Re: Vista SP1 cannot RDP to new 2008 box but XP clients can????

On 21 Nov 2008 at 9:28, Chris Newby-Robson wrote: > I cannot RDP successfully into the 2008 server from my Vista Business SP1 > desktop, however both I and colleagues CAN successfully connect from XP > clients. I can open a telnet session to the server on port 3389. I have > disabled and turned o

Re: NTDS Replication Schedule

sounds like your site links are setup incorrect. You should setup a site link for each remote site and only have the hub site and remote site in that site link. If you do it this way the remote DC's will only have 1 dc from the hub site. Doing it this way will let the KDC control all replication

Re: NTDS Replication Schedule

When i remove the bridgehead, now i get all my remote sites repliacting to all the DC's in the default site in the NTDS connection settings of the remote DC, is this correct? "mck1012" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] What I would recommend is to get rid of the brid

Re: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

Servers and workstations frequently use the same ethernet hardware and drivers (Broadcom or Intel FastE and GigE). If a desktop fails autonegotiation, so will the servers. I'm using Dell desktops & servers, white box desktops & servers; switches are Cisco, HP, Linksys, Dell, Extreme Networks

RE: Quick MS Access Question

Workgroup mode is a feature of MS Access. You don't say what version you are using, but for Access 2007, here are a couple of KB articles that explain how it works: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305542 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918583 ...Tim From: James Kerr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

I wouldn't hardcode server NIC and server ports either. Autonegotiation is not optional in the gigE standards. "The standards for 1000BASE-T (4-pair Cat5) and 1000BASE-TX (2-pair Cat6) require autonegotiation to be always present and enabled. Other than speed and duplex mode, autonegotiation is u

Re: Quick MS Access Question

I made shortcuts that basically do the same as File/Open and that works. Will have to look into why it doesnt work the other way after our events. Its getting close to crunch time. Thanks guys - Original Message - From: James Kerr To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, Novem

Re: VMWare Success Story

OCS is working great for us virtually, but we are only a small operation On 11/21/08, Todd Lemmiksoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Contact Center is a "Call Center" application for handling and > routing phone calls. NCCT should be the "Networking component" that ties > multiple sites together.

RE: Data Storage solutions

I like datacore's case for data management personally, but I probably wouldn't just flat our recommend them. Also, a lot of free options if you have the stomach for it that give great performance and failover. That being said the few times we dealt with Dell they were good at seeing the en

RE: Quick MS Access Question

I've seen this behavior in Access files we use. I suspect in your case it's related to the "Everyone-Full Control" permission. We have several Access apps, but on ours, write permission (which appears to apply only to design) is limited to our group. If we open the app (with write permission), othe

OT: Windows 7 Free?!?

Interesting thoughts... http://www.businesspundit.com/give-windows-7-away-for-free/ Maybe a home version could/should be this way, but I don't want ads in my workspace. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ Don't confu

Re: Quick MS Access Question

I dont know what workgroup mode might be but they are setup as a windows workgroup. I found out something more though. If I open the database using File/Open it works fine it just wont work if you click on the file itself or create a shortcut to the file which I find odd. I dont know, maybe its

Re: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Do you have the old name hard coded int he Server properties Computer name field? Right click My Computer -> Properties -> Change button? I've seen odd name resolution response when it got hard coded there. Steven On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:44 PM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesti

Re: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

I said servers. Workstations could just auto-negotiate or reboot if needed. I have seen problems and I have seen problems on equipment as late as two years ago. Cisco switches, HP servers. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I work with a lot of 10-year-

RE: Quick MS Access Question

It's been a long time since I dealt with this (Access 98?), but I believe you need to enable workgroup mode on the notebook that is hosting the database. Even though the file is not opened exclusive, Access writes to a LDB lock file that other instances will respect. ...Tim From: James Kerr [m

Re: Quick MS Access Question

Basically we can only open the database on one PC at a time. The database is set to "shared" and set to "no locks" and "open databases using record level locking". There is nothing setup in security in security for the database. The share has full control for "everyone" and doesn't inherit perm

