R: NOD32 FP

2009-03-11 Thread HELP_PC
But people ,less lucky than you, are probably in troubles and managing the issue through recovery console ! GuidoElia HELPPC -Messaggio originale- Da: Peter Schwarz [mailto:pschw...@syndeotech.com] Inviato: martedì 10 marzo 2009 22.27 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: NOD32 FP

RE: Account lockouts

2009-03-11 Thread Glen Johnson
Oh, the teachers here want the students to learn how to install software, change screen settings, you name it. I think we can live with it for the time being. -Original Message- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p...@optimumdata.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:07 PM To: NT System Admin

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-11 Thread Glen Johnson
When we were having the account lockout problem, I tried using the powershell cmdlet referenced but it would show way to many accounts were locked. Turns out that this command get-qaduser -locked shows accounts that are currently locked, and also accounts that have been locked but are now

RE: OT: MagicJack

2009-03-11 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Just did the math on some of this. If you compare apples to apples and go with the Skype option that gives you a phone number so you can do Skype to land line and land line in to Skype.. MagicJack total for first year: $59.90 Skype total for first year:

RE: Account lockouts

2009-03-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
We have a couple of classes like that. Those classrooms are off network, on their own with their own fileservers and physically separate from our main network. Not giving you a hard time about the local admin issue just tossing out something that might help. -Original Message-

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-11 Thread Kennedy, Jim
I ended up using unlock.exe from Joeware. Very hand exe, lets you do it by OU. Joe is on many of the lists (I think this one, certainly the AD list) and is a wonderfully helpful guy. His oldcomp is my favorite utility. http://www.joeware.net/freetools/index.htm -Original Message-

Re: Internet connectivity

2009-03-11 Thread Adam Greene
Dan, you might also want to check and see if there are any fixed wireless providers in your area ... may be a cost-effective alternative to a T1 ... - Original Message - From: Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent:

RE: Trend OfficeScan Client Rename

2009-03-11 Thread David Lum
How long has it been since you renamed the PC's? I don't recall having to do anything when renaming PC's at my site with OfficeScan... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Joe Fox [mailto:jwfo...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Trend OfficeScan Client Rename

2009-03-11 Thread Martin Blackstone
That is my recollection as well. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Trend OfficeScan Client Rename How long has it been since you renamed the PC's? I don't recall having to do anything when renaming

Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread James Rankin
Long shot...but does anyone have any experience of using Citrix with ChipPC thin clients and Xcalibur? If so, is there some sort of setting that causes them to keep the session active when they lose network connectivity? If I pull the network cable from one of the ChipPCs, the Citrix session

RE: Trend OfficeScan Client Rename

2009-03-11 Thread Dennis Hoefer
I'm out of the office this week, so running on foggy recollections only, but the behavior I remember is that the client will continue to get updates but won't show up in the management console until it's been reinstalled after the pc is renamed. -Original Message- From: David Lum

Re: OT: MagicJack

2009-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Exactly! I definately had Homer's sarcastic voice in mind. :-) -- ME2 On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Daniel Rodriguez drod...@gmail.com wrote: You 'sarcastic' remark, and it was funny, reminded me of the following conversation; Homer: Are you saying you're never going to eat any

Re: OT

2009-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Madonna = -a billion Guy Ritchie has compared having sex with Madonna to “cuddling up to a piece of gristle.” -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Kim Longenbaugh k...@colonialsavings.com wrote: While your statement is factually correct, I think it would be more accurate to say Barbie

RE: OT

2009-03-11 Thread Doige, Clayton
I always felt that was unfair to gristle -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 14:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT Madonna = -a billion Guy Ritchie has compared having sex with Madonna to cuddling up to a piece

Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread RichardMcClary
Greetings! Workstations here are all WinXP Pro, are DHCP clients, and belong to a Windows 2003 Native domain. I just happen to have unassigned space on my system drive, and I just happen to have a Vista Business install CD (properly licensed and awaiting installation). SO, as the DHCP client

Re: OT

2009-03-11 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
ROFLOL On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Doige, Clayton clayton.do...@cme-net.comwrote: I always felt that was unfair to gristle -Original Message- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 14:00 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread Don Guyer
Won't be an issue at all. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: richardmccl...@aspca.org

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread RichardMcClary
OK, thanks! If it turns out to be an issue, I think I know how to clean up the mess... -- Richard Don Guyer don.gu...@prufoxroach.com wrote on 03/11/2009 09:08:55 AM: Won?t be an issue at all. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox Roach/Trident Group 431 W.

