R: PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6?

Nice , but ther are no infos about what can be affected GuidoElia HELPPC _ Da: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Inviato: martedì 3 novembre 2009 21.56 A: NT System Admin Issues Oggetto: Re: PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6? Have you looked at: http://support.microsoft.com/

Re: Questions in a macro (Was: Hiberfil.sys on W2K8 systems)

... Looking back through the list emails... Ah.. Andrew... Well, if I'm in trouble, I might as well fess up to it. I'm sorry. My apologies to Andrew and to the list. Please feel free to deal appropriate punishments. Sm:)e. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - F

Re: Questions in a macro (Was: Hiberfil.sys on W2K8 systems)

Dude, you didn't just say that - really? Ooooh - yer in trouble now Heh. Kurt On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 21:12, wrote: > who's ASB? > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > On Nov 3, 2009, at 7:46 PM, "Steven M. Caesare" wrote: > >> Welcome to ASB 10 years ago. >> >> :) >> >> -sc

Re: Questions in a macro (Was: Hiberfil.sys on W2K8 systems)

who's ASB? --Matt Ross Ephrata School District On Nov 3, 2009, at 7:46 PM, "Steven M. Caesare" wrote: Welcome to ASB 10 years ago. :) -sc -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issue

RE: Hiberfil.sys on W2K8 systems

Welcome to ASB 10 years ago. :) -sc -Original Message- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:26 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hiberfil.sys on W2K8 systems Hah... Just link it to a website goto www.bensquestions.com

RE: PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6?

A Windows 2008 SBS Server hung on me on "Applying Computer Settings" last week. I contacted Microsoft Emergency Support and we determined that the problem was because I turned off IPv6. After re-enabling IPv6 the system booted up fine. The Technician insisted that if you turn off IPv6 it will cause

Re: Desktop Management

We purchased Landesk management suite with patch management just over a year ago. It has really decreased the time spent on patching. All the friggin adobe deployment problems you hear about... no problem. We *just* purchased the appl virt add-on, have not had time to look at it. This uses Vmwa

Certificate Authority

I need to retire a 2003 DC that is a certificate authority. If it is not being used for anything, can I just uninstall the CA then demote the server? Anything I sould be aware of? TIA. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Password change rules - never?

But how does password age help with your environment's security? (BTW, you can control recycling in a Windows environment through password history) *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3

RE: PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6?

We disable IPv6 as part of our build procedure. Binding order shows IPv4 first. Not sure what is up here. Doesn't seem to be affecting anything, but I'd love to track down what is causing this. Thanks, Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Systems S

RE: Desktop Management

Look into Virtual Computer. It's a lifecycle management product but if you're hardware is reasonably new it can do a lot of extra things for you besides what you're looking for. I'm implementing it on all of our laptops within the next 6 months. It may be overkill for you John W. Cook Syste

Re: Password change rules - never?

Understood, but the point being made by the SANS.org incident handler is that unless you are changing the password often, you're not really helping yourself be more secure. The window of time where the password is static is more than long enough to be brute-forced. The likelihood is that the atta

RE: PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6?

it was only exchange 2007. exchange 2010 is completely well behaved with ipv6. the issue with ipv6 and exchange 2007 also only appeared with windows server 2008 (non-r2) and with the rpc proxy server service installed. From: Christopher Bodnar [christoph

RE: Password change rules - never?

But a 7-character passphrase isn't very secure by itself. I'd much rather have something longer. Even something like: One 2 Three 4 Five That's pretty decent. Mixed case, with spaces and numbers. Easy to remember and 19 characters long. Not likely to end up on a Post-It. Ben M. Scho

Re: Network Q

Excellent, Excellent post! Thank you. Your topology map is exactly what we have, yes. As to why we aren't terminating VPN with ISA, there are reasons involved... Long and drawn out. Suffice to say that it is out of my hands, and the solution currently in place DOES work (as long as we remember

Re: Password change rules - never?

In TPOSANA (google it, if you don't know it) there's an example I like. At least one company has a practice of a yearly password change day. It's announced to the entire company well ahead of time, multiple times. On the day, everyone's password is expired, and all must change theirs. If I could

RE: Finding an email in Exchange DB

You can take the script I posted here: http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/10/16/exporting-mailboxes-larger-than-2-gb-on-an-exchange-server.aspx and easily modify it to do what you want. I'm absolutely slammed this week, otherwise I'd give you more clues. But you should

Re: Password change rules - never?

