RE: Pros and Cons of Merging/Not-merging two independent AD domains of a company

Ken, Thanks for replying. We did not create two AD forests. These used to be two separate companies -- now one, with distinct areas of business. Jay ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~

Support fee

A question for the consultants/support for-hire folks out there: What's the ballpark monthly fee you wd charge for a userbase of 40 in California (30 PC/10 Macs) , 90% desktop support + level one call fielding, 10% light maintenance on 3 Windows File Server, 1 DC, 1 Print Server (e..g powercycli

Re: Dialed into a RAS server, cannot ping past it.

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Marty Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have an XP machine dialing into a Windows 2000 RAS server (at a > lightning fast 26.4K) and I can't seem to get past the RAS server. Have you/can you try it from another client machine? That will at least tell us if t

Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

> Walk in my shoes and then decide if punishing a Mac user like that is or is not therapeutic. Sir, I would kindly suggest that if you have an adversarial relationship with your users, where you look at punishment and reward as a means for governing your userbase and as therapy, that you might be

Re: Hosed DNS??

Here is a KB article that may help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310568 - Original Message From: mck1012 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:35:32 PM Subject: Re: Hosed DNS?? Make sure the DC is pointing to either itself or another AD int

Re: Hosed DNS??

Make sure the DC is pointing to either itself or another AD int. DNS server. Next restart the netlogon service and then from the cmd prompt ipconfig /registrerdns. Make sure all clients point to the server for dns. How many DC's do you have? - Original Message From: James Edwards <[

RE: Citrix question

From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Citrix question Does anyone know whether there is a way to force particular users (or groups of users) to log on to a certain server when using an application published across several servers? Can't use a custom ICA file because of th

Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

I think there is a clear difference in what I was saying and the level of IT staff we are dealing with. I assume that some of the more vocal dissenters are front line administrators who are just angry to have to deal with technology that is not MS or at least PC related. That is the way it sounds a

Re: Hosed DNS??

James Edwards wrote: Kennedy, Jim wrote: First hit the DC's with a command prompt and use ipconfig /registerdns Am I going to get lucky and it's that simple to rebuild the "_ldap_tcp.dc_msdcs.my.domain" entry?? I guess I'll know in about 15 minutes. THANKS Guess I didn't get that luck

Re: Remote Control Application

+1 On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Christopher J. Bosak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll re-voice my suggestion of DameWare NT Utilities. Never had issues, nice > secure connection. > > Christopher J. Bosak > Vector Company > c. 847.603.4673 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "You need to install an RTFM I

Re: Hosed DNS??

Kennedy, Jim wrote: First hit the DC's with a command prompt and use ipconfig /registerdns Am I going to get lucky and it's that simple to rebuild the "_ldap_tcp.dc_msdcs.my.domain" entry?? I guess I'll know in about 15 minutes. THANKS ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus wit

RE: Hosed DNS??

First hit the DC's with a command prompt and use ipconfig /registerdns > -Original Message- > From: James Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Hosed DNS?? > > Recently I attempted to push install an application (C

Hosed DNS??

Recently I attempted to push install an application (Counter Spy) to a computer in my Domain and got an error message about not being able to authenticate. Later, I attempted to join a computer to the Domain and and got an error message about no Domain Controller and the computer couldn't find

RE: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

Should have been %username%$ not ampersand. -Original Message- From: Campbell, Dick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix and redirected "My Documents" It is time consuming at first, but make each users final sh

Re: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

If the users my documents don't physically reside under a specific share for each user, then my suggestion probably won't work. I was going under the assumption that the user's my documents directories were being re-directed to their Home Directory. That's how it's configured in my environment. -

RE: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

It is time consuming at first, but make each users final share a hidden share. For user 1, \\server\user1$for user2, \\server\user2$ . The dollar signs mean they are not cluttering up the net bios view of the servers shares, but they are still there. Finally, set the user account to map \\s

RE: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

But how do I do that if every user has a different location for "my documents"? \\server\share\user1\myDocs \\server\share\user2\myDocs From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

Re: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

...hit send too early. You can specify the folder you want to open with that command line statement as well. C:\Windows\explorer.exe /e, /select, X:\my documents - Sean On 5/27/08, Sean Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think Tom was referring to just publishing Explorer.exe. If the

RE: Remote Control Application

I'll re-voice my suggestion of DameWare NT Utilities. Never had issues, nice secure connection. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me -Original Message- From:

Re: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

I think Tom was referring to just publishing Explorer.exe. If the "My Documents" directory is mapped (the user's home drive for instance) you can have Explorer open automatically to that drive letter: explorer.exe /e, /select, X:\ On 5/27/08, David Mazzaccaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm

RE: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

Iexplore.exe and explorer.exe are two different things. For the record, iExplorer doesn't exist, don't want to make Bill G mad now. ;) Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2

Dialed into a RAS server, cannot ping past it.

