RE: Home drive mapping quizzler

We are using the command USE: http://www.scriptlogic.com/Kixtart/htmlhelp/Commands/use.htm Also looks like we delete the connection if it exists (using USE) and then delete the registry key for the remembered connection from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network\. From: Eisenberg, Wayne [mailto:way

Re: OT: Salary rant

No, you really shouldn't. :) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: James Kerr Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:16:54 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Salary rant Guess I shouldn't complain about our 1% raise company wide. - Original Message

RE: Home drive mapping quizzler

Michael, We are all XP with a mix of SP2 and SP3 in a Win2003 native domain. It happens in both SPs, as far as I am informed. Joe, what kind of kixtart script command did you use? I have been thinking about converting us over from batch files to kix. Wayne Fro

Re: OT: Salary rant

I'll trade you your 1% for my entire office closing Oct. 30. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM, James Kerr wrote: > Guess I shouldn't complain about our 1% raise company wide. > > - Original Message - > From: Sam Cayze > To: NT System Admin Issues > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:49 PM > S

Re: OT: Salary rant

The key is to be actively managing your career at all times -- even when you are reasonably content. You still have an option to negotiate. Consider, not money, but some other benefit like an additional week of vacation, or something like a week of training plus certification. Even in a d

Re: OT: Salary rant

My advice is to take the sure thing right now. You can always keep looking. Also, look at Federal jobs. The gov't is always hiring! Heck, I got 3 e-mails today (granted they were from the same recruiter for the same job) for an Exchange admin in Maryland. But I'm sure the DC/VA/MD area is not t

RE: Network link state slow to propagate; UI freezes

I've not noticed this behavior in our E5500 but frequent disconnecting/reconnecting isn't something that it typical in my environment (docking station, so the whole system is wacky for a bit after dock/undock). If Dell reports anything I would be very interested in knowing and I'll be sure to test

Re: Home drive mapping quizzler

We were having the same issue and applied the solution as found in the following MS article below. I'm not positive it was the silver bullet, so I'm asking our front line help desk folks for the latest update. The Home Folder may be mapping incorrectly when logging on to a Windows XP-based compute

Re: OT: Salary rant

Some businesses are cyclical, some are anti-cyclical. And every recession (and the Great Depression) is a period of opportunity for those willing to find the silver lining. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM, James Kerr wrote: > Guess I shouldn't complain about our 1% raise company wide. > > ---

Network link state slow to propagate; UI freezes

Hey all, PROBLEM SUMMARY When plugging in or unplugging the network cable, the link state change does not propagate to the whole system immediately. Network-related UI elements may freeze until the system "notices" the change. The "network cable is unplugged" and/or "now connected" balloons do

Re: Home drive mapping quizzler

The issue my understanding pop up after XP SP3, to resolve the problem use the FQDN so instead of \\fileserver\users\username use \\fileserver.comp.com\users\username in AD you can get the FQDN by right clicking on the server and go to properties. HTH, Bob Smith

RE: Home drive mapping quizzler

I have seen that occasionally as well on my shares on my home n� Primarily XP clients to Win2K3 and now Win2K8 server. Dunno either. (TPain? Wouldnta figured him for computer literate) -sc From: Robert Cato [mailto:cato.rob...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:23 PM

Re: OT: Salary rant

Guess I shouldn't complain about our 1% raise company wide. - Original Message - From: Sam Cayze To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:49 PM Subject: RE: OT: Salary rant Well put, nice words Andy. (And others). They might be lowballing to find some

RE: OT: Salary rant

Well put, nice words Andy. (And others). They might be lowballing to find someone serious about the position, not the paycheck. If you bite, they may make it worth your while if you are committed. From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: Home drive mapping quizzler

+1. Was XP SP2 in a 2003 domain. The issue persisted building moves (all clients and servers moved to a new location, existing infrastructure equipment was kept but new wiring, of course). Wve not had it happen since we���ve moved our home drive mappings from AD to a kix login script. Ho

Re: XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!!