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Interesting. I DHCP every server possible, using reservations of course. Dave -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Was this an AD controller? Remove it using ADSIedit? Don Guyer Systems Engineer Information Services Prudential Fox Roach/ Trident 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Ph: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 www.prufoxroach.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Steve Kistenmac

RE: VMWare Success Story

The Contact Center is a "Call Center" application for handling and routing phone calls. NCCT should be the "Networking component" that ties multiple sites together. They would need to "talk" to the PBX on a physical connection. Is your "Call Pilot" a server or blade in the PBX cabinet? __

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

any wins servers -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS! I never use DHCP for servers either,

RE: VIPRE - I like it

Contact me off-list, or post to the VIPRE Enterprise Discussion list. We'd like more info on this. -Original Message- From: Hansen, Jeff O. (SHB) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VIPRE - I like it Does anyone el

RE: VIPRE - I like it

Ok, checked on this. Support has found some instances where we are unable to unload the Embassy Suites DLL through VIPRE. Support has the workaround, which we will look at making deployable. -Original Message- From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21,

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

any chance it has capital letters... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842127/en-us -Original Message- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windo

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

I never use DHCP for servers either, but I have had a few pop into DHCP "of their own volition" during network changes, especially name changes. Tim -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

Re: VMWare Success Story

We already have My Call Pilot & a SQL db server setup in VMWare, and I think the ones we're wanting to virtualize are called Contact Center & NCCT. I'm not really sure of the actual names, they are just servers taking up space and putting out heat in my server room ;) I just know that we are alwa

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Humm Servers are not done by DHCP its all static. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: Steve Kistenmacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, Novemb

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Checked, nadda... Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:07 PM To: NT System A

RE: VMWare Success Story

I have used freepbx/asterisk in a virtual environment with sip trunking and sip phones (even converted old cisco 79xx series) it seems to work in a decent paced environment (@100 users / call center) We haven't put it into production but I don't really see why it wouldn't work as long as you do

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Any possible DHCP entry issues? -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS! Ah... okay... what a

Quick MS Access Question

I have 4 notebooks. One has a share and in that share is a MS access file. The notebooks can open the database fine but not if the note with the database has it opened first. The file isnt getting opened exclusivly. Any ideas? James ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Ah... okay... what about any hosts files? -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS! Not AD integ

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Not AD integrated, Primary Secondary, Already got Staleness on resource records set. Still digging. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + -Original Message- From: Miller Bonnie L.

Re: OT: LinkedIn?

What is your definition of 'use'? Stalking? Networking? Seeking identity theft opportunities? Finding peers with similar interests? All are viable uses! I have connected with a few people there. It has been professionally beneficial. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[

RE: Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

More stuff to try: Right-click the server name and choose "Scavenge Stale Resource Records" Force AD Replication -B -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Cant delete an old entry o

Re: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

I work with a lot of 10-year-old PIII PCs and I NEVER have a problem with autonegotiation. These days the only time I have a problem with ethernet speed and duplex is when some dufus who doesn't understand n-way autonegotiation hardcodes one side but not the other. Russ wrote: > Anything made in

RE: VMWare Success Story

Be sure to check the financials From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Success Story Sherry, We are a Nortel Distributor and I would like to know which

Cant delete an old entry or see it in Microsoft DNS on Windows 2003 Server going NUTS!

Folks have a hard time getting a entry for a system that has been renamed on my network, to delete from DNS. I have already ran ipconfig /flushdns at my workstation and at the DNS server. I have already said update the ptr record in the primary zone on the DNS server and went to the secondary s

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

I throw my experience in the mix: Dell DRAC cards are terrible at Auto-Neg FYI. That the only time I have had an issue recently. Way back in the day, I worked in IT for a major University, and the old Macs COULDN'T auto at all. The major pain was not the fact that it negotiated the wrong spee

RE: VMWare Success Story

Sherry, We are a Nortel Distributor and I would like to know which applications you will be virtualizing. Todd Lemmiksoo Network Administrator All-Mode Communications, Inc. 1725 Dryden Road Freeville, New York 13068 (607) 347-4164 x440 1-877-ALLMODE (toll free) http://www.all-mode.com

