Re: [OT] Radiation hardening computers

2009-03-25 Thread Jon Harris
Atomic can cause as much but not as often damage that EM (electromagnetic) radiation can cause. Along with the bit flips that Ben mentioned is the more permanent damage that Gamma radiation can cause. Pitchblende is a Uranium/Radium source ore. Both of those radionuclide's produce mainly Alpha r

Re: Win2K8 DC's not playing nice in Win2K3 domain

2009-03-25 Thread Jon Harris
You might also try killing the firewall on the W2k8 machines just to make sure all is well and good. You can turn it back on later if desired. Jon On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Webster wrote: >*From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > *Subject:* RE: Win2K8 DC's not play

RE: Disk Security - Just found this...

2009-03-25 Thread Ziots, Edward
But if you are dealing in DOD type of environments, they are doing physical destruction of the disks, As for me its DBAN with multiple wipes, and physical destruction on top of it, for extra piece of mind. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security

SAN

2009-03-25 Thread David W. McSpadden
I have a HP MSA70 on a server and I like it. What else is out there that can give me 2-3 TB of storage in a Raid 5 or 10 with Ultra320 speed or better??? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: SAN

2009-03-25 Thread Andy Shook
What an open ended question :) Are you looking for a direct attached solution or iSCSI? HP MSA 2012 (small fiber channel) HP MSA 2012i (you guessed it, iSCSI) Equallogic PS 5000E (my personal favorite of the three) Or any DAS array you want Shook From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org

Re: SAN

2009-03-25 Thread David W. McSpadden
Direct Attached. HP LSI Logic LVD/SE card if possible. - Original Message - From: Andy Shook To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:23 AM Subject: RE: SAN What an open ended question J Are you looking for a direct attached solution or iSCSI?

RE: SAN

2009-03-25 Thread Andy Shook
Do you want to stay with HP or do you care? Shook From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN Direct Attached. HP LSI Logic LVD/SE card if possible. - Original Message - From: Andy Shook

Re: SAN

2009-03-25 Thread David W. McSpadden
As long as it is supported well I don't care. I have a PLASMON Raidtec on another server so I can be flexible. I have a DL380G5 with not PCI cards so I would need to build it out from the DL380 PCI slot. Cables and all. - Original Message - From: Andy Shook To: NT System Admin Is

RE: NOD32 v4

2009-03-25 Thread Stefan Jafs
So no real reason to upgrade then? ___ Stefan Jafs -Original Message- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NOD32 v4 We run it here and at a number of cl

Re: Service Travel fees

2009-03-25 Thread Adam Greene
Just to add one more ... we bill travel time one-way only, at same rate as the network labor ... - Original Message - From: "Cesare' A. Ramos" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:01 AM Subject: RE: Service Travel fees Thanks all for your responses. They

RE: Win2K8 DC's not playing nice in Win2K3 domain

2009-03-25 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Yup, already had. Good suggestion, thanks. -sc From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win2K8 DC's not playing nice in Win2K3 domain You might also try killing the firewall on the W2k8 machines ju

RE: SAN

2009-03-25 Thread Erik Goldoff
considering that SATA drives are under $100 now for a TB size, might be worth looking into direct attached SATA RAID Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:02 AM To: NT Syst

RE: SAN

2009-03-25 Thread mse...@ont.com
Have you looked at Dell Equalogic iSCSI? SATA is too slow except for archieve or low traffic storage. Mike Original Message: - From: David W. McSpadden dav...@imcu.org Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:02:13 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: SAN I have a HP MSA70

A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread David Lum
I have a task where I need to find out how much space files from a certain date range are using - example, how much disk space are all files last modified sometime in 2006 are using. On the server in question, using Explorer's search features it returns 271,000 objects (which is probably accura

Re: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Kevin Lundy
SizeMeNow has a file ages chart. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM, David Lum wrote: > I have a task where I need to find out how much space files from a certain > date range are using – example, how much disk space are all files last > modified sometime in 2006 are using. > > > > On the server in

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Alverson, Tom (Xetron)
Get "Treesize" from "Jam Software". The eval will let you try it out for a while without having to buy it ($50). It will let you set date ranges and then will show you how many MB fall into each range. http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/ From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org]