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:44, Erik Goldoff wrote: > > http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5485-xbox-modder-arrested-for-breaking-copyright-law?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r6_20090811_POLI > > makes you think twice about jailbreaking your iPhone, doesn't it ? > > Erik Goldoff No, it makes m

RE: Invite to admin_misc (was [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter)

Thanks, Steven. I had forgotten about that list for a while. Just re-subbed. James From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Invite to admin_misc (was [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: U.S. Marines ban Face

RE: Salary rant

You certainly have my sympathy, economy or not. The economy isn't an excuse for lying to people. You win in the long run. They won't be able to keep you once an better gig comes along. Take this one of course and keep looking. From: Christopher Bodnar [

RE: OT: Salary rant

" ...i.e. all of you be the rock star in your current position(s). " and no doubt when this period of 'economy sucks' is past, those good employers will certainly ( most will, all SHOULD ) remember who stood with them keeping the business running, ( they WILL remember those that bitched and mo

Re: Home drive mapping quizzler

We're having the exact same issue, so I hope someone out there has some insight. All workstations here are XPSP3 fully patched in a Server 2008 domain. The two users that happen frequently have similar user names (eg TPain and TMPain) although it does happen to others. I have been focusing on othe

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Sam Cayze wrote: > The 70's called, they want their keyboard back ;) Pfft! That looks like an IBM Model M or similar. That's a *man's* keyboard. The one true keyboard. All hail the Model M! http://www.google.com/search?q=model+m I paid $70 for the Unicom

Re: Home drive mapping quizzler

Kindly list all of the desktop operating systems involved that are mapping drives. -- ME2 On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Eisenberg, Wayne < wayne.eisenb...@pbvllc.com> wrote: > > My google-fu is below par right now, maybe some of you have the answer: > > We use the AD home folder info (on the

Home drive mapping quizzler

My google-fu is below par right now, maybe some of you have the answer: We use the AD home folder info (on the profile tab) to map users' H: drive to \\fileserver\users\username . 97% of the time it works as advertised. However, sometimes it just maps the H: drive to \\fileserver\users and doesn

RE: OT: Salary rant

Chris, It's tough out there no doubt and I feel your pain, many of us that are employed are right there with you. Salary cuts, benefit cost increases, insurance coverage decreases, 401(k)s turning into 101(k)s, furloughs, FREAKIN' COMISSION PLAN RESTRUCTURES (I fell better). The cut sucks, I u

RE: OT: Salary rant

You could join the federal government's largest unemployment program. TSA! From: Vicky Spelshaus [mailto:vicky.spelsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Salary rant I feel your pain, but it could be worse you mentioned

RE: Salary rant

Sorry they didn't keep their word, but yep, still be happy you're employed, and sounds decent otherwise ... Salary is a game of supply and demand too. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@gli

RE: Salary rant

Do you have any idea how many people the world over are taking pay cuts these days ? CFee -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Salary rant I know I'm not going to

Re: OT: Salary rant

A promise is only as good as a piece of paper signed by both parties (i.e. a contract) and sometimes not even then. Are you actually signing a contract for a specified term? Do you see any other prospects out there? On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.co

Re: OT: Salary rant

I feel your pain, but it could be worse you mentioned unemployment... let me offer you another 'worse' - state employment. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: > I know I’m not going to get a any sympathy here, due to the unemployment > rat

OT: Salary rant

I know I’m not going to get a any sympathy here, due to the unemployment rate, and the economy in general, but needed to vent a little. Was hired as a contract to hire position last year. Great company, close to home, good salary. 6 months in they cut my salary by 10% to the contracting company,

Re: XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!!

To quote Stan Marsh: "Dude, this is pretty f***ed up right here." > -- ME2 On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > > > http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5485-xbox-modder-arrested-for-breaking-copyright-law?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r6_20090811_POLI > > makes you thi

Re: The network path not found

Jim, Any Anti-Virus running on it, if so what kind, any errors in the event logs, and you mention it is in a domain any policies that may be preventing this, is it in a separate OU than the other systems. Bob Smith -- From: "Kennedy, Jim" Sent

RE: The network path not found

Take this for what it's worth, I've not messed with Vista much in a managed environment too much and just use it at home primarily. However, I do recall that Vista maintained different firewalls for different 'locations' (domain, private, public, etc). Have you went into the Windows Firewall wit

RE: The network path not found

Good question, whenever we find the issue it will be something simple I missed. But this is Enterprise 7 and it is joined to the domain. -Original Message- From: Alan Monaghan [mailto:al...@gardnerweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: The

RE: The network path not found

Just to be sure. This is the version of Vista that can talk to the network and join a domain. The only reason I ask is there were a few versions there that could not do that and don't want to overlook the obvious. Felis demulcta mitis ... Alan G. Monaghan [ MCSE+I - Win4.0/ MCSE - Win2k/