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Total non-issue. DHCP, mac address, nic, etc could care less about what operating system/partition it's booted off. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-11 Thread Free, Bob
I wouldn't even mess around with all these scripts, get unlock from joeware and be done with it. One simple command to unlock all locked accounts in a domain. Doesn't get any easier than that. http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/unlock/index.htm -Original Message- From: Glen

Error in event log

2009-03-11 Thread David Lum
I have a recently virtualized DC with the following entries in the Application Event log (entries did not appear before VM-ing to Hyper-V): Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1054 Date: 3/11/2009 Time:

Re: Error in event log

2009-03-11 Thread James Rankin
Those error messages (and similar) plague me from time to time. Once it was to do with a missing GPO folder in the sysvol share. Another time it was due to Symantec scanning the sysvol share. I have a new-ish one now which I have yet to fathom out. My DCs are virtualised too. 2009/3/11 David Lum

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread Todd Lemmiksoo
You will need to make the Vista partition invisible to XP. XP restore points will corrupt Vista restore points. From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Question

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread John Hornbuckle
I'm looking forward to watching the duel. From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on duel OS booting You will need to make the Vista partition invisible to XP. XP restore points will

RE: OT: MagicJack

2009-03-11 Thread Joe Heaton
$59.90 is more than I paid for mine. It was 39.95, plus shipping, but that included the first year. Total was around $45 or so for the first year, then $19.95 per year after that, but you can also pay for like 5 years for 39.95 or so... Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -Original

RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread Webster
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients Long shot...but does anyone have any experience of using Citrix with ChipPC thin clients and Xcalibur? If so, is there some sort of setting that causes them to keep the session active when they lose

RE: Error in event log

2009-03-11 Thread Free, Bob
That frequently occurs when the network is not entirely ready at startup when the system is starting up all its services for a variety of different reasons. What does the userenv.log say? Are normal background refresh cycles successful? From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent:

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread RichardMcClary
I'm not, and I'm hoping to avoid one. If so, then it becomes dual. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread David Mazzaccaro
LOL I was JUST going to post that! I triple boot w/ XP, Vista, and Ubuntu. No problems w/ DHCP From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-11 Thread Free, Bob
+1 to the nth. joe is an awesome guy, most helpful and incredible to hang around in person just trying to absorb some of the knowledge he so freely shares in between cracking up because he is so hilarious. Don't get caught capitalizing his name or he will say you are referring to someone else.

WS 2008/Exchange 2007 Deployment

2009-03-11 Thread Lumumba, Juma (ILRI-ICRAF)
Hi all, We are planning to migrate to Exchange 2007 from Exchange 2003. Cause of budget constraints, we will have a single server installation, a new box handling all the server roles. Any ideas for or against this kind of deployment and what mail anti-spam software works best with Exchange

Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread James Rankin
I am using MPS4 with Session Reliability and KeepAlive enabled Disconnected sessions should do that, just disconnect I am connecting to a Windows Server 2003 published desktop from the Chips (which are Windows CE clients) Thanks for the links...I am starting to think down a Group Policy route

Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Mike French
Just an FYI: March 9, Computerworld - (International) Foxit PDF viewer open to attack, say researchers. Security researchers on March 9 warned of several vulnerabilities in Foxit, a free PDF document viewer that has been recommended as an alternative to Adobe Reader, which currently contains an