Re: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Jonathan Link
Universal fall back position, Plan B. Robocopy with the /l switch On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM, David Lum wrote: > I have a task where I need to find out how much space files from a > certain date range are using – example, how much disk space are all files > last modified sometime in 2006

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Webster
> -Original Message- > From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: A quarter million files... > > SizeMeNow has a file ages chart. Shook was a beta tester for SizeMeNow but they didn't report numbers that small. Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

Re: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Jonathan Link
Sorry, too quick on the send. Also need the /minlad switch. Redirect output to a file, and you should be able to open it up on excel, extract the text to columns and you should be good to go. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Jonathan Link wrote: > Universal fall back position, Plan B. > > Roboc

Re: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM, David Lum wrote: > I have a task where I need to find out how much space files from a certain > date range are using – example, how much disk space are all files last > modified sometime in 2006 are using. If you're of the command-line persuasion... Get the U

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread John Aldrich
Have you looked at JDisk Report from JGoodies.com? I don't know if it'll do what you're wanting, but it does a good job of showing disk usage in a nice graphical pie chart. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:27 AM To: NT S

Re: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
+1 on TreeSize, great tool, and very much worth the 50 bucks. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM, David Lum wrote: > > I have a task where I need to find out how much space files from a > certain > > date range are using – example, how much disk

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Christopher Bodnar
+1 We recently got a site license for it. Invaluable for running scheduled reports on file servers. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6

Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread Ralph Smith
A couple of times recently I've had a user mention to me offhandedly that they called a software vendor for tech support and allowed the support person to remotely access their computer to help fix the problem. My initial reaction is to tell the user that in the future they should not do this with

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Jason Morris
I recommend File Insight from Brocade. It's free and generates a nice set of reports. Definitely worth taking a look at if you're undecided. Good Luck, Jason From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: A quarter mill

Re: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread James Rankin
All remote access stuff is blocked by WebSense. We have one vendor who uses Bomgar to provide support for our finance users, but the finance users have to raise a helpdesk case to get us to deploy a shortcut that allows them to run it. If the said remote support group need access to our finance ser

A few Windows licensing question

2009-03-25 Thread Tom Miller
Hi Folks: I have a Windows 2008 domain that is growing as we migrate accounts to Active Directory. I've been purchasing Windows 2008 CALS as I go, and registering them on eOpen. Is there anything I need to do on the Windows servers (or Active Directory) to register them? Tom Confidentiali

RE: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread John Aldrich
We *always* get IT involved. i.e. ME. J Typically the procedure is that the user calls me with a problem, then I call the vendor if I can't figure it out and then, if requested, I will initiate a logmein session or whatever. About the only time this does NOT happen is with our Payroll lady. she ha

Re: NOD32 v4

2009-03-25 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I would imagine engine improvements. Otherwise, it doesnt provide any new functionality via the GUI, except for the SysInspector feature. -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Stefan Jafs wrote: > So no real reason to upgrade then? > > ___ > Stefan Jafs > > -

Re: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
ohhh, snap! :-) -- ME2 On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Webster wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] > > Subject: Re: A quarter million files... > > > > SizeMeNow has a file ages chart. > > Shook was a beta tester for SizeMeNow but they didn't

Re: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread Jon Harris
All but one user is blocked from adding any software to their system, IE they are standard users. On the Vista machines they play nice and make sure that IT's wishes are maintained. XP systems sometimes they can get around this. SCE will find and report all new software and then I come breathing

RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver

2009-03-25 Thread Kelsay, Mark
At the last place I worked they did this. Against my wishes but no one would listen. I found that things working "okay" until the PST got to around 800 - 1000 meg in size. After that things would go south. Locking up Outlook, running really slow, having to run scanpst to fix the problems. Real

RE: NOD32 v4

2009-03-25 Thread Sam Cayze
I would think that feature could be disabled? Or I would hope so... My eSet 3.0 has been very flawless. Sam -Original Message- From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:sj...@amico.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: NOD32 v4 So no real reason to upgr

IIS6 windows authentication question

2009-03-25 Thread Dennis Melahn
Guys, I have an internal website on a domain machine (S2K3) that I would like to keep secure by using windows authentication. It is currently working ok except I would like it to use windows authentication and not prompt the domain users for their credentials. If windows authentication is sele