If all environments were equally secure, had the same level of IT controls, and I could ensure that my users don't recylce passwords from one environment to the next, then yes, I'm all for this. But, I can't control users or other environments, and the only tools I have (imperfect though they may

RE: Smartboard Software Recommendations

Thanks to everyone for their responses and experiences. From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Smartboard Software Recommendations Ahh. We aren't using them like that. We just use the software to make it

Re: Network Q

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: > I have two networks. Following is a network topology diagram. Do I have it right? +--10.0.0.1 (Internet gateway) | |= 10.0.0.0/24 (Network A) | +--10.0.0.8 (Server XYZ) | +--10.0.0.254 (VPN gateway) ~ VPN ~ | +-

RE: Finding an email in Exchange DB

PST File - archived, perhaps? Sean Rector, MCSE From: Matt Falenski [mailto:matt.falen...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Finding an email in Exchange DB I have been searching Google for this one, not getting much Google love... I need to

Re: Looking for small printer

Many of the suggestions I would not consider mini printers. It seems in the realm of mini portable printers its either the HPs the OPs been using or the Canon model I suggested. - Original Message - From: Jonathan Link To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009

RE: Certificate Authority

there is both a KB and a technet article. even if you have never done anything with it, the AD trees have to be removed if it was an enterprise CA (which will happen naturally if you remove the CA cleanly). From: asbz...@gmail.com [asbz...@gmail.com] Sen

RE: Home Servers

I'm using the built-in sata controllers on both boxes with no issue. I'm not implementing raid tho. Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.com From: Brian Desmond To: "NT System Admin Issues" Date: 03/11/2009 17:36 S

Re: Network Q

what's your routing table look like ? On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM, jesse-r...@wi.rr.com wrote: > I know there's a reason for this, I'm just not sure and was hoping someone > here would. > > I have two networks. > Network A - 10.0.0.0/24 > Network B - 192.168.111.0/24 > > There is a gateway at

RE: Home Servers

I have an Adaptec SATA RAID controller so that's probably workable Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Servers The drives aren't really as

RE: PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6?

How about: C:>ping -4 MYSERVER -Malcolm -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6? OK so if I ping the localhost on a W2K8 box by hostname

Finding an email in Exchange DB

I have been searching Google for this one, not getting much Google love... I need to find emails that _might_ still be in someones mailbox that were sent in 2003. The user that sent it is long gone as are most of the people it was sent to, but our thought is that it may have been forwarded to some

Re: Time Synch problem

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Larry Rappaport wrote: > After DST in Eastern time zone ended, > reset the clock on Windows XP Pro workstation. Why did you have to reset the clock? It should have recognized the change in UTC offset automatically. My guess is, you don't have the proper time

RE: Network Q

Crank the size up and see if different: ping -l 5 -sc -Original Message- From: jesse-r...@wi.rr.com [mailto:jesse-r...@wi.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Network Q Just one more comment... I think this has something to do wit

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

I have contacted a couple but so far there are so few non-mil (deployment to a war zone is out for me) jobs out there in this area that even the best is having issues making money. I have had more contacts from out of state than in-state, but then there is more jobs out there in the west side of t

Network Q

I know there's a reason for this, I'm just not sure and was hoping someone here would. I have two networks. Network A - 10.0.0.0/24 Network B - 192.168.111.0/24 There is a gateway at 10.0.0.254 that is used for a specific connection to the gateway at 192.168.111.1 and the 192.168.111.0/24 network

RE: Windows 7 firewall

Just FYI, that's the right command, but for Win7 you have to take out the = character. Otherwise, worked a treat, thanks! David From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 11:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 7 firewall I co

Re: Looking for small printer

don't know what the volume requirement is but Fry's has an in-store price of $89 on the Samsung 315 color laser ( desktop laser versus workgroup ) On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Richard Stovall wrote: > I have never used one of these, but I just happened to run across this > yesterday. It doe

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

Thanks for the help. Any activity at all on the job front? Are you working with any recruiters for assistance? Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Jon Harris wrote: > I seem to remember a third option but I don't have a Forefront server > av

RE: Network Q

Just one more comment... I think this has something to do with MTU/packet size. Pings being very small, always went through without issue. Non-ping packets, have extreme difficulty. The link between Network A and B is a VPN, and I'm wondering if this has something to do with MTU path or whatnot

Re: Hiberfil.sys on W2K8 systems

Was this intended to be a reply to your thread about IPv6? On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Christopher Bodnar wrote: > Within the GUI. As Andrew mentioned I'm aware of the registry settings to > disable the separate components but have not tried that yet. > > > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE > Sr. System

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

I seem to remember a third option but I don't have a Forefront server available to me any more. Sorry I could not help more. Jon On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Roger Wright wrote: > I don't see where that option exists, either. I have two checkboxes: > 1 - Users can view all agent settings

PING on W2K8 server uisng IPv6?

