RE: [NTSysADM] Remove original message in reply

2017-12-14 Thread Jon Harris
I believe he was totally correct but when dealing with lawyers or management you can’t quote him and retain your position. Jon From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 11:30 PM To:

RE: [NTSysADM] Dropping Kaspersky Av, who to replace it with?

2017-09-14 Thread Jon Harris
Years ago I stopped using Symantec and MacAfee because both were resource hogs, missed stuff, and put all kind of shims into the OS making it a rebuild every time I had to upgrade them. Both were pains. I was happier with ESET but cost got too high for management and they wanted to go back to

RE: [NTSysADM] Just Testing

2017-07-18 Thread Jon Harris
It happened to me and I had to re-subscribe as well. Jon From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Charles F Sullivan Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2017 11:19 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Just Testing I got this reply, so I

[NTSysADM] RE: Question adding users in AD and on an AS400

2017-02-16 Thread Jon Harris
: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 5:58 PM To: 'Jon Harris' Subject: RE: Question adding users in AD and on an AS400 Jon, I work for Hitachi ID, they have products which do this exact thing. I am one the senior architects and have done a few large scale / EDU level implementations and can assert

[NTSysADM] Question adding users in AD and on an AS400

2017-02-15 Thread Jon Harris
We are demoing a product I remember getting fairly good reviews on the list for adding users to AD. Question does anyone know of a product that will then add those users to an AS400? Another product we are interested in would be a product that would do password merging between AD and the

RE: [NTSysADM] Microsoft announces Windows 7 is a security disaster.

2017-01-18 Thread Jon Harris
I will add to this discussion a little personal experience. I have seen some of my garage clients go in after I get them setup and running and turn OFF updates. When they start having issues and call I usually find they are way behind in updates and sometimes even have multiple bugs of

RE: [NTSysADM] IT Organization Design

2017-01-01 Thread Jon Harris
To add to what Eric has said ONLY allow admin access to what that person is expected to admin. Desktop support does not need access to DA accounts, DA accounts don't need access to desktops etc. Also your re-organization will highly depend on staffing and what and how you want things done.

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Good converter of WAV to MP3

2016-12-26 Thread Jon Harris
de Haas Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 11:47 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Good converter of WAV to MP3 Ok what did you finally use? Best wishes for everyone. Op 26 dec. 2016 00:11 schreef "Jon Harris" <jk.har...@live.com>: Thank yo

[NTSysADM] RE: Good converter of WAV to MP3

2016-12-25 Thread Jon Harris
Thank you everyone I got my CD's ripped and loaded to my thumb drive so I can play them in the car! Some of them were a real bear to get ripped. The worse ones were the ones from CDs created from original recordings dating back to the '20s. Have a Merry Christmas/Winter Break/Whatever and

[NTSysADM] RE: Opinions on reasonably inexpensive NAS storage

2016-12-20 Thread Jon Harris
I too am interested for personal use, very different from Jesse's but same type of device. I will not go back to Netgear. The last one I bought did not even last a month before the crashes started. Thank you, Jon Harris From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad

RE: [NTSysADM] Good converter of WAV to MP3

2016-12-13 Thread Jon Harris
um.com<mailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Good converter of WAV to MP3 I love MediaMonkey. It's a media player and manager. I use it for all things MP3. -- Espi On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@live.com<mailto:jk.har...@live.

[NTSysADM] Good converter of WAV to MP3

2016-12-12 Thread Jon Harris
I am in the process of ripping some music CD's, that I own, and the ripper is only ripping to WAV. What is a good WAV to MP3 converter? Any recommendations or ones to stay away from? I pretty much will not use any coming from CNET, they seem to be full of garbage/adware. Thanks Jon

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: IT Philosophy

2016-12-07 Thread Jon Harris
All it will take is one user using Torrent to download kiddy porn and the feds track it to your network for your company to have the doors closed by them. It will not matter to them if you "did not know" the content. You are facilitating their getting it and IF they stored it on your hardware

[NTSysADM] RE: Group Policy cleanup/maintenance

2016-11-17 Thread Jon Harris
I used to move Computers to a "HOLD Computer" container and Users to a "HOLD Users" container then disable them for 60 to 90 days depending on time of the year. If no one complained within that term deleted them. DCs were done immediately since I was the only IT person t