RE: The network path not found

Saw those just a bit ago. They are all enabled and started, netbios over tcp/ip is also enabled. Yep, I have an everyone full control folder shared and cannot even hit that directly. Tried by IP address also. For now Windows Firewall is disabled. -Original Message- From: Bob Smith [mail

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

I think my neck would hurt having to look up at the top monitors. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Walker, Michael wrote: > Since we’re sharing... 4 x Dell 22” Ultra Sharp Monitors. I wish I could > say these were mine but they belong to a client. > > > > > > > > > > *Michael Walker* > > *Senio

RE: tape backup drives

We use Backup Exec 12 with a backup to HD at our central office and backup to tape as well as HD at our datacenter. _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com From: Ben

RE: [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter

+1 I used to get a lot of great information from this list, but it seems to be almost a total waste of precious time these days simply checking all the nonsense posts every day. I haven't seen much other than banter for a while now. CFee From: Stu Sjouwerman

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Walker, Michael wrote: > Since we’re sharing... 4 x Dell 22” Ultra Sharp Monitors.  I wish I could > say these were mine but they belong to a client. Man, it's *such* a shame to see a beautiful setup like that still at the factory default wallpaper/advertisement.

Re: The network path not found

Jim, Check that the following services are started: Workstation, DHCP Client, DNS Client, Server, TCP/IP Netbios helper, Computer Browser. Have you tried to create a share on the system to see if you can browse it then, also try enabling NETBIOS over TCP/IP HTH, Bob Smith

Re: Scheduled Tasks/Batch logons, etc

That's wild. I've never had an issue scrolling down to see the answers. IE, FF, blocking JS, or not. I just did 5 random searches with vanilla IE7 and had no issues. What kind of blocking are people seeing? -- ME2 On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:30 AM, John Cook wrote: > Nice tip, thanks! > > Joh

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

That's cheating... From: Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 2:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen Since we're sharing... 4 x Dell 22" Ultra Sharp Monitors. I wish I could say

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

Since we're sharing... 4 x Dell 22" Ultra Sharp Monitors. I wish I could say these were mine but they belong to a client. Michael Walker Senior Network Engineer Citrus Valley Health Partners 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723 Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882 mwal...@mail.

Re: XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!!

Exactly my thought, and the charges filed are probably only the beginning. My hunch, what you've left unsaid is that somewhere along the line the devices he mods are getting sold to an international buyer, whether he knows it or not. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > U

RE: OT Win 7 sharing

I had no problem, after I changed the firewall settings. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT Win 7 sharing Works fine for me... On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Kennedy, Jim wro

Re: OT Win 7 sharing

Works fine for me... On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > Firewall is ok. Did the below already. Starting to look like a common > issueit says my connection type is 'internet'. It does not recognize it > as a domain connection. Seems to be a dhcp issue. Those are the clues

RE: tape backup drives

We haven't deployed a new tape system in...a couple of years I think. 100% of our clients are going to (or have gone to) external/removable hard drives for backup storage and a few of them have contracted with "Cloud" backup providers (Carbonite, Mozy, etc.) as secondary off-site backups. Faste

RE: OT Win 7 sharing

Firewall is ok. Did the below already. Starting to look like a common issueit says my connection type is 'internet'. It does not recognize it as a domain connection. Seems to be a dhcp issue. Those are the clues I have just gathered from google that seem to match my issue. -Original

RE: OT Win 7 sharing

You need to go to the Advanced Sharing page from the Network and Sharing Center and select Turn in network discovery. TVK -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT Win 7 shari

RE: OT Win 7 sharing

Firewall? -sc > -Original Message- > From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:31 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT Win 7 sharing > > Driving me crazy, just want to be able to connect to my desktop from > server to copy stuff

RE: tape backup drives

That's a good question Andy; I've been reading articles and whitepapers that are indicating that companies are moving from tape libraries to either a cloud or harddrive backup. That is why I inquired with the group, my primary focus is software and I'm not going to pretend to be a hardware expert.

RE: OT Win 7 sharing

Disable the firewall? Have had no issues with Win7 RC on a domain joined & non-domain joined computers connecting to/from file servers (2k3 R2 & 2k8) for file copying. -Original Message- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:31 PM To:

OT Win 7 sharing

Driving me crazy, just want to be able to connect to my desktop from server to copy stuff back and forth. Vista was no problem. \\desktopname gets me network path was not found. Same with the full domain name. 2008, XP 2003 and 2003 r2 same result. Got it all turned on in the domain tab in netw

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

I have experienced this "Phantom Pager Syndrome" http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-06-12-cellphones_N.htm?csp=34 From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Monitor: regular or wid

RE: XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!!

