Re: Defragmenting servers

Hi, We use Diskeeper (terrible product - forever crashing) to defrag our entire server estate. It's got a central management console but I believe Perfect disk is a better product. It depends on the number of users accessing the data and how big your volumes are. You can get a very real performan

RE: Win7 download

I have seen this on my 32bit Win 7 machine desktop, where the download was downloaded into c:\users\username\download and showed up in an IE save dialog, but when I browsed there the files had vanished. Initially I thought I was going mad, in order to get my files, I would right click on a like in

Re: Is IFMEMBER still OK to use on a modern network?

They are pretty straightforward - edit the object, go into preferences, windows settings, drive maps To apply via certain criteria, go to Properties and use the Item-level targeting feature. This allows you to add Items, which are criteria to apply the group policy to certain OSs, sites, IP scopes

RE: Defragmenting servers

I would chkdsk and make sure the servers disk structure is in tact and not corrupted, before doing the defragementation. There is a defraggler tool and jkdefrag that are free and might be an alternative to diskeeper. Yes defragging disks are recommended, especially for performance and dis

RE: Windows 2008 Fax server or alternate?

Have you thought about using a 3rd party service for this? Not sure it's the cheapest over the long term, but there are definitely benefits and I think all the services can do what you are looking for. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Sy

RE: Windows 2008 Fax server or alternate?

yes, that is part of the cost consideration. I already have available hardware and DIDs though. >>> "Christopher Bodnar" 12/16/2009 8:29 AM >>> Have you thought about using a 3rd party service for this? Not sure it’s the cheapest over the long term, but there are definitely benefits and I thi

RE: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave

That's actually Batman's place. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:40 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old > Cave > > What - they have no respec

RE: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave

What a great idea. Security is easier too. Let see thieves dig through hundreds of feet of limestone! Original Message: - From: Sam Cayze sam.ca...@rollouts.com Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:45:18 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories

RE: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave

Skynet begins... From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 6:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave This is pretty neat. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/ultra-efficient-da

RE: Defragmenting servers

I have been using Diskeeper for years (at least 8 yrs) without a single crash. Not a terrible product in my opinion, it does improve disk performance. Todd From: Alex French [mailto:alexcfre...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:07 AM To: NT

RE: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave

Or take the elevator -Original Message- From: mse...@ont.com [mailto:mse...@ont.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave What a great idea. Security is easier too. Let see

RE: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave

That's ok. Just guard elevator with AK-47's :) Original Message: - From: Mike French mike.fre...@theequitybank.com Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:59:44 -0600 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave Or take

Quick Vipre question

Quick querydoes the Vipre Enterprise Agent play nicely on 2008 R2? -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke suc

RE: Windows 2008 Fax server or alternate?

Doesn’t GFI Faxmaker do this? Jay From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Windows 2008 Fax server or alternate? yes, that is part of the cost consideration. I already have available hardware and DIDs

Re: Backup hardware question

On 15 Dec 2009 at 10:39, Jacob wrote: > With about 3 TB of data, Carbonite is probably not a good > solution ... > Think green. Please consider the environment before printing > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information contained in thi

Re: OT: Cisco Switch Setup

Can you telnet to them? On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:30 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > I am having difficulties setting up a Cisco Catalyst 2950 Switch with a > network connection. I have 8 of them and would like to manage them from my > desk rather than physically in the server room, switching the cons

Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

Hi, I currently have two wireless access points that provide wireless access to the corporate LAN in two meeting rooms. To satisfy PCI compliance, I need to install a firewall between each access point and the LAN and only allow traffic from our corporate IP range through to the LAN. Has a

RE: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

Umm. you might want to consider flashing the access points with a 3rd-party firmware, such as DD-WRT and you can restrict access inside the router config with that. You might be able to restrict access inside the OEM firmware as well, but I like the DD-WRT functionality myself. J John-AldrichT

Re: OT: Data Center Built 22 Stories Underground in 300M Yr Old Cave

concussion grenades... On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM, mse...@ont.com wrote: > That's ok. Just guard elevator with AK-47's :) > > Original Message: > - > From: Mike French mike.fre...@theequitybank.com > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:59:44 -0600 > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-softw

Re: Cisco Switch Setup

Haven't seen anything... Send text... :) On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Did anyone get my last e-mail with the pictures? I did not get a copy of > it under my “NT System Admin Issues” folder. I wonder if my spam filter > stopped it. If so, I have not seen any replies

MVLS site up?