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Local Administrators on computers

2015-03-27 Thread Jon Harris
by a central holding company. Google Finance puts your employee numbers at 785: http://www.google.com/finance?cid=666910 From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Friday, 27 March 2015 3:43 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Local Administrators on computers

2015-03-26 Thread Jon Harris
problem in larger environments. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Friday, 27 March 2015 1:40 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Local Administrators on computers I work in the banking

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Local Administrators on computers

2015-03-26 Thread Jon Harris
: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Friday, 27 March 2015 9:36 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Local Administrators on computers I am with Jim on this. I have never found an excuse for a user to have

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Local Administrators on computers

2015-03-26 Thread Jon Harris
I am with Jim on this. I have never found an excuse for a user to have local admin rights, except when I was too stupid to find the fix and I usually found one at some future date. That was under XP. Under Vista and higher I found no excuse at all. Jon From: kennedy...@elyriaschools.org

RE: [NTSysADM] Pitfalls in setting up domain trust

2015-03-15 Thread Jon Harris
Only one DC per domain? This is for a test correct? One DC per domain is just like playing Russian Roulette. You will lose that bet at some point. Been there done that and felt the pain for months afterward! Jon Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:45:42 +0100 From: hartn...@uni-freiburg.de To:

RE: [NTSysADM] FREAK: Another day, another serious SSL security hole | ZDNet

2015-03-05 Thread Jon Harris
Yeah like a consumer is going to know how to fix this. What is Microsoft thinking? Jon Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 14:50:43 -0800 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] FREAK: Another day, another serious SSL security hole | ZDNet From: kurt.b...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Meanwhile,

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Way OT but maybe someone has a trick

2015-02-20 Thread Jon Harris
mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: Laptop cooler sits under a laptop connects to it by a micro-size power and USB plug cable. Issue is the micro-size plug eventually does not make proper contact inside the cooler. Connection is black

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Way OT but maybe someone has a trick

2015-02-19 Thread Jon Harris
...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com I have used apoxy in the past to firm-up connection points to prevent over-flexing that eventually pulls the connector apart. It seems counterintuitive, but ive found it helpful for the longevity of the wiring. On Thursday, February 19, 2015, Jon Harris

[NTSysADM] OT: Way OT but maybe someone has a trick

2015-02-19 Thread Jon Harris
I know this is way OT for the group but since we all deal with technology that has down sides maybe someone can help me on this. Laptop cooler sits under a laptop connects to it by a micro-size power and USB plug cable. Issue is the micro-size plug eventually does not make proper contact

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: trouble with Outlook 2013 updating using Gmail IMAP

2015-02-17 Thread Jon Harris
and network access? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 8:39 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: trouble with Outlook 2013 updating using Gmail IMAP I wonder if the NIC is just

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: trouble with Outlook 2013 updating using Gmail IMAP

2015-02-13 Thread Jon Harris
I wonder if the NIC is just shutting down? I know a restart will fix that if it is 7 or higher. XP had a tendency that once shutdown you had to go in correct the issue. I saw this with laptops a lot. IMAP would show the issue. Never saw it on a properly configured desktop. Jon From:

[NTSysADM] OT: Thread split

2015-01-29 Thread Jon Harris
On Ben's note I got a call from my daughter looking for a free encryption program for a friend. Before I was able to reply she had already found one. My daughters is already encrypted. Now to my question: What WOULD be a good free (and it must be free) disk encryption software to use?

RE: [NTSysADM] Freeware in a corporate setting

2015-01-28 Thread Jon Harris
I should have said ALL drives used within the company not just the laptop drives will get wiped in a multi-step process. Jon From: jk.har...@live.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Freeware in a corporate setting Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:43:55 -0500 Oh, the FDIC

RE: [NTSysADM] Freeware in a corporate setting

2015-01-28 Thread Jon Harris
Oh, the FDIC and a few others would most likely have a lot to say about having a machine out that had banking/PII on it. I know the company I work for laptop drives are encrypted and once they are sent to the discard pile the drives and RAM are removed. Drives go through a multi-step process

RE: [NTSysADM] Freeware in a corporate setting

2015-01-28 Thread Jon Harris
Does the bank understand that software wiping is not considered safe for release of sensitive information? Admittedly I doubt the company receiving the old machines would want to pay the price to recover the wiped data but I am sure it could be done. It would just depend on how much someone

RE: [NTSysADM] Because life just isn't difficult enough yet...

