Re: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
If the system has any audio when it reports that the definations are updated it may cause issues with the less tech savy folks. I have a couple of home users who's kids report parents jumping up from the system and calling one of them when it happens. That is the home version so I don't know if

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
When the person telling you Mac's don't get virii and he is the one holding the purse strings I don't argue a whole lot. We have to keep a person on staff just to get his documents/presentations/worksheets converted to something the Windows users can work with. I dislike the situation but I do

DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jim Dandy
I've read some about the DHCP 80-20 rule but I'm not sure I really understand it. Here are two questions. 1) Why 80-20? Why not 50-50? If one server fails, wouldn't it be better for the other server to have a larger range from which to distribute addresses? 2) Let's say everything is working

Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

2009-05-01 Thread David Elebute
Here is one that I hope I can get a bit of insight on: Desktop shortcut keeps disappearing from All Users/Desktop location The server is Windows 2003 R2 - Setup as Terminal Services Server No user will own up to deletion (of course...) How can i find out who/when the shortcut is being

Re: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

2009-05-01 Thread Phil Brutsche
Wouldn't file access auditing be useful here? BTW why do your end users have local admin, and on a TS box no less! David Elebute wrote: Here is one that I hope I can get a bit of insight on: Desktop shortcut keeps disappearing from All Users/Desktop location The server is Windows 2003 R2 -

Re: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

2009-05-01 Thread David Elebute
Users DO NOT HAVE admin rights. Deleting a shortcut on a desktop does not require admin rights either. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Joe Heaton
Lol, I agree Sherry, but I have a very opinionated developer that I'm dealing with, and he also has the title of System Architect, which gives him more leverage when he suggests something. Not that it means he really knows much of anything on the subject, but there ya go... Thanks all for the

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

2009-05-01 Thread Joe Tinney
It does from the All Users/Desktop folder. It does not from their own Desktop. -Original Message- From: David Elebute [mailto:deleb...@traveltechnologyservices.net] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jeff Bunting
At half lease time, the client should request an address *renewal*. The renewal request would be sent to the DHCP server that provided the original lease, it is not broadcast to DHCPServer2. IIRC, it will not broadcast again until the lease actually expires. (someone will jump in to correct me if

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
-Original Message- From: Jim Dandy 1) Why 80-20? Why not 50-50? If one server fails, wouldn't it be better for the other server to have a larger range from which to distribute addresses? The 20 is designed to keep you alive and running while you fix the 80 server. Certainly a

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Schorr
No, you're correct. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer __ Roland Schorr Tower www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ b...@rolandschorr.com mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bschorr From: Jeff Bunting

RE: Outlook 2007/Vista/ Exchange 2003/RPC Connection Issues

2009-05-01 Thread Bob Fronk
I recently got a new quad-core notebook with 8GB of ram, which forced me to move to Vista 64bit. Outlook is horribly slow to open, but once it does open, there are no issues. I suspect a similar issue, but have not had a chance to really troubleshoot it. I do know that it does not seem to

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
My memory says: It retries at 50 percent of the original. If it does not get a renewal ACK then it retries at 50 percent of that 50 percent (25 percent of the original), then at 50 percent of that (12.5 of the original).. Soon someone will set us both straight :) From: Jeff Bunting

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

2009-05-01 Thread Carl Houseman
Perhaps it should (require admin rights). NTFS is your friend. Carl -Original Message- From: David Elebute [mailto:deleb...@traveltechnologyservices.net] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question Users DO

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Jim Dandy
Are you sure each TS Gateway user or device requires a TS CAL? I thought you only needed a CAL if you were going into a TS and that remote desktop connections to desktop computers were free. Curt From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jeff Bunting
My memory agrees with yours On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Kennedy, Jim kennedy...@elyriaschools.orgwrote: My memory says: It retries at 50 percent of the original. If it does not get a renewal ACK then it retries at 50 percent of that 50 percent (25 percent of the original), then

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Schorr
Yes, that is what it does. But it doesn't do a broadcast - it attempts a renewal with the original issuing DHCP server at those points. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com http://www.rolandschorr.com/ http://www.officeforlawyers.com

