RE: Registry Cleaners

The cleaner in spybot is slightly better, in that it asks for confirmation before every change. After a virus removal and a major tidy then we look at the results and usually run a single pass. I like to know what each entry is and over time you learn what you can safely remove. Occasionally thi

RE: Conflicker detector

OK - another short attack from a machine on the same subnet as yesterday's only lasted 10 minutes. Will keep you updated. Andy Crellin Technical Services Manager Leonard Cheshire Disability Telephone: 01904 479200 E-mail: andy.crel...@lcdisability.org -Original Message- From: Kennedy,

RE: Offline Files Question

We've not run into any app compatibility issues with it. The only files we make available offline are My Documents (and the related stuff like My Music) and the desktop. We use folder redirection for these so that users' files will automatically be backed up to a server. Because we want them to

Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

but I need to know how to assign the right to install software to a particular user. Somewhere in user rights assignment ought have this, but it's not explicit. Would "Log on as a service" and/or "Act as part of the OS" do this? Note that this would not be an actual person using the deskto

nmap and EMC Sans

Has anyone had any issues running the newer nmap builds against a EMC SAN? I got a bunch of TCP warnings from my SAN yesterday as I was doing an nmap scan. I'm not 100% if they're correlated or not. I don't want to run another scan right now to determine if it's definitally a correlation since this

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

A user has to be a local administrator to install software. Anything less would not be reliable. So script adding the user to the local admins group, do your install, then remove from the group. Another choice is to run the install as a startup script. Carl From: richardmccl...@asp

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

Thanks! However, since I've already entered the realm of dumb questions, how does one script adding a local admin? The alternative might be to add the temporary install account to the DomainAdmins group, but that sounds truly reckless. -- Richard "Carl Houseman" wrote on 04/02/2009 08:18:01

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

>From The Scripting Guys: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/oct04/hey1008.mspx On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:30 AM, wrote: > > Thanks! > > However, since I've already entered the realm of dumb questions, how does > one script adding a local admin? > > The alternative migh

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:56 AM, wrote: > Note that this would not be an actual person using the desktop systems but > rather would be a "user" scripted in an install procedure.  This user would > then be disabled once the installs are completed. Does the software have to be installed as a part

RE: OT: Bandwidth Splitting?

Hmm...we have a SonicWall Pro 2040 with Enhanced OS so maybe I'll dig into that. Thanks. Thanks to the others for suggestions - I have very little *nix experience so its probably a non-starter to try to use IPtables and such. - Andy O. >-Original Message- >From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:p.

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

net localgroup Administrators username /add 2009/4/2 > > Thanks! > > However, since I've already entered the realm of dumb questions, how does > one script adding a local admin? > > The alternative might be to add the temporary install account to the > DomainAdmins group, but that sounds truly r

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

We're needing to push installs of MS Elephant Droppings - oops! - I mean Office 2007 -- Richard Ben Scott wrote on 04/02/2009 09:00:16 AM: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:56 AM, wrote: > > Note that this would not be an actual person using the desktop systems but > > rather would be a "user" scr

Re: Conflicker detector

Conficker Eye Chart - Easy detector. http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

ROFL‼ that’s a good description of it! J It has really created problems here for us since about half the admin staff has Office 2007 and the other half has Office 2003 or earlier.. and the convertor doesn’t seem to work that well for some of my users, for no apparent reason! John-AldrichTil

RE: OT: Bandwidth Splitting?

Can't you add a static route that says these sites go to this IP and all the rest go to the other? Although, that may be difficult to forward all the other traffic through the T1 and not the Metro-E. _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports

Re: Conflicker detector

Ha! Thats a great idea! -- ME2 On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Robert Cato wrote: > > Conficker Eye Chart - Easy detector. > http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Conflicker detector

I might put that on our intranet home page - "if you can't see all these images, call me" 2009/4/2 Micheal Espinola Jr > Ha! Thats a great idea! > > -- > ME2 > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Robert Cato wrote: > >> >> Conficker Eye Chart - Easy detector. >> http://www.confickerworkinggr

Re: Conflicker detector

I love it!! On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Robert Cato wrote: > > Conficker Eye Chart - Easy detector. > http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Conflicker detector