Re: VMWare Success Story

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:10 AM, John Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great to hear! Watch out on the telephony virtualization, I'm told that > latency is horid and OCS isn't even supported in virtual. YMMV > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > Painfully sen

Re: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

Anything made in the past 5 years works great with autonegotiate. You just need to make sure neither side is hard set - that's the only time I see issues. On older equipment, I've found it works best if they are both hard set to the same thing. But nowadays, we just set everything to auto and it w

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

Servers, I understand but 600+ pcs is a pain, especially with a printer mixed in. -Original Message- From: Steven Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto? Auto-negotiation

RE: VIPRE - I like it

Does anyone else get a blue screen which hangs for an extended period during the cleaning process? Any where from several minutes up to two and half hours. Dell Laptops with Pointsec Encryption may be factors. Vipre is detecting more than any other AV / Anti-malware solution we have tested so f

Re: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

Auto-negotiation sucks. It is unreliable and intermittent and when it doesn't work, you have weird issues. It's just not worth it on servers. Set servers speed and duplex manually at the server and switch and life will be so much better. Steven On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Webb, Brian (Cor

Re: VMWare Success Story

We're going this route initially, but I am definitely putting all sorts of performance caveats in the project documentation indicating that OCS isn't even supported on Microsoft's virtualization products. Steven On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Sherry Abercrombie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

In my experience, autonegotiation works great for speed, but for duplex it depends on what the other device is set to. If both devices are set to AUTO then it works If both devices are set to a fixed duplex then it works If one device is set to a fixed speed/duplex and the other is set to A

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Re: VMWare Success Story

Our telephony stuff is Nortel and some of it is already virtualized so we're open to giving it a try. If it doesn't work, we can always turn the physical back on. We've always been willing to try virtual even when the vendor/mfg said it wasn't supported. So far, we've only had to go physical on

RE: Windows 3.1 themes

We used to use it to make sure nobody had hard coded a color to a window element... Anyone know why MS stopped including any alternative color themes with current versions of Windows? After Windows 98 they broke most of the alternative color schemes. -Brian -Original Message- From: J

Re: VMWare Success Story

Oh, we have an HP EVA SAN and that would be where our file & print data would go. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Jason Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great stuff! > > > > I would personally look to run a NAS appliance or SAN for the file part of > your file and print servers, but it look

Re: VMWare Success Story

As most of ya'll know, we run VMWare ESX here at my organization. We've invested a lot into this technology because we believe that it will keep TCO down. We've been working on a project to convert as many physical boxes to virtual as possible for the last few months using the VMWare built in

RE: VMWare Success Story

Great stuff! I would personally look to run a NAS appliance or SAN for the file part of your file and print servers, but it looks like you all did what ESX was meant to do. Thanks for sharing! Jason From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:

VMWare Success Story

As most of ya'll know, we run VMWare ESX here at my organization. We've invested a lot into this technology because we believe that it will keep TCO down. We've been working on a project to convert as many physical boxes to virtual as possible for the last few months using the VMWare built in P2V

RE: Crystal reporting and XP sp3

Two users. same versions one has xp sp2 and works one has xp sp3 and does not. From: Joe Tinney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Crystal reporting and XP sp3 I use Crystal Reports XI

RE: Crystal reporting and XP sp3

I use Crystal Reports XI Release 2 (Version 11.5.3.417) with SP3 without any problems. My co-worker has had a problem a few times where the report viewer (I believe it to be CR Viewer XI) that comes with Numara TrackIt 8.1.1 Technician Client will not display the static report fields and only displ

Re: LinkedIn?

Interesting. How does this work? How do you post the jobs, and then how do people find it? On Nov 21, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Alex Eckelberry wrote: We find it to be outstanding for posting jobs. We get great response. -Original Message- From: Dallas Burnworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: VIPRE - I like it

This is weird, the fix we made forces an unload of that DLL as part of the VIPRE service startup. So I'm not sure why this is still an issue, will check. -Original Message- From: Sean Rector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Su

RE: externally hosted e-mail

What's your budget? What features and capabilities do you need? Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael Link with me at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/theessentialexchange From: Laurence Childs [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: VIPRE - I like it