Re: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

2009-05-01 Thread Jonathan Link
Perhaps someone helpfully change the permissions so that Users have the ability to modify All Users folder? On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Joe Tinney jtin...@lastar.com wrote: It does from the All Users/Desktop folder. It does not from their own Desktop. -Original Message- From:

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jim Dandy
I still don't get the 80-20 thing. 50-50 would distribute the load better and would potentially give you more leases if one fails. Perhaps the hope is that the one that fails is the one with 20% and that 80% would give you adequate addresses to be fully functional while you fix the 20. Thanks

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Schorr
I never bother with the 80-20 thing myself, if I have dual DHCP servers (which I like to) I always try to give each a large enough address pool to cover the entire network. The rare exception is if I have too many devices for the subnet to be completely split like that - i.e. 175 devices on a

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Devin Meade
I do 100-100. Each of our two DHCP servers can service the entirety of our small network. FYI, there is a DHCP option to release the IP address on shutdown, but we don't use that. You might try it if you get bored. Devin On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Jim Dandy jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu

RE: Windows 2003 Terminal Services Server Question

2009-05-01 Thread Joe Tinney
That's a good point. You could start by using the Effective Permissions functionality by right-clicking on the All Users\Desktop folder and choosing Properties Security tab Advanced button Effective Permissions tab. Enter the username and see what permissions they have. From: Jonathan Link

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Richard Stovall
Yeah, I was kinda bummed when I dug into it and found out. At least TS CALs aren���t too expensive��� You d�t need a TS CAL to remote directly into a workstation, but you do if you go through a TS Gateway. From ���Licensing Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services.doc��� @

Re: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jeff Bunting
hmmm, looks like I was incorrect according to this... From Lease Renewals http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958919.aspx If the client is unable to communicate with its original DHCP server, the client waits until 87.5 percent of its lease time elapses. Then the client enters a

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Jon Harris jk.har...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't the Mac users in your network told you?  Mac's don't get malware of any type. I had a client once who was an all Mac shop for a while. They believed that. We were hired to install a Windows server and some

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
The address distribution isn't going to do much for load balancing. It is all determined by which server answers first. That will be the busy one. I am with the others that do 100 - 100. DHCP clients do try to renew on reboot. They always try to renew directly with the original server, they

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Joe Heaton
Since �re still running Server 2K3,�d be looking at Terminal Server 2k3 also, correct? Or can I run TS 2k8 on a 2k3 box? Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin

RE: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Mayo, Bill
It's splitting hairs, but a Word macro virus is not a Mac virus. There were a handful of Mac virii back in the pre-OS X days, but they were all handled rather readily by the free Disinfectant. There have been sporadic claims of a virii that affect Mac OS X since it came out, but once you dug

RE: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Schorr
There is no equivalency, that's true, but that doesn't mean that we can ignore the issue either. It's not a pass/fail proposition. For my client the issue wasn't necessarily that the macro viruses affected the Macs themselves, but rather that the macro viruses impacted the company. There was

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Richard Stovall
It is baked into the OS so you would need to upgrade your Terminal Server(s) to 2008 or install a new one for the gateway role. From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote access options Since wre still running

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Jim Dandy
Thanks to all for your knowledgable and fast responses. Curt -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:jda...@asmail.ucdavis.edu] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DHCP 80-20 rule I still don't get the 80-20 thing. 50-50 would

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Erik Goldoff
Your AD version needs to match the highest Terminal Server version, so that licensing doesn't break Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Erik Goldoff
oops, just re-read the question ... and Richard's response is definitely correct, the terminal server components must match the server core version to install properly Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov]

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Never say never..back in the early 90's I was taking a class at our local junior college via modem. At the intro session, someone raised the question when told that we would be sharing documents about the possibility of getting a virus. The instructor informed him and the rest of the class

Re: Outlook 2007/Vista/ Exchange 2003/RPC Connection Issues

2009-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
I'll try and let you know next week when I do the install on my office laptop. Jon On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Bob Fronk b...@btrfronk.com wrote: I recently got a new quad-core notebook with 8GB of ram, which forced me to move to Vista 64bit. Outlook is horribly slow to open, but

