture guide
Brings to mind a trucking company I worked with years ago. All the offices opened to the main garage. When they moved into their new building, we - for obvious reasons - cleaned all the equipment before installing in the new offices. After cleaning we had two dead computers that had been working earlier. One computer had an almost dead power supply. The fan encloser was so full of dust/dirt it was muffling the noise. The computer that I most remember though, had SIMM slots were bent (how that happened who knows...), but there was so much dust/dirt in there that it was acting as a conductor! On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.comwrote: Blecch!! Mice in the printer power supply! Dirty, dirty PCs: The X-rated picture guide o The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/print.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Job Hunting Assistance
Sherry, I just got back from Cancun! Maroma Beach to be more precise. Where are you staying if you don't mind me asking? Oh - and I purposely didn't take anything with me! Figured the grandparents could reach us through the hotel if necessary and work could finally realize I'm not sitting at my desk eating bon bons everyday. :-) On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: Nah, the only electronic device I'll be taking will be a digital camera, with the waterproof case of course. May not even take my cell phone. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Richard Stovall rich...@gmail.comwrote: You could always take your corporate laptop and the company cellular wireless card. Then you could watch Hulu in one window and Skype out to the conference call at the same time. All right from the comfort of the as-yet-to-be-determined establishment. :-) PS A bonus is that the topic of the conference call would be germane to your work status once the bill comes in. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com wrote: Sounds like a great opportunity Andrew, thanks for helping put this together. I'll be at some yet to be determined restaurant in Cancun around that time on Dec. 3..don't think I'll be able to join in ;) On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Final Update Kevin has agreed to hold the conference call at 7pm EST on December 3, 2009. It will be approx 45 minutes long. We're trying to get at least 25 people on the call. (Remember, it is FREE and worth much more than that.) I thank everyone who has responded so far, and if any others are willing to get in on some really good information that can get you into a job (or new job) quickly, then send me an email off-line. This will be my last message on this topic to this list, since I don't want to abuse Stu's good graces. Conference Bridge info will be made available to all who have indicated interest. Thanks ASB (My XeeSM Profile) Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a follow-up (and a needed distraction from the silly political diversion) A colleague of mine is working with Kevin Donlin (http://www.linkedin.com/in/donlin) to put together a conference call (probably 30 min long) where Kevin would present a number of techniques that have been used by his clients to get new opportunities in recent months. If you would like to be in on this, please send me an email offline, and let me know and I will be able to ensure that we have the minimum 30 people needed for this event. Thanks!!! Also, thanks to those who have joined my LinkedIn network... On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Andrew S. Baker asbz...@gmail.com wrote: I can't speak for all parts of the country, but in the NY/NJ metro area, things have started to pickup again on the recruitment front for IT opportunities. And I get the impression that a few other metro areas are also recovering a little. There has been quite a bit of activity in the 4th quarter, and I expect to see even more after the holidays. (Q1 should be a lot more like 2006 than we've seen in the past 18 or so months.) If you are looking, or preparing yourself for opportunities in any way, be sure to let me know. Also, feel free to connect to me via LinkedIn. I am receiving inquiries from recruiters almost daily at this point, for a variety of sysadmin and development roles in the North East US, and a few other parts of the country. I am more than happy to forward profiles of people I know who are looking, or do other things to facilitate connections to companies and opportunities. As long as I know, I can help. Let's take advantage of technology to help each other out and get through these tough times. My LinkedIn profile can be accessed below... Thanks -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Newark, TX, United States -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever
Exactly what I was thinking! On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Jackson, Jeff jeff.jack...@rbza.comwrote: I’m glad Mr. Wingfield is tech savvy, I have a feeling he’s not gonna get much in the way of support from WSJ’s IT staff… Jeff *From:* Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:21 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever I liked how the WSJ IT staff refused to comment for the article. Webster *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] *Subject:* WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever Discuss: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567204574499032945309844.html I believe this is more an indictment of the low quality of journalism nowadays. It's little more than a rant on his employer's IT policies. In no instance does he discuss the measured effect of IT policies might have within an organization. He makes vague allusions to the productivity gains users could acheive if allowed to use any software they felt necessary to do their job. Near the end of the article he does finally discuss some of the valid reasons for constraining users ability to install shiny new software in order to be more productive. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Thanks Sunbelt!
+1... As we are forced to use SymanCRAP here, VipreRescue has saved me from having to rebuild several times this last year. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: I just want to send out a big “Thank you” to Sunbelt for VipreRescue! One of my users was infected with AntivirusPro and I couldn’t get MalwareBytes to run, so I downloaded VipreRescue, burned it to a CD and installed it on the infested laptop (which was constantly popping up full-screen porno!) After a couple hours, VipreRescue is still running, but the pornos have stopped popping up and the Antivirus Pro icon is not in the system tray any longer! J [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image002.jpgimage001.jpg
Re: OT: Follow-Up to OT Discussion
Excellent news! I'm happy for you. I've had glasses/contacts for years - but I've never been evaluated 'cause I'm a big chicken! On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: Several weeks an OT discussion occurred regarding vision correction surgery, in which I stated that I was going to an evaluation appt. to see if I would benefit from LASIK. Well, I'm really happy to report that yes I was a good candidate and that last Friday, 9/11 I had the LASIK eye surgery done. I actually had what is called monovision correction, this is where one eye is corrected for distance and the other is corrected for reading. 7 hours after the surgery I was seeing 20/15 for distance and could read the smallest line on the reading test. I had absolutely no adjustment time needed for the monovision. Sorry for the OT, but several people wanted to know how it worked out for me on this, so there ya go. Have a great Friday!! -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Newark, TX, United States -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: optiplex 755 random reboots
Wow - how timely. I've been dealing with the exact same issue this week. An OP755 randomly rebooting. I've swapped the power supply and plugged into a UPS with no joy. Just before I left yesterday, I threw the hard drive into an identical machine because I started to suspect the CPU. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:09 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: Did you Google CPU Stress Test? Here's a nice link for you: http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=CPU+Stress+Test -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 6:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: optiplex 755 random reboots Hi all, We have an Optiplex that is mysteriously rebooting by itself.. We change a setting of the Intel MT NIC, motherboard and reinstall OS (RedHat 5.x). We suspect that it could be the CPU that is rebooting the machine before it could get burnt or maybe a failing power supply. Do you guys know of any live CD (Windows or linux based) to run a stress test on the CPU? (it's a quad core) Thanks, Miguel ~ 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/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: optiplex 755 random reboots
CPU=processor On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Vicky Spelshaus vicky.spelsh...@gmail.comwrote: Wow - how timely. I've been dealing with the exact same issue this week. An OP755 randomly rebooting. I've swapped the power supply and plugged into a UPS with no joy. Just before I left yesterday, I threw the hard drive into an identical machine because I started to suspect the CPU. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:09 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Did you Google CPU Stress Test? Here's a nice link for you: http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=CPU+Stress+Test -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 6:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: optiplex 755 random reboots Hi all, We have an Optiplex that is mysteriously rebooting by itself.. We change a setting of the Intel MT NIC, motherboard and reinstall OS (RedHat 5.x). We suspect that it could be the CPU that is rebooting the machine before it could get burnt or maybe a failing power supply. Do you guys know of any live CD (Windows or linux based) to run a stress test on the CPU? (it's a quad core) Thanks, Miguel ~ 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/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: optiplex 755 random reboots
Shipped with the PC? None of them here... But now that I know one exists, I'll check Dell's site. Thanks! On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: You could try the good ol dell diagnostic CD that shipped with the PC. Also avail on their website. It will test everything from CPU to fans. -- *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, September 11, 2009 8:35 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: optiplex 755 random reboots CPU=processor On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Vicky Spelshaus vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com wrote: Wow - how timely. I've been dealing with the exact same issue this week. An OP755 randomly rebooting. I've swapped the power supply and plugged into a UPS with no joy. Just before I left yesterday, I threw the hard drive into an identical machine because I started to suspect the CPU. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:09 AM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com wrote: Did you Google CPU Stress Test? Here's a nice link for you: http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=CPU+Stress+Test -Original Message- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es] Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 6:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: optiplex 755 random reboots Hi all, We have an Optiplex that is mysteriously rebooting by itself.. We change a setting of the Intel MT NIC, motherboard and reinstall OS (RedHat 5.x). We suspect that it could be the CPU that is rebooting the machine before it could get burnt or maybe a failing power supply. Do you guys know of any live CD (Windows or linux based) to run a stress test on the CPU? (it's a quad core) Thanks, Miguel ~ 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/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Obsolete Tech