What is the work around? NOD is doing the same thing and really giving me fits. I have to wait a couple of more month before I can switch to Vipre. Jon On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Sean Rector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Sorry Alex, but it's happening with the latest Vipre version. My CE

RE: VIPRE - I like it

Search for WXVAULT.DLL - there would be at least one key with it as the data element, APPINIT, and delete it. I went ahead and deleted both references as I had already uninstalled the shyte. Just love app uninstalls that totally clean out what they did in installation (NOT)! Sean Rector, MCSE

RE: VIPRE - I like it

Sweet That coupled with Sunbelt's kill Symantec (rather than the manual cleanwipe util) should make installation that much easier. I just found out you can couple Sunbelt's kill version with the original push of the agent, making the Symantec removal a streamlined process. -Original Message

RE: LinkedIn?

For System Center, we have a secure email list server for NDA communications that runs through myITforum.com. That's where most System Center MVP folks hang out anyway. -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:49 AM To: NT Sys

RE: VIPRE - I like it

Whats the work around.. SHARE -Original Message- From: Sean Rector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VIPRE - I like it Sorry Alex, but it's happening with the latest Vipre version. My CEO ran afoul of this - I

Re: Windows 3.1 themes

+1 it kept me awake. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Painfully sent to you from my Blackberry - Original Message - From: Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Fri Nov 21 10:48:28 2008 Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 themes Hey - th

Re: Windows 3.1 themes

Hey - that was a great color scheme. I used it all the time. Heh. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:28 AM, Sherry Abercrombie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 > > Oww, my eyes, make it go away please. I actually had users that used that > color scheme.. > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Erik Gold

RE: VIPRE - I like it

Sorry Alex, but it's happening with the latest Vipre version. My CEO ran afoul of this - I called in to Support this morning and had it "fixed" in short order. The work-around works nicely. Now to run that work-around on all my machines with Embassy. :< Sean Rector, MCSE -Original Message

externally hosted e-mail

Hi All We run approximately 70 agents who carry out work on our behalf We have decided to give everyone of these agents an e-mail account To this end we have registered a new domain and now we need to find a way to sort these people out with mailboxes etc I'm thinking something Webm

RE: LinkedIn?

Yes and no. Well, maybe the Exchange MVPs are different. However, we are a very social as well as a very professional group. We do most non-NDA communications on Facebook. For NDA we have a Microsoft-provided venue; LinkedIn wouldn't work for that anyway. The Directory Services folks are pretty a

RE: VIPRE - I like it

>We are a Dell shop and I just found out if you have Embassy Trust >Suite loaded, it has to be uninstalled for Vipre to run a scan. A >major pain as most laptops are remote. This is not an issue with the latest version of the VIPRE agent. As background, the Embassy Trust Suite (used by Dell for

RE: LinkedIn?

Professional versus personal. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: LinkedIn? So, I'm mostly on Facebook--I have a ton of contacts there. How does LinkedIn differ? John Hornb

RE: LinkedIn?

We find it to be outstanding for posting jobs. We get great response. -Original Message- From: Dallas Burnworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: LinkedIn? LinkedIn is focused primarily on building business net

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

In my opinion, to this day, 10/100 speed and duplex auto negotiation has never worked correctly and consistently, regardless of the vendor. Fortunately, gigabit auto negotiation got it right, and is in fact the preferred setting. From: Brumbaugh, Luke [ma

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

That's 2 and I did find this article. http://quux.wiki.zoho.com/Autonegotiation.html Other opinion's (Where's Shook, Sherry and Espinola when you need em) From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Why woul

RE: Data Storage solutions

Equalogic is a phenomenal product. Doesn't fit every need, but it's fast and flexible for most environments. Cost wise its very competitive as well. From: Lumumba, Juma (ILRI-ICRAF) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Da

RE: Data Storage solutions

Thanks Dallas. From: Dallas Burnworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 November 2008 17:17 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Data Storage solutions As will all Dell solutions, they are basically OEMs from other companies i.e. Fujitsu for Dell blades, Q

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

+1 2 is silly since you would only do this on core static equipment like servers and router and switches that rarely reboot. However I still manually set them for servers since they all go into a 6509 and the newer nics have trouble negotiating with them. From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EM

Re: LinkedIn?