I'm thinking that if one put the base URLs for those images in one's WPAD you could successfully mitigate the proxy issue the page discusses. Is this correct? There is also a potential security risk in doing that should any of those sites be compromised, but it's a thought for those wanting to do t

Can't delete printer

I have a 2003 print server that someone added three printers with the following names. SPP1,15 SPP1,16 SPP1,17 When I go to delete them I get the following message. Printer cannot be removed. Either the printer name is typed incorrectly, or the specified printer has lost its connection to

RE: Conflicker detector

Just published this into our intranet...this was greatthanks for sharing -Original Message- From: Candee Vaglica [mailto:can...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Conflicker detector I love it!! On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:11 AM,

RE: Can't delete printer

You might not be able to do this during the day, but try stopping the Print Spooler Service and then deleting them. Don Subject: Can't delete printer Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 08:55:20 -0600 From: d...@parkviewmc.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I have a 2003 print server th

RE: Can't delete printer

I did that and it wants the spooler service turned on. From: Don Guyer [mailto:dongu...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't delete printer You might not be able to do this during the day, but try stopping the Print Spooler Service

Redundant Print Servers--New Question

So, I've been following this thread closely as we have recently been thinking about creating some sort of better redundancy for our main print server. Right now, I have printmig set up to export daily--we could do the import and re-point people to another server in a pinch. We don't need to be

RE: OT: Bandwidth Splitting?

How many sites/addresses do you forsee wanting on the Metro-E ? I still think, if a reasonable number of sites, that a static routing table would be pretty simple to setup Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyog

OT: anybody collect old processors ?

I've got an Intel DX4-100 chip in plastic that I got for an evaluation back in 1993 or so ... tried it once in a 486/25 system, and put it back in the box. Just found it again today. Anyone collect old processors that would want this for just shipping cost, or should I just trash it ??? Erik G

Roaming Vista and XP Profiles

Have a small client with about a dozen users with roaming XP profiles. Now introducing the first Vista machine to the mix. It looks like the recommended way of doing this is to use folder redirection via GPO and point all of the Vista folders to the XP profile location. Is that the general consen

RE: Can't delete printer

Stop the spooler service and delete the queues from the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers \mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Can't delete printer I have a 2003 print server t

RE: Can't delete printer

Then do it from the registry. HLKEY-USERS->S-1-5-21-ETC. -->Printers-->Connections You may have to look through all the user profiles. -Z.V. From: Don Guyer [mailto:dongu...@live.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't delete printer You might

RE: anybody collect old processors ?

I have some Pentium Pro 150/200s laying around also.. Any takers? ;-) From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: anybody collect old processors ? I've got an Intel DX4-100 chip in plastic that I got for an

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:10 AM, wrote: > We're needing to push installs of MS Elephant Droppings - oops! - I mean > Office 2007 I haven't read the deployment docs for 2007 yet, but doesn't it allow a manged install with MSI the way 2003 did? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

No, it does not. One can make an "install file", but it only collects installation options. It will not install Office. -- 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: 21

RE: OT: Bandwidth Splitting?

>How many sites/addresses do you forsee wanting on the Metro-E ? I still >think, if a reasonable number of sites, that a static routing table would >be pretty simple to setup I'm thinking something like 5-10 sites on the Metro-E for now. In looking at the SonicWall policy based routing (thanks P

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

Have you checked out this document: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179214.aspx ? From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question... No, it does not.

Re: Registry Cleaners

I remember quite awhile ago while I was taking some classes, we would play "registry roulette" with the lab PCs. We would just randomly delete registry keys until the machine puked - Sean On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Michael Hoffman wrote: > The cleaner in spybot is slightly better, in

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

Take a look at these two articles. I think they might accomplish what you're looking for: Deploy the 2007 Office system to users who are not administrators http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178988.aspx Use Group Policy to assign computer startup scripts for 2007 Office deployment http

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

We used this procedure and it works great for new installs. We've never gotten it to correctly remove previous versions but for new machines it works great. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179214.aspx From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thur

RE: OT: Bandwidth Splitting?

OK, good luck with it... For only 5 or 10 sites, I'd set the default gateway to the internet out the T1, and then put a static route for each known IP pointing to the Metro-E router address ... But if the Sonic Wall will do it for you, go for it. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, &

RE: anybody collect old processors ?