Anyone have an ETA on when this will be back up? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

Security groups redux

Creating AD security groups...do you guys generally have a group for each department, a group for each file share, and various distribution groups? It seems it would make sense to have a group for say, the Marketing department and this group is a member of various file share and distribution lis

Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

Got a user asking how to clear out a cached email from his Outlook. I've never had this question come up before, so I don't know. Anyone here know how? Thanks! John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

As in the autofill? Type the first letter, scroll to the entry with the down arrow and hit the delete key. From: John Aldrich To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Dec 16 11:29:18 2009 Subject: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook Got a user asking how to cle

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

http://www.outlookpower.com/issues/issue200507/1583001.html 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

Re: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

That would delete all of them... If he just wants to delete select addresses, just start typing them in the To Field and when they show up delete them... On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Sean Rector wrote: > Find the .NK2 file and delete it. > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > *From:* John Aldric

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

You can delete the outlook.N2K file located at in most cases C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues S

RE: MVLS site up?

Yesterday, they were saying that their targeting it back on line today, but I'm not getting anything at all this morning. I was told yesterday that it was a problem with the back end database and that not even Microsoft staff has access to the information. It seems to me that someone screwed up

RE: Cisco Switch Setup

OK, here is what I have (info taken from "show current-config) Version 12.1 No service pad Service timestamps debug uptime Service timestamps log uptime No service password-encryption ! Hostname Switch2 ! Enable password xx ! Clock timezone Pacific -8 Ip subnet-zero Ip domain-name hydr

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

You can use nk2view if you do not want to delete them all. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_autocomplete.html Bob From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Deleting cached email ad

Re: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

+1 - Original Message - From: John Cook To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook As in the autofill? Type the first letter, scroll to the entry with the down arrow and hit the delete key.

Re: Security groups redux

I always go for the old style method - one group per function (and a good description!). When someone has to follow your work, it's a lot easier following this method than groups that are "nested" into loads of different functions. There's a little more overhead in setup, but it more than makes up

Re: Cisco Switch Setup

You know 123 is the NTP port, right? On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > OK, here is what I have (info taken from “show current-config) > > > > Version 12.1 > > No service pad > > Service timestamps debug uptime > > Service timestamps log uptime > > No service password-encrypt

RE: Cisco Switch Setup

VLAN1 shutdown? From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cisco Switch Setup You know 123 is the NTP port, right? On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Jeff Johnson < jjohn...@hydraflowusa.com> wrote: OK, here i

Re: Cisco Switch Setup

Ooohhh, was stuck on http 123... issue a no shut on vlan1 On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Eldridge, Dave wrote: > VLAN1 shutdown? > > > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:47 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Cisco Switch Se

RE: Cisco Switch Setup

On the port, I tried 80 and 8080 with no success, so I figured try 123. Jeff Johnson Systems Administrator 714-773-2600 Office 714-773-6351 Fax [cid:image001.jpg@01CA7E2D.EE0BA890] From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:47 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subje

RE: MVLS site up?

Site days this now: We apologize for any inconvenience and our goal is for the site to be available on Thursday, December 17, 2009 PST. Please check back on the website sign-in page for regular updates. Dave From: Tim Evans [mailto:tev...@sparling.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:43 AM

Re: Cisco Switch Setup

Jeff, Interface VLAN1 is administratively shutdown. You need to connect to the console and run these commands: enable config t int vlan 1 no shutdown exit copy run start Regards, Andrew 2009/12/16 Jeff Johnson > On the port, I tried 80 and 8080 with no success, so I figured try 123. > > > >

RE: Cisco Switch Setup

OK, I changed back to http port 80 and tried the "no shut Vlan1", but that command was not successful. It requests <2-1001> VLAN ID of the VLAN to shutdown Jeff Johnson Systems Administrator 714-773-2600 Office 714-773-6351 Fax [cid:image001.jpg@01CA7E2E.D3111D30] From: Don Ely [mailto:don...

