Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Kurt Buff
I only had zeros - no ones, just zeros. And I used homing pigeons. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 22:09, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr > wrote: >> My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300. > >  Mine was a 2400, I think.  An ISA board for my Tandy 1000 SL.  

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Kurt Buff
Holy shifting marketplace sands, Batman! www.bookpool.com is a godaddy marker page now. I wonder what happened them - the current unpleasantness has gobbled them, I guess. That's entirely sad - I've bought more books from them than I can easily count. Off to Amazon, I guess... Kurt On Tue, Jun

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Kurt Buff
HA! My two favorite resources. I think I've been responsible for a significant fraction of ORA's earnings in the past 10 years... Thanks for the pointer. I hadn't seen that book yet. Another trip to bookpool.com... Kurt On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:25, Brian Desmond wrote: > The O'Reilly PowerSh

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: > My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300. Mine was a 2400, I think. An ISA board for my Tandy 1000 SL. I also had 40 megabyte hard card. Screaming. :) I still miss Telemate... > Bulletin boards ... "Press [ALT]+[H] now t

RE: Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Brian Desmond
The O'Reilly PowerShell Cookbook and Google actually were more than enough for me to figure out how to implement a fairly significant script in it a couple weekends ago with practically no prior experience. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message---

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Kurt Buff
Sounds likely - I suppose I'll have to actually start work on my powershell skills. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 21:00, Brian Desmond wrote: > Assuming you can talk to it from .Net (look for a ado.net provider), just > find some sample Sql from PowerShell code and change out the class names. > ADO.Ne

RE: Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Brian Desmond
Assuming you can talk to it from .Net (look for a ado.net provider), just find some sample Sql from PowerShell code and change out the class names. ADO.Net providers all follow the same pattern in terms of naming and syntax. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Or

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
No good time for you! -- ME2 On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > I always prefered ATDT*w*8655309 > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > > -- > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > *

Re: Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Kurt Buff
Shiny! Thanks! Kurt On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 18:37, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I wrote a five-part series on my blog on using PowerShell for accessing > different database platforms. > > http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/01/07/multi-platform-database-access-with-powershel

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Who should I turn to? From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT antique modem That ain't Jenny's number... On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: I always prefered ATDTw8655309

RE: Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
I wrote a five-part series on my blog on using PowerShell for accessing different database platforms. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2008/01/07/multi-platform-database-access-with-powershell.aspx Using those routines, it should be trivial to adapt to PostgresSQL.

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Jonathan Link
That ain't Jenny's number... On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > I always prefered ATDT*w*8655309 > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > > -- > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > *S

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
I always prefered ATDTw8655309 Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT antique modem AT+++ ATE1 ATL1 ATM1 ATV1 ATX

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
yep, but lots of overhead on the running system is all I meant, not a simple thing like sAlive Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Steven M. Caesare
AT+++ ATE1 ATL1 ATM1 ATV1 ATX4 ATDT8675309 ... AT+++ ATH0 -sc From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 8:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT antique modem You know, I always do that. Hayes 110! -- ME2 On

Semi-OT: PowerShell

2009-06-02 Thread Kurt Buff
Anyone used it to talk with Postgresql? I ask because of the recent server monitoring thread, especially the notes about polymon. I've seen this project - http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ - but don't have any experience with it, and thought about trying Postgresql as a backend rather than M

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I just deployed Servers Alive with the remote connector. On a LAN I wouldn't use anything else to be honest. On a WAN I was searching for something good for awhile and finally they made a wan connector which has been running well for me now. From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Se

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
You know, I always do that. Hayes 110! -- ME2 On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > 150 ? Or did you mean 110 ??? ( yep, I'm *that* old ) > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > > -- > *From:* Micheal Es

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Smith
SQL Express, also free. It is a little more involved to set up than some other products that use a single installer, but not too bad. They have instructions, even I managed to do it. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
150 ? Or did you mean 110 ??? ( yep, I'm *that* old ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:37 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT antique modem My f

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
haven't heard of that before ... just looked it up, and free, but heavy duty requirement of SQL 2005, not a lightweight installation... think I'll look deeper at it tho Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@owa.smithc

Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:34 PM, John Hornbuckle wrote: > Of course, just because a piece of equipment is technically spec’d to run at > a high temp doesn’t mean that doing so won’t shorten its life. Exactly. The specifications just tell you the temperature above which the equipment will not

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread John Hornbuckle
I remember us talking about this a while back-as I recall, Dell's operating specs are higher than one might think (above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, I believe). Of course, just because a piece of equipment is technically spec'd to run at a high temp doesn't mean that doing so won't shorten its life.

