RE: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

2008-10-30 Thread Robert Jackson
The ESXi installation is not the issue (and the PERC 3D/I driver is listed in the HCL). It has been installed on the PE 2550 without any issue. The issue is the installation of a RHEL 4 VM. I need to know what driver to choose from the list presented when installing RHEL 4 (is it the standard

RE: Unknown account created and added to local admins group

2008-10-30 Thread Ziots, Edward
I agree but rootkits can hide the true intention of what is going on in the system and subvert anything you are seeing in the gui or logs, and its going to be pretty hard to tell what is legit and what isn't when you have a kernel rootkit on your system. Abeit there might be a few-tell-table

RE: SCOM Training

2008-10-30 Thread Gardner, Wendell
Tom/Steve The book is on order and I'm checking out Infrontconsulting. Thanks for the heads-up. Wendell From: Steve Burkett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SCOM Training Grab a

Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Evan Brastow
Because I don't feel anyone on this list has anything better to do than to answer my silly questions... J Just took delivery of my first Dell in years (I've been using HP Workstations for about 6 years but wanted to give Dell a try again.) It's one of their gaming systems, actually, but it

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Phil Thompson
Was this purchased through a business? Dell is still selling XP as a downgrade if you ask for it. I believe you have to have Vista Business or higher to downgrade and it has to be valid XP software, meaning it can't be one you got with another computer. Phil From: Evan Brastow [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Sean Rector
I've been buying my systems this year like this - you have to specify Vista Business with the XP Downgrade option. If you don't, you can't downgrade. Sean Rector, MCSE From: Phil Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Bayesian Filter detected spam - Re: VMware ESXi 3.5 On Dell 2550

2008-10-30 Thread Robert Jackson
When initially creating the VM, I've selected the LSI Logic SCSI controller as suggested. When installing the RHEL 4 O/S, I elected to let the installation select the appropriate hardware drivers for itself (in the past I've used 'linux expert noprobe' at the boot prompt and selected from the

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
Out of curiosity why would you obviously want to go back to XP? ___ Stefan Jafs From: Sean Rector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Going back to XP? I've been buying my systems

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Bryan Garmon
See if this chart from Microsoft helps: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/8/6/2860872a-35dc-4a10-8617-3927aacd189a/downgradeOEMversion-020707.pdf On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Evan Brastow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Because I don't feel anyone on this list has anything better to do than

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I think others have answered the licensing question well. Before you go much further down this road make sure you can get the XP drivers you need. That seems to be getting harder and harder to do these days. From: Evan Brastow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 8:47 AM

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread James Rankin
I can't stand Vista either, I it is obvious that you must downgrade to XP! But then I remember I was one of those people who was gutted when File Manager was replaced with Windows Explorer for Windows 95. I had a shortcut to winfile on my desktop until I realised that viewing all your drives in a

Re: How to tell where a user is logged in?

2008-10-30 Thread James Rankin
usually means you're connected to a resource on there. Won't the very act of running the tool create a resource connection to the target? 2008/10/29 Joe Heaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Never used this tool before, but when I ran it on my account, which is a domain admin account, it showed me logged

Re: Server 2008 Terminal Services

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Ens
Running it in testing mode. I love the published apps. The TSWeb is nice as well as the TS Gateway. Not much not to like. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Phil Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone using the 08 terminal services? How many users? How is it working? Thank you,

Server 2008 Terminal Services

2008-10-30 Thread Phil Thompson
Is anyone using the 08 terminal services? How many users? How is it working? Thank you, Phil ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Eric Wittersheim
I have the same question. Vista is starting to grow on me at home. I still use XP Pro at work. But at home I run multiple Vista Utlimate and one Vista Home Premimum (as well as XP Pro and Media Center 2005) and the interface is starting to grow on me, especially Media Center. On Thu, Oct 30,

RE: How to tell where a user is logged in?

2008-10-30 Thread Miller, Stan
Try it against another admin account. I'm guessing that the tool uses you admin account to logon to the machine which means of course you are logged on. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:06 AM To: NT System

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Generally software should be faster with successive releases. This is not the case with Vista. And not to be any kind of fanboy, its worth noting that there was a post on Slashdot not long ago that was claiming that Ubuntu has been getting progressively slower with each release. (I didnt

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Joe Heaton
The problem with that logic is that with each successive release of an OS, more features are added, etc. With the CPU being asked to do more things at the same time, you're going to slow down. Not to mention the bloat from lazy programmers these days... Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread John Hornbuckle
That was the first question that popped into my head. I and my techs have been using Vista for a while, and now that we're used to it we get frustrated when we have to use XP machines again... John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347

RE: How to tell where a user is logged in?

