RE: sysprep and dell oem

I've never had a lot of joy using the sysprep file to specify driver locations, but I found another solution that has worked very well for us You can avoid the need to use sysprep to specify driver paths by adding the driver paths directly to the registry key that windows uses to search for drive

RE: sysprep and dell oem

Hi The method of copying everything in a root folder didn't go well. There were a lot of duplicate files so I chose the rename function. After testing, it is able to find the driver, but not the right one. So it is a failure. Thanks -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Robert, We have used the HP Procurve Switches here for several years. No problems at all, very easy to configure and you can separate ports into different VLAN's if needed. They're stackable also and easily managed. Tom From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL P

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Thanks Tom What gigabit model are you using for edge? 2848? From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Robert, We have used the HP Pro

VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive

Has anyone here resided the C: drive on a server running inside VMWare ESX? Any advise or words of wisdom? Any methods better than the others? *Note, this isn't a mission critical server. The ESX host box is mission critical, but the server in question is not. That's the only reason I'm considering

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

If you can't afford Cisco, HP is a viable alternative. 3com if and only if you are a Walmart shopper... On Jan 29, 2008 6:13 AM, Chyka, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am looking to upgrade switching for a architectural/engineering firm > here. It is a small network with 85 devices on

RE: MS VPN installer

Thanks Sam! From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MS VPN installer This is: CMAK http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelazyadmin/archive/2006/06/30/Using-CMAK -to-Deploy-VPN-Settin

RE: MS VPN installer

Your Welcome, The Article is a little vague, but there are a lot more options out there that they don't list. I think you can even add your company logo if you really want! I used it once so I could specify that the VPN is not the default Gateway. From: Bao, Ga

RE: sysprep and dell oem

You are my hero! It worked like a charm. -Original Message- From: Niki Blowfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 29, 2008 4:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep and dell oem I've never had a lot of joy using the sysprep file to specify driver locations, but I f

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Haha ok... yes we are a Cisco shop at my main job and now I am trying to talk the Prez at the other firm to going Cisco but I needed a secondary choice on standby while the wallet is open. Thanks.. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, Jan

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

There are plenty of good used Cisco switches out there. I've bought quite a few for environments where I didn't want to drop brand new equipment. They've all worked great. Of course, you will get some heartburn trying to get Smartnet on them, but for the cost of 2 years of Smartnet, you can buy an

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

We have had some very bad situations using 3com switches here when using POE. Lots of intermittent issues with the powered devices on the other end of the line. We pulled all of our 3com out and replaced them with Cisco and have been happy since. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: T

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

>From what I read, Microsoft is changing the category of this update to an Update Rollup, so as long as you don't have that category as Auto-approve for install, you should be ok... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 200

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

On Jan 29, 2008 9:13 AM, Chyka, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking to upgrade switching for a architectural/engineering firm here. IMO, you can't go wrong with the HP ProCurve line for switches. Ours have all the features I could want (telnet, SSH, web GUI, VLANs, MAC filtering, tr

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

I assume this also affects straight up Automatic Update from WU? Or is this just coming down through WSUS? - Andy O. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~

RE: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive

I've done this countless of times with Zero Failures and no impact to the Guest and Host, like mentioned before. SSH to Host in question Personally I CD to the VMFS directory of the Guest so the command is shorter Vmkfstools -X #G guest.vmdk (where # is the new size, this might take a bit, make su

Trend sues Barracuda

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9856170-16.html?part=rss &subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 This looks really unfortunate, a bad error in judgement on the part of Trend. Carl ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Anti

Re: sysprep and dell oem

Niki, Have you tried this on Vista? I am finding Acronis Universal restore chokes on our newer Dell Precision T3400's (only with Vista) I havent tried XP yet. I have an open incident with their tech support. We have tried Echo Workstation, Snap Deploy and what Acronis calls an "AUR" build for

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

Has anyone played with this? http://code.google.com/p/ie7-js/ "IE7 is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6." ...Tim > -Original Mess

RE: sysprep and dell oem

You have to add the mass storage drive using UR function. Otherwise it won't even boot. I am doing the same thing for precision 390 http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=gen&; releaseid=R173412&SystemID=PRE_T3400&servicetag=&os=WLH&osl=en&deviceid= 16825&devlib=0&type