Tiime to make a desk: http://www.tecfre.com/awesome-cpu-desk-picture-geeky-diy-project/ From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: anybody collect old processors ? I have some

RE: Strange VM problem; CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work

I believe that is expected behavior as there are special protections around session 0 prior to the Vista/Longhorn era when console users stopped getting session 0. From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: anybody collect old processors ?

Actually, I'd be interested. I'll add it to my little display with a 386, 387 (mathco) and p4 processors. Contact me offlist. ericwoodford at gmail.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Jacob wrote: > I have some Pentium Pro 150/200s laying around also.. Any takers? ;-) > > > > *From:* Erik Go

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

I know it's not full-blown Office, but we pushed out the O2k7 Compatibility pack via GPO. I wouldn't even think about pushing the full copy of Office over our network, that would take "mad" bandwidth. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Don Guyer wrote: > I wouldn’t even think about pushing the full copy of Office over our > network, that would take “mad” bandwidth. All our installs of Win XP and Office 2003 are done via network. Boot from RIS and hit a few keys, and come back later when it's do

RE: Where to find this information

We use the same type of service with Katharion. Works very well. www.katharion.com Jay From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Where to find this information Depending on the size of your organ

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM, wrote: >> I haven't read the deployment docs for 2007 yet, but doesn't it >> allow a manged install with MSI the way 2003 did? > > No, it does not.  One can make an "install file", but it only collects > installation options.  It will not install Office. You

Time to relax content filters?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

You must be new here. On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM, wrote: > >> I haven't read the deployment docs for 2007 yet, but doesn't it > >> allow a manged install with MSI the way 2003 did? > > > > No, it does not. One can make an "install file

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

It would go out via BITS, so would it really make that much of a difference? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Is

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

Yeah, I should have been more specific. We've been kicking the idea around to store the installer on each LAN and pointing the GPO to that source. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought BITS was used for Windows Updates and other HTTP-related services? 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...@p

Re: Where to find this information

And how about MXLogic? Anyone have anything bad to say about them? On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Jay Dale wrote: > We use the same type of service with Katharion. Works very well. > > > > www.katharion.com > > > > Jay > > > > *From:* Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] > *Sent:* Wedne

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

I am almost positive with Office 2k7 the installer is copied locally so it will get pushed out no matter how you do it. AKA, there is not network installation anymore. Unless of course you shipped it on CD/DVD to everyone. I could be wrong of course. Bob From: Don Guyer [mailto:

OTish: Googles Servers

Quite interesting hardware design... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html?nl=tech&emc=tech ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Time to relax content filters?

Not. 2009/4/2 Jonathan Link : > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342 > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Time to relax content filters?

I think not, Facebook is personal stuff not to be done on company time. Unless you like paying people to work on there facebook page and talk with there friends, etc etc rather doing the work they are supposed to be doing and getting paid for. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespa

Re: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

LOL! On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:05, Jonathan Link wrote: > You must be new here. > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Ben Scott wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM,   wrote: >> >>   I haven't read the deployment docs for 2007 yet, but doesn't it >> >> allow a manged install with MSI the w

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

My bad, I was thinking SMS not GPO..SMS *CAN* use BITS depending on how the SMS server and SMS package are configured. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, April

RE: OTish: Googles Servers

LOL, nothing like April 1 articles -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OTish: Googles Servers Quite interesting hardware design... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.htm

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

Thanks, that's good to know, since we're (hopefully) implementing SCCM later this year. Don From: david@nwea.org To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:25:58 -0700 Subject: RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question... My bad, I was thinking SMS not GPO..SMS *CAN

Re: OT: anybody collect old processors ?

If it is one of the hard grey/brown ceramic chips, they make one of the best knife sharpening ceramics ever. With the pins on the bottom sticking the chip into an old piece of short knap carpet they stay put and keep your fingers out of the blade and with a little honing oil or Marvel Mystery Oil t

RE: Perhaps a dumb GPO question...