Now we really see the age of everyone on this list! 38/40 here budget never included laser disc and I'm too cool to have ever worn a calculator watch :-) On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:40 AM, paul chinnery pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote: I think the writer is wrong about the incandescent bulbs, though. There going to be around for a long time. I've replaced some of mine, but I still like to use the incandescent for reading. Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:20:48 -0500 From: pmaglin...@scvl.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com 37 No attached cell phone (though I saw them in the movies) No old school word processor. I used a typewriter. I never used carbon paper, but I used a Xerox machine (now known as a copier). What about black and white TVs? You don't see those anymore... -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech You have me beat, I get 36. Never had a need for a phone in my car, there were always plenty of pay phones around. Try finding one of those now - recently I left my phone at home and had to call my wife while I was out. It took me a half hour driving from one strip mall to the next before I found one. While I was at concerts where people held up lighters I never did it myself. Although I do have some fuzzy memories of holding up a lighter and throwing rice at midnight showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Laser disk - couldn't afford it. I didn't even get a color TV until sometime in the early 80's, and a VCR in the mid to late 80's. Boombox - never wanted one. Blind date - siituation never came up, but plenty of my friends did. Just as interesting are the 12 that still apply. -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Obsolete Tech I'm pretty close. I'd say 38, but 2 only because I couldn't afford them when they came out: Phone installed in Car Laser Disk Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Obsolete Tech I must be obsolete, I'm 36-for-40: Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers - PC World http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,169863/printable.html I have done all of thes except I can't remember holding up a lighter at a concert (but I can't remember many concerts, either ;-)); I can't remember making a mix tape, and I never had a calculator watch (I pre-date that, can you say slide rule, boys and girls?); I never used a dedicated word processor (my first word processing experience was writing my MS thesis using TECO) ... Is anybody here 40-for-40? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ - This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Confidentiality Notice: -- This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. Try BingT
Re: Procurve EOL curiosity
I share your concern as I am using nothing but 2800 series (except the core switch) on my campus. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: I got a cute email in my inbox this morning from HP, announcing end-of-sale for the 2800 series switches. On the sidebar, it lists a few dates... Announcement Date: August 1, 2009 - The first day which product End Of Sale is announced. Final Order Date: November 15, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day on which order can be placed. Final Shipment Date: November 30, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day on which the product will be shipped. End of Sale Date: December 1, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day the product will be available. End of Service Life: November 20, 2014 or 5 years after the respective End of Sale Date - The day *all* Service Obligations will end. I'm not terribly worried, ProCurves are nearly bulletproof, I love their switches, but that very last one makes me scratch my head with regards to their widely touted lifetime warranty. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Procurve EOL curiosity
Not when you are talking state budget constraints... I've got +5 yr old computers still in use. Network equipment has to last even longer [?] On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: With electronics, 5 years IS a lifetime. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: I got a cute email in my inbox this morning from HP, announcing end-of-sale for the 2800 series switches. On the sidebar, it lists a few dates... Announcement Date: August 1, 2009 - The first day which product End Of Sale is announced. Final Order Date: November 15, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day on which order can be placed. Final Shipment Date: November 30, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day on which the product will be shipped. End of Sale Date: December 1, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day the product will be available. End of Service Life: November 20, 2014 or 5 years after the respective End of Sale Date - The day *all* Service Obligations will end. I'm not terribly worried, ProCurves are nearly bulletproof, I love their switches, but that very last one makes me scratch my head with regards to their widely touted lifetime warranty. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Azle, TX, United States -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~323.gif
Re: Procurve EOL curiosity
Not when you are talking state budget constraints... I've got +5 yr old computers still in use. Network equipment has to last even longer [?] On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: With electronics, 5 years IS a lifetime. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com wrote: I got a cute email in my inbox this morning from HP, announcing end-of-sale for the 2800 series switches. On the sidebar, it lists a few dates... Announcement Date: August 1, 2009 - The first day which product End Of Sale is announced. Final Order Date: November 15, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day on which order can be placed. Final Shipment Date: November 30, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day on which the product will be shipped. End of Sale Date: December 1, 2009 - or while supplies last - The last day the product will be available. End of Service Life: November 20, 2014 or 5 years after the respective End of Sale Date - The day *all* Service Obligations will end. I'm not terribly worried, ProCurves are nearly bulletproof, I love their switches, but that very last one makes me scratch my head with regards to their widely touted lifetime warranty. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Sent from Azle, TX, United States -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~33F.gif
Re: OT: Salary rant
Ouch! just ouch. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Scott Williamson scottwilliamson...@yahoo.com wrote: At least everybody here has a job. I lost my job in March.. The recession hurt our online sales (50% drop in sales). The owner, who had no clue when it came to SEO/SEM, decided to make all these changes to get it in top of the search engines. He ignored the employees, including our marketing person. We said this would hurt us even more. Boom!... an 80% drop in sales. From over $40,000 a day in online sale to just over $8,000 in six months. The owner kept assuring us that the company has been through this before and we will weather is out. The company has over $2 millions in reserves (found out this was not true). The owner quietly sold the business under us. We came to work and it was closed. Your paychecks will be sent in the mail. It never came. Company filed for bankruptcy the same day it closed. I went from 115K a year as the IT Director to $450 a week on unemployment. If figured with 15 years IT experience, a Masters in Information Systems, a PMP, A+, Network+, MCP, and advanced ColdFusion certified, I could find a job. Nope... Over 200 positions I have applied or sent my resume to and I got only one interview for an System Administrator making $55,000. The only way I got the interview was because I has to dumb down my resume. Did not get the job. They found someone with more experience and the HR person said that over 300 people applied for the position.. Three years ago, they could barely get 5 to apply.Recruiters are no help. I do have family in the Dallas area, and got a couple hits from companies in Dalles. But the both stated that because I am out of town, they feel I will leave when things pick up. Not true. I am looking to get out of California! So.. it is now August. My savings is dried up and my wife makes $40,000 a year as a dental assistant.. Not enough in Southern California. Mortgage company will not do a forbearance so we have to move out of our house and live with my brother. But the rent wont cover the mortgage and we have already accepted the fact that we will lose our house. I have spent $3,000 on two attorneys to help us with the mortgage company.. no help. I get a kick reading that IT jobs are the hot jobs and they are hard to fill. Not enough skilled workers. I have not experienced that. -- *From:* Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:34:23 AM *Subject:* RE: OT: Salary rant I agree, right now, a lot if not most companies are “bleeding a nickel” when it comes to getting maximum productivity out of workers, on top of reducing costs any and every way they can. I don’t see this trend ending for a few years to come. Like its been said before for those that get raises ( Ours have been frozen too, and possibly for longer for just this year) along with the raise in paying more for your benefits, less in the 401K, 403B, and no training budget) be happy you have a job and a roof over your head, it could be a lot worse, and quiet quickly.. I agree use the opportunity to stand out, put in the time, (and we all know it isn’t a 40 hr work week, you are lucky if you get away with 60-70 hrs a week now a days) learn all you can learn with new technologies, and bide your time. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -- *From:* James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:17 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT: Salary rant Guess I shouldn't complain about our 1% raise company wide. - Original Message - *From:* Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:49 PM *Subject:* RE: OT: Salary rant Well put, nice words Andy. (And others). They might be lowballing to find someone serious about the position, not the paycheck. If you bite, they may make it worth your while if you are committed. -- *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:27 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT: Salary rant Chris, It’s tough out there no doubt and I feel your pain, many of us that are employed are right there with you. Salary cuts, benefit cost increases, insurance coverage decreases, 401(k)s turning into 101(k)s, furloughs, FREAKIN’ COMISSION PLAN RESTRUCTURES (I fell better). The cut sucks, I understand, but you’re standing there with an FULL TIME OFFER LETTER. To many IT guys that are stupid smart are now bagging groceries… I encourage everyone in this situation to look long term; the here and
Re: OT: Salary rant
Everytime I read that IT salaries are going up, I think of all the articles I read saying the economy is better because unemployment claims are down. Problem with those figures is they don't count all the people still looking for work who have run out of unemployment. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM, RAY ZORZ rz...@azcorrections.gov wrote: I thought I read somewhere that IBM is heading the opposite direction. One of my neighbors is an engineer at a local chip (not Inte) company. As an example, my counterpart in Costa Rica makes 1/3 of what I make. In China, he makes 1/4. These guys are doing the same job I do. He's also said workers in a chipmaking plant in China gets $300/month. mse...@ont.com mse...@ont.com 8/12/2009 10:39 AM It is really unfortunate that they are being mislead like this. 10-15yrs ago this was probably true. While they were outsourcing manufacturing jobs the high tech jobs were the ones Americans were suppose to train for for the good salaries. Then they started outsourcing high tech jobs so now what are these people suppose to do? All work for health care of Govt? GE said they were starting to bring jobs back to the USA. Thankfully one company had realized what a bonehead move it was to oursource jobs. Original Message: - From: Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:38:58 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: OT: Salary rant Yup, what Vicky said. I've read too many stories like yours Scott, so when I hear those radio ads, I KNOW it's not true and it just ticks me off actually that they are even doing it. But, like they are saying in their ad, stimulus money is availableand I don't want this to denigrate into a political discussion but it just makes me angry when an unscrupulous company is capitalizing on a government handout and preying on clueless people and they won't be able to make good on their promises of a great paying career in IT. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Vicky Spelshaus vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com wrote: Ouch! just ouch. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Scott Williamson scottwilliamson...@yahoo.com wrote: At least everybody here has a job. I lost my job in March.. The recession hurt our online sales (50% drop in sales). The owner, who had no clue when it came to SEO/SEM, decided to make all these changes to get it in top of the search engines. He ignored the employees, including our marketing person. We said this would hurt us even more. Boom!... an 80% drop in sales. From over $40,000 a day in online sale to just over $8,000 in six months. The owner kept assuring us that the company has been through this before and we will weather is out. The company has over $2 millions in reserves (found out this was not true). The owner quietly sold the business under us. We came to work and it was closed. Your paychecks will be sent in the mail. It never came. Company filed for bankruptcy the same day it closed. I went from 115K a year as the IT Director to $450 a week on unemployment. If figured with 15 years IT experience, a Masters in Information Systems, a PMP, A+, Network+, MCP, and advanced ColdFusion certified, I could find a job. Nope... Over 200 positions I have applied or sent my resume to and I got only one interview for an System Administrator making $55,000. The only way I got the interview was because I has to dumb down my resume. Did not get the job. They found someone with more experience and the HR person said that over 300 people applied for the position.. Three years ago, they could barely get 5 to apply.Recruiters are no help. I do have family in the Dallas area, and got a couple hits from companies in Dalles. But the both stated that because I am out of town, they feel I will leave when things pick up. Not true. I am looking to get out of California! So.. it is now August. My savings is dried up and my wife makes $40,000 a year as a dental assistant.. Not enough in Southern California. Mortgage company will not do a forbearance so we have to move out of our house and live with my brother. But the rent wont cover the mortgage and we have already accepted the fact that we will lose our house. I have spent $3,000 on two attorneys to help us with the mortgage company.. no help. I get a kick reading that IT jobs are the hot jobs and they are hard to fill. Not enough skilled workers. I have not experienced that. -- *From:* Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.org *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:34:23 AM *Subject:* RE: OT: Salary rant I agree, right now, a lot if not most companies are “bleeding a nickel” when it comes to getting maximum productivity out of workers, on top of reducing costs