Re: IE7 coming through WSUS

I have to a lesser extent. Not that code exactly, but other javascript code to make similar tweaks in IE7 behavior. Particularly in getting transparent PNGs to render properly. Performing web development tasks in trying to make your site interoperable with IE can really make you angry with Micro

RE: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive

We use the VMfstools along with another VM with Drivequest Partition Magic to do C:\ Drive extension, but we also treat out VM's like physical machines so we size our C:\ drives not to run out of space, (Put all software on d:\ drive) Z Edward E. Ziots Netwok Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,M

RE: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive

I always have treated my vm's as physical machines so I would look at ghost or some disk copy utility of your choice to simply copy from the current size to a new size. I don't personally like to mess with vm's config directly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

True... but I really haven't seen too many used cisco 10/100/1000 switches around From: Louis, Joe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... There are plent

RE: sysprep and dell oem

That is why I use Acronis universal restore module :) -Original Message- From: Anatoly Podgoretsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 29, 2008 10:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: sysprep and dell oem If you migrate to other equipment the most importable thing is hard dr

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

Sorry, but I feel being forced to install anything is never a good thing. But that's just my personal opinion... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE7 coming t

Re: IE7 coming through WSUS

IE7 is an improvement over IE6 in many regards, although its still light years away from standards compatibility you will get with other browsers. But, and this has always been the great thing about IE 6-7, they ignore these compatibility errors and still give you a "good enough" viewing experienc

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Not familiar with the 3com's but we just switched out a netgear gigabit switch with an HP Procurve 2900-48G and saw a 15% improvement in our CAD department. Of course YMMV. Jim From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive

It's been a while, but when I did this I recall needing to first mount the drive to another running windows vm to move the pagefile off. -matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jond Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:34 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

On 29 Jan 2008 at 7:28, Michael Ross wrote: > i actually like IE7, especially with IE7pro installed with it.. the ad > blocker works alot like fasterfox to improve its performance. If I ever have a machine where I HAVE to use Internet Explorer, I'll certainly get this. -- Angus Scott-Fleming G

RE: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive

Seems rather more convoluted then strictly necessary. What I've done is shutdown the guest to be resized, and ssh to the esx server to resize the disk with vmkfstools. Then to resize the partition, what you want is the gtparted livecd. Download that, and set it as the cd for the guest. Then boot th

RE: VMWare ESX -- Extending a VM's C: drive

I do something similar 1. Shut down VM 2. Use putty to ssh into ESX server - use vmkfstools to extend the vmdk file 3. Attach the vmdk to a *different* VM. 4. RDP to second VM and use diskpart to extend the partition. 5. Shutdown second VM, move vmdk back to original VM. -Original Message

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

We have the 2524's here Robert. From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Thanks Tom What gigabit model are you using for edge? 2848? __

RE: Broadcom NIC problems?

On ours, the 2900 ran just fine from the previous summer ('06) until SP2 was installed for WS03 last spring. Immediately after that, we started experiencing failures with the NIC. Everything was up-to-date, hardware tested fine, etc. Even with the Mb replaced (among other things--that was the

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Hmm interesting so you would lean toward the 3Coms then? A slight lean it looks like? Thanks! From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question...

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

I've used both of those in their POE flavor. The HP ones work great and come with free lifetime support. But out of 4 I bought at my last company I had to replace 2 or 3 for failures in the first year. One was DOA out of the box. Once I got past that they worked pretty well. I'm not sure if it

RE: DCOM corrupted?

Had a 2k server a while back where dcom blew up and we couldn't get the console to open at all--it would just generate a failure message. I was finally able to fix with a chkdsk /r, then add/remove programs, windows components, and removing the dcom/com-related stuff (I think it was part of IIS

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

My second choice would always be HP for many reasons. I have three of the 2848's. From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Switch Purchase Question... I am looking to upgrade sw

RE: sysprep and dell oem

Thanks Niki. I will try this and see what happens -Original Message- From: Niki Blowfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 29, 2008 4:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep and dell oem I've never had a lot of joy using the sysprep file to specify driver locations

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

I thought this was most interesting (from the SlashDot post): Companies like Symantec and McAfee are already paying licensing fees to Trend Micro. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1 &sid=08/01/29/1313206 I had no idea

