RE: Slow DFS connections for windows xp users (and windows 2003)

In addition to Don's comments, use a tool like Process Explorer, and see what the threads in Explorer.exe are doing (since you have a good 10 seconds or so whilst Explorer is in a stuck state) Cheers Ken From: Russ [shouldab...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 11 July

Re: Find text in files

On 10 Jul 2009 at 22:34, Glen Johnson wrote: > I desperately need a pointer to get me going on this. > We have a machine somewhere that has been sending tons of spam > through our exchange server. > I stopped the smtp relay server before all of them got sent but > now have a

Re: Find text in files

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Glen Johnson wrote: > Something that will search a file for a string, if the string is found, > output the name of the file to a text file. grep -l pattern filespec For example: grep -l -i viagra d:\mail\outgoing\* The -i means "case insensi

RE: Find text in files

I forgot about that, I am so used to using Unxtools, good reco :) From: Joe Tinney [mailto:jtin...@lastar.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Find text in files Have you tried findstr.exe? I've not used it much but I know that what you are asking for

RE: Find text in files

Download UnxTools. Designed for this very thing... I'll be online working for another hour, post back if you need syntax. There are literally 100 ways to do this, some faster than others yadda yadda yadda... jlc From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:35 PM To:

RE: Find text in files

Have you tried findstr.exe? I've not used it much but I know that what you are asking for is exactly what it does. Looks like the /m switch will output just file names that have the string and if you output that to a file it should get you what you need. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libra

RE: Find text in files

I'm not sure you can do it, actually. I was just offering, off the top of my head, a way to quickly search kajillions of files for a particular text string using a Windows OS. I'm really sorry if I led you astray. I have never used WinGrep, but the website says that "results can be saved to d

RE: Find text in files

Thanks for the quick reply, late on a Friday night. Ok, I installed it, and see how to search for text in multiple files. How do I export that list of files so I can use it in a batch file or run a command on those found files? It isn't obvious to me. Glen From: Richard Stovall [mailto:rich

RE: Find text in files

Programmer's Notepad will search for text strings in multiple text files. Use the "Find in files" feature. It's a button on the toolbar that looks like binoculars on top of a manila folder. http://www.pnotepad.org/ From: Glen Johnson [mailto:gjohn...@vhcc.edu] Sent: Friday, July 10

Find text in files

I desperately need a pointer to get me going on this. We have a machine somewhere that has been sending tons of spam through our exchange server. I stopped the smtp relay server before all of them got sent but now have a problem. The outgoing queue has 4000 plus files that I need to either delet

RE: Spicecrap

Probably not the only software with filters/rules :) -Original Message- From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Spicecrap That's assuming he's using Outlook... -Original Message-

RE: Spicecrap

That's assuming he's using Outlook... -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Spicecrap On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 13:27, Sam Cayze wrote: > Right-Click, add to Blocked Senders.  If you want

Re: Spicecrap

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 13:27, Sam Cayze wrote: > Right-Click, add to Blocked Senders.  If you want to read them, cruise > your JunkMail Folder. > > Case Closed, let's move on. http://xkcd.com/386/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Spicecrap

Right-Click, add to Blocked Senders. If you want to read them, cruise your JunkMail Folder. Case Closed, let's move on. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: Slow DFS connections for windows xp users (and windows 2003)

One totally off the wall thought, how's the virus/malware/spyware scanning set up on each end - maybe someone is doing an on access scan while another client isn't, causing the different response times when opening up network connections and looking at those file systems/directories? This may b

Re: Spicecrap

You know they do send out a lot of email, I guess I just don't notice it because of all the infoworld, IDG connect, information week, etc etc etc I get in my inbox all day long. - Original Message - From: "Phillip Partipilo" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009

RE: Spicecrap

I have Embarq, and although I am not necessarily impressed whit the service (it seems that my actual speed is much less than what I am paying for) I have naked DSL, static IP and it allows inbound Port 25. (I still have to relay off of Embarq's SMTP servers to send to Craigs list and AOL users,

RE: WSUS and IE8

Probably from the same Patch Management list, but this just in: There appears to be a coding boo-boo in the POLICY {37B03544-A4C8-11D2-B634-00C04F79498E} portion of the X86.adm file. It is missing this: ITEMLIST NAME "dword:0400" VALUE NUMERIC 1024 END ITEMLIST Thanks G