RE: Outlook 2007/Vista/ Exchange 2003/RPC Connection Issues

2009-05-01 Thread Todd Arnett
Thanks guys. At least we know we're not alone. I'd appreciate any updates! From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 4:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Outlook 2007/Vista/ Exchange 2003/RPC Connection Issues I'll try and let you know next week

RE: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Mayo, Bill
I went out of my way to say that I was not saying never. Today, Mac OS X is not an attractive target for bad guys and that has a lot to do with it. It is also true that Mac OS X is built on a pretty solid foundation (BSD Unix, which has been around a very long time) and has a security model that

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Sean Martin
However, when you compare the number of virii and other types of malware that affect Windows versus those that affect Mac OS X, it is a drop in the ocean. but it is disingenous to suggest that there is some equivalency in the threats against Windows and Mac OS X. If you compare

RE: Outlook 2007/Vista/ Exchange 2003/RPC Connection Issues

2009-05-01 Thread Bob Fronk
I just received another Dell Precision Workstation M4400. Quad-core / 8GB Ram / Vista 64 bit. Outlook very slow to open, but works OK after. Same issue as on two other identical notebooks. I guess it could be a Dell issue, but seems hard to blame it on the hardware when everything else is

Re: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
You just tell him that the Grand Poobah of teh (sic) Internets said, ix-nay on the Avast-vay. -- ME2 On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: Lol, I agree Sherry, but I have a very opinionated developer that I’m dealing with, and he also has the title of System

RE: malware killed a chip

2009-05-01 Thread Steven Calvanese
Awesome close up of the chip! From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 5:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: malware killed a chip http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/malware-killed-this-chip.html

Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Joe Heaton
Anyone know anything about this? It somehow got installed on a template machine, by our PC guy. It shows in the Add/Remove programs, but doesn't give you any options to remove, etc. We didn't want this, and would like to remove it. Any help would be appreciated. Joe Heaton AISA

RE: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Louis, Joe
Iirc, this was part of a recent update that I got from a pc that I turned on last night. Part of windows live perhaps? Sent from my hand held... -Original Message- From: Daniel Rodriguez drod...@gmail.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 5/1/09 5:54

Re: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Can't you do a System Restore before this got installed? On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: Anyone know anything about this? It somehow got installed on a template machine, by our PC guy. It shows in the Add/Remove programs, but doesn’t give you any

Re: malware killed a chip

2009-05-01 Thread David
That it is -- any notion of what the particular malware was?? Must've been a real killer! On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Steven Calvanese scalvan...@membersolutions.com wrote: Awesome close up of the chip! -- *From:* Alex Eckelberry

RE: malware killed a chip

2009-05-01 Thread Sam Cayze
Interesting! I thought the 2650 had about 6 thermo sensors? But, they can probably be disabled, or fail. From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 4:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: malware killed a chip

RE: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Joe Heaton
I think is pretty shady, pushing an update without people having the chance to deny it. Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Louis, Joe [mailto:jlo...@guardianalarm.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 3:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Office Live Workspace Iirc,

RE: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Louis, Joe
I think it was optional, and might have even been part of an O2k7 update. Sent from my hand held... -Original Message- From: Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: 5/1/09 6:39 PM Subject: RE: Office Live Workspace I think

Re: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Daniel Rodriguez
Well, not to sound condensending, I usually set my laptop so that it does the download but I choose from Express to Manual and choose what I need installed. If you have a Restore Point you can choose from a point before the updates were installed. But, that is if you have Restore Point turned on.

RE: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
It is not one of the updates that loads by default (critical, etc.). It is one of the optional (extra) updates. Sounds like your PC guy has himself a happy clicking finger. TVK From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 5:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Windows 7 RC

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
Whats the version #? I am on 7100 right now .. From: Jason Gauthier [mailto:jgauth...@lastar.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 RC All, I've been waiting to see if any one reported. Will the beta keys work with the RC? Thanks!

RE: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Kennedy, Jim
+1 It was optional. But since we are on the subject, why did updates come out on the 28th? Isn't that 'out of band'? From: Tim Vander Kooi [tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 8:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Office Live

RE: Finding dupes

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
Check identical files 3 - 28 bucks shareware. http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/Disk_Analysis_Utilities/Check_I dentical_Files.html I have a client that took 5 years of data into sharepoint ran it for a year hated it, extracted it and then wanted me to clean up dupes / versions.