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
You ARE going to be in Vegas in two weeks, at TEC'09 right? -Original Message- From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unlock accounts +1 to the nth. joe is an awesome guy, most helpful and incredible to hang

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Carl Houseman
It's March 11 already in most of the world and no Adobe patch yet. (I know, they're hardly awake in CA yet and why should I be surprised that Adobe can't automate something as simple putting a new version online.) Carl -Original Message- From: Mike French

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
On topic, The patch might not matter: A New Twist to the Adobe Vulnerability http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/a_new_twist_to_the_adobe_vulnerabil ity.php -Sam -Original Message- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:22

RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread Doige, Clayton
What about 180.5 seconds? From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: 11 March 2009 15:28 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients I am using MPS4

Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread James Rankin
We have Session Reliability at 30 seconds, and when the 30 seconds elapses, they just go straight to a *Down* (reset) status 2009/3/11 Webster carlwebs...@gmail.com *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Subject:* Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients I am using MPS4 with

sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Reimer, Mark
Hi folks, In my research on sysprep, I've come across conflicting information. I will be cloning xp machines (identical hardware). These machines are all on a domain. Do I need to sysprep before cloning? I'm just doing 6 computers. I've read that I do need to sysprep, and I've read

RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread Webster
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients We have Session Reliability at 30 seconds, and when the 30 seconds elapses, they just go straight to a Down (reset) status Not to be rude, but what is the point then of using Session Reliability?

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Joe Heaton
The patch is out. It's an update from 9.0 to 9.1. My question is whether or not they're going to provide another download to give us separate files for Adobe Air and Reader. Right now, the full download of the update only provides one install, which includes both. You can get just the reader

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Even for 6 PCs, it's a good measure to do. The benefits of having a syspreped image allow you to quickly restore an os after a hard drive failure, deploy to dissimilar hardware, for examples. Yes, there are ways to deploy without sysprep by resetting the security identifiers (or SIDs) manually.

Re: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Peter van Houten
It was out yesterday already: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-03.html -- Peter van Houten -Original Message- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Foxit PDF Reader

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Iirc, the Cust Wizard will extract the MSI from the EXE... http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3993 -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Foxit PDF Reader

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Bill Songstad (WCUL)
That article is in reference to the earlier workaround of disabling JavaScript in Adobe Reader, not the 3/11/09 patch. Bill   -Original Message- From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Foxit PDF

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Aldrich
Well, I’m no expert, however, I would clone the machines *before* connecting them to the domain as it’s much easier to change the name before joining the domain. That’s just my 2¢ worth. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 11,

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Ah, I assumed the 3/11 patch was to address the Javascript. I'm now up to speed, thanks. -Original Message- From: Bill Songstad (WCUL) [mailto:administra...@waleague.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws That

Re: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Cook
Plus 1 John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud From: John Aldrich To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Mar 11 11:49:48 2009 Subject: RE: sysprep question Well, m no expert, however, I would

barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Hey all; We've been tasked with creating some sort of Tag inventory system for all our hardware assets PC, Printers , Monitors etc... I've been looking at some solution at it seems there's quite a few out there. Anyone have any suggestion for a decent barcode printer and scanning gun? I can

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
That would work too. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Well, I'm no expert, however, I would clone the machines *before* connecting

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread RichardMcClary
Would it work just as well to take said staion out of the domain, then clone? It seems like it would, but I learn all kinds of things in this forum... -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
You’ll still get duplicate SID errors. Actually, I think for workstations, they show up as warnings. Granted, since SPNs on a workstation are few and far between, that isn’t as important… From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:53 AM To: NT

RE: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
Have a Socket Mobile 7P on my desk right now that I am using for the exact same thing. Pretty slick. Bluetooth, and the range is amazing. We got it specifically for the Class 2 Laser http://www.socketmobile.com/products/bluetooth-barcode-scanners/cordless -hand-scanner-series-7/

Re: Trend OfficeScan Client Rename

2009-03-11 Thread Joe Fox
Dave, It's been about a week since I did the rename. I wonder if they will show up properly if I restart the OfficeScan server services. Thanks. Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:23 AM, David Lum

RE: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Webb, Brian (Corp)
We use Symbol scanners and just print the labels on standard Avery type labels on our normal printers using Wasp label printing software. We put the device name (in text and bar code) on the label as well as the serial number. The labels get refreshed every time the name of the device changes.

RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread Webster
From: Doige, Clayton [mailto:clayton.do...@cme-net.com] Subject: RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients What about 180.5 seconds? I can't count that fast. Webster From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Subject: RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients From: James Rankin

Re: Trend OfficeScan Client Rename - SOLVED

2009-03-11 Thread Joe Fox
It looks like a restart of the services did the trick (actually had to restart the server that OfficeScan was due to other issues). Thanks for all the help! Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Joe

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Andy Ognenoff
You can get the .msi from the .exe file: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb404146 - Andy O. -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

Re: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
My company uses a scanner/printer inventory combo made by Wasp: http://www.waspbarcode.com -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Garcia-Moran, Carlos cgarciamo...@spragueenergy.com wrote: Hey all; We’ve been tasked with creating some sort of Tag inventory system for all our

RE: Application requires local admin or power user?

2009-03-11 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 9 Mar 2009 at 8:17, John Aldrich wrote: Ooh... nifty. I could use a batchfile like that. :-) Care to post it (assuming it's not got any proprietary info. G) Grab the freeware TDEL from http://www.utopiatemple.com/tutils/tdel.htm tdel *.zip /days:2.. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps,

RE: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread John Aldrich
We're looking at Symbol wireless here with some Cisco wireless access points. Currently we're using truck-mounted Intermec units, but they are no longer making the model we're using and the vendor we're using recommends Symbol over Intermec these days for both hand-held and truck-mounted wireless

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Aldrich
Exactly. That’s what I do if I want to make an image. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Would it work just as well to take said

Re: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Matthew W. Ross
The barcode scanners are just keyboards... I'd recommend the less expensive USB ones, like this one (which we have had 4 of, and only 1 die in the past 3 years): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16838166002 As for Asset Inventory software, We're looking at RedBeam.

Re: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
*cough* The XML page cannot be displayed Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. The server did not understand the request, or the

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Michael Tellson
According to Foxit software's website, all 3 vulnerabilities were fixed by an updated version released on 3/9 http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/security.htm -Original Message- From: Mike French [mailto:mike.fre...@theequitybank.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:14 AM To: NT

RE: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Excellent thx everyone! -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: barcode Printer and Scanner gun The barcode scanners are just keyboards... I'd recommend the less expensive

Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread James Rankin
I meant the Keep-Alive interval Session Reliability is at five minutes last I checked 2009/3/11 Webster carlwebs...@gmail.com *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] *Subject:* Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients We have Session Reliability at 30 seconds, and when the 30

OT: laptop stuck in XP setup

2009-03-11 Thread winsysadmin
I have a friend with a laptop that was having start up issues. He tried to run XP setup after booting with an XP CD and perform a repair, but the laptop is running media center. The XP setup gives an error. Now when the laptop is started it goes in to the XP setup and stops the setup with an

RE: Unlock accounts

2009-03-11 Thread Free, Bob
I was beginning to wonder because of all the budget cutbacks everywhere but I got an 11th hour complimentary pass so I have made reservations for the conference and hotel, waiting for the final travel auth from the company to book the flight so confidence is high but the approval process is

RE: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients

2009-03-11 Thread Webster
From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Subject: Re: Citrix with Chip PC thin clients I meant the Keep-Alive interval Session Reliability is at five minutes last I checked Then you have to wait 301 seconds before checking. Session Reliability say to wait 300 seconds for the same

RE: DPM - backup all protected groups to tape

2009-03-11 Thread Bob Fronk
Do you know where you read that? From: Ben Nordlander [mailto:bennordlan...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DPM - backup all protected groups to tape I remember reading that you need a 2nd dpm server to do that. On Mar 8, 2009 11:49 AM,