2008-10-30 Thread Joe Heaton
I'm thinking it's because of the admin rights. I ran the tool against a normal user account, and saw only the local machine they were on, and the server they were connected to for their app. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Evan Brastow
Thanks very much to everyone for all of the answers. It feels like I should be able to call Microsoft and downgrade as long as a I have XP media and as long as I check with Dell and be sure all of the hardware on the system has XP drivers available. Thanks again to all J Stephan, as for going

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I like Vista, it has some very nice perks, but it also has some serious usability flaws until you start disabling security features. From a security perspective, I'd still keep it and recommend it over XP. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Eric Wittersheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Ens
I think Vista works great (on Vista capable hardware of course). On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Eric Wittersheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the same question. Vista is starting to grow on me at home. I still use XP Pro at work. But at home I run multiple Vista Utlimate and one

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
I use every single program you mention, with the exception of Peachtree, and I can tell you conclusively that they all work just fine with Vista. The benefit does exist...and it is the fact that you have a machine now loaded correctly and working with all the required drivers and settings for

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Sean Rector
He's right on the money regarding the downgrade license the drivers...it's not just a matter of having the XP media. You have to have purchased the downgrade option when the PC was bought. Also, with Dell's, they make their restore resource CD's specific to the machine and to the OS. Sean

Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Joe Fox
I'm in the Pharma space and we are doing very well. We just went over my budget for next year, and now are prioritizing it (must have, nice to have, don't need right now). Not many of my items have made it to the don't need right now rating. -Joe -- Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator

Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
FYI: I block mail with the word pharma unless it comes from a known sender. Something to think about. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Joe Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the Pharma space and we are doing very well. We just went over my budget for next year, and now are

2003 TS dropping printers?

2008-10-30 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I have one client with a 2003 TS running on ESXi. They have 10 users coming in remotely from an unmanaged office, printers are local or workgroup shared, and whats happening is the user will logon, print some stuff and be working then goto print something else and their printer is no longer

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
Hrm. You'd block lots of email from me. A number of my clients (and my business partner) operate exclusively in the pharmacology and biotech space. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at:

RE: Server CPU Question

2008-10-30 Thread Carl Houseman
From a Microsoft licensing standpoint, extra cores are free. Extra CPUs are not always free. So quad-core is better than 2 x dual-core in that regard. From a performance standpoint the difference if any between 2 x 2-core vs. 1 x 4-core is not likely to be noticeable. It seems possible that

FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Matt Plahtinsky
I need to setup an FTP site for our company. Most the users that will be using our FTP server are not very computer literate. I'm looking for 1. A very simple FTP client that's easy for users to use. or 2. a web front end for uploading/downloading files. Anyone have any suggestions. Thanks

Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
If I had a relationship with you, then you would be whitelisted (and on my speed dial). But in terms of unsolicited one-offs, the abbreviated pharma is a heavily used spam term (e.g. regex: \bpharma\b). If you were to email me a one-off regarding pharmacology, pharmaceutical, etc., there would

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
As long as you don't need to boot and once you disable UAC, it's not bad. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 7:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Going back to XP? I like Vista, it has some very nice perks,

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Michael Ross
My reasons for wanting to go back to XP are these: 1) Bloated installations. Even though disks are cheap, and that's a relative statement. I do not want every single file on the Vista DVDs copied to my system by default and then loaded into the OS when I tell Vista install this feature. I

Re: FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Paul Muhlbach
FTP client is no problem. I have found the easiest for me to use is WS FTP Pro from IPSwitch software. I have had some people also use filezilla. Personally I find FTP Pro easier than Filezilla. As to upload/download web front ends, for the most part, I believe the web browsers function

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Carl Houseman
Keep UAC, disable the prompts... Carl -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Going back to XP? As long as you don't need to boot and once you disable UAC, it's not bad.