RE: [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: Spicecrap

My bad sorry :( Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -Original Message- From: Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:s...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: Spicecrap Phi

Re: 800B0100 error on W2K8

Good perseverance on your part!! On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Charlie Kaiser wrote: > Hah! I fixed it... > > Not trivial; let's see if I can outline it for anyone else who might have a > similar problem... > > Environment: W2K8 server sp1 standard > Problem: cannot change roles or features

Re: WSUS and IE8

Someone posted the link to the Patch Management list that I used http://blogs.msdn.com/askie/archive/2009/07/08/quick-and-dirty-group-policy-adm-template-to-implement-the-workaround-from-kb972890.aspx Looks like there was a coding error in it, apparently 2009/7/10 Carl Houseman > Is there a U

RE: 800B0100 error on W2K8

Hah! I fixed it... Not trivial; let's see if I can outline it for anyone else who might have a similar problem... Environment: W2K8 server sp1 standard Problem: cannot change roles or features; get error 800B0100. No updates show in 'installed updates'. Installed 947821 and ran it. CheckSUR.log

[LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: Spicecrap

Phil. Your frustration is understandable, and I think totally justified. They should not bug you like this. But in the future could you please watch the language a bit? I have killed the 'swearing words' bit-bucket and do not want to have to put it back... Thanks so much !!! Warm regards, St

RE: File Lock Down

Wow that'll teach me to try and reply while on the phone My intent was to have you use a batch file to launch the EXE and create a temp file on some shared network location, and each subsequent firing of the CMD file creates another file (as long as there aren't 10 files) and if there are

RE: Spicecrap

Ah yeah, I missed that nice ability of having an inbound port 25 at home. Back, way back, when Telocity was around, you could get a home DSL line, static IP, not a single blocked port, and I had a personal domain and hosted dns and ran my own email server and did precisely that. Very entertaining.

RE: File Lock Down

You can put a user limit on a share - only that many connections will be allowed. So put (or install) the application on the connection-limited share. Then write a script that's publicly available to map the share, start the application, and when the application finishes, disconnect the share.

RE: Win2003 DC on Win2000 domain

Better explanation than what I just said. From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Win2003 DC on Win2000 domain Sorry to pile on late but did you run the ADPREP version from 2003 R2 DISK1? If so you will get sc

RE: Win2003 DC on Win2000 domain

You sure you're not trying to add a 2K3 R2 server? I would expect that only if the ForestPrep was done with the older 2003 ADPREP. Maybe it needs to be in 2000 Native mode? From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: File Lock Down

Use a .CMD file to launch the exe, have the first line look for a .TXT (or other created file name) file called FILENAME10.HLD Next line have it create a text file... Have text files created in a manner that each launch creates a new text file, when it gets to 10 have the CMD file abort launchin

RE: Spicecrap

FYI - I have every vendor I do business with setup as an alias. Then, I can simply delete that alias whenever I want. Also - this will help to tell me if they've given out my email address (if I start getting spam on that address). $.02 -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p

Re: Spicecrap

+1 On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > I know I've asked once already, and heard a sea of crickets. I am getting > tired of this Spiceworks spam mail, its like they friggin email me every > god > damned day, I mean, are their events relevant at all? I am leaning towards >

RE: Spicecrap

I feel your pain...not only email but phone calls here...sheesh! Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Spicecrap I know I've asked once already, and

RE: WSUS and IE8

Is there a URL for those ".adm files available from MS"? No one else has mentioned them nor were they part of the "workarounds" section of the SB. It seems like such things would have been tested and not hazardous to use. Carl From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Frida

Re: SCSI Controller/HDD Issue

Thanks Ben, i will try your suggestions. one thing though is that the Seagate drive does not have the pins like the fujitsu, but i will try the different settings. we did change cable and found that the same issues occurred. the medium error on the one drive that i know is good is because that is

Spicecrap

I know I've asked once already, and heard a sea of crickets. I am getting tired of this Spiceworks spam mail, its like they friggin email me every god damned day, I mean, are their events relevant at all? I am leaning towards a big fat NO... For fucks sake I don't even use their product. I used it

Re: File Lock Down

I would do a search for software metering software. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Vue, Za wrote: > Server: W23K > > > > Other than a 3rd party software, is there a way to lock down a shared > .exe to say like 10 connections on Windows 2003? When 10 connections > reached the application doe