Re: Question re: ROUTE options

2009-06-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Salvador Manzo wrote: > ... multiple IPs on a server ... [...] > 10.0.0.1 Private Gateway > 10.0.x.x Range > > Public > 128.125.n.y Normal Public Gateway > 128.125.x.x Range I'm going to assume you mean a server which is directly attached to two different IP netw

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Jeremy Anderson
Anyone have any comments on Uptime? From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@owa.smithcons.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server monitoring Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not exclusively) Poly

Re: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
My first was a 150, and then quickly to a 300. Bulletin boards and free Internet access via MIT mainframe servers pre-WWW (all you had to do was ask!). Back when DNS didnt exist and you had to keep and trade sheets of IP addresses. -- ME2 On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Reimer, Mark wrote: >

Re: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box - Thanks for your response

2009-06-02 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Ditto on the performance issues with a P2V Citrix server. When we built from scratch as a VM performance issues virtually disappeared (LOL at my own joke).;) On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) < joe.haral...@ge.com> wrote: > Thanks to all for your reply. We

Re: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross wrote: > The LCD is damaged. You mean the glass itself? If so, the whole LCD panel is ruined; it can't be "repaired". Since the LCD is the expensive part, the TV is basically trash. The rest of the electronics and the shell cost maybe $50 to $

Re: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Phil Brutsche
I've got a cheapskate boss so I've run them 95F+ for long periods of time. They're not properly rackmounted - due to our crappy and proprietary Panduit racks we have no choice but to use shelves - which may have helped them survive. Don't be surprised if you get warranty rejections from the exces

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
The part that I find most admins miss in the specs mentioned is the humidity. When you are running the A/C in a room almost constantly the humidity tends to drop fairly quickly. Once the humidity in your data center goes below 40% the chance of static electricity building starts to climb fast. I

RE: OT antique modem

2009-06-02 Thread Reimer, Mark
I also had a 300, but on a Toshiba T1000, first Toshiba laptop (I think). I hit BB's with it, didn't do any surfing. Still hook up to a phone system for log downloads etc, at 300 baud, but using a 2400 to do it. Mark From: Daniel E. Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, Ju

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Klint Price - ArizonaITPro
That depends. I operate a data center in Phoenix, and it gets plenty hot here. I was under the impression that a server room at 68 degrees was optimal, but when I conducted further research several months ago, it appears 85 degrees is just fine too assuming proper air flow, failovers, and archi

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Michael B. Smith
Someone else mentioned it, but I'm using (more and more, but not exclusively) Polymon. It's pretty darned good. Especially for free! From: Erik Goldoff [egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server monito

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I'd check the specifications for your servers. They will give you the temperature range they are rated to run in. Though from my experience as an electronic technician, cooler has always been better to extend the life of electronics. -Paul From: Murray Freema

RE: PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Roger Wright
I get a little nervous when the temp gets above 80 in my server vault. Anything below that and I'm happy enough. Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:20 PM To

RE: MS iSCSI Target NIC Config

2009-06-02 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Stuff to think about: Bonding NICS doesn't give you the $aggregate bandwidth, you can simply load balance (with the right options) a total of $aggregate bandwidth. So, you might have two luns balancing their IO on an aggregate link with one luns traffic maxing out eth0 while the other on eth1 et

PROPER OPERATING TEMPERATURES FOR SERVERS

2009-06-02 Thread Murray Freeman
Like many companies these days, we're looking to reduce our expenses. With the hot weather almost here in the Chicago area, I'm being asked to up the thermostat in our server room, to allow it to get warmer and thus save some money. We have been keeping the temperature around the mid 70's, and I'm

RE: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

2009-06-02 Thread David Lum
OS patches aren't a security team assignment? I would think AV and patching are slam dunk security team jobs. The organizational trick is who does the security team belong to? :). I agree on you SMS split - in our org, SMS is handled entirely by the "employee domain / workstation" team, but keep

RE: MS iSCSI Target NIC Config

2009-06-02 Thread N Parr
The answer to you question is very subjective to the rest of the hardware and environment. Switches, SAN, How many NICS, etc. Generally Speaking for a production environment you need multiple NICS and switches for redundancy and Jumbo Frames turned on if all your hardware supports them. Then the

RE: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box - Thanks for your response

2009-06-02 Thread Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE)
Thanks to all for your reply. We are looking to reinstall citrix from scratch on the VM Host. I will let you know how it goes. Joe Haralson * Office: (847) 598-6737 ( DC: : *8 837-6737 7 Fax: : (847) 585-5695 ( Cell: : (630) 337-8034 * e-Mail: joe.haral...@ge.com THIS E-MAIL IS INTENDED ONLY F