2015-01-13 Thread Jon Harris
Just great, that is all we need. Some of the staffers have been asking for wireless keyboards to go with their laptops. Jon Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:32:25 -0800 Subject: [NTSysADM] Because life just isn't difficult enough yet... From: kurt.b...@gmail.com To: kurt.b...@gmail.com Time

RE: [NTSysADM] hardware raid to software raid

2015-01-08 Thread Jon Harris
Wait as several others have said in the past Software RAIDs are the devil! Jon From: jnat...@hotmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] hardware raid to software raid Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 19:06:24 -0500 Hi all, I have server in a field office that stopped booting,

[NTSysADM] Patch pulled kb3004394

2014-12-12 Thread Jon Harris
Microsoft pulled a patch today. Thank you Rod Trent for posting a link to the article. http://windowsitpro.com/windows-update/kb3004394-finally-pulled-additionally-reported-reason In short anyone that has pushed it needs to remove it. Jon

RE: [NTSysADM] Firewalls / Web filtering

2014-12-03 Thread Jon Harris
I have setup an ASA without a lot of Cisco background (training) and got it pretty much correct. The only issue I had was a loop back for access to the DMZ for a server we had out there from inside. If you have a syslog server you can capture the logs but they can get messy and long. Once we

RE: [NTSysADM] drive recovery services recommendations?

2014-11-21 Thread Jon Harris
+1 for Kroll. They were able to do the job I needed using their Demo version plus a phone call. At the time they turned the demo to paid while it still had the information up. Jon Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:01:44 -0800 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] drive recovery services recommendations? From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Has anyone implemented this solution?

2014-11-05 Thread Jon Harris
Nope Jon From: kennedy...@elyriaschools.org To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Has anyone implemented this solution? Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 01:51:55 + So am I the only one that still has a fireproof safe? -- Original message-- From: Ken Schaefer

RE: [NTSysADM] Has anyone implemented this solution?

2014-11-05 Thread Jon Harris
I put most of the combinations for a lot of stuff in to my KeePass. I got tired of having to dig up the information. Jon From: freddy.gra...@marsys.com.au To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 12:04:13 +1000 Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Has anyone implemented this solution?

[NTSysADM] Security question from a non-security person

2014-11-01 Thread Jon Harris
I am really hoping someone has an idea of how to go about this. Before I start let me say I have only gotten started on this but it is outside my normal area of expertise so I will be looking on the web. Issue Wife (yes my wife) ignored me about doing backups, not blocking updates, and

RE: [NTSysADM] Security question from a non-security person

2014-11-01 Thread Jon Harris
are clearing restore points as part of infection. Matthew Topper From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:01 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Security question from a non-security

RE: [NTSysADM] Security question from a non-security person

2014-11-01 Thread Jon Harris
on Windows Vista+ Matthew Topper From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:15 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Security question from a non-security person Windows 7

RE: [NTSysADM] Security question from a non-security person

2014-11-01 Thread Jon Harris
and Settings” junction point on Windows Vista+ Matthew Topper From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 12:15 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Security question from a non

RE: [NTSysADM] Adobe Reader can't open PDFs over the WAN

2014-10-23 Thread Jon Harris
Based on what you just said I would look for someone fooling around in AD if I was you. Jon Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:34:55 -0700 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Adobe Reader can't open PDFs over the WAN From: kurt.b...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com H. I'm pretty

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows Service account management

2014-10-09 Thread Jon Harris
of thousands of root and administrator accounts that are now unique fully managed. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 4:46 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows Service account management

2014-10-09 Thread Jon Harris
–I store mine in Keepass…on my OneDrive. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 3:43 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows Service account management I

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows Service account management

2014-10-08 Thread Jon Harris
KeePass does not appear to have a version to work on Windows RT or phones YET. I hope they do eventually get there though. Jon Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 15:00:41 -0700 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows Service account management From: kurt.b...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: New blog post: PowerShell Quick Script: Would You Like to Play a Game?

