Re: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread Kurt Buff
It's good, but very complicated, and really meant for a larger environment than ours. We also didn't buy some of the things with it that would make sense, like bare metal restores and direct SQL Server backups, though we did get the Exchange backup. I'm also having conceptual issues regarding how

Re: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
I think that's sorta what Symantec's Netbackup does too. More of a deduplication backup, but it's also more expensive. Sounds fun to play with though!! Original Message: - From: Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:25:44 -0700 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-softw

Re: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread Kurt Buff
As I said, a highly dynamic set of data will hurt your cause with Differentials - they grow in size until the next Full. You'll have to calculate that for your environment by looking at the size of your Incrementals, and seeing how much of the data on the Incrementals is due to multiple changes be

RE: Inbound and Outbound replication on DC

2009-09-10 Thread Brian Desmond
That makes sense - I've not personally experienced that situation fortunately. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Inbound an

Re: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
I understand the whole differential versus incremental pros/cons. But, with the files changing in some cases as much as they do, especially the backing up of flat database files, and other things, differentials would hurt us in relation to the amount of disk/tape space required to back those up wi

RE: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
You may want to switch from incrementals to differentials You run a FULL backup on Friday... Monday you run a backup for files that changed since the full backup ( no different than incremental here ) Tuesday you run a backup for files that changed since the full backup ( including what was

RE: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Stovall
I think this depends on a number of factors. Historically, I have always run differentials for the exactly the reasons you describe. The move to disk-based backup, however, requires a re-evaluation of your entire strategy. I have no compelling reason to run frequent fulls + differentials anym

RE: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Stovall
You can use the Search Catalogs feature. I think it's a bit quirky, but you should be able to drill down to what you need. Definitely experiment with it before running a restore. The key to finding a particular directory (since that was the example given) seems to be focusing the search on the d

Commvault

2009-09-10 Thread Joseph Heaton
Anyone using the Simpana product? My new home is using it, and I've been asked to come up to speed on it. Any decent online links besides the company site, to go look for info? Joseph L. Heaton Windows Server Support Group Information Technology Branch Department of Fish and Game 1807 13th Str

Re: Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread Kurt Buff
Yes, there is a much easier way. Do your Full, then don't do Incrementals. Do Differentials instead. A full Restore from Full/Differentials only requires that you have the latest Full and latest Differential. A full Restore from Full/Incrementals requires that you have the latest Full, plus all

Restores from Incremental backups

2009-09-10 Thread jesse-r...@wi.rr.com
Currently my backup plan consists of doing Incrementals Mon-Thu, and a Full on Friday. This has worked well. IF I switch to a Full once a month, and Incrementals each day for the remainder of the month how difficult does this make my restores? Lets say on October 1st I do a Full backup. I have

Re: Disable F keys

2009-09-10 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
but what I was really thinking was: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+remap+function+keys :-) -- ME2 On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.google.com/search?&q=windows+remap+function+keys > > -- > ME2 > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:2

Re: Disable F keys

2009-09-10 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
http://www.google.com/search?&q=windows+remap+function+keys -- ME2 On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Owens, Michael wrote: > Does anyone know how to disable the F keys via registry? I found programs > that do it, but id rather have reg keys so I can run them on new images. For > windows XP > >

RE: Disable F keys

2009-09-10 Thread Don Guyer
Across the board, or just for specific programs? I remember doing this on W2k Workstation for kiosk-type computers, but haven't done it since. And, IIRC, it was only disabling them for IE. Sorry, I know that's no help. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential

Re: Disable F keys

2009-09-10 Thread John Cook
Out of morbid curiosity why would you want to do this? John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud From: Owens, Michael To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Thu Sep 10 15:24:47 2009 Subject: Disable F k

RE: Disable F keys

2009-09-10 Thread Joe Tinney
Michael, Short of someone knowing this out and out you could use Sysinternals' Process Monitor (procmon) to view the changes being made while you run the programs. Generally, you would just filter on the executable name that is making these changes for you. HTH, Joe From: Owens, Mich

Disable F keys

2009-09-10 Thread Owens, Michael
Does anyone know how to disable the F keys via registry? I found programs that do it, but id rather have reg keys so I can run them on new images. For windows XP This message, and any response to it, may constitute a public record and thus may be publicly availab

