Re: WSUS question

No use auto-restarts. Only Notification for Install, except Definition and Manual restart. From practice - it is more safe. Handled by GPO Anatoly Podgoretsky - Original Message - From: "Jay Dale" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Manual updates. -Original Message- From: Joseph

RE: LogMeIn Central!

The new logmein is pretty nice actually. I like that you can make shortcuts on the desktop which go right through and connect. To combat any theft you can click on invalidate all shortcuts if anything became compromised.. im interested to see the hamachi vpn, looks interesting for certain. F

RE: krbtgt Account issues

Well basically something requested AES256 encryption (a Vista+ client) and there isn't such an encryption type available. That account is supposed to get its password rotated automatically when you go to DFL3 (WS2008). It would appear as though that did not happen (or have you not raised your DF

RE: krbtgt Account issues

Hi, You do not need to enable that account. It's only purpose is to provide a password that can be used to derive certain protections applied to TGTs. To be honest - I've never seen this error before, and I'm entirely sure why you're in this situation. After resetting the password, have you giv

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! (UNCLASSIFIED)

Great movie just watched it a couple of weeks ago. -sc -Original Message- From: Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM [mailto:larry.k...@us.army.mil] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:41 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! (UNCLASSIFIED) Classific

Re: Security Log/Event Viewer wierdness

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Christopher wrote: > When the other admin logs in to those same > machines and views the Security log - things like the "Source" and > "Category" are numbers instead of words. We're talking local logon, right? Not a remote/network logon? The EventLog service

RE: WSUS question

Manual updates. -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WSUS question So what do you use now? >>> "Jay Dale" 10/1/2009 10:59 AM >>> Got burned with WSUS after finding out that ev

Re: Job resume fun

LOL -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > Backhoe Induced Failure. > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 05:15, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > > BIF? Not a newb, but at a loss none the less... > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: We

RE: WSUS question

So what do you use now? >>> "Jay Dale" 10/1/2009 10:59 AM >>> Got burned with WSUS after finding out that even if you tell it not to restart, if the update applied is old enough, it will restart anyways...:( Jay -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: T

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE +1 LOL! "Can I borrow your underpants for ten minutes?" -Original Message- From: andy [mailto:afo...@psu.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! I think the s

RE: Security Log/Event Viewer wierdness

What happens if you roll it back to a less restrictive security template like Compatws.inf Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@gl

Security Log/Event Viewer wierdness

OK, I've got a wierd one here. Here's the scenario - a handful of Windows XP systems, most at SP2. These systems are not a part of a domain. Upgraded them all to SP3, applied some security templates. There are only two local admin accounts, me and one other person. On a couple of the systems, w

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Creative yet not vulgar is great fun. Especially when writing an article. Of course all bets are off when the wrench slips off the engine bolt and you remove all the knuckle skin. -sc From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:30 AM To: N

Re: Job resume fun

Backhoe Induced Failure. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 05:15, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > BIF?  Not a newb, but at a loss none the less... > > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:55 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re:

RE: Outlook 2007 installed on Exchange 2007 box

Yes http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/aa996719.aspx Noted here "It is supported to install Outlook 2007 on the same computer on which you have installed Exchange 2007." Thanks, JB -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:3

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

+1 Exactly what we were thinking at the time...J From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! If someone has a filthy mouth when interviewing, it may be a warning

Outlook 2007 installed on Exchange 2007 box

Well specifically SBS 2008. I'm understanding Ex2007 no longer uses MAPI so they should be able to coexist now? Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER.

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

If someone has a filthy mouth when interviewing, it may be a warning sign of other things... I agree with Jay. Good call. From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

The argument can be made that it would be easier to teach someone the required IT skills than it would be to ask someone to unlearn a lifetime of bad habits. 6 of one...half dozen of the other. Either way it was the person with the poor social skills who lost out on a job, the employer more than

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I'm with ya. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:kels...@sctax.org] > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:55 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! > > Perhaps it is my ancient generation, but I am long since impressed by >

RE: Windows 7

Yes, it is. We're integrating it with SCCM 2007 and will be deploying PCs and servers with SCCM OSD in the next few weeks. We've had to do a task sequence for XP SP3, which is quite challenging as all the cool stuff in MDT is geared towards Vista and up. The Server 2008 task sequences have been muc