RE: DHCP 80-20 rule

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
Don't forget also that when a broadcast goes out to a dhcp server whichever responds first is where that pc stays with, now, if too many hit the dhcp server you will simply 'get denied' it won't rebroadcast to another dhcp server. Just like dns, a negative response is still a response. For this

Re: Windows 7 RC

2009-05-01 Thread Phil Brutsche
The RC is build 7100. Benjamin Zachary - Lists wrote: Whats the version #? I am on 7100 right now .. -- Phil Brutsche p...@optimumdata.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Spam filters

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
Proxmox appliance, free for single domain. I use the pro version with about 20 clients, 50+ domains, and maybe 2,000 mailboxes. Runs without a hitch. Requires almost 0 maintenance and is offsite. From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@xpresstel.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:09 AM To: NT

RE: Outlook 2007/Vista/ Exchange 2003/RPC Connection Issues

2009-05-01 Thread Ken Schaefer
Are there any printers installed that Outlook might be trying to connect to when starting up? Any change it might be slow/fast network detection? Otherwise, maybe stick Process Explorer onto it, and see if the main outlook.exe thread is sitting waiting for something.. Cheers Ken

Backing up windows workstations

2009-05-01 Thread Shawn Everett
Hi All, I am looking for a good solution to backup multiple windows workstations in a central and organized way. I am familiar with Retrospect, Veritas Netbackup and Amanda. I was wondering if the list had a preferred solution. Shawn ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a

Re: Office Live Workspace

2009-05-01 Thread Dean Cunningham
Just aguess... Perhaps you are logged in as a user that does not have permissions to uninstall?? On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: Anyone know anything about this? It somehow got installed on a template machine, by our PC guy. It shows in the Add/Remove

Monitoring Remotely

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I have been using Servers Alive for a lot of my clients who I monitor their lan. However, its getting a little large and tedious to go in and out of remote clients and I was hoping for like a more centralized solution. The newest Servers Alive has a remote agent that talks over ssh that Im

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Michael Hoffman
We use Kaseya to manage client desktops and it has integrated remote support vie RDP/VNC/PCAnywhere depending on the client host and the what we set. While it's not as sophisticated as citrix/TS or a firewall based routed product we can deploy it to a site in 10 minute and have clients remotely

Re: Managing your passwords was (RE:Password Policy - - how do you handle this?)

2009-05-01 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 28 Apr 2009 at 13:59, Kurt Buff wrote: Password Safe, or Keepass - and I believe each has a version available for PDAs. I wish ... Palm OS is unfortunately not on the list. Roboform's Palm support is not that great either, requires Goodsync and a Palm unit with an external memory card.

Screen Saver not kicking in.

2009-05-01 Thread Gavin Wilby
Good afternoon all - and happy bank holidays! I have a 2003 SBS network all with Dell Optiplex's running Windows XP SP3. There is a policy that should make all the PC's screensavers kick in after 10 minutes and then lock the machine, but its not working, I assume there is something preventing

Re: Screen Saver not kicking in.

2009-05-01 Thread Ben Scott
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Gavin Wilby gavin.wi...@gmail.com wrote: Good afternoon all - and happy bank holidays! Happy Mailman Day! ;-) There is a policy that should make all the PC's screensavers kick in after 10 minutes and then lock the machine, but its not working, I assume there

Re: Forefront

2009-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
Try and install a working version without the full SQL. Jon On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: I was just not happen that our resellar did not make the SQL requirement clear up front. I am just reading the installation Guide and it

RE: Screen Saver not kicking in.