OT - Cool Site

2009-03-11 Thread James Kerr
In order to do this yourself you need to have a webcam but you can view a demo of it on the site as well. I thoughts the geeks on this site my like this, I know I did and so did my kids. http://ge.ecomagination.com/smartgrid/#/augmented_reality ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

Staying on top of alerts - your top 3

2009-03-11 Thread David Lum
I'm trying to stay ahead of security issues in relation to outbreaks, 0-day, and patches. I monitor SANS.ORG, CNET Security, DOE-CIRC and Securityfocus websites, plus am subscribed to MS's and Adobe's security bulletins. While I can't possibly watch everything, what is on your guys top 3 lists

Re: Staying on top of alerts - your top 3

2009-03-11 Thread Sean Martin
This list has always been helpful. - Sean On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:54 AM, David Lum david@nwea.org wrote: I’m trying to stay ahead of security issues in relation to outbreaks, 0-day, and patches. I monitor SANS.ORG http://sans.org/, CNET Security, DOE-CIRC and Securityfocus websites,

RE: Staying on top of alerts - your top 3

2009-03-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Secunia, Period, then Cert, then M$, along with Bugtraq. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent:

RE: OT - Cool Site

2009-03-11 Thread Ziots, Edward
Too bad GE=General Enigma, and they don't bring good things to live, just nightmare ish systems we need to troubleshoot or fix daily. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505

Re: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Mike French mike.fre...@theequitybank.com wrote: One of the three vulnerabilities is in the same JBIG2 image compression format fingered by researchers last month as the root of the bug in Adobe System Inc.'s It seems like FoxIt often ends up issuing

RE: Staying on top of alerts - your top 3

2009-03-11 Thread Alverson, Tom (Xetron)
Patch Management list: PatchManagement.org is hosted by Shavlik Technologies To subscribe go to http://patchmanagement.org/ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Staying on top of alerts - your

Dell OptiPlex FX160

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Scott
Anyone here tried the Dell OptiPlex FX160 hyper-small-form-factor computer running full-blown Windows XP or Vista yet? http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/desktop-optiplex-160 Seems like a sweet little box. Up to 4 GB RAM, 2.5 SATA HD, internal power supply (no line

RE: Question on duel OS booting

2009-03-11 Thread Jeremy Anderson
No issues - EXCEPT DNS. You stated that the DHCP server assigns an IP based on the MAC address. So both OS's will get the same DHCP lease. That's OK. However, each OS with Different hostnames will register its name and IP in DNS. So you will have 2 different A records pointing to the same

RE: OT - Cool Site

2009-03-11 Thread Stu Sjouwerman
Thanks ! Good one for the FAVES in WServerNews this week: Subscribe for free and get all the server related news that Admins need: http://www.wservernews.com/ Warm regards, Stu Sjouwerman Founder, VP Marketing. P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 F: +1-727-562-5199 s...@sunbelt-software.com

Re: OT - Cool Site

2009-03-11 Thread James Kerr
Well, I said cool site, not cool company. We almost went with GE for EMR, medical scheduling, ect. I really wish we had done so, the software we picked is a total nightmare and waste of money and after a few years of dumping ridiculous amounts of money into it we will probably drop it. I was

RE: Staying on top of alerts - your top 3

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
A good RSS reader is a helpful tool to manage all the alerts. It keeps your email box a lot cleaner and lighter. My favorite pick is http://www.newzcrawler.com/features.shtml You can filter, prioritize, flag, etc all incoming feed items. -Sam From: Alverson,

DNS

2009-03-11 Thread Cameron Cooper
Would like some help in resolving this... we have two different sites, our main office and our datacenter. We currently have a leased Point-2-Point T1 running from the datacenter to our main office. There is a DNS and DC at each of the sites, and the DC at our main office holds all of the FSMO

Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160

2009-03-11 Thread Jon Harris
Not yet but that is what we will be doing when and if we get any money to replace aging systems here. Jon On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone here tried the Dell OptiPlex FX160 hyper-small-form-factor computer running full-blown Windows XP or Vista

RE: WS 2008/Exchange 2007 Deployment

2009-03-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
How many mailboxes and how large are your information stores currently? There is really no problem with doing this. You just need to plan properly. Microsoft has great planning and deployment document for Exchange 2007. http://microsoft.com/exchange is the place to start. -Original

RE: DNS

2009-03-11 Thread Troy Meyer
Do you need external ip addresses in DNS at all? If not, don't have those adapters automatically update DNS and remove the entries from your DNS server. I generally don't like the idea of multi-homed servers if possible and would rather have a nice switch do the work for me. You might

RE: Staying on top of alerts - your top 3

2009-03-11 Thread Andy Ognenoff
SANS ISC http://isc.sans.org CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/current Zero Day Blog at ZDNet http://blogs.zdnet.com/security Some other resources I’ve got in my feed reader in addition to all the normal MS and vendor specific blogs: Adobe Product Security Response Team

Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160

2009-03-11 Thread Sean Martin
Haven't played with them yet myself, but they seem like a nice replacement to the HP T57XX Thin Clients we're currently using. Any documentation on what type of legacy ports are available? I poked around the site for a few minutes but didn't see anything. - Sean On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:01 AM,

RE: DNS

2009-03-11 Thread Cameron Cooper
The datacenter was setup before my time here at this company and is actually managed by the company that hosts it. Is there really any point in having multiple NICs in one server? The external NIC on the dc at our datacenter was setup with DNS in case the datacenter's main DNS server went

RE: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Free, Bob
Our Asset Management folks ended up tagging with a barcode/rfid tag for the second generation after the old paper labels. I believe it is based on Motorola Symbol technology but I am not positive, all I know is if it's an IT asset it has a tag on it. I think the concept of a walk-by of your

Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160

2009-03-11 Thread Jeff Bunting
The pictures I looked at showed PS/2 mouse and keyboard and serial port too. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't played with them yet myself, but they seem like a nice replacement to the HP T57XX Thin Clients we're currently using. Any

RE: barcode Printer and Scanner gun

2009-03-11 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
That sounds very cool, I was going to look into RFID tags but wasn't sure if the cost would be worth it From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: barcode Printer and Scanner gun Our Asset Management folks ended up

Re: OT - Cool Site

2009-03-11 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
Sue's to blame. -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM, James Kerr cluster...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I said cool site, not cool company. We almost went with GE for EMR, medical scheduling, ect. I really wish we had done so, the software we picked is a total nightmare and waste of money

RE: Foxit PDF Reader Flaws

2009-03-11 Thread Carl Houseman
I checked earlier this morning, and an hour ago with the reader's check for updates and no update was forthcoming. Just now I checked again and an update was found. Carl -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:peter...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:50 AM To:

Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160

2009-03-11 Thread Sean Martin
I think we're picking up the HP T5730s for between $400 - $600. It looks like the Optiplex 160 is priced in that same range. - Sean On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Matthew W. Ross mr...@ephrataschools.orgwrote: I can't remember, but what was the price? I think they priced themselves out of

RE: WS 2008/Exchange 2007 Deployment

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
Have you evaluated whether the inbox IMF and other message hygiene stuff will meet your needs? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
You definitely need to sysprep. Whatever you're reading is wrong. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: Reimer, Mark

RE: Dell OptiPlex FX160

2009-03-11 Thread Mike Gill
Well, I can't speak for thin clients, but for a small desktop I can't figure out what the selling point is here. I configured one with a dual core Atom processor with Vista Biz, upped the ram to 2GB and added an external DVD drive and the price is $1164. The comparable Mac Mini is $650 and it

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
Yes. Sysprep will unjoin the machine as part of the process. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: richardmccl...@aspca.org

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