OK so if I ping the localhost on a W2K8 box by hostname it defaults to the IPv6 address of ::1 even if IPv6 is disabled. So this will return ::1 c:>ping MYSERVER Reply from ::1: time=4ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms Reply from ::1: time<1ms If I comment out the IPv6 address

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

I don't see where that option exists, either. I have two checkboxes: 1 - Users can view all agent settings & messages 2 - Users can only view agent icon and status messages Roger Wright ___ Sent from Tampa, FL, United States On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Jon Harris wrote: > Not that I ev

RE: Time Synch problem

How about start - run- net time /set /y -Original Message- From: Gary Whitten [mailto:li...@undiscoveredworlds.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Time Synch problem Did someone change the time by changing the time zone and not the actu

RE: Looking for small printer

There are many models. Go to www.dell.com. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for small printer Model? Are these the portable units? >>> Bob Fronk 11/3/2009 10:44 AM >>> I

Re: MS Forefront Tweak?

Not that I ever was able to find but I did not go into the registry. You could just turn off the icon all together but I don't know if that is what you want. Jon On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Roger Wright wrote: > I've looked but cannot locate a means of modifying the Forefront client > ico

Re: Looking for small printer

What about a Canon Pixma iP100? I don't have any experience with this model but I have been hearing that HP has been having some serious quality issues recently as well as supply issues. James - Original Message - From: Tom Miller To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Tuesday, Nove

MS Forefront Tweak?

I've looked but cannot locate a means of modifying the Forefront client icon behavior. I'd like to keep it from indicating a scan is taking place. Is there such an option that I've just not yet found? Roger Wright ___ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Looking for small printer

We have a couple Dell 1100 B&W laser printers that the previous IT Manager got and stuck in storage (why he didn't deploy them, I'll never know!) I put 'em out and they've been good little printers. I had an issue with one of them the other day having some streaks. I pulled the toner / drum out an

RE: Quicktime in Powerpoint 2007

Not exactly what you were looking for, but a decent workaround... Google found this: Link to the MOV video file from a PowerPoint slide using the built-in ability of PowerPoint to link to outside content. You create a hyperlink from some text, shape or picture to the MOV file on your computer.

Re: Looking for small printer

I have never used one of these, but I just happened to run across this yesterday. It does seem small and quiet... http://tinyurl.com/ye2uwfm On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Bob Fronk wrote: > I have been buying the small Dell laser printers.  No issues so far.  I > think the last one I got wa

RE: Looking for small printer

Model? Are these the portable units? >>> Bob Fronk 11/3/2009 10:44 AM >>> I have been buying the small Dell laser printers. No issues so far. I think the last one I got was a color laser printer for under $150. The small Black and White lasers are about $90. From:Tom Miller [mailto:tmil

RE: Time Synch problem

Did someone change the time by changing the time zone and not the actual time (assuming that the auto-update isn't on)? -Original Message- From: Larry Rappaport [mailto:r...@lmr.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Time Synch problem Windows

RE: Looking for small printer

I have been buying the small Dell laser printers. No issues so far. I think the last one I got was a color laser printer for under $150. The small Black and White lasers are about $90. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 9:37 AM To: NT System Admin Is

Re: Home Servers

NParr -- Thanks. That config actually sounds pretty cost/energy efficient and fully compatible. Thanks again for sharing... On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM, N Parr wrote: > The drives aren't really as important as the controller. If you're > building an ESX or Vsphere box from a workstation a

RE: Home Servers

The drives aren't really as important as the controller. If you're building an ESX or Vsphere box from a workstation and using SATA I would recommend getting something like an LSI Megaraid SATA 300 controller cheap off ebay. It's what I'm using in my Precision T5400 workstation running VShere and

Re: Time Synch problem

What's the time on the server? Is it the same as the workstations? Maybe you need to apply the DST updates for the server? - Original Message - From: "Larry Rappaport" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:22 AM Subject: Time Synch problem Windows Serve

RE: Home Servers

SATA started to get friendly with ESXi 3.5u4, before that you had to mess about with installation ISO, then boot from a nix live CD to copy the oem.tgz file over to the box when it was installed to get it to work. ESXi 4 is a different animal, no changes to be made to get it to work on either t

RE: Home Servers

so does ESXi 3.5 U4 From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Servers VSphere (ESX 4) supports SATA John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Familie

RE: Home Servers

VSphere (ESX 4) supports SATA 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 From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com

Time Synch problem

Windows Server 2003. Windows XP Pro, and Windows Vista Business. Used to synch Outlook 2007 via SynchPST. After DST in Eastern time zone ended, reset the clock on Windows XP Pro workstation. Now can not get into directory (mapped to drive "O"), as Windows Vista Business (laptop) says can't acce

RE: Home Servers

I take it ESX has started being SATA friendly? It used to not be. My lab box has VMWare Workstation on it (and SATA spindles) but I've pondered reloading it before with ESX... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: tony patton [mailto:tony.pat...@quinn-insurance.co