This might be helpful too: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/47201/does-microsoft-systems-management-server-sms-2003-use-server-message-block-smb-or-background-intelligent-transfer-service-bits-to-download-software-to-clients.html has a length of 211 characters and resulted in the follow

Re: OTish: Googles Servers

That's not an April Fool's article and it's not a joke. It just happened to be published on April Fool's. I've heard in the past that Google custom-designs their computers, but this is the first time I've seen any pictures or hard technical details. David Lum wrote: > LOL, nothing like April 1 ar

Re: Strange VM problem; CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work

Well, I knew you can't logoff session 0 remotely, which is why I tried with psexec. I wasn't sure what context that would be under, but thought I'd get an access denied error like you would if you tried to logoff remotely. Either way, I rebooted the system last night and that fixed the problem.

Re: Where to find this information

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > And how about MXLogic?  Anyone have anything bad to say about them? We signed up for them less than a year ago. Not impressed. It does stop most spam, but there's more to mail filtering than blocking spam. If the *only* thing I cared a

Re: Time to relax content filters?

2009/4/2 Jonathan Link : > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010342 Hey boss! Alcohol makes better employees! *hic* -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Time to relax content filters?

Maybe at the Sam Adams Brewery it does : ) Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:45 P

Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Greetings! I have a Win2003 "Native" AD domain. I have been asked to see about upgrading this to R2... 1. I do not have R2 media appropriate for this 2. I am having difficulties determining if there is a price for this upgrade (Win2003 "Standard" to Win2003 R2). >From what I've read, there i

RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

You'd need to pay for it if you don't have Software Assurance. >From an AD perspective there is no change (just some schema updates to support >R2 features). Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ Microsoft MVP

RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Why do they want you to upgrade? The one thing I recently learned is R2 comes with Federation Services which lets you say...connect MS Communicator to MSN Messenger / Yahoo! IM, etc. Federation is explained here: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Window-Server-2003-R2-New-Act

RE: Where to find this information

>>>And how about MXLogic? Anyone have anything bad to say about them? Tried their Spam solution once directly, and once with Sprint re-branding it. Each time was a nightmare. Horrid Experience. Terrible filters. A huge, unacceptable percentage of legitimate mail was blocked. I would have had

Re: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Vista/Server 2008 SP2 is very very close, reportedly it's on Microsoft Connect and has probably been leaked by now... David Lum wrote: > However, unless they have a specific set of items that require R2 vs > 2003 standard I don’t know that it’s worth it, especially since 2008 is > out and at SP1.

RE: OT: anybody collect old processors ?

yes, it is, but also has some surface mount components and an attached heat sink... I'll just use my knife sharpener for the knife ( or an upside down coffee cup ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Len Hammond [mailto:lenhamm...@gmail.com] Sent:

RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

For the non-profit pages you’re looking at – is that MS Open Charity? I do work for a non-profit and I got quoted $333 for Win 2008 Enterprise under Open Charity which you can just use downgrade rights to get to Win 2K3 R2 (and either Standard or Enterprise.) Do they even sell open license Win2k3

RE: WS03 to WS08 Upgrade installation

Just wanted to report back to the group on this one, for anyone interested. Did an in-place upgrade of a WS03 x64 R2 (Standard SP2) domain controller (AD, DNS, and KMS) server to WS08x64. As per testing, with each step along the way I stopped and read the documentation links that were presented

RE: Can't delete printer

That printer is not there. What's weird is I created the printer again and I get the same error but different names. SPP1,0 SPP1,1 From: Vue, Za [mailto:z...@emory.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't delete printer Then do it from t

RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

That's an OCS feature and AFAIK has nothing to do with ADFS in its current form... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs? Why

Re: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

If you're going to spend the money just get volume licensed Server 2008 with Software Assurance, you'll get 2003 R2 via downgrade rights and the ability to go with 2008 (or 2008 R2, provided it's out within 2 years) somewhere down the line. As for getting pricing, I've had horrible luck getting no

Re: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

That is correct. Andy Ognenoff wrote: > Do they even sell open license Win2k3 anymore? I thought you had to buy > Win2k8 and downgrade to use Win2k3. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Where to find this information

Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. I've been having a two week long battle with them now over lost mail, some of it from this list. I was apprehensive about the lack of logging at the time we agreed to try it. I can flip my MX records back to our previous filter, along with duplica

Re: OT: anybody collect old processors ?

I like to brush my hair with old cpus, the pentium pro I have here is great for when I'm in a long thinking session. - Original Message - From: Erik Goldoff To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:12 PM Subject: RE: OT: anybody collect old processors ?