RE: FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Phil Thompson
http://filezilla-project.org/ (free) Phil From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FTP Server Web front end I need to setup an FTP site for our company. Most the users that will be using our FTP server are

Re: Server CPU Question

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Ens
You bet, I always go for the quads (dual if possible) with the largest amount of on board cachethose servers just purr... On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Carl Houseman [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: From a Microsoft licensing standpoint, extra cores are free. Extra CPUs are not always free.

RE: FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Erik Goldoff
filezilla, cuteftp, wsftp Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: FTP Server Web front end I need to setup an FTP site for our

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Sam Cayze
Oh, and add this to my fanboy rantJ http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThisA=/article/ 08/10/23/Five_reasons_why_skipping_Windows_Vista_could_backfire_1.html Article: Is Windows Vista http://www.cio.com/article/455911/subject/Microsoft+Windows+Vista really skippable? As

RE: FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Rod Trent
Even looks like a Java app. shudder -Original Message- From: wjh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FTP Server Web front end check out crushftp. It is java based, so let the ranting begin.

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Jim Majorowicz
You didn't say what version of Vista the system came with. If it came with Ultimate, you can downgrade to XPPro as long as you supply your own media. If you are unable to activate XP over the internet, when you call just explain you're exercising your Vista Ultimate downgrade rights. NOTE:

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
It is my opinion that there are 2 types of people who hate UAC. 1. Administrators who make lots of changes to lots of computers for all the right reasons. 2. Those who spent a great deal of time removing malware from their XP machines and complaining about how slow their systems seem to have

Re: FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Matt Plahtinsky
The question I have been asking myself when testing different FTP clients is. Could grandma use this? Sharepoint might be the easiest. Damn I was really wanting to avoid supporting a sharepoint site. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Rod Trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even looks like

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I disabled it on my home machine. But here at work I took a shot at doing it without disabling it. As you allude to once all the initial setup was done and all the big initial changes were done it doesn't really bother me much anymore. -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Ens
Tim I agree, 100% as well as the 3rd type... 3. Old dog, new tricks. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Tim Vander Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: It is my opinion that there are 2 types of people who hate UAC. 1. Administrators who make lots of changes to lots of computers for all the right

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Sam Cayze
Most all negative rants I have heard about Vista are about the default Vista options, and people failing to understand that you can disable/tweak everything. UAC is one (Although it has its place. UAC=Good. Prompts=Bad) I love UAC. Running as a limited user account has never been easier. When

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Evan Brastow
I agree with you about Alienware. I bought one about five years ago for home. It was horrible. After eight months, I convinced them to refund 80% of my money and let me return the system. The one I bought is an XPS. It came with Vista Ultimate, which, if it has downgrade rights (I'll call MS

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread madamson
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BCM - manage customer appts. on alternate calendars

2008-10-30 Thread Carl Houseman
I've got all of 15 minutes of BCM use under my belt, but I'm not seeing a way to select the calendar that business contacts will use for appointments. This is the Outlook 2007 BCM. For example, an assistant using BCM and managing a calendar for several other people. Each contact should be

BCM - manage customer appts. on alternate calendars

2008-10-30 Thread madamson
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RE: FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Troy Meyer
Keep it simple. Use Sharepoint Services 3.0 (free) and setup forms based authentication back to your AD. Use an SSL cert and everything should be golden security wise. (google is your friend with this) Ignore all the fancy crap like blogs, wikis, mysites. Just offer a home page with a link

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Phil Thompson
I know we are still young in computer years, but tell me why we have to start over every 2 years? Except to line MS pockets.. Phil From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Going back to XP? Tim I agree, 100% as

RE: FTP Server Web front end

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RE: Going back to XP?

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Google Apps

2008-10-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
How many of you are using Google apps in the business place today? I'm interested in the collaboration features, but not the email. Just wondering if any of you out here have tested or deployed it. Thx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Michael, You are well in the *MINORITY* with these reasons. Microsoft implemented these features specifically at the request of feedback from their partners and customers. In fact pretty much everything Microsoft has released since and including XP was a direct result of the direct feedback.