RE: IIS6 windows authentication question

2009-03-25 Thread Carl Houseman
Are you accessing the website as http://servername or http://fqdn.servername.com ? Try the former if using the latter. Carl -Original Message- From: Dennis Melahn [mailto:den...@advancedav.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IIS6 windows au

RE: IIS6 windows authentication question

2009-03-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
IE Settings? Internet Explorer's Intranet zone security setting must be set to Automatic logon only in Intranet zone. This is the default setting for Internet Explorer. For additional information about Internet Explorer security zones, click the article number below to view the article in the M

RE: IIS6 windows authentication question

2009-03-25 Thread Glen Johnson
Do you have "enable integrated windows authentication" enabled on the browser? I don't think it is on by default. This is in IE options. Not sure if you are using some other browser. -Original Message- From: Dennis Melahn [mailto:den...@advancedav.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:

RE: IIS6 windows authentication question

2009-03-25 Thread Scott Kaufman at HQ
With IE & Integrated Authentication, 99% of the time with this issue, the website is not in the Local Intranet zone. IE6 & 7 by default enables Integrated Authentication. However, only the Local Intranet zone is configured to automatically logon. As a previous poster said, if the URL is just

Re: SAN

2009-03-25 Thread Ski Kacoroski
Another idea is the Open-E software (I used siliconmechanics.com as the reseller). It works well for me and does iscsi and nas. ski On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 08:02 -0400, David W. McSpadden wrote: > I have a HP MSA70 on a server and I like it. > > What else is out there that can give me 2-3 TB of

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
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RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
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RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread John Cook
Some things never change.. My condolences Angus, I feel your pain. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ -Original

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 > -Original Message- > From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:51 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: A quarter million files... > > T24gMjUgTWFyIDIwMDkgYXQgOTowNSwgSmFzb24gTW9ycmlzICB3cm90ZToNCg0KPiBJIHJ > lY29t > bWVuZC

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread John Aldrich
+1 here as well -Original Message- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: A quarter million files... Some things never change.. My condolences Angus, I feel your pain. John W. Cook Systems Ad

shared folder question

2009-03-25 Thread Joe Heaton
My gut tells me this is possible, but I haven't played with it yet. I want to setup a folder, for each of our units here, as a place for users to drop their timesheets for approval/processing. I'd like it to be setup in such a way that the user has the rights to put the timesheet in, but no

ADUC Query Question

2009-03-25 Thread John Hornbuckle
Being a small shop, I don't use ADUC queries very often--so forgive my ignorance! I need a query of all users who are NOT in a certain group. For the life of me, I can't quite figure out how to get that one. Can someone point me in the right direction? John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor C

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 25 Mar 2009 at 8:50, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > T24gMjUgTWFyIDIwMDkgYXQgOTowNSwgSmFzb24gTW9ycmlzICB3cm90ZToNCg0KPiBJIHJl > Y29t Dagnab it! Apologies, Lyris just doesn't like something in my replies ... Let's try this as a NEW message rather than a reply. Direct download link: http://www.

Re: shared folder question

2009-03-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Joe Heaton wrote: > I want to setup a folder, for each of our units here, as a place for users > to drop their timesheets for approval/processing.  I’d like it to be setup > in such a way that the user has the rights to put the timesheet in, but not > to access an

Re: shared folder question

2009-03-25 Thread Erik Goldoff
you could give only create permissions On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Joe Heaton wrote: > My gut tells me this is possible, but I haven’t played with it yet. > > > > > > I want to setup a folder, for each of our units here, as a place for users > to drop their timesheets for approval/process

RE: shared folder question

2009-03-25 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Creator Owner permissions so they create their own and get full control but since they didn't create anyone elses they can't get to that. Below is a guide to auto-creating home folders that goes along the same lines that will get you going in the right direction. http://support.microsoft.com/kb

Re: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Ralph Smith wrote: > What do other list members think about allowing vendor support to use > LogMeIn, Webex or any of the many other similar systems to take over > workstations for troubleshooting? This has been discussed in-depth on this list within the past

RE: IIS6 windows authentication question

2009-03-25 Thread Dennis Melahn
Thanks guys. I was hung up trying to do this from the server end. I had to do both, add the trusted site and change authentication in IE to "Automatic logon with username and password" and it works fine. Now to see if I can push that out with group policy. Dennis ~ Finally, powerful endpo