RE: Inbound and Outbound replication on DC

2009-09-10 Thread Free, Bob
I've seen it implicated in certain situations like a USN rollback or very serious repl problems but it's all anecdotal, the only time I personally observed the flag being set is when I had done it myself. I have seen Jorge mention it so that's fairly authoritative for me. From: Brian Desmond [m

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
Thanks. Yes, that fixed it. J I appreciate the help! John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 2:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vipre question I believe Bryan emailed you more licenses, as that see

RE: Inbound and Outbound replication on DC

2009-09-10 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I just ran across this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875495 According to this article it looks like the server will automatically disable inbound and outbound replication under certain circumstances if it detects a USN rollback. Which can be seen by event IDs 1113 and 1115. Ch

RE: Inbound and Outbound replication on DC

2009-09-10 Thread Don Guyer
Good to know. J Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br.

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Alex Eckelberry
I believe Bryan emailed you more licenses, as that seemed to the problem (not enough licenses). If you need more help, feel free to email me directly. Alex Alex Eckelberry, CEO Sunbelt Software 33 N. Garden Avenue, Clearwater, FL 33755 p: 727-562-0101 x220 e: a...@sunbeltsoftware.com

RE: SPAM Solution

2009-09-10 Thread N Parr
I'm told I yell at people from work in my sleep. I guess it's good that I can release my frustrations subconsciously so I don't snap at someone when I'm awake. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:13 PM To: NT System Adm

RE: Inbound and Outbound replication on DC

2009-09-10 Thread Brian Desmond
I've only ever seen this set when someone uses repadmin (or something direct like adsiedit) to set the flag on the connection object. Time delta wouldn't do this. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, Se

Re: SPAM Solution

2009-09-10 Thread Joseph Heaton
When you're telling your wife to make sure your son doesn't go in the server roomit's time for a vacation. >>> "James Kerr" 9/10/2009 10:49 AM >>> I wish I could do that. My wife told me the other night when my son woke up to go pee that I told her to make sure he doesn't go in the server r

Re: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Kurt Buff
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 07:07, Jon D wrote: > I've never paid enough attention. When youguys do a tracert to your > wan links, is it normal to get a timeout somewhere along the way, like > maybe right after your border router? > I'm assuming the answer is 'NO', but I just wanted to verify. > > I h

RE: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Alverson, Tom (Xetron)
Get pingplotter (www.pingplotter.com). Free eval and nagware after that. It will do repeated traceroutes and graphs the results over time (including graphing the intermediate hops if desired). -Original Message- From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 200

Re: SPAM Solution

2009-09-10 Thread James Kerr
I wish I could do that. My wife told me the other night when my son woke up to go pee that I told her to make sure he doesn't go in the server room. I was sleeping when I said that. I can't even keep work out of my sleep let alone out of my home. James - Original Message - From: "Dav

RE: Inbound and Outbound replication on DC

2009-09-10 Thread Don Guyer
Maybe the times got so far out of whack (I believe when it hits 5 minutes it starts causing issues) that replication disabled itself? Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax:

RE: SOHO: Data storage, RAID levels, backups, VMs, etc. (was: SPAM Solution)

2009-09-10 Thread David Lum
+1 -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 6:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SOHO: Data storage, RAID levels, backups, VMs, etc. (was: SPAM Solution) On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:20 AM, tony patton wrote: > I rebuild my des

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
No, did not initially mention the "out of licenses" issue when I first emailed them. I did in my reply. As for removing one agent from the catalog and re-assigning the other agent, I haven't tried that yet either. I just posted in the Vipre support forum, so I am thinking I should get a quick respo

Re: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Yeah, make sure you mention that to them. The issue I had when demoing Ninja spam stuff was due to licensing (I had Ninja Disclaimers already so there was just some licensing stuff to work out). On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:47 AM, wrote: > > But did you mention the "out of licenses" issue which k

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread RichardMcClary
But did you mention the "out of licenses" issue which kept you from doing so? Have you tried removing one agent from the catalog and trying to re-assign the other agent? Just curious... -- RMc "John Aldrich" wrote on 09/10/2009 11:44:38 AM: > Ok. Thanks. I just got a reply from support. The

Re: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
+1 on calling them. Even though you're only demoing it right now, they will support you like you're a paying customer. I got excellent support when I was demoing Ninja email stuff. The installation must automatically grab those updates & apply them Cameron, I just installed VPE yesterday afterno