Re: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I'd hazard that finding the right person with the right skills is the right choice. You can always ask someone to be more courteous with their language. Someone doesn't have to turn you on to be the right person for the job. -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Holstrom, Don wrote: > So w

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

So which one is the idiot? From: Jay Dale [mailto:jd...@xpresstel.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! We were interviewing for a consultant position and had a ton of applicants. One guy was really ou

RE: WSUS question

Suggestion: On my mission critical servers, I actually have the automatic updates service stopped, and in the manual state. I start the service ONLY during maint. periods when I need it. Prevents things like this happening, and avoids accidently clicking the update icon in the tray. Sam

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

We were interviewing for a consultant position and had a ton of applicants. One guy was really outgoing and had a great resume, but during the interview he started slinging the words around and that turned us right off. We even commented afterwards that he was probably the right guy for the job i

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I swear like a sailor, but wouldn't even consider doing it in an interview. From: Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! IMO us

RE: WSUS question

Got burned with WSUS after finding out that even if you tell it not to restart, if the update applied is old enough, it will restart anyways...:( Jay -Original Message- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues S

krbtgt Account issues

I'm getting the event listed below when my BES server tries to do an LDAP lookup. The problem is that while I can reset the krbtgt account's password, it is disabled and cannot be enabled. The Kerberos Key Distribution service runs on the System Account. What's the best method for clearing th

Re: 2003 AD DR restore

Here's the current one for anyone interested: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786327%28WS.10%29.aspx Jeff On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > Link fall down, it go boom... > > Sorry, no results found for: *downloads details aspx familyid afe436fa > 8e8a 443a

RE: 2003 AD DR restore

They updated it for 2008. My bad on the old link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786327(WS.10).aspx http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=326C8A7A-DCAD-4 333-9050-A6303FF3155C&displaylang=en From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent:

RE: 2003 AD DR restore

Is there a Technet page that links to that? If so send it to me. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2003 AD DR restore Link fall down,

RE: 2003 AD DR restore

Link fall down, it go boom... Sorry, no results found for: downloads details aspx familyid afe436fa 8e8a 443a 9027 c522dee35d85 displaylang en From: Free, Bob [mailto:r...@pge.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE

RE: 2003 AD DR restore

Here's a link to a paper from one of the presenters of that workshop I mentioned. http://gilkirkpatrick.com/Blog/post/2008/12/14/NetPros-Authoritative-Gui de-to-Active-Directory-Disaster-Recovery.aspx From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 200

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

ROFLMAO! J Unfortunately my "server room" is my office. so there are no automatic doors with thick, insulated walls. L John-AldrichTile-Tools From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: I

RE: 2003 AD DR restore

This is probably the best one to start with- Planning for Active Directory Forest Recovery (W2K3) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=afe436fa-8e8a-4 43a-9027-c522dee35d85&displaylang=en From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October

Re: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

well, gosh... I don't like them apples! -- ME2 On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Maglinger, Paul wrote: > Agreed. There are times when "A shucks" just doesn't fit the bill. > > -- > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > *Sent:* Thursday,

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Don't get me wrong...although I've made a big effort to eliminate cuss words from every aspect of my conversations, I have to confess that there are occasions that I still fall short and let one slip out, like hitting the wrong nail (the one on my thumb) with a hammer, or when some other idiot driv

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

+1 In fact, back in my days as a corn breeder, the phrase "Awww shucks!" tended to result in profanity and other abusive language by my co-workers... -- RMc "Maglinger, Paul" wrote on 10/01/2009 10:30:25 AM: > Agreed. There are times when "A shucks" just doesn't fit the bill. > > From: J

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Right! That's why server rooms have thick doors which close automatically... -- RMc "John Aldrich" wrote on 10/01/2009 10:22:32 AM: > Well, I have to agree that it?s not a good idea to swear where one > can be overheard, however, sometimes one just HAS to let off a > little steam when worki

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Agreed. There are times when "A shucks" just doesn't fit the bill. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! Well, I h

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Well, I have to agree that it's not a good idea to swear where one can be overheard, however, sometimes one just HAS to let off a little steam when working on a particularly difficult piece of hardware or software. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I'm pretty sure that's what the older generation have been saying since old English became Middle English. More and more "vulgar" terms creeping into the language, and debasing our moral standards. That said, there's a time and place that certain things are acceptable, and whilst that may chang