2014-09-29 Thread Jon Harris
Are we playing with Hal? Jon From: mich...@smithcons.com Subject: [NTSysADM] OT: New blog post: PowerShell Quick Script: Would You Like to Play a Game? Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:50:42 + Having some fun with PowerShell… New blog post: #PowerShell Quick Script: Would You Like to

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: New blog post: PowerShell Quick Script: Would You Like to Play a Game?

2014-09-29 Thread Jon Harris
you read the last line of the blog post? J From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 10:05 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OT: New blog post: PowerShell Quick Script: Would

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: New blog post: PowerShell Quick Script: Would You Like to Play a Game?

2014-09-29 Thread Jon Harris
02:20:47 + Did you read the last line of the blog post? J From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 10:05 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] OT: New blog post

RE: [Exchange] Re: [NTSysADM] 2012 R2 HyperV

2014-09-05 Thread Jon Harris
+1 From: mailvor...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 09:34:00 -0400 Subject: Re: [Exchange] Re: [NTSysADM] 2012 R2 HyperV To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Joseph Schvarcz yossi...@hotmail.com wrote: I only have 2 blades in the VRTX, the other 2 slots are

RE: [NTSysADM] 2012 R2 HyperV

2014-09-04 Thread Jon Harris
Agreed but one thing Jack left off is either don't join the Hosts to the domain or have a dedicated machine that is a DC somewhere in the hardware mix. I always set up my DC as fixed disks since that was all it was. I had multiple disks per server for all other servers virtualized with OS on

RE: [NTSysADM] Rebuilding/restoring a SBS 2011 server check.

2014-09-03 Thread Jon Harris
] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 4:34 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Rebuilding/restoring a SBS 2011 server check. If not you may want to see if you can boot some form of Linux or Windows PE to get the data off the drives before you start working them

RE: [NTSysADM] Rebuilding/restoring a SBS 2011 server check.

2014-09-02 Thread Jon Harris
If not you may want to see if you can boot some form of Linux or Windows PE to get the data off the drives before you start working them. I too have seen this and it was not pretty at all. We ended up booting to a PE CD and moving accessible data off to a USB drive then rebuilding the machine

RE: [NTSysADM] Scroll bar missing from ie after Java 7u65 installed

2014-08-21 Thread Jon Harris
with the newest Java release? On Aug 20, 2014 7:36 PM, Maglinger, Paul pmaglin...@scvl.com wrote: Dislike is too kind. I absolutely LOATHE Java. Sent from my iPad On Aug 20, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: The fix for us was a IE upgrade which was a pain

RE: [NTSysADM] Scroll bar missing from ie after Java 7u65 installed

2014-08-20 Thread Jon Harris
The fix for us was a IE upgrade which was a pain as other software vendors did not support for a while. I REALLY DISLIKE Java! Jon From: dav...@imcu.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Scroll bar missing from ie after Java 7u65 installed Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014

RE: [NTSysADM] Scroll bar missing from ie after Java 7u65 installed

2014-08-20 Thread Jon Harris
Did not help for us last time we had to go UP a version in IE which cause problems with the vendors. I keep getting told hate is too strong a word to be using. That said I agree 110% Java should be shipped to the neither regions! Jon From: jnat...@hotmail.com To:

RE: [NTSysADM] August Update issues

2014-08-18 Thread Jon Harris
Does any one know when they pulled them from WU? My update of 8/13 does not show any of the ones you have listed as having been installed. Thank you, Jon Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 12:39:56 -0400 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] August Update issues From: oozerd...@gmail.com To:

RE: [NTSysADM] August Update issues

2014-08-18 Thread Jon Harris
to me that they were throttling these updates and thus you may not have caught them. As I didn't catch them either. On 8/18/2014 8:27 PM, Jon Harris wrote: Does any one know when they pulled them from WU? My update of 8/13 does not show any of the ones you have listed as having been

RE: [NTSysADM] Kyocera Copier

2014-08-05 Thread Jon Harris
Security issue but if the vendor refuses to fix you will have to work around it. Personally I would put the web page on a different subnet that only those you trust will have knowledge of and which you would have to change your machines IP to get to. \*Rant on Vendors both hardware and

RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list?