RE: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 25 Mar 2009 at 8:50, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > T24gMjUgTWFyIDIwMDkgYXQgOTowNSwgSmFzb24gTW9ycmlzICB3cm90ZToNCg0KPiBJIHJlY29t Dagnab it! Direct download link: http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/support_plans/FileInsight/FileInsigh tSetup.2.0.1b.zip -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, T

RE: Can not open PST files

2009-03-25 Thread Kevan Dickinson
Thank you to all that have replied offering advice. We rebooted the server but still could not access the PST files so we have begun copying the PST Files to users local drives. What can people suggest as the best way to now backup these PST files to the network. As a temporary measure

RE: VMware VDI?

2009-03-25 Thread Craig Gauss
Problem solved and I feel like an idiot. I forgot to install the View client on the template machine. Ugh! From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: VMware VDI? Is it set

RE: Can not open PST files

2009-03-25 Thread Andy Ognenoff
I use Retrospect with the open file backup add-on. PST's, along with the desktop, .nk2 file, and signatures get backed up once a week.  - Andy O. From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:kevan.dickin...@cmi-plc.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:30 AM To: NT S

RE: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread Ralph Smith
Thanks. Now that you mention it I do recall that thread. If I remember correctly it was more about remote methods used for internal tech support or for supporting clients, but it's the same issues. > -Original Message- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, Ma

RE: Can not open PST files

2009-03-25 Thread David Lum
PC's auto power-on at 5:30am. Virus scans run, then (if applicable) Windows Updates + reboot, then .PST files are copied to a NAS device, all before 8:00am start time so no open file agents required and users aren't bothered. The PST backup tool you're using seems a reasonable solution as well.

Re: A quarter million files...

2009-03-25 Thread Steven Peck
I do not know that this method would be any better/worse then the various tools and utilities being suggested but I had a few free minutes and thought I would learn something from figuring it out in PowerShell (with supplemental google searches :). PS PS:\> $a = get-childitem -recurse | where-obj

RE: Can not open PST files

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 25 Mar 2009 at 17:29, Kevan Dickinson wrote: > What can people suggest as the best way to now backup these PST files to the > > network. > > As a temporary measure I have installed the Microsoft PST backup tool that > copies the PST Files up to the Network when a user closes Outlook. > >

Re: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 25 Mar 2009 at 14:15, James Rankin wrote: > All remote access stuff is blocked by WebSense. We have one vendor who uses > Bomgar to provide support for our finance users, Me, too. I don't like Bomgar as it installs a new instance of the software for each support call, and it doesn't clean

Re: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 25 Mar 2009 at 14:15, James Rankin wrote: Me, too. I don't like Bomgar as it installs a new instance of the software for each support call, and it doesn't clean up behind itself after each call. A [I'm troubleshooting the BASE64 issue with some tests in different ways to reply in Pegasus

Re: Policy on Remote Tech Support

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 25 Mar 2009 at 14:15, James Rankin wrote: > We have one vendor who uses Bomgar to provide support for our finance users, Me, too. I don't like Bomgar as it installs a new instance of the software for each support call, and it doesn't clean up behind itself after each call. A [I'm trouble

event log

2009-03-25 Thread SMREKAR, JACK
Does anyone know of a program or VB script that will get me the data from the event logs. I can get all the other information but cannot find a way to get the data of the events. I have looked for programs and scripts but have not found anything that will fit what I am doing. This is for a Win

Re: Disk Security - Just found this...

2009-03-25 Thread Kurt Buff
What's worse is that while physical destruction is "good enough" for those departments that need it, they then have the problem of "how do we know it was really destroyed?" This leads to warehousing of old drives, which is starting to add up. Paranoia has more costs than we can imagine... On Tue

Re: ADUC Query Question

2009-03-25 Thread Eric Woodford
Check out my blog post on a similar topic. Thanks to Google's Cached Pages, you can read the post even though the server is being rebuilt. http://tinyurl.com/cwj4zy On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:22 AM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > Being a small shop, I don't use AD

Re: event log

2009-03-25 Thread Jeff Bunting
Event Comb http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308471 On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:49 PM, SMREKAR, JACK wrote: > Does anyone know of a program or VB script that will get me the data from > the event logs. I can get all the other information but cannot find a way to > get the data of the events. > > >

