RE: Vista/7 versions (was: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression)

I didn't say that. I also didn't say that no SOHO wouldn't buy Enterprise either. However the majority of sales to the SOHO type market are Business and Home Premium. Giving Bitlocker to every person who buys Home Premium or Business would probably (IMHO) be dangerous. There'd be way too many c

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

My e6500 came with a 7200 RPM drive. It's on their site as an option. -- Mike Gill From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression Yeah, but they don't offer 7200 R

RE: Vista/7 versions (was: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression)

Because no SOHO will by Ultimate? There are so many other examples of wacked out feature split I'm comfortable with believing they're happy over complicating the versions for whatever reason. -- Mike Gill -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednes

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Very true, good points ;) -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.c

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Hitachi's FAQ on their encrypted drives: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/bulk_faqs.htm From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Im

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

-Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression > [They should add: "Actually, you CAN'T protect your key information - > because we crippled this version and didn't provide encryption - > sorry!"] Well, encryption onl

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I realize that, but you must admit it's a little deceptive... If they name their SKU after a type of business, then they should try to match the feature set to business needs. Otherwise, they should come up with a new naming convention. And maybe not publish statements like these: Windows Vista

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

-Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, 19 February 2009 12:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression > But according to MS, I have to be an 'Enterprise' to need Bit Locker! "Enterprise" is the name of a

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Correct. But with FDE drives, the ATA password ENABLES the encryption on the drive. You don't have to remove the platters, just replace the logic board on the drive. It's faster :) From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Wednesday, Februar

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Agreed. We are a very small company, and had the need for whole drive encryption. I have Vista Business licenses for all machines. But according to MS, I have to be an 'Enterprise' to need Bit Locker! -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Wednes

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

The ATA password isn't encryption though. AFAIK, you would have to remove the platters and put them in a new drive chassis, or somehow get the factory to reset the disk to unlock it. -- Mike Gill From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:08 PM To

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

You're going to buy me the version of Vista that supports it? The snarky remark is directed more towards MS in their wisdom of splitting up features for the different versions of Windows. Personally I think it involved some sort of drinking game and a dart board. -- Mike Gill -Original Mess

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

To add, that was in reference to their laptops. They do offer 7200 rpm for their desktops. From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Yeah, but they don't offer 7200 RPM yet :( Boo. I don't why - they have been avail for ages now. From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st I

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Dell is using the Seagate drives...unless they have changed it up since my last meeting with them. TVK From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression This is exactly what did

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

To add to that, If you ONLY use the ATA password feature, all one has to do is replace the mainboard on the drive and you data is avail. pretty easy task. That's why you need drives that ENCRYPT the data when the ATA password is set. Sam From: Mike Gill [mail

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

This is exactly what did, with drives that have encryption technologies built into the drive itself. (I can't stand software-based disk encryption). Check Hitachi's FDE drives. Seagate has them too, and I assume other do. As far as I know, Hitachi will not reset the drive for you, but I do

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Am I the only person reading these threads and thinking ... Bitlocker? -troy -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression I'm considering ju

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I'm considering just using the ATA password feature. I know it's not encryption, but it travels with the drive if removed. Does anyone know what some of the vendor policies are for getting the drive reset? Do you have to prove ownership? Are there known tools available that can crack this feature?

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

Yup - worked through three versions of Win 7 - runs like a champ. (Dell Mini 9 - upgraded to 2GB of RAM) Also have it on my main work laptop - main issue is not being able to get my inbuilt Dell 5520 WWAN card working. But perceived performance wise (i.e. UI interaction) is way ahead of Vista.

