RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

I agree the noise here is far too high lately... But I don't delete the messages (takes time) or use conversation view; is it that hard just to ignore a thread, not read it, and move on? Read what's important. Most on topic questions get answered quickly and thoroughly imo. I think a little noi

RE: OT: SharePoint design

You make a good point Shook, but one real neat feature that is often overlooked in MOSS is the ability to crawl/index file shares. So you can use Sharepoint to compliment you file servers. When you have tons of documents in different spots a custom search page can be a huge tool to finding your i

"Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Print Sharing"

I just installed a server 08 Core box, and it has 3 Nics in it. 2 will be used for virtual machines to access the network. As such, from the command line I need to disable file and print sharing, client for MS networks and the "register this connection in DNS" setting as well. Any hints, I am

RE: OT: SharePoint design

Have a dedicated box for indexing/crawling (if you can - it will be much faster) Determine what your backup/restore RTO/RPOs are - there's plenty of bad backup/restore options out there. Definitely get your governance in plan beforehand. Otherwise you'll just have a plethora of half-abandoned s

Re: Good NT sysadmin list?

Yeah, thank goodness for Gmail's conversation sorting (it has its moments..). Althought I totally agree with Ben, you have to admit that the signal itself has been pretty low lately so it makes the noise seem a lot worse.. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > If it weren't

RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

If it weren't for OWA 2010's conversation view, I would've had to drop out awhile ago. Thankfully, the Exchange list isn't quite as noisy. The only other "quality" forums I know of also have high-noise. From: Ken Schaefer [...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Thur

RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

Personally I don't really want to wade through 100 messages deleting 75 of them. When you get 5-600 messages a day, pressing delete for 75% of them isn't scalable. I'm with Ben - can we either have less noise, or can someone recommend a better list? Cheers Ken -Original Message- From

RE: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

Hi- This should work (been there done that), just be VERY CAREFUL that you don't accidentally somehow put these boxes on the production network. You'll need to cleanup the old DCs with ntdsutil - search on metadata cleanup. DO NOT do it by hand with something like ADSIEdit. Be careful using sn

Websense vs. Barracuda

Small business client; 2 locations, 25 users SoCal, 35 users NorCal. T1 between the sites, separate internet pipes at each location. Running AD, Cisco VoIP, and some SQL over the WAN. Need to implement web filtering. I've used websense a lot, but not for a few years. Never used the barracuda. Clien

RE: Good NT sysadmin list?

I'd be worried more if that 25% actually took up 25% of my time. But the delete key's a beautiful thing. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Good NT sysadmin list? Anyone here kno

Good NT sysadmin list?

Anyone here know of a good email list to discuss NT sysadmin issues? Seriously, folks, the signal-to-noise ratio on this list is going to hell. Today we had 15 messages on the definition of a word (here's a tip: www.google.com), 37 on a cartoon, 8 on banjos, 5 on the security of Mac's, 7 that

RE: Mac not secure (was RE: OT: SharePoint design)

LOL - understood. I don't think I'd want your job... :) From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Mac not secure (was RE: OT: SharePoint design) Thanks but I get myself into enough hot water just managing a Windo

Re: Mac not secure (was RE: OT: SharePoint design)

Thanks but I get myself into enough hot water just managing a Windows network. I don't need to push this guys buttons any more than absolutely possible. The fact that we bought 2 Windows laptops for less than one Mac and with the difference large enough to purchase another Windows laptop, kind of

Re: OT: Word Definition & Origination

It's not in my 2nd Ed. OED, but a quick Google shows that one meaning goes back to at least 19th Century Turkey, where a family/tribe of Greeks named Chiote living in the region were merchants, and were displaced during political upheaval. I suspect that's not what your correspondent was after, th

RE: Mac not secure (was RE: OT: SharePoint design)

Ohh good catch on the the first one yeah, sorry I should have disclaimered it, my bad. 2nd link was current as of today, however, and in fact this is an ever better link as it cover just 2009 to date: http://secunia.com/advisories/product/96/?task=statistics_2009 Kind of kills the "Mac can't ge