Morning all; I have a strange situation that I was drooped into mid-stream. We have an XP machine dialing into a Windows 2000 RAS server (at a lightning fast 26.4K) and I can't seem to get past the RAS server. I am able to ping its PPP address, as well as its LAN address, but I am unable to p

RE: Remote Control Application

REALVnc is here: http://www.realvnc.com/ I do NOT recommend using it however. Not secure if you are going to use it over the Internet. -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote Contr

RE: Remote Control Application

Not sure what you're asking. -- Mike Gill > -Original Message- > From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:30 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Remote Control Application > > What is the VNC package then? ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Ant

Windows Login: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service

I received this error this morning on one of my workstations, and am a little confused by the KB article that came up: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838184 This describes what I am seeing, but the fix doesn't seem like a real solution. My network is small, around 50 clients. So connection

Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

Try Windows-centric (all LOB apps require Windows) with a Mac subculture. Parallels/VMWare Fusion have been a mixed blessing here. On 5/24/08 5:14 AM, "Martin Blackstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on the environment. > My last company was very win-centric. Nothing we had would ever wo

RE: Citrix and redirected My Documents

If you just publish Windows Explorer, the user will have to navigate to "My Documents"... and it seems it will bring them correctly to \\server\share\%username as this is done via GPO. It would be great if I could give them an icon that immediately gets them into "my documents". -Original

RE: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

Hmmm... we do publish iExplorer. This is what we publish so that people can get to a common share: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -e \\SERVER\SHARE When users launch the above, it gets them to the share, but they always get an error message. "Windows cannot find (null). Make s

Re: Citrix and redirected My Documents

That's what I was thinking. Here is a good link that suggests how to do this. http://www.dabcc.com/miab/miab30/Implementation-Phase-11.-5.-How-to-Publish- Windows-Explorer-MIAB-3.aspx Original Message: - From: Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 12:44:32 -0400 To:

Re: Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

Can you just publish Explorer? I do that here. You might need to modify your login script to accommodate it, though. >>> "David Mazzaccaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5/27/2008 11:52 AM >>> Since we on the subject of Citrix…. I have a 2003 domain, with“My Documents”redirecting to\\server\share\use

RE: Word Crashes

Close all office programs and empty the c:\documents and setting\\local settings\temporary internet files\content.word, content.outlook and content.mso -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Su

Re: Word Crashes

I just did that, with no improvement. I also once again had "it" do the "Repair" from the Word Help menu. It went through the motions, did a re-install when attempting to open Word, and showed no changes... I was a bit cautious and only whacked "Word" keys. Perhaps if I whacked all things Of

RE: Word Crashes

Thanks, but it was empty. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Rod Trent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/23/2008 04:55:55 PM: > Move all of the MS Wo

Citrix and redirected "My Documents"

Since we on the subject of Citrix I have a 2003 domain, with "My Documents" redirecting to \\server\share\username for everyone. Each user's "My Documents" is a different location (ie. \\server\share\SmithJ, \\server\share\DoeJ) For Citrix, we use Web Interface as our client. Users simply op

RE: Microsoft Update Issues

Mmmm, what's a Curio User? A person that collets a lot of crap? Just kidding! From: Cameron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft Update Issues What's interesting is that all I had to d

RE: Mac on 2003 Domain

I totally disagree with the concept as you describe it. I have found that users rarely know the best way to accomplish their goals. That's where IT and Systems Analysis comes in. I want my users to describe for me what they want to accomplish, and I will then research the necessary software and har

RE: Mac on 2003 Domain

U R RIGHT! Murray From: Malcolm Reitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Mac on 2003 Domain I prefer the "if it is non-standard, it isn't going on our network" policy. Even fewer head

RE: Mac on 2003 Domain

I've just got to reply to Mike on his comment. I've been in the computer field for nearly 44 years, and I've enjoyed every minute. It gets very difficult to stay current, and there is SO MUCH to know, the question is how to sort it all out and which things are important. The problem you will learn

Microsoft Update Issues

What’s interesting is that all I had to do was stop the service, register the wups2.dll and restart the service to have everything work fine. Curiouser and curiouser…….. _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Iss

Re: Citrix question

If you're using Published applications, just publish an additional copy of that application to that group of users and only add that server. - Sean On 5/27/08, Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Subject:* Citrix question > > > > Does

RE: Mac on 2003 Domain

In our organization, IT provides significant input on technology decisions. The logic being that we're the experts on this; it's what we do all day every day. So we do the research and ultimately set the standards on the equipment that can be purchased. If someone has a special need that can't be m

RE: R: Microsoft Update Issues

Stop the “Windows Update” service before renaming this folder. Restart it after renaming the folder. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Warby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Is

Re: R: Microsoft Update Issues

You could try to rename the SoftwareDistribution folder to SoftwareDistribution.old. This folder is located in the Windows directory. This will force your computer to re-download the latest Windows Update Agent and you will need to re-install the Microsoft Update ActiveX again as well. Hope this