RE: OS X connecting to domain fileshare

I think I got it. Apparently the machines were cloned. So no Kerberos machine tickets. I have one machine that seems to be ok, I am getting occasional prompts for user and password, but I am on the right track now. Thanks for listening to me From: Jeremy

RWW Issue

Hello All, I have got an issue with an SBS box that I look after, and as far as I can acsertain its been a problem since Friday/ Saturday last week. Any user (who is *NOT* a domain admin) can no longer log onto RWW. If i go to the web address https://serveraddress/remote, and the username and pas

RE: Office Terminal Server

If you installed Office before installing Terminal Services you will have to reinstall office. Installing Terminal Services will break applications installed before. Mike Original Message: - From: Paul Everett evere...@leementalhealth.org Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:56:22 -0500 To:

Re: Desperate: Win 2003 will not boot

I started working on the problems before I saw your email about remote tools. I was able to use the recovery console with the raid driver and it allowed the system to boot. I was working on trying to fix the issues when the system suddenly rebooted again and I was thinking it was hardware. On the

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

Windows 7 has been quite impressive, even for a beta. I have found that it is easier to navigate in and perform daily tasks. So much that I find myself clicking the title bar, in open windows in XP, and then drag them to the top of the screen expecting them to maximize. I think that when W7 come

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

Vista R2 wouldn't be as marketable as lucky number 7. (Don't get me wrong, I love win 7. But I, like you, immediately thought Vista R2) - John Barsodi -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:47 PM To: NT System Admi

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

I agree with all those points. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win7 beta on IdeaPad I'm a fan of Windows 7 as well. But I do think the differences from Vista to

Re: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

I'm a fan of Windows 7 as well. But I do think the differences from Vista to 7 are not that great. It's just much better with fewer resources. Feels like this should be "Vista R2"... Not quite a new version, but slightly more than a service pack. I do like the new start bar. --Matt Ross Ephra

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

System Admin Issues Subject: Win7 beta on IdeaPad Anyone tried installing Windows 7 beta on a netbook? I CAN'T go back to XP. It just feels old and clunky to me... __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3865 (20090218) __

Re: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

No, but I installed it on an older Acer Aspire...ran like a champ. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Michael B. Smith < mich...@theessentialexchange.com> wrote: > Anyone tried installing Windows 7 beta on a netbook? > > > > I CAN'T go back to XP. It just feels old and clunky to me… > > > > > > >

Re: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

I love it... On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Michael B. Smith < mich...@theessentialexchange.com> wrote: > Anyone tried installing Windows 7 beta on a netbook? > > > > I CAN'T go back to XP. It just feels old and clunky to me… > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

I believe Ken installed it on his dell mini from a posting on the list a month back or so. I have it on a fairly weak Precision M70 and it way out performs Vista on the same hardware. Another option: http://www.vlite.net/about.html -troy -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mai

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

ystem Admin Issues Subject: Win7 beta on IdeaPad Anyone tried installing Windows 7 beta on a netbook? I CAN'T go back to XP. It just feels old and clunky to me... __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3865 (20090218) __ T

RE: Office Terminal Server

Thanks. Thats what I figured. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Office Terminal Server Your application installs that users will access must be done after the TS inst

RE: OS X connecting to domain fileshare

DNS is set to my AD servers. DCHP is from a *nix box, but all the windows PC's have the same DHCP server w/ no issues Hostname returns backup-OSX.local NOT backup-osx.company.com, and I see no way to get rid of the ".local" Kinit u...@company.com prompts for a passwor

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

Not personally but saw Windows 7 running on a Ideapad with a 1gb of memory and it worked well. CAR Mobile: 786-412-1746 e-Mail: cra...@idfllc.com BB Pin: 305083B1 AIM: cramosMIA MSN: cramos...@hotmail.com Yahoo: cramosMIA From: Michael B.

RE: Win7 beta on IdeaPad

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Win7 beta on IdeaPad

Anyone tried installing Windows 7 beta on a netbook? I CAN'T go back to XP. It just feels old and clunky to me. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Office Terminal Server

Your application installs that users will access must be done after the TS installation. >>> "Paul Everett" 2/18/2009 3:56 PM >>> I am building a 2003 Office Terminal Server and installed Office (and SP) before installing Terminal Services. Do I need to uninstall Office and reinstall after

Wednesday Funny OT: Always Check Your Child's Homework!