File Lock Down

Server: W23K Other than a 3rd party software, is there a way to lock down a shared .exe to say like 10 connections on Windows 2003? When 10 connections reached the application does not run. Example I have 20 machines running an applications off the network but I only have concurrent 10 licen

Re: WSUS and IE8

Yeah, I was intending to do it with a group policy preference, but when I saw the .adm files available from MS, I thought I would save myself a bit of time and apply them through a "normal" GPO, registry settings from a .adm file As usual, it turned out to be more work, and not less :-) 2009/7/10

Re: Scan to Email

The HP digital senders work just fine for what they are, but as stated they are pricey$$!! On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:12 AM, James Kerr wrote: > It is a stand alone unit. You set it up to send through your mail server > through its web interface or the walk up panel. You can put email addresses

RE: Slow DFS connections for windows xp users (and windows 2003)

I meant this to go to the list, but replied back to someone directly by mistake...If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear about it! I actually have found that what I posted earlier doesn't really seem to have anything to do with anything. (It does happen just when you are browsing SMB, so it ap

RE: Terminal serrver using Windows 2008

Check out the Terminal Services Infrastructure Planning and Design guide. Step 7 has some sizing guidance. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD3921FB-8224-4 681-9064-075FDF042B0C&displaylang=en#filelist I don't think you're going to need anything too beefy or expens

Re: Scan to Email

It is a stand alone unit. You set it up to send through your mail server through its web interface or the walk up panel. You can put email addresses in its address book or type in an address when you want to scan. All you need to do is walk up to it, toss the docs in the feeder scan and send awa

RE: Scan to Email

Have a script move the files off the share, PDF them, and put them on a Public Folder. Or at least have the script at least move the file to a different location. This sounds easily manageable without buying more hardware. From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl..

RE: Scan to Email

Does it require a computer connection to it and use software to interface with it? Thanks, Chris Blair www.IdentiSys.com chris_bl...@identisys.com 952-294-1200 x270 From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Scan

Re: Scan to Email

I forgot to add. It has a multi feeder as well. - Original Message - From: James Kerr To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Scan to Email We have a HP Laserjet M3027 MFP, it has scan to email capability. Cost was about $1200 I believ

Re: Scan to Email

We have a HP Laserjet M3027 MFP, it has scan to email capability. Cost was about $1200 I believe. James - Original Message - From: Chris Blair To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:05 AM Subject: Scan to Email I think I know the answer, but figured it

Re: Scan to Email

Digital sender is what you want. I have used several HP models in recent years. > *From:* Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] > *Sent:* Friday, July 10, 2009 11:06 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Scan to Email > > > > I think I know the answer, but figured it would se

RE: Scan to Email

Nope. Sorry. I know you say a new copier is out of the question, however, perhaps you could get a good deal on a leased copier? We use the Kyocera KM-5050 copiers here and they scan / copy / print / fax. Scan is either email or network share. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Chris Blair [mailto

Re: SCSI Controller/HDD Issue

You might want to reseat the card as well. Jon On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:55 AM, David > Elebute wrote: > > Any help in getting this resoled would be greatly appreciated. > > Various standard-issue SCSI suggestions: > > Try limiting the SCSI

Re: SCSI Controller/HDD Issue

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:55 AM, David Elebute wrote: > Any help in getting this resoled would be greatly appreciated. Various standard-issue SCSI suggestions: Try limiting the SCSI transfer rate for both drives. You can do that in the Adaptec firmware utility. Start by just picking the slo

RE: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

Hopefully Shavlik will have it in there .XML file so I can just start pushing on Next Tuesday, and be done with it. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 __

RE: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

And this will let WSUS work where the GPO didn't.. From: Joe Tinney [mailto:jtin...@lastar.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw That's the feeling I got from the MSRC Team blog.. "Customers who

RE: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

That's the feeling I got from the MSRC Team blog.. "Customers who have already implemented the killbits manually or through the FixIt workaround won't need to implement next week's security update, though we recommend that you apply the update to ensure that reporting accurately shows that t

Re: New IE zero day exploit in the wild

"Lose touch" or forget about reality? Some of the ones I work with don't but some I don't think ever were based in this reality in the first place. Jon On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Rob Bonfiglio wrote: > Exactly! I don't know what happens when they give out the PhD'sbut a > good 85% o