Re: Mac not secure (was RE: OT: SharePoint design)

**COUGH** 2004?! -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:43 PM, David Lum wrote: > They really feels that way? Print these out… > > > > “Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever > imagined. That is according to statistics published for the first time this > week by D

Re: OT: SharePoint design

Yes I am sorry to say. Jon On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Kevin Lundy wrote: > Wow you are still dealing with that guy? > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Jon Harris wrote: > >> That is not up to me and I doubt I could get management by in to that one >> anyway. Upper mangement is on a

Re: Our job description of sorts...

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:00, David Lum wrote: > Random yet relevant post for the day… > > I was asked by a fellow employee what I do here I came up with this. I > changed it from “I” to “we” for posting here, but figured it pretty much > described any sysadmin… > > The stuff we do is only noticed

RE: List Up?

I had to get Sunbelt involved for me. A Lyris software upgrade in July had been dropping ALL of my messages since July 7! Dennis at Sunbelt made a couple of changes for me to get me back "online" with the lists. From: Joe Heaton [jhea...@etp.ca.gov] Sent

RE: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

>I have a VMware ESX cluster, and want to practice the steps for upgrading >my domain from AD 2000 to AD 2003 (then, AD2008 later). I can recall doing >something similar 3 years back with the regular VMware Server, but that >was on a physically isolated network. Here, I want to do it on the >produc

Re: Undelete

Used recuva and got all her pictures back...even after she ran the HP system restore. She was so happy. THanks for all the suggestions. On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Gene Giannamore < gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com> wrote: > I used getback for fat or ntfs numerous times to retrieve

Mac not secure (was RE: OT: SharePoint design)

They really feels that way? Print these out... "Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever imagined. That is according to statistics published for the first time this week by Danish security firm Secunia" http://news.techworld.com/security/1798/mac-os-x-security-m

RE: List Up?

Tom, If it helps I have received 75 emails for the NTSys Admins list today. If you need further help looking into this feel free to contact me off list. Thank you, Fred Sawyer f...@sunbeltsoftware.com Sunbelt Software From: T

re: List Up?

It's up. I have a real problem lately getting the messages in Outlook though. I received messages from the 26th in Outlook, but not for about 2 weeks prior to that, and not since. I've been having to follow the list directly from the Lyris site. Joe Heaton ~ Finally, powerful endpoint securi

Re: OT: SharePoint design

Wow you are still dealing with that guy? On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Jon Harris wrote: > That is not up to me and I doubt I could get management by in to that one > anyway. Upper mangement is on a Mac all the rest of us are on PC's. He > does not like connecting to the Windows network as

Re: OT: SharePoint design

That is not up to me and I doubt I could get management by in to that one anyway. Upper mangement is on a Mac all the rest of us are on PC's. He does not like connecting to the Windows network as it might infect his system with something, then tells us that the Mac can't get infected because it i

List Up?

Stu, Is the NT Admin list up today? I have not received anything since yesterday? Regards, Tom Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized rev

Re: Word Definition & Origination

Yeah - I got tired of  CISSP, MCDBA, MCSE NT/2000/2003, MCSA 200/2003, MCSE+I - feeling much more sure of myself these days lol ;-) From: Roger Wright To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:31:44 PM Subject: Re: Word Definition & Origina

RE: OT: SharePoint design

Not if you block all attachments. ;-) From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: SharePoint design So true so true, sigh. Jon On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Andy Shook wrote: OK. Sharepoint is

Re: OT: SharePoint design

That search across sites can be accomplished by setting up your search page to perform federated searches. So in the background, yes, the search is run across each site collection. However, the user only performs a single search. Ironic thing I found. In the MS Press "Best Practices" there are

Re: Word Definition & Origination

Brian, I like how you include your cert creds in your signature! Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Brian Richards < locomotive_breath_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > That was Don Quixote ;-) > > Brian > MCSE and stuff > >