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
Ok. Thanks. I just got a reply from support. They said the same thing about just right-click and select "reassign." L John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: V

RE: SPAM Solution

2009-09-10 Thread David Lum
You can do that? -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SPAM Solution Key words for you Steven, were "business startup". When I'm at home, work is the farthest from my mind, i

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Cameron
When in doubtcall them! Of all the different companies I've had to deal with over the years, their support people are fantastic! We have just recently gone to Vipre/Vipre for Exchange and any question/issue I've had have been resolved (I actually just got off of the phone with them 10 minu

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Steve Kistenmacher
Create a new policy, configure it with the settings you want, then move your agents to that policy and if you right click on the agent go to advanced you will see check for new policy click it and it should apply it to that agent repeat as needed From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@r

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Stovall
I would think that's probably one for the Vipre-specific forums at http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com. You'll probably get much quicker response there than from an e-mail to support. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:52 AM To

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Stovall
I don' t think this question was OT at all. It seems perfectly relevant to the charter. There are lots of us here who use Vipre, so this is probably a decent place to ask questions about it. There are also dedicated forums at http://supportforums.sunbeltsoftware.com that are manned by very e

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Try removing one agent from the catalog. When asked if you also want to delete the software from that agent, I always choose "No". (I've found that, if I try to deploy to an agent with that name a bit later, then the software gets deleted from it again shortly afterward. Perhaps this has bee

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
Doesn't work for me. I'm getting an error message trying to change to a different policy. See my earlier reply. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Vipre question

RE: OT: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
I've got it deployed, but I'm trying to put in a new policy to reduce the CPU/memory usage on the laptops. I found out about the firewall issue when I was trying to deploy to my machine yesterday. had a tech on the phone with me walking me through it. J I certainly did not have this problem with AV

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
That's what I thought, but it gives me an error "All available seats for your evaluation license are in use, please contact your sales representative.." and it won't let me do that. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, Septe

Re: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM, John Aldrich wrote: > You can also use another form of traceroute that does not use ICMP AFAIK, all traceroute implementations use and depend on ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol). Specifically, the ICMP Time Expired message that proper Internet Protocol

Re: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Doh, didn't see that. Forget what I said, Richard is correct.I see that now. Sweet, how easy is that. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Richard Stovall < richard.stov...@researchdata.com> wrote: > I’m assuming the laptops (agents) are in the default policy and you want > to move them to yo

Re: OT: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread RichardMcClary
My apologies; apparently a couple of others realized you wished to apply a new policy to an agent to which VIPRE had already been deployed. Yes, you can drag-and-drop between policies. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urb

Re: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Ben Scott
[aggregate reply to multiple messages and people] On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Erik Goldoff wrote: > I don't know if there's a 'cable card' version of tuner available > that would work for this now ... The local broadcast stations (typically at least ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and PBS affiliates)

Re: OT: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
I've just gotten VPE installed and setting it up with 2 machines so far for testing. Looks to me like you would remove the machines from the default policy and then add them to the new policy & update. (looks like Advanced Check for Policy Update) On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM, John Aldrich

Re: OT: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread RichardMcClary
Are you able to "connect" to the laptops? Documented somewhere is the port which must be opened in a (Windows or other "personal") firewall for this traffic to get through... Not best practice, but we stop the Windows firewall service on the machine for the deployment. Once you can connect, o

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Cameron Cooper
You should be able to move the agents into the new policy and then when they "phone home" the new policy will take effect. _ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com Fro

RE: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Stovall
I'm assuming the laptops (agents) are in the default policy and you want to move them to your new policy. If that's the case, just right click on them and choose "Reassign agent to policy..." From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:27 AM T

OT: Vipre question

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
Having some issues with Vipre. I've emailed support but they must be busy handling *real* problems. J I've installed a 30-day trial of Vipre. So far, I'm having mixed feelings about it. It seems to be reporting more malware than AVG, but by default it's not set up to quarantine anything. I didn't

Re: Weird Lotus Notes issue

2009-09-10 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Yeah, but it's really been random. The GPO thread one message would go to my inbox, and the next one would go to the spam folder, same thing on this thread, some messages go to spam and some don't. This used to happen to me very infrequently, but this week it's increased significantly.I real