This made me laugh. A lot. [cid:1.3459690559@web52901.mail.re2.yahoo.com] (Here's the reply the teacher received the following day) Dear Mrs. Jones, I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last w

Office Terminal Server

I am building a 2003 Office Terminal Server and installed Office (and SP) before installing Terminal Services. Do I need to uninstall Office and reinstall after installing Terminal Server, or am I ok to install Terminal Server at this point? Thanks, Paul Everett IS Dept. Lee Mental Health Cen

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

What is the OS? I know with Vista hardware profiles are gone, so is this an issue in that regard? I haven't got the dock yet but am going to soon. What exactly is going on with the monitors? Wat is the new procedure like? When I hot dock our one D520 the monitor always comes up at the wrong reso

Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I had some issues with the E-series and Whole Disk Encryption. Drive wouldn't encrypt unless a thumbdrive was installed, once the thumbdrive was installed you could manually encrypt, but if you ever inserted and then later ejected the thumbdrive you would blue screen Windows. Some threads on the P

RE: OS X connecting to domain fileshare

is your mac using dhcp/dns services from A/D? I ask to ensure that your mac's FQDN is the same as your A/D's FQDN. Your ticket maybe for ad-domain.domain.com but your mac may be trying to connect to ad-domain or domain.com. You can run a hostname from the command line to check the local mac's

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I don't use 3rd party software where built-in does the job. I just use Control Point for the initial setup of the ambient light sensor, backlit keyboard, stuff like that. All of this looks like it can be set up in the BIOS, but I haven't uninstalled the CP software yet. I just don't want it to remo

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I tend to like things the same way at home and the office as well right down to the same KB/Mouse combo so I feel your pain.. From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression Than

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I tend to agree after our first experience with the E series, not a big fan of the docking setup, compared to what we considered an excellent system with the D series. Not to mention that we have soon to be incompatible D docking equipment sitting everywhere. Unfortunately, while they do still ha

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I tend to agree after our first experience with the E series, not a big fan of the docking setup, compared to what we considered an excellent system with the D series. Not to mention that we have soon to be incompatible D docking equipment sitting everywhere. Unfortunately, while they do still ha

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Thanks. I'm getting close to being extinct as well J They are prying my T40 from my grasp in favor of a D630. I still have my work T43 & personal T42 so the new Dell is going to make things very inconvenient. I have multiple locations set up both at home and in the office where the TPs are inte

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

T4x No. That's an extinct form factor. But the T6x series ones do. I had a T61 before this and I still use the same docks. From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression Martin-

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Martin- Do the older docks, say from the T4x series fit the T400? From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression Go grab yourself a Lenovo T400. I love this lapto

RE: OS X connecting to domain fileshare

Just verified as well using Kerberos.app that I have a valid ticket that will expire in 9:58. Still being prompted for a user/pass when trying to connect to a share. From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:45 AM To

RE: Dell and Internet Explorer

On some of the machines (still IE7) I can try the "RESET" option and, if necessary, the IE7 installer. For my own system with IE8 Beta, I think I'm stuck! Thanks... -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, U

Re: McDonald's vs. Starbucks

TVK can help you with that reflex. -- ME2 On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > On 17 Feb 2009 at 14:41, Joe Heaton wrote: > >> I'm a plain old Lipton guy myself... :) > > [gag] > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-

Re: OT: Internation Travel

Sounds remarkably like the Puget Sound region. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:33 AM, Tony Patton wrote: > > It rains here most the year so it doesn't really matter what time of year > you arrive, just bring sun-cream and rain gear and you'll be covered. > > We had some sun yesterday, so that's probabl

RE: Dell and Internet Explorer

I have seen the "Blank New Window" issue as well. My fix is to download the IE7 installer from MS and reinstall. Havn't gone wrong with that yet -Original Message- From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:03 AM To: NT System Admin Is

RE: OS X connecting to domain fileshare

I typed terminal at a command prompt and it showed a kerberos ticket for me, but I am still prompted for a user / pass when connecting to shares. From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 1:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issu

