RE: Disk Monitor Product

Can also use Servers Alive to look at disk space issues etc etc Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Stephan Barr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lists Sent: Wednesday,

SBS Server disk damaged

Does anyone know where I can get an ISO for SBS R2 disk 2? (OEM version) While loading software onto the server, I set the disk on the envelope and got it stuck on the tape that seals the envelope. Foolishly, I used Goof Off to remove the tape residue and melted the disk. (I know, I should be

Logitec QuickCam versus AHA-2940 SCSI adapter

Have a user who scans documents into an application via a scanner connected via an Adaptec-2940 SCSI card. Been working for years. One of our techs installed a Logitec QuickCam on the box (USB device). Now when the user tries to scan she gets an error from the scanning app. The event log reports

R: SBS Server disk damaged

You must wait for MS ! Other OEM disk ,other Product Key GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Joe Herrmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: giovedì 5 giugno 2008 Berto16.17 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: SBS Server disk damaged Does anyone know where I can get an ISO for SBS R2 disk 2? (O

RE: Trend 8.0 server hang - revisiting

Two months. That's right, two $*#!!*$ months. Still getting a BSOD on my Trend 8.0 server without generating any .dmp files. I've spent probably 25 hours or so with Trend and MS tech support. Webex sessions, specialists, conference calls, tin foil hats, barking at the moon. Updated BIOS, Perc, N

Re: need to recover/reset local admin password

Doesn't our host have a tool? NTAccess? Although it isn't free. - Sean On 6/4/08, Jeffrey Showen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Use a Linux password recovery tool pn Windoze! > > http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming

Re: Harddrive question - MBR hosed

I did a similar recovery for a friend about 6-8 months ago. In his case MBR went corrupt, and I suspect it was a virus that did it (after I booted the system, I cleaned out quite a few of those). The way I got it to work was to use some utility on Hiren's Boot CD to apply standard MBR. This shou

mRemote?

I was reading this Network World article[1] today listing the author's top 20 fave OSS tools for windows and this one piqued my curiosity as I had never heard of it before. Haven't seen it mentioned here when we've discussed such tools and it looks pretty cool. Anyone familiar with it? http://sou

RE: SBS Server disk damaged

If you have access to Technet you could try disk 2 downloaded from there. If it is the generic OEM disks then that would work as it's disk1 with the wizards on it. Mike From: HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 June 2008 17:22 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R: SBS Server disk

RE: need to recover/reset local admin password

I've used this tool before: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ From: Sean Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: need to recover/reset local admin password Doesn't our host have a tool? NTAccess? Although it

Re: need to recover/reset local admin password

On 4 Jun 2008 at 21:52, Jeffrey Showen wrote: > > Use a Linux password recovery tool pn Windoze! > > http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm Both this and the pnordahl tool require rebooting the system from the CD, while the DCPC tool can operate on most domain-attached Win

RE: Trend 8.0 server hang - revisiting

Ugh... the only other thing *like* this I've seen with Trend (and A/V in general) is usually kernel memory related. If your server has enough free memory, try upping the pool amount available by adding the two reg entries from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312362/en-us. I've had to up these

RE: mRemote?

Wow! This is nice! I've been using Royal TS for my RDP management, but this far exceeds it. I love the tabs and how you can hide the connection list. Nice find! I'll have to convert all my connections over and see how it works longer term. Thanks -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [m

RE: mRemote?

Yep...works well if you use multiple remote connection methods. It's a nice way to centralize all of your remote sessions. -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: mRemote? I was reading this

RE: Disk Monitor Product

Servers Alive does that and more. Plus the price is really good. http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/ Mark -Original Message- From: Dennis Rogov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 June 2008 20:29 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disk Monitor Product Can anyone r

RE: Disk Monitor Product

OpsMgr 2007 or System Center Essentials. From: Kelsay, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disk Monitor Product Servers Alive does that and more. Plus the price is really good. http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/

RE: mRemote?

I've been using it for a while now and think its great. I stumbled upon it looking for a 'better' Remote Desktops. Allows me to easily create folders and add my connections in there for organization and is pretty easy to re-arrange. Also allowed me to easily share my setup with the other techs i

Buller?