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carrying out the work? Something else isn't being told to us. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 _ From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT Sy

RE: tape backup drives

We moved to a DataDomain unit setup last year. We have one DD setup as the main backup system w/ a Backup Exec front end. A second DD setup remotely as the backup for the primary DD. And we went with a Lito4 tape changer from HP for long term storage and once a month duplicate backups. As of no

RE: tape backup drives

I've got experience with Spectra's...nothing but good things to say about them. While they are not the cheapest solution out there, they just work. On a bigger picture note, what about using this opportunity to move away from tapes? Shook From: Thomas Gonzalez [mailto:tgonza...@girlscouts-swt

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

+1. "A wide 19" 16:9 display will be shorter than a 19" 4:3 display. They have roughly the same screen surface area; what you gain in width you lose in height. So the 16:9 for the same price as the 4:3 is not something for nothing; it's just rearranging what you get." So many people overlo

RE: Save e-mail messages and attachments from OWA '07 to Desktop?

So am I out of luck? Can Ionly save attachments from OWA messages? -Marty -Original Message- From: Marty Nelson [mailto:mnel...@transdyn.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Save e-mail messages and attachments from OWA '07 to Desktop? S

RE: tape backup drives

Thomas: Yes I have had one about a month. So far it seems very fast and solid. Since I upgraded from the AIT2 drives it is very fast. butch youngblood | system administrator | Meisel p. 214.688.4941 | m. 214.437.5381 | www.meisel.com We are proud to be a certified Sustainable Green

RE: Invite to admin_misc (was [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter)

And of course I typo'ed the listserver address. It's listser...@ultratech-llc.com I'm an idiot. -sc From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Cc: admin_m...@ultratech-llc.com Subject: Invite to admin_misc (w

Invite to admin_misc (was [LIST ADMIN MESSAGE] RE: U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter)

Stu- Thanks for graciously hosting this list (and that great compilation of utilities), and for giving us a least a little free reign. And not for calling me out specifically ;-) This same thing happened a decade+ ago on a similar list, and ASB created a place for the foolishness to continu

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

One of my favorite Dilbert's of all time from many years ago, before anyone was putting mobile phones in their pocket has him on the psychiatrist's couch where Dilbert complains that he feels his pager vibrating even when he isn't wearing it. The shrink says "Phantom Pager Syndrome" is common among

The network path not found

I've got a Server 2003 domain. One Vista computer on that domain doesn't show up in "Network Neighborhood". From an XP machine if you do start run \\computername\sharename I get \\computername\sharename The network path not found I've also tried \\FQDN\sharename and \\ipaddress\sharename a

RE: XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!!

Whoa.. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!! http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5485-xbox-modder-arrested-for-br eaking-copyright-law?utm_source=nl

XBox mod hacker could face 10 years in prison !!!

http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5485-xbox-modder-arrested-for-breaki ng-copyright-law?utm_source=nlet &utm_content=it_r6_20090811_POLI makes yo

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

CALL ME ! PLEASE -- Bob Fronk P Please print only as needed. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen Yes Bob hides his "mobile" in his pants pocket and sets it to vibr

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

And what guy doesn't?? On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Steve Ens wrote: > Yes Bob hides his "mobile" in his pants pocket and sets it to vibrate. ;-) > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Peter van Houten wrote: > >> *Four* telephones on one desk...? There probably a mobile tucked away as >>

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Peter van Houten wrote: > *Four* telephones on one desk...? There probably a mobile tucked away as > well... That's nothing. I have a whole phone system sitting next to my desk. Anyone want to buy a used Norstar MICS? ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoi

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

Yes Bob hides his "mobile" in his pants pocket and sets it to vibrate. ;-) On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Peter van Houten wrote: > *Four* telephones on one desk...? There probably a mobile tucked away as > well... > > -- > Peter van Houten > > On the 11/08/2009 17:08, Bob Fronk wrote the fol

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

Four phones, how about all the workstations/laptops on one desk On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Peter van Houten wrote: > *Four* telephones on one desk...? There probably a mobile tucked away as > well... > > -- > Peter van Houten > > On the 11/08/2009 17:08, Bob Fronk wrote the following:

