RE: possible windows 2003 authentication problems

2009-01-19 Thread HELP_PC
GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: HELP_PC Inviato: martedì 20 gennaio 2009 8.29 A: 'NT System Admin Issues' Oggetto: R: possible windows 2003 authentication problems You should Remove and rejoin the machine from domain GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: N

RE: NTFS MFT protection

2009-01-19 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Unless your data on this volume is 100% static, that's not going to help. The moment you touch that filesystem, it changes it. No backup of the mft would ever be valid at any point in the future... As Ken pointed out, you need to protect the contents of the filesystem, not of some aspect of the u

RE: Sharing Outlook contacts without Exchange Server

2009-01-19 Thread Gene Giannamore
Great resource http://www.slipstick.com/ I was going to try this http://www.vaita.com/ But we got hosted exchange2007 thru intermedia instead Gene Giannamore Abide International Inc. Technical Support 561 1st Street West Sonoma,Ca.95476 (707) 935-1577Office (707) 935-9387Fax (707) 766-4

RE: SBS 2003 to SBS2008 Migration

2009-01-19 Thread Jim Majorowicz
The 2003 to 2003 kit has been an absolute godsend to me in the past two years. I have high hopes for this set as well. Jeff seems to do a very good job of documenting his stuff. Plus he's always been there if I've got a quick question about something. From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.co

RE: NTFS MFT protection

2009-01-19 Thread Ken Schaefer
You can either using an imaging tool to image the disk. Or you can use a regular backup tool (e.g. Windows Backup) Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Fred Sawyer [mailto:fr...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2009 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: NTFS MFT prot

Sharing Outlook contacts without Exchange Server

2009-01-19 Thread Art DeKneef
Anyone have any experience with software that allows a small group of users to share Outlook contacts? I have a place that consists of 5 similar business (Interior Designers) that share an office space which includes the network and phones. Since they all have most of the same distributors, vendors

NTFS MFT protection

2009-01-19 Thread Fred Sawyer
Does anyone know of a way to back up and protect a NTFS MFT? I have found plenty of links on tools that can be used to recover or repair the MFT on disk, but no way to move the files off of disk as part of an over all data protection plan. Recently I found myself in the situation where the MFT

RE: Seagate HDs - Seagate Responds to the "potential" issue

2009-01-19 Thread Roger Wright
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/18/barracuda_firmware_upgrade_and_r ecovery/ Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 4:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subj

possible windows 2003 authentication problems

2009-01-19 Thread Nick Smith
I just installed a new DC running windows server 2003 enterprise running Exchange 2003. The server is running fine, email is working fine. We can log on to the domain fine, with no errors. The problem i am having is that when you open up outlook on the client machines, it asks for your domain us

RE: Is anyone using NST? (SnortSlinger Question) - Solved

2009-01-19 Thread Marty Nelson
Sorry for the post. Turns out that the smtp server needs to be in IP format. Thanks again for listening! -Marty From: Marty Nelson [mailto:mnel...@transdyn.com] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 9:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Is anyone using NST? (SnortSlinger Question) Morning all.

SCVMM / 2008 Server

2009-01-19 Thread David Lum
2008 server box with SCVMM installed (MS's virtual machine manager). The first time Installed it this server was on TestDomain and it worked perfect, I was able to VM an SBS server. Moving this server to ProductionDomain I uninstalled/reinstalled and I get this message launching the admin consol

Is anyone using NST? (SnortSlinger Question)

2009-01-19 Thread Marty Nelson
Morning all. I've recently got NST 1.81 installed, and so far so good. It's been a learning process, but why else on earth would we be here right! The problem I'm having is setting up SnortSlinger to send alerts. It absolutely will not send e-mail. Sendmail's running, and everything looks li

RE: How long do you keep the uninstall folders?

2009-01-19 Thread David Lum
As I said I keep them forever unless disk space is at a premium :). On the other hand I have been removing these folders for years as needed and on dozens of servers and have never had a problem. Of course the first person to follow my advice will be the first person to ever get bit by deleting

Re: How long do you keep the uninstall folders?

2009-01-19 Thread Lee Douglas
Remember, Murphy's Law teaches us that only the one(s) you remove will ever cause a problem. I'm a bit compulsive about cleaning up my HD, even though I'll never use it all, but I make it a point to keep these particular folders around for months before discarding them. YMMV! On Mon, Jan 19, 200

RE: How long do you keep the uninstall folders?