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Erik Goldoff
haven't read ahead yet, but I'd be surprised if I'm the first one to recommend Servers Alive ( sAlive! ) Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues

MS iSCSI Target NIC Config

2009-06-02 Thread winsysadmin
I'm planning on using the MS iSCSI Target software on a Windows Server as VM guest storage (VHD's) for about 4 Hyper-V hosts in my test environment. I'm wondering what is the best NIC configuration on the iSCSI target for best performance of the iSCSI traffic. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security

RE: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

2009-06-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Still getting the same thing, as far as the taskbar goes. Desktop icons are there, but all I see of the taskbar is the outline. No buttons, no Quick Links, not even the clock. When it does come up and I bring up the properties, if I make a change and click apply I get an hourglass. If I close th

RE: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Bill Dance wannabe... :-) From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV D'oh! On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Matthew W. Ross wrote: Surprisingly, no

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Don Guyer
We use Event Sentry here. It can be as detailed or as simple as you want it to, depending on what you want to monitor. We use What's Up for simple up/down monitoring and ES for disk usage, services, etc. I'm not the resident expert on SE here, but if you want to forward any questions offline, w

Re: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Jonathan Link
D'oh! On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Matthew W. Ross wrote: > Surprisingly, no. > > It did involve a fishing pole and a fake lure. The child was a witness, > though. Hopefully he learned a good lesson. > > Sm:)e. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > - Original Message - > F

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Neil Standley
PRTG7 by Paessler Demo here: https://prtg.paessler.com/index.htm Homepage: http://www.paessler.com/ The free version is available for home and commercial use and will monitor up to 10 sensors split however you like. I've used their older product IPCheck v5 for several years, PRTG7 add

RE: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

2009-06-02 Thread Christopher Bodnar
We have a similar setup. It can be confusing, and there is always talk of restructuring the management of the systems. For example, here our SMS administration is divided. The Desktop team manages the desktops within SMS, and the server team manages the servers. But, technically the server tea

Re: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Martin
We use EG Manager (Enterprise) for detailed monitoring, but its probably overkill for your needs. If I remember correctly, it was quite expensive as well. It looks like they have cheaper solutions for more specific needs. The reporting aspect is probably one of the greatest features. http://www.eg

Re: Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

2009-06-02 Thread David
I'd advocate for the Server / Workstation dichotomy in teams -- just as an example, if you don't do that then you have to make sure your workstation team understands what directories on a server must NOT be scanned by AV applications -- and that's not going to be their strength. On Tue, Jun 2,

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread John Aldrich
WUG (What's Up Gold) is pretty good. I've used it before to create custom monitors. I haven't really used it much lately, though. several years in fact. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:08 PM To: NT Syst

Re: Question re: ROUTE options

2009-06-02 Thread Jeff Bunting
Traffic is going to go to the defined default route if a specific route doesn't exist for it, so it depends how you have things configured. *route print* will show what routes are currently defined and which is default (0.0.0.0) Traffic not destined for either 10.0.x.x or 128.125.x.x is going to

Re: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread RichardMcClary
We've been fairly happy with ServersAlive. Their free version is crippled only in that it will do a total of 10 processes. That is, it could do one process on 10 servers, 5 processes on 2 servers, etc. The paid version is nearly without limits. One caveat. Just because a monitor says a proc

Re: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
+1 for Nagios. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Andrew Greene wrote: > I still love my Nagios + nsclient for this. > > > > Andrew Greene > > IS Technician / Webmaster > > City of Anderson > > > > *From:* paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM > *To:*

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Smith
Also check out PolyMon (free) available from http://codeplex.com/polymon Not the PolymonRT, which is just a real-time dashboard. It does basically what ServersAlive does. Also allows you to create your own monitors using PowerShell, which is pretty nice. ___

Re: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Steven Peck
Haven't used it but maybe System Center Essentials http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/essentials/en/us/default.aspx On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Sean Rector wrote: > You might also look at SpiceWorks {it’s free}. > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmai

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Open Source Xymon: http://www.xymon.com/ 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: pdw1...@hotmail.

Re: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Jeff Bunting
Check out Servers Alive from http://www.woodstone.nu. It used to be free for a limited number of checks (10?) Jeff On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:49 PM, paul chinnery wrote: > I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors > servers. I only need to run it on 6 servers, at

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Andrew Greene
I still love my Nagios + nsclient for this. Andrew Greene IS Technician / Webmaster City of Anderson From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server monitoring I've been tasked to look into acquiring a s

RE: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Rector
You might also look at SpiceWorks {it's free}. Sean Rector, MCSE From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server monitoring I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors servers.