RE: Word Definition & Origination

http://www.greektravel.com/greekislands/chios/history.htm This might help a little -Original Message- From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Word Definition & Origination Isn't that the guy

Re: Word Definition & Origination

That was Don Quixote ;-) Brian MCSE and stuff From: Kim Longenbaugh To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:11:17 PM Subject: RE: Word Definition & Origination Isn't that the guy that tilted at windmills?  Don Chiotes".  Oh, wait, you w

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

It's the associative property: All p*rn is bad, therefore all p*rn sites are bad. -Original Message- From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed HEY!.. not all p*rn site

RE: Word Definition & Origination

Isn't that the guy that tilted at windmills? Don Chiotes". Oh, wait, you wanted the lower case meaning. From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Word Definition & Origination

RE: Our profession has been exposed

ROFLMAO!!! That's a good one! -Original Message- From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideinternational.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Our profession has been exposed Can't have one without the other http://xkcd.com/518/

RE: OT: Word Definition & Origination

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chiote From: Roger Wright [mailto:rhw...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Word Definition & Origination Thanks... I'm honored! I've googled this like c

RE: Our profession has been exposed

Reminds me of when we were documenting everything for Sarbox. They wanted me document our training program. Having been doing this for awhile and getting tired of the whole thing, I came up with this: -Original Message- From: Gene Giannamore [mailto:gene.giannam...@abideintern

Re: Word Definition & Origination

I found that... Why then did another posting's Google results show a bunch of potty shots with French captions? Perhaps places where les chiotes can drink? -- RMc andy wrote on 08/27/2009 01:36:12 PM: > in french with a french to english translator > > > les chiotes > puppies > > aux chiot

RE: OT - Rack Screws

Then there were the two Renaults used in "Fueling Fuegos", from the movie "Ambivalence". From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - Rack Screws However,

Re: Word Definition & Origination

in french with a french to english translator les chiotes puppies aux chiotes for puppies At 02:13 PM 8/27/2009, you wrote: >Yep, I saw that, too. But I'm looking for the lowercase version. > > >Roger Wright >___ > >Sent from Tampa, FL, United States > > >On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Ch

RE: Word Definition & Origination

"A cloak with a cowl, or hood to it, worn by shepherds." Portugese. Other thing I found was something similar to squash, but spelled Chayote. Yes, I'm a little bored.. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster A

Re: OT: Word Definition & Origination

Thanks... I'm honored! I've googled this like crazy and found this: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=qtf&q=chiotes&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi so it does appear to be French and related to toilets but I can't get a definitive translation.

RE: OT: Word Definition & Origination

No, but I will nominate this as the most OT post I've seen on this list. Not that I'm complaining. It's just so, so "out of the blue." Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:58:23 -0400 Subject: OT: Word Definition & Origination From: rhw...@gmail.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I've been a

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

I probably wasn't clear enough; Tech B found the root cause (specific update that hosed a DLL)... That's always been my troubleshooting focus. Find the root cause... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message-

Re: Word Definition & Origination

Yep, I saw that, too. But I'm looking for the lowercase version. Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Christopher Bodnar < christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: > Natives of CHIOS Island, Greece. > > > > ? > > > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE > Sr. Sy

RE: Word Definition & Origination

Natives of CHIOS Island, Greece. ? 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: rhw...@gmail.com [mailto:

OT: Word Definition & Origination

I've been asked to find out what the word "chiotes" means and where it originated. The best I can find is that it may be French and is somehow related to toilets. Anyone have more specific details for me? Roger Wright ___ Polarvoid: The state of having no baby pictures, a condition that usuall

RE: Our profession has been exposed

Can't have one without the other http://xkcd.com/518/ -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Our profession has been exposed Now anyone can be a sysadmin/tech support person: ht

RE: OT: SharePoint design

EVERYTHING in SP is in the SQL server. Configuration, web content, and files. Furthermore, while you can have multiple sites (= separate SQL DB's), there are some gotchas, such as that content indexing is limited to site boundaries. Thus if you maintain multiple sites, you would need to run a s

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

Hmm... Still have to found out the root cause. Why did 12 machines have the same DLL problem at the same time? Bad patch? Copying over the DLL is just a quick fix which is perfectly normal in this situation. Still need to find the actual problem. When I troubleshoot, I like to come up with a temp

RE: Our job description of sorts...