Inbound and Outbound replication on DC

2009-09-10 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Had an issue with a DC in a remote site. It ended up being that Inbound and Outbound replication on the DC was disabled which was shown by REPADMIN /SHOWREPS /V: DC Options: DISABLE_INBOUND_REPL DISABLE_OUTBOUND_REPL I enabled them and that seems to have fixed the problem. From what I am to

RE: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls

2009-09-10 Thread Brumbaugh, Luke
Oops, query error corrected. SELECT BuildNumber FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE BuildNumber = ‘2600′ From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls Cool, thanks all, I am

RE: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread John Aldrich
Yes. You can also use another form of traceroute that does not use ICMP which may be what you need to do. One app is 3d Traceroute. That can be downloaded here: http://www.d3tr.de/httpserverspy.html I've also used WinMTR in the past, although I don't recall if it does HTTP traceroutes or not.

RE: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls

2009-09-10 Thread Brumbaugh, Luke
Cool, thanks all, I am researching and writing now. I found this for XP SELECT Version, ProductType FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE BuildNumber >= ‘2600′ From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: GPO

Re: Weird Lotus Notes issue

2009-09-10 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Sherry Abercrombie wrote: > When did this start?  I've been noticing that gmail is placing a lot of > messages from this and the Exchange list in my spam folder. That's not uncommon. Sunbelt has a very much deserved reputation as a (past) spammer. While I beli

RE: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls

2009-09-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
WMI filtering on OS can allow you to have separate policies for each yet have them applied to computers in a single OU. -sc From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls

RE: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Any device along the chain set to not respond to ICMP ( a common, if questionable, security practice) will give a timeout. Not to worry as long as your connectivity is getting past the device. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Jon D [mailto:rekcahp...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September

Re: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Jon D
Awesome! Thanks Ben! On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jon D wrote: >> I've never paid enough attention. When youguys do a tracert to your >> wan links, is it normal to get a timeout somewhere along the way, like >> maybe right after your bo

Re: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jon D wrote: > I've never paid enough attention. When youguys do a tracert to your > wan links, is it normal to get a timeout somewhere along the way, like > maybe right after your border router? It depends. Traceroute works by crafting packets with a delibe

Re: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Jon D
Gotcha. Thanks! On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: >  timeouts within a traceroute may be caused by security configurations on > devices along the route, they will *pass* packets properly as a router, but > their interfaces will not respond, even to icmp type traffic, making

Re: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls

2009-09-10 Thread tony patton
I would use 2 WMI Filters on the OS version. You'll need 2 GPOs & 2 WMI filters, 1 for each OS. The WMI filter would be something like Select * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem WHERE Caption="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" Or you could use the 'Version' instead of Caption. Don't have any vist

RE: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Stovall
Different policies and WMI filters? From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: GPO Vista and XP Firewalls Without having to separate my vista and xp boxes into different OU's or groups. How ca

RE: TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
timeouts within a traceroute may be caused by security configurations on devices along the route, they will *pass* packets properly as a router, but their interfaces will not respond, even to icmp type traffic, making them 'stealth' to some scripted attacks that target addresses that respond. E

Re: Profile loading problem

2009-09-10 Thread James Rankin
Profile unload used to be the bane of our Citrix farmuphclean rarely helped. In the end we wrote a script to delete all local profiles (except for administrators) at server boot time. It struggles if someone has a profile with the .*domainname* suffix, but otherwise works fine. We do a restart

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Jon B. Lewis
MS announced yesterday at CEDIA that Cablecards are coming to the masses, legitimately now (there was a BIOS hack you could use to get around the OEM requirement).  Also, they announced that the newest firmware would support tuning adapters so it looks as if cablecards may be coming to my HTPC a

Re: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Richard Stovall
http://gizmodo.com/5356007/normal-people-can-now-install-cablecard-tuners-on-windows-7-pcs 2009/9/10 Glen Johnson : > No but and maybe I dreamed it but didn't someone send a link from gizmodo > for a cable card tuner for the PC. > > I can't find the email and can't recover it from deleted items. >

GPO Vista and XP Firewalls

2009-09-10 Thread Brumbaugh, Luke
Without having to separate my vista and xp boxes into different OU's or groups. How can I write a policy that governs both firewalls? I have been googling all morning. Luke L. Brumbaugh Network Engineer Butler Animal Health Supply Ph:(614) 659-1736 **

TraceRoute Timout -- Normal???