RE: sysprep and dell oem

Yeah, great tip. That's getting filed in my Save folder! -Original Message- From: Ara Avvali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep and dell oem You are my hero! It worked like a charm. -Original Message-

RE: IP Chimneys

Ok, so after actually reading the articles linked to by Michael, I understand a little better. I'm going to try that command and see if there's any effect on my network speed. Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:13 A

RE: IP Chimneys

Are we talking about the Rx and Tx TCP and IP checksum offloading? That's the only offloading I can see in the properties for my Gig adapter on my HP server... Joe Heaton -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:06 AM To: NT Sy

RE: IP Chimneys

Disable it and watch your speed come back. Same issues we have. You can disable RSS, which seems to help the most but disable Chimney seems to do the trick across the board. -Original Message- From: Matt Bullock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:34 AM To: NT Sy

Switch Purchase Question...

I am looking to upgrade switching for a architectural/engineering firm here. It is a small network with 85 devices on it. I want to go gigabit and the owner probably wont spend the $$$ to get Cisco gear. I was looking at 3com and HP. Here are the models I was looking at for each vendor: 3Co

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

i actually like IE7, especially with IE7pro installed with it.. the ad blocker works alot like fasterfox to improve its performance. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE

Re: sysprep and dell oem

If you migrate to other equipment the most importable thing is hard drive controllers. NIC and Video not to such importable but hard drive are. With out it blue screen are possible. Best regards, Anatoly Podgoretsky http://www.podgoretsky.com - Original Message - From: "Ara Avvali" <[E

RE: IE7 coming through WSUS

I think I answered my own question...appears to be WSUS only. That second article doesn't mention WSUS but the toolkit page on MS mentions that the registry key doesn't expire and the new actual knowledgebase article only mentions WSUS, not WU. - Andy O. >-Original Message- >From: Andy

RE: Bandwidth management

If your firewall supports SNMP I would say take a look at Cacti. It won't control the bandwidth but will graph it out for you (great for long term trending). Can also set up monitors for the CPU as well as the 95% depending on the billing package your set up on. You will also be able to monit

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

There is much more to this than the CNET article leads onto. There is a post at the bottom which really hammers it. Trend may be resorting to it for capital income based on its patent, but is it wrong for them to go after what has been assigned to them, not necessarily. Like I said more to this

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

IIf the application isn't programmed for X64 then how would it take advantage of the X64 architecture. You will probably get better performance with X64 especially in TSE due to memory limitations etc etc. How many concurrent users? What is the load of the Office+ Accounting app, as you scal

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

NO one is smarter than you Greg!! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Trend sues Barracuda There is much more to this than the CNET article leads onto. There is a

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

If you are going to have more than 3 GB of RAM, then I would install x64. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Installing

Installing a Terminal Server

I'm installing a new Terminal Server for a client and I'm wondering if it would be better to install x32 or the x64 version of 2003 R2 as the base operating system. It will be hosting Office 2007 Pro and an Accounting Ap. That is currently only 32 bit. (The database is still on an SQL 2000 server

Re: IE7 coming through WSUS

"much more standards compliant" ? Can you quantify that? Web pages that dont look correct in IE6 look equally as incorrect in IE7 - as far as I have seen. Im my own personal use, I have had more application crashes than IE6. Albeit when using 10+ tabs at a time, but a crash is a crash. In fact,

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

I second the motion. Unless you know all drivers and apps work with x64. Mike Original Message: - From: Tom Strader [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:28:46 -0500 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Installing a Terminal Server I would stay with x32 J

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

I may be wrong but I think Office 2007 Pro won't workneeds to be Office 2007 Enterprise. S -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Installing a Terminal Server I second the

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

Maybe everyone else is stupid or just has the cash to burn. Now they go and sue somebody who's willing to fight and look what happens - bad press and a challenge to the patent. If the patent gets thrown out then Trend's action will cost them what they were making from others, in addition to the b

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

Which makes your comment on the equipment irrelevant, doesn't it? HP may not be the answer for every question, but in situations where there is equivalence between HP and Cisco, I'll at least consider HP equipment, given their superior warranty and return policies. On Jan 29, 2008 1:49 PM, Don El

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

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!~ ~

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

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

MEJ> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:53:25 -0500 MEJ> From: Micheal Espinola Jr MEJ> Why the preference for HP? Features and reliability/stability. Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