Re: Scan to Email

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Chris Blair wrote: > So, does anyone know of a device that will scan and email the document with > a multi-feeder on it and is NOT a copier? Some of the multi-function printers I've examined claim this capability. They're not "copiers" in the sense that they're

Re: New IE zero day exploit in the wild

Exactly! I don't know what happens when they give out the PhD'sbut a good 85% of them seem to lose touch with reality. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Ziots, Edward wrote: > PHD=Pretty High Degree= Lack of Common Sense=Can be wrong more than it > likes to admit… > > > > Z > > > > Edward

RE: Scan to Email

I will take a look. Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Thanks, Chris Blair www.IdentiSys.com chris_bl...@identisys.com 952-294-1200 x270 From: HELP_PC [mailto:g...@enter.it] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R: Scan to Email Also Xerox MFC (3100 if I r

RE: New IE zero day exploit in the wild

PHD=Pretty High Degree= Lack of Common Sense=Can be wrong more than it likes to admit... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Rob Bonfiglio [

RE: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

They're probably just setting the same killbits that most of us already did this week. Carl From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw It won'

RE: Scan to Email

+1 for the Ricoh's. However, address book mgmt is kinda strange. I mean, once you get the addresses in, you actually hit the Cancel button to save. Bit counter-intuitive. Subject: RE: Scan to Email Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:14:19 -0400 From: don.gu...@prufoxroach.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.su

RE: Scan to Email

Wait, they have a problem with disk space but not filling up mailbox stores? Weird. E-mail is not a good file storage mechanism - why not scan directly to each PC? Or, have a batch job that moves the files to a PC. Alternately, 1TB USB HDD's are also very cheap...don't need SCSI or redundancy f

R: Scan to Email

Also Xerox MFC (3100 if I remember well) does scan to email in PDF. Web management and is about ��� 250 GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Jon B. Lewis [mailto:j...@myriadds.com] Inviato: vener��� 10 luglio 2009 17.27 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: RE: Scan to Email I know the Fujitsu Sc

RE: WSUS and IE8

What do you mean by "standard GPO"? A custom .adm file? I think most of us are doing this in GPO by running a startup script to run a .reg file. Carl From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 5:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WSUS and

RE: Scan to Email

Chris, Spend the $ to get an MFD that attaches direct to your network and can interface with AD\GAL whereby email can be sent directly from the device AND to a central file share or users home directories. (Don't forget to allow the device to relay off your mail server\spam filter :) ) You'll s

Re: New IE zero day exploit in the wild

I've worked in EDU quite a bit, but never for an MD or a lawyer. But from what I've heard, I'd probably have to agree. The PhD's are above..but not too far above, the Lawyer, and below the doctor. Mostly because the PhD starts his/her research one year on $5 million equipment, and wants to make

Re: REPL account in windows

Thanks. I couldn't find any info on it but I thought it was legacy. - Original Message - From: Ziots, Edward To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:14 AM Subject: RE: REPL account in windows REPL account was from NT 4.0, we have ours disabled and renamed

Re: Scan to Email

We recently acquired a brother mfc device, primarily to replace the fax, but it's got a sheetfeed scanner (flatbed too). Ethernet nic as well. I think it was only about $150 and the office employees are loving it. I'm being a roadwarrior at the moment but once in the office I can tell you

RE: Scan to Email

We discussed purging the share location automatically, but management is against the idea. Their reason being, if the document is sensitive, it can be accessed until it is purged by user or script. From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:15 AM To: N

RE: Scan to Email

I know the Fujitsu Scansnap S510 will do that. I've got an S300 myself and it will do it as well. They DO have to be hooked up to a PC however. But they work well. From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

RE: Scan to Email

I don't know of any that e-mail that aren't copiers. What's the issue with the people not remove the documents? Space issues? Duplicate file name? Dave From: Chris Blair [mailto:chris_bl...@identisys.com] Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Scan to Email I th

RE: New IE zero day exploit in the wild

Below Dr and Above Lawyers, because you can't go lower than the bottom ( Lawyers) Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Devin Meade [mailto:d

RE: Scan to Email

Chris, Can you make a little script to delete everything from the network share that is over 7 (or whatever number you choose) days old, and then have that run (daily, or whatever you choose) under a schedule on the server that has the share? That would keep the share from getting too full. If

RE: REPL account in windows

REPL account was from NT 4.0, we have ours disabled and renamed without issues. Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: David W. McSpadden [mai