Buller? Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~ ~

RE: DRAC Issue

Not sure if this is relevant since my issue was a PE2650, not a PE2950... they are much different... but if it helps go for it. We had three PE2650 servers and one RAC was flakey from the start, called DELL several times to no avail. The resolution: Upgrade the DRAC firmware via a DOS boot diske

RE: DRAC Issue

They've sent me a link to bootable ISOs to do something similar. I'll have to wait until I have an onsite person though as I can't boot from virtual ISOs. Jon Lewis -Original Message- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 6:38 AM To: NT System A

RE: need to recover/reset local admin password

Sorry for the delay in response. I ended up boxing it up and I'm going to send it back to my office and mess with it there. The issue I'm having is that when I try to login on this machine, into the domain, which it is a member of, I get the message saying there's no domain controller availabl

RE: need to recover/reset local admin password

Sorry for the delay in response. I ended up boxing it up and I'm going to send it back to my office and mess with it there. The issue I'm having is that when I try to login on this machine, into the domain, which it is a member of, I get the message saying there's no domain controller availabl

RE: mRemote?

Use it all the time. Works great! And the price is right.. :) -Original Message- From: Karsten, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mRemote? I've been using it for a while now and think its great. I stumbled up

Citrix printing issue

Presentation Server 4.0 Client version 10.2 Using PnAgent for connecting to the server. These are new computers being setup, user does not have admin rights. I logged into Citrix, before I had set a real printer as the default for this person. Therefore, the default printer was Microsoft Offi

RE: mRemote?

Just tried it, and keep getting all kinds of errors. Hresult Class Not registered on both of my XP boxes. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Greg Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: mRemote?

How does mRemote compare with vRD from visionapp.com? Roger Wright -Original Message- From: Karsten, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mRemote? I've been using it for a while now and think its great. I stumbl

RE: Citrix printing issue

http://support.citrix.com/forums/thread.jspa?forumID=1&threadID=64094&me ssageID=358964& (wrap) -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Citrix printing issue Presentation Server 4.0 Client ve

RE: mRemote?

Same here :-( Cool find though. It does seem to require Remote Desktop Connection 6.0 however that wont install on XP SP1 boxes, but the installer was indeed written to support SP1, just the setup.exe blows up. There is a hack posted by "Bitmap" on this page that works: http://blog.netnerds.net

RE: mRemote?

You know what's coming next...what did you do to your computer? It works fine everywhere else. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mRemote? Just tried it, and keep getting all kind

RE: mRemote?

That's what I've been using for a while now. This looks to have a much greater feature set so far..as well as support well beyond just RDP. I live in multi-session RDP world all day so anything that makes it more manageable is huge to me. I just started with mRemote in the last hour but I was able

RE: mRemote?

Hmm. Regsvr32 mstscax.dll fixed it. I don't know why that wasn't registered during the install. Weird. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:51

windows media player history "viewer"

Interesting things are afoot here at Decision Support. Just busted an employee for viewing pr0n movies at work IN HIS FREAKIN' CUBE. I'm wondering if the media history is separate from IE. To further illustrate, when I open up there Windows Media player (version 11) at hit play, it connects

Re: Still can't replicate (was Hosed DNS??)

Ken Schaefer wrote: When you see errors in the event log, please open the event, and there is a little button that looks like two pieces of paper. That will copy the event details to the clipboard. Please paste the event entries here. Cheers Ken Here's one from the File Replication Eve

RE: mRemote?

Must...resist...urge...to...bust...onTVK. Can't...go...onmuch...longer Shook -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: mRemote? That's what I've been using for a while now. This looks

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. But you should be able right click in the upper right hand corner-type area, go to File and see the last few items that have been played. If it can be exported or not, I'm not sure. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson Fro

Re: windows media player history "viewer"

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Doh, that's a no brainer Shook, you gotta work harder to stump this group. On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting things are afoot here at Decision Support. J > > > > > Just busted an employee for viewing pr0n m

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

Saw that but only the last three are shown, in an abbreviated format. :-( Shook From: Andrew Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: windows media player history "viewer" Strange thing

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

You are one righteous babe! Shook From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: windows media player history "viewer" ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus w

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

Check the registry HKCU\Software\Microsoft\MediaPLayer\player\Recentfilelist From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: windows media player history "viewer" Interesting things are afoot here at Decision Support

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

I hope it was some 'most excellent' pr0n, otherwise it probably wasn't worth it :-) From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: windows media player history "viewer" Interesting th

Re: Still can't replicate (was Hosed DNS??)