RE: Cisco Switch Setup

Andrew, Thanks. That worked perfectly. Now I can ping. Jeff Johnson Systems Administrator 714-773-2600 Office 714-773-6351 Fax [cid:image001.jpg@01CA7E2F.4387B3D0] From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject:

Re: Cisco Switch Setup

My pleasure, Jeff, I'd set a telnet password if I were you, too: config t int vty 0 4 password xx login exit copy run start Regards, Andrew 2009/12/16 Jeff Johnson > Andrew, > > > > Thanks. That worked perfectly. Now I can ping. > > > > > > *Jeff Johnson* > > *Systems Administ

Re: Cisco Switch Setup

Sorry, it's "line vty 0 4" not "int vlan 0 4" 2009/12/16 Andrew Levicki > My pleasure, Jeff, > > I'd set a telnet password if I were you, too: > > config t > int vty 0 4 > password xx > login > exit > copy run start > > Regards, > > Andrew > > 2009/12/16 Jeff Johnson > >> Andrew, >

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

Thanks, guys…. I know I need to do that for a couple email addresses I have in my auto-fill. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

And it's actually easier in Outlook 2010 - the autofill list includes a "X" that will delete an individual entry quickly and easily. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com / www.officeforlawyers.com

RE: Cisco Switch Setup

Done. Thanks. One more stupid question. These switches and this software is fairly old, but can I access the web console CMS from ie8 on Win7? It looks like I need a java plug-in and there are quite a few listed on the Cisco site. Jeff Johnson Systems Administrator 714-773-2600 Office 714-77

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

Kewl. I don’t know when/if we’ll get around to adding Office 2010 (probably next time we buy a PC! J) but I look forward to playing with 2010. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Sub

RE: Cisco Switch Setup

Never mind. Got it working. Jeff Johnson Systems Administrator 714-773-2600 Office 714-773-6351 Fax [cid:image001.jpg@01CA7E31.C324DA30] From: Jeff Johnson [mailto:jjohn...@hydraflowusa.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cisco Switch Setup Don

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

> You can use nk2view if you do not want to delete them all. > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_autocomplete.html +1 That’s what we use – I ask my users to do it every once in a while because (at least in our environment) once the list gets over ~800 addresses they tend to get corrupted.

Move WSUS from 2003 server to 2008 server

My WSUS server is old and running out of room. I would like to move this to a HyperV guest running 2008R2. Has anyone successfully moved all the approvals and downloaded updates? I am doing some Google searches and finding 2003 to 2003 moves, but I would like to move from 2003 to 2008. Appre

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

> You can use nk2view if you do not want to delete them all. > http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_autocomplete.html I've also used it for building fresh nk2 files from our office address book for new employees.  - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog!

Re: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 08:03, Mark Robinson wrote: > Hi, > > I currently have two wireless access points that provide wireless access to > the corporate LAN in two meeting rooms. To satisfy PCI compliance, I need to > install a firewall between each access point and the LAN and only allow > traff

RE: MVLS site up?

This ought to be a resume producing event for someone... From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MVLS site up? Site days this now: We apologize for any inconvenience and our goal is for the site to be avai

Re: Move WSUS from 2003 server to 2008 server

PTV the machine unless you have something else on it, is the easiest way. I know WSUS will work on either 2008 or 2003 but I have not tested it on R2 yet. Jon On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > My WSUS server is old and running out of room. I would like to move this > to a

Re: MVLS site up?

I would say more than one someone! Jon On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > This ought to be a resume producing event for someone……. > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:57 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject

Re: Cisco Switch Setup

Sorry I didn't see this in time. Glad it's all working now. Cheers, Andrew 2009/12/16 Jeff Johnson > Never mind. Got it working. > > > > *Jeff Johnson* > > *Systems Administrator* > > 714-773-2600 Office > > 714-773-6351 Fax > > [image: hydraflow] > > > > *From:* Jeff Johnson [mailto:jjohn..

RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook

Sweet! That would be nice to have Might have to look into that app. :-) -Original Message- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Deleting cached email addresses in Outlook > You can us

New Adobe ZeroDay

There is a new Adobe ZeroDay out that you should start following and make sure to patch your systems whenever Adobe gets to releasing a patch etc... You can read more about it here: http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/12/adobe-reader-medianewplayer-analysis.html http://twitter.com/hdmoore/

Re: MVLS site up?

More like career changing. On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Bob Fronk wrote: > This ought to be a resume producing event for someone……. > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:57 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: MVLS s

RE: New Adobe ZeroDay

I have this page as one of my six home page tab, even though I'm signed up to get Adobe alert e-, this site is way ahead of their e-mails: http://blogs.adobe.com/psirt/ My others: http://news.cnet.com/security/ http://isc.sans.org/ http://www.doecirc.energy.gov/index.html http://www.securityfocus

MP3 Spam?

Anyone else seeing a lot of MP3 attachments coming in on spam today? All different random names... Mark - Two rules for success in life: 1. Never tell people everything you know. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

Re: MVLS site up?