RE: Can't delete printer

How about under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers? From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:d...@parkviewmc.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't delete printer That printer is not there. What's weird is I created the printe

Re: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Something else to consider as to pricing. Still, unless I can get hold of "Standard" R2 Disk 2, then I'll need to build a new machine (including the physical). Should I persue the "TechSoup" lead? -- Richard Phil Brutsche wrote on 04/02/2009 02:21:23 PM: > If you're going to spend the money

RE: Time to relax content filters?

Or, hire productive workers. We could care less about this stuff. If we banned personal stuff at the office, our employees will quit doing their work-related stuff at home after hours. Our staff pretty much works 24/7, they do it damn well, and very hard. So we need to cut them a break. If th

RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Nope, it doesn't have anything to do with ADFS. OCS Public IM Connectivity is a monthly per user license fee of $1-2. Here is a good summary of it: http://www.ocspedia.com/Misc/Public_IM_Connectivity.htm OCS federation allows you to federate with other OCS orgs at no additional cost beyond scal

Re: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

If you get VL Server 2008 - with or without SA - they give you both CD images for 2003 R2. And DVD images for Server 2008. And the product keys for for both. I would absolutely pursue TechSoup! richardmccl...@aspca.org wrote: > > Something else to consider as to pricing. Still, unless I can get

Re: Time to relax content filters?

Taxes??? Taxact.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > Or, hire productive workers. > > We could care less about this stuff. If we banned personal stuff at the > office, our employees will quit doing their work-related stuff at home after > hours. > Our staff pretty much works

RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Since you're a Non-Profit, you should check out TechSoupStock - http://www.techsoup.com. Sean Rector, MCSE From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win 2003 to R2 costs? Greetings! I h

RE: Time to relax content filters?

Exactly what's open in my browser right now :) From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Time to relax content filters? Taxes??? Taxact.com On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:31

RE: Can't delete printer

That's a winner! Thanks dave From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can't delete printer How about under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Printers? From: Eldrid

RE: Where to find this information

I think they've gotten better, Sam. We switched to them when we switched ISP's. Very, very false positives. Spam getting through dropped by 95%, at least. Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Memorial Medical Center 231-845-2319 _ From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com

RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Whoops...as already listed - techsoup.org... Sean Rector, MCSE From: Sean Rector [mailto:sean.rec...@vaopera.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs? Since you're a Non-Profit, you should check out TechSoupStock - http://

RE: OTish: Googles Servers

Awesome read. Thanks for sharing. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OTish: Googles Servers Quite interesting hardware design... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html?nl

Re: Win 2003 to R2 costs?

Or Consistent Computer Bargains John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud From: Sean Rector To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thu Apr 02 15:37:55 2009 Subject: RE: Win 2003 to R2 costs? Since y

RE: Where to find this information

On 1 Apr 2009 at 17:33, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > Depending on the size of your organization, if you're kinda small like us, > we've been loving our hosted spam filtering at this company > www.onlymyemail.com. You forward your MX to them, and firewall off port 25 so > your servers only get mail

Microsoft patches for March, specifically PowerShell 1.0

Hi folks, Does anyone have a good reason why I should install this "patch" (Powershell) on my XP machines? Is there something coming down the pike that will make use of PowerShell, or something currently that needs it? I don't have anything needing it locally, and don't foresee any need for

Re: Time to relax content filters?

Why aren't you waiting until the last minute? :-) On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > Exactly what's open in my browser right now :) > > -- > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:37 PM > *To:* N

Re: OTish: Googles Servers

Its an ugly datacenter for some but I like custom builds. - Original Message - From: "Kurt Buff" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:20 PM Subject: OTish: Googles Servers Quite interesting hardware design... http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.h

Re: OTish: Googles Servers

+1 Everything else I've read in that article jives with other stuff I'd read before. The server is not enclosed, run equipment to peak efficiency to get the least amount of waste heat possible. I did not know about the battery backup at the server level, which makes sense based on the description

RE: Microsoft patches for March, specifically PowerShell 1.0

No concerns, but learning Pshell in the long run will make working and scripting on your systems a boat load easier... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 _

Re: For all of those that think facebook at work is acceptable

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > So imagine, if you are letting these types of things in, you are basically > opening yourself up for attack. Of course, that statement really applies to web browsing in general. There's tons of nasty stuff on the Internet. Not all of it i

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