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread lists
No dood. Thank You for your emails! Cheers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Going back to XP? Thank you for your email. This is an automatic response. You are not

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread madamson
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Google Apps

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RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread madamson
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RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Jim Majorowicz
My question here would be is the clinical software you're using the most current version? Is the manufacturer working to add Vista support? I'm curious. From: Chinnery, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Going back

RE: FTP Server Web front end

2008-10-30 Thread Eric Brouwer
If you want something super simple with a web front end, take a look at FileRun. www.filerun.com _ From: Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FTP Server Web front end ~ Finally,

Re: Google Apps

2008-10-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I am currently testing it at an organization. Thumbs up so far for a minimalist sales/marketing-driven organization. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many of you are using Google apps in the business place today? I'm interested in the

RE: Google Apps

2008-10-30 Thread Martin Blackstone
Are you using Gmail or in house email? -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Google Apps I am currently testing it at an organization. Thumbs up so far for a minimalist

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Grrr. I no longer have Stu's email in my autofil. Did somebody let him know this guy has a stupid OOO config and get his account suspended? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Virtual Memory

2008-10-30 Thread Kelli Sterley
I have about 50 computers that are using the custom size option in virtual memory. Is there a way to update these to system managed size without having to touch each and every one of them? Is there a reg key I can update? Or a GP that I can use? Thanks for any help! Kelli ~ Finally,

Re: Google Apps

2008-10-30 Thread Jon Harris
Due to the work we do here they are not an option for us. Jon On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Are you using Gmail or in house email? -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Jon Harris
Jim, I am sorry to say this but he is using what sounds like what was said when XP came out with pretty much the same reasons given then as now. Simple fact is most will change at some point. They will grumble about it at the time and when the next version comes out they will use the same

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
I'm not sure what you are even talking about with point 2. You can install Vista to any directory that you choose. Not to mention that the Vista install is MUCH better than XP's has ever dreamed of being. Vista's install is Windows directory aware and will archive your old Windows directory (or

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Stefan Jafs
Actually one absolute greatest new feature in Vista is the Start ! Search box, you never have to go looking into multiple menus any more for anything just start typing. Ones u get used to it and then sit down in front of an XP PC, you realize how good this feature is, and yes lots in Vista is

Re: Google Apps

2008-10-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Gmail. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Martin Blackstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you using Gmail or in house email? -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: BCM - manage customer appts. on alternate calendars

2008-10-30 Thread gsweers
BCM..how may I tell you the horror... But to answer your question. We use a Public Calendar and then we invite the individual to whom is required to do the work. This way the admin has a centralized calendar that we can see easily and each person gets it on their own, which is advantageous

Re: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Eric Woodford
BTW, World of Warcraft runs wonderfully on Vista. On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Evan Brastow [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Thanks very much to everyone for all of the answers. It feels like I should be able to call Microsoft and downgrade as long as a I have XP media and as long as I check with

RE: Google Apps

2008-10-30 Thread Jim Majorowicz
I've used Google Apps with a company I worked for in Second Life. It's a good way to collaborate if you're dealing with non-sensitive data. I'm not sure I'd trust it with something I wouldn't want others to get their hands on, but that could just be my lack of trust in Google's Do No Evil

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Because if Microsoft waits for 5 years (like they did with Vista) everyone complains that it took too long. Plus there is the fact that hardware is constantly improving at rates that can't be kept up with by old OS's, whether they come from Microsoft, Apple, or any number of open sources. TVK

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Michael Ross
No you cannot.. Vista only installs into c:\Windows. Even if you install it once, and then try to reinstall it again to get it to another dir, it just renames the first directory and installs into c:\windows again. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30,

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Jim Majorowicz
Jon, That's what I said. I just was more winded about it. ;^P I rant at times. I know what you mean about the cost of end of life replacements. As far as I know, an old employer is still using an application written for DOS 6.22/Win 3.11 on 15 year old hardware because to replace it was

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Michael Ross
No, I still believe I have some very valid points to my arguments. You can possibly sway me on the hardware issue , sure, but the systemroot being hardcoded , and the files being forced onto the disk, IMO is inexcusable for MS to force upon anyone, even if that was based on feedback from partners

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Wonder how much Microsoft paid Gartner to spit out that mouthful of radioactive vomit. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 _ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 12:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

RE: Server CPU Question

2008-10-30 Thread RM
Six-core CPU's are shipping in some models. Coming from the standpoint of someone who would virtualize a turkey dinner if he could find a way, I'd recommend getting as many cores into the box as possible. Even if you're not virtualizing today, get ready for it. RM On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:57:34

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Sam Cayze
+1! -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Heh. If you wanted a choice for freedom, you shoulda supported Ron Paul, or

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The part below surprises me since it is actually McCain that introduced the McCain-Kennedy amnesty act, and almost got it passed two years ago. And McCain has been very clear that this will be a priority of his administration if elected. This issue is hardly on Obama's radar. On this issue

RE: Going back to XP?