2009-05-01 Thread Ralph Smith
Do you have all 3 of these enabled? If no screensaver is selected on the computer the timeout will not apply. If you set the policy as above, if there is no screensaver selected the computer will go straight into the Locked mode. From: Gavin

Windows 7 RC

2009-05-01 Thread Jason Gauthier
All, I've been waiting to see if any one reported. Will the beta keys work with the RC? Thanks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~

RE: Forefront

2009-05-01 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Yeah, I read some more last night. The component that manages non server clients needs SQL 2005. The console that could only manage server components can use SQL2000+ and Express. What's worse is the Beta for the next version needs SQL and SCOM from what I read. Lame... jlc From: Jon Harris

SAV PatternFileDate conversion on Parent server

2009-05-01 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I know some of you are probably doing this. Hoping for some help. I'm trying to pull some data from our SAV parent server (10.1.7). The data for each client is kept in the registry on the parent, here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\INTEL\LANDesk\VirusProtect6\CurrentVersion\Cli

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Richard Stovall
Thank you all for the help. I'll look into Kaseya, Timbuktu and Apple remote desktop. RS From: Michael Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 2:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Remote access options We use Kaseya to manage client desktops and it has

RE: Windows 7 RC

2009-05-01 Thread Art DeKneef
Yes. At least it did for me. From: Jason Gauthier [mailto:jgauth...@lastar.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 6:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows 7 RC All, I've been waiting to see if any one reported. Will the beta keys work with the RC? Thanks! ~ Finally,

Re: Forefront

2009-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
I was under the impression that like the current version of Forefront if you did not have one of the System Center products it would install a cut down version that only dealt with Forefront. From what I saw on my installation the reason for SQL WAS the MOM package. I just hope that Sterling

RE: Windows 7 RC

2009-05-01 Thread Erik Goldoff
for what it's worth, on the technet download site, the keys are listed for 'Beta and RC' Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, Security _ From: Jason Gauthier [mailto:jgauth...@lastar.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Windows

Re: Windows 7 RC

2009-05-01 Thread Chris Nicholson
Yes Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -Original Message- From: Jason Gauthier jgauth...@lastar.com Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 09:52:19 To: NT System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Windows 7 RC All, I've been waiting to see if

Shadow Copy Management

2009-05-01 Thread Steph Balog
Is there any tools, any scripts, etc. that will allow me to manage multiple snapshot schedules. What I would like to do is, keep 12 snap shots in a 24 hour period, 2 snaps in a 48 hour period, and than 1 snap going back each day for 1 week and than 1 snap per week going baclk 3 months. (will

MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Bill Songstad (WCUL)
Since there are a number of folks apparently running Macs in their networks, I was wondering what everybody is using to protect them from Malware. Are some products better, easier to manage smaller footprint than others? Thanks for any insight. Bill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Jon Harris
Haven't the Mac users in your network told you? Mac's don't get malware of any type. Seriously that was what I keep getting told, so we don't buy any malware protection for them, but I think Symantec, MacAffe., and others of the big names might have some. Jon On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM,

RE: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Mayo, Bill
We don't have any Macs on our network here, but I do use a Mac personally. It is essentially true that there is no malware on the Mac. The stuff that does pop up is almost always a trojan, and the person has to explicitly have permitted it to run (Do you want to install this pirated copy of

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Jonathan Link
+1 ClamAV at home. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov wrote: We don't have any Macs on our network here, but I do use a Mac personally. It is essentially true that there is no malware on the Mac. The stuff that does pop up is almost always a trojan, and the

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
+2 ClamAV at our colo. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.comwrote: +1 ClamAV at home. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.govwrote: We don't have any Macs on our network here, but I do use a Mac personally. It is essentially

RE: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Joe Heaton
I take it from the lack of replies that no one is using Avast? In a way, that's good, as I really don't want to do a lot of research into it, but on the other hand, I don't have any ammo against it either... Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel From: Joe Heaton

Server 2003 DNS issue

2009-05-01 Thread Art DeKneef
Have a client that is having trouble with Internet connectivity and Exchange sending mail externally. Has a SBS 2003 server up to date as of two weeks ago, nothing changed since then that I know of or can see. They can send and receive internal Exchange just fine. Receiving mail externally

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Andrew Laya
We use McAfee. Centrally managed by corporate office through epo. Used to be a very manual install, but the software can now be push installed and updated to Macs as well as Windows pcs. On 5/1/09, Sherry Abercrombie saber...@gmail.com wrote: +2 ClamAV at our colo. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:06

RE: Server 2003 DNS issue

2009-05-01 Thread Charlie Kaiser
How is external DNS set up? Forwarders? Root hints? I usually use forwarders. See if you can ping the listed forwarders; then try a Nslookup using those IPs as the server. Any firewall rules that might have been inadvertently changed? It sounds like DNS queries aren't getting replies from outside.