Re: server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread David W. McSpadden
servers alive? - Original Message - From: paul chinnery To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:49 PM Subject: server monitoring I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors servers. I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this

server monitoring

2009-06-02 Thread paul chinnery
I've been tasked to look into acquiring a software package that monitors servers. I only need to run it on 6 servers, at this time. It should be able to monitor various services and running apps. (The issue was prompted because the print spooler on one of our application servers stopped. This

RE: Question re: ROUTE options

2009-06-02 Thread Richard Stovall
Do you have multiple NICs? If so, I don't think you even need to add a static route if your default gateway is 10.0.0.1 on the correct NIC. The route to 128.125.0.0/16 should be created automatically when you set up the 2nd NIC. (No default gateway needed on that NIC.) Your name resolution could

Dept delegations (AV/ patching)

2009-06-02 Thread David Lum
Quiz: Two domains - basically an employee-used one (all our user accounts, and the servers in it are file/print, Exchange, SharePoint, employee-used apps, etc. The other domain has just web and database servers in it. Patching is delegated via one System Engineer team handles servers, the other

RE: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

2009-06-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
I checked the settings and the only thing on was to turn the monitor off after 20 minutes. Funny thing, when I brought it up this time, the desktop icons were there and you could see the "outline" of the taskbar, but no buttons. I tried opening and closing task manager, then I opened Explorer by

Question re: ROUTE options

2009-06-02 Thread Salvador Manzo
All, Quick question showcasing why being self-taught isn't always the best possible option. I have a situation where I will need to have multiple IPs on a server, with most traffic going through a private VPN EXCEPT for a single publicly addressable subnet. 10.0.0.1 Private Gateway 10.0.x.x Range

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
And it might not fully re-attach until RUS has run. > -Original Message- > From: Kennedy, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:21 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 03 > > > Go into Exch Manager and right click the old mailbox and select re- > attach. > > > > --

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Go into Exch Manager and right click the old mailbox and select re-attach. > -Original Message- > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:21 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 03 > > I tried that once; but then how do I recre

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I'm not sure I'm spelling it out right, either... Sorry -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 03 Not sure I'm following this, but So you deleted the AD

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Not sure I'm following this, but So you deleted the AD account but not the mailbox? Is that correct? If so, when you recreated the account (I'm guessing not a restore) you had the option to create a new mailbox. If you did that the user would have a new mailbox with no data. If you recreated

Enable particular Active X control via GPO

2009-06-02 Thread Tom Miller
Hi Folks, Internally we are starting to use Terminal Services 2008 Web portal. I'd like to be able to via GPO (or script) to enable the Terminal Services Add-On. I can't see to find it. Suggestions? Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use

"Help and Support" Service in Server 2008, or lack there of.

2009-06-02 Thread Owens, Michael
All - In Server 2003 there was a service that you could stop, or disable via group policy to disallow help on a terminal server. In server 2008, it appears to be missing. I googled it, and it says to disable it via a reg entry. I would rather not touch the registry if I don't have to. Does anyo

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread lists
That means the mailbox is still connected to a user account. Once the mailbox is disconnected from a user you (re)connect it to any user account. Couple of options here... ExMerge the contents of his current mailbox to a PST, make the PST available to the users machine then move the contents of t

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Richard Stovall
You might need to run the Cleanup Agent before the connect option is available on the old mailbox. (Rt-click on "Mailboxes") -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exch

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I tried that once; but then how do I recreate his box? From within? -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 03 Recreate the account without an email box..skip that s

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Steven M. Caesare
So you are creating a new user account (not bringing back), and the old _mailbox_ (not account, as you said) is still on the exch server? Correct? If so, try creating the new account without a mailbox and try reconnect then. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst.

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Recreate the account without an email box..skip that step. > -Original Message- > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Exchange 03 > > I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him ba

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I'll take it either way, I would like to make it either live with the old e-mail, or I would be glad to import the old account into his new... -Original Message- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
That's grayed out... -Original Message- From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephan.b...@bdtechnology.org] On Behalf Of lists Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 03 Is the mailbox still listed in the Information Store? Check if the reconnect opti

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Define "bring back" his account. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:07 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Exchange 03 > > I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the > Exchange user

RE: Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread lists
Is the mailbox still listed in the Information Store? Check if the reconnect option is available. If so reconnect to the user and good to go. Cheers. -Original Message- From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:dholst...@nbm.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subjec