And as the work gets bigger the screw-ups get bigger, but we learn from them quicker! From: paul chinnery [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: 27 August 2009 6:28 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Our job description of sorts... Of course, it's also true that if we don't do it right (the

Re: OT: SharePoint design

So true so true, sigh. Jon On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Andy Shook wrote: > OK. Sharepoint is IIS on steroids with everything stored in a SQL > backend. Keep that framework in mind as you design and also accept that you > will _*NEVER*_ get rid of email as file transport. EVER. > > > >

RE: OT: SharePoint design

OK. Sharepoint is IIS on steroids with everything stored in a SQL backend. Keep that framework in mind as you design and also accept that you will _NEVER_ get rid of email as file transport. EVER. Shook From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:39 PM To: NT

Re: OT: SharePoint design

You will be happier! I went down the service route once and it was a major pain. I was half glad the project got cancelled due to the Mac user in our network as well as a problem with email that was caused. Jon On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > We will be using MOSS. > > >

RE: OT: SharePoint design

I am fine with public discussion, so here is where I am starting from. Currently we have multiple sites, each with at least one file server. Each file server is home for user profiles and a large number of shares. Users share documents across sites and across VPN from these shares. Obviously

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

I understand how it works. Hopefully somebody's paying attention to trends rather than assuming every problem will end up a system-wide problem. I'm sure we've all had bad updates for example. I've seen way too many silly "safequards" be put in place because "one time, 5 years ago..". -

RE: OT: SharePoint design

+1 Subject: RE: OT: SharePoint design Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:20:27 -0400 From: scaes...@caesare.com To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com I’d like to see the discussion here, rather than by offline phone call… we are wading in to SharePoint as well and would like to hear an

RE: Our job description of sorts...

Of course, it's also true that if we don't do it right (the stuff nobody ever notices), then somebody will notice. (Wish I could find the link to that old Dilbert cartoon where the punch line is, "Oh yeah, big time.") From: david@nwea.org To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: Thu,

RE: OT: SharePoint design

We will be using MOSS. From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: SharePoint design Before you get started make a decision on which one you will use, Sharepoint Services or Sharepoint server. It will make a

RE: OT - Rack Screws

That's fine, it's one of the "standards" I hope to master. Shook -Original Message- From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Rack Screws You do realize that in my head, you just gained "Due

Re: Our job description of sorts...

Correct! It (not only your description but my experience) reminds me of a "Dilbert" episode... Dilbert - "Yesterday I was a nobody, a little person lost in a big company. Today, everyone knows who I am! Dogbert - "You mean, you screwed up?" Dilbert - "Yeah, big-time!" -- richard David Lum

RE: Our job description of sorts...

Lum, What you described is a good admin, i.e., one who keeps the lights on and no one notices when he does "stuff". If that describes any of you then your 80% there. What separates the great ones from the 80% is the ones who can; 1. Think long term and strategically 2. Able to co

RE: OT: SharePoint design

I'd like to see the discussion here, rather than by offline phone call... we are wading in to SharePoint as well and would like to hear any tips and/or war stories. -sc From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: Remote Control Console

I love Terminals. I do all my RDP with it. I've tried telnet through it, but there was some funkyness to it. XP, by the way, not Vista. I haven't tried it on my Vista machine. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: logon script runs...

It should not. -sc From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: logon script runs... No one had any thoughts on this at all? On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Jim Majorowicz wrote: Just to make su

Re: OT - Rack Screws

Yup, but he said Dueling Banjos, so the reference was for the movie version ;) On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The recording for the movie, Deliverance, yea - but the original > "Fuedin' Banjos" was an instrumental written for a 4 and a

RE: logon script runs...