RE: event log

2009-03-25 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I'm guessing that you have already looked at the Win32_NTLogEvent class. It has a data property. What happens when you try to retrieve this from the event you are trying to trap? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life

Re: Weird Windows icon

2009-03-25 Thread Eric Woodford
you replicating this folder to a network drive? On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:36 AM, James Rankin wrote: > > Mornin’ all > > Over the last few weeks I have been seeing this icon on the Windows folder > on my own PC > > > > > > Anyone have any idea what this means? My Google-fu reveals nothing :-(

Compact the ntds.dit

2009-03-25 Thread Brumbaugh, Luke
Has anyone ever heard of defragging or compacting the ntds.dit file once a month? According to these videos I have to study from, the guy sez once a month, heck I never did it and non of the engineers here has ever heard of doing it. It's not like we have a revolving door here, 2 or 3 accounts a

RE: ADUC Query Question

2009-03-25 Thread John Hornbuckle
That one doesn't quite apply to what I'm looking for, unless I'm just misreading. Here's what my query is looking like so far: (&(&(|(&(objectCategory=person)(objectSid=*)(!samAccountType:1.2.840.113556.1.4.804:=3))(&(objectCategory=person)(!objectSid=*))(&(objectCategory=group)(groupType:1.2.84

RE: Win2K8 DC's not playing nice in Win2K3 domain

2009-03-25 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Ensured that all hosts point at DC01 for primary DNS. Secondary DNS is 127.0.0.1 DCPROMO'd DC02 down. Removed DNS Rebooted. DCPROMO'd back up. DNS reinstalled automagically. No errors. Still no love. No netlogon or sysvol shares. Hmmph. -sc From: Michael B. Smith [ma

Replication Issue - Cross Posting

2009-03-25 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
I have an interesting issue that has been happening for almost 6 weeks now. Every Wed. at approximately 1:40-1:45 PM, one of our domain controllers basically becomes totally unresponsive, causing the other two DC's to become effectively useless, AND causes the Exchange server to become unresponsive

RE: Can not open PST files

2009-03-25 Thread David Lum
See...if you do everything before the users even log in you avoid this whole mess :-) Dave -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can not open PST files On 25 Mar 2009 at

RE: Replication Issue - Cross Posting

2009-03-25 Thread John Cook
Anything going on with DNS replication when this happens? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: Sherry Abercrombie [ma

RE: ADUC Query Question

2009-03-25 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I just ran this and it does what you are looking for: 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: john.hornb

RE: ADUC Query Question

2009-03-25 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Sorry hit send too soon on the last one: Here is the LDAP string. Worked fine in our environment: (objectCategory=user)(!memberOf=CN=MyGroupName,OU=OUNameHere,DC=YourDomain ,DC=com) Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Gu

RE: Compact the ntds.dit

2009-03-25 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I have heard of compacting the AD DB, but not as a regular maintenance task. Take a look at this: http://www.petri.co.il/active_directory_offline_defragmentation.htm If you had a very large number of objects deleted and you wanted to reclaim the space, I would say do it as a one-time proced

Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Jacob
Okay. this has stumped me for two day. XP machine. Windows does not recognize the keyboard (PS2 or USB). I can use the keyboard to access BIOS, but not safe mode or windows. The keyboard does work in other workstations without any issues. Both USB and PS/2 mice work. I can log on via rem

Re: ADUC Query Question

2009-03-25 Thread Eric Woodford
You can't use the group name, but need to put the Distinguished name of the group into the query. The blog post simply says were to find and/or how to build it. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:13 PM, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > That one doesn’t quite apply to what I’m

Re: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Ens
Any setting in the BIOS? On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Jacob wrote: > *Okay… this has stumped me for two day.* > > * * > > *XP machine. Windows does not recognize the keyboard (PS2 or USB).* > > * * > > *I can use the keyboard to access BIOS, but not safe mode or windows. The > keyboard doe

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Carl Houseman
This keyboard works on other machines, what about other keyboards on this machine? Boot a BartPE or UBCD4WIN CD to verify there's not a software cause. A poorly written keylogger might interfere with the keyboard under Windows. Carl From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent:

