RE: Server Imaging

I followed the description in Mark Minasi's newsletter for imaging Windows XP http://www.minasi.com/newsletters/nws0702.htm Doris From: HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 5:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R: Server Imaging Could you po

Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

Has anyone her replaced Adobe Reader with Foxit reader for opening .PDF's? v9x of reader is so huge and now comes with crapware that Foxit looks very attractive. For my own uses I have replaced it, I was just wondering if anyone else has done so for places with over 20 users or so? David Lum SYS

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

I have personally, but not for my users. We have about 700 computers so it would be a bit of an undertaking unless we roll it out only on new machines. Jason From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe reader - r

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

David, can't say that I have tried Foxit. However, we repackaged reader 9 and removed a majority of the nonsense that you have seen. Thomas From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe reader - replace w/ F

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

Definitely. I use Foxit all the time. An earlier version of Foxit would sometimes hang on printing but the version I'm running now (2.3) doesn't have that problem. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to convince the I/S supervisor to allow everyone to use Foxit so I've only rolled it out to a fe

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

I tried at one of my small schools but we had problems with one of our applications that was very Adobe specific. Had to switch back. Jon Lewis From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 8:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe reader - replace w

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

I've had the opposite problem here and have been replacing Adobe regularly. We had a 4x6 barcode label that had to be printed in a specific orientation to a zebra label printer and Adobe refused to do it right, let alone remember the settings. Switched to Foxit and no problems. _

Re: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

I have had users whose Adobe reader has failed. They are too busy to stop using their machines for the brutal process of purging their machine of all things Adobe, then re-installing and updating. They do need to read PDF files "right now!". For them, I install FoxIt on their systems to get t

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

FoxIt has a much smaller footprint than does Adobe. However... 1. Vulnerabilities in PDFs affect FoxIt as well as Adobe. 2. Last time I checked, FoxIt does not make for a very good browser plug-in. When I've tried changing browser settings, clicking on links would tend to download it and then

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

I've done it for myself, not for anyone else yet. From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit? Has anyone her replaced Adobe Reader with Foxit reader for opening .PDF's? v9x of reade

OT:Windows 2008 training

Can anyone recommend a good windows 2008 training? Or is it too early yet? I can't really find much on google as far as CBTs. Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 ** CONFIDENTIALITY

RE: Windows 2008 training

Trainsignal is giving away free 2k8 training with any purchase...just bought the vmware training set & got the freebie From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Cc: Miracle, Matt Subject: OT:Windows 2008 training Ca

RE: OT:Windows 2008 training

Mark Minasi has a 2 day Server 2008 Training class that he has put on CD's. http://www.minasi.com/2008class/audio/ I haven't seen the Server 2008 class, but I thought the one he put together on Vista was pretty good. ...Tim From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, Septembe

Re: Another scripting question

KenM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/05/2008 09:32:53 PM: > Can you post your script so we can see what it is doing. Sure. It's a bit long, tho, and I'm sure it will line break wrongly ... @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion TITLE %0 FOR /F "TOKENS=2-5 DELIMS=/ " %%D IN ('DATE /T')

RE: Windows 2008 training

What is your opinion of their CBT's? I am thinking of getting their CCNA set and want someone's opinion if they are any good or not. Thanks, Mark From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 September 2008 15:48 To: NT System Admin Issues Cc: Miracle, Matt Subject: RE:

Desktop staff roles

What kind of groups do you guys have your first line desktop support folks in? Ours are currently domain admins (legacy because they used to so a lot of server-side stuff too), but now they do more typical desktop stuff like create/modify user accounts incl Exchange mailboxes. The AD delegation

RE: Server Imaging

Not the only one. I just finished moving from True Image to MDT2008/ImageX last week and I really like it. The ability to update images and change out applications on the fly is awesome. TVK From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 7:40 AM To: NT System

Re: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

Used Foxit for a while on a personal machine. Two issues that I ran into: 1. Protected PDF files are not supported (or do not work) on Foxit. 2. Certain PDFs won't print right using Foxit. Some with simply print out some error code, others will print with incorrect orientation, especially when

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

Foxit always crashed for us, and caused problems. I reverted people back to Reader, and installed/ran Acrobat SpeedUP. http://software.bootblock.co.uk/?id=adobereaderspeedup Acrobat is now lightning fast with all the pluggins disabled. -Sam . From: Re

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

Dave, These types of concerns are answered (mostly) by the Adobe Customization Wizard. Run the Setup for v9, but don't let it complete. Dig the installer files out of the temp folder. You will see a few files there, one of them is

RE: Windows 2008 training

Had there freebie and it was good but nothing more advanced yet. From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Cc: Miracle, Matt Subject: RE: Windows 2008 training Trainsignal is giving away free 2k8 training with any purcha

Re: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

If you deploy Adobe Reader 9 through the the vendor-provided MSIs - the AppDeploy site has notes showing how to do it: http://www.appdeploy.com/packages/detail.asp?id=1303 - there is no crapware. Adobe's Acrobat Customization Wizard 9 will take care of anything else. Further, the size is misleadin

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

Looks like the finally released Adobe's Acrobat Customization Wizard 9. Nice. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit? If you deploy Adobe Reader 9

SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

Further to my post about scripting .. I've been advised to use SUBINACL, rather than XCACLS.VBS. But that, too, isn't returning to a prompt == Z:\>subinacl.exe /subdirectories \\server\users\user /display=owner +File \\server\users\user /owner =domain\use

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

Did you download the latest subinacl from Microsoft.com/downloads? The one in the support tools and resource kit is broken. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, Sep

Re: Another scripting question

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:57 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > KenM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/05/2008 09:32:53 PM: > >> Also why are you taking ownership, If these folders were created >> using the users home drive path in ADUC then the local admins should >> have access and your can just ru

hard drive recovery service

I am in need of trying to restore a crashed hd. Any favorite services out there? TIA dave This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please noti

RE: hard drive recovery service

Ontrack. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: hard drive recovery service I am in need of trying to rest

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

"Michael B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/08/2008 01:18:04 PM: > Did you download the latest subinacl from Microsoft.com/downloads? > > The one in the support tools and resource kit is broken. Should be. The .exe says 6/11/2004 ... I can try downloading again, I suppose Z:\PHA S

RE: hard drive recovery service

Thanks Michael. I've never had to consider these services before but that time is here for this one. dave From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: hard drive recovery service Ontrack. Regards,

RE: hard drive recovery service

I've used On-Track in the past with great results. Dave From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: hard drive recovery service I am in need of trying to restore a crashed hd. Any favorite services out ther

Re: Another scripting question

"Kurt Buff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/08/2008 01:21:20 PM: > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:57 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > KenM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/05/2008 09:32:53 PM: > > > >> Also why are you taking ownership, If these folders were created > >> using the users home drive

Re: hard drive recovery service

+1 On the 08/09/2008 19:38, Michael B. Smith wrote the following: Ontrack. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com *From:* Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, September 08, 2008 1:33 PM *To:* NT System Admin I

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

Yes, it is the most recent, but why did you strip your problem description? I will have to go to the web to see it again. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, Septe

RE: Adobe reader - replace w/ Foxit?

On 8 Sep 2008 at 11:06, Sam Cayze wrote: > Foxit always crashed for us, and caused problems. > > I reverted people back to Reader, and installed/ran Acrobat SpeedUP. > http://software.bootblock.co.uk/?id=adobereaderspeedup > > Acrobat is now lightning fast with all the pluggins disabled. Doe

Re: Another scripting question

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:44 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Kurt Buff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/08/2008 01:21:20 PM: > >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:57 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > KenM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/05/2008 09:32:53 PM: >> > >> >> Also why are you taking o

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

"Michael B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/08/2008 01:46:14 PM: > Yes, it is the most recent, but why did you strip your problem description? I always strip out the parts of the email that aren't necessarily concerned with my comments in a specific email. I will include the descriptio

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

Takes about 10 minutes to process locally. I suspect you aren't waiting long enough. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 12:58 PM To: NT System Admi

OT - I need a Novell person, about a Windows 2003 server with Novel client

I have a problem on a Windows 2003 server with the Novell Client installed. The login displayed by the client (nwgina.dll) has the fields showing as black on black, but after logging in successfully, if I try to re-log in using the Red "N" in the taskbar, I get the normal colors, so the windows set

Hyper-V

Testing out Hyper-v for the first time today so far it looks pretty slick. In VMware and VPC once the guest OS is installed you install the VM tools that optimizes the guest os. I can't find a place to do this with hyper-v manager. Anyone know where this is or if its necessary in hyper-v? Thanks

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt . I suspect you aren't waiting long enough. , but that is your answer to EVERYTHING! J At least you didn't tell him to wait 2 hours! Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpo

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

Or reboot three times... Whoa! My mouse just moved! Shook From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 2:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SUBINACL

Re: Hyper-V

CTRL-I will insert the integration disk while you're on your guest OS... On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Matt Plahtinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Testing out Hyper-v for the first time today so far it looks pretty slick. > In VMware and VPC once the guest OS is installed you install the VM too

Licensing question

We have a Win2k TS machine, and a couple of Linux users who need to continue to connect to it. They're getting the warning about their license running out, because we've never purchased licenses - we've relied on the implicit licenses for Win2k TS that were granted for Win2k Pro and later. If we w

RE: SUBINACL never seems to return to a prompt

"Michael B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/08/2008 01:54:59 PM: > Takes about 10 minutes to process locally. I suspect you aren?t > waiting long enough. Really? 10 minutes for 1 directory? Just to display ownership? I have a few dozen folders I need to eventually take ownership of, and

Re: hard drive recovery service

On 8 Sep 2008 at 11:32, Eldridge, Dave wrote: > I am in need of trying to restore a crashed hd. Any favorite services out > there? > TIA If the crashed HDD is recognized by the OS, you might try Spinrite from grc.com for $89 before spending much much more at OnTrack and other similar services.

Re: OT - I need a Novell person, about a Windows 2003 server with Novel client

What version of the Novell client? What components do you have installed? Are you looking at the server via a KVM interface or direct monitor/keyboard/mouse connection? Usually with Novell client issues the first thing I try is to uninstall the client, reboot, reinstall. Use the current ver

Re: Hyper-V

Yuo bet, there are integration services available to install on the guest machines...If you right click, and open the settings of the guest, you'll find the option there I believe. On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Matt Plahtinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Testing out Hyper-v for the first time t