So the conversation went something like this: Boss: You're sure it will be transparent to the end users. LookingforAnewjobemployee: Absolutely. Down 10-15 minutes tops. We have a Cluster of Webservers and a Cluster of Database servers so we the end-user will never see the downtime. Boss: Ok set

Re: MP3 Spam?

What songs? Play one and see what happens :) >>> "Mark Boersma" 12/16/2009 10:29 AM >>> Anyone else seeing a lot of MP3 attachments coming in on spam today? All different random names... Mark - Two rules for success in life: 1. Never tell pe

RE: MVLS site up?

Or... B: "You sure you've done this before? E: "Of course... I'm from the Sidekick team!" -sc From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MVLS site up? So the conversation went something lik

Windows 2008 R2 Question

To the list, Is Windows 2008 SP2, still viable to run on Windows 2008 R2? Or is this not so? Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resourc

RE: MP3 Spam?

When I get back into the office I'll grab one and check it out. Not particularly inclined to click on one via RDP on my server. :) Mark - Two rules for success in life: 1. Never tell people everything you know. -Original Message- From: Jose

Dell Management Console

Anyone try this out? If so, are you using a physical box, as recommended, or VM? Any personal reviews on it? Thanks, Joe ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: MVLS site up?

And the "Microsoft Bob" team. From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MVLS site up? Or... B: "You sure you've done this before? E: "Of course... I'm from the Sidekick team!" -sc From: David W. McSp

Re: MP3 Spam?

It might have lyrics like, Oh goody! Oh joy! An unpatched MS Media Player! Here's an outlaw codex... -- richard "Joseph Heaton" wrote on 12/16/2009 12:33:20 PM: > What songs? Play one and see what happens :) > > >>> "Mark Boersma" 12/16/2009 10:29 AM >>> > Anyone else seeing a lot of MP3 att

Re: Move WSUS from 2003 server to 2008 server

And please remember to do a database cleanup before, save a lot of time, my data base went from 60 Gb to 30 Gb after cleanup! However I forgot to do it before the PTV! Took a lot of extra time. Stefan On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Jon Harris wrote: > PTV the machine unless you have somethin

RE: MVLS site up?

Bravo. A+++ Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: MVLS site up? Or. B: "You sure you've done this

RE: MVLS site up?

More like, "So, you installed IE 8 on the server. Then what happened?" From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:dav...@imcu.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: MVLS site up? So the conversation went something like this: Boss: You're sure it wi

RE: Windows 2008 R2 Question

No they are totally separate OSes. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:36 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Windows 2008 R2 Question > > T

RE: Windows 2008 R2 Question

Nice to see confirmation, I have always thought of "R2" as a completely different rev. To me 2008 R2 might as well be 2009 Server, 2003 R2 was 2004 Server, etc... Question: Vista SP1 was also 2008 SP1, is Win7 SP1 going to be the same as 2008 R2 SP1? Win 7 = Vista R2 That's how I think of th

RE: Windows 2008 R2 Question

Thanks, I found the answer on a FAQ they had about R2... Z Edward Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ezi...@lifespan.org Phone:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: New Adobe ZeroDay

Those are all great sites to keep an eye on. I would definitely send an email to employees reminding them if they are seeing suspicious behavior particularly as it relates to PDF's that they notify IT. This is even more important due to the fact that when this latest Adobe PDF zeroday includes m

GFIWeb Monitor

Has anyone used GFIWeb Monitor? If so, how did you like it and would you recommend it? _ Cameron Cooper System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 ccoo...@aurico.com | www

AD Tool

Hi all... I'm looking at purchasing AD Manager Plus Professional ( http://www.manageengine.com/products/ad-manager/index.html) but it is priced as a subscription at $795/year. Nice tool though. Was wondering if anyone could recommend a similar tool with one-time pricing. Thanks for any

RE: AD Tool

What are your requirements? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery 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: Bill L

Re: Defragmenting servers

I have wondered this too Harry but I think the question is better put to your shared storage provider. That said, we are testing out Vizioncore's vOptimizer as well On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Harry Singh wrote: > Is it recommended to kick off defrag's for VM's who are using shared storage >

Re: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

On 16 Dec 2009 at 16:03, Mark Robinson wrote: > > Hi, I currently have two wireless access points that provide wireless > access to the corporate LAN in two meeting rooms. To satisfy PCI compliance, > I need to install a firewall between each access point and the LAN and only > allow traffic

RE: AD Tool

HI Chris... I would like to do some of the management features offered by AD Manager but more importantly I would like the reporting that it does. Users in groups, users in OU's, etc. Bill Lambert Concuity Phone 847-941-9206 The information contained in this e-mail message, includin