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Jacob
I enabled USB keyboard.. nothing in regards to ps/2 From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows does not recongize keyboard Any setting in the BIOS? On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Jacob wrote: Oka

Re: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Phil Brutsche
Did you try a complete power-off - including pulling the power cord out - and letting it sit for a minute or 2? Even if the machine is turned off - but plugged into wall power - certain components are still energized, among them the PS/2 and USB ports - that's how power buttons on keyboards are ab

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Jacob
Other keyboard on this machine do not work.. tried four keyboards. I can get to BIOS on all 4, jut not windows. I will try the UBCD4WIN. I ran malware bytes. nothing. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues S

Re: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Steve Ens
And if you can get to the BIOS, that means keyboard works on the hardware So reimaging time? I'd wipe it and start over. On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Jacob wrote: > Other keyboard on this machine do not work.. tried four keyboards. I can > get to BIOS on all 4, jut not windows. > > >

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Jacob
I would. and I think I am headed down that road. It operates are security camera system and it is a pain in the @$$ to redo the mappings for each camera. Well. I just I unplugged the power. Now, I can hit return or the space bar to get to "Logon Help" and keys beep. But CTRL+ATL+DEL does

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Reimer, Mark
Jacob, Two things: 1. Is this a USB keyboard in a USB port? I've had issues where the USB keyboard (and mice) doesn't recognize right away, but leave it for a minute or so, then all is well. Only happens when the keyboard is used in a computer for the first time. 2. Is this a U

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Jacob
Eh. screw it. Just set it up to auto logon and I can use the keyboard in XP. Still cannot get to safe mode though and CRTL+ALT+DEL does not work in XP. From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: W

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Jacob
USB to an USB port and I waited a few minutes. All I have are the green ones. From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard Jacob, Two things: 1. Is t

Re: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
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question on access

2009-03-25 Thread Thomas Gonzalez
So we have a staff member, who decided without consulting within her department about files no longer being used! Low and behold, she deleted some of those documents, roughly 200+. No problem, winundelete, I was able to recover about 150+. With that said, I was asked, could I remove delete opti

RE: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Jacob
I typed in that security code, but it still did not work :P -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows does not recongize keyboard T24gMjUgTWFyIDIwMDkgYXQgMTQ6MTksIEphY2

Re: Windows does not recongize keyboard

2009-03-25 Thread Steven Peck
Years ago, in Windows 2000 there were some registry keys that could disable the keyboard or mouse. Some folks in a development department where I worked liked to play 'practical jokes' on each other and one of them was to mess with these keys remotely. Not sure if this might be an issue for you.

RE: question on access

2009-03-25 Thread Ben Schorr
Depends somewhat on what kind of file system you're talking about. On Windows Servers it's not too tricky to remove delete permissions from a share or folder. On some NAS devices it can be a little more difficult - depending upon how granular you want to get. In any event you do have backups

Re: question on access

2009-03-25 Thread Sean Martin
Does this user have a history of malicious intent or was this a one-time, honest mistake? I'd be inclined to show her the error of her ways, make her sign a written policy regarding the deletion of data if need be, and move on. "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems.

Re: question on access

2009-03-25 Thread Sean Martin
Ben, Please get out of my head. :) - Sean On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Sean Martin wrote: > Does this user have a history of malicious intent or was this a one-time, > honest mistake? I'd be inclined to show her the error of her ways, make her > sign a written policy regarding the deletio

RE: IIS6 windows authentication question

2009-03-25 Thread Ken Schaefer
Hi, I *don't* think this is the way you want to do this. The way you are configuring the browser *any* website can start harvesting usernames and/or passwords. IE will auto logon in the *Intranet* zone when using Integrated Windows Authentication. So you just need to put the site into the Intr

RE: question on access

2009-03-25 Thread Ken Schaefer
Agreed - if this is one-off then I'd not take such drastic steps. Explain the impact, ask her to refrain from doing it again. Also, don't you have Shadow Copies enabled? And backups? Cheers Ken From: Sean Martin [seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 26 March

RE: Compact the ntds.dit

2009-03-25 Thread Free, Bob
Good time to chuck that video if that is indicative of the quality of the guy's advice. Would have been fun if he was at the ESE session I attended today with one of the primary ESE devswho doesn't suffer a fool well. You only need to do it if there is some gain to be had, like after a big migr

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