2014-07-29 Thread Jon Harris
+1 I remember those days, can still remember our home number! Jon From: richard.mccl...@aspca.org To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:46:50 + Why, when I was a kid, I'd lift the receiver and wait for the operator to ask

RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED)

2014-07-29 Thread Jon Harris
I have seen them but never had my hands on a set...kind of wish I could have gotten the one left at the house for a couple of minutes YEARS ago. The tech returned within 30 minutes to get it back. Jon From: r...@pge.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list?

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: A PowerShell Favor Please

2014-07-25 Thread Jon Harris
I would of but I have a bug of my own that I am still trying to work around. Windows 8.1 logged in with one MS account, can view/edit/send email from another account BUT can't log into ANY MS site/service unless I am using the account I am logged into the machine as. Freaking stupid! Jon

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Check

2014-07-24 Thread Jon Harris
I have seen at least one reply to a question you posted so I think from what I am seeing it is working but I am not using Gmail at the moment. Jon Subject: [NTSysADM] OT: Check To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com From: kz2...@googlemail.com Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:32:22 + None of my

RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...

2014-07-23 Thread Jon Harris
You are being WAY to kind! They lie like a defense lawyer defending a person caught on camera and are paid very well to. Jon Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:44:26 -0700 From: sbrad...@pacbell.net To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: FW: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...

RE: [NTSysADM] Re: Win 8 OEM clean install - media, editions, activation

2014-07-22 Thread Jon Harris
FYI, 1. Dell from my experience has been getting better about the shovel ware on their reinstall disks. They are usually on separate set of disks as is a lot of their custom drivers. One of the reasons I prefer to get my garage clients to purchase Dell over other brands. Most of the others

RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...

2014-07-22 Thread Jon Harris
That may or may not be true but they are still not treating the people that have promoted them as an answer to the needs of our clients well. How many new people coming into IT per year from Universities or colleges are going to find no job working in IT with Windows that turn to Linux? How

RE: [NTSysADM] I'm sure you've heard already...

2014-07-22 Thread Jon Harris
Many public agencies don't like and don't have the necessary funding setup that allow for monthly expenditures at least in Florida. They get Y amount of money and need to get what they need and not have to worry about what happens next fiscal year to what they bought. They University I worked

RE: [NTSysADM] Re: Win 8 OEM clean install - media, editions, activation

2014-07-22 Thread Jon Harris
I just upgraded my daughters 8.1 home to 8.1 pro by changing the key. This was on an Dell OEM Inspirion laptop purchased from WalMart. Bitlockered the C:\ by using the USB flash drive key method. No software was installed other than the Store 8 to 8.1 change. Jon From:

RE: [NTSysADM] SOT: mtc time

2014-07-15 Thread Jon Harris
Too me it also depends on what OS and age of hardware. If I am managing a Dell 1300 built about 2000 with an OS of 2003 on it then I double my cost per machine. New hardware and if the OS is 2008 R2 or better is where I figure my cost base at. Working on antique hardware and/or an OS that is

[NTSysADM] Anyone see this?

2014-07-15 Thread Jon Harris
I got this from Ben Shorr off of LinkedIn and thought others might want to see it. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2984937?utm_content=buffer32c5dutm_medium=socialutm_source=linkedin.comutm_campaign=buffer Jon

[NTSysADM] Anyone done this?

2014-07-14 Thread Jon Harris
I need to upgrade a system from 8.0 to 8.1 Pro. I am thinking the best way is to do the following steps. 1. Upgrade 8.0 to 8.1 2. Apply upgrade key to 8.1 to take it to 8.1 Pro Question really is I have two ways to do step 2. One I have done the other would be 2/3 the cost. Pro Student

RE: [NTSysADM] Permissions Issue

2014-07-10 Thread Jon Harris
Have you tried to create a share for them at there location? I believe they would need transitive rights but I don't have access to a server at the moment to give you the correct name. Jon Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:11:55 -0400 Subject: [NTSysADM] Permissions Issue From:

RE: [NTSysADM] Microsoft took-over NO-IP namespace to analyze and stop malware

2014-07-03 Thread Jon Harris
Mhmmm I wonder if their backdoor access is the reason for the mess in the first place? Maybe they were doing a bit more than say just looking? Jon From: crawfo...@evangel.edu To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Microsoft took-over NO-IP namespace to analyze and stop

RE: [NTSysADM] System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 help - Waiting for Content

2014-06-24 Thread Jon Harris
+1 That group is the bomb and thanks to Rod for getting them together in one place! Jon From: rodtr...@myitforum.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 help - Waiting for Content Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:39:23 -0400 Yes,

RE: [NTSysADM] Purchasing question

2014-06-23 Thread Jon Harris
: [NTSysADM] Purchasing question Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:18:33 + Go Gators! Ping me offline for any questions about G'ville, lived there 50 years and still have a place there. And congrats, that's a tough program to get into. Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: My daughter was just

RE: [NTSysADM] Purchasing question

2014-06-23 Thread Jon Harris
”). It wouldn’t take much to put the UPS and external battery into a different vented container to make it easier to transport/store. Good luck! From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 8:35 PM To: ntsysadm

RE: [NTSysADM] OT: Testing...

2014-06-16 Thread Jon Harris
Good luck and congrat's Jon Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:07:34 -0700 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] OT: Testing... From: kurt.b...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com I have.. Twice. The second is due in September... Kurt On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 8:20 PM, J- P jnat...@hotmail.com wrote:

RE: [NTSysADM] Re: A quiet weekend and start of the week

2014-06-10 Thread Jon Harris
at 20:21, Jon Harris wrote: He already screwed my weekend and start of the week. Try a blown hot water feed hose to the washing machine filling the house with hot water on Saturday and from there it just went down hill. Water always flows down hill. -- Angus Scott-Fleming

[NTSysADM] A quiet weekend and start of the week

2014-06-09 Thread Jon Harris
Looks like a good start to the week. No major issues being asked about and nothing much in the news! Jon

RE: [NTSysADM] A quiet weekend and start of the week

2014-06-09 Thread Jon Harris
of the week From: jonathan.l...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Dude... WTF is wrong with you?:-DYou're just asking for Murphy to come visit. On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: Looks like a good start to the week. No major issues being asked about

RE: [NTSysADM] A quiet weekend and start of the week

2014-06-09 Thread Jon Harris
http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations Information Security) for the SMB market… On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:30 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: Looks like a good start to the week. No major issues being asked about and nothing

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: P2V DC

2014-06-06 Thread Jon Harris
updated accordingly. A P2V would give us some breathing room and allow the migration to be thoroughly thought through, planned and executed. Please respond with your experience should you decide to move forward with your P2V. - Sean On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Jon

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: New RODC question

2014-06-06 Thread Jon Harris
Last time (4 years ago) I worked on something like this with Blackboard I pushed back that it needed to be in house not housed on their machines as I could get no promises that there would not me malware running on the machine capturing the user ID and password of the person during the usage.

RE: [NTSysADM] taskkill logon error

2014-06-05 Thread Jon Harris
You might want to also try a DA account for the Task kill instead of the local admin. Jon Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 12:30:58 -0700 Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] taskkill logon error From: elsal...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Try mapping a drive first to ensure connection and run the

RE: [NTSysADM] P2V DC

2014-06-05 Thread Jon Harris
It is also easier than having to deal with the licensing issues of virtual DC assuming you used a OEM license on the physical machine. Been there done that go the scares to prove it. Jon From: dani...@hotmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] P2V DC Date: Thu, 5

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: P2V DC

2014-06-05 Thread Jon Harris
Personally I have never been comfortable with allowing users access to a DC for any reason other than the purpose the DC is for. Allowing a DC as a file server is just asking for trouble and on a 2003 having print server is just asking for multiple restarts if there are printing issues. Both

RE: [NTSysADM] taskkill logon error

2014-06-05 Thread Jon Harris
Of Jon Harris Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 3:28 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] taskkill logon error You might want to also try a DA account for the Task kill instead of the local admin. Jon Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 12:30:58 -0700 Subject: RE: [NTSysADM