Re: Salary rant
Wisconsin isn't.. We were told 16 days - 8/year. The funny (?) part is that we aren't allowed to take more than one per pay period. Some of the workers would actually qualify for unemployment if they took more than 8 hrs per check. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM, RAY ZORZ rz...@azcorrections.gov wrote: Ours (AZ) is still up in the air on the furloughs. Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov 8/12/2009 12:21 PM I'm already hearing rumors that we could get a 4th, and even 5th furlough day, in the next few months. Depending on how much more the state's income drops off. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: J Kyo [mailto:jky...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Salary rant We just took a 14% pay cut (work for State of California). Yes, I do feel for you. Venting works wonders sometimes. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Carol Fee c...@massbar.org wrote: Do you have any idea how many people the world over are taking pay cuts these days ? CFee -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Salary rant I know I'm not going to get a any sympathy here, due to the unemployment rate, and the economy in general, but needed to vent a little. Was hired as a contract to hire position last year. Great company, close to home, good salary. 6 months in they cut my salary by 10% to the contracting company, which was then passed on to me. I was told at the time, that if/when I was offered full time employment, I would be brought on with the initial salary I had started at. Just go the official offer, and it's 5% below that. I know I should be thankful I even have a job, which I am. But I still feel like they are low-balling me just because of the economy. If the economy would be better and more IT jobs out there, I'd tell them to take a hike and see what happens. Can't afford to do that right now with a mortgage and 2 kids. For once I just wish someone would offer me what was promised. Sorry, not looking to offend anyone out there. Just blowing off some steam. Chris ~ 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/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Salary rant
I feel your pain, but it could be worse you mentioned unemployment... let me offer you another 'worse' - state employment. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: I know I’m not going to get a any sympathy here, due to the unemployment rate, and the economy in general, but needed to vent a little. Was hired as a contract to hire position last year. Great company, close to home, good salary. 6 months in they cut my salary by 10% to the contracting company, which was then passed on to me. I was told at the time, that if/when I was offered full time employment, I would be brought on with the initial salary I had started at. Just go the official offer, and it’s 5% below that. I know I should be thankful I even have a job, which I am. But I still feel like they are low-balling me just because of the economy. If the economy would be better and more IT jobs out there, I’d tell them to take a hike and see what happens. Can’t afford to do that right now with a mortgage and 2 kids. For once I just wish someone would offer me what was promised. Sorry, not looking to offend anyone out there. Just blowing off some steam. Chris ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: [OT] RIP John Hughes
Written by his pen pal http://tinyurl.com/ngg2tn On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:30 PM, David Mazzaccaro david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com wrote: Great montage! thx -- *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] *Sent:* Friday, August 07, 2009 3:25 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* [OT] RIP John Hughes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3udQw0SBzM -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Computer BLOWS UP with spooler SubSystem App errors
Dell is what I've been using as well - we got killer pricing under the state contract the year the HPs became problematic. I've never looked back. And I too was someone who ONLY bought HP printers for years. Well... and Epson for dot matrix. (showing my age). The Epson dot matrix and HP LJ5 series and older will be there with the cockroaches and Twinkies - at least as long as the electricity works after armeggedon :-) On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com wrote: Dell sells rebranded Lexmarks. Marty Nelson wrote: Well we said heck with it and went with a Dell 2330. Hopefully HP doesn’t make them… -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT: Advice... need a network book
As *the* IT staff for a small college (just me and one other full time person in charge of distance ed support), I am the perfect example of jack of all trades, master of none. While I'm comfortable with my skill level in regard to the servers and the workstations, I'm somewhat lost when it comes to the network itself. By 'network' I mean terminolgy, properly configuring the switches, the wireless network, implementing a VLAN, etc. Therr hasn't been any budget for attending any kind of training in some time, so I'm looking for suggestions for good books to train myself. Suggestions? Please? Thanks in advance. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Advice... need a network book
All HP... core switch is a 5308xl and all the rest are 2800 series. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:21 PM, paul chinnery pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote: I found the Cisco Press books to be quite good, especially the Catalyst Switch Config field manual. What kind of switches do you have (Cisco, 3com, HP?) -- From: vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:15:11 -0500 Subject: OT: Advice... need a network book To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com As *the* IT staff for a small college (just me and one other full time person in charge of distance ed support), I am the perfect example of jack of all trades, master of none. While I'm comfortable with my skill level in regard to the servers and the workstations, I'm somewhat lost when it comes to the network itself. By 'network' I mean terminolgy, properly configuring the switches, the wireless network, implementing a VLAN, etc. Therr hasn't been any budget for attending any kind of training in some time, so I'm looking for suggestions for good books to train myself. Suggestions? Please? Thanks in advance. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown -- Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Bleep'n window server 2008 terminal server
Coincidentally it (the LJ4) is the last stable printer HP produced as well. I've still got a couple of these in use. The HP printers purchased since then have been replaced. It's sad what happened to that division. On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:31 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: Didn't you know? The LaserJet 4 is the most stable print driver ever produced! Well, maybe not, but it's amazing to me how many times this driver would work in cases where the official driver of whatever HP printer wouldn't. In my experience it's almost as versatile as the generic/text only one. Dave -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Bleep'n window server 2008 terminal server I find that Microsoft's PS and PCL drivers *are* generic, Microsoft simply ships printer definitions that specifies printer-specific parameters such as the printer's printable area. At my employer Microsoft's HP LaserJet 4 PS driver works marvelously with most of what we have on hand ;) Ben Scott wrote: Are you using HP's printer drivers? HP's printer drivers have been getting steadily worse for the past few years. Slow, bloated, over-complicated, unstable. See if any of the drivers that come with 2008 might work for you. Often, a similar or older model will work with a newer printer. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Security Alert: Michael Jackson Death Prompts Malicious Spam
I just sent it to the campus thanks!
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank's Sherry I have (l)users that would go there!
Jon
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com
wrote:
*We received this notification from Websense this morning. I thought it
was pertinent information that should be passed on.
http://bd...@kcm.org
*d011
*From:* Websense Security Labs [mailto:
donotre...@websensesecuritylabs.com]
*Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 7:09 AM
*To:* Duke, Brian
*Subject:* Security Alert: Michael Jackson Death Prompts Malicious Spam
Websense Security Labs(TM) ThreatSeeker(TM) Network has discovered spam
emails offering recipients links to unpublished videos and pictures of
singer Michael Jackson. According to news
reportshttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.htmlMichael
Jackson's death was confirmed yesterday.
The spam email appears to offer a link to a YouTube video, but instead
sends the recipient to a Trojan Downloader hosted on a compromised Web site.
The file offered is called *Michael.Jackson.videos.scr* (MD5:
664cb28ef710e35dc5b7539eb633abca). This file is located on a legitimate Web
site hosted in Australia belonging to a radio broadcasting station. Upon
executing the file, a legitimate Web site at
http://musica.uol.com.br/ultnot/2009/06/25/michael-jackson.jhtm is opened
by the default browser in order to distract the user by presenting a news
article for them to read.
In the background, three further information-stealing components are
downloaded and installed by the malware. One of the downloaded files is
called *michael.gif*, which has low AV detection rates - see VT results
herehttp://www.virustotal.com/analisis/67cba7b9d91e1cbcac0f22b5f4bcf12f4b07a1a62d7d3018e28ccd5ee93e0ce4-1246012313.
The malware then installs a malicious BHO that is registered with this file
*%windir%/Dynamic.dll* and this GUID
{FCADDC14-BD46-408A-9842-CDBE1C6D37EB}. Another component is bound to
startup at *%windir%\system32\kproces.exe*. Another malicious file
installed by the malware is *%windir%\system32\fotos.exe*.
Websense® Messaging and Websense Web Security customers are protected
against this attack.
To view the details of this alert Click
herehttp://securitylabs.websense.com/content/Alerts/3426.aspx
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Re: Michael Jackson dead?
So I'm not the only one who still has a satellite radio. I also heard this while surfing thru my favorites on my XM radio. On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.comwrote: Sheesh, you guys are funny. How many people can say that they heard about MJ's death from Nina Blackwood? I was listening to my Sirius radio on the 80's channel and that's when I first heard the news. If you don't know who Nina Blackwood is, you're too young to be participating in this conversation. On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: True, but only because I’m married. :-P; *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 8:33 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Michael Jackson dead? And Lum’s still like a virgin. Shook *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 11:31 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Michael Jackson dead? Material Girl(s). David Lum david@nwea.org 6/26/2009 11:27 AM Yeah, but I didn't pull off the look as well as you did, you were a ringer! -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 8:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Michael Jackson dead? I heard you did... Shook -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Michael Jackson dead? Because for better or worse, celebrities impact more lives than non-celebs. Kids try to emulate celebrities, how many girls dressed like Madonna in the '80's? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Michael Jackson dead?