RE: Scan to Email

Probably not the answer you are looking for, but We have a handful of Ricoh multifunction devices that we allow to mail relay through our Exchange system. They aren't cheap, but easy to setup and haven't failed yet (knock on wood). Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Pru

RE: Scan to Email

Well the easy job is set a default directory to scan to from copier. Run a job once a day/week to delete everything in that directory. Then if the people want to save it they have to make an effort to save it or it will automatically be deleted. -Original Message- From: Chris Blair

RE: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

Yeah I already ripped my TAM a new one on this. They better have these patches ready for Tuesday... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 From: Rob

Scan to Email

I think I know the answer, but figured it would see if anyone has such as device. We need to scan documents and then email them. The preferred format would be PDF. We have a copier, but it does not email, it will save to a network share. Saving to a network share present some issues if the perso

Terminal serrver using Windows 2008

I was asked to look into what kind of resources a server running Windows 2008 would need to run Terminal services. There will only be 10 users using only Office and Acrobat Reader. Anything else will be done using a browser. I know that Microsoft had sizing information for W2k3 but I don't know

RE: 800B0100 error on W2K8

Are you able to download and then reinstall 948881 update to then uninstall it? Maybe not if it's that bad, but it's worth a try if you haven't done so yet. I do also remember back when I had the patch issue that I had tried stopping automatic updates, deleting c:\windows\softwaredistribution,

RE: 800B0100 error on W2K8

IE8 has not been installed. 948881 was the last successful prior to the failure of 951847. 3/9/09. I wanted to do some rollbacks, but when I go to 'installed updates' it's blank due to this problem; there's corruption in the store: "Mark store corruption flag because of package: Package_for_KB9486

Re: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

It won't be. They say so in the article. On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:55 AM, HELP_PC wrote: > > > And who will assure us that Tuesday patches will be really definitive ? > > *GuidoElia* > *HELPPC* > > > -- > *Da:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] > *Invia

RE: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

And who will assure us that Tuesday patches will be really definitive ? GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] Inviato: venerdì 10 luglio 2009 14.56 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Re: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw I'm

REPL account in windows

Can I change the password on this account without hosing anything in a Windows domain?? Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Re: IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

I'm not defending themnot knowing much about how the attack works it's hard for me to defend them; 16-18 months does seem like an excessive amount of time. But the fact that one of the discoverers of the vulnerability did kind of defend them in the article should be taken into account. This i

IE zero day exploit Microsoft new for 1+ yrs of this flaw

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135370/Microsoft_admits_it_knew_of_critical_IE_bug_in_early_08?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2009-07-10 You know this type of stuff really burns me up, they knew since early 08 of this flaw, and did nothing about it, to fix it and get a patch out. No they gott

Re: SCSI Controller/HDD Issue

Sorry I had to ask and verify that would not be the case. If that is not the case then I would also look at the controller. Jon On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:55 AM, David Elebute < deleb...@traveltechnologyservices.net> wrote: > no Jon that is not the case; with the drives in place as was before th

Re: SCSI Controller/HDD Issue

no Jon that is not the case; with the drives in place as was before the problems, we showed two distinct drives and partitions on the controller and in the operating system. this seems to be a failure somewhere else and i am really looking at the controller itself now, logically this seems to th

Re: SCSI Controller/HDD Issue

Are you sure someone was not using a software RAID instead of the hardware RAID? I would look for that to verify you have not gotten to that mess. Jon On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 6:26 AM, David Elebute < deleb...@traveltechnologyservices.net> wrote: > we have the following scenario: > > inherited w

SCSI Controller/HDD Issue

we have the following scenario: inherited whitbox server, intel motherboard, adaptec 29160N scsi controller, 2 Seagate Cheetah 36GB drives. one hard drive failed giving a medium error when booting and the scsi controller gives this message upon post. we ordered and received a fujitsu 36GB map336

Re: WSUS and IE8

I managed to solve the problem here, but I am at a loss to explain it. This morning I used Microsoft's .adm file to set the forty-odd killbits via GPO for my server systems. Pretty soon after this I noticed IE8 being offered on a number of servers. For some reason all the WSUS settings, which are

WSUS and IE8

Is it just me, or has everyone just noticed IE8 offering itself as an update through WSUS? I am pretty sure I have not approved it, yet here it is, along with an updare for Microsoft XML Core Services. I was sure that it wasn't due to come through WSUS until August - and even then it shouldn't have