[NTSysADM] Likely to be on the news soon

2014-06-05 Thread Jon Harris
Thanks to Andrew for posting this to LinkedIn! http://www.scmagazine.com/amex-to-notify-calif-customers-of-card-dump-linked-to-anonymous/article/349888/ The article starts off talking about only AMEX being affected but it turns out like all 4 of the big guys got hit with Visa leading the in

RE: [NTSysADM] Hmmm.... TrueCrypt

2014-06-04 Thread Jon Harris
Both? Jon From: webs...@carlwebster.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Hmmm TrueCrypt Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 22:42:43 + Replacement part or replacement worker? Thanks Webster From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] This is good news

2014-06-04 Thread Jon Harris
I would wonder if any NSA engineers were assisting Google with this work? Jon From: asbz...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:42:27 -0400 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] This is good news To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Though long overdue, it should migrate to other browsers pretty easily...

RE: [NTSysADM] This is good news

2014-06-04 Thread Jon Harris
: messagel...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Ummm yeah not so much!! NSA is department non-grata around here right now! On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: I would wonder if any NSA engineers were assisting Google with this work? Jon From: asbz

RE: [NTSysADM] Hmmm.... TrueCrypt

2014-06-02 Thread Jon Harris
Nope done one and it was NOT easy! It was easier to replace. Jon Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:33:49 -0500 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Hmmm TrueCrypt From: dangerw...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Garbage disposal. Should be easy...right? ;) - WJR  On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at

RE: [NTSysADM] Sure is quiet today

2014-05-15 Thread Jon Harris
… On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Jon Harris jk.har...@live.com wrote: It is sure quiet today. I figured with the Microsoft patches out I would see some chatter on issues. Jon

[NTSysADM] Sure is quiet today

2014-05-14 Thread Jon Harris
It is sure quiet today. I figured with the Microsoft patches out I would see some chatter on issues. Jon

RE: [NTSysADM] Data sharing and collaboration.

2014-05-09 Thread Jon Harris
gavin.wi...@smppartners.com www.smppartners.com A member of the SMP Partners Group of Companies From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: 08 May 2014 23:38 To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Data sharing

RE: [NTSysADM] Data sharing and collaboration.

2014-05-08 Thread Jon Harris
I think this may be a bit much but what about a SharePoint site? Jon From: gavin.wi...@smppartners.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Data sharing and collaboration. Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 14:19:14 + Security and confidentiality is the watchword with this

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about mobile security best practices

2014-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
My personal experience working in higher Ed was anyone with a PhD after their name always made it hard to take away permissions. They just felt they knew EVERYTHING and anyone without a PhD knew nothing or very little! Jon From: mich...@smithcons.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] RE: IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about mobile security best practices

2014-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris Sent: Thursday, May 1, 2014 7:35 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: IT sec pros surprisingly cavalier about mobile security best practices My personal experience working

RE: [NTSysADM] Crazy Pokemon DaaS comparison

2014-04-24 Thread Jon Harris
I liked the article but since I know nothing of Pokémon, I learned a bit about them as well. Thanks, Jon Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:26:51 +0100 Subject: [NTSysADM] Crazy Pokemon DaaS comparison From: kz2...@googlemail.com To: NTSysADM@lists.myitforum.com I didn't expect my slightly bizarre

RE: [NTSysADM] NAC and NAP technologies

2014-04-23 Thread Jon Harris
Last time I worked with NAP (Win 2008 and briefly 2008 R2) it was harder to setup than going with a dedicated unit but once up and running it was rock solid. Unless you go with a Linux build your own system you will pay for a dedicated unit (I am sure you know that) but in testing it was a bit

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro

2014-04-18 Thread Jon Harris
I sister in NJ has two sitting in her attic at the moment. She even has the boot disks and manuals for both I think. Jon Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:46:28 -0400 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Windows IT Pro From: drod...@gmail.com To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com I remember a story about a guy who

RE: [NTSysADM] Windows 8.1 update required to be installed

2014-04-16 Thread Jon Harris
Have you tried to run full malware scans from several different scanners? Something like Malwarebytes and Vipre to determine if the machine has a bug hidden in the system some place causing issues? I had this happen a while back with an XP or Windows 7/Vista machine. Once the bug was cleaned

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