Elvis was the guy my Mom listened to/worshiped though I remember all the press/TV Personally I vividly remember when John Lennon was shot. (Couldn't have cared less about Kurt Kobain (sp?) though so that should say a few things about me.) On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:25 PM, paul chinnery pdw1...@hotmail.com wrote: Nina Blackwood? Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. All this media frenzy reminds of the day Elvis died. (Yes, I am old enough to remember that.) -- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:59:58 -0500 Subject: Re: Michael Jackson dead? From: saber...@gmail.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sheesh, you guys are funny. How many people can say that they heard about MJ's death from Nina Blackwood? I was listening to my Sirius radio on the 80's channel and that's when I first heard the news. If you don't know who Nina Blackwood is, you're too young to be participating in this conversation. On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:35 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: True, but only because I’m married. :-P; *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 8:33 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Michael Jackson dead? And Lum’s still like a virgin. Shook *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 11:31 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Michael Jackson dead? Material Girl(s). David Lum david@nwea.org 6/26/2009 11:27 AM Yeah, but I didn't pull off the look as well as you did, you were a ringer! -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 8:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Michael Jackson dead? I heard you did... Shook -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Michael Jackson dead? Because for better or worse, celebrities impact more lives than non-celebs. Kids try to emulate celebrities, how many girls dressed like Madonna in the '80's? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke -- Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you.http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
OT: SolarWinds Standard Tools Free for .EDU and .GOV
http://www.solarwinds.com/campaigns/sled_toolset.aspx?Program=426 -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Limit XP box to certain users only
It's easy to limit user accounts to only be able to logon to certain computers and at certain times, but I need the reverse... Is there any way to only allow specific user accounts to logon to a specific computer running XP SP3? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Trouble getting to Google?
All is well in Southeast Wisconsin On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Christopher Bodnar christopher_bod...@glic.com wrote: I thought it wasn’t responding at all, but it’s just very slow here (Bethlehem, PA). 30-45 seconds per search. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 -- *From:* john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us [mailto: john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:20 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Trouble getting to Google? Is anyone seeing any problems with Google at the moment (11:20 EST on Thursday)? It’s slow as molasses for me. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -- *This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. * -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
ahh the days of dip switches when you upgraded anything oh and later the
joy of a 24(?) disk install of Borland Office where the very last floppy was
bad.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote:
24?
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Murray Freeman mfree...@alanet.orgwrote:
As usual, these discussions go off topic, but I appreciate all the
answers so far. But as long as we're going back into history, I remember
cutting my teeth on IBM 604 machines, programming by wiring boards. then on
to the more sophisticated machines like the 7070 and the famous 1401. BTW,
I still have a Commodore 64 at home in storage. I guess I should add that
I've been in the computer field for nearly 50 years, so I'll just let you
guys guess my age! LOL
*Murray*
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*From:* Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:46 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Oh man…prior to Interdata, he was at DG – at that time, he was
designing the boards being put in them.
Sean Rector, MCSE
*From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:20 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
I’ll never forget my first computer-related job and that room-long Data
General mainframe. Probably was x-times slower than most workstations today.
I miss reel-to-reel backup tapes…
J
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:* Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:08 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Commodore PET CBM – that’s how *I* rolled back in the day…
My 1st look at a computer was looking in on the Interdata main frame at
my dad’s office. He was in sales at Interdata, and after they were bought
out by Perkin Elmer, he sold the computer that’s in the Hubble Space
Telescope.
Sean Rector, MCSE
*From:* gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2009 2:04 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Ti-994a..Thats how we rolled back then.
*From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:51 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
I miss Commodore.
But don’t get me started down Memory Lane…
*From:* Cameron Cooper [mailto:ccoo...@aurico.com]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:06 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: USE OF MAC COMPUTERS IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT
Although… back in the day Amigas were the tool of choice.
_
*Cameron Cooper*
*IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified*
Aurico Reports, Inc
Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896
ccoo...@aurico.com
Information Technology Manager
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Re: Time to relax content filters?
I feel your pain Academic freedom anyone? And thanks to an ever shrinking budget, I'm in charge of 11 servers and over 350 workstations. I'm also the backup for the only other IT person on campus who is in charge of the Distance Education classes. So between two of us, we do all the networking, PC hardware and software support, server support, compressed video and conferencing support and proctoring for all the students on our campus taking distance ed classes as well as the online only students local to our area. Oh - and did I mention we do the phones as well? The only thing that keeps me going every day is I actually enjoy what I do (if not the work environment) and locally we were at about 13% unemployment last month with another huge layoff announced yesterday. At least I have a job. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: A State University but not on the main campus. 15 months and I am. Jon On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:01 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: What does your company do? Sounds like there’s enough waste that a dedicated competitor could come in and undercut price and exceed on quality quite easily. 15 dedicated workers will smoke 45 slackers every time. Anyhow, sounds like a work environment I would leave at the first opportunity. A CEO that doesn’t have a strong work ethic is a CEO I don’t want to work for…. *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Friday, April 03, 2009 3:28 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Time to relax content filters? However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else.' Now that is a novel idea! I wish ours did. He is allowing staff to come and go at will, not show up at all for days, and use company time to browse the Internet without any controls. I have one user that to put it lightly likes young ladies but as long as no one see's it on any of his systems no comment is made. No it is not illegal what he is looking at but there are limits to comments I have heard out of him. All but a few of the staff enjoy those perks. Less than a third of the entire staff get quized if we call in sick and as far as not showing they call us at home even on vacations. Sour grapes maybe but try being told to reschedule vacations and doctors appointments because you are needed at the office only to show up and maybe 2 or 3 others are here working the rest are out. Jon On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:43 AM, James Rankin kz2...@googlemail.com wrote: We only have about 500 users. We are just about 98% thin client though, which means users have no local storage. So their personal dumping grounds cut across my file storage. It's mostly a case of changing people's perceptions of things. They expect these WinCE thin clients running on Citrix desktops to virtual servers to respond as fast as the PCs they had before, and they don't. Same way they can't understand why I am bothered about them filling up their My Documents with junk, they seem to think it is all stored on their monitor :-) I have my sights set on their Windows Mobile devices and Blackberries next (cue evil laugh). However I am lucky to have the full backing of the CEO, he likes people to come to work to work, not to do anything else. I certainly could cope with a Minnesota winter - however the commute back to the UK may alienate my girlfriend slightly :-) 2009/4/3 Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com James, I hear ya. And glad to have the feedback. Security is a big concern for my stated mindset on employee PC use. I still lock these guys down to the 'T'. No admin rights, no USB drives during virus scares, no IM, OpenDNS block any porn, etc... Trust me, I have still done my fair share in alienating them. Curious, what size is your org? I haven't really felt all the struggles you mentioned... All photos are stored locally on their PCs, I just exclude My Music/My Pictures when I back up their machines. So it really takes up zero space on my servers. If they fill up their 100gb drives with MP3s, I tell them 'tough beens' and they have to trim down. Yes, my mailboxes are huge (2-11GB), but haven't found a reason why I should be bothered by it (even after DR drills). I have sifted through our email, and 99% of the bulk is work related [yes, they use our email for personal use] The only thing that I am erked out about lately is SMS usage. Yes, we also let our employees use their company provided cells for personal use. The minutes don't matter one dime, but SMS is started to take a toll. We used to get it free from Sprint, but not any more :( -Sam PS: If you can bear Minnesota winters, you have job ;) [Yeah, it snowed here yesterday - It's April]. I'm
Re: OT - Reduction in hours, forced to use PTO
Things aren't any better in Wisconsin my job is okay (for now), but I've taken a pay cut every contract the last 6 years. During the good years when many people where getting double-digit raises, we settled for no more than 3% with the understandng that they wouldn't touch our benefits. Well, when the state budget hit the fan, they started making us pay for our insurance despite the agreements made by past administrations. As I said, for the last 3 contracts the raise (if I even got one) didn't cover the raise in my insurance fees. That said - I'm still here 'cause even with what I've lost I'm still ahead of others and the IT market here is not good unless I'm willing to commute 100+ miles a day (can't move - elderly parents). As for social security... I tell people that's why we had 2 kids. Hopefully one of them can support us! On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:28 PM, John Aldrich jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.comwrote: What, you **really** expect Social Security to exist in 20 years? (only * half*-joking) [image: Tile-Tools][image: John-Aldrich] *From:* John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] *Sent:* Monday, March 02, 2009 3:56 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT - Reduction in hours, forced to use PTO The Florida Retirement System doesn’t seem all that bad. I think my FRS check plus Social Security plus personal investments should get me by okay when retirement comes. But it’ll be another 20 years before I qualify! J *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Monday, March 02, 2009 3:48 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: OT - Reduction in hours, forced to use PTO I agree with John. I had to take 3 days at Christmas because the University I work at decided to close for the best part of 2 weeks. Thank God that the rest of the days were covered by holidays. I am most definitely looking forward to retirement in less than 18 months. Then I just need to find another job and start earning my second retirement. I could never live on my retirement the state will give me. Jon On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:23 PM, John Hornbuckle john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us wrote: One of the reasons I’ve been willing to live with the lower salary one makes in the public sector is that in return, one has great job stability. Normally. These days, that has been turned on its head; public sector jobs are providing neither stability nor good pay. I’m just thankful that my job is such that literally no one else in our organization can do it, and the things I do absolutely **must** be done. Getting rid of me wouldn’t save any money, unless they replaced me with someone less expensive. And considering how modest my salary is, that’s not very likely even in the current economic climate. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] *Sent:* Monday, March 02, 2009 3:11 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: OT - Reduction in hours, forced to use PTO I work for the state of California, and just narrowly dodged layoffs. My union has agreed to a 4.62% paycut (one day salary), from now through June 2010. I still fear that Ahnold will come back and say it’s not enough, and layoffs are still needed, but I do have some protection from that now. Also in the Tentative Agreement with the union is that our members cannot be laid off unless the agency we work for is eliminated, or the facilities we work at are closed. Even then, because of the agreement, they will give me another job… within 10% of my current salary, and within 50 miles of my home. So, theoretically, I could end up taking another 10% cut and increasing my drive to work from 6.5 miles to 50… Joy, oh Joy…hanging on by my fingertips. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.5/1979 - Release Date: 03/01/09 17:46:00 -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.jpgimage002.jpg
Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression
I feel your pain. It's never the best vendor or the best product, it's the one with the state contract. I tend to tell cold calling sales reps that their product could be the best ever at a close to nothing cost (could even make me my coffee and give me a massage), but if they don't have a state contract. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: They are not on our list of approved vendors for the IBM's. Jon On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: CDW gets them to me in a day. J *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:59 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression We dropped the IBM/Lenovo line due to the reseller we had/have to use. They never got an order correct or to us in one piece during the 7 years we used them. It was always a fight and multiple changes to PO's. All that said they were rock solid lasted forever and weighed a ton. They also took a lot of abuse but refused to die. If we could change the contractor we would go back to them but State purchasing says use this contractor. Jon On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.com wrote: Go grab yourself a Lenovo T400. I love this laptop. Love it. *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:43 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression I agree on the Software but I don't like the docking station much. I have been having issues with it hanging on the docking station but it may just be the docking station. Jon On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com wrote: E6500 here too, very impressed. Solid as a rock. Not too found of the new Dell Control Point software though... -- *From:* Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:58 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression I just got my E6500, and I have to say so far I'm impressed. Its internal components are all accessible from the bottom and the magnesium chassis feels much stronger than the plastic ones. -- Mike Gill *From:* Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:37 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression This is my first time really getting my hands on a Dell Latitude E4500 since Dell went away from the D series. (The ones we have sold in the last couple months have been installed by my lakey.) Is it me, or are these being made in the same factory as the Lenovo's? It looks to me like they could use the same docking station, batteries and other accessories. Is this by design and I totally missed that memo or what? -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: McDonald's vs. Starbucks
Hey there's a reason Florida has its very own tag for Fark.com On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:23 AM, John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org wrote: Watch the Florida putdowns lil Abner! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: McDonald's vs. Starbucks Shook doesn't drink coffee, believe it or not. I'm this happy and chipper all the time, although I enjoy a Mountain Dew from time to time. ME2, you're such a Floridiot... :) Shook -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: McDonald's vs. Starbucks Shook likes his coffee black, like his men. -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Times
Thanks one and all.. this thread just gave me enough ear worms to last a week! :-) On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Jacob ja...@excaliburfilms.com wrote: My wife and I both have Sprint cell phones. Sometime, the time difference between the two phones is over a minute. *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:31 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Times We have members standing out in the lobby wanting us to open the doors to the Credit Union because their cell phone say 8:00am. We are sitting there waiting until 8:03 their time our time 8:00. They are very angry. I'll make this change and everyone will shut up. Life will be good again... - Original Message - *From:* Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:28 AM *Subject:* Re: Times Trust me, there are users that are s close to the being late to clock in on a regular basis, that seemingly insignificant difference is the difference between being tardy, and being on time. Don't know about all companies, but in mine, regular tardiness can (and has) result in dismissal. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Doige, Clayton clayton.do...@cme-net.com wrote: Possibly, but If David does not have to listen to users moaning about the importance of time sync between PC's and Cell phones, who cares which is right lol Users, humph!! *From:* Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] *Sent:* 12 February 2009 14:20 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Times Technically we don't know that yet J Could be the Navy is right and the rest of the world is wrong. *From:* Doige, Clayton [mailto:clayton.do...@cme-net.com] *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:19 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Times Odd that the navy's time server appears to be out by 3 minutes for sure I stand corrected!!! J *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] *Sent:* 12 February 2009 14:15 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Times Ok, so I set my time service to Sherry's plus the 0x1 and stopped and started the w32time service. I saw an event 37 stating I had a valid time server. Then I saw an event 35 stating my time was being changed up 3 minutes. Now my pc time, server time, and dc time all match my cell time. I will let this ride a couple of days and then verify with the users that their 'cell phones' must have corrected themselves. :-) I wonder why tock is 3 minutes different??? - Original Message - *From:* Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:05 AM *Subject:* Re: Times My cell phone (ATT), DC local workstation all have the same time We're using 0.pool.ntp.org, On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 7:57 AM, David W. McSpadden dav...@imcu.com wrote: Even my cell phone is 4 minutes ahead of my computer. I have Cingular some of them have verizon. I am confused. - Original Message - *From:* Doige, Clayton clayton..do...@cme-net.com *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:54 AM *Subject:* RE: Times Tell the users to update their phones lol, your puters are fine http://tycho..usno.navy.mil/ntp.html *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] *Sent:* 12 February 2009 13:44 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Times *I am pointed here??* *tock.usno.navy.mil,0x1* - Original Message - *From:* Doige, Clayton clayton..do...@cme-net.com *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:18 AM *Subject:* RE: Times Open a command prompt on your DC and type net time That'll tell you you're NTP source NET TIME [\\computername | /DOMAIN[:domainname] | /RTSDOMAIN[: [\\computername] /QUERYSNTP [\\computername] /SETSNTP[:ntp server list] *From:* David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] *Sent:* 12 February 2009 13:11 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Times My users are complaining that all the computers are exactly 3 minutes off from their cell phones. How do I check to make sure I have the Active Directory time pointed to the correct time server on the net?? __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. __ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may
Re: PRINT SERVER spooler
+1 I also had an HP printer that periodically killed the spooler. Thankfully I only had a handful of users printing to that printer so I took it off the print server and they print to the IP instead. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Steve Ens stevey...@gmail.com wrote: I have a Laserjet 1022N that is killing the spooler too...rotten drivers. I replaced them with a laserjet 4 driver, seems to work better, except for checks. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Ziots, Edward ezi...@lifespan.orgwrote: You also want to look at the print drivers you are using on the server. The HPBPRO.exe and HPBIOD.exe from the HP line of printers definitely kill turn your print server into goo.. the are notorious for causing print server problems. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: ezi...@lifespan.org Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -- *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:25 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: PRINT SERVER spooler Try checking for bad print jobs in the Spool folder when the service is stopped and remove them. Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com don.gu...@prufoxroach.com *From:* Chinnery, Paul [mailto:pa...@mmcwm.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:10 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* PRINT SERVER spooler In the last 2 days at the same time in the morning, our print server's spooler seems to be causing problems. People report that they can't print. When we checked a couple of application servers, we found the spooler service had stopped running. Restarting it did not help UNTIL we stopped/restarted the spooler on the print server. I am at a loss trying to figure out what is causing this. I have eliminated anti-virus programs and backup program as neither is impacting the print server at the time the system fails. If anybody has any ideas, my thanks in advance. *Paul Chinnery* *Network Administrator* *Memorial Medical Center* *231-845-2319* -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Friday OT: Demotivational poster of the week
I love Despair.com - and own a fair amount of their products. This one hangs in the workroom. It's dedicated to the IT and maintenance staff here on campus. http://despair.com/worth.html And Krishna - Tradition is in my office... right next to Motivation. http://despair.com/motivation.html On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Reddy, Krishna kre...@nucomm.com wrote: http://despair.com/tradition.html Thanks, Krishna Reddy IT Manager Nucomm, Inc. -Original Message- From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Friday OT: Demotivational poster of the week http://despair.com/limitations.html -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org Angus Scott-Fleming angu...@geoapps.com wrote on 02/05/2009 11:22:53 PM: OK, what's everybody's favorite (de)motivational poster? http://www.dvorak.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/misspelling-it-sti ll- matters-alot-demotivational-poster.jpg ~ 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/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Stolen PC
We had couple of Dell notebooks walk away last year. All we could do was notify Dell that they were stolen so they could 'flag it' if someone tried to use the warranty. I've never heard anything On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Martin Blackstone mblackst...@gmail.comwrote: Does Lenovo have anything like this? *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] *Sent:* Monday, February 02, 2009 12:07 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Stolen PC Dell USA Support Home Page Customer Service Report a Stolen System https://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/stolen_system?~ck=lnc=uscs=19l=enlnki=0s=dhs It was a pretty easy process... -- *From:* Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] *Sent:* Monday, February 02, 2009 1:58 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Stolen PC Man I am piss off. Lab manager came early to open the lab and found a Dell Optiplex 755 gone from a classroom. The good thing is we have security cameras throughout the building. Has anyone ever reported these issues to Dell so they can flag the machine for stolen and what has come out of it? -Z.V. -- This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Season's greetings