No they are not "logging in" they are "unlocking" so logon scripts are not processed. From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: logon script runs... No one had any thoughts on this at all? On Tue, Au

Re: Our job description of sorts...

Good answer... On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM, David Lum wrote: > Random yet relevant post for the day… > > I was asked by a fellow employee what I do here I came up with this. I > changed it from “I” to “we” for posting here, but figured it pretty much > described any sysadmin… > > The stuff

Our job description of sorts...

Random yet relevant post for the day... I was asked by a fellow employee what I do here I came up with this. I changed it from "I" to "we" for posting here, but figured it pretty much described any sysadmin... The stuff we do is only noticed if we don't do it, and even then in some cases we'd

Re: OT - Rack Screws

However, "Dueling Tubas", from the movie "Beligerence", did in fact have two tubas. -- RMc Sherry Abercrombie wrote on 08/27/2009 11:33:18 AM: > You know of course that "Dueling Banjos" weren't really dueling > banjos, it was a banjo & guitar...not that I have any clue what > you're refer

Re: logon script runs...

Do you have it set to go into Hybernate mode, or do you have set to go into Stand By Mode? What about the Power Settings? I always set that to 'Never' if it is a workstation. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jim Majorowicz wrote: > No one had any thoughts on this at all? > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009

Re: OT - Rack Screws

The recording for the movie, Deliverance, yea - but the original "Fuedin' Banjos" was an instrumental written for a 4 and a 5 string banjo. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > You know of course that "Dueling Banjos" weren't really dueling banjos, it > was a ban

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

You assume that the issue has indeed been isolated to the desktop machine. :-) Especially with domain/profile issues, the line is not necessarily that clear... I've seen desktop techs wipe more than one machine for an issue that turned out to be something further up the chain. Personally, I'll hir

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

Sometimes. Let's say you have an application issue with a desktop. Tech A wipes and rebuilds. Takes an hour. Tech B spends an hour troubleshooting the issue, isolates it to a DLL that got whacked by some update or something. Copies the file from a good system to the problem PC and it's fixed. The h

RE: logon script runs...

I have been accused of being thoughtless. It's definitely true in this instance. J From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:jmajorow...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: logon script runs... No one had any thoughts on this at all? On Tue, Au

Re: logon script runs...

Correct, the login script should not run in that case. -- Sent using BlackBerry From: Jim Majorowicz To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thu Aug 27 12:31:49 2009 Subject: Re: logon script runs... No one had any thoughts on this at a

Re: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

Sherry Abercrombie wrote on 08/27/2009 12:21:49 PM: > VLans I thought you would be. I suppose I could set up a special VLAN on our main switch. I usually don't handle the VLAN configurations (altho I have set them up once or twice), my co-worker does. I suppose I could set it up that way ...

Re: logon script runs...

No one had any thoughts on this at all? On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Jim Majorowicz wrote: > Just to make sure I’m not going insane: > > > > On a Windows XP workstation, if a user is logged on and steps away from her > desk long enough for the PC to go into Power Save sleep mode, when they w

Re: OT: SharePoint design

Before you get started make a decision on which one you will use, Sharepoint Services or Sharepoint server. It will make a difference with the design and what you can do later. Jon On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > I am heading into a SharePoint rollout to help with our fil

Re: OT - Rack Screws

You know of course that "Dueling Banjos" weren't really dueling banjos, it was a banjo & guitar...not that I have any clue what you're referring to here of course ;) On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Jim Majorowicz wrote: > You do realize that in my head, you just gained "Dueling Banjos" as y

Re: OT - Rack Screws

Just wait till you seem him PLAY a banjo IRL... -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Jim Majorowicz wrote: > You do realize that in my head, you just gained "Dueling Banjos" as your > personal theme music every time I read one of your posts... > > -Original Message- > From: Andy Sho