Re: Citrix question

Ah, I see what you are driving at...split the same published desktop application into two subsets... That should do the trick for now I think, cheers! 2008/5/27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Same applies for published desktop. Create an AD group and that group of > users only access t

Re: Citrix question

Same applies for published desktop. Create an AD group and that group of users only access to that published desktop. Original Message: - From: James Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:55:17 +0100 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Citrix questio

Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

The single Mac user is management! We just had to pay almost 1/3 more for an item to get it to support the Mac. I object on the grounds of cost plus I have to listen to the nearly continous sermons on how superior the Mac is over the Windows OS. I also see that Mac's cost almost 2x as much a the

RE: Need Perfmon help.

Jim, Did this pan out as expected? Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subjec

Re: Word Crashes

Maybe a System Restore might help, especially if it is profile-related. In the days before we implemented mandatory profiles, we spent a lot of time battling profile-related crashes and instability. 2008/5/24 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > HIJACK > > I reported something similar a couple of weeks

Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

A lot of it is just being stuck in old ways and not wanting to move away from the familiar...I was not too pleased at having to start supporting a single Mac user recently, but I'm slowly starting to get around it. I was cursing ESX Server not so long back and now I am running updates and installin

Cisco Question

Hello All I was just wondering what is a daily life like of a Cisco engineer with CCNA credentials who works for enterprise business. I am currently senior engineer on the Server and firewall end and would like to make a bridge into Cisco position. I have worked with Cisco 1700 ser

RE: File Archive + Aging Software Recommendations

Excellent thx! From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: File Archive + Aging Software Recommendations years ago, you could do this with the Palindrome Network Backup ... I think this

Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On top of that being forced to have staff that spend 25% of their time > fixing things ... If your staff is spending *that* much time fixing problems on the Mac, maybe your management should invest in giving your staff the

Re: Word Crashes

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 8:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doing a complete purge of all things MS Office (including a seek-and-destroy > run through the registry did nothing. Did that include deleting the entire HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office branch? What about deleting the

RE: Mac on 2003 Domain

Wow this is an interesting thread. It seems that some of you have a different IT philosophy in your company than ours. In our company, it is not IT's job to decide what tools users need to do their jobs. It is their job to implement and support it, or get the tools and skills needed to do so. It is

Re: Mac on 2003 Domain

Wow this is an interesting thread. It seems that some of you have a different IT philosophy in your company than ours. In our company, it is not IT's job to decide what tools users need to do their jobs. It is their job to implement and support it, or get the tools and skills needed to do so. It is

Re: Citrix question

I already have the application published, but because they are accessing via a published desktop, I need them to log on to the published desktop on the same server that the Excel plugin is installed on. The application doesn't play nicely via a published desktop unless it is the same server. I was

RE: Citrix question

Create a new published app, called something like "Execel - Server2". Publish it on only server2, and only give permission to that group of people. From: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Su

RE: Shavlik Prices

We are locked in too, I basically ripped our sales rep a new arse for that dumb move. A computer is a computer in my eyes and there is no good reason except greed that they should be charging more for servers than workstations. Especially when Workstations will run more things that need patched tha

RE: Citrix question

You could create AD groups and publish the application to that particular group of users, however, that may be a lot of trouble if you are going to change things back once you have plug-in fixed. Mike _ From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:49

Re: ISA Server 2006 SP1

LOL, erm no, but I do use group policy to disable the user's ability to make my life miserable... 2008/5/26 Greg Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. What's good for the goose is not > good for the gander and such... > > We use it, we love it, do you run your

RE: Pros and Cons of Merging/Not-merging two independent AD domains of a company

A Forest is a security boundary, a Domain is a replication boundary. If you don't need multiple forests, I would design for one. But the question I would have to ask is why do you have two Forests? Is there some need for that? Cheers Ken From: Ajay Kulsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Citrix question

We have some horrendous Excel plug-in that is only installed on one of the farm servers, because the consultants who installed it didn't do what we asked. They are returning next week to put it on the other servers, but until then I would like my finance department (who use the plug-in) to be able

RE: Citrix question

From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Citrix question Does anyone know whether there is a way to force particular users (or groups of users) to log on to a certain server when using an application published across several servers? Can't use a custom ICA file because of th

Pros and Cons of Merging/Not-merging two independent AD domains of a company

We have to tell the management Pros and Cons of these 2 scenarios: 1. Keeping two domains (with their own AD forests) separate but with trusts between the two domains. 2. Merging one AD domain in to other AD forest as a child domain. (Both forests have Exchange 2K3.) Of course, the biggest advan

Citrix question

Does anyone know whether there is a way to force particular users (or groups of users) to log on to a certain server when using an application published across several servers? Can't use a custom ICA file because of the config of our thin clients, is there any setting for this in Citrix Access Mana