Better those of you on the east side of the lake I'm on WEST side. :-) (and it's your turn growing up I remember lake effect snow always being on 'our side') On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Chinnery, Paul pa...@mmcwm.com wrote: I can do that, too. However, our white beaches are due to the 12+ of snow. And now we're under a Winter Storm Warning which may drop another foot on us by tomorrow night. That's the trouble being on the east side of Lake Michigan: lake affect snow. Happy Holidays,everyone! *Paul Chinnery* *Network Administrator* *Memorial Medical Center* *231-845-2319* -- *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:19 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Season's greetings Wishing everyone that's on here a wonderful and safe holiday! Mine will be a white Christmas as I plan on being on a sunny, white sandy beach! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud -- *From*: Don Guyer *To*: NT System Admin Issues *Sent*: Tue Dec 23 12:09:07 2008 *Subject*: RE: Season's greetings Reminds me of when I was in Ocoee (spelling?) Florida over Xmas when I was a kid. Nothing against the people there, but the worst Xmas ever. Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com don.gu...@prufoxroach.com *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:30 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Re: Season's greetings Yeah yeah brag about the snow. Wish I could trade places Green Christmas's just don't work for me. Maybe my next job will be up north someplace. Jon On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Jim Majorowicz jmajorow...@gmail.com wrote: I will add my season's greetings here, although my vacation has started early as I am currently snowed in. *From:* Doige, Clayton [mailto:clayton.do...@cme-net.com] *Sent:* Monday, December 22, 2008 7:07 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Season's greetings Likewise, I hope everyone has a great festive season! J *Clayton Doige* IT Project Manager *C**M**E** Development Corporation* T: 020 7430 5355 M: 07949 255062 E:clayton.do...@cme-net.com W:www.cetv-net.com *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 22 December 2008 14:58 *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Season's greetings Season's Greetings to you as well James. And to everyone else on here as well! *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Sent:* Monday, December 22, 2008 6:31 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: Season's greetings As I am about to commence my holidays, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all on the list a merry Christmas and a (hopefully) happy New Year, whether you celebrate Christmas or not. I will look forward to possibly actually posting some technical queries in the New Year instead of just OT stuff :-) Cheers, JRR __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. __ __ This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original message and any attachments without retaining any copies. _ -- CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or
Re: Humor
I don't ask the girls here in customer services to come and answer my home telephone for me, do I?... LOL I am so going to remember that one! The assumption that you don't know anything other than IT (but DO know everything about anything electric) is even worse in higher ed where I work. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:52 AM, James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I work with a load of the geeky, overweight stereotypes, which is somewhat saddening seeing as though I consider myself quite cool :-0However what I dislike more is the fact that every other person in the company assumes, because you work in IT, you know how to fix everything else electronic, such as people's SatNavs and XBoxes. And *even if I did*, it begs the question, *would I?* I mean, I don't ask the girls here in customer services to come and answer my home telephone for me, do I? 2008/11/26 Chinnery, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] For me, the worst part of the stereotype is that you have no knowledge of anything else but IT. What you know about fill in the subject? You work in IT. *Paul Chinnery* *Network Administrator* *Memorial Medical Center* *231-845-2319* -- *From:* David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:44 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Humor This is probably a stereotype that will live on for quite some time, but it's possible to use the stereotypes to your advantage. I remember one casual-dress day wearing a T-shirt with my favorite NASCAR driver on it, threw off pretty much everyone because of course the stereotype of a NASCAR fan (beer swilling pot belly sister loving blue collar worker with double-digit IQ) and IT geek aren't exactly similar. Wearing a NASCAR shirt while working on an old Datsun adds to folks' confusion J Stereotypes, fun for you, fun for me. *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 *From:* Don Guyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2008 7:31 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Humor Pretty funny, although I grow tired of the assumptions that everyone in IT is a Star Trek / video game junkie... etc. I agree. Funny thing though, it seems like this is not so much the norm any longer, at least in recent history. Most of the techies I meet nowadays have some kind of outside interests, not related to IT at all. I still run into one once in awhile who has a home network that they play on for 4 hours a night after working their day job. I can't do that, I would get burned out. Yeah, I have pretty much every game system available today (have 2 young kids), but I don't play more than a few hours a week, at most. If there's sports on, it's on my TV. If it's decent outside, I'm out there doing something. My favorite activity is crawling over big rocks in my Jeep. I don't think I've seen a Star Trek episode/movie in 25 years. :^) Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] *From:* Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:31 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* RE: Humor Pretty funny, although I grow tired of the assumptions that everyone in IT is a Star Trek / video game junkie... etc. Anytime time I start a new position, everybody always tried to greet me with You the new IT guy? I watch Star Trek TOO!Yeah... I don't own a TV, and I don't play games... -Sam PS - I do love the *IT Crowd* though. This clip reminded me of it. If you haven't seen it, it's a great british sitcom: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=it+crowdsearch_type=aq=f -- *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:17 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* OT: Humor http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-get-the-it-department-to-do-their-actual-job Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Humor - Remember These?
Just another reason not to play trivial pursuit with me... 10/10 On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.sptimes.com/2007/webspecials07/interactives/tv-themes-quiz/ I was 9/10… not too shabby for an old fart. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 [image: ET E-mail Signature Logo] _ Artificial Intelligence: the art of making computers that behave like the ones in movies. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image003.jpg
Re: Is the list down? No message so far this morning.
Nobody can replace Freddie, but yes - they are pretty good. I've seen them. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:54 AM, James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Queen on tour, with Paul Rogers of Free as vocalist. Apparently they are rather good. 2008/11/4 Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?! Where did you pick up a time machine? I want one! -- ME2 On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:26 AM, James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I vote for going home early so I can get plenty to drink before I go to see Queen in concert tonight. That's the only voting I have on my mind today :-) 2008/11/4 Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hopefully, everyone is voting. -- ME2 On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Todd Lemmiksoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todd Lemmiksoo Network Administrator All-Mode Communications, Inc. 1725 Dryden Road Freeville, New York 13068 (607) 347-4164 x440 1-877-ALLMODE (toll free) http://www.all-mode.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: We're all doomed
[image: Government] On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:35 AM, TJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think we're more likely to be doomed from our politicians and government intervening in our lives more than they should than any scientific experiment. On 9/16/08, Mike French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: September 15, ABC News - (International) Large Hadron Collider's hacker infiltration highlights vulnerabilities. Though the Large Hadron Collider's infiltration by hackers did not disrupt the historic project, experts warn that its computer systems are vulnerable. Shortly after physicists activated the Collider on Wednesday, hackers identifying themselves as Group 2600 of the Greek Security Team accessed computers connected to the Compact Muon Solenoid detector, one of four key subsystems responsible for monitoring the collisions of protons speeding around the 18-mile track near Geneva, Switzerland. A few scientists had worried that the experiment could inadvertently create a planet-swallowing black hole. Physicists called this impossible, or at least extraordinarily unlikely. But the hack raises a different sort of worst-case scenario: the largest and most complicated science experiment in history, intended to reveal basic information about the composition of matter, derailed by malevolent intruders. The LHC experiments have very complex computer systems for data recording and analysis and even more sensitive systems for experiment control, trigger and data acquisition, said an MIT physicist and Collider collaborator. You could imagine that penetrating the 'real time domain' could have catastrophic consequences. Source: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5804254page=1 MIKE FRENCH NETWORK ENGINEER ~EQUITY BANK [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doing IT Right! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Fort Lauderdale area
It is too cold! ;-)... Southeastern Wisconsin here. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Jonathan Link [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: If you want cold weather and friendly people you should try the Twin Cities area. I keep trying to convince my wife to let me search for a job there, but she thinks it is too cold. (I'm from ND, currently living in WV for the last 11 years.) On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ROFL... To tell the truth, there will be a lot I will miss here. There is a lot of fascinating history here, including hidden gems and yarns to be found during road-trips and vacation get-aways. My last was to visit Saint-Gaudens national historic site in Cornish, NH. An area rich in history, including the home, studios and gardens of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, whom sculpted some of the most famous reliefs, statues, and coins in the US - many that are in the Boston area. http://www.nps.gov/saga There really is a lot to see around here, and its all pretty darn close-by! Also, I love to hike and snow-shoe. And I think my gear and going to get mighty dusty with no where to roam... well, there certainly wont be any shortage of other things to do and explore on the beaches and boardwalks... which a buddy of mine has been rubbing in my face for over a year now. But man am I sick of the winters and the attitudes here. I know mine sucks occasionally, and I hate myself for getting dragged into the crap-fest that is the New England attitude. And yea, foliage sure ain't what it used to be when I was a kid. The seasons have definitely changed - and not for the better. I do hope I go. One of the first things I'm going to do is drive to the end of Route 1 (Key West), and cross that off my list of things I've always wanted to do. :-) Have a great weekend everyone... On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Evan Brastow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HOW can you be itching to get out of New England!? As a fellow Massachusettsan, I can't believe you'd want to leave our wonderful historic charm, moderate though short-lived summers, beautiful autumn foliage that lasts two weeks, and winters that last nine frigging months and make you have to clean snow off your car every other day before you drive 4 mph to your freaking job so you can pay someone to plow your driveway while you pawn your belongings to pay the heating bill so you don't freeze while watching the Tom Brady-less Patriots lose to... The hell with it. I'm coming with you. Evan -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 3:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Fort Lauderdale area I'm looking at a possible job offer down there, and I'm itching to gtfo of New England. Are there any ppl here that are familiar with the area that can give me the lowdown of the area - or point me someplace that does? TIA! -- ME2 ~ 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/ ~ -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: OT: Friday Fun - 80's Music Quiz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] girl, now I am going to have bad 80s music running thru my head all night long... :-) On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Ok, so lets have a little fun here on the last Friday in August. There are at least 45 songs mentioned in this story, most from the 80's. The rules: 1. Name the song title 2. Name the artist 3. No cheating. Do this from memory. Don't Google or use any other internet resource for your answers. 4. Have fun!! I'll post the answers when it looks like all guessing is done. Disclaimer: I didn't write this, it is from a gaming forum that I'm a member of, but I was the winner because I managed to find all the songs. The window lickers went on strike yesterday. I was too sexy for their shirts...too sexy for my shirt...but not too sexy for my Kia. And they didn't like that I wore my sunglasses at night while driving my Little Red Corvette. So they jammed to Panama and told me they were coming back to get me. One window licker pulled his tongue off of the windshield and screamed, If I had a photograph of you...there would be something to remind me... So, with a Rebel Yell I hollered back, I want more, more, more! And I will shake you all night long! So I jammed in my fast machine that I keep the motor clean, and it looks like I will be dancing with myself for awhile. This situation is spinning right 'round...like a record baby...'round, 'round. You don't mess with a missionary man! I know, I know. I hear you dudes - I need to relax and don't do it, but what if I want to go through it? The shortbusians need to know that I am the king of rock, there is none higher, and all their MC's will call me sire...and that to rock my kingdom they must use fire, cause I won't stop rock'in 'til I retire! Until then, they can listen to me on the Mexican Radio as they drive to Panama, and listen in stereo. Besides, they all wear pink and live in pink houses. I know they look pretty in pink, and I tell them all of the time dudes, what I like about you, is that you are the sultans of swing. But I wear my sunglasses at night because you freaks are blinding me with science. Chief window licker stopped the car and pulled out a sledgehammer, she is a goody two shoes, but had a look in her eyes that creeped me out. I think she was thinking about burning down the house. She came at me with pure energy, while turning Japanese. One dude turned up the radio, and chief let out a war cry. She howled, We're not gonna take! No! We ain't gonna take it anymore! She was coming so fast at me I thought, If she hits me, it will cut like a knife, and I wouldn't have the reflex to take these broken wings (I fell earlier in the day on my arms), and bang a gong and get it on. But I did notice that she was a pretty woman, and I thought, She's got legs... And as fast as she was running at me with her sledgehammer, I also thought, And she knows how to use them... In conclusion, I grabbed the little mite, unleashed some TNT on her, and said, I will rock you like a hurricane dude! I would walk 500 miles on your forehead and toss you under the last train to Clarksville! You are now loosing your religion and there ain't no sunshine when she's gone, there ain't no mountain high enough for you to be safe! Ya dig, der kommisar? So they turned and went their way, and I my way. we crossed a bridge over troubled waters and will get back to normal soon. Man, everybody wants to rule the world, they want to be their own personal Jesus. We took one last look at each other I, as I smiled at her, I said, Hey chief, good girls don't...got it. I think her name is Roxanne. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: XP SP3