RE: Windows 2008 R2 Question

My expectation is that they will be serviced with the same service pack. 2008 R2 is a totally new OS - Windows 6.1. 2003 R2 was just a bunch of add-on features tacked on to 2003 - same OS. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -Original Message- > From: Davi

RE: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

What sort of switch are these APs connected to? Aaron T. Rohyans Senior Network Engineer CCIE #21945, CCSP, CCNA, CQS-Firewall, CQS-IPS, CQS-VPN, ISSP, CISP, JNCIA-ER DPSciences Corporation 7400 N. Shadeland Ave., Suite 245 Indianapolis, IN 46250 Office:  (317) 348-0099 Fax:   (317) 849-7134 arohy

RE: MP3 Spam?

Ha! It's just a voice directing you to a website for cheap Viagra. Mark - Two rules for success in life: 1. Never tell people everything you know. Mark Boersma IT Manager Triangle Associates, Inc. ma...@triangle-inc.com

RE: AD Tool

Have you looked at the reporting built into Hyena? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Infrastructure Service Delivery Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-

RE: AD Tool

I'm going to DL Hyena now and take a look. Thanks for the tip, Chris. Bill Lambert Concuity Phone 847-941-9206 The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you a

Re: Quick Vipre question

I just had the same question. Opened a support chat session and it was confirmed that Server 2008 R2 is okay. Roger Wright ___ On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:09 AM, James Rankin wrote: > Quick querydoes the Vipre Enterprise Agent play nicely on 2008 R2? > > -- > "On two occasions...I have b

Re: Windows 2008 R2 Question

Windows still has version numbers. Check the VER command. Also, while SP1 for Vista and 2008 came out around the same time, I don't remember them working across each platform. The last cross platform SP that I can recall was SP2 for x64 2003 also doubling as SP2 for x64 XP. Sent from my

NAC Device

We are looking at purchasing a NAC device to ensure compliance on our network. I'm looking for feedback. Are they difficult to manage? What vendor would you recommend? Thanks Greg ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: NAC Device

Why not the Windows 2008 NAC? Jon On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Lewin, Greg wrote: > We are looking at purchasing a NAC device to ensure compliance on our > network. I’m looking for feedback. Are they difficult to manage? > > What vendor would you recommend? > > > > Thanks > > Greg > > >

RE: NAC Device

I really don't know much about the product. I do have some systems that can't have an agent installed on them. Not sure if this applies here. From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: NAC Device Why not the

Re: NAC Device

No agents the NAC relies on AD for what can or can not access through the use of the NAC add to that it is part of Server 2008. It installs on a DC. Jon On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Lewin, Greg wrote: > I really don’t know much about the product. I do have some systems that > can’t have

RE: Windows 2008 R2 Question

Windows 2008 shipped with SP1 slipstreamed. You couldn't get a SP0 Windows 2008 install. SP2 was a unified package - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a4dd31d5-f907-4406-9012-a5c3199ea2b3&displaylang=en Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 > -

RE: Windows 2008 R2 Question

I know about ver, hence my marketing terms comment :-) The good ol' days of SETVER, now called "compatability settings" in a GUI, lol. Dave -Original Message- From: asbz...@gmail.com [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject

RE: Protecting LAN access from Wireless Access points

Do you currently have a VPN solution? If so, you could just put the WAPs outside your corporate LAN, and make users VPN in to access internal resources. Otherwise, just provide internet access (or whatever) to users that connect to the WAP. Then, you don't really need any extra equipment. Chee

RE: Defragmenting servers

"The only real benefit of a commercial product is they tend to be less obtrusive to the users when they kick off" - I don't agree with this at all. I use Diskeeper because it defragments continuously using only idle server time. What free product will do this? Tom From: Alex French

Re: NAC Device

On 16 Dec 2009 at 17:17, Jon Harris wrote: > No agents the NAC relies on AD for what can or can not access through > the use of the NAC add to that it is part of Server 2008. It installs > on a DC. Displaying my ignorance about the Windows NAC here, but what if you have a device like a Linux

Granular Admin Rights

I was wondering if it is possible to have granular admin rights/capabilities for an AD? If so could someone provide a template or point my in the general direction of additional material that will help me in my quest. I am responsible for our entire infrastructure and currently a member of the Dom

RE: Win7 download

Just remembered: laptop was running a RC, and the desktop was running ultimate (msdn download). I reinstalled the laptop last weekend with 64 Ultimate, and I think it behaved fine, but I haven't really had a chance to use the machine yet. From: Steven M. Caesar