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

*Four* telephones on one desk...? There probably a mobile tucked away as well... -- Peter van Houten On the 11/08/2009 17:08, Bob Fronk wrote the following: Since we are bending the attachment rule…..Here is my desk as of 5 mins ago….. More tidy than usual. Main monitors are 27” Dells. *--*

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

LOL... There are two more out of the picture. I am in the middle of a Cisco phone roll out, so I have one for each of the areas I am working on at this time. That way I can test calls without messing with my phone. -- Bob Fronk P Please print only as needed. From: Christopher Bodnar [mail

tape backup drives

Anyone use or heard of Spectra's T50e? We are in the market of upgrading and I'm looking for a solution, any ideas or comments is appreciated. Thanks, Thomas This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not th

RE: Service recovery tab

I wonder if you'd have better success with sAlive monitoring the service, and using the sAlive trigger to restart the service via command line ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2

Re: Service recovery tab

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Bob Fronk wrote: > However, it never seems to restart without manually > opening services.msc and clicking “start”. Check the "System" event log. The Service Control Manager log should record how the service faulted and what action it took. > has anyone seen th

RE: Service recovery tab

If the service stops "gracefully" (e.g. with a 0 exit code) then the Service Control Manager isn't going to restart the service - it's the equivalent of you manually stopping the service, or the service stopping itself. Additionally you can only configure a certain amount of retries - so if the

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

I too got used the high vertical resolution. I have a pair of 1600x1200's I use. I think that a lot of folks got in to a snit here over losing resolution in one axis. I kinda figured it goes without saying that if you are moving to a widescreen monitor, you are probably doing so and _INCREASI

Service recovery tab

(Windows 2003 server R2) I have a 3rd party service that regularly stops. (unresolved issue from software). I have it set in the recovery tab to restart service. However, it never seems to restart without manually opening services.msc and clicking "start". It does start at reboot, so the set

RE: Monitor: regular or widescreen

" Standardized is most often better in larger environments too. Less bruised egos that way. ..." also makes for simpler support, which equals lower cost support ... and anything you can do to lower fixed costs like support will *usually* get you the backing of the executive level in the command

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

Another helpful response. I'd love to get my power users dual monitors but for now they get the standard replacement. We don't do "onsies" here either. You get a new PC or keep your old one. Even my PC and laptop are standard issue with more memory. Being a non-profit we try to keep tight c

Re: Patch Tuesday

That was what I was looking for. Funny the webcast is at 11 and they release the patches before the meeting? Oh well, at least I can make a schedule for the laptop users. Thank you. Jon On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Hart, Robert wrote: > > http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/08/06/

RE: Scheduled Tasks/Batch logons, etc

Nice tip, thanks! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I, A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 -Original Message- From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@can

Re: Monitor: regular or widescreen

That's exactly the right reason for dual monitors. Will the productivity of the user be enhanced with dual monitors - or any other piece of equipment - be it mouse, special keyboard or other input device like a spaceball that some of the CAD guys like. Having used an old 21" CRT 4:3 CAD monitor to

RE: Patch Tuesday

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/08/06/august-2009-advance-not ification.aspx "we plan to release 9 security bulletins at approximately 10:00 a.m. PDT (UTC -8)." Bob From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issue

Patch Tuesday

What time (ET) will Microsoft issue patches? I know they do it on Pacific time but what time? Thanks, Jon ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: LinkedIn

Lords of Conquest !!! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: LinkedIn Asylum (Like Wolfenstein), Elite (space simulation), an

RE: LinkedIn

Asylum (Like Wolfenstein), Elite (space simulation), and Flight Simulator. From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: LinkedIn Choplifter... classic! As was Beach Head!

RE: Scheduled Tasks/Batch logons, etc

I doesn't show the recommended solution though... -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Scheduled Tasks/Batch logons, etc On 10 Aug 2009 at 14:22, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote

RE: IE8

I've seen that quite a bit where there was either an IE plug-in causing it or there was a piece of malware. -Original Message- From: Jim Dandy Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: IE8 We had a problem. We tracked it down to Sophos Antivirus.

RE: Server virtualization security and compliance (survey)

Thanks all who had the time to fill out the survey. As I'm going to close it soon this is just a heads up for those who are involved in virtualization and/or compliance management. Daniel From: Schatz, Daniel (M Tech Ops) Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 5:12 PM To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-