Re: Internation Travel

Sounds like a lot of fun Todd. Thanks for the tip regarding the B&B certificates. The particular company I was looking at indicates over 95% of the B&Bs accept their certificates, but I'll definitely play it safe. The more I keep reading, and hearing from folks like you, the more I want to plan my

Re: Internation Travel

I shouldn't have expected anything less! - Sean On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Andy Shook wrote: > *"but the one thing* *I want to get right is the honeymoon"* > > * * > > That's just way to easy… > > > > > > Shook > > > > *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesda

RE: Dell and Internet Explorer

Have you tried the "RESET" option in Internet options Advanced tab? -Original Message- From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell and Internet Explorer Thanks! I tried this on

Re: Dell and Internet Explorer

Thanks! I tried this once (on the IE8 machine), and some dlls were not found, others simply would not register. -- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org J

Re: Dell and Internet Explorer

Try reregistering the IE dlls. I've had this same problem in the past. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281679 Jeff On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:45 AM, wrote: > We have several Dell Precision Workstations (390, T-3400) on which > Internet Explorer does not work... > > IE opens, and one can go fro

Re: Dell and Internet Explorer

Sounds like a call to PSS to me then. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud - Original Message - From: richardmccl...@aspca.org To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Feb 18 10:38:27 2009 Subject: Re: Dell and Intern

Re: Dell and Internet Explorer

I could say "any and all", except I've not tried to install IE3-5. They came with a broken version of IE6 (which would typically crash on launching). Upgraded to IE7 to get the crash on new tabs/windows. IE 8 beta, on the one machine I know about, doesn't work (but does not lock up). On the

RE: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install

Same problem with 4 servers, otherwise all the others went fine. Same thing, killed Inetinfo and down she went. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install I in

Re: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install

I installed the latest Exchange patch last night, and until I manually killed the inetinfo process, it just hung. After rooting around the event logs, I found where the hang up was. After that, the patch installed correctly and the other updates were smooth. On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Clayt

Re: Dell and Internet Explorer

Which version of IE? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud - Original Message - From: richardmccl...@aspca.org To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Feb 18 09:45:20 2009 Subject: Dell and Internet Explorer We have

Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Just picked up a new HP Elitebook 8530p...never seen a faster lappy...performs like a ferrari, looks like an aston... On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > E6500 here too, very impressed. Solid as a rock. Not too found of the > new Dell Control Point software though... > >

RE: Backup/restore of ESX using Citrix XenServer

Tom, get your mitts on Marathon EverRun VM, it the perfect solution for you, and installs just above the Xen Server Hypervisor, gives you all of the failover capabilities of VMotion without the need for shared storage www.marathontechnologies.com From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_b

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

Just rolled out 2 E6500 laptops to managers and I am considering switching them back to D series. The lack of a simple undock/dock procedure is driving them crazy. If you don't have patience (which they don't) you never know which monitors will work, if any. Think I'll toss the docks and deploy

RE: McDonald's vs. Starbucks

On 17 Feb 2009 at 14:41, Joe Heaton wrote: > I'm a plain old Lipton guy myself... :) [gag] -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +---+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Systems Engineer or Infrastracture Engineer?

On 17 Feb 2009 at 13:54, Burgess, Jeffrey wrote: > There much difference really in these two titles? > > Preference for one over the other and why? Just don't try to use "Engineer" in any job title in Arizona unless you're a Registere P.E. (Professional Engineer) with the State of Arizona.