I've been running it fine here on campus, but my collegues tell me there are documented problems with AutoCad 2009 and SP3. On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any reason NOT to install this at this point? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Home folder
I'd be very interested if you find a solution to this. I had the same problem a while back - never found the solution or the reason it was happening - it just went away by itself so I called it another 'undocumented Microsoft feature'. On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Mayo, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For as long as I remember, I have populated the drive letter and network path for the Home Folder attribute in AD. We also perform this mapping in the logon script, which is at least partially redundant. We have been having a problem with this drive letter mapping to the top level of the share, instead of all the way to the user's folder. In researching the issue, I have found reports of this being a bug (e.g. http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-nt-2000-2003-server/145050-home-folder-active-directory.html ). Since we are already setup to do this in the logon script, I would like to remove the attribute from AD. To make sure that there are no unintended consequences, I tried to research whether this attribute might control/do something other than just the drive letter. I found something indicating it affected an environment variable, but it didn't sound like anything that would cause a problem. Unfortunately, my google-fu is weak and I haven't been able to find enough info to discount the possibility that it will create a (new/different) problem. Can anyone confirm if this attribute does anything other than a drive letter mapping? Any other impact from changing the selection to local path and leaving that blank? Bill Mayo Pitt County MIS ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT: Intel core 2 duo mobile processors
Can anyone on this list tell me if it is worth it to configure a notebook running XP w/2Gb from the 'standard' Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.00GHz) 2M L2 cache to an Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 (2.6GHz) 6M L2 cache? I can't find any benchmarks that compare/show the T7250 and T9500 and I'm wondering if given the fact that it won't be used for anything all that demanding, if it's worth the cost. Thanks in advance -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!!
Me too! I refer to that as my beta marriage. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL, I was thinking the same thing Tom, by 1989 I had already been married and divorced. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dang I'm old...by 1989 I had already been out of the Marines for 9 years, sheesh! -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! One of my favorite years. Ah, to be 17 again... On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Think 1989. Shook -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! ?! On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey. If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is. Hallelujah. Holy shit. Where's the Tylenol? J Shook Shook-Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! A yearlong membership of the 'Jell-o of the Month' club? that's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! They got the AC running last night so we are back in business this morning. Since I am preparing my budget for the next fiscal year, you can guess what I will be putting in my budget that I wasn't thinking about when I left work on Monday evening ;-) James - Original Message - From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:53 PM Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! We are two hours from the end of the day and I dont think anyone was really working, its too darn hot! I shut down the critical heat generating boxes, the proliants. If the AC guy cant fix the problem then tomorrow I will buy one of those units. We actually have one but it is used to keep some meds at a certain temp, probably very expensive stuff (the meds). I think I will stop by home depot tonight and see what they have. Also the botherinlaw works for Hertz equipment so I'm going to hit him up in a bit. James - Original Message - From: Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:22 PM Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Do you have any fans you can put in the server room at least to get air moving? Also, pop a couple of ceiling tiles to let the heat rise. I've had to rent a portable A\C unit that blows into the ceiling grid. Is that an option? Shook -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Now it's 90!! - Original Message - From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday,
Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!!
Try to get a AC unit in Feb. in Minneapolis :) Easier than a snow shovel in Wisconsin I've always wondered what people who move from warmer climates do if they move here during winter. Broke my ice chopper in January but all I could find in the hardware/home stores was gardening and swimming pool supplies. On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Sam Cayze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can get a portable AC at sears/home depot/ etc that can sit in the middle of the room. Just make sure they don't sprinkle water on the servers, sometimes the condense. Like shook said, get some fans, sucking the hot air up from the rear into the plenum/ceiling or something, and fresh air from someplace else. Luckily, most places carry AC units already. Try to get a AC unit in Feb. in Minneapolis :) -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Do you have any fans you can put in the server room at least to get air moving? Also, pop a couple of ceiling tiles to let the heat rise. I've had to rent a portable A\C unit that blows into the ceiling grid. Is that an option? Shook -Original Message- From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Now it's 90!! - Original Message - From: James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:52 PM Subject: Its 89 degrees in our server room!!! Our AC has been down all day and are servers and equipment are pretty toasty feeling. Would you guys shut yours down? Doing so would cause the company to be serverly impacted, but they would be more impacted if some of them meltdown. James ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Hello world?
Hey me too... only on an AS/400. Haven't written a line of code either in
over 15 years, though I did think about going to the highest bidder when all
the code had to be rewritten for Y2K
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since I cut my teeth on COBOL on an IBM 360/25:
000100 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
000200 PROGRAM-ID. HELLOWORLD.
000300
000400*
000500 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
000600 CONFIGURATION SECTION.
000700 SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-360-I25.(Webster: we had an advanced 360
with 512K of core)
000800 OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-360-I25.
000900
001000 DATA DIVISION.
001100 FILE SECTION.
001200
10 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
100100
100200 MAIN-LOGIC SECTION.
100300 BEGIN.
100400 DISPLAY LINE 1 POSITION 1 ERASE EOS.
100500 DISPLAY Hello world! LINE 15 POSITION 10.
100600 STOP RUN.
100700 MAIN-LOGIC-EXIT.
100800 EXIT.
Since I no longer have a COBOL compiler, and one did not come with Visual
Studio 2008, I will have to trust my memory on this. But it has been 19
years and 10 months since I wrote a single line of COBOL sniff, sniff.
Webster
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hello world?
Hello world!
I don't think most people would've gotten that it was PowerShell. So, I
made a conscious decision to use C. ☺
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/
From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hello world?
??? That is not PowerShell! ☺
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hello world?
void main()
{
Puts (Hello world!\n);
}
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com http://theessentialexchange.com/
From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:41 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Hello world?
Shook
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook
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Re: Server Room Monitoring
It will only do temp, not humidity, but at the advice of this list I'm using a [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does the trick for only $129.99 http://www.temperaturealert.com/product_p/tm-std30.htm On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:21 PM, John Hornbuckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're looking for a very basic environmental monitoring tool for our Network Operations Center. What we need is a box we can hook up that will monitor the temperature and humidity of the room. If the humidity gets too high or the temperature gets too high or low (although the odds of it getting too low are virtually non-existent), the device should send an e-mail alert to us. I know these exist, but don't have any experience with them. Do any of you have any recommendations? We've looked at APC's NetBotz, but even their bottom-of-the-line model seems kinda pricey. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT: Non Sequitur for consultants
[image: Consulting] http://despair.com/consulting.html *Consultinghttp://despair.com/consulting.html * [image: pad] If you're not a part of the solution,there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem. On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't let your clients see this one ... Non Sequitur http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2008/03/31/ Eh? [*] It's almost 5AM Friday in Australia, so I figured it is time to post OT Friday stuff ;-) ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: New from Google!
I just saw that too! I love April Fools On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Tim Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And Gmail has a new feature too! http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html …Tim *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:58 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* New from Google! http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 People usually get what's coming to them... unless it's been mailed. [image: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap)] -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~image001.png
Re: Secure Web access to AD Home Folder for students...
The campus I work for is looking at testing [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://imagine-windowslive.com/Education/Connect/ On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Matthew W. Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey list, Students and Staff at my school are wanting to have access to their files from home. I'm looking for a good solution to allow this, while maintaining security. One thing that had come to mind would be some kind of application or web-based access to the user's AD home folder. Doing a bit of googling, I first came up with FileWay from Everywhere Networks. Has anybody had experience with this program? Or are there others which I should consider? If we were to implement this, I would like to have the following features: 1. Robust security 2. Adheres to MS Filesystem quotas. 3. Good logging. I want to know who's account downloaded which file at what time using which IP. 4. Protection from Brute Force attacks. If a brute force is detected, I would like to be informed, and the attempts to be automatically blocked. I'm hoping somebody on this list knows of some software which does this and is proven to be effective. Or, if some alternative can be suggested, I'd be interested in those as well. Thanks all. --Matt Ross -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: A long needed THANK YOU!!