RE: Will New Internet Domain Names Change the Web? - PC World

+1 The non-Latin based countries have been screwed this whole time, and everyone I know will be unaffected. The only sites I ever run into that have a non-Latin based language is Japanese ones (I’m a Datsun/Nissan guy, so some references are on Japanese sites). David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NOR

Re: Home Servers

thanks, I'll wait for your response ... last quad I used was an adaptec, but had it in a checkpoint/NT firewall On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:45 AM, tony patton wrote: > Can't remember off hand, it's definitely an intel gigabit server one, but > I'll check when I get home. > > I have an OptiPlex 755

Re: Home Servers

Can't remember off hand, it's definitely an intel gigabit server one, but I'll check when I get home. I have an OptiPlex 755 here with an Intel Pro/1000 PT quad port so it's probably the same, same reason as at home, the onboard NIC wasn't recognised under 3.5, but it is recognised under 4, so

Looking for small printer

Hi All, We have a number of staff that move around with laptops and mini-printers. Until recently we've had luck with the HP OfficeJet H470 units, but our last round, almost every unit failed out of the box. HP made us spend hours on the phone "trouble shooting" until we got HP to acknowledg

RE: Will New Internet Domain Names Change the Web? - PC World

I wonder if this would make spam filtering easier? From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Will New Internet Domain Names Change the Web? - PC World We should have just kept it. -sc From:

Re: Will New Internet Domain Names Change the Web? - PC World

I have to agree with Ben. This changes very little. I was amused by the website comments about how the web will be unified or fragmented. I'm waiting to see how it will be fragmented. People creating websites in their native language with a native language domain changes what for me, exactly?

RE: Home Servers

That slickdeals.net site is in fact pretty slick. Nice find. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Servers I got a Dell T100 (basic home server) for under $400 (no OS ) and you can usually customiz

RE: Will New Internet Domain Names Change the Web? - PC World

We should have just kept it. -sc From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Will New Internet Domain Names Change the Web? - PC World This is kind of a game changer. Interesting read. http://www.pcworld.c

Re: Home Servers

which quad NIC did you use ? On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:59 AM, tony patton wrote: > I'm running ESXi on a Dell OptiPlex 960 with no issues, the only niggle was > when i went to put in the quad port nic was the chassis intrusion connection > on the mobo was in the way, had to bend it slightly. > >

RE: Home Servers

I'm running ESXi on a Dell OptiPlex 960 with no issues, the only niggle was when i went to put in the quad port nic was the chassis intrusion connection on the mobo was in the way, had to bend it slightly. The two reasons for the quad was the onboard wasn't recognised in esxi 3.5 and I had no d

RE: Home Servers

I got a Dell T100 (basic home server) for under $400 (no OS ) and you can usually customize them (I'd go for the Xeon proc if nothing else) just go to slickdeals.net and search Dell I have 2 running ESX at my house. Very quiet boxes I might add, a big bonus for keeping them under the radar with

RE: Home Servers

Did that this weekend. Just wanted to bump prices against the other outlets first. Appreciate the comments. From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:34 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Home Servers Look at the Dell Outlet. You can g

Re: Home Servers

This is very good advice. I’ve bought a number of personal laptops and workstations from the outlet and have never had a problem. Even the ones labeled “scratch and dent” have been completely unmarred. The only potential gotcha is that you have to be ready to commit once you find what you’re look

Anyone here using Safe-mail.net? Feedback?

Just came across this, and I wonder if anyone here is using it or knows anything about it? Safe-mail.net »www.safe-mail.net/ Safe-mail is designed to provide maximum security and privacy without any complexity. Banks, law firms, health care, accountants and similar professional

RE: Home Servers

Look at the Dell Outlet. You can get a beefy refurb box for quite a bit less than retail typically. This is what I did. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 From: Fogarty, Richard R CTR USA USASOC [mailto:rick.foga...@us.army.mil] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:24 A

RE: Win 7 - Network Location Awareness

I am not sure how you got/created your windows image but are you setting the Reseal to OOBE. Two ways to do it. Set it in the answer file or pass it in the command line during sysprep. 1. Answer file: step 7 oobe System. Add "Microsot-Windows-Deployment_neutral->Reseal". Define Mode =

Home Servers

A bit ago, there was a recommendation for some prebuilt systems that people have used for a lower cost alternative to the big boys (Dell, IBM, HP) for some servers. I can't seem to recall that link. Anyone have that available? I'm looking to rebuild by home network so I don't need anything too

Quicktime in Powerpoint 2007

I have a user who created some powerpoint presentations's on a Mac using MS Office for Mac 2004. In these presentations she embedded some quicktime videos. This year, she is now using a PC, and now the videos won't play. I realize that there are converters to change the quicktime to wmv, flv, e