RE: Backup/restore of ESX using Citrix XenServer

On the EMC side you have MirrorView, SAN Copy, SnapView. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _ From: Tom

Dell and Internet Explorer

We have several Dell Precision Workstations (390, T-3400) on which Internet Explorer does not work... IE opens, and one can go from link to link, fill in an address, etc. However, if a link attempts to open either a new tab or page, it breaks. Either the new tab/page will open in a blank (its a

RE: Desperate: Win 2003 will not boot

Can you rdp into the machine? ---___ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

We just got three of the E6500 and we love them, well for the most part since we are having a weird display issue anyone else experience this? We replaced 3 working D6XX series laptops all of them with dual monitor out of the docking station 1 VGA 1 DVI connection to matched Viewsonic VG2030wm

Backup/restore of ESX using Citrix XenServer

Hi Folks, We are starting to use an ESX AX4 unit. I'm using Citrix XenServer for the virtual platform host. I'm looking for recommendations as to disaster recovery and replication, aside from the usual backup licenses I'd need for each host. The unit will host machines for file and print, S

Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

So true, so true. Add that the State only bids out the contracts once a year with renewal clauses built in and unrealistic goals and you have a poor vendor of a good product blowing sales. Jon On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Vicky Spelshaus wrote: > I feel your pain. It's never the best vendor

RE: Desperate: Win 2003 will not boot

I'd suggest booting to the recovery console from the 2003 CD and see if you can see anything from there (chkdsk, fixmbr, fixboot). You can also try the repair option from the install CD. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services G

Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

I feel your pain. It's never the best vendor or the best product, it's the one with the state contract. I tend to tell cold calling sales reps that their product could be the best ever at a close to nothing cost (could even make me my coffee and give me a massage), but if they don't have a state co

RE: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install

The last time I saw that was with a .NET patch and eventually I just rebooted and applied the patch later. If you need to use the box - then reboot. You'll probably be OK. No guarantees of course. I hope your backups are good. J From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: W

RE: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install

Make sure it's one of those colon-blow mega-bran muffins and everything will come out OK in the end. :) Shook From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install cup o

Re: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install

cup of coffee, muffin ;-) SQL 2000 2009/2/18 Michael B. Smith > What's on the box? > > > > *From:* Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@greenit.co.uk] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:23 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install > > > > Hi

RE: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install

What's on the box? From: Clayton Doige [mailto:clayton.do...@greenit.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has come across this. Click Install Updates and ShutDo

Re: Desperate: Win 2003 will not boot

Can the system boot at all - safe mode, LastKnownGood, or does it flake out no matter what? I once had a server that behaved in that way after a Windows patch, and it turned out that although there was no display on the screen it was still actually booting, I could still access it via remote tools,

Desperate: Win 2003 will not boot

I received a call from a customer early yesterday morning that their HP DL140 G3 terminal server was down. I had them power the machine off and reboot but it would not come up so I quickly went to their site. When I powered the system on the system would POST OK but immediately after all the HW pos

W2K3 Windows Updates Taking Ages to install

Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has come across this. Click Install Updates and ShutDown from the security dialogue box on a Windows 2003 SP2 server, and it is taking about three hours to install. Users are able to access the server, but obviously when the updates finish the box is going to sh

Re: OS X connecting to domain fileshare

To get SSO will depend on kerberos in this case. Start /System/Library/CoreServices/Kerberos.app and see if you have a TGT. If you don't try to manually acquire one with that tool. Otherwise your kerberos config file isn't properly setup, something that's been done automatically since 10.4 by direc

Re: OT: Internation Travel

It rains here most the year so it doesn't really matter what time of year you arrive, just bring sun-cream and rain gear and you'll be covered. We had some sun yesterday, so that's probably our summer come and gone. :-( Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435

File replication query.

I may have a requirment to configure File replication . This will be from our main File server which is a standard two node mscs cluster to a standalone server in a remote office connected by an MPLS line. Has anyone configured this before . I understand that DFS is not an option as its not clus

Re: Dell Latitude E Series 1st Impression

They are not on our list of approved vendors for the IBM's. Jon On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Martin Blackstone wrote: > CDW gets them to me in a day. J > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:59 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues >

Re: Systems Engineer or Infrastracture Engineer?

Infrastructure engineer, because it sounds better :-) 2009/2/17 Burgess, Jeffrey > > There much difference really in these two titles? > > Preference for one over the other and why? > > > From a monetary/responsibility perspective which would be perceived as > the higher level position? Or i