On behalf of my fellow lurkers who very seldom answer or post I couldn't do my job sometimes without this list. A HUGE thank you! On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Miller Bonnie L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, a big group hug to everyone—I know I greatly appreciate all the help. There have been numerous issues over the years where I would have been tearing (Tom, that's the ripping kind ; ) my hair out if I'd not seen something posted to a Sunbelt list to point me off in the right direction. This place is great! -Bonnie *From:* Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:40 AM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* A long needed THANK YOU!! Some of you may tear this apart but so be it. I just wanted to offer a sincere THANK YOU to all of the folks that regularly answer questions on this forum. I know I don't offer many responses, but I appreciate each and every one here for all of the awesome assistance and value you add to my day. Also, a huge THANK YOU to Sunbelt-Software, Stu, Alex and the rest of the Sunbelt team for hosting this forum. You are *all* greatly appreciated, at least from where I stand. Thanks, Tom Strader Server Systems Administrator *NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center* Charlotte, NC 28202 O: 704.379.1285 | F: 704.444.2098 http://www.linkedin.com/in/tstrader .¸¸.·´¯`·.¸(((º Swim on over ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸(((º to the PAC ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸(((º and catch some culture -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT: grammer question
I was always taught that if you wondered which was correct, elimate the other person for example, would you say When someone is out, please grab me or When someone is out, please grab I On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Andy Shook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In an argument with my boss on a totally nonproductive point. My boss mailed out this sentence: or Andy and… My point was it should be Andy or I in this particular use. Who's right, as he just called me Gomer (he's from Ohio and my neck is very red)… Thanks, ** Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: [ARRGHHHH] Macs and VPNs on 2003
LANtastic and coax. good times. On Feb 19, 2008 4:21 PM, Eric E Eskam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/19/2008 02:33:43 PM: The old foggies on the list might remember back to the pre-Windows days when PC's ran DOS and the majority of viruses and worms were on the Macintosh. Anyone remember Worm Food??? 1) That was a different version of the Mac OS then the OS X 2) PC's still had more viri 3) A free little program by the name of Disinfectant pretty much put a stop to new viruses on the Mac in the mid 90's. Sure there were still new ones, but nothing like the late 80's/early 90's You tended to see more widespread virus issues with Mac's since with AppleTalk built in, Mac's tended to be networked far earlier then their PC brethren (remember LANtastic or Windows for Warehouses, ARCnet, and paying for TCP/IP on PC's?!?) Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. - P. B. Medawar -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: temp sensor for server room
Did look at Netbotz as I've always been a fan of APC, but they do more than I need and so I can't justify the cost. I need simple, cheap and good On Feb 11, 2008 3:46 PM, James Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a bunch of companies that make devices like this that go into your rack. Just search for server environment monitoring system. I have heard of some folks using a system called Netbotz before and I heard some good things about those. Also, some of my UPSs can email me when they reach a certain temp. James - Original Message - *From:* Vicky Spelshaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2008 4:38 PM *Subject:* temp sensor for server room My server room has it's own ac unit - it isn't tied in any way to the campus HVAC system so I have no way of monitoring the temp in the room unless I'm here. Well - last night it tripped the circuit breaker and it was a balmy 90+ degrees when I came in to work. Thank goodness nothing failed. Does anyone have any suggestions for a basic sensor that can email my pager if the temp goes past a certain threshold? I don't need a camera or humidity/fire sensor - just temperature. It's in a secure enough location and if it's on fire or flooded there won't be anything I can do anyway. This isn't a major data center - it's just a room with 3 racks of servers and a data rack. That said - we run on less than a shoestring budget and I can't risk having this happen again. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
temp sensor for server room
My server room has it's own ac unit - it isn't tied in any way to the campus HVAC system so I have no way of monitoring the temp in the room unless I'm here. Well - last night it tripped the circuit breaker and it was a balmy 90+ degrees when I came in to work. Thank goodness nothing failed. Does anyone have any suggestions for a basic sensor that can email my pager if the temp goes past a certain threshold? I don't need a camera or humidity/fire sensor - just temperature. It's in a secure enough location and if it's on fire or flooded there won't be anything I can do anyway. This isn't a major data center - it's just a room with 3 racks of servers and a data rack. That said - we run on less than a shoestring budget and I can't risk having this happen again. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Switch Purchase Question...
I can only speak for myself, but working on the tightest budget known to man I need quality, warranty and cost. HP provides. On Jan 29, 2008 3:53 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why the preference for HP? On Jan 29, 2008 4:51 PM, Edward B. DREGER I still prefer HP over Cisco for lower-end switches. FWIW, I've used 2424, 2524, 26xx, and 2810 Procurves over the years. Eddy -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: Switch Purchase Question...
I've standardized on the HP 28xx's for all but my core switch rock solid. On Jan 29, 2008 3:51 PM, Edward B. DREGER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AS Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:00:54 -0500 AS From: Andy Shook AS It all depends on who you talk to. When designing my new infrastructure AS for our new building, I was able to get Cisco cheaper than HP or 3Com. AS It's all about who you know and who knows you...everything is AS negotiable. I still prefer HP over Cisco for lower-end switches. FWIW, I've used 2424, 2524, 26xx, and 2810 Procurves over the years. Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT - Now it's cold...
Hi fellow Wisconsinite! I'm up in Sheboygan On Jan 24, 2008 9:29 AM, Rick Corgiat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I live in Waukesha and work in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee). -Original Message- From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - Now it's cold... Rick where are you at? That's almost as cold as here... On Jan 24, 2008 8:55 AM, Rick Corgiat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 10 below this morning, almost 30 below wind chill. Now it's football weather. Rick ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: OT: Bad Day at the Office?
I've seen that one numerous times and it still makes me smile (I've got until the 28th for classes to start up again - two more weeks of peace and quiet :-) On Jan 7, 2008 8:43 AM, Rob Bonfiglio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know it's not Friday...but it's Monday, and for us the start of the semester. This one had me rolling. http://glumbert.com/wii/view.php?name=baddayoffice -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: installing printers setting default
It's an ugly workaround, but I did this by having a batch file in the All users profile, all programs - startup that points to the vbs file. On Jan 7, 2008 10:47 AM, Thomas Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I am re-working how printers are installed on our network. We started using the Print Management Console (PMC) with our Windows 2003 printer server and it works great with pushprinterconnections.exe for installing as a startup script with a GPO. The GPO is applied to the computer configuration on computer OUs. Our trouble is that in a lab environment, we need to set a default printer as well, and the PMC won't do this :-( I have tried to use a vbs script to set the default printer (code below). But the issue with that is that the script need to be applied to the user settings within a computer OU. But GPOs don't work like that of course, unless there is a workaround that someone can fill me in on. Dim objPrinter Set objPrinter = CreateObject(WScript.Network) objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter \\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh ' End of example VBScript ** As a test, I have also tried installing printers via a vbs logn script to the computer OUs and that work well also, but the default printer can't be set. Set WshNetwork = CreateObject(WScript.Network) WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection \\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection \\calgary\MS Lab Color Ricoh WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter \\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh ** Any ideas or experience? TIA, Tom ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
Re: installing printers setting default
Sorry - I only need to use this for student machines, so I made it part of the lab/classroom image. Of the top of my head, I can't think of a way to do what you want. 'Course it's Monday, so maybe someone else has an idea? (Bueller Bueller) On Jan 7, 2008 11:00 AM, Thomas Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Vicky, I was hoping that isn't what I would have to do. Can you copy that batch file via GPO to the workstations? NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com writes: It's an ugly workaround, but I did this by having a batch file in the All users profile, all programs - startup that points to the vbs file. On Jan 7, 2008 10:47 AM, Thomas Day [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]tday@ springside.org wrote: So I am re-working how printers are installed on our network. We started using the Print Management Console (PMC) with our Windows 2003 printer server and it works great with pushprinterconnections.exe for installing as a startup script with a GPO. The GPO is applied to the computer configuration on computer OUs. Our trouble is that in a lab environment, we need to set a default printer as well, and the PMC won't do this :-( I have tried to use a vbs script to set the default printer (code below). But the issue with that is that the script need to be applied to the user settings within a computer OU. But GPOs don't work like that of course, unless there is a workaround that someone can fill me in on. Dim objPrinter Set objPrinter = CreateObject(WScript.Network) objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter \\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh ' End of example VBScript ** As a test, I have also tried installing printers via a vbs logn script to the computer OUs and that work well also, but the default printer can't be set. Set WshNetwork = CreateObject( WScript.Network) WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection \\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection \\calgary\MS Lab Color Ricoh WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter \\calgary\MS Lab Black_White Ricoh ** Any ideas or experience? TIA, Tom ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ [ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ] http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~ -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
OT: anyone out there w/HP ProCurve Manager and NAV?
I know this is very off-topic for this list, but I'm hoping someone out there can keep me from having to do research/work :-) Our Central office just informed us they are not renewing our McCrappy contract and are instead forcing us to go to even crappier Symantec. The only server I've got that has enough room to install the management server is already running HP ProCurve Manager (v b.02.100) and Identity Manager to manage our wireless network. I know that McAfee's manager had port conflict issues w/WSUS and so before I even begin I'm wondering if I'll run into conflicts having NAV and PCM on the same server. I know I can install a virtual server and not have to worry, but the server isn't exactly 'beefy' and neither is my budget. -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm ~