If there is a 13509 warning following the 13508 it can be safly ignored. On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 3:24 PM, James Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken Schaefer wrote: > >> When you see errors in the event log, please open the event, and there is >> a little button that looks like two pieces o

Re: windows media player history "viewer"

Do you really want to bust the guy or do you just want see the sites that were visited so you can compile your own list for "future reference" - Original Message From: Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 4:06:01 PM Subject: RE: window

RE: mRemote?

Yeah don't have RDP 6.0 installed, maybe that is it. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:18 PM To: NT Syste

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

Bust EM its more Fun... Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: mck1012 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: wi

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

I don't rotate in those circles, that stuff will destroy you from the inside out. Shook From: mck1012 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: windows media player history "viewer" Do you re

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

TPS? I agree with Z bust them right out the door. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: windows media player history "viewer" I don't rotate in those circles, that stuff will destroy you from the inside out

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

Do you mean like the registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\RecentFileList ? -- Wayne Eisenberg Server and PC Support Manager Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC From: Andrew Greene [mailto:[EM

Re: windows media player history "viewer"

http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2803 On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't rotate in those circles, that stuff will destroy you from the inside > out. > > > > Shook > > > > From: mck1012 [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

It's just the same three listed in the upper right hand corner of the player. Shook From: Eisenberg, Wayne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: windows media player history "viewer" Do y

Re: R: SBS Server disk damaged

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:22 PM, HELP_PC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You must wait for MS ! Other OEM disk ,other Product Key Product Keys are not tied to individual units of media. In other words, one disc is as good as another, as long as they're for the same product. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to N

RE: mRemote?

One thing that's kinda annoying about it is that it wont resize my putty sessions. But the RDP part is really cool, even though I only have 5 servers on the network, it helps with clutter Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -Original Message---

RE: R: SBS Server disk damaged

I would say "SKU" instead of product. An OEM key won't work on a select SKU even for the same product. (Don't get ME started on that - I think it's SO SO SO stupid.) Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:

RE: mRemote?

I've been on Visionapp for...forever now but this is looking promising. I used an earlier version of this I think but it didn't play as well with VNC as I'd hoped (can't remember all the details now) but this version seems to be working nicely. Add in the SSH ability and I'm quite impressed. I ne

Re: Still can't replicate (was Hosed DNS??)SOLVED sort of

KenM wrote: If there is a 13509 warning following the 13508 it can be safly ignored. I turned off the Windows Firewall on both servers (They're both behind a hardware firewall) and the errors went away. Some setting in the firewall appears to have become corrupted. Now I can determine what's

HP Autoloader tanked

I have an LTO2 unit that is fubared. Anyone know a good place to send this for repair? If I spend one more second on the phone with an HP tech support person I will poke my eye out! Thanks, jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja!~ ~

OT: Selling Retired Equipment

We have a Cisco VPN 3000 concentrator to sell. Is eBay my best bet or are there other pertinent selling venues you'd recommend? Roger Wright Evatone, Inc. From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP Auto

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

To the best of my, admittedly low, WMP knowledge; once a user clears the history list it is gone. It's a "privacy" thing. Apparently HAWKAPS (Husbands Against Wives Knowing About P0rn Surfing) did a lot of lobbying with Microsoft prior to Media Player 10 being released. TVK From: Andy Shook [m

[LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: TechEd meet up possibility on the 11th.

Glad this issue has been worked out. Let's close the thread. It really is a matter of keeping the 'golden rules' of this list applied: ON TOPIC - NO NOISE - FRIENDLY. Thanks ! Stu PS Come see in at TechEd in Booth 515 next week ? -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mai

Re: Logitec QuickCam versus AHA-2940 SCSI adapter

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Charles Whitby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of our techs installed a Logitec QuickCam on the box (USB device). Now > when the user tries to scan she gets an error from the scanning app. Shot in the dark: Maybe the QuickCam software clobbered the ASPI stack b

RE: windows media player history "viewer"