2008-10-30 Thread Michael Ross
Really? Got a url that shows that? Ive been searching for that! From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Going back to XP? You can create a custom image (using ImageX, WDS, SCCM, whatever) that allows

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Phil Thompson
OH Brother!! Politics, how about some religious views too? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? Probably not a great day to retort on this,

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread gsweers
Hahaha...Like I said neither was perfect, and Bush was pro amnesty as well, which is all just political maneuvering.. The level of Obama's is a bit more involved than McCain-Kennedy act, its just the less of two evils. I guess with politics its not really about whats right, about which is

Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Kurt Buff
Hey - I liked her campaign video! On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Kennedy, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The part below surprises me since it is actually McCain that introduced the McCain-Kennedy amnesty act, and almost got it passed two years ago. And McCain has been very clear that this

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread gsweers
I got those too, but I do agree Phil that I probably should have just kept it to the issue of how is it affecting business. Right now..SMB clients are slowing, less new projects and more stretching what they have. More from fear than actual loss of business or revenue. If you are in managed

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
You might as well vote for the Chihuahua in her purse...It would be both smarter and better looking. ;-) TVK -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: So... how is the recession

Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Hmm. I dont find her all that hot. And even if she was teh fine, she's still a skank. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Kennedy, Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had Paris for President Because Hot and Stupid is better than just Stupid Bumper stickers made. -Original

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread David McSpadden
And either candidate is less of a whore than her? I am really. We will be paying either of them to screw us for 4 to 8 years. Wait that makes us the whore This whole thing is confusing. I am going back into timeout -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Sean Rector
If we're paying, we're the John, not the whore ;)... Sean Rector, MCSE -Original Message- From: David McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions? And

Confusion on client-side extensions

2008-10-30 Thread Tom Miller
Hi Folks, I'm confused on client-side extension requirements for my XP and Windows 2003 servers. Do I need to install the client side extensions and xmllite or just the extension? Is XMLlite needed to parse the CSEs since they are in XML format? Just wanting to know before I send this to

Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
LOL. Touche'... -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:21 PM, David McSpadden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And either candidate is less of a whore than her? I am really. We will be paying either of them to screw us for 4 to 8 years. Wait that makes us the whore This whole thing is confusing.

RE: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
For some of us, the irony is on the fact that those who live in the most socialist parts of our country never seem to be able to figure out why the economy is so much worse in their area in comparison to other parts of the US. (i.e. - MI, MA, RI) TVK -Original Message- From: Micheal

Business Contact Manager for Outlook - sqlservr (MSDE) consuming much CPU.

2008-10-30 Thread Phillip Partipilo
So, long story short, Management has been trying to find alternatives to investing in Exchange server. Currently we use a Linux email server and employees pop3 their mail. Well, they wanted group calendaring. So we found this product called Officecalendar which syncs various employees

RE: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Ziots, Edward
It aint no bed of roses up here in RI... I wish I was down in PA... Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP,Security+,Network+,CCA Phone: 401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:13

Re: Confusion on client-side extensions

2008-10-30 Thread Tom Miller
Never mind. XMLlite is required per MS article 943729. Tom Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/30/2008 3:53 PM Hi Folks, I'm confused on client-side extension requirements for my XP and Windows 2003 servers. Do I need to install the client side extensions and xmllite or just the extension? Is

RE: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying decisions?

2008-10-30 Thread Sam Cayze
Even socialists are laughing at the idea of Obama being called socialist. -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Re: So... how is the recession affecting your buying

RE: Confusion on client-side extensions

2008-10-30 Thread Sean Rector
If the XP machines are running SP3, these items are included. I haven't started using the Preferences with my 03 servers yet. Preferences are great - I'm using them to rid myself of a logon script that mapped drives and connected network printers. And didn't always run. Sean Rector, MCSE

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