2009-01-19 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 16 Jan 2009 at 8:50, Joe Heaton wrote: > If you remove them, you can´t uninstall whatever patch was involved with it. The truly paranoid among us burn those to CD before deleting them, or else move them to an external HDD "just in case". -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520

Re: Good Program to batch file and replace

2009-01-19 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 15 Jan 2009 at 14:02, Sam Cayze wrote: > > For strings in multiple txt files? Try XCHANGE from Clay's Utilities http://clayruth.com/claysutl.html Freeware -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoin

Re: Server Room fire pictures

2009-01-19 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 16 Jan 2009 at 10:10, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > Anyone know the details of how this fire started? Fire melts WWU computers http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/77541_western06.shtml -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ F

Re: Ops Manager 2007 uninstall error

2009-01-19 Thread James Rankin
Nice one, that seems to be working! Had to delete a few services and other registry keys afterwards, then hack a few bits out of Active Directory, but at least that seems to have removed all of the relevant local stuff that would normally be removed by the uninstaller. However now I seem to be enc

RE: Canon networked printer - error 853

2009-01-19 Thread David Lum
Thanks guys. It fails even on the Windows test print page, I've tried multiple drivers (PCL5e, PCL6, PS3). Spooler is off on the printer, time to call the Canon rep... Dave From: Hart, Robert [mailto:robert.h...@genexservices.com] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issue

RE: Canon networked printer - error 853

2009-01-19 Thread Hart, Robert
#853 Cause -When trying to print a large number of pages, the job is not performed due to insufficient memory resources. -Using the wrong printer driver. Remedy -Reduce the number of pages to print or perform the print job again when other jobs are not reserved. -Make sure that the p

RE: Canon networked printer - error 853

2009-01-19 Thread Webb, Brian (Corp)
We have found the Canons to be very sensitive to speed/duplex issues - make sure you have the NIC set to match your switch (either have both set to auto/auto or locked in) - the interface to set it isn't the best... -Brian From: David Lum [mailto:david@nw

Re: VMWare alarm question - SOLVED

2009-01-19 Thread Jeff Bunting
Yes, it still sends an alert. I think it is counter intuitive, but I suppose alerts remain enabled because VMs may still be running on the host while it is in maintenance mode. Still, an option to disable alerts sounds like an obvious feature... On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Greg Mulholland wr

RE: Ops Manager 2007 uninstall error

2009-01-19 Thread Steve Burkett
There's an Operations Manager 2007 Cleanup Tool available on the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Tools and Utilities page which is supposed to do a full cleanup when Add/Remove Programs doesn't work: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/bb625978.aspx From: James Rankin [mailto:kz

Canon networked printer - error 853

2009-01-19 Thread David Lum
I have a Canon imageRunner 3025 printer/copier/blender that has been used as a fax and recently was requested to network it. I have the IP set and can hit the printer via both PING and web management interface, however when I send a print job it get "NG, error 853". Google-Fu has suggested a fe

Re: Ops Manager 2007 uninstall error

2009-01-19 Thread James Rankin
None of the options in Add/Remove Programs cut the mustard, I get the same error every time. It is almost as if there has been a patch applied that I don't know about. 2009/1/19 Ken Schaefer > Have you tried the "Add/Remove Programs" / "Programs and Features" > control panel? > > > > Cheers > K

RE: Ops Manager 2007 uninstall error

2009-01-19 Thread Ken Schaefer
Have you tried the "Add/Remove Programs" / "Programs and Features" control panel? Cheers Ken From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 20 January 2009 12:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Ops Manager 2007 uninstall error I am trying to remove a copy of Operations

Ops Manager 2007 uninstall error

2009-01-19 Thread James Rankin
I am trying to remove a copy of Operations Manager 2007 from a server so I can do a clean install, as the server has stopped logging alerts for some reason. However every time I run setup I get the following error - "a newer version of operations manager 2007 is already installed on this computer,

RE: All AD Accounts getting gradually locked out - UPDATE

2009-01-19 Thread Andy Crellin
Update: Looks like it was CONFICKER taking advantage of unpatched systems. We are no longer getting any reports of lockouts (patches all applied). Typical - the time you suspend patching to move to a new system is always going to be when you are hit with a new virus. Oh well, it didn't kill our ne