TVK = founding member From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: windows media player history "viewer" To the best of my, admittedly low, WMP knowledge; once a user clears the history list it is gone. It's a

RE: Selling Retired Equipment

Roger, There are tons of firms out there that buy used gear. Google, 'refurb Cisco' and see what you get. I would get a quote from a couple of those outfits and cross reference with going prices on eBay/Cragislist and go with the higher. HTH, Shook F

Re: Selling Retired Equipment

You may look at donating the equipment also. Sometimes the write off is worth more than any income you bring in. - Sean On 6/5/08, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Roger, > > There are tons of firms out there that buy used gear. Google, 'refurb > Cisco' and see what you get. I would

General question - Logging onto a user's computer

I just got reamed for preventing a crash. It irked me, so let me know what you think, or what your policy is. Management simply said "It is not acceptable to log into someone else's computer without their consent." Period. If you see a situation where a crash is about to occur, do you ju

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

Its not "their" PC, it's the property of the company. Period. What did the end-user say? Lastly, out of curiosity, how did you know that the PC was about to crash? Spidey-sense :-) You should be thanked for doing what you did. Shook From: Steve Kelsa

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

Steve if you can see crashes before they occur remotely you need to be making more money. Perhaps Qwest will hire you, we have had some outages on our circuit this quarter and it has been a big PITA. Seriously though, not knowing the entire situation and what is going on, this sounds like an e

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

I'm not sure what the circumstances are nor how you made this determination. The whole thing sounds a little weird. I would say that A) I would never just take over someone's computer if they were working at the same time. If they were out to lunch, and I had some premonition that something was

Re: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

I'm also curious as to how you knew the PC was about to crash. Our indication of an individual PC crashing is when the user calls to report it. We've got some 1200+ PCs to manage though. I'm kind of on the fence on the whole policy issue though. We have the same policy stating admins are not to re

Re: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

I think if it is a written policy you should not log in to the computers. The computers are not the property of the users but they are also not your property so you need to follow policy. And to know when a computer is going to crash, I dont know about that one. You are either trying to hide som

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

That is interesting... S.M.A.R.T Hard drive monitoring? Maybe SNMP traps? He must have a slick setuphopefully we'll find out soon! :) From: mck1012 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Gen

Re: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

I am real interested in how he knew. From the sound of his email "resolve the issue before they crash and lose a day's work?" it sounds like he was predicting a software crash that was in some way preventable. - Original Message From: David Mazzaccaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT Syste

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

I know! Me too where the hell is he?!?!? LOL From: mck1012 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: General question - Logging onto a user's computer I am real interested in how he knew. From

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

The problem was one of a memory leak that was eating more memory by the moment. From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 19:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer Its not "their" PC, it's the propert

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

Everyone is asking how I forecast the crash. Simple. I was on the phone to a tech support about a memory leak issue, and that machine was leaking, using more and more memory by the minute. It was one of three. One of those three did lock up and I was trying to save the other two form doing the sa

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

Programmers do not always stop when they are 16 levels deep in the middle of a three page formula. I did not when I was doing that, and I know they should, but they don't always. I wish I could say they do, but they don't. They say they do until they have their machines restart and they lose it.

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

Kudos on your pro attitude in making things work right and doing what I am sure you were hired to do. I would respectfully send a statement to your manager on clarification of your job responsibilities and the priority on preventing a "disaster" or "loss of productivity" If the boss says period y

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

+1 If the policy is there, then you follow the policy. You also send a polite email pointing out the negative consequences of the policy *in terms that management understands* and request clarification of what the policy is, and leave the door open to management changing the policy now that th

RE: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

A good name is better than great riches. Administrators should manage their systems with complete integrity, respecting the privacy and confidentiality of each user and the network they have been given charge over. Unless instructed by upper management to do so for reasons of information ga

Re: General question - Logging onto a user's computer

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Tom Strader - NCBPAC Systems Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Administrators should manage their systems with complete integrity, > respecting the privacy and confidentiality of each user and the network they > have been given charge over. True enough.

RE: Trend 8.0 server hang - revisiting

If dump files are not being generated then: a) You have an issue with mass storage controller drivers or similar - Windows could be losing access to the underlying storage. Check the Bug Check code *on the screen* b) You do not have sufficient page file space on your boot drive (the