Exchange 03

2009-06-02 Thread Holstrom, Don
I just deleted a user, and shouldn't have. When I bring him back, the Exchange user account is reborn, empty. The old account is still on my Exchange server, I have that set for 30 days. But when I bring his account back, it makes a new e-mail account, empty. Having a fit with this, I know I have b

Re: Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

2009-06-02 Thread RichardMcClary
Have you checked the power settings in the screen saver section? The NIC properties? Sometimes other parts of a system will be put into a non-active state after a period. Why this happens on a server OS is beyond me, but I'd check those first. As to the shortage of fishing poles, some of us

Explorer on W2k3R2 servers slow to come up after unlocking screen saver

2009-06-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Has anyone had any issues with Windows 2003 R2 servers taking a long time for the desktop to come up after unlocking the console from a screen saver time out? I'm seeing this on a few of our servers, but can't put my finger on exactly when it started happening. I'm not seeing any of the resources

Re: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Matthew W. Ross
Surprisingly, no. It did involve a fishing pole and a fake lure. The child was a witness, though. Hopefully he learned a good lesson. Sm:)e. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailt

RE: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread N Parr
Sub 1k LCD's are pretty much throw away any more. Especially if the screen itself is broken. -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Broken LCD TV The LCD is damaged. It w

RE: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Roger Wright
As in "Squirrels Gone Wild"? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Broken LCD TV LOL, flying squirrels perhaps?

Re: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Steve Ens
LOL, flying squirrels perhaps? On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross wrote: > The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me. > That's all I'll say about that. > > Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be worth > repairing. For much

Re: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
I suspect it was a child and the Wii was involved.. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Matthew W. Ross wrote: > The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me. > That's all I'll say about that. > > Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be wo

RE: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Matthew W. Ross
The LCD is damaged. It was broken by a flying object. No, it' wasn't me. That's all I'll say about that. Being a $900 TV, I figured if I could repair it for $450, it would be worth repairing. For much more than that, it will be disposed of --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Me

RE: Random explorer.exe issue

2009-06-02 Thread Don Guyer
Don't know about a trace, but even if it doesn't fix this particular issue, I would roll the SIDs of any machines that were imaged as this will eventually rear its ugly head in some fashion. Usually on a Friday right before a long weekend. :) Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services P

RE: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my inbox/folder

2009-06-02 Thread David Lum
"This is especially useful if I'm not at a computer most of that day and i badly need to know about a missed job that my email archive didn't perform today" How a out a BlackBerry or other device to check mail when not at your PC? Set an alarm for 7:45a to remind you to check your e-mail? Not a

RE: Random explorer.exe issue

2009-06-02 Thread Steven M. Caesare
You will also get domain groups (i.e. Domain Admins), not correctly nesting in local groups. Also remember: you have to check the "generalize" box in the 2K8 flavor of sysprep ... otherwise you have to run something like newsid... -sc From: andy [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, J

RE: OT: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread N Parr
Ditto, stopped buying Viewsonics a few years ago and switched almost totally to Samsungs. Most of the Viewsonics have died off and the Samsungs are still going. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:37 PM To: NT System Admi

RE: Random explorer.exe issue

2009-06-02 Thread andy
Duplicate sids would give you machine errors of the type... machine name not found duplicate name unable to join the domain unable to contact the domain or other type of errors. Since I have been syspreping or sidwalking, I have not seen these errors in a while. So if the errors are not exactly

RE: Broken LCD TV

2009-06-02 Thread Maglinger, Paul
You didn't specify how it is broken. If it's missing pixels or has lines it might be able to be repaired, but I have my doubts. If the display itself is physically broken or cracked, you're probably out of luck. Regardless, most repair shops replace the whole thing. It's also been my experience

Re: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box

2009-06-02 Thread James Rankin
If you P2V the server or indeed the template you are building from, you will see some issues. We have some boxes like this and once they go over ten users or so they get nasty. With a clean build you should get 30 or so However, some applications we use cause Citrix to run slowly, physical or vir

RE: Citrix MetaFrame Running on VM box

2009-06-02 Thread Mike Semon
Did you P2V this Citrix box? Have seen problems with Citrix boxes that have been P2V'ed. Best to build them from template or scratch. Mike _ From: Haralson, Joe (GE Comm Fin, non-GE) [mailto:joe.haral...@ge.com] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 5:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subjec

Re: Create Rule to notify when a daily email doesn't show in my inbox/folder

2009-06-02 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 1 Jun 2009 at 9:55, Ben Nordlander wrote: > I have several emails i get every day that notify when a job is finished; > some of these emails come from legacy systems that don't allow much control > for me. > > Does anyone know of a method to create some type of notification in Outlook > (pro