DE> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:49:59 -0800 DE> From: Don Ely |Don> Agreed... I'm getting a 4507 with dual Sup V 10GE engines, 48 |Don> port gig blade and a 24 port fiber blade for 30k... |Kurt> And the equivalent HP equipment would cost what? |Don> There isn't one... I'm remote via dialup right

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

Doesn't make my comment irrelevant at all. Someone mentioned that you needed a new VAR because you got crappy pricing. Go have a look at what list is on the specs I just gave you... And my feature set blows away the feature set of an HP, but that is because my requirements dictate that... On Ja

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

They have the 5412zl, but it doesn't have the feature set that I spec'd with the 4507... Nice switch if you don't need the feature set though... On Jan 29, 2008 1:55 PM, Edward B. DREGER < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DE> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:49:59 -0800 > DE> From: Don Ely > > |Don> Agreed.

Windows DHCP Server looses DNS

Greetings, List Members. I have a Windows 2003 R2 Domain Controller running its' DHCP server. It's been running as expected forever. But, recently, the server has started to loose the DHCP options for DNS Servers after a system reboot. This means that whenever I need to reboot the DHCP Server,

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

There isn't one... On Jan 29, 2008 1:44 PM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And the equivalent HP equipment would cost what? > > On Jan 29, 2008 1:41 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Agreed... I'm getting a 4507 with dual Sup V 10GE engines, 48 port gig > > blade and a 24 p

Re: Documenting a Windows domain -- Many thanks to this list

It was the "Let me once again answer my own question:" comment that threw me... It was as if, we didn't offer you help quick enough or something... At least that is how I interpreted it... On Jan 29, 2008 12:17 PM, Ajay Kulsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don, > > I certainly did not want to give

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

And the equivalent HP equipment would cost what? On Jan 29, 2008 1:41 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Agreed... I'm getting a 4507 with dual Sup V 10GE engines, 48 port gig > blade and a 24 port fiber blade for 30k... > > > On Jan 29, 2008 12:00 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

Over Cisco? Can you give an example? On Jan 29, 2008 4:58 PM, Edward B. DREGER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MEJ> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:53:25 -0500 > MEJ> From: Micheal Espinola Jr > > MEJ> Why the preference for HP? > > Features and reliability/stability. > > > Eddy > -- > Everquick Internet

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

DE> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:00:02 -0800 DE> From: Don Ely DE> They have the 5412zl, but it doesn't have the feature set that I DE> spec'd with the 4507... Nice switch if you don't need the feature DE> set though... Now I'm curious. Which specific features? And has anyone used the bigger (com

Re: IE7 coming through WSUS

On 29 Jan 2008 at 10:35, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > IE8 promises to be able to pass the infamous Acid2 test, which its > predecessors have never been able to do. > >http://www.webstandards.org/action/acid2/ IE8 also promises to have 3 (*-THREE-*) compatibility modes which will make life

Re: Windows DHCP Server looses DNS

I've never heard of this one. What happened 6 months ago that made you notice this? What happened just before? And finally, have you contacted PSS? On Jan 29, 2008 5:01 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, List Members. > > I have a Windows 2003 R2 Domain Controller run

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Time to find another reseller. Andy -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... We tried negotiating - we bought several switches (2950Ts - a fixed configuration

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

That's why he sits so much, he's massaging his brain matter. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Trend sues Barracuda Oh now that's an ego boost, but alas if I could

Re: Documenting a Windows domain -- Many thanks to this list

Don, I certainly did not want to give that impression. I shared my own solutions in case someone else needs them. I have been a member of this list for about 10 years, though I am mostly invisible. I could not have survived without this list when I started out in IT field. All you gurus have bai

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

3750s 24port PoE gig and 48port PoE 10/100, stacked via stackwise cables, standard image and 8x5xNBD SMARTNET HTH, Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook -Original Message- From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:03 PM To: NT System Admin Is

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Hey Andy, What model cisco did you go with? -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Switch Purchase Question... Kurt, It all depends on who you talk to. When designing my new infrast

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Kurt, It all depends on who you talk to. When designing my new infrastructure for our new building, I was able to get Cisco cheaper than HP or 3Com. It's all about who you know and who knows you...everything is negotiable. Andy -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

Keep working hard, Greg and one day you'll be able to run with the big dogs. Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tren