It's not blocked by my WebSense :-) 2008/11/21 John Hornbuckle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So, I'm mostly on Facebook--I have a ton of contacts there. How does > LinkedIn differ? > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > >

RE: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

I haven't heard about number 2, and it doesn't really make sense to me since auto-negotiation should only be taking place when a link is established. But I confess to believing in number 1. I'm not so sure that was only "in the old days", though; I still see the occasional speed/duplex mismatch.

RE: LinkedIn?

We(People of Columbus OH) had a Prostitute / Children services worker on Facebook. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: LinkedIn? So, I'm mostly on Facebook--I have a ton of cont

Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto?

I heard 2 arguments and both seem valid. I find it a pain to have to go back in and set NIC speed on the switch and server/PC. Over wire builds suck (WDS) for speed etc. 1. Was that in old days the NIC chips had hard time negotiating and it is no longer needed, except that it would be

RE: LinkedIn?

So, I'm mostly on Facebook--I have a ton of contacts there. How does LinkedIn differ? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -Original Message- From: Dallas Burnworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Vista SP1 cannot RDP to new 2008 box but XP clients can????

I have just installed my first 2008 server. My domain is a Win2K one and I ran the adprep ETC to prepare the domain, joined the 2008 server to it successfully and dcpromo'd it. I cannot RDP successfully into the 2008 server from my Vista Business SP1 desktop, however both I and colleagues CAN s

Re: Windows 3.1 themes

+1 Oww, my eyes, make it go away please. I actually had users that used that color scheme.. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > more than 10 years later and that color theme STILL hurts my eyes ! > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems,

RE: Windows 3.1 themes

more than 10 years later and that color theme STILL hurts my eyes ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Windows 3.1 themes J

Re: win2k3 R2 / win2k8 books

Thanks, everyone. Much appreciated. --A - Original Message - From: "Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:28 PM Subject: RE: win2k3 R2 / win2k8 books -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

OT: Windows 3.1 themes

Just stumbled across this tribute to one of the old Windows 3.1 themes http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000341.html I think it should be released as one of the themes for the new Gmail :-) ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: LinkedIn?

It is a good way to make connections by leverageing the relationships you have with people you already know--kind of like 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. :) Also, there is some statistic on the site like 'a certain percentage of all Harvard graduates have at least (not on average) 50 or

RE: LinkedIn?

Yes, and yes ... I've found it great for networking, got in touch with old high school friends, colleagues from years ago, and good to stay in touch currently in the career field Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming

RE: OT: LinkedIn?

I get at least 1 invitations a week, last week I had 5.I blame it on the economy. I did get another job offer last week. Always good to have a backup plan, especially today. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 7:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issue

Re: Desktop security app

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. My understanding is you can push any msi install via it. WSUS integrates with it. Also, give PatchLink a look. We used them until about a year ago. I'm told they are much improved, too. PL's only goal is to push patches. Tom Miller Engineer, I

RE: LinkedIn?

It's of value but nowhere near as fun as Facebook. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: LinkedIn? Anyone here belong to LinkedIn? Found it any use? Angus ~ Finally, po

Re: OT: LinkedIn?

I also find it useful for laughing at the photos of former colleagues - having said that, the one I have on probably gives them similar amusement... Actually I found it quite useful when I was a contractor for keeping in contact with my army of recruitment agents, so I'm probably being a bit unfai

Crystal reporting and XP sp3

Has anyone seen issues with Crystal reporting and SP3 for XP pro?? Data Security is everyone's responsibility. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: OT: LinkedIn?

I belong, its very useful, I belong to about 6-10 groups on the site. And keep in touch with all present and past colleagues via the site. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network +

Re: OT: LinkedIn?

I've found it useful for organising reunion nights out with former colleagues and generally catching up...aside from that, not a lot 2008/11/21 Angus Scott-Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Anyone here belong to LinkedIn? Found it any use? > > Angus > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that I

RE: LinkedIn?

yer. actually had someone mail me with a job prospect. A recommendation helped it think too Greg From: Angus Scott-Fleming [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 21 November 2008 5:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: LinkedIn? Anyone here belong to Li