2009-09-10 Thread Jon D
I've never paid enough attention. When youguys do a tracert to your wan links, is it normal to get a timeout somewhere along the way, like maybe right after your border router? I'm assuming the answer is 'NO', but I just wanted to verify. I have users complaining about speed. I see some high laten

RE: group policy updating

2009-09-10 Thread Joseph Heaton
It did fix it. All servers are getting the banner through Group Policy now. Thanks to everyone for the help. >>> "Free, Bob" 9/9/2009 3:53 PM >>> Joe- Did you bounce the offending FRS service? Depending on the size of the replica set, all could be well in a few minutes but AFAIK you must rest

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Glen Johnson
No but and maybe I dreamed it but didn't someone send a link from gizmodo for a cable card tuner for the PC. I can't find the email and can't recover it from deleted items. Also, one other thing to check.  Is Comcast in your area going to switched digital video (SDV)?  If so, you may or may not

Re: Profile loading problem

2009-09-10 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Our policy with Citrix and user profiles is that if there is a problem, delete it. You should also look at the actual Citrix server she's logging into and find the profile there and delete it. Don't know how I missed the Citrix reference in the original post. Issues with profiles on Citrix are "f

Re: Profile loading problem

2009-09-10 Thread Jeff Bunting
I'm not sure. I think it was suggested, but I don't know if they had another one available or not. Someone else was working on the problem and asked me to take a look at it. Will check into it. I assume from your question, you think a workstation app is still holding a reference to the profile?

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
Unfortunately. Heaven forbid they use the more efficient modulation systems (QAM/256) and compression technologies (MPEG4) to actually allocate enough bitrate to avoid macroblocking and banding Noo Instead let's add 40 more VOD channels showing the latest Hannah Montana movie.

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
QAM is one form of modulation. It is standardized, but as is the case with many standards, there are many of them, such as 8VSB. QAM is more efficient, hence many systems are moving to it, but not all. ATSC defines the signaling, contained within the modulated (and often encrypted) carrier. This i

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Steven M. Caesare
That it untrue. CableCard defines all of that. CableCard on the PeeCee has been dicey because of the potential to undermine the security on an open platform. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:li...@levelfive.us] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:31 AM

Re: Weird Lotus Notes issue

2009-09-10 Thread RichardMcClary
It started months and months ago... It was only recently I noticed that the same message was appearing in both the Junk box and the SysAdmin box, and that deleting from one box deleted it from the other. It's most consistant with The Other Richard, who is a valualble member of this forum. His

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
totally independent of 'terrestrial' signals ... this has to do with how Comcast gets the signal from their collection point studio to broadcast 'on the cable', no radio spectrum involved... but just like digital hybrid phone lines that killed 56k modems, the new digital cable broadcast uses less

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread Erik Goldoff
thanks, I'll check to see if they're compatible with what Comcast is doing here .. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 8:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re:

Re: Weird Lotus Notes issue

2009-09-10 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Richard, When did this start? I've been noticing that gmail is placing a lot of messages from this and the Exchange list in my spam folder. This just started happening this week (I think, was out on vacation last week so I wasn't paying attention to what was in my spam folder) On Thu, Sep 10, 2

Re: Can't run TaskManager

2009-09-10 Thread RichardMcClary
HEY, this fixed it! Although when I first ran ProcExp, the Options menu still said "Disable Task Manager" (which was in fact disabled), I checked that anyway. After closing ProcExp, I opened it again, and this time the menu said "Restore Task Manager". I clicked that, and then I right-clicked

RE: [OT] web -> HDTV

2009-09-10 Thread hank
Not an expert. The signaling is standard (QAM) but since the channels are virtual they can be mapped anywhere (and sometimes change). The cable box gets this mapping information from the cable head end. Other equipment doesn't. I have a homebuilt DVR (MythTV) and some folks in that community figure

Re: Weird Lotus Notes issue

2009-09-10 Thread James Rankin
Lotus Notes sucks http://lotusnotessucks.4t.com/ 2009/9/9 > > Greetings! We are a Lotus Notes shop... > > For some reason, some folks posting here show up both in my NTSysAdmin > folder AND in my "Junk mail" folder. It is the same address, same message, > etc. If I delete them in one fol