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

Why bad judgment? If everyone else is paying but Barracuda, seems to me like they have a case. I was amazed that Trend actually owned that patent. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Trend sues Barracuda

RE: Documenting a Windows domain -- Many thanks to this list

If you have been a member of the list for 10 years then you should know what an enormous pain in the hind-quarters Don is. If you don't, you should ask Shook. Don gives him pain in his nether-regions regularly. -Original Message- From: Ajay Kulsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

I agree, Unless the applications are written for X64 ( I dunno how many are X64 capable) stay with X32, there our some limitations, but testing is going to tell you whether or not its going to work, and I would advise, scaling up and out ahead of time to find out how much you can load the serv

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

I would stay with x32 Jim. My 2 cents, Tom From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Installing a Terminal Server I'm installing a new Terminal Server for a client and I'm wond

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555741 The first step is required to choose the runtime environment for the operating system. To find out the correct runtime environment for our operating system, you can use the following questions: 1. Is the applications that will be used on the Termi

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

The reason I suggested x32 was from prior experience. Maybe it's just the apps we have, but they started producing weird memory and application errors on the server side. Converting back to x32 fixed those problems. Testing is definitely in order before you put it into production environment.

Re: IE7 coming through WSUS

"Angus Scott-Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/29/2008 01:57:27 AM: > Beyond the compatibility issue, I personally dislike IE 7 > in its present > form. It is a slow and clunky interface. Every time I come across a > machine that has it - I find myself downloading Firefox.

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

I think this is pretty much going with my gut. I'm still in the testing stage, but it will be a live test. I've got 5 users lined up. It may be moot anyway, I can't seem to get the x64 to install using SmartStart (This is a Proliant DL380 G4 with 3GB of ram to start with.) and the drivers I just

RE: Trend sues Barracuda

Oh now that's an ego boost, but alas if I could just have a portion of the brains that Shook has than I wouldn't have to work real hard. I could be like him and sit around all day thinking of witty comments and rhetoric... From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29,

Re: IE7 coming through WSUS

I'm blocking it on my WSUS server. Stupid Microsoft!!! ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

We're going to be upgrading our network infrastructure soon as well. We're definitely not going with Cisco - we're going with HP. I'm looking for layer 3 stuff, as we have several subnets, but the 2800 series for the layer 2 stuff should be great. Two reasons for that: Warranty/Return policy and p

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

Sure does..I'm a big fan of 3750s but I'm not sure this guy can afford them. I have a stack of 8 3750 gig oe here with the stacking cables and it works awesome. How much did you pay for the 24 port gig oe 3750s -Original Message- From: "Andy Shook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Ad

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

We tried negotiating - we bought several switches (2950Ts - a fixed configuration version) about 3.5 years ago, and got a decent deal on them, but when we tried this time, no go. Not only that, the warranty on the Cisco equipment, minus the SmartNet contract, sucks. With SmartNet, it's still too ex

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

3COM can still be taken to the ground... On Jan 29, 2008 11:57 AM, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're going to be upgrading our network infrastructure soon as well. > We're definitely not going with Cisco - we're going with HP. I'm > looking for layer 3 stuff, as we have several subnets

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

Agreed... I'm getting a 4507 with dual Sup V 10GE engines, 48 port gig blade and a 24 port fiber blade for 30k... On Jan 29, 2008 12:00 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kurt, > It all depends on who you talk to. When designing my new infrastructure > for our new building, I was able

RE: Switch Purchase Question...

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.

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

RE: Installing a Terminal Server

Seems to be working just fine. Office Ent is just Office Pro Plus with Grove and One Note. There is nothing in the deployment notes that say that only Enterprise can be installed on a Terminal Server. -Original Message- From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin

RE: Windows DHCP Server looses DNS

I've seen, on occasion, the DHCP db be corrupted. There is a KB about recovering from a corrupt DHCP database. That's where I'd go before calling PSS. But if that didn't work, PSS would be my next step. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Me

Re: Switch Purchase Question...

MEJ> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:03:21 -0500 MEJ> From: Micheal Espinola Jr MEJ> Over Cisco? Can you give an example? See earlier posts. Again, we're talking low-end switches; I've not run the bigger HPs. HP: Never a problem with hardware or firmware over the years. Cisco: IIRC was slower to of

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