RE: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Blackman, Woody
Do your macintosh users not share files and emails with your PC users? soapbox mode engaged I have been supporting a multi-platform environment for 15+ years. We have been running AV on our Macs for the last 10. Not only do Macs get exposed to viruses that they can be infected with, they

Re: Forefront

2009-05-01 Thread Justin Thomas
I'm using it with WSUS and AD for about 2500 clients. I'm reasonably happy with it. I wish I could get better reports out of it though. It's very good about giving you all the information you want about a specific thing, but a report for all the blocked/cleaned files for all the machines for April

Re: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Kurt Buff
Trojans *are* malware. And, the first botnet for Macs has been activated: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/041709-first-mac-os-x-botnet.html On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 08:03, Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov wrote: We don't have any Macs on our network here, but I do use a Mac personally.

RE: Shadow Copy Management

2009-05-01 Thread Alverson, Tom (Xetron)
When you create the default snap schedule, I believe it just creates a scheduled task that shows up in control panel. You should be able to modify the schedule there to do what you want. You need to click the option to show multiple schedules and then with the advanced button you can make up

Re: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Steve Ens
Sorry, no just use it at home...seems to be OK there. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: I take it from the lack of replies that no one is using Avast? In a way, that’s good, as I really don’t want to do a lot of research into it, but on the other hand, I

RE: Shadow Copy Management

2009-05-01 Thread Steph Balog
Thats the problem, i already created schedule but I need it to cycle out certain snaps. Like I take snaps every 2 hours each day, but the next day I want those snaps to go away. And then the ones I take every 6 hours, I want those to go away ever 2 days. And the ones I take once a day for a

Re: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
I would think that if no one is using it, then that would be ammo against it. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Joe Heaton jhea...@etp.ca.gov wrote: I take it from the lack of replies that no one is using Avast? In a way, that’s good, as I really don’t want to do a lot of research into

RE: Server 2003 DNS issue

2009-05-01 Thread Art DeKneef
Forgot to mention. DNS is set to use Forwarders. Originally had Qwest DNS servers and switched to OpenDNS servers. Same result. I can ping forwarders by IP but not by name. No firewall rules changed. Internal DNS works fine. Ping a workstation by name and it resolves. I'll see what Netmon shows.

RE: Server 2003 DNS issue

2009-05-01 Thread Charlie Kaiser
Can you do NSLookup and set server=the external server IP and get a DNS query reply? If not, the firewall may well be blocking the DNS traffic. What DNS servers are you using? Send an IP and I'll try a query from here to make sure the server is working... *** Charlie Kaiser

RE: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Roger Wright
I've seen it on a couple home machines I've worked on. Both were eaten up with malware, and the Avast active protection really bogged the machines down. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov]

RE: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread gsweers
We had one client that was using it in the Enterprise and it worked, but the console was convoluted. Its updates required reboots constantly both server and workstation side and its performance drawbacks were not as bad as Symantec, but still very noticeable. Lots of home users were using it,

RE: Avast AV

2009-05-01 Thread Sam Cayze
That's the one thing I remember from back in the day of using it at home, it ALWAYS requested reboots. Highly annoying. From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Forefront

2009-05-01 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
Stirling does not require SCOM, but rather contains the SCOM agent (much the way that FFCS uses the MOM agent). If you are using SCOM already, then the SCOM agent that already exists on your clients will work with Stirling. I cannot get a straight answer from Microsoft regarding whether the

RE: strange profiles on server

2009-05-01 Thread Free, Bob
Any chance someone was running a migration tool like USMT in your environment? -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: strange profiles on server Bit perplexed with this one.

RE: Remote access options

2009-05-01 Thread Louis, Joe
{{{resists the urge to comment on government spending}}} Realize that it is all relative, the cost of Citrix isn't that bad. We deal with quite a few government agencies nationwide and I've been surprised by the number of them that are using Citrix already. It's easier on them because of the

RE: MAC AV

2009-05-01 Thread Mayo, Bill
Essentially true. That was intended to mean that there is very little malware, and that is the case. With a little common sense, you can pretty much avoid it entirely. -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 11:30 AM To: NT System

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