Re: 2003 AD DR restore

Thanks Ken, that's the basic steps I had in mind, just looking for the little details (like trust passwords) that I might not have thought of. This is really more of an exercise, as we have offsite DCs to connect to in the event of a disaster. Jeff On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Ken Schaefer w

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I could not have said it better. I have always told my kids that swear words are a tool in tour toolbox, to be used when appropriate, but when overused they wear out, and when used for the wrong purpose, damage the product. When you never curse, then one day you do, it grabs the attention of the re

Re: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

IMO using that sort of language during an interview is unaccetable. If it can't be said on tv at 8pm, then it shouldn't be said in an interview. You want to put your best foot forward, and "f this" or "f that" during an interview is completely out of line. I don't have a problem with cursing, an

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I agree with you that curse words can be ambiguous, at least as far as the meaning goes. However, there is no question in my mind that curse words have absolutely no place in a professional environment whether it's IT or not. The fact that they are becoming more and more "acceptable" is an u

Question on GPO and terminal server

Hi Folks, I have various GPOs for my groups, and a WMI filter for Windows XP for them (we only use XP here at this time). There are some settings that I don't want applied to our terminal servers, hence the WMI filter. However the one item I'd like to do via GPO is provide network drives. T

Re: 2003 AD DR restore

Thanks Bob! I hadn't thought to search on forest recovery. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Free, Bob wrote: > What you are looking for is forest recovery. The first half dozen or so > links here: > > > > > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=7&oq=forest+recovery&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T

RE: 2003 AD DR restore

Bring up a new machine. Boot to DSRM. Perform a system state restore. Reboot. Bring up additional machines. DCPromo them and let the data replicate. Depending on your initial configuration, configure GCs as required. Repeat for each additional domain that you have. Microsoft has a whitepaper th

RE: 2003 AD DR restore

What you are looking for is forest recovery. The first half dozen or so links here: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=7&oq=forest+recovery&; ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS344&q=windows+2003+forest+recovery Most people I know base their DR planning on MS whitepapers and then prac

Re: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Curse words are ambiguous, that's the reason you can sprinkle them throughout conversation and writing. However, with that ambiguity comes the cost of not conveying your true message. While I can abide the use of foul language, I find it's usually indicative of laziness or possibly disrespect (wh

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I agree with the content, just the presentation that has tweaked me, since a lot of our new applicants are using that sort of language in interviews, it seems to be the standard English of the day, and I guess I can accept it, even use it myself. It is the context that seem to be getting to me. J

Re: MSE is released...

Cheater. :) I only have one. I'll only have 2 during the migration to 2010. -*ASB*: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I've got seven in my "production" environment. SCC,

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

I didn't actually notice that, but he did describe the hell we call IT to the tee. Dead on accurate. I just about fell out of my chair. Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 -Original Message- From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:kels...@sctax.org] Se

Re: MSE is released...

I agree with your initial observation. As for the XP x64, I would only find that problematic if it didn't install on Vista x64 and later, but it does. -*ASB*: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership On Wed,

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

+10,000. I had shower after reading half a page. Hopefully one day he will grow up too. Till then, I'll not waste my time on his page. -Original Message- From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:kels...@sctax.org] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurt

RE: Job resume fun

Me too :-) -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Job resume fun BIF? Not a newb, but at a loss none the less... -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Language aside, I found the thought funny. -Original Message- From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:kels...@sctax.org] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye! Perhaps it is my ancient generation, but I am long since i

RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in my eye!

Perhaps it is my ancient generation, but I am long since impressed by low level street language. YMMV. -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: It hurts when I stick a fork in

RE: Job resume fun

BIF? Not a newb, but at a loss none the less... -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Job resume fun On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 14:35, Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at

RE: MSE is released...

OpenDNS is a wonderful product (I use it myself), but they do not actually protect against malware links. They primarily use phishing feeds, and some number of malware links, but it's certainly not comprehensive. If you like, I can send you over some malware links to test against. Respectful

RE: Windows 7

MDT 2010 is an awesome product, or should I say "accelerator". Lots of dev and bug work have gone into it. We use BDD2007 here, but we're not getting the full functionality of it as were still on XP. Have a standard image and the option of installin

RE: Windows 7

We use BDD2007 here, but we're not getting the full functionality of it as were still on XP. Have a standard image and the option of installing extra apps as part of the deployment is a major time saver. Recently installed 2010 on a test server and plan to upgrade in a month or 2. The option f