Re: OT: Our profession has been exposed

Depending on your environment and data storage, its a faster solution. -- ME2 On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Don Guyer wrote: > That’s how our field techs resolve a lot of issues. > > > > Troubleshooting is a lost art form, to most techs today. > > > > Don Guyer > > Systems Engineer - Inform

RE: OT - Rack Screws

You do realize that in my head, you just gained "Dueling Banjos" as your personal theme music every time I read one of your posts... -Original Message- From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT - Rack

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

Aren't you paid to say that? :) -Original Message- From: Jacob [mailto:ja...@excaliburfilms.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed HEY!.. not all p*rn sites are bad! ;-) -Original Message- From: C

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

I think the implied comment is that a wipe/rebuild is more cost effective use of man-hours than troubleshooting for most *DESKTOP* related issues. I agree with what you're saying though. Troubleshooting is becoming a lost art for entry level techs. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser

Re: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

VLans On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:09 AM, wrote: > Sherry Abercrombie wrote on 08/27/2009 11:59:24 AM: > > > Yup, build yourself a test domain in VMWare, different ip and subnet > > address range for it. Set it up like your domain is in production, > > snapshot your servers before doing any migr

OT: SharePoint design

I am heading into a SharePoint rollout to help with our file share nightmare and "Outlook as a file transport" problems. Data is at multiple sites. If any SharePoint experts out there would be able to discuss this with me via email or phone call, please contact me off list at: bfr...@davishel

RE: default logon domain name Vista

I think that is a Vista only setting and you need to manually load the Vista ADMX or ADML files. Keep in mind that this won't apply to down-level clients (XP, 2000). Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of

Re: default logon domain name Vista

One word of warning on this you will not want to go back to running GPM on the DC afterwards. RSAT makes it so much easier and there is the down side that if you try to edit a policy created from Vista/Windows 7 box on a 2003 box you may have problems with it later. RSAT is just a good tool for y

Re: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

Sherry Abercrombie wrote on 08/27/2009 11:59:24 AM: > Yup, build yourself a test domain in VMWare, different ip and subnet > address range for it. Set it up like your domain is in production, > snapshot your servers before doing any migrations or upgrades, then > practice all you want. Revert

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

HEY!.. not all p*rn sites are bad! ;-) -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 8:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed I dunno; I think that's a bit harsh considering the (non)

RE: default logon domain name Vista

Install the RSAT tools for Vista (on a Vista machine) and use that version of Group Policy Management to establish the policy. Carl From: Okan Bostan [mailto:bosta...@itu.edu.tr] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: default logon domain name Vist

Re: OT: Our profession has been exposed

Re-imaging a system that has an unknown problem can part of the problem isolation process. Problem isolation as a part of troubleshooting is a lost art. So is verification that you followed a written procedure, but I do digress... I keep seeing entry level techs that want to fly by the seat of t

RE: default logon domain name Vista

I don't have the "Assign a default domain for logon" setting in GPO. It's a Windows Server 2003 DC. From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: default logon domain name Vista That article doesn't ap

Re: Advice: Using VMware ESX to practice upgrading a domain

Yup, build yourself a test domain in VMWare, different ip and subnet address range for it. Set it up like your domain is in production, snapshot your servers before doing any migrations or upgrades, then practice all you want. Revert back to the snapshot and start all over again. You will find t

RE: default logon domain name Vista

That article doesn't apply to Vista. If you have AD you can set this with group policy. Computer>Policies>Administrative templates>System>Logon>Assign a default domain for logon Carl From: Okan Bostan [mailto:bosta...@itu.edu.tr] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:47 AM To: NT Syst

RE: Copy profile utility

We also used Quest with mixed success. Sometimes we just pointed the profile to the old one via a reghack. From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copy profile utility We used the Quest tools (vmov

RE: default logon domain name Vista

Yes, "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\DefaultDomainName" key is created. From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: default logon domain name Vista Did you check

RE: OT: Our profession has been exposed

But all too often IT is running leaner, as well as the endusers could be. Techs screwing around for 1/2 hour or longer just cause downtime